1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1963
| team = Minnesota Golden Gophers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 3–6
| conf_record = 2–5
| head_coach = Murray Warmath
| hc_year = 10th
| mvp = Carl Eller
| captain = Milt Sunde
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1963 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1963 Big Ten Conference football season. In their tenth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 117 to 95.{{cite web|title=1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 1, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/minnesota/1963-schedule.html}}
Tackle Carl Eller received the team's Most Valuable Player award and was a consensus first-team All-American. Eller was also named All-Big Ten first team.{{Citation | last = Keiser | first = Jeff | title = 2007 Media Guide | pages = 180 | year = 2007 | url = http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Center Frank Marchiewski was named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Milt Sunde was named Academic All-Big Ten.{{Citation | last = Keiser | first = Jeff | title = 2007 Media Guide | pages = 179–182 | year = 2007 | url = http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Total attendance at five home games was 286,797, an average of 57,759 per game. The largest crowd was against Michigan.{{Citation | last = Keiser | first = Jeff | title = 2007 Media Guide | pages = 160 | year = 2007 | url = http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1963
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Nebraska
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 7–14
| attend = 61,140
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Army
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 24–8
| attend = 60,264
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 8–15
| attend = 45,763
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| opprank = 7
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| score = 6–16
| attend = 61,229
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 26
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = Little Brown Jug
| score = 6–0
| attend = 62,107
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 6–24
| attend = 51,657
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 9
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Iowa Stadium
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–27
| attend = 59,300
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 11–33
| attend = 38,924
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 28
| w/l = w
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 14–0
| attend = 55,271
}}
}}
Roster
- Carl Eller, Sr.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Minnesota Golden Gophers football navbox}}