1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1969 record 4-5-1 (4-3 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath (16th year)
MVP Ray Parson
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1969 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Ohio State + 6 1 0     8 1 0
#9 Michigan + 6 1 0     8 3 0
#18 Purdue 5 2 0     8 2 0
Minnesota 4 3 0     4 5 1
Iowa 3 4 0     5 5 0
Indiana 3 4 0     4 6 0
Northwestern 3 4 0     3 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 0     3 7 0
Michigan State 2 5 0     4 6 0
Illinois 0 7 0     0 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1969 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 6-4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 190.[1]

End Ray Paron received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Parson was also named All-Big Ten first team. Linebacker Noel Jenke, halfback Barry Mayer and defensive lineman Leon Trawick were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2] The team included offensive lineman, Richard Fliehr, better known as professional wrestler Ric Flair.

Total attendance for the season was 272,449, which averaged to 45,417.[3] The season high for attendance was against Ohio State.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
09/20/1969 at Arizona State* No. 19 Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ L 48-26   50,202
09/27/1969 Ohio* Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN T 35-35   41,235
10/04/1969 at Nebraska* Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE L 42-14   52,136
10/11/1969 at Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN L 17-7   52,804
10/18/1969 No. 1 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 34-7   53,106
10/25/1969 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 35-9   44,028
11/01/1969 at Iowa Iowa StadiumIowa City, IA W 35-8   56,143
11/08/1969 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 28-21   41,576
11/15/1969 at Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI W 14-10   60,011
11/22/1969 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 35-10   40,458
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

  1. "Minnesota Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. 1 2 Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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