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1982 Minnesota

3–⁠8 (1–⁠8 Big Ten), coached by Joe Salem.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1982, game by game: won vs. Ohio 57–7; won at Purdue 36–10; won vs. Washington State 41–11; lost vs. Illinois 24–42; lost at Northwestern 21–31; lost vs. Indiana 21–40; lost vs. Iowa 16–21; lost at No. 20 Michigan 14–52; lost at Ohio State 10–35; lost vs. Michigan State 7–26; lost at Wisconsin 0–24+50−38Won 57–7 vs. Ohio+50OhioWon 36–10 at Purdue+26PurdueWon 41–11 vs. Washington State+30Washington StateLost 24–42 vs. Illinois-18IllinoisLost 21–31 at Northwestern-10NorthwesternLost 21–40 vs. Indiana-19IndianaLost 16–21 vs. Iowa-5IowaLost 14–52 at No. 20 Michigan-38No. 20 MichiganLost 10–35 at Ohio State-25Ohio StateLost 7–26 vs. Michigan State-19Michigan StateLost 0–24 at Wisconsin-24Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsOhioW 57–⁠763%
Sep 18atPurdueW 36–⁠1047%
Sep 25vsWashington StateW 41–⁠1163%
Oct 2vsIllinoisL 24–⁠4259%
Oct 9atNorthwesternL 21–⁠3175%
Oct 16vsIndianaL 21–⁠4067%
Oct 23vsIowaL 16–⁠2149%
Oct 30at20MichiganL 14–⁠5214%
Nov 6atOhio StateL 10–⁠3518%
Nov 13vsMichigan StateL 7–⁠2658%
Nov 20atWisconsinL 0–⁠2426%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 24–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 134th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 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 1982.

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠8 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
247–⁠299
Coach
Joe Salem
Elo
1358 −119 this season
SP+ rating
-10.0 No. 82 of 109; offense No. 58, defense No. 97
SRS
−3.6 No. 67 of 113 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ed Olson
Most valuable player
Mike Hohensee

All-Big Ten

3 second team

Second team

  • Bill HumphriesOGAP-2; UPI-2
  • Randy RasmussenOGUPI-2
  • Karl MecklenburgDLAP-2; UPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1982 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1982 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠18–⁠4
Ohio State7–⁠19–⁠312
Iowa6–⁠28–⁠4
Illinois6–⁠37–⁠5
Wisconsin5–⁠47–⁠5
Indiana4–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠63–⁠8
Northwestern2–⁠73–⁠8
Michigan State2–⁠72–⁠9
Minnesota1–⁠83–⁠8

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