1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1964 record 5-4 (4-3 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath (11th year)
MVP Joe Pung
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1963 1965 »
1964 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Michigan $ 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 1 – 0
#9 Ohio State 5 – 1 – 0     7 – 2 – 0
Purdue 5 – 2 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Illinois 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 3 – 0
Minnesota 4 – 3 – 0     5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State 3 – 3 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Iowa 1 – 5 – 0     3 – 6 – 0
Indiana 1 – 5 – 0     2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1964 college football season. In their 11th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 5-4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 136 to 131.[1]

Center Joe Pung received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Back Kraig Lofquist and end Aaron Brown were named All-Big Ten first team. Center Joe Pung and fullback Mike Reid were named All-Big Ten second team.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 268,908, which averaged to 53,782. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
09/26/1964 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 26-21   49,769
10/03/1964 at California* California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 26-20   53,000
10/10/1964 Northwestern Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 21-18   53,257
10/17/1964 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 21-18   53,257
10/24/1964 at Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 19-12   61,859
10/31/1964 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 21-0   33,245
11/07/1964 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 14-13   64,301
11/14/1964 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 14-7   49,867
11/21/1964 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 14-7   61,306
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Michigan

Week 5: Minnesota at Michigan
1 2 3 4 Total
Minnesota (2–2) 0 0 0 12 12
• Michigan (3–1) 7 3 9 0 19

In the fifth game of the season, Minnesota lost to Michigan 19–12 in Ann Arbor. Prior to 1964, Michigan had lost four consecutive games in the annual contest for the Little Brown Jug. Michigan led the game 19–0 in the fourth quarter and held off a comeback attempt by the Golden Gophers. Minnesota scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, but missed twice on two-point conversion attempts. The Golden Gophers closed the score to 19–12 on a 91-yard interception return by Kraig Lofquist. They subsequently drove to the Michigan three-yard line, but the Michigan defense held on fourth down.[4]

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