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1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	1–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Salem (5th season);
MVP	Randy Rasmussen
Captain	Randy Rasmussen
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

The 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–10 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 518 to 181.^[1]

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Offensive tackle Randy Rasmussen received the team's Most Valuable Player award, while tight end Jay Carroll was named offensive MVP, and linebacker Peter Najarian was named the defensive MVP. Najarian was named All-Big Ten second team. Najarian and split end Fred Hartwig were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[2]

Total attendance for the season was 243,674, which averaged to 48,734. The season high for attendance was against Wisconsin, although the game against Nebraska drew only two people less.^[3]

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"1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

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Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182^{[permanent dead link]}

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Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link]}

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"97-yard drive rallies "U" to 21–17 win". Star Tribune. September 11, 1983. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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Joe Lapointe (November 13, 1983). "Michigan buries Gophers, 58-10". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 13C – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	at Rice*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 21–17	10,000	^[4]
September 17	No. 1 Nebraska*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 13–84	62,687
September 24	Purdue	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 20–32	41,839
October 1	at No. 8 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 18–69	89,192
October 8	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 31–38	41,111
October 15	Wisconsin	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 17–56	62,689
October 22	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 8–19	21,411
October 29	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 10–34	76,481
November 5	No. 6 Illinois	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 23–50	35,514
November 12	No. 9 Michigan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 10–58	40,945	^[5]
November 19	at No. 11 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	L 10–61	66,160
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Illinois $	9	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	8	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 14 Iowa	7	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	6	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Indiana	2	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	9	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll