1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
| 1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1953 record | 4-4-1 (3-3-1 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Wes Fesler (3rd year) |
| MVP | Paul Giel |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3 Michigan State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 Illinois + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #15 Wisconsin | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #20 Michigan | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #9 Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1953 college football season. In their third year under head coach Wes Fesler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4-4-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 160 to 150.[1]
Halfback Paul Giel was named an All-American by the Associated Press, FWAA, Look Magazine, Walter Camp Football Foundation and American Football Coaches Association. Giel received Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded to the most valuable player of the Big Ten. Giel was named All-Big Ten first team.[2] Giel finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy, receiving the most points for a player not to win the award.[3]
Paul Giel was awarded the Team MVP Award.[4]
Total attendance for the season was 293,313, which averaged to 58,662. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| 09/26/1953 | at No. 8 USC* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | L 7–17 | 66,698 | |||||
| 10/03/1953 | Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 0–21 | 60,995 | |||||
| 10/10/1953 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 30–13 | 40,000 | |||||
| 10/17/1953 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 7–27 | 55,641 | |||||
| 10/24/1953 | No. 5 Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 22–0 | 62,795 | |||||
| 10/31/1953 | Pittsburgh* | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 35–14 | 49,092 | ||||
| 10/07/1953 | Indiana | No. 13 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 28–20 | 58,527 | ||||
| 11/14/1953 | at Iowa | No. 15 | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 0–27 | 55,355 | ||||
| 11/21/1953 | No. 8 Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | T 21–21 | 61,904 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
- ↑ "The Winning Margin:Year By Year". Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160