Minnesota Golden Gophers football under Murray Warmath Murray Warmath was the head football coach at the University of Minnesota for 18 seasons from 1954 to 1971 . The team had a 87 - 78 - 7 overall record . In the Big Ten they went 65 - 57 - 4 record and won two conference titles . The 1960 team claimed the national title , the most recent for the Golden Gophers . Eleven players were awarded All - American status . Two of Minnesota ' s five Chicago Tribune Silver Football awards were given under Warmath . Twenty - six players were named All - Big Ten first team . Eighteen players were named All - Big Ten second team . Five players were named Academic All - Americans . Thirty - one players were named Academic All - Big Ten . 1954 . The 1954 season was the Golden Gophers ' first under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won seven games and lost two . Total attendance for the season was 347 , 555 , which averaged to 57 , 925 . The season high for attendance was against Iowa . The team finished the season ranked # 20 by the UPI poll . Fullback Bob McNamara was named an All - American by the Associated Press , Football Writers Association of America and Look Magazine . McNamara was also named All - Big Ten first team . Fullback John Baumgartner was named Academic All - Big Ten . Bob McNamara was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1955 . The 1955 season was the Golden Gophers ' second under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won three games and lost six . Total attendance for the season was 305 , 581 , which averaged to 61 , 116 . The season high for attendance was against Southern Cal . Full back Dick Borstad and running back Bob Hobart were named Academic All - Big Ten . Quarterback Don Swanson was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1956 . The 1956 season was the Golden Gophers ' third under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won six games , lost one and tied two . Total attendance for the season was 372 , 654 , which averaged to 62 , 109 . The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa . The team finished 12th in an AP poll and ninth in the UPI poll . Tackle Bob Hobart was named All - American by the Associated Press , Football Writers Association of America and Look Magazine . Hobart was also named All - Big Ten first team , Academic All - American and Academic All - Big Ten . Offensive lineman Perry Gehring was named Academic All - Big Ten . Quarterback Bobby Cox was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1957 . The 1957 season was the Golden Gophers ' fourth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won four games and lost five . Total attendance for the season was 314 , 769 , which averaged to 62 , 953 . The season high for attendance was against Purdue . Fullback Dick Borstad , offensive lineman Perry Gehring and offensive lineman Mike Svendsen were named Academic All - Big Ten . Quarterback Dick Larson was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1958 . The 1958 season was the Golden Gophers ' fifth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won one game and lost eight . Total attendance for the season was 288 , 817 , which averaged to 57 , 763 . The season high for attendance was against Iowa . Center Mike Svendsen was named All - Big Ten first team . Svendsen and Offensive lineman Perry Gehring were named Academic All - Big Ten . Guard Everette Gerths was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1959 . The 1959 season was the Golden Gophers ' sixth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won two games and lost seven . Total attendance for the season was 263 , 983 , which averaged to 52 , 796 . The season high for attendance was against Michigan . Tackle Mike Wright was named an Academic All - American and Academic All - Big Ten . Offensive lineman Jerome Shetler was also named Academic All - Big Ten . End Tom Moe was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1960 . The 1960 season was the Golden Gophers ' seventh under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won eight games and lost two . Total attendance for the season was 334 , 954 , which averaged to 55 , 825 . The season high for attendance was against Illinois . The Gophers won the sixth and most recent national title . The team finished first in both the Associated Press ( AP ) and United Press International ( UPI ) . The voting was held prior to the Rose Bowl . Guard Tom Brown was named an All - American by the AP , Walter Camp Football Foundation , Coach & Athlete Magazine , The Sporting News , Newspaper Enterprise Association , UPI , American Football Coaches Association , Look Magazine , New York News , ABC - TV and Football Writers Association of America . Brown also awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football , given to the Big Ten most valuable player . Brown , end Tom Hall and center Greg Larson were named All - Big Ten first team . Brown was awarded the Outland Trophy and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting . Tackle Frank Brixius was named an Academic All - American and Academic All - Big Ten . Tom Brown was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1961 . The 1961 season was the Golden Gophers ' eighth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won eight games and lost two . Total attendance for the season was 366 , 491 , which averaged to 61 , 081 . The season high for attendance was against Purdue . The team finished sixth in both the Associated Press ( AP ) and United Press International ( UPI ) . Quarterback Sandy Stephens was named an All - American by the AP , Walter Camp Football Foundation , The Sporting News , UPI , American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) and Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) . Tackle Bobby Bell was named an All - American by the AP , Look Magazine , FWAA and AFCA . Stephens also awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football , given to the Big Ten ' s most valuable player . Bell was named All - Big Ten first team . Stephens finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting . Fullback Judge Dickson and offensive lineman Jim Wheeler were named Academic All - Big Ten . Stephens was named the Rose Bowl MVP . Sandy Stephens was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1962 . The 1962 season was the Golden Gophers ' ninth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won six games , lost two and tied one . Total attendance for the season was 377 , 744 , which averaged to 62 , 957 . The season high for attendance was against Purdue . The team finished tenth in both the Associated Press and United Press International . Tackle Bobby Bell , guard Julian Hook and end John Campbell were named All - Big Ten first team . Tackle Carl Eller and defensive end Bob Prawdzik were named All - Big Ten second team . Bell was award the Outland Trophy . Bobby Bell was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1963 . The 1963 season was the Golden Gophers ' tenth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won three games and lost six . Total attendance for the season was 286 , 797 , which averaged to 57 , 759 . The season high for attendance was against Michigan . Tackle Carl Eller was named an All - American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation , United Press International , Associated Press , TV Guide , Look Magazine , The Sporting News , CBS - TV , Time Magazine , New York News , American Football Coaches Association and Football Writers Association of America . Eller was also named All - Big Ten first team . Center Frank Marchiewski was named All - Big Ten second team . Offensive lineman Milt Sunde was named Academic All - Big Ten . Carl Eller was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1964 . The 1964 season was the Golden Gophers ' eleventh under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won five games and lost four . Total attendance for the season was 268 , 908 , which averaged to 53 , 782 . The season high for attendance was against Iowa . Back Kraig Lofquist and end Aaron Brown were named All - Big Ten first team . Center Joe Pung and fullback Mike Reid were named All - Big Ten second team . Joe Pung was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1965 . The 1965 season was the Golden Gophers ' twelfth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won five games , lost four and tied one . Total attendance for the season was 302 , 747 , which averaged to 50 , 458 . The season high for attendance was against Michigan . End Aaron Brown was named an All - American by the Associated Press , Look Magazine , United Press International , Collier ' s / Grantland Rice and Football Writers Association of America . Brown was also named All - Big Ten first team . Quarterback John Hankinson was awarded the Team MVP Award . Game notes . Michigan . 1966 . The 1966 season was the Golden Gophers ' thirteenth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won four games , lost five and tied one . Total attendance for the season was 248 , 248 , which averaged to 49 , 600 . The season high for attendance was against Iowa . Defensive lineman Ron Kamzelski and defensive lineman Bob Stein were named Academic All - Big Ten . Linebacker Tim Wheeler was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1967 . The 1967 season was the Golden Gophers ' fourteenth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won eight games and lost two . Total attendance for the season was 237 , 798 , which averaged to 39 , 633 . The season high for attendance was against Michigan State . The Gophers shared the Big Ten title , the most recent title for the University of Minnesota football team . End Bob Stein was named an All - American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation , Associated Press , United Press International and Football Writers Association of America . Tackle John Williams , end Bob Stein , tackle McKinley Boston and back Tom Sakal were named All - Big Ten first team . Tight end Charles Sanders and offensive guard Ed Duren were named All - Big Ten second team . Offensive lineman Ezell Jones , defensive lineman Ron Kamzelski , defensive lineman Dave Nixon and defensive lineman Bob Stein were named Academic All - Big Ten . Tom Sakal was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1968 . The 1968 season was the Golden Gophers ' fifteenth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won six games and lost four . Total attendance for the season was 312 , 806 , which averaged to 52 , 134 . The season high for attendance was against Southern Cal . End Bob Stein was named an All - American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation , Associated Press , United Press International and Football Writers Association of America . Stein , guard Dick Enderle and guard Noel Jenke were named All - Big Ten first team . Tackle Ezell Jones , defensive tackle Ron Kamzelski , tackle Ray Parson and safety Doug Roalstad were named All - Big Ten second team . Stein was named an Academic All - American . Stein , linebacker Noel Jenke , linebacker Wayne King and halfback Barry Mayer were named Academic All - Big Ten . Wayne King was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1969 . 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 . 1970 . The 1970 season was the Golden Gophers ' seventeenth under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won three games , lost six and tied one . Total attendance for the season was 225 , 468 , which averaged to 45 , 093 . The season high for attendance was against Nebraska . Linebacker Bill Light and defensive back Jeff Wright were named All - Big Ten first team . Offensive tackle Alvin Hawes , running back Barry Mayer and safety Walt Bowser were named All - Big Ten second team . Mayer was named an Academic All - American . Mayer was also named Academic All - Big Ten . Jeff Wright was awarded the Team MVP Award . 1971 . The 1971 season was the Golden Gophers ' eighteenth and final season under head coach Murray Warmath . The Golden Gophers won four games and lost seven . Total attendance for the season was 207 , 662 , which averaged to 34 , 610 . The season high for attendance was against Michigan . End Doug Kingsriter was named an All - American by the Associated Press and Bob Hope . Kingsriter and linebacker Bill Light were named All - Big Ten first team . Quarterback Craig Curry , fullback Ernie Cook and offensive tackle Jack Babcock were named All - Big Ten second team . Offensive lineman Bart Buetow and linebacker Ron King were named Academic All - Big Ten . Defensive end Tom Chandler was awarded the Team MVP Award .