1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPCarl Eller
CaptainMilt Sunde
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Illinois $ 5 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
No. 9 Michigan State 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Ohio State 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Purdue 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Michigan 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Iowa 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 3 – 2
Minnesota 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. In their tenth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 117 to 95.[1]

Tackle Carl Eller received the team's Most Valuable Player award and was a consensus first-team All-American. Eller was also named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Center Frank Marchiewski was named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Milt Sunde was named Academic All-Big Ten.[3]

Total attendance at five home games was 286,797, an average of 57,759 per game. The largest crowd was against Michigan.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Nebraska*
L 7–1461,140
October 5Army*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 24–860,264
October 12at Northwestern
L 8–1545,763
October 19at No. 7 Illinois
L 6–1661,229
October 26Michigandagger
W 6–062,107
November 2Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 6–2451,657
November 9at Iowa
L 13–2759,300
November 16at Purdue
L 11–3338,924
November 28Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 14–055,271
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

References

  1. ^ "1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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