1972 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1972 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Cal Stoll, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 304 to 185.[1]

1972 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1972 record4–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJohn King
CaptainBob Morgan
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1972 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Michigan + 7 1 0  10 1 0
No. 9 Ohio State + 7 1 0  9 2 0
Purdue 6 2 0  6 5 0
Michigan State 5 2 1  5 5 1
Minnesota 4 4 0  4 7 0
Indiana 3 5 0  5 6 0
Illinois 3 5 0  3 8 0
Iowa 2 6 1  3 7 1
Wisconsin 2 6 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 1 8 0  2 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Fullback John King received the team's Most Valuable Player award. King was also named All-Big Ten first team. Defensive back Tim Alderson was named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Doug Kingsriter was named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 221,553, which averaged to 36,925. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 16at IndianaL 23–2735,783
September 23No. 3 Colorado*L 6–3842,703
September 30at No. 7 Nebraska*L 0–4976,217
October 7Kansas*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 28–3431,595
October 14Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 3–2837,287
October 21Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 43–1444,196
October 28at No. 5 MichiganL 0–4284,190
November 4at No. 5 Ohio StateL 19–2786,439
November 11Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 35–2932,771
November 18Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 14–1033,001
November 25at WisconsinW 14–660,746
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1972 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 72 Matt Herkenhoff Jr
TE 83 Doug Kingsriter Sr
T 71 Dave Simonson Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 22 Doug Beaudoin Fr
LB 33 Tom MacLeod Sr
DE 97 Steve Neils Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

References

  1. "1972 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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