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1953 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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1953 record | 4-4-1 (3-3-1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Wes Fesler |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
Seasons |
1953 Big Ten football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#3/3 Michigan State § | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#7/7 Illinois § | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#15/14 Wisconsin | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#NR/20 Ohio State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#20/19 Michigan | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#9/10 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll |
The 1953 season was the Golden Gophers' third and final under head coach Wes Fesler. The Golden Gophers won four games, lost four and tied one. Total attendance for the season was 293,313, which averaged to 58,662. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.
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. Giel finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy, receiving the most points for a player not to win the award.[1]
Paul Giel was awarded the Team MVP Award.
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | |||
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09/26/1953* | at #8 Southern Cal | 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 | #5 Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 22-0 | 62,795 | ||||
10/31/1953* | Pittsburgh | #14 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 35-14 | 49,092 | |||
10/07/1953 | Indiana | #13 | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | W 28-20 | 58,527 | |||
11/14/1953 | at Iowa | #15 | Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 0-27 | 55,355 | |||
11/21/1953 | #8 Wisconsin | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN | T 21-21 | 61,904 | ||||
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
References[]
- ↑ "The Winning Margin: Year By Year". http://www.heisman.com/handbook/winning-margin.html. Retrieved 2007-11-04.[dead link]