1954_Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football_team

1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

The 1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 195 to 127.[1] The team finished the season ranked #20 in the final Coaches poll.

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Halfback Bob McNamara received the team's Most Valuable Player award,[2] and was selected by the Football Writers Association of America (for Look magazine) as a first-team player on the 1954 College Football All-America Team.[3] He was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on its 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[4] Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 347,555, which averaged to 57,925. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. [2]
    Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  4. [4]
    "A.P. Lists 1954 All Big Ten Choices" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 23, 1954. p. 4.
  5. [5]
    Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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