1957 Minnesota

4–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1957, game by game: won vs. Washington 46–7; won vs. Purdue 21–17; won at Northwestern 41–6; lost at Illinois 13–34; lost vs. No. 20 Michigan 7–24; won vs. Indiana 34–0; lost at No. 5 Iowa 20–44; lost at No. 4 Michigan State 13–42; lost vs. No. 18 Wisconsin 6–14+39−29Won 46–7 vs. Washington+39WashingtonWon 21–17 vs. Purdue+4PurdueWon 41–6 at Northwestern+35NorthwesternLost 13–34 at Illinois-21IllinoisLost 7–24 vs. No. 20 Michigan-17No. 20 MichiganWon 34–0 vs. Indiana+34IndianaLost 20–44 at No. 5 Iowa-24No. 5 IowaLost 13–42 at No. 4 Michigan State-29No. 4 Michigan StateLost 6–14 vs. No. 18 Wisconsin-8No. 18 Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 4
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1957.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
201–⁠188
Coach
Murray Warmath
Elo
1512 −51 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.0 No. 28 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jon Jelacic
Most valuable player
Dick Larson

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 2Frank Youso OTNew York Giants
Rd 7Jon Jelacic EChicago Cardinals

All-Big Ten

1 second team

Second team

  • David BurkholderOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠09–⁠12
Michigan State5–⁠18–⁠13
Iowa4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠16
Wisconsin4–⁠36–⁠319
Purdue4–⁠35–⁠4
Michigan3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Illinois3–⁠44–⁠5
Minnesota3–⁠54–⁠5
Indiana0–⁠61–⁠8
Northwestern0–⁠70–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.