American college football season
1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Record | 4–6–1 (3–5–1 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Mike Shanahan (1st season) |
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MVP | Mark Carlson |
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Captains | - DT Alan Blanshan
- TE Glenn Bourquin
- QB Mark Carlson
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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The 1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–6–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 271 to 264.[1]
Quarterback Mark Carlson received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Free safety Keith Edwards was awarded the Defensive MVP Award. Split End Elmer Bailey was named All-Big Ten first team. Defensive lineman Alan Blanshan and offensive lineman Bill Humphries were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance for the season was 241,942, which averaged to 40,323. The season high for attendance was against Purdue.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 8 | Ohio* | | W 24–10 | 33,435 |
September 15 | No. 15 Ohio State | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| L 17–21 | 43,515 |
September 22 | at No. 1 USC* | | L 14–48 | 61,966 |
September 29 | Northwestern | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| W 38–8 | 33,998 |
October 6 | No. 12 Purdue | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| W 31–14 | 47,281 |
October 13 | at No. 11 Michigan | | L 21–31 | 104,677 |
October 20 | at Iowa | | W 24–7 | 60,050 |
October 27 | Illinois | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| T 17–17 | 46,449 |
November 3 | at Indiana | | L 24–42 | 35,591 |
November 10 | at Michigan State | | L 17–31 | 75,131 |
November 17 | Wisconsin | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
| L 37–42 | 37,274 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1979 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | WR | 86 | Jeff Anhorn | Sr | WR | 20 | Elmer Bailey | Sr | RB | 41 | Marion Barber Jr. | Jr | QB | 12 | Mark Carlson | Sr | G | 67 | Tom Fitzpatrick | Sr | G | 52 | Darell Schwen | Sr | WR | 15 | Terry Simmons | Sr | FB | 31 | Bob Stroup | Fr | WR | 27 | Virgil Thomas | Fr | FB | 48 | Jeff Thompson | Sr | OT | 75 | Terry Thomton | Fr | C | 53 | Steve Tobin | Sr | QB | 7 | Mark Tonn | Sr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DE | 70 | Steve Cunningham | Sr | DE | 98 | Anthony Davis | Fr | CB | 25 | Howard Davis | Fr | DT | 91 | Jeff Denney | Fr | LB | 89 | Jim Fahnhorst | So | LB | 56 | Jack Johnson | Sr | DT | 94 | Kevin Kellen | Fr | DT | 92 | John Kuduk | Sr | LB | 35 | Mark Laliberte | Fr | LB | 59 | Don Meyer | Sr | DE | 96 | Jeff Schuh | Jr | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Team players in the NFL
References
- ^ "1979 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]
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