Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	376	5,111	919	5.6	2,727	586	4.7	2,384	333	7.2	267	143	98	98	75	577
Team Rank		43rd	39th	37th	31st	17th	22nd	21st	77th	87th	51st	37th	21st	87th	87th	30th	25th
Opponent	13	319	4,620		5.1	2,298	534	4.3	2,322	367	6.3	249	123	113	113	79	709
Opponent Rank		50th	54th		56th	92nd	92nd	85th	23rd	42nd	37th	67th	88th	44th	44th	75th	65th
Net		+57	+491	+919	+0.4	+429	+52	+0.4	+62	-34	+0.8	+18	+20	-15	-15	-4	-132
Net Rank		49th	39th	37th	35th	44th	40th	51st	55th	76th	33rd	43rd	40th	77th	77th	52nd	25th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Asad Abdul-Khaliq A. Abdul-Khaliq	12	164	314	52.2	26.2	2,184	7.0	182.0	19	11	123.6	6.1	3.5
Benji Kamrath B. Kamrath	3	8	13	61.5	4.3	122	9.4	40.7	2	0	191.1	15.4	0.0
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	1	2	50.0	0.2	50	25.0	4.2	0	0	260.0	0.0	0.0
Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	1	1	100.0	0.1	28	28.0	2.2	0	0	335.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Terry Jackson II T. Jackson II	13	238	18.3	1,318	5.5	101.4	6	245	1,348
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13	182	14.0	905	5.0	69.6	8	188	992
Asad Abdul-Khaliq A. Abdul-Khaliq	12	86	7.2	328	3.8	27.3	5
Marion Barber III M. Barber III	2	19	9.5	69	3.6	34.5	0	22	94
Demetrus Johnson D. Johnson	6	14	2.3	55	3.9	9.2	0
Renato Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	4	7	1.8	47	6.7	11.8	1
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	6	0.5	45	7.5	3.8	0
Zack Kartak Z. Kartak	2	6	3.0	22	3.7	11.0	1
Benji Kamrath B. Kamrath	3	5	1.7	-12	-2.4	-4.0	0
Dominique Sims D. Sims	3	4	1.3	6	1.5	2.0	0
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	3	0.2	6	2.0	0.5	0	47	532
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	2	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0	6	23
Keith Matthews K. Matthews	5	1	0.2	13	13.0	2.6	0	7	64
Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.2	1
Ben Utecht B. Utecht	12	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	38	481

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	44	3.4	526	12.0	40.5	4	47	532
Ben Utecht B. Utecht	12	37	3.1	480	13.0	40.0	6	38	481
Aaron Hosack A. Hosack	13	29	2.2	649	22.4	49.9	3
Tony Patterson T. Patterson	9	20	2.2	274	13.7	30.4	2
Jared Ellerson J. Ellerson	4	9	2.3	113	12.6	28.3	2
Scooter Baugus S. Baugus	6	8	1.3	102	12.8	17.0	1
Terry Jackson II T. Jackson II	13	7	0.5	30	4.3	2.3	1	245	1,348
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13	6	0.5	87	14.5	6.7	2	188	992
Keith Matthews K. Matthews	5	6	1.2	51	8.5	10.2	0	7	64
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	4	0.4	19	4.8	1.9	0	6	23
Marion Barber III M. Barber III	2	3	1.5	25	8.3	12.5	0	22	94
Eli Ward E. Ward	3	1	0.3	28	28.0	9.3	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Justin Isom J. Isom	3	3	54	18
Michael Lehan M. Lehan	11	2	28	14
Eli Ward E. Ward	3	2	-3	-1.5

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Dan Nystrom D. Nystrom	13			0	20	42	0	102
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13	8	2	10			0	60
Terry Jackson II T. Jackson II	13	6	1	7			0	42
Ben Utecht B. Utecht	12	0	6	6			0	36
Asad Abdul-Khaliq A. Abdul-Khaliq	12	5		5			0	30
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	0	4	4			1	26
Aaron Hosack A. Hosack	13		3	3			0	18
Jared Ellerson J. Ellerson	4		2	2			0	12
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	0	0	2			0	12
Tony Patterson T. Patterson	9		2	2			0	12
Scooter Baugus S. Baugus	6		1	1			0	6
Renato Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	4	1		1			0	6
Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	1		1			0	6
Zack Kartak Z. Kartak	2	1		1			0	6
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	0		0			1	2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	2	43	21.5	0	40	287	7.2	0
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	18	352	19.6	0	5	51	10.2	2
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	12	244	20.3	0	6	64	10.7	0
Demetrus Johnson D. Johnson	6	3	56	18.7	0
Quentin White Q. White	2	1	15	15.0	0
Dominique Sims D. Sims	3	1	13	13.0	0
Tony Patterson T. Patterson	9	1	4	4.0	0
Zack Kartak Z. Kartak	2	1	1	1.0	0
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13					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
	Dan Nystrom D. Nystrom	13	20	21	95.2						42	42	100.0	102

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	57	2,282	40.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200