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1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 195 to 127.[1] The team finished the season ranked #20 in the final Coaches poll.

1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
Record7–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBob McNamara
CaptainBob McNamara
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Ohio State $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 9 Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Michigan 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Minnesota 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Iowa 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Indiana 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Michigan State 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Northwestern 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Halfback Bob McNamara received the team's Most Valuable Player award,[2] and was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (for Look magazine) as a first-team player on the 1954 College Football All-America Team.[3] He was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on its 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[4] Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 347,555, which averaged to 57,925. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 25Nebraska*
W 19–753,027
October 2at Pittsburgh*
W 46–733,369
October 9NorthwesternNo. 18
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 26–753,663
October 16IllinoisNo. 11
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 19–663,339
October 23at MichiganNo. 8
L 0–3483,060
October 30Michigan State 
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 19–1363,360
November 6Oregon StateNo. 14
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 44–648,702
November 13No. 9 IowaNo. 13
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 22–2065,464
November 20at No. 17 WisconsinNo. 10
L 0–2751,131
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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References

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  1. ^ "1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. ^ "A.P. Lists 1954 All Big Ten Choices" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 23, 1954. p. 4.
  5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link‍]
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