1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (1–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Salem (4th season)
MVP	Mike Hohensee
Captain	Ed Olson
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Michigan $	8	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 12 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Indiana	4	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	8	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1982 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joe Salem, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 295 to 287.^[1] It was the first season in the H.H.H. Metrodome.^[2]

Quarterback Mike Hohensee received the team's Most Valuable Player award, while offensive lineman Randy Rasmussen was named offensive MVP, and defensive end Karl Mecklenburg was named the defensive MVP. Rasmussen, offensive lineman Bill Humphries, and Mecklenburg were named All-Big Ten second team.^[3] Mecklenburg, defensive lineman Fred Orgas and fullback Bob Stroup were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[4]

Total attendance for the season was 413,200, which averaged to 59,028. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Ohio*		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 57–3	56,168
September 18	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	CBS^[5]	W 36–10	63,247
September 25	Washington State*		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 41–11	50,653
October 2	Illinois	No. 19	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	CBS	L 24–42	63,684
October 9	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		L 21–31	20,875
October 16	Indiana		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 21–40	61,865
October 23	Iowa		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		L 16–21	63,872
October 30	at No. 20 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)		L 14–52	105,619	^[6]
November 6	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 10–35	87,666
November 13	Michigan State		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 7–26	57,146
November 20	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)		L 0–24	59,792
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`9`	Mike Hohensee	Sr
C	`53`	Randy Rasmussen	Sr
QB		Tim Salem	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Joe Salem

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mike Martz

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Iowa

Iowa at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Hawkeyes	0	7	7	7	21
Golden Gophers	3	3	3	7	16

Date: October 23
Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis
Game start: 7:08 p.m. CDT
Elapsed time: 3:02
Game attendance: 63,872
Game weather: Indoors

Scoring summary

1	4:19	MINN	Gallery 25-yard field goal	MINN 3–0

2	3:49	IOWA	Chuck Long 2-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 7–3

2	0:35	MINN	Gallery 35-yard field goal	IOWA 7–6

3	11:44	IOWA	Long 2-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 14–6

3	7:28	MINN	Gallery 45-yard field goal	IOWA 14–9

4	12:02	IOWA	Eddie Phillips 14-yard run (Nichol kick)	IOWA 21–9

4	2:19	MINN	Reid 2-yard run (Gallery kick)	IOWA 21–16

At Michigan

Minnesota at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	7	0	7	14
• Wolverines	7	24	14	7	52

Date: October 30
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game attendance: 105,619

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Carter 29-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick)	Mich 7–0

2		MICH	S. Smith 6-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick)	Mich 14–0

2		MICH	Rice 1-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick)	Mich 21–0

2	4:14	MICH	Rogers 10-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick)	Mich 28–0

2	1:17	MINN	McMullen 13-yard pass from Hohensee (Gallery kick)	Mich 28–7

2		MICH	Haji-Sheikh 24-yard field goal	Mich 31–7

3	9:42	MICH	Dunaway 42-yard pass from S. Smith (Haji-Sheikh kick)	Mich 38–7

3		MICH	K. Smith 6-yard run (Haji-Sheikh kick)	Mich 45–7

4		MINN	Jacobs 3-yard run (Gallery kick)	Mich 45–14

4	2:40	MICH	Greg Armstrong 17-yard pass from Dave Hall (Haji-Sheikh kick)	Mich 52–14

At Ohio State

Minnesota at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	3	7	0	10
• Buckeyes	7	14	14	0	35

Date: November 6
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game start: 2:30 CST
Elapsed time: 2:50
Game attendance: 87,666
Game weather: Sunny; 42 °F (6 °C); wind 10–20 mph (16–32 km/h) SW
Referee: John Nealon

At Wisconsin

Minnesota at Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	0	0	0	0
• Badgers	0	3	14	7	24

Date: November 20
Location: Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI

Scoring summary

2	WIS	Rodhe 29 yard field goal	Wisconsin 3-0

3	WIS	Wright 1 yard run (Rodhe kick)	Wisconsin 10-0

3	WIS	Nault 28 yard pass from Wright (Rodhe kick)	Wisconsin 17-0

4	WIS	Williams 1 yard run (Rodhe kick)	Wisconsin 24-0

References

^ "1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 2020 Football Media Guide https://gophersports.com/documents/2020/10/14/2020_Football_Media_Guide_WEB.pdf
^ Joe Lapointe (October 31, 1982). "U-M smells roses, buries Gophers". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 7D – via Newspapers.com.

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