Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	210	3,388	763	4.4	2,379	562	4.2	1,009	201	5.0
Team Rank		82nd	91st	93rd	86th	33rd	52nd	31st	126th	102nd	125th
Opponent	11	250	3,440		4.5	1,644	470	3.5	1,796	295	6.1
Opponent Rank		89th	57th		58th	44th	27th	62nd	93rd	112th	43rd
Net		-40	-52	+763	-0.1	+735	+92	+0.7	-787	-94	-1.1
Net Rank		88th	76th	93rd	78th	33rd	37th	37th	130th	118th	107th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tim Salem T. Salem	11	81	170	47.6	15.5	887	5.2	80.6	2	13	80.1	1.2	7.6
Greg Olson G. Olson	11	5	20	25.0	1.8	54	2.7	4.9	0	1	37.7	0.0	5.0
Bill Swats B. Swats	11	4	9	44.4	0.8	35	3.9	3.2	0	0	77.1	0.0	0.0
Marion Barber M. Barber	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	33	16.5	3.0	0	1	88.6	0.0	50.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Garry White G. White	11	177	16.1	959	5.4	87.2	9	192	1,136
Marion Barber M. Barber	11	154	14.0	769	5.0	69.9	11	167	889
Duane Gregory D. Gregory	11	59	5.4	275	4.7	25.0	2	60	281
Roy Artis R. Artis	11	53	4.8	203	3.8	18.5	0	60	252
Tim Salem T. Salem	11	50	4.5	-17	-0.3	-1.5	2
Marvell Ross M. Ross	11	27	2.5	121	4.5	11.0	0	29	128
Glenn Lewis G. Lewis	11	12	1.1	54	4.5	4.9	1	13	62
Bob Stroup B. Stroup	11	9	0.8	42	4.7	3.8	0
Bill Swats B. Swats	11	9	0.8	-21	-2.3	-1.9	0
Greg Olson G. Olson	11	3	0.3	10	3.3	0.9	0
Chester Cooper C. Cooper	11	2	0.2	15	7.5	1.4	0	16	225
Ron Weckbacher R. Weckbacher	11	1	0.1	-17	-17.0	-1.5	0	2	-4

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Garry White G. White	11	15	1.4	177	11.8	16.1	0	192	1,136
Chester Cooper C. Cooper	11	14	1.3	210	15.0	19.1	1	16	225
Kelvin Jenkins K. Jenkins	11	13	1.2	158	12.2	14.4	0
Mike Curtis M. Curtis	11	13	1.2	144	11.1	13.1	1
Marion Barber M. Barber	11	13	1.2	120	9.2	10.9	0	167	889
Randy Sonnenfeld R. Sonnenfeld	11	7	0.6	84	12.0	7.6	0
Roy Artis R. Artis	11	7	0.6	49	7.0	4.5	0	60	252
Ken Hughes K. Hughes	11	3	0.3	31	10.3	2.8	0
Marvell Ross M. Ross	11	2	0.2	7	3.5	0.6	0	29	128
Ron Weckbacher R. Weckbacher	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0	2	-4
Glenn Lewis G. Lewis	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	13	62
Duane Gregory D. Gregory	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	60	281
Lonnie Farrow L. Farrow	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Rick Witthus R. Witthus	11	4	53	13.3
Mike Robb M. Robb	11	2	52	26
Dana Noel D. Noel	11	2	0	0
Glenn Howard G. Howard	11	1	47	47
Ken Foxworth K. Foxworth	11	1	13	13
Jim Fahnhorst J. Fahnhorst	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Marion Barber M. Barber	11	11	0	11			66
Garry White G. White	11	9	0	9			54
Jim Gallery J. Gallery	11				5	27	42
Tim Salem T. Salem	11	2		4			24
Duane Gregory D. Gregory	11	2	0	2			12
Chester Cooper C. Cooper	11	0	1	1			6
Mike Curtis M. Curtis	11		1	1			6
Glenn Lewis G. Lewis	11	1	0	1			6
Dana Noel D. Noel	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Glenn Cardelli G. Cardelli	11					14	66	4.7	0
Ken Hughes K. Hughes	11	2	21	10.5	0	8	41	5.1	0
Dana Noel D. Noel	11	9	240	26.7	1
Kelvin Jenkins K. Jenkins	11					9	43	4.8	0
Glenn Lewis G. Lewis	11	8	205	25.6	0
Teddy Watson T. Watson	11	7	134	19.1	0
Roy Artis R. Artis	11	3	63	21.0	0
Nick Davidson N. Davidson	11	2	41	20.5	0
Duane Gregory D. Gregory	11	1	5	5.0	0
Chester Cooper C. Cooper	11	1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jim Gallery J. Gallery	11	5	9	55.6						27	27	100.0	42

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Tom Smith T. Smith	11	34	1,133	33.3
Steve Edling S. Edling	11	13	458	35.2
Rick Witthus R. Witthus	11	4	112	28.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

525

Hedden

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

227

Sheppard

200

Woodson

Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

5

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

3

Mosley

3

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

681.0

671.0

660.0

648.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

465.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

428.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Alabama	1	1.000
2	Arkansas	1	1.000
3	Auburn	1	1.000
4	Florida	1	1.000
5	Georgia	1	1.000
6	Kentucky	1	1.000
7	LSU	1	1.000
8	Mississippi State	1	1.000
9	Missouri	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	South Carolina	1	1.000
12	Tennessee	1	1.000
13	Texas	1	1.000
14	Texas A&M	1	1.000
15	Vanderbilt	1	1.000
16	Ole Miss	0

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Washington State	0	0
4	Boise State	0	1	.000
5	Fresno State	0	1	.000
6	Oregon State	0	1	.000
7	Texas State	0	1	.000
8	Utah State	0	1	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	UConn	1	0	1.000
2	Notre Dame	0	0

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	1	0	1.000
2	Virginia	1	0	1.000
3	Duke	1	0	1.000
4	Florida State	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Louisville	0	0
11	SMU	0	0
12	Boston College	0	1	.000
13	California	0	1	.000
14	Clemson	0	1	.000
15	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	0	0
17	Wisconsin	0	0
18	Rutgers	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000