The 1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
in the
1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach
Jim Wacker
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, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 348 to 256.
Defensive tackle Ed Hawthorne and linebacker Broderick Hall were named All-Big Ten first team.
Kicker Mike Chalberg was named All-Big Ten second team.
[ Defensive back Justin Conzemius was named first team Academic All-American.]Tony Levine
Tony Levine (born October 28, 1972) is a former American football coach who last coached at Purdue as the special teams coordinator, co-offensive coordinator, and tight ends coach. He is a former head coach for the Houston Cougars football team. ...
, defensive back Dan LiSanti, linebacker Craig Sauer, quarterback Cory Sauter and linebacker Chris Smith were named Academic All-Big Ten.[
Chris Darkins was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Bruce Smith Award.][ Free safety Rishon Early was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.][ Justin Conzemius was awarded the Butch Nash Award.][ Ed Hawthorne was awarded the Paul Giel Award.][
The total attendance for the season was 253,851, which averaged to 42,308 per game.][ The season attendance high was against ]Iowa
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, with 53,340 in attendance.
Schedule
Roster
Game summaries
Penn State
at Kansas State
at Wisconsin
Iowa
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Box score and Game recap
References
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Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons
Minnesota Golden Gophers football
The Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represents the University of Minnesota in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Founded in 1882, Minnesota has been a member of the Big Ten Conference since its ince ...