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1989 Minnesota

6–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by John Gutekunst.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1989, game by game: won at Iowa State 30–20; lost vs. No. 3 Nebraska 0–48; won vs. Indiana State 34–14; won vs. Purdue 35–15; won at Northwestern 20–18; lost at Indiana 18–28; lost vs. Ohio State 37–41; won vs. Wisconsin 24–22; lost at Michigan State 7–21; lost vs. No. 3 Michigan 15–49; won at Iowa 43–7+36−48Won 30–20 at Iowa State+10Iowa StateLost 0–48 vs. No. 3 Nebraska-48No. 3 NebraskaWon 34–14 vs. Indiana State+20Indiana StateWon 35–15 vs. Purdue+20PurdueWon 20–18 at Northwestern+2NorthwesternLost 18–28 at Indiana-10IndianaLost 37–41 vs. Ohio State-4Ohio StateWon 24–22 vs. Wisconsin+2WisconsinLost 7–21 at Michigan State-14Michigan StateLost 15–49 vs. No. 3 Michigan-34No. 3 MichiganWon 43–7 at Iowa+36Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atIowa StateW 30–⁠2036%
Sep 23vs3NebraskaL 0–⁠4826%
Sep 30vsIndiana StateW 34–⁠1478%
Oct 7vsPurdueW 35–⁠1566%
Oct 14atNorthwesternW 20–⁠1861%
Oct 21atIndianaL 18–⁠2828%
Oct 28vsOhio StateL 37–⁠4149%
Nov 4vsWisconsinW 24–⁠2270%
Nov 11atMichigan StateL 7–⁠2123%
Nov 18vs3MichiganL 15–⁠4920%
Nov 25atIowaW 43–⁠732%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa 43–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 96th-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 1989.

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 5th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
263–⁠283
Coach
John Gutekunst
Elo
1489 +60 this season
SP+ rating
-0.9 No. 59 of 103; offense No. 47, defense No. 66
SRS
−1.2 No. 56 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Mac Stephens and Darrell Thompson

Drafted in 1990

The 1990 draft
Rd 1Darrell Thompson RBGreen Bay Packers
Rd 5Jon Melander OTNew England Patriots

All-Big Ten

4 second team

Second team

  • Darrell ThompsonRBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Dan LiimattaOTUPI-2
  • Mike SunvoldLinemen/outside linebackersAP-2; UPI-2
  • Brent BerglundKAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1989 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1989 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan8–⁠010–⁠27
Illinois7–⁠110–⁠210
Ohio State6–⁠28–⁠424
Michigan State6–⁠28–⁠416
Minnesota4–⁠46–⁠5
Iowa3–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue2–⁠63–⁠8
Wisconsin1–⁠72–⁠9
Northwestern0–⁠80–⁠11

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