1961 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1961 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Rose Bowl, Won, 21-3
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #6
AP #6
1961 record 8-2 (6-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath (8th year)
MVP Sandy Stephens
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1960 1962 »
1961 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Ohio State $ 6 – 0 – 0     8 – 0 – 1
#6 Minnesota 6 – 1 – 0     8 – 2 – 0
#8 Michigan State 5 – 2 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
#12 Purdue 4 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Michigan 3 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Iowa 2 – 4 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Indiana 0 – 6 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 0 – 7 – 0     0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1961 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 8-2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 161 to 78.[1] The team finished sixth in both the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI) polls.

Quarterback Sandy Stephens received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Stephens was also a consensus first-team All-American, finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, was named MVP of the 1962 Rose Bowl, and received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, given to the Big Ten's most valuable player. Tackle Bobby Bell was also named a first-team All-American by the FWAA, AFCA, Sporting News, and Central Press. Fullback Judge Dickson and offensive lineman Jim Wheeler were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 366,491, which averaged to 61,081. The season high for attendance was against Purdue.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
09/30/1961 Missouri* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 6-0   58,840
10/07/1961 Oregon* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 14-7   50,499
10/14/1961 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 10-3   41,251
10/21/1961 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 33-0   52,247
10/28/1961 Michigan #6 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 23-20   63,898
11/04/1961 #1 Michigan State #5 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 13-0   59,941
11/11/1961 at Iowa #5 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 16-9   60,100
11/18/1961 Purdue #5 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 10-7   67,081
11/25/1961 Wisconsin #3 Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 23-21   66,232
01/01/1962 vs. UCLA* #6 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 21-3   98,214
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

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