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1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (11th season);
MVP	Joe Pung
Captain	Joe Pung
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Michigan $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 11th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 136 to 131.^[1]

Center Joe Pung received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Back Kraig Lofquist and end Aaron Brown were named All-Big Ten first team. Center Joe Pung and fullback Mike Reid were named All-Big Ten second team.^[2]

Total attendance at five home games was 268,908, an average of 53,782 per game. The largest crowd was against Iowa.^[3] Memorial Stadium was the home of the Golden Gophers from 1924-1981

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 21–26	49,769	^[4]
October 3	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 26-20	53,000	^[5]
October 10	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 21–18	54,275	^[6]
October 17	Illinois	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 0-14	60,475	^[7]
October 24	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug)	L 12–19	61,859	^[8]
October 31	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 21–0	33,245	^[9]
November 7	Iowa	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 14–13	63,350	^[10]
November 14	Purdue	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 14–7	50,255	^[11]
November 21	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)	L 7–14	61,306	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

Game summaries

Michigan

Week 5: Minnesota at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota (2–2)	0	0	0	12	12
• Michigan (3–1)	7	3	9	0	19

Date: October 24, 1964
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game attendance: 61,859

In the fifth game of the season, Minnesota lost to Michigan 19–12 in Ann Arbor. Prior to 1964, Michigan had lost four consecutive games in the annual contest for the Little Brown Jug. Michigan led the game 19–0 in the fourth quarter and held off a comeback attempt by the Golden Gophers. Minnesota scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns, but missed twice on two-point conversion attempts. The Golden Gophers closed the score to 19–12 on a 91-yard interception return by Kraig Lofquist. They subsequently drove to the Michigan three-yard line, but the Michigan defense held on fourth down.^[13]