The 1975 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 236 to 192. Quarterback

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received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Dungy and safety Doug Beaudoin were named All-Big Ten second team. Dungy was also named Academic All-Big Ten. Total attendance for the season was 220,081, which averaged to 31,440. The season high for attendance was against

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Schedule

Roster

*Tommie Ash #8 *QB

Game summaries

Iowa

Eugene Register-Guard. 1975 Oct 26.

References

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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 incept ...