American college football season
1994 Big Ten Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
| Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
| No. 2 Penn State $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| No. 14 Ohio State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 9 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | | | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 |
| No. 12 Michigan | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
| Illinois | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
| Purdue | 3 | – | 3 | – | 2 | | | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 |
| Iowa | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | | | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 |
| Indiana | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 |
| Michigan State † | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | | | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 |
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- $ – Conference champion
- † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue.
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The 1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Jim Wacker, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 348 to 256.[1]
Defensive tackle Ed Hawthorne and linebacker Broderick Hall were named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Kicker Mike Chalberg was named All-Big Ten second team.[2] Defensive back Justin Conzemius was named first team Academic All-American.[3] Kicker Mike Chalberg, defensive back Justin Conzemius, offensive lineman Chris Fowlkes, offensive lineman Luke Glime, linebacker Luke Hiestand, offensive lineman Todd Jesewitz, linebacker Ben Langford, wide receiver Tony Levine, defensive back Dan LiSanti, linebacker Craig Sauer, quarterback Cory Sauter and linebacker Chris Smith were named Academic All-Big Ten.[3]
Chris Darkins was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Bruce Smith Award.[4] Craig Sauer was awarded the Carl Eller Award.[4] Free safety Rishon Early was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.[4] Justin Conzemius was awarded the Butch Nash Award.[4] Ed Hawthorne was awarded the Paul Giel Award.[4]
The total attendance for the season was 253,851, which averaged to 42,308 per game.[5] The season attendance high was against Iowa, with 53,340 in attendance.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Penn State | | | L 3–56 | 51,134 |
| September 10 | 7:00 pm | Pacific (CA)* | - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- Minneapolis
| | W 33–7 | 37,719 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | San Diego State* | - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- Minneapolis
| | W 40–17 | 32,212 |
| September 24 | 1:10 pm | at Kansas State* | | MSC | L 0–35 | 40,002 |
| October 1 | 1:00 pm | at Indiana | | | L 14–25 | 38,195 |
| October 8 | 1:00 pm | at Purdue | | | L 37–49 | 33,158 |
| October 15 | 6:00 pm | Northwestern | - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- Minneapolis
| | L 31–37 | 44,377 |
| October 22 | 1:00 pm | at Wisconsin | | | W 17–14 | 77,745 |
| November 5 | 6:00 pm | Illinois | - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
| | L 17–21 | 35,069 |
| November 12 | 12:00 pm | at No. 19 Michigan | | | L 22–38 | 105,624 |
| November 19 | 6:00 pm | Iowa | | | L 42–49 | 53,340 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Roster
| 1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster |
| Players | Coaches |
| Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
 Injured Redshirt
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Game summaries
Penn State
At Kansas State
At Wisconsin
Iowa
Iowa at Minnesota | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | | • Hawkeyes | 14 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 49 | | Golden Gophers | 10 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 42 | - Sources: Box score and Game recap
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| Scoring summary |
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| | 1 | | Iowa | Odems 3-yard fumble recovery on punt (Brion Hurley kick) | Iowa 7–0 | | | 1 | | Minn | Darkins 56-yard run (Chalberg kick) | Tied 7–7 | | | 1 | | Iowa | Tavian Banks 25-yard run (Brion Hurley kick) | Iowa 14–7 | | | 1 | | Minn | Chalbert 32-yard field goal | Iowa 14–10 | | | 2 | | Minn | Rios 8-yard pass from Schade (Chalberg kick) | Minn 17–14 | | | 2 | | Iowa | Sedrick Shaw 46-yard pass from Sherman (Brion Hurley kick) | Iowa 21–17 | | | 2 | | Iowa | Sedrick Shaw 17-yard run (Brion Hurley kick) | Iowa 28–17 | | | 3 | | Minn | Darkins 1-yard run (Schade pass to Atwell) | Iowa 28–25 | | | 3 | | Minn | Osterman 80-yard pass from Schade (Chalberg kick) | Minn 32–28 | | | 3 | | Iowa | Odems 34-yard pass from Sherman (Brion Hurley kick) | Iowa 35–32 | | | 3 | | Iowa | Sherman 9-yard pass from Tim Dwight (Brion Hurley kick) | Iowa 42–32 | | | 3 | | Iowa | Porter 10-yard fumble return (Brion Hurley kick) | Iowa 49–32 | | | 4 | | Minn | Darkins 3-yard run (Chalberg kick) | Iowa 49–39 | | | 4 | | Minn | Chalberg 28-yard field goal | Iowa 49–42 |
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References
- ^ "1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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