1969 Minnesota
4–5–1 (4–3 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Iowa 35–8Nov 1
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | at Arizona State | L 26–48 | 35% |
| Sep 27 | vs Ohio | T 35–35 | 48% |
| Oct 4 | vs Nebraska | L 14–42 | 58% |
| Oct 11 | at Indiana | L 7–17 | 43% |
| Oct 18 | vs 1Ohio State | L 7–34 | 29% |
| Oct 25 | vs Michigan | L 9–35 | 42% |
| Nov 1 | at Iowa | W 35–8 | 38% |
| Nov 8 | vs Northwestern | W 28–21 | 73% |
| Nov 15 | at Michigan State | W 14–10 | 41% |
| Nov 22 | vs Wisconsin | W 35–10 | 79% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 35–10; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 83rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 19
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 1969.
- Record
- 4–5–1
- Conference
- 4–3 4th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 19
- Points
- 210–260
- Coach
- Murray Warmath
- Elo
- 1517 −39 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.6 No. 40 of 122 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Jim Carter
- Most valuable player
- Ray Parson
Drafted in 1970
The 1970 draft| Rd 2 | Ray Parson DT | Detroit Lions |
| Rd 3 | Jim Carter LB | Green Bay Packers |
All-Big Ten
1 first team, 5 second teamFirst team
Ray ParsonEAP-1
Second team
- Jim CarterRBUPI-2
- Barry MayerRBUPI-2
- Al HawesOTAP-2; UPI-2
- Jeff WrightDBAP-2
- Walter BowserDBUPI-2
From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1969 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State | 6–1 | 8–1 | 4 |
| Michigan | 6–1 | 8–3 | 9 |
 Purdue | 5–2 | 8–2 | 18 |
| Minnesota | 4–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Iowa | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
| Indiana | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Wisconsin | 3–4 | 3–7 | |
| Northwestern | 3–4 | 3–7 | |
| Michigan State | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
 Illinois | 0–7 | 0–10 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.