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1974 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State + 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 3 Michigan + 7 1 0 10 1 0
No. 12 Michigan State 6 1 1 7 3 1
Wisconsin 5 3 0 7 4 0
Illinois 4 3 1 6 4 1
Purdue 3 5 0 4 6 1
Minnesota 2 6 0 4 7 0
Iowa 2 6 0 3 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 0 3 8 0
Indiana 1 7 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their third year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4-7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 332 to 161.[1]

Linebacker Ollie Bakken received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Tackle Keith Simons was named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Bakken and wide receiver Rick Upchurch were named All-Big Ten second team.[3]

Total attendance for the season was 225,127, which averaged to 37,521. The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa.[4]

Schedule

09/14/1974No. 4 Ohio State

L 19-34 45,511 09/21/1974North Dakota*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 42-30 34,870 09/28/1974TCU*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 9-7 32,822 10/05/1974at No. 6 Nebraska*

L 0-54 76,408 10/12/1974at Indiana

L 3-34 34,102 10/19/1974Iowa

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 23-17 48,579 10/26/1974at No. 3 Michigan

L 0-49 96,284 11/02/1974Northwestern

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 13-21 32,922 11/09/1974at Purdue

W 24-20 51,374 11/16/1974Illinois

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 14-17 31,423 11/23/1974at Wisconsin

L 14-49 55,869

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160