1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–5–1 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (16th season)
MVP	Ray Parson
Captain	Jim Carter
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Iowa	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 16th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 190.

End Ray Paron received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Parson was also named All-Big Ten first team. Linebacker Noel Jenke, halfback Barry Mayer and defensive lineman Leon Trawick were named Academic All-Big Ten. The team included offensive lineman, Richard Fliehr, better known as professional wrestler Ric Flair.

Total attendance at six home games was 272,449, an average of 45,417 per game. The largest crowd was against Ohio State.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	at Arizona State*	No. 19	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 26–48	50,202
September 27	Ohio*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	T 35–35	41,235
October 4	at Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 14–42	52,136
October 11	at Indiana		Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–17	52,804
October 18	No. 1 Ohio State		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 7–34	53,106
October 25	Michigan		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	L 9–35	44,028
November 1	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 35–8	56,143
November 8	Northwestern		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 28–21	41,576
November 15	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 14–10	60,011
November 22	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 35–10	40,458
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 34 Jim Carter Sr QB 10 Craig Curry So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 27 Jeff Wright Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Murray Warmath Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster