1982 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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]

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

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	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	7:05 p.m.	Ohio*		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 57–3	56,168	[5]
September 18		at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	CBS	W 36–10	63,247	[6]
September 25		Washington State*		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 41–11	50,653	[7]
October 2		Illinois	No. 19	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	CBS	L 24–42	63,684	[8]
October 9		at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		L 21–31	20,875	[9]
October 16		Indiana		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 21–40	61,865	[10]
October 23		Iowa		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		L 16–21	63,872	[11]
October 30		at No. 20 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)		L 14–52	105,619	[12]
November 6		at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 10–35	87,666	[13]
November 13		Michigan State		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 7–26	57,146	[14]
November 20		at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)		L 0–24	59,792	[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Iowa

Iowa at Minnesota

Team	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

See also: 1982 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and Floyd of Rosedale

At Michigan

Minnesota at Michigan

Team	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

See also: 1982 Michigan Wolverines football team and Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)

At Ohio State

Minnesota at Ohio State

Team	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

See also: 1982 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

At Wisconsin

Minnesota at Wisconsin

Team	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

See also: 1982 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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