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1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1990
team	Minnesota Golden Gophers
sport	football
conference	Big Ten Conference
short_conf	Big Ten
record	6–5
conf_record	5–3
head_coach	John Gutekunst
hc_year	5th
def_coach	Tom Gadd
dc_year	1st
captain	Frank Jackson
captain2	Mike Sunvold
stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

The 1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach John Gutekunst, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 281 to 224.

Center Chris Thome was named All-Big Ten first team. Punter Brent Herbel was named Academic All-American.

Mike Sunvold was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Carl Eller Award.

Total attendance for the season was 243,511, which averaged out to 40,585 per game. The season high for attendance was against the Iowa.

Schedule

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Roster

References

"1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
Keiser, Jeff. (August 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400}}{{Dead link).
Keiser, Jeff. (August 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400}}{{Dead link).
Keiser, Jeff. (August 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400}}{{Dead link).
Keiser, Jeff. (August 2018). ["2007 Media Guide"](http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{Dead link).
(September 9, 1990). "Gophers fall to Utes on last play of game". Omaha World-Herald.
(September 16, 1990). "Cyclones lose game, key players". Quad-City Times.
(September 23, 1990). "Huskers run roughshod over Gophers". Grand Forks Herald.
(October 7, 1990). "Boiler bungles prove costly". The Indianapolis Star.
(October 14, 1990). "Gophers run wild, win 35–25". Star Tribune.
(October 21, 1990). "First-place Gophers? It's true". Grand Forks Herald.
(October 28, 1990). "Minnesota fried by Ohio State's Frey". The Indianapolis Star.
(November 4, 1990). "Minnesota shuts down UW, 21–3". The Reporter.
(November 11, 1990). "Michigan State pounds Gophers 28–16". The Austin Daily Herald.
(November 18, 1990). "Grbac leads Michigan past Minnesota 35–18". The Palm Beach Post.
(November 25, 1990). "Gophers surprise Hawkeyes, 31–24". The Albert Lea Tribune.

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