Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Murray Warmath - 1969

1969

1969 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1969 record 4-5-1 (4-3 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1968 1970 »
1969 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#4/5 Ohio State 6 1 0 8 1 0
#9/8 Michigan 6 1 0 8 3 0
#18/18 Purdue 5 2 0 8 2 0
Minnesota 4 3 0 4 5 1
Iowa 3 4 0 5 5 0
Indiana 3 4 0 4 6 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 3 7 0
Wisconsin 3 4 0 3 7 0
Michigan State 2 5 0 4 6 0
Illinois 0 7 0 0 10 0
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll


The 1969 season was the Golden Gophers' sixteenth under head coach Murray Warmath. The Golden Gophers won four games, lost five and tied one. Total attendance for the season was 272,449, which averaged to 45,417. The season high for attendance was against Ohio State.

End Ray Parson was named All-Big Ten first team. Linebacker Noel Jenke, halfback Barry Mayer and defensive lineman Leon Trawick were named Academic All-Big Ten.

Ray Parson was awarded the Team MVP Award.

The team included Richard Fliehr as an offensive linemean. Fliehr is better known as professional wrestler Ric Flair.

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