Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 9:48 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Minnesota Golden Gophers meet Michigan on September 28, a highlight of their 2024 college football schedule. For the full slate, keep scrolling.

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2024 Minnesota Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
North Carolina August 29 | 8:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Rhode Island (FCS) September 7 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub Peacock
Nevada September 14 | 3:30 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub BTN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Iowa September 21 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Michigan September 28 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
USC October 5 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ UCLA October 12 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Maryland October 26 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Illinois November 2 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Rutgers November 9 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Penn State November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Wisconsin November 29 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub CBS

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Minnesota 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • The Golden Gophers will have the 18th-hardest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (81).
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (78), Minnesota has the 19th-hardest schedule in college football.
  • The Golden Gophers are facing the third-hardest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • Minnesota will face nine teams this season that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that ended with nine or more victories and one squad with three or fewer wins last season.
  • The Golden Gophers’ schedule in 2024 features nine returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Minnesota Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Golden Gophers ranked ninth-worst in total offense (300.9 yards per game) last season, but they played slightly better on defense, ranking 56th with 368.4 yards allowed per game.
  • Minnesota ranked 24th-worst in scoring offense last season (20.9 points per game), but it played slightly better on defense, ranking 69th with 26.7 points allowed per game.
  • The Golden Gophers ranked eighth-worst in passing offense last season (143.4 passing yards per game), but they played better on defense, ranking 59th with 219.3 passing yards allowed per game.
  • Minnesota put up 157.5 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 67th in FBS. Defensively, it ranked 62nd, allowing 149.1 rushing yards per game.
  • Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 10th-worst in FBS last season (46% third-down conversion rate), the Golden Gophers played better on the other side of the ball, ranking 106th in FBS by putting up a 35.2% third-down percentage.
  • Minnesota had the 50th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +2, forcing 19 turnovers (46th in FBS) while turning it over 17 times (51st in FBS).

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