American college football season
1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Record | 7–5 (4–4 Big Ten) |
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MVP | Steve Midboe |
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Captain | Steve Midboe |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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The 1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–5 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 180 to 171.[1]
Steve Midboe received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Kicker Paul Rogind and defensive tackle Steve Midboe were named All-Big Ten first team. Defensive tackle Mark Merrill, center Mark Slater and defensive back Bobby Weber were named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Dennis Fitzpatrick, offensive lineman Bryson Hollimon, defensive lineman Stan Sytsma and corner back Bob Weber were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance for the season was 247,118, which averaged to 35,302. The season high for attendance was against rival Michigan.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 10 | Western Michigan* | | | W 10–7 | 29,619 | |
September 17 | at No. 6 Ohio State | | | L 7–38 | 87,799 | |
September 24 | No. 18 UCLA* | | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| W 27–13 | 41,076 | |
October 1 | Washington* | | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| W 19–17 | 31,895 | |
October 8 | at Iowa | | | L 6–18 | 57,460 | |
October 15 | Northwestern | | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| W 13–7 | 39,021 | |
October 22 | No. 1 Michigan | | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)
| W 16–0 | 44,165 | |
October 29 | at Indiana | No. 19 | | L 22–34 | 30,399 | |
November 5 | Michigan State | | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| L 10–29 | 30,600 | |
November 12 | at Illinois | | | W 21–0 | 37,689 | |
November 19 | Wisconsin | | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
| W 13–7 | 30,742 | |
December 22 | vs. Maryland | | | L 7–17 | 47,000 | [4] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1977 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | WR | 86 | Jeff Anhorn | So | WR | | Roger Artis | QB | | Wendell Avery | WR | 20 | Elmer Bailey | So | RB | | Marion Barber | Fr | TE | | Glenn Bourquin | So | RB | | Steven Breault | WR | | Elwin Burditte | C | | Chris Engel | TE | | Jim Fahnhorst | OT | | Dennis Fitzpatrick | G | | Thomas Fitzpatrick | G | | Bryson Hollimon | FB | | Kent Kitzmann | OT | | Jeff Morrow | OT | | Greg Murtha | WR | | Dana Noel | Fr | G | | Darrell Schwen | C | | Mark Slater | Sr | OT | | Martin Stein | FB | | Jeff Thompson | FB | | Garry White | Fr | TE | | Ken Wypyszynski | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DT | | Alan Blanshan | S | | Keith Brown | LB | | Edward Burns | CB | | Ray Dilulo | S | | Keith Edwards | CB | | Kenneth Foxworth | NG | | Doug Friberg | CB | | John Hoffman | LB | 84 | Michael Hunt | Sr | S | | Craig Kirtland | NG | | John Kuduk | CB | | Thomas Luckemeyer | DE | 88 | Mark Merrill | Sr | LB | | Donald Meyer | DT | | Steve Midboe | DT | | James Ronan | S | | Brian Snyder | LB | 97 | Steve Stewart | Sr | CB | | Bobby Weber | DE | | Desirray Williamson | Sr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | | Paul Rogind | So | P | | J. Terrence Simmons | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Minnesota | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | - Date: October 22
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Minneapolis, MN
- Game attendance: 44,165
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 4:28 | MINN | Rogind 41-yard field goal | MINN 3-0 | | 1 | 8:35 | MINN | Barber 3-yard run (Rogind kick) | MINN 10-0 | | 2 | | MINN | Rogind 37-yard field goal | MINN 13-0 | | 4 | | MINN | Rogind 32-yard field goal | MINN 16-0 | |
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References
- ^ "1977 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]
- ^ "Maryland wins first ever Hall of Fame". Birmingham Post-Herald. December 23, 1977. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "No. 1 Michigan Shut Out by Gophers." Palm Beach Post. 1977 Oct 23.
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