1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob DeBesse (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorMarc Dove (3rd season)
CaptainChris Darkins, Ed Hawthorne
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State $ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Ohio State 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
No. 12 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Iowa 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Michigan State † 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Jim Wacker, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 348 to 256.[1]

Defensive tackle Ed Hawthorne and linebacker Broderick Hall were named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Kicker Mike Chalberg was named All-Big Ten second team.[2] Defensive back Justin Conzemius was named first team Academic All-American.[3] Kicker Mike Chalberg, defensive back Justin Conzemius, offensive lineman Chris Fowlkes, offensive lineman Luke Glime, linebacker Luke Hiestand, offensive lineman Todd Jesewitz, linebacker Ben Langford, wide receiver Tony Levine, defensive back Dan LiSanti, linebacker Craig Sauer, quarterback Cory Sauter and linebacker Chris Smith were named Academic All-Big Ten.[3]

Chris Darkins was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Bruce Smith Award.[4] Craig Sauer was awarded the Carl Eller Award.[4] Free safety Rishon Early was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.[4] Justin Conzemius was awarded the Butch Nash Award.[4] Ed Hawthorne was awarded the Paul Giel Award.[4]

The total attendance for the season was 253,851, which averaged to 42,308 per game.[5] The season attendance high was against Iowa, with 53,340 in attendance.[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmNo. 9 Penn State
L 3–5651,134
September 107:00 pmPacific (CA)*
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
W 33–737,719
September 176:00 pmSan Diego State*
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
W 40–1732,212
September 241:10 pmat Kansas State*
MSCL 0–3540,002
October 11:00 pmat Indiana
L 14–2538,195
October 81:00 pmat Purdue
L 37–4933,158
October 156:00 pmNorthwesterndagger
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
L 31–3744,377
October 221:00 pmat Wisconsin
W 17–1477,745
November 56:00 pmIllinois
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota
L 17–2135,069
November 1212:00 pmat No. 19 Michigan
L 22–38105,624
November 196:00 pmIowa
L 42–4953,340
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 5 Rafael Cooper Fr
RB 44 Chris Darkins Jr
QB 17 Cory Sauter Fr
QB Tim Schade
WR 4 Ryan Thelwell Fr
WR 19 Alan Slavik So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 90 Ed Hawthorne Sr
CB 24 Rodney Heath So
LB 16 Craig Sauer Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Penn State

See also: 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Minnesota–Penn State football rivalry

At Kansas State

See also: 1994 Kansas State Wildcats football team

At Wisconsin

See also: 1994 Wisconsin Badgers football team and Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry

Iowa

Iowa at Minnesota
1 234Total
• Hawkeyes 14 14210 49
Golden Gophers 10 71510 42
Scoring summary
1IowaOdems 3-yard fumble recovery on punt (Brion Hurley kick)Iowa 7–0
1MinnDarkins 56-yard run (Chalberg kick)Tied 7–7
1IowaTavian Banks 25-yard run (Brion Hurley kick)Iowa 14–7
1MinnChalbert 32-yard field goalIowa 14–10
2MinnRios 8-yard pass from Schade (Chalberg kick)Minn 17–14
2IowaSedrick Shaw 46-yard pass from Sherman (Brion Hurley kick)Iowa 21–17
2IowaSedrick Shaw 17-yard run (Brion Hurley kick)Iowa 28–17
3MinnDarkins 1-yard run (Schade pass to Atwell)Iowa 28–25
3MinnOsterman 80-yard pass from Schade (Chalberg kick)Minn 32–28
3IowaOdems 34-yard pass from Sherman (Brion Hurley kick)Iowa 35–32
3IowaSherman 9-yard pass from Tim Dwight (Brion Hurley kick)Iowa 42–32
3IowaPorter 10-yard fumble return (Brion Hurley kick)Iowa 49–32
4MinnDarkins 3-yard run (Chalberg kick)Iowa 49–39
4MinnChalberg 28-yard field goalIowa 49–42

See also: 1994 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry

References

  1. ^ "1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d e Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
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