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1974 Minnesota

4–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Big Ten), coached by Cal Stoll.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1974, game by game: lost vs. No. 4 Ohio State 19–34; won vs. North Dakota 42–30; won vs. TCU 9–7; lost at No. 6 Nebraska 0–54; lost at Indiana 3–34; won vs. Iowa 23–17; lost at No. 3 Michigan 0–49; lost vs. Northwestern 13–21; won at Purdue 24–20; lost vs. Illinois 14–17; lost at Wisconsin 14–49+12−54Lost 19–34 vs. No. 4 Ohio State-15No. 4 Ohio StateWon 42–30 vs. North Dakota+12North DakotaWon 9–7 vs. TCU+2TCULost 0–54 at No. 6 Nebraska-54No. 6 NebraskaLost 3–34 at Indiana-31IndianaWon 23–17 vs. Iowa+6IowaLost 0–49 at No. 3 Michigan-49No. 3 MichiganLost 13–21 vs. Northwestern-8NorthwesternWon 24–20 at Purdue+4PurdueLost 14–17 vs. Illinois-3IllinoisLost 14–49 at Wisconsin-35Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 14vs4Ohio StateL 19–⁠3436%
Sep 21vsNorth DakotaW 42–⁠3092%
Sep 28vsTCUW 9–⁠767%
Oct 5at6NebraskaL 0–⁠5420%
Oct 12atIndianaL 3–⁠3465%
Oct 19vsIowaW 23–⁠1766%
Oct 26at3MichiganL 0–⁠4913%
Nov 2vsNorthwesternL 13–⁠2173%
Nov 9atPurdueW 24–⁠2033%
Nov 16vsIllinoisL 14–⁠1751%
Nov 23atWisconsinL 14–⁠4927%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 49–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 tied for 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
161–⁠332
Coach
Cal Stoll
Elo
1409 −110 this season
SP+ rating
-17.5 No. 111 of 124; offense No. 104, defense No. 114
SRS
−8.1 No. 94 of 129 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ollie Bakken and Jeff Selleck
Most valuable player
Ollie Bakken

Drafted in 1975

The 1975 draft
Rd 4Rick Upchurch WRDenver Broncos

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1974 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1974 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan7–⁠110–⁠13
Ohio State7–⁠110–⁠24
Michigan State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠112
Wisconsin5–⁠37–⁠4
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota2–⁠64–⁠7
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠8
Iowa2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana1–⁠71–⁠10

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