List of Minnesota Golden Gophers football seasons

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Minnesota in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. Minnesota was one of seven original founding members of the Big Ten Conference, then known as the Western Conference, in 1896.

Since the team's first season in 1882, the Gophers have participated in more than 1,250 officially sanctioned games, including 20 bowl games, and have finished in the top 25 of the national polls 16 times. Minnesota claims seven national championships, most recently a consensus national championship in 1960, and has won at least a share of the conference championship 18 times, most recently in 1967.

Seasons[]

National Champions dagger Conference Champions * Division Champions double-dagger Bowl game berth ^
Season Head coach Conference Season results Bowl result Final ranking
Conference
finish 		Division
finish
[a] 		Won Lost Tied Associated Press Poll
[b] 		Coaches' Poll
[c]
Minnesota Golden Gophers
1882 No Coach Independent — — 1 1 0 — N/A N/A
1883 Thomas Peebles — — 1 2 0 — N/A N/A
1886 Frederick S. Jones — — 0 2 0 — N/A N/A
1887 — — 2 0 0 — N/A N/A
1888 — — 1 1 0 — N/A N/A
1889 Al McCord, D. W. McCord, Frank Heffelfinger, Billy Morse — — 3 1 0 — N/A N/A
1890 Tom Eck — — 5 1 1 — N/A N/A
1891 Edward Moulton — — 3 1 1 — N/A N/A
1892 No Coach — — 4 1 0 — N/A N/A
1893 Wallace Winter — — 6 0 0 — N/A N/A
1894 Tom Cochrane Jr. — — 3 1 0 — N/A N/A
1895 Pudge Heffelfinger — — 7 3 0 — N/A N/A
1896 Alexander Jerrems Big Ten Conference[e] 5th — 8 2 0 — N/A N/A
1897 6th — 4 4 0 — N/A N/A
1898 Jack Minds 5th — 4 5 0 — N/A N/A
1899 Jack Harrison, William C. Leary 6th — 6 3 2 — N/A N/A
1900 * Henry L. Williams T–1st — 10 0 2 — N/A N/A
1901 3rd — 9 1 1 — N/A N/A
1902 3rd — 9 2 1 — N/A N/A
1903 * T–1st — 14 0 1 — N/A N/A
1904 dagger T–1st — 13 0 0 — N/A N/A
1905 2nd — 10 1 0 — N/A N/A
1906 * T–1st — 4 1 0 — N/A N/A
1907 5th — 2 2 1 — N/A N/A
1908 7th — 3 2 1 — N/A N/A
1909 * T–1st — 6 1 0 — N/A N/A
1910 * T–1st — 6 1 0 — N/A N/A
1911 * T–1st — 6 0 1 — N/A N/A
1912 4th — 4 3 0 — N/A N/A
1913 2nd — 5 2 0 — N/A N/A
1914 2nd — 6 1 0 — N/A N/A
1915 * T–1st — 6 0 1 — N/A N/A
1916 3rd — 6 1 0 — N/A N/A
1917 2nd — 4 1 0 — N/A N/A
1918 4th — 5 2 1 — N/A N/A
1919 4th — 4 2 1 — N/A N/A
1920 10th — 1 6 0 — N/A N/A
1921 7th — 3 4 0 — N/A N/A
1922 William H. Spaulding 5th — 3 3 1 — N/A N/A
1923 4th — 5 1 1 — N/A N/A
1924 6th — 3 3 2 — N/A N/A
1925 Clarence Spears 7th — 5 2 1 — N/A N/A
1926 6th — 5 3 0 — N/A N/A
1927 * T–1st — 6 0 2 — N/A N/A
1928 3rd — 6 2 0 — N/A N/A
1929 3rd — 6 2 0 — N/A N/A
1930 Fritz Crisler 6th — 3 4 1 — N/A N/A
1931 5th — 7 3 0 — N/A N/A
1932 Bernie Bierman 6th — 5 3 0 — N/A N/A
1933 * T–1st — 4 0 4 — N/A N/A
1934 dagger T–1st — 8 0 0 — N/A N/A
1935 dagger T–1st — 8 0 0 — N/A N/A
1936 dagger 2nd — 7 1 0 — 1 N/A
1937 * T–1st — 6 2 0 — 5 N/A
1938 * T–1st — 6 2 0 — 10 N/A
1939 7th — 3 4 1 — — N/A
1940 dagger T–1st — 8 0 0 — 1 N/A
1941 dagger T–1st — 8 0 0 — 1 N/A
1942 George Hauser 5th — 5 4 0 — 19 N/A
1943 5th — 5 4 0 — — N/A
1944 4th — 5 3 1 — — N/A
1945 Bernie Bierman 8th — 4 5 0 — — N/A
1946 5th — 5 4 0 — — N/A
1947 3rd — 6 3 0 — — N/A
1948 3rd — 7 2 0 — 16 N/A
1949 3rd — 7 2 0 — 8 N/A
1950 7th — 1 7 1 — — —
1951 Wes Fesler 7th — 2 6 1 — — —
1952 5th — 4 3 2 — — —
1953 5th — 4 4 1 — — —
1954 Murray Warmath 4th — 7 2 0 — — 20
1955 8th — 3 6 0 — — —
1956 3rd — 6 1 2 — 12 9
1957 8th — 4 5 0 — — —
1958 9th — 1 8 0 — — —
1959 10th — 2 7 0 — — —
1960 dagger T–1st — 8 2 0 Lost Rose Bowl vs. Washington, 7-17 1 1
1961 2nd — 8 2 0 Won Rose Bowl vs. UCLA, 21-3 6 6
1962 2nd — 6 2 1 — 10 10
1963 9th — 3 6 0 — — —
1964 4th — 5 4 0 — — —
1965 3rd — 5 4 1 — — —
1966 5th — 4 5 1 — — —
1967 * T–1st — 8 2 0 — — 14
1968 3rd — 6 4 0 — — —
1969 4th — 4 5 1 — — —
1970 7th — 3 6 1 — — —
1971 7th — 4 7 0 — — —
1972 Cal Stoll 6th — 4 7 0 — — —
1973 3rd — 7 4 0 — — —
1974 7th — 4 7 0 — — —
1975 7th — 6 5 0 — — —
1976 3rd — 6 5 0 — — —
1977 5th — 7 5 0 Lost Hall of Fame Classic vs. Maryland, 7-17 — —
1978 5th — 5 6 0 — — —
1979 Joe Salem 6th — 4 6 1 — — —
1980 5th — 5 6 0 — — —
1981 6th — 6 5 0 — — —
1982 10th — 3 8 0 — — —
1983 10th — 1 10 0 — — —
1984 Lou Holtz 8th — 4 7 0 — — —
1985 6th — 7 5 0 Won Independence Bowl vs. Clemson, 20-13 — —
1986 John Gutekunst 3rd — 6 6 0 Lost Liberty Bowl vs. Tennessee, 14-21 — —
1987 6th — 6 5 0 — — —
1988 10th — 2 7 2 — — —
1989 5th — 6 5 0 — — —
1990 6th — 6 5 0 — — —
1991 10th — 2 9 0 — — —
1992 Jim Wacker 10th — 2 9 0 — — —
1993 9th — 4 7 0 — — —
1994 10th — 3 8 0 — — —
1995 10th — 3 8 0 — — —
1996 9th — 4 7 —[d] — — —
1997 Glen Mason 9th — 3 9 — — — —
1998 7th — 5 6 — — — —
1999 5th — 8 4 — Lost Sun Bowl vs. Oregon, 20-24 18 17
2000 5th — 6 6 — Lost MicronPC.com Bowl vs. NC State, 30-38 — —
2001 10th — 4 7 — — — —
2002 7th — 8 5 — Won Music City Bowl vs. Arkansas, 29-14 — —
2003 4th — 10 3 — Won Sun Bowl vs. Oregon, 31-30 20 17
2004 8th — 7 5 — Won Music City Bowl vs. Alabama, 20-16 — —
2005 7th — 7 5 — Lost Music City Bowl vs. Virginia, 31-34 — —
2006 6th — 6 7 — Lost Insight Bowl vs. Texas Tech, 41-44 — —
2007 Tim Brewster 11th — 1 11 — — — —
2008 6th — 7 6 — Lost Insight Bowl vs. Kansas, 21-42 — —
2009 8th — 6 7 — Lost Insight Bowl vs. Iowa State, 13-14 — —
2010 Tim Brewster / Jeff Horton 9th — 3 9 — — — —
2011 Jerry Kill — 6th 3 9 — — — —
2012 — 5th 6 7 — Lost Car Care Bowl vs. Texas Tech, 31-34 — —
2013 — 6th 8 5 — Lost Texas Bowl vs. Syracuse, 17-21 — —
2014 — 2nd 8 5 — Lost Citrus Bowl vs. Missouri, 17-33 — —
2015 Jerry Kill / Tracy Claeys — T–5th 6 7 — Won Quick Lane Bowl vs. Central Michigan, 21-14 — —
2016 Tracy Claeys — T–4th 9 4 — Won Holiday Bowl vs. Washington State, 17-12 — —
2017 P. J. Fleck — 6th 5 7 — — — —
2018 — T–5th 7 6 — Won Quick Lane Bowl vs. Georgia Tech, 34-10 — —
2019double-dagger T-2nd T–1st 11 2 — Won Outback Bowl vs. Auburn, 31-24 10 10
2020 — 4th 3 4 — — — —
2021 — T-2nd 8 4 — Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs. West Virginia — —
Total 703 523 44 (Regular Season Record)
9 12 0 (Bowl Game Record)
712 535 44 (Overall Record)

Notes[]

a The Big Ten Conference introduced divisional play in 2011; the divisional winners advance to the Big Ten Championship Game to determine the conference champion.[1]

b The Associated Press began conducting a weekly college football poll in 1936.[2]

c The college football coaches' poll has been sponsored by multiple organizations since its creation in 1950. Its current sponsor is USA Today.[2]

d Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible.[3]

e Prior to 1950, the Big Ten was unofficially called the Western Conference or the Big Nine.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Big Ten Announces Football Division Alignments and 2011 and 2012 Conference Schedules". Big Ten.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  2. ^ a b "Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  3. ^ "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today.com. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
  4. ^ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/minn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012-FB-Media-Guide.pdf
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