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The 1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the
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in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach
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, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 195 to 127. The team finished the season ranked #20 in the final Coaches poll. Halfback Bob McNamara received the team's Most Valuable Player award, 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. He was also selected by the
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as a first-team player on its
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. Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten. Total attendance for the season was 347,555, which averaged to 57,925. The season high for attendance was against
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