Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Cal Stoll - 1978

1978

1978 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1978 record 5-6 (4-4 Big Ten)
Head coach Cal Stoll
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1977 1979 »
1978 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#5/5 Michigan 7 1 0 10 2 0
#12/NR Michigan State 7 1 0 8 3 0
#13/13 Purdue 6 1 1 9 2 1
Ohio State 6 2 0 7 4 1
Minnesota 4 4 0 5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 4 2 5 4 2
Indiana 3 5 0 4 7 0
Iowa 2 6 0 2 9 0
Illinois 0 6 2 1 8 2
Northwestern 0 8 1 0 10 1
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1978 season was the Golden Gophers' sixth under head coach Cal Stoll. The Golden Gophers won five games and lost six. Total attendance for the season was 238,072, which averaged to 39,678. The season high for attendance was against Ohio State.

Tailback Marion Barber Jr., kicker Paul Rogind and defensive back Keith Brown and defensive end Stan Sytsma were named All-Big Ten first team. Nose Guard Doug Friberg and defensive tackle Jim Ronan were named All-Big Ten second team. Sytsma was named Academic All-Big Ten.

Marion Barber Jr. was awarded the Team MVP Award.

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