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1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 131 to 61.[1] The team finished tenth in both the Associated Press and United Press International polls.

1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
Record6–2–1 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBobby Bell
CaptainDick Enga
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Wisconsin $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Northwestern 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Michigan State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Iowa 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Illinois 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Michigan 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Tackle Bobby Bell received the team's Most Valuable Player award and the Outland Trophy. Bell, guard Julian Hook and end John Campbell were named All-Big Ten first team. Tackle Carl Eller and defensive end Bob Prawdzik were named All-Big Ten second team.[2]

Total attendance at six home games was 377,744, an average of 62,957 per game. The largest crowd was against Purdue.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29No. 10 Missouri*
T 0–060,133
October 6Navy*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 21–064,364
October 13Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 22–3461,652
October 20Illinois 
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 17–059,427
October 27at Michigan
W 17–065,484[4]
November 3at No. 7 Michigan State
W 28–764,783
November 10IowaNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 10–065,087
November 17PurdueNo. 8
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 7–667,081
November 24at No. 3 WisconsinNo. 5
L 9–1465,541
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 76 Carl Eller Jr
DL 78 Bobby Bell Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Game summaries

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at No. 3 Wisconsin

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No. 5 Minnesota at No. 3 Wisconsin
1 234Total
No. 5 Golden Gophers 0 630 9
• No. 3 Badgers 0 707 14
See also: 1962 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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References

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  1. ^ "1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Lyall Smith (October 28, 1962). "U-M Shut Out 3rd Time, 17-0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1F, 3F – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wisconsin Halts Minnesota, 14-9". The New York Times. November 25, 1962. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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