NEW: Go inside the College Basketball database with Stathead. Learn more or sign up here.

1979-80 Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Schedule and Results

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 21-11 (10-8, 4th in Big Ten MBB)

Coach: Jim Dutcher

PS/G: 71.5 (153rd of 265)

PA/G: 66.0 (49th of 265)

SRS: 15.72 (9th of 260)

SOS: 10.91 (4th of 260)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

AP Poll Summary

1979-80 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Fri, Nov 30, 1979	REG		Eastern Michigan	MAC	-3.21	W	77	56		1	0	W 1	Williams Arena
2	Mon, Dec 3, 1979	REG		Fresno State	PCAA	6.63	W	65	49		2	0	W 2	Williams Arena
3	Sat, Dec 15, 1979	REG		Nebraska	Big 8	3.41	W	75	58		3	0	W 3	Williams Arena
4	Mon, Dec 17, 1979	REG	@	Tennessee	SEC	10.77	L	64	71		3	1	L 1	Stokely Center
5	Thu, Dec 20, 1979	REG	@	Florida State	Metro	6.84	L	91	112		3	2	L 2	Tully Gymnasium
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Kansas State	Big 8	8.54	W	78	61		4	2	W 1	Williams Arena
7	Fri, Dec 28, 1979	REG		Rutgers	EAA	0.08	W	98	59		5	2	W 2	Williams Arena
8	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG	@	Texas A&M	SWC	9.28	W	69	63		6	2	W 3	Williams Arena
9	Thu, Jan 3, 1980	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	L	67	71		6	3	L 1	Crisler Arena
10	Sat, Jan 5, 1980	REG	@	Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	W	93	80		7	3	W 1	Jenison Field House
11	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG		Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	W	82	76		8	3	W 2	Williams Arena
12	Sat, Jan 12, 1980	REG		Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	W	79	75		9	3	W 3	Williams Arena
13	Thu, Jan 17, 1980	REG	@	Ohio State (2)	Big Ten	17.30	L	70	75		9	4	L 1	St. John Arena
14	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG		Purdue (11)	Big Ten	17.53	W	67	61		10	4	W 1	Williams Arena
15	Thu, Jan 24, 1980	REG		Indiana (16)	Big Ten	17.55	W	55	47		11	4	W 2	Williams Arena
16	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG	@	Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	L	73	80		11	5	L 1	Iowa Field House
17	Thu, Jan 31, 1980	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	74	64		12	5	W 1	Welsh-Ryan Arena
18	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		Iowa	Big Ten	17.56	L	63	73		12	6	L 1	Williams Arena
19	Thu, Feb 7, 1980	REG	@	Purdue (12)	Big Ten	17.53	L	56	58		12	7	L 2	Mackey Arena
20	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	72	55		13	7	W 1	Williams Arena
21	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG		Ohio State (9)	Big Ten	17.30	W	74	70		14	7	W 2	Williams Arena
22	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG	@	Indiana	Big Ten	17.55	L	54	67		14	8	L 1	Assembly Hall
23	Thu, Feb 21, 1980	REG	@	Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	L	58	60		14	9	L 2	Assembly Hall
24	Sat, Feb 23, 1980	REG	@	Wisconsin	Big Ten	11.93	L	55	70		14	10	L 3	Wisconsin Field House
25	Thu, Feb 28, 1980	REG		Michigan State	Big Ten	11.29	W	87	73		15	10	W 1	Williams Arena
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	REG		Michigan	Big Ten	13.70	W	68	67		16	10	W 2	Williams Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Wed, Mar 5, 1980	NIT		Bowling Green State	MAC	-0.51	W	64	50		17	10	W 3	Williams Arena
28	Mon, Mar 10, 1980	NIT		Mississippi	SEC	8.15	W	58	56		18	10	W 4	Williams Arena
29	Thu, Mar 13, 1980	NIT		Louisiana	Southland	2.73	W	94	73		19	10	W 5	Williams Arena
30	Mon, Mar 17, 1980	NIT	N	Illinois	Big Ten	15.77	W	65	63		20	10	W 6	Madison Square Garden (IV)
31	Wed, Mar 19, 1980	NIT	N	Virginia	ACC	12.77	L	55	58		20	11	L 1	Madison Square Garden (IV)