1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 190.[1]

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1969 record4–5–1 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPRay Parson
CaptainJim Carter
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State + 6 1 0  8 1 0
No. 9 Michigan + 6 1 0  8 3 0
No. 18 Purdue 5 2 0  8 2 0
Minnesota 4 3 0  4 5 1
Iowa 3 4 0  5 5 0
Indiana 3 4 0  4 6 0
Northwestern 3 4 0  3 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 0  3 7 0
Michigan State 2 5 0  4 6 0
Illinois 0 7 0  0 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

End Ray Paron received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Parson was also named All-Big Ten first team. Linebacker Noel Jenke, halfback Barry Mayer and defensive lineman Leon Trawick were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2] The team included offensive lineman, Richard Fliehr, better known as professional wrestler Ric Flair.

Total attendance at six home games was 272,449, an average of 45,417 per game. The largest crowd was against Ohio State.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 20at Arizona State*No. 19L 26–4850,202
September 27Ohio*T 35–3541,235
October 4at Nebraska*L 14–4252,136
October 11at IndianaL 7–1752,804
October 18No. 1 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
L 7–3453,106
October 25Michigan
L 9–3544,028
November 1at IowaW 35–856,143
November 8Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis
W 28–2141,576
November 15at Michigan StateW 14–1060,011
November 22Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis (rivalry)
W 35–1040,458
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 34 Jim Carter Sr
QB 10 Craig Curry So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 27 Jeff Wright Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. "1969 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
  3. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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