1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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.

1963 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Murray Warmath (10th season)
MVPCarl Eller
CaptainMilt Sunde
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1963 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Illinois $ 5 1 18 1 1
No. 9 Michigan State 4 1 16 2 1
Ohio State 4 1 15 3 1
Purdue 4 3 05 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 05 4 0
Wisconsin 3 4 05 4 0
Michigan 2 3 23 4 2
Iowa 2 3 13 3 2
Minnesota 2 5 03 6 0
Indiana 1 5 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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. Center Frank Marchiewski was named All-Big Ten second team. Offensive lineman Milt Sunde was named Academic All-Big Ten.

Total attendance at five home games was 286,797, an average of 57,759 per game. The largest crowd was against Michigan.

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