Minnesota Golden Gophers

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Minnesota Golden Gophers
Minnesota Golden Gophers logo.svg
University University of Minnesota
Conference Big Ten (primary)
WCHA(Women’s Hockey)
NCAA Division I (FBS)
Athletic director Mark Coyle
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Varsity teams21
Football stadium Huntington Bank Stadium
Basketball arena Williams Arena
Ice hockey arena 3M Arena at Mariucci (men)
Ridder Arena (women)
Baseball stadium Siebert Field
U.S. Bank Stadium (February and March, 2017–)
Soccer stadium Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium
Other venues Maturi Pavilion
Mascot Goldy Gopher
NicknameGolden Gophers
Fight song Minnesota Rouser
ColorsMaroon and gold [1]
   
Website www.gophersports.com
Big Ten logo in Minnesota's colors Big Ten logo in Minnesota colors.svg
Big Ten logo in Minnesota's colors

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (commonly shortened to Gophers) are the college sports teams of the University of Minnesota. The university fields a total of 21 (9 men's, 12 women's) teams in both men's and women's sports and competes in the Big Ten Conference.

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The Gophers women's ice hockey team is a six-time NCAA champion and seven-time national champion. [2] [3] In women's ice hockey, the Gophers belong to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. In all other sports, they belong to the Big Ten Conference. Most of the facilities that the teams use for training and competitive play are located on the East Bank of the Minneapolis campus. There are arenas for men's and women's basketball (Williams Arena) as well as ice hockey (Mariucci Arena and Ridder Arena). The Gopher football team began playing at TCF Bank Stadium in September 2009. The women's soccer team plays on the St. Paul campus in the Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium.

The Cheerleaders and the Dance Team are also part of the university's athletic department; they are present at events for basketball, ice hockey, and football, and compete for UCA/UDA national titles in the winter. The University of Minnesota spirit squad was the first as sideline cheerleading was invented at the U of M, and it prides itself in being one of the largest spirit squads in the country. The U of M spirit squad currently consists of three cheerleading teams (all girl, coed, and small coed), a dance team, Goldy Gopher, and a unique ice hockey cheerleading team. The dance team won its 19th national title in 2019. [4]

During the 2006–07 academic year, the Golden Gophers wrestling team won the NCAA national championship and the Big Ten team title. The Golden Gophers also won conference championships in men's ice hockey, men's golf, women's rowing, men's swimming and diving, and women's indoor track and field.

Sports sponsored

Men's sportsWomen's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Cross countryGolf
Football Gymnastics
Golf Ice hockey
Ice hockey Rowing
Swimming and diving Soccer
Track and field Softball
Wrestling Swimming and diving
Tennis
Track and field
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Baseball

1956, 1960, 1964
1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2018
1933, 1935, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2018
1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2018

Men's basketball

1906, 1907, 1911, 1917, 1919, 1937, 1972, 1982
1972, 1982, 1989, 1990, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
1982, 1989, 1990
1990
1973, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2014
1993, 2014

Note: A 1997 Big Ten regular season championship, NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994, 1995, 1997 (Final Four), and 1999, as well as NIT appearances in 1996 and 1998 (Championship) were vacated due to NCAA sanctions. [5] [6]

Women's basketball

1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2018
2003, 2004, 2005
2004
2004

Men's cross country

1909, 1914, 1964, 1969

Women's cross country

Women's Cross Country Team runs the OZ invitational on the Les Bolstad Golf Course. Umncc07.jpg
Women's Cross Country Team runs the OZ invitational on the Les Bolstad Golf Course.
2007, 2008

Football

1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1967
1892, 1893
Citrus Bowl – 2015
Hall of Fame Classic –1977
Holiday Bowl – 2016
Independence Bowl – 1985
Insight Bowl – 2006, 2008, 2009
Liberty Bowl – 1986
MicronPC.com Bowl – 2000
Music City Bowl – 2002, 2004, 2005
Outback Bowl – 2020
Quick Lane Bowl – 2015, 2018
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas – 2012
Rose Bowl – 1961, 1962
Sun Bowl – 1999, 2003
Texas Bowl – 2013

Traveling trophies

Golf

Gymnastics

Men's ice hockey

1929, [7] 1940, [8] 1974, 1976, 1979, 2002, 2003
1953, 1954, 1970, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
2015, 2021
1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007
1953, 1954, 1961, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2023

Women's ice hockey

2000 (AWCHA), 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Women's rowing

2007
2007

Women's soccer

1995, 1997, 2008, 2016

Softball

1986, 1988, 1991, 2017
1999, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
1976, 1978, 2019 [9]

Spirit Squads

Dance Team

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019

Swimming

Men's tennis

1910, 1911, 1912, 1918, 1932, 1933, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2015

Track and field

Men's track

Women's track

Volleyball

2002, 2015, 2018
1989, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
1989, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
2003, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2016

Wrestling

2001, 2002, 2007
1910, 1912, 1913, 1941, 1957, 1959, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007

Notable non varsity sports

Rugby

Minnesota rugby plays Division I college rugby in the Big Ten Universities conference against traditional Big Ten rivals such as Wisconsin and Iowa. [10] Minnesota qualified for the national playoffs in 2008, and finished the 2008 season ranked 7th in the nation. [11] Some of Minnesota's games have been well attended by fans, with the team drawing as many as 6,000 fans to watch the team play at TCF Bank Stadium. [12]

Traditions

The "Golden" Gophers

The University Mascot is derived from a nickname for the state of Minnesota, "The Gopher State." The original design was based on the thirteen-lined ground squirrel. The state nickname derives from a political cartoon by R. O. Sweeny, published as a broadside in 1858. The cartoon depicted state legislators as gophers dragging the state in the wrong direction. [13] The nickname was associated with the university as early as the publication of the first yearbook in 1888, which was titled "The Gopher". [14] Other early yearbooks included depictions of gophers as well, and the University of Minnesota football coach Clarence Spears officially named the football team the Gophers in 1926. [15] After the radio announcer Halsey Hall began referring to the team as the Golden Gophers due to the color of their uniforms, the team was renamed under coach Bernie Bierman. [16]

School songs

School songs for the university include Minnesota Rouser, Minnesota March, Go Gopher Victory, Our Minnesota, Minnesota Fight, Hail! Minnesota, and the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Notable athletes and coaches

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Golf

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's

Women's

Swimming

Track and field

Women's

Men's

NCAA Champions indoor
NCAA Champions outdoor

Wrestling

Athletic directors

Note: From 1974 to 2002, there were separate athletic departments for men and women's sports.

Facilities

See also

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