American college football season
The 1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1973 Big Ten Conference football season . In their second year under head coach Cal Stoll , the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–4 record but were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 295 to 260.[1]
End Steve Neils and offensive tackle Matt Herkenhoff shared the team's Most Valuable Player award. Neils and end Keith Fahnhorst were named All-Big Ten first team. Offensive guard Darrel Bunge and wide receiver Rick Upchurch were named All-Big Ten second team. Defensive lineman Jeff Gunderson was named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance for the season was 245,706, which averaged to 40,951. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska .[3]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance September 15 at No. 3 Ohio State L 7–5686,005 September 22 North Dakota * W 41–1435,477 September 29 at Kansas * L 19–3430,205 October 6 No. 2 Nebraska * Memorial Stadium Minneapolis (rivalry ) L 7–4856,782 October 13 Indiana Memorial Stadium Minneapolis W 24–337,710 October 20 at Iowa W 31–2355,137 October 27 No. 4 Michigan L 7–3444,435 November 3 at Northwestern W 52–4330,081 November 10 Purdue Memorial Stadium Minneapolis W 34–736,890 November 17 at Illinois W 19–1634,438 November 24 Wisconsin Memorial Stadium Minneapolis (rivalry ) W 19–1734,412 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Personnel [ edit ] 1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Steve Goldberg
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2018-03-11
Season summary [ edit ] At Ohio State [ edit ] Minnesota Golden Gophers (0–0) at #3 Ohio State Buckeyes (0–0)
Period 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 7 0 0 7 Ohio State 14 21 7 14 56
at Ohio Stadium , Columbus, Ohio
Date : September 15Game weather : 74 °F (23 °C)Game attendance : 86,005Box Score
Game information First quarter
OSU – Champ Henson 2-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 10:24. Ohio State 7–0. Drive: OSU – Cornelius Greene 4-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 8:44. Ohio State 14–0. Drive: Second quarter
MINN – John King 1-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick), 12:59. Ohio State 14–7. Drive: OSU – Archie Griffin 93-yard kickoff return (Blair Conway kick), 12:45. Ohio State 21–7. OSU – Champ Henson 2-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 0:51. Ohio State 28–7. Drive: OSU – Brian Baschnagel 5-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 0:00. Ohio State 35–7. Drive: Third quarter
OSU – Neal Colzie 78-yard punt return (Blair Conway kick), 5:36. Ohio State 42–7. Fourth quarter
OSU – Champ Henson 1-yard run (Blair Conway kick), 10:39. Ohio State 49–7. Drive: OSU – Billy Ezzo 55-yard pass from Greg Hare (Blair Conway kick), 1:51. Ohio State 56–7. Drive: Top passers MINN – John Lawing – 5/9, 31 yards, INT OSU – Greg Hare – 2/2, 64 yards, TD Top rushers MINN – John King – 17 rushes, 51 yards, TD OSU – Archie Griffin – 15 rushes, 129 yards Top receivers MINN – Keith Fahnhorst – 3 receptions, 23 yards OSU – Billy Ezzo – 1 reception, 55 yards, TD
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At Iowa [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Minnesota 6 16 2 7 31 Iowa 14 3 6 0 23
Scoring summary 1 IOWA Jensen 3-yard run (Kokolus kick) Iowa 7–0 1 MINN Powell 46-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 7–6 1 IOWA Jensen 54-yard run (Kokolus kick) Iowa 14–6 2 MINN Lawing 1-yard run (Henrickson pass from Lawing) Tie 14–14 2 IOWA Kokolus 22-yard field goal Iowa 17–14 2 MINN Upchurch 3-yard run (Sims pass from Dungy) Minnesota 22–17 3 IOWA Fetter 10-yard pass from Ousley (pass failed) Iowa 23–22 3 MINN Safety Minnesota 24–23 4 MINN Dungy 10-yard run (Goldberg kick) Minnesota 31–23
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At Northwestern [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total • Minnesota 7 14 21 10 52 Northwestern 7 7 14 15 43
Scoring summary 1 NW Craig 18-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick) Northwestern 7-0 1 MINN J. Jones 4-yard run (Goldberg kick) Tie 7-7 2 NW Craig 19-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick) Northwestern 14-7 2 MINN Upchurch 5-yard run (Goldberg kick) Tie 14-14 2 MINN Upchurch 5-yard run (Goldberg kick) Minnesota 21-14 3 NW Stevens 21-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick) Tie 21-21 3 MINN M. Jones 40-yard pass from Lawing (Goldberg kick) Minnesota 28-21 3 MINN M. Jones 48-yard pass from Lawing (Goldberg kick) Minnesota 35-21 3 MINN Lawing 5-yard run (Goldberg kick) Minnesota 42-21 3 NW Key 12-yard run (Blazevich kick) Minnesota 42-28 4 MINN Goldberg 35-yard field goal Minnesota 45-28 4 NW Harris 13-yard pass from Anderson (Blazevich kick) Minnesota 45-35 4 MINN M. Jones 48-yard pass from Lawing (Goldberg kick) Minnesota 52-35 4 NW Frederickson 20-yard pass from Anderson (Harris pass from Anderson) Minnesota 52-43
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1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 0 7 0 7 • Minnesota 17 10 0 7 34
Scoring summary 1 MINN John Lawing 1-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick) MINN 7-0 1 MINN Goldberg 32-yard field goal MINN 10-0 1 MINN Rick Upchurch 21-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick)MINN 17-0 2 MINN John Lawing 1-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick) MINN 24-0 2 MINN Steve Goldberg 43-yard field goal MINN 27-0 3 PUR Bobrowski 1-yard run (Conner kick) MINN 27-7 4 MINN Holmes 1-yard run (Steve Goldberg kick) MINN 34-7
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