The 1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the

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in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach

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, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 190. End Ray Paron received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Parson was also named All-Big Ten first team. Linebacker

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, halfback Barry Mayer and defensive lineman Leon Trawick were named Academic All-Big Ten. The team included offensive lineman, Richard Fliehr, better known as professional wrestler

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. Total attendance at six home games was 272,449, an average of 45,417 per game. The largest crowd was against

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