Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Wes Fesler - 1951

1951

1951 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1951 record 2-6-1 (1-4-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Wes Fesler
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1950 1952 »
1951 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#4/3 Illinois 5 0 1 9 0 1
#NR/14 Purdue 4 1 0 5 4 0
#8/8 Wisconsin 5 1 1 7 1 1
Michigan 4 2 0 4 5 0
Ohio State 2 2 2 4 3 2
Northwestern 2 4 0 5 4 0
Minnesota 1 4 1 2 6 1
Indiana 1 5 0 2 7 0
Iowa 0 5 1 2 5 2
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll


The 1951 season was the Golden Gophers' first under head coach Wes Fesler. The Golden Gophers won two games, lost six and tied one. Total attendance for the season was 255,851, which averaged to 51,170. The season high for attendance was against Nebraska.

No Golden Gophers players were named any major awards, All-American, Academic All-American, All-Big Ten or Academic All-Big Ten. It was the last season that no Golden Gopher players achieved any of the awards.

Halfback Ron Engel was awarded the Team MVP Award.

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