American college football season
The 1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season . In their fourth year under head coach Joe Salem , the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 295 to 287. It was the first season in the H.H.H. Metrodome .
Quarterback Mike Hohensee received the team's Most Valuable Player award, while offensive lineman Randy Rasmussen was named offensive MVP, and defensive end Karl Mecklenburg was named the defensive MVP. Rasmussen, offensive lineman Bill Humphries, and Mecklenburg were named All-Big Ten second team. Mecklenburg, defensive lineman Fred Orgas and fullback Bob Stroup were named Academic All-Big Ten.
Total attendance for the season was 413,200, which averaged to 59,028. The season high for attendance was against Iowa .
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 11 Ohio *W 57–3 56,168 September 18 at Purdue CBS W 36–10 63,247 September 25 Washington State *Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN W 41–11 50,653 October 2 Illinois No. 19 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN CBS L 24–42 63,684 October 9 at Northwestern L 21–31 20,875 October 16 Indiana Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN L 21–40 61,865 October 23 Iowa Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry ) L 16–21 63,872 October 30 at No. 20 Michigan L 14–52 105,619 November 6 at Ohio State L 10–35 87,666 November 13 Michigan State Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN L 7–26 57,146 November 20 at Wisconsin L 0–24 59,792 *Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster
1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) IneligibleRoster
Game summaries
Iowa
Iowa at Minnesota
1
2 3 4 Total
• Hawkeyes
0
7 7 7
21
Golden Gophers
3
3 3 7
16
Scoring summary 1 4:19 MINN Gallery 25-yard field goal MINN 3–0 2 3:49 IOWA Chuck Long 2-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 7–3 2 0:35 MINN Gallery 35-yard field goal IOWA 7–6 3 11:44 IOWA Long 2-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 14–6 3 7:28 MINN Gallery 45-yard field goal IOWA 14–9 4 12:02 IOWA Eddie Phillips 14-yard run (Nichol kick) IOWA 21–9 4 2:19 MINN Reid 2-yard run (Gallery kick) IOWA 21–16
See also: 1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Floyd of Rosedale
At Michigan
Minnesota at Michigan
1
2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers
0
7 0 7
14
• Wolverines
7
24 14 7
52
Scoring summary 1 MICH Carter 29-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick) Mich 7–0 2 MICH S. Smith 6-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick) Mich 14–0 2 MICH Rice 1-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick) Mich 21–0 2 4:14 MICH Rogers 10-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick) Mich 28–0 2 1:17 MINN McMullen 13-yard pass from Hohensee (Gallery kick) Mich 28–7 2 MICH Haji-Sheikh 24-yard field goal Mich 31–7 3 9:42 MICH Dunaway 42-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick) Mich 38–7 3 MICH K. Smith 6-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick) Mich 45–7 4 MINN Jacobs 3-yard run (Gallery kick) Mich 45–14 4 2:40 MICH Greg Armstrong 17-yard pass from Dave Hall (Haji-Sheikh kick) Mich 52–14
See also: 1982 Michigan Wolverines football team and Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)
At Ohio State
Minnesota at Ohio State
1
2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers
0
3 7 0
10
• Buckeyes
7
14 14 0
35
Date: November 6Location: Ohio StadiumGame start: 2:30 CST Elapsed time: 2:50Game attendance: 87,666Game weather: Sunny; 42 °F (6 °C); wind 10–20 mph (16–32 km/h) SWReferee: John Nealon
See also: 1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
At Wisconsin
Minnesota at Wisconsin
1
2 3 4 Total
Golden Gophers
0
0 0 0
0
• Badgers
0
3 14 7
24
Scoring summary 2 WIS Rodhe 29 yard field goal Wisconsin 3-0 3 WIS Wright 1 yard run (Rodhe kick) Wisconsin 10-0 3 WIS Nault 28 yard pass from Wright (Rodhe kick) Wisconsin 17-0 4 WIS Williams 1 yard run (Rodhe kick) Wisconsin 24-0
See also: 1982 Wisconsin Badgers football team
References
"1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide
Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide
Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide
https://gophersports.com/documents/2020/10/14/2020_Football_Media_Guide_WEB.pdf
Joe Lapointe (October 31, 1982). "U-M smells roses, buries Gophers" . Detroit Free Press . pp. 1D, 7D – via Newspapers.com .
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