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1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1951
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	football
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	2–6–1
conf_record	1–4–1
head_coach	Wes Fesler
hc_year	1st
mvp	Ron Engel
captain	Wayne Robinson
stadium	Memorial Stadium

The 1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1951 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Wes Fesler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 2–6–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 258 to 162. The team was ranked at No. 75 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.

No Golden Gophers players were named any major awards, All-American, Academic All-American, All-Big Ten or Academic All-Big Ten. It was the last season that no Golden Gopher players achieved any of the awards. Halfback Ron Engel was awarded the Team MVP Award.

Total attendance for the season was 255,851, which averaged to 51,170. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska.

Schedule

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References

"1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(December 14, 1951). "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner.
Keiser, Jeff. (March 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link).
Keiser, Jeff. (March 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link).
Keiser, Jeff. (July 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{Dead link).
Lyall Smith. (October 28, 1951). "M Doubles Up Gophers, 54-27". Detroit Free Press.

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