1991 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1991 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
1991 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Gutekunst (6th season);
Defensive coordinator	Tom Gadd (2nd season)
Captain	Patt Evans, Sean Lumpkin
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Iowa	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	1
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach John Gutekunst, the Golden Gophers compiled a 2–9 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 302 to 104.^[1]

Offensive linemen Chip Brixius, defensive back Chris Cohen, wide receiver Omar Douglas, linebacker Dan LiSanti, running back Ken McClintock, defensive back Jeff Rosga and linebacker Lance Wolkow were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[2]

Defensive back Sean Lumpkin was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Carl Eller Award.^[3] Tight end Patt Evans was awarded the Bruce Smith Award.^[3] Ken McClintock was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.^[3] Linebacker Joel Staats was awarded the Butch Nash Award.^[3] Quarterback Scott Schaffner was awarded the Paul Giel Award.^[3]

Total attendance for the season was 218,219, which averaged out to 36,369 per game.^[4] The season high for attendance was against the San José State.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	7:00 pm	San José State*	Metrodome Minneapolis		W 26–20	47,914
September 21	1:00 pm	at No. 19 Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	KCNC	L 0–58	52,147
September 28	2:30 pm	No. 18 Pittsburgh*	Metrodome Minneapolis	ABC	L 13–14	39,511
October 5	11:30 am	at No. 22 Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	ESPN	L 3–24	57,981
October 12	1:30 pm	Purdue	Metrodome Minneapolis		W 6–3	31,939
October 19	12:00 pm	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan		L 12–20	75,097
October 25	7:00 pm	No. 4 Michigan	Metrodome Minneapolis (Little Brown Jug)		L 6–52	32,577
November 2	12:00 pm	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Indiana		L 8–34	44,095
November 9	11:30 am	No. 19 Ohio State	Metrodome Minneapolis	ESPN	L 6–35	30,145
November 16	1:30 pm	Wisconsin	Metrodome Minneapolis (Paul Bunyan's Axe)		L 16–19	36,133
November 23	1:05 pm	at No. 9 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale)		L 8–23	69,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time