1984 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1984 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
1984 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–7 (3–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Lou Holtz (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	John Gutekunst (1st season)
MVP	Rickey Foggie
Captain	Mark Vonderhaar
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 Ohio State $	7	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Michigan State	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Michigan	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Indiana	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1984 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Lou Holtz, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 316 to 194.^[1]

Quarterback Rickey Foggie received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Linebacker Peter Najarian, punter Adam Kelly and offensive tackle Mark VonderHaar were named All-Big Ten second team. Linebacker Peter Najarian, defensive lineman Craig Paulson and running back David Puk were named Academic All-Big Ten.Mark VondeHaar was awarded the Bruce Smith Award. Peter Najarian was awarded the Carl Eller Award. Strong safety Larry Joyner was awarded the Bobby Bell Award. Center John Kelly was awarded the Butch Nash Award. Flanker Dwayne McMullen was awarded the Paul Giel Award.^[2]

Total attendance for the season was 310,745, which averaged out to 51,791 per game. The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	Rice*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 31–24	50,576
September 15	at No. 1 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 7–38	76,077
September 22	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 10–34	61,538
September 29	No. 3 Ohio State	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 22–35	47,534
October 6	Indiana	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 33–24	44,786
October 13	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 17–14	78,770
October 20	Northwestern	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 28–31	56,934
October 27	Michigan State	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 13–20	47,427
November 3	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 3–48	76,056
November 10	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	L 7–31	101,247	^[4]
November 17	Iowa	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 23–17	63,479
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

QB Rickey Foggie
K Chip Lohmiller, Fr.
OT Mark VonderHaar

Game summaries

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Minnesota	0	7	7	3	17
Wisconsin	0	14	0	0	14

Date: October 13
Location: Camp Randall Stadium
Game attendance: 78,770

Minnesota's defense stopped Wisconsin on fourth down at the Gophers' two-yard line after the Badgers had driven 90 yards following Lohmiller's go-ahead field goal.

Rickey Foggie 24 Rush, 152 Yds

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References

^ "1984 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Tommy George (November 11, 1984). "U-M discovers big plays vs. Gophers, 31-7". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 9C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Gainesville Sun. 1984 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Aug-11.