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1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1954
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	football
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
CoachRank	20
record	7–2
conf_record	4–2
head_coach	Murray Warmath
hc_year	1st
mvp	Bob McNamara
captain	Bob McNamara
stadium	Memorial Stadium

The 1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1954 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 195 to 127. The team finished the season ranked #20 in the final Coaches poll.

Halfback Bob McNamara received the team's Most Valuable Player award, He was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on its 1954 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All-Big Ten.

Total attendance for the season was 347,555, which averaged to 57,925. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.

Schedule

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Roster

Gino Cappelletti #15

References

"1954 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
"FWAA All America". Football Writers Association of America.
(November 23, 1954). "A.P. Lists 1954 All Big Ten Choices". The Daily Iowan.
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).

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