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1975 Minnesota

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Cal Stoll.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1975, game by game: lost at Indiana 14–20; won vs. Western Michigan 38–0; won vs. Oregon 10–7; won vs. Ohio 21–0; lost at Illinois 23–42; lost vs. No. 17 Michigan State 15–38; won at Iowa 31–7; lost vs. No. 7 Michigan 21–28; won vs. Northwestern 33–9; lost at No. 1 Ohio State 6–38; won vs. Wisconsin 24–3+38−32Lost 14–20 at Indiana-6IndianaWon 38–0 vs. Western Michigan+38Western MichiganWon 10–7 vs. Oregon+3OregonWon 21–0 vs. Ohio+21OhioLost 23–42 at Illinois-19IllinoisLost 15–38 vs. No. 17 Michigan State-23No. 17 Michigan StateWon 31–7 at Iowa+24IowaLost 21–28 vs. No. 7 Michigan-7No. 7 MichiganWon 33–9 vs. Northwestern+24NorthwesternLost 6–38 at No. 1 Ohio State-32No. 1 Ohio StateWon 24–3 vs. Wisconsin+21Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atIndianaL 14–⁠2051%
Sep 20vsWestern MichiganW 38–⁠073%
Sep 27vsOregonW 10–⁠768%
Oct 4vsOhioW 21–⁠047%
Oct 11atIllinoisL 23–⁠4239%
Oct 18vs17Michigan StateL 15–⁠3839%
Oct 25atIowaW 31–⁠752%
Nov 1vs7MichiganL 21–⁠2822%
Nov 8vsNorthwesternW 33–⁠966%
Nov 15at1Ohio StateL 6–⁠3811%
Nov 22vsWisconsinW 24–⁠359%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 24–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
236–⁠192
Coach
Cal Stoll
Elo
1495 +56 this season
SP+ rating
-1.1 No. 77 of 132; offense No. 70, defense No. 71
SRS
5.0 No. 49 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Keith Simons
Most valuable player
Tony Dungy

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 3Keith Simons DTKansas City Chiefs

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Tony DungyQBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Doug BeaudoinDBAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1975 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1975 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State8–⁠011–⁠14
Michigan7–⁠18–⁠2–⁠28
Michigan State4–⁠47–⁠4
Illinois4–⁠45–⁠6
Purdue4–⁠44–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Minnesota3–⁠56–⁠5
Iowa3–⁠53–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠63–⁠8
Indiana1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1

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