The 1959 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the

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in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach

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, the Golden Gophers compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 159 to 98. End Tom Moe received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Tackle Michael W. Wright was named an Academic All-American and Academic All-Big Ten. Offensive lineman Jerome Shetler was also named Academic All-Big Ten. Total attendance at five home games was 263,983, an average of 52,796 per game. The largest crowd was against

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