1963 Minnesota
3–6 (2–5 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Army 24–8Oct 5
By 16 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vs Nebraska | L 7–14 | 65% |
| Oct 5 | vs Army | W 24–8 | 62% |
| Oct 12 | at Northwestern | L 8–15 | 43% |
| Oct 19 | at 7Illinois | L 6–16 | 63% |
| Oct 26 | vs Michigan | W 6–0 | 74% |
| Nov 2 | vs Indiana | L 6–24 | 75% |
| Nov 9 | at Iowa | L 13–27 | 42% |
| Nov 16 | at Purdue | L 11–13 | 39% |
| Nov 28 | vs Wisconsin | W 14–0 | 43% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 14–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
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 1963.
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 2–5 9th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 95–117
- Coach
- Murray Warmath
- Elo
- 1525 −95 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 9.8 No. 35 of 120 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Milt Sunde
- Most valuable player
- Carl Eller
Drafted in 1964
The 1964 draft| Rd 1 | Carl Eller DE | Minnesota Vikings |
| Rd 1 | Carl Eller DE | Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Carl EllerOTAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
Frank MarchlewskiCAP-2; UPI-3
From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1963 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 5–1–1 | 8–1–1 | 3 |
 Michigan State | 4–1–1 | 6–2–1 | 9 |
 Ohio State | 4–1–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Purdue | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Northwestern | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Michigan | 2–3–2 | 3–4–2 | |
| Iowa | 2–3–1 | 3–3–2 | |
| Minnesota | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Indiana | 1–5 | 3–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.