Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Jim Wacker - 1995

1995

1995 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1995 record 3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Jim Wacker
Home stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
(Capacity: 63,669)
Seasons
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1995 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#8/7 Northwestern 8 0 0 10 2 0
#6/8 Ohio State 7 1 0 11 2 0
#13/12 Penn State 5 3 0 9 3 0
#17/19 Michigan 5 3 0 9 4 0
Michigan State 4 3 1 6 5 1
#25/22 Iowa 4 4 0 8 4 0
Illinois 3 4 1 5 5 1
Wisconsin 3 4 1 4 5 2
Purdue 2 5 1 4 6 1
Minnesota 1 7 0 3 8 0
Indiana 0 8 0 2 9 0

The 1995 season was the Golden Gophers' fourth season under head coach Jim Wacker. The Golden Gophers won three games and lost eight. Total home attendance for the season was 291,173, which averaged out to 48,529 per game. The season high for attendance was against Wisconsin.

Offensive guard Todd Jesewitz and cornerback Rodney Heath were named All-Big Ten second team. Defensive back Justin Conzemius was named Academic All-American second team. Kicker Mike Chalberg, defensive back Justin Conzemius, defensive tackle Troy Duerr, offensive lineman Chris Fowlkes, linebacker Peter Hiestand, offensive lineman Todd Jesewitz, quarterback Rob Jones, wide receiver Tony Levine, defensive tackle Antoine Richard, linebacker Craig Sauer, quarterback Cory Sauter, linebacker Jim Tallman, defensive end Dave Watson, linebacker Parc Williams and long snapper Scott Williams were named Academic All-Big Ten.

Craig Sauer was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Carl Eller Award. Cory Sauter was awarded the Bruce Smith Award. Mike Chalberg was awarded the Bobby Bell Award. Justin Conzemius was awarded the Butch Nash Award. Running back Chris Darkins was awarded the Paul Giel Award.

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