1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
1954 record	7-2 (4-2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (1st year)
MVP	Bob McNamara
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1954 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#9 Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
#15 Michigan	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Iowa	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Indiana	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Illinois	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1954 college 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.

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
09/25/1954	Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 19-7	53,027
10/02/1954	at Pittsburgh*		Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 46-7	33,369
10/09/1954	Northwestern	No. 18	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 26-7	53,663
10/16/1954	Illinois	No. 11	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 19-6	63,339
10/23/1954	at Michigan	No. 8	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 34-0	83,060
10/30/1954	Michigan State	No. 8	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 19-13	63,360
11/06/1954	Oregon State	No. 14	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 44-6	48,702
11/13/1954	Iowa	No. 13	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 22-20	65,464
11/20/1954	at No. 17 Wisconsin	No. 10	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 0-27	51,131
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
1 2 Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
↑ "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America.
↑ "A.P. Lists 1954 All Big Ten Choices" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. November 23, 1954. p. 4.
↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160

Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale) Michigan (Little Brown Jug) Nebraska ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Penn State (Governor's Victory Bell) Wisconsin (Slab of Bacon, 1930–43; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present)

Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Marching band Minnesota shift T formation

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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