1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–5–1 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (16th season);
MVP	Ray Parson
Captain	Jim Carter
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4-5-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 257 to 210.^[1]

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 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

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 at six home games was 272,449, an average of 45,417 per game. The largest crowd was against Ohio State.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Arizona State*	No. 19	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 26–48	50,202	^[4]
September 27	Ohio*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	T 35–35	41,235
October 4	at Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 14–42	52,136
October 11	at Indiana		Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–17	52,804
October 18	No. 1 Ohio State		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–34	53,106
October 25	Michigan		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	L 9–35	44,028	^[5]
November 1	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 35–8	56,143
November 8	Northwestern		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 28–21	41,576
November 15	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 14–10	60,011
November 22	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 35–10	40,458
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
FB	`34`	Jim Carter	Sr
QB	`10`	Craig Curry	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`27`	Jeff Wright	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Murray Warmath

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References

^ "1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Gophers fall by 48 to 26". Omaha World-Herald. September 21, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Curt Sylvester (October 26, 1969). "M Wins 'Must' Game: Taylor Rips Gophers, 35-9". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 5C – via Newspapers.com.

[1] "1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

[JK-2] Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[pg160-3] Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Gophers fall by 48 to 26". Omaha World-Herald. September 21, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] Curt Sylvester (October 26, 1969). "M Wins 'Must' Game: Taylor Rips Gophers, 35-9". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 5C – via Newspapers.com.

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