1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 1962 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 131 to 61.^[1] The team finished tenth in both the Associated Press and United Press International polls.

Tackle Bobby Bell received the team's Most Valuable Player award and the Outland Trophy. Bell, guard Julian Hook and end John Campbell were named All-Big Ten first team. Tackle Carl Eller and defensive end Bob Prawdzik were named All-Big Ten second team.^[2]

Total attendance at six home games was 377,744, an average of 62,957 per game. The largest crowd was against Purdue.^[3]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	No. 10 Missouri*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	T 0–0	60,133
October 6	Navy*		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 21–0	64,364
October 13	Northwestern		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 22–34	61,652
October 20	Illinois		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 17–0	59,427
October 27	at Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	W 17–0	65,484	[4]
November 3	at No. 7 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 28–7	64,783
November 10	Iowa	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 10–0	65,087
November 17	Purdue	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 7–6	67,081
November 24	at No. 3 Wisconsin	No. 5	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 9–14	65,541
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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