The 1989 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the

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in the

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. In their fourth year under head coach

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, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 283 to 263. Kicker Brent Berglund, offensive lineman Dan Liimata, tailback

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and defensive tackle Mike Sunvold were named All-Big Ten second team. Punter Brent Herbel was named Academic All-American. Running back Pat Cummings, punter Brent Herbel, offensive lineman Dan Liimatta, offensive lineman Jon Melander, quarterback Scott Schaffner and linebacker Joel Staats were named Academic All-Big Ten. Darrell Thompson was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Bruce Smith Award. Linebacker Eddie Miles was awarded the Carl Eller Award. Brent Berglund was awarded the Bobby Bell Award. Dan Liimatta was awarded the Butch Nash Award. Jon Melander was awarded the Paul Giel Award. Total attendance for the season was 237,552, which averaged out to 39,592 per game. The season high for attendance was against the

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Schedule

Personnel

Season summary

At Iowa State

Nebraska

Indiana State

Purdue

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Thompson injured right knee midway through first quarter and did not return

At Northwestern

At Indiana

Ohio State

Wisconsin

At Michigan State

Michigan

At Iowa

*First win versus Iowa since 1984 *Biggest win versus Iowa since 1949

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