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1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1973 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1973 record 7–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Cal Stoll (2nd year)
MVP Steve Neils, Matt Herkenhoff
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1972
1974 →
1973 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Ohio State + 7 – 0 – 1     10 – 0 – 1
#6 Michigan + 7 – 0 – 1     10 – 0 – 1
Minnesota 6 – 2 – 0     7 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Northwestern 4 – 4 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Indiana 0 – 8 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
Iowa 0 – 8 – 0     0 – 11 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
• Minnesota 6 16 2 7 31
Iowa 14 3 6 0 23
1 2 3 4 Total
• Minnesota 7 14 21 10 52
Northwestern 7 7 14 15 43
1 2 3 4 Total
Purdue 0 0 7 0 7
• Minnesota 17 10 0 7 34

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.

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. Linebacker Darrell Bunge and wide receiver Rick Upchurch were named All-Big Ten second team. Defensive lineman Jeff Gunderson was named Academic All-Big Ten.

Total attendance for the season was 245,706, which averaged to 40,951. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska..


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