The1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented theUniversity of Minnesota in the1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coachJohn Gutekunst, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 281 to 224.^[1]

Center Chris Thome was named All-Big Ten first team.^[2] Offensive tackle Mike Sunvold and defensive backSean Lumpkin were named All-Big Ten second team.^[2] Punter Brent Herbel was named Academic All-American.^[3] Quarterback Scott Schaffner and linebacker Joel Staats were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[3]

Mike Sunvold was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Carl Eller Award.^[4] QuarterbackMarquel Fleetwood was awarded the Bruce Smith Award.^[4] Cornerback Kenneth Sebree was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.^[4] Cornerback Frank Jackson was awarded the Butch Nash Award.^[4] Running back Jim King was awarded the Paul Giel Award.^[4]

Total attendance for the season was 243,511, which averaged out to 40,585 per game. The season high for attendance was against theIowa.^[5]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	7:00 pm	Utah*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 29–35	32,229	[6]
September 15	1:30 pm	Iowa State*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 20–16	37,108	[7]
September 22	1:30 pm	at No. 8Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 0–56	76,354	[8]
October 6	1:00 pm	atPurdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 19–7	34,123	[9]
October 13	1:30 pm	Northwestern	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 35–25	32,522	[10]
October 20	1:30 pm	No. 20Indiana	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 12–0	38,227	[11]
October 27	12:30 pm	atOhio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 23–52	89,533	[12]
November 3	1:00 pm	atWisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	W 21–3	51,189	[13]
November 10	1:30 pm	No. 24Michigan State	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	L 16–28	38,731	[14]
November 17	12:00 pm	at No. 16Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	L 18–35	102,112	[15]
November 24	1:30 pm	No. 13Iowa	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 31–24	64,694	[16]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time

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