1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth and final year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–10 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 518 to 181.[1]

1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1983 record1–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coachJoe Salem (5th season)
MVPRandy Rasmussen
CaptainRandy Rasmussen
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Illinois $ 9 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 8 Michigan 8 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 14 Iowa 7 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 9 Ohio State 6 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
Wisconsin 5 –4 –0  7 –4 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –1  3 –7 –1
Michigan State 2 –6 –1  4 –6 –1
Indiana 2 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
Northwestern 2 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Minnesota 0 –9 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Offensive tackle Randy Rasmussen received the team's Most Valuable Player award, while tight end Jay Carroll was named offensive MVP, and linebacker Peter Najarian was named the defensive MVP. Najarian was named All-Big Ten second team. Najarian and split end Fred Hartwig were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 243,674, which averaged to 48,734. The season high for attendance was against Wisconsin, although the game against Nebraska drew only two people less.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 10at Rice*
W 21–1710,000
September 17No. 1 Nebraska*
L 13–8462,687
September 24Purdue
  • Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
L 20–3241,839
October 1at No. 8 Ohio State
L 18–6989,192
October 8at Indiana
L 31–3841,111
October 15Wisconsin
L 17–5662,689
October 22at Northwestern
L 8–1921,411
October 29at Michigan State
L 10–3476,481
November 5No. 6 Illinois
  • Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
L 23–5035,514
November 12No. 9 Michigan
  • Metrodome
  • Minneapolis
L 10–5840,945
November 19at No. 11 Iowa
L 10–6166,160
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
  • C Randy Rasmussen
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References
  1. "1983 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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