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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1984
| team = Minnesota Golden Gophers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Big Ten Conference]]
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 3–6
| head_coach = [[Lou Holtz]]
| hc_year = 1st
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = [[John Gutekunst]]
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| mvp = [[Rickey Foggie]]
| captain = Mark Vonderhaar
| stadium = [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]]
}}
{{1984 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The '''1984 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team''' represented the [[University of Minnesota]] in the [[1984 Big Ten Conference football season]]. In their first year under head coach [[Lou Holtz]], the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 316 to 194.<ref>{{cite web|title=1984 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/1984-schedule.html}}</ref>

Quarterback [[Rickey Foggie]] received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Linebacker [[Peter Najarian]], punter Adam Kelly and offensive tackle Mark VonderHaar were named All-Big Ten second team. Linebacker Peter Najarian, defensive lineman Craig Paulson and running back David Puk were named Academic All-Big Ten.Mark VondeHaar was awarded the Bruce Smith Award. Peter Najarian was awarded the Carl Eller Award. Strong safety Larry Joyner was awarded the Bobby Bell Award. Center John Kelly was awarded the Butch Nash Award. Flanker Dwayne McMullen was awarded the Paul Giel Award.<ref name=JK>{{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=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Total attendance for the season was 310,745, which averaged out to 51,791 per game. The season high for attendance was against rival [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|Iowa]].<ref name=pg160>{{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=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1984
| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 8
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1984 Rice Owls football team|Rice]]
| site_stadium = [[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]]
| site_cityst = [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, MN]]
| score = 31–24
| attend = 50,576
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-tribune-herald-gophers-squeeze-by-o/170119310/|work=Waco Tribune-Herald|title=Gophers squeeze by Owls|date=September 9, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1984 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln, NE]]
| gamename = [[Minnesota–Nebraska football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 7–38
| attend = 76,077
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-grand-island-independent-husker-offe/170177989/|work=The Grand Island Independent|title=Husker offense waves goodbye to Gophers|date=September 16, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank =
| opponent = [[1984 Purdue Boilermakers football team|Purdue]]
| site_stadium = [[Ross–Ade Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[West Lafayette, Indiana|West Lafayette, IN]]
| score = 10–34
| attend = 61,538
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-purdue-tramples/170174461/|work=Wisconsin State Journal|title=Purdue tramples Minnesota|date=September 23, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1984 Ohio State Buckeyes football team|Ohio State]]
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 22–35
| attend = 47,534
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-forum-byars-ohio-state-dump-gophers/170172069/|work=The Forum|title=Byars, Ohio State dump Gophers 35–22|date=September 30, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1984 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]]
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 33–24
| attend = 44,786
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-daily-herald-gophers-snap-big/170178155/|work=The Austin Daily Herald|title=Gophers snap Big 10 losing streak with win over Indiana|date=October 7, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = [[1984 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
| site_stadium = [[Camp Randall Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison, WI]]
| gamename = [[Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 17–14
| attend = 78,770
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-albert-lea-tribune-foggie-leads-goph/170176585/|work=The Albert Lea Tribune|title=Foggie leads Gophers over Wisconsin 17–14|date=October 14, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = l
| homecoming = y
| opponent = [[1984 Northwestern Wildcats football team|Northwestern]]
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 28–31
| attend = 56,934
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winona-daily-news-wildcats-trim-goph/170178281/|work=The Winona Daily News|title=Wildcats trim Gophers|date=October 21, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = l
| opponent = [[1984 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 13–20
| attend = 47,427
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-bowl-hungry-spartans/170177584/|work=Detroit Free Press|title=Bowl-hungry Spartans attack Gophers, 20–13|date=October 28, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1984 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]]
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois)|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Champaign, Illinois|Champaign, IL]]
| score = 3–48
| attend = 76,056
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-illinois-ov/170174035/|work=Evansville Courier and Press|title=Illinois overpowers Minnesota as Rooks reaches 1,000 mark|date=November 4, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = [[1984 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]
| site_stadium = [[Michigan Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor, MI]]
| gamename = [[Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)|Little Brown Jug]]
| score = 7–31
| attend = 101,247
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=U-M discovers big plays vs. Gophers, 31–7|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Tommy George|date=November 11, 1984|pages=1C, 9C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42655309/um_discovers_big_plays_vs_gophers/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1984 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]]
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = [[Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 23–17
| attend = 63,479
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune/113891150/|work=Minneapolis Star and Tribune|title=Gophers bowl over Iowa|date=November 18, 1984|accessdate=April 12, 2025|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==Game summaries==

===Wisconsin===
{{AFB game box start
|Title=
|Visitor=Minnesota
|V1= 0|V2= 7|V3=7 |V4=3
|Host=Wisconsin
|H1= 0|H2= 14|H3= 0|H4=0
|Date=October 13
|Location=[[Camp Randall Stadium]]
|StartTime=
|TimeZone=
|ElapsedTime=
|Attendance=78,770
|Weather=
|Referee=
|TVAnnouncers=
|TVStation=
}}
{{AFB game box scoring entry |FirstEntry=yes |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team=WIS |Event=Howard 1 yard run (Gregoire kick) |Score=WIS 7–0 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB game box scoring entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team= MINN|Event=[[Rickey Foggie|Foggie]] 35 yard run ([[Chip Lohmiller|Lohmiller]] kick) |Score=Tie 7–7 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB game box scoring entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team=WIS |Event= Jones 6 yard pass from Howard (Gregoire kick)|Score=WIS 14–7 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB game box scoring entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q3 |Time=5:58 |Team=MINN |Event=Foggie 43 yard run (Lohmiller kick) |Score=Tie 14–14 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB game box scoring entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter= Q4|Time=6:26 |Team=MINN |Event=Lohmiller 26 yard field goal |Score=MINN 17–14 |LastEntry=yes}}
{{AFB game box end}}

Minnesota's defense stopped Wisconsin on fourth down at the Gophers' two-yard line after the Badgers had driven 90 yards following Lohmiller's go-ahead field goal.

*[[Rickey Foggie]] 24 Rush, 152 Yds
<ref>Gainesville Sun. 1984 Oct 14. Retrieved 2018-Aug-11.</ref>
{{Clear}}

===Iowa===
{{Americanfootballbox
|bg=#fff
|bg2=#eee
|titlestyle=background-color:#000; color:#fff
|state=collapsed
|date=November 17
|time=
|road=Iowa
|R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=7 |R4=3
|home='''Minnesota'''
|H1=0 |H2=7 |H3=3 |H4=13
|stadium=[[Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome]], [[Minneapolis, MN]]
|attendance=63,479
|weather=
|referee=
|TV=
|TVAnnouncers=
|reference=
|scoring=
;1st Quarter
*No Scoring
;2nd Quarter
*IOWA: Gill 11 yard rush (Nichol kick)
*MIN: Starks 1 yard pass from Foggie (Lohmiller kick)
;3rd Quarter
*IOWA: Happel 95 yard punt return (Nichol kick)
*MIN: Lohmiller 40 yard field goal
;4th Quarter
*IOWA: Nichol 25 yard field goal
*MIN: Couch 14 yard rush (Lohmiller kick)
*MIN: Lohmiller 34 yard field goal
|stats=
;Passing
*IOWA: Long 15/26, 224 yards, INT
*MIN: Foggie 8/17, 78 yards, INT, Sadek 0/1
;Rushing
*IOWA: Gill 27/133, Sennott 5/24, Bayless 2/18, Long 6/-13
*MIN: D. Puk 15/79, Foggie 16/52, C. Holmes 6/44, Collier 9/17, Couch 2/14, Serie 1/0, Sadek 1/-9
;Receiving
*IOWA: Gill 6/64, Happel 3/53, Hayes 2/49, Smith 1/32, Halverson 1/14
*MIN: Anderson 2/32, D. Puk 1/16, Serie 2/13, Howard 1/12, C. Holmes 1/4, Starks 1/1
}}

<ref> Gainesville Sun. 18 Nov 1984. </ref>

==Roster==
*QB [[Rickey Foggie]]
*K [[Chip Lohmiller]], Fr.
*OT Mark VonderHaar

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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