Minnesota Golden Gophers

1977 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
66	Gary Acromite G. Acromite	OL	6'2"	246	SR
90	Mark Allison M. Allison	DL	6'2"	196	JR
62	Jim Anderson J. Anderson	OL	6'1"	230	FR
86	Jeff Anhorn J. Anhorn	WR	6'3"	188	JR
40	Roy Artis R. Artis	WR	6'1"	178	FR
1	Wendell Avery W. Avery	QB	6'1"	181	SO
20	Elmer Bailey E. Bailey	WR	6'1"	188	SO
41	Marion Barber M. Barber	RB	6'2"	202	FR
70	Chris Bebel C. Bebel	OL	6'3"	216	FR
95	Alan Blanshan A. Blanshan		6'6"	255	SO
83	Glenn Bourquin G. Bourquin	TE	6'4"	219	SO
30	Rick Bowen R. Bowen	LB	6'3"	212	FR
33	Sam Brady S. Brady	RB	6'0"	196	SR
31	Steve Breault S. Breault	RB	6'0"	202	JR
34	Keith Brown K. Brown	DB	6'0"	198	JR
2	Elwin Burditte E. Burditte	WR	5'10"	187	SO
36	Ed Burns E. Burns	LB	6'1"	216	JR
12	Mark Carlson M. Carlson	QB	5'11"	188	SO
82	Jeff Carr J. Carr	TE	6'1"	220	JR
43	Chester Cooper C. Cooper	WR	6'2"	177	FR
64	Ken Dallafior K. Dallafior	OL	6'4"	251	FR
42	Ray Dilulo R. Dilulo	RB	6'0"	204	SO
38	Scott Dowd S. Dowd	LB	6'4"	220	FR
11	Keith Edwards K. Edwards	DB	6'0"	192	SO
55	Chris Engel C. Engel	OL	6'3"	241	JR
72	Scott Farnes S. Farnes	OL	6'3"	222	JR
89	Jim Farnhorst J. Farnhorst	TE	6'4"	210	FR
77	Dennis Fitzpatrick D. Fitzpatrick	OL	6'4"	255	SR
57	Tom Fitzpatrick T. Fitzpatrick	OL	6'4"	223	SO
17	Ken Foxworth K. Foxworth	DB	5'11"	175	SO
26	Roger Frazier R. Frazier	WR	5'11"	175	SO
65	Doug Friberg D. Friberg	DL	6'3"	224	JR
50	Dave Gardner D. Gardner		6'4"	225	SO
71	Todd Goettsche T. Goettsche	OL	6'6"	267	SO
45	Duane Gregory D. Gregory	RB	5'11"	190	FR
27	Brian Hairston B. Hairston	DB	5'9"	177	JR
80	Brent Harms B. Harms	DL	6'2"	221	FR
58	Scott Harms S. Harms	DL	6'2"	210	SO
73	Steve Heston S. Heston	OL	6'5"	238	SO
8	John Hoffman J. Hoffman	DB	6'0"	200	SO
67	Bryson Hollimon B. Hollimon	OL	6'1"	236	SR
93	Bob House B. House	DL	6'3"	213	JR
3	Glenn Howard G. Howard	DB	6'2"	211	FR
84	Michael Hunt M. Hunt	LB	6'2"	237	SR
51	Scott Jacobson S. Jacobson	OL	6'4"	228	JR
29	Tom Johanson T. Johanson	LB	6'3"	214	FR
56	Jack Johnson J. Johnson	LB	6'2"	217	SO
19	Walter Jones W. Jones	WR	6'4"	172	SO
25	Craig Kirtland C. Kirtland	DB	6'1"	181	SO
44	Kent Kitzmann K. Kitzmann	FB	6'3"	204	SO
92	John Kuduk J. Kuduk	DL	6'2"	221	JR
94	Rick Lager R. Lager	DL	6'3"	223	SO
47	Mike Laursen M. Laursen	RB	5'10"	181	JR
7	Tom Luckemeyer T. Luckemeyer	DB	6'0"	184	SR
39	Kurt Mangum K. Mangum	DL	6'1"	210	FR
4	Jim Marcella J. Marcella	WR	6'3"	183	SO
24	Larry Marko L. Marko	P	5'11"	180	SO
35	John Mathews J. Mathews	FB	6'2"	209	SR
88	Mark Merrill M. Merrill	DL	6'4"	241	SR
59	Don Meyer D. Meyer	LB	6'2"	218	SO
78	Steve Midboe S. Midboe		6'4"	236	SR
76	Jeff Morrow J. Morrow	OL	6'5"	237	SR
37	Tom Murphy T. Murphy	DL	6'3"	214	SO
63	Greg Murtha G. Murtha	OL	6'7"	243	JR
74	McKinley Nash M. Nash	OL	6'3"	235	FR
91	Mike Nielson M. Nielson	OL	6'7"	232	FR
23	Dana Noel D. Noel	WR	5'10"	175	FR
75	Brad Odegard B. Odegard	OL	6'4"	222	FR
87	Pat Paquette P. Paquette	TE	6'4"	248	SO
69	Kent Penovich K. Penovich	OL	6'6"	253	SO
14	Kevin Peters K. Peters	FB	5'11"	200	FR
6	Bill Prairie B. Prairie	DB	6'0"	171	FR
10	Bill Pylatiuk B. Pylatiuk	QB	6'1"	181	FR
13	Paul Rogind P. Rogind	DB	5'11"	172	SO
49	Bob Ryan B. Ryan		6'1"	187	SO
52	Darrel Schwen D. Schwen	OL	6'4"	222	SO
15	Terry Simmons T. Simmons	WR	6'1"	184	SO
53	Mark Slater M. Slater	OL	6'1"	248	SR
79	Jeff Snodgrass J. Snodgrass	DL	6'2"	226	FR
21	Brian Snyder B. Snyder	DB	5'11"	173	JR
81	Randy Sonnenfeld R. Sonnenfeld	TE	6'4"	222	SO
68	Marty Stein M. Stein	OL	6'4"	238	SO
97	Steve Stewart S. Stewart	LB	6'4"	227	SR
5	Stan Sytsma S. Sytsma	DL	6'3"	220	JR
48	Jeff Thompson J. Thompson	FB	6'2"	217	SO
18	Marc Trestman M. Trestman	QB	6'3"	184	JR
28	Bobby Weber B. Weber	DB	5'10"	173	SR
9	Garry White G. White	FB	5'10"	200	FR
32	Desi Williamson D. Williamson	DL	6'2"	215	SR
85	Ken Wypyszynski K. Wypyszynski	TE	6'6"	230	SO
60	Dennis Zachary D. Zachary	DL	5'10"	192	JR
96	Bob Ziegler B. Ziegler	TE	6'2"	212	SO

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
2	Liberty	4	1	.800
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Missouri State	1	3	.250
6	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
7	Delaware	2	3	.400
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200