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	4,881	840	5.8	2,007	467	4.3	2,874	373	7.7	246	114	125	125	68	570
Team Rank		30th	32nd	46th	33rd	40th	41st	40th	34th	50th	32nd	42nd	26th	40th	40th	43rd	49th
Opponent	13	338	5,543		6.0	2,056	485	4.2	3,487	434	8.0	291	116	160	160	54	408
Opponent Rank		94th	116th		104th	98th	107th	85th	118th	105th	106th	117th	104th	118th	118th	114th	117th
Net		+38	-662	+840	-0.2	-49	-18	+0.1	-613	-61	-0.3	-45	-2	-35	-35	+14	+162
Net Rank		53rd	93rd	45th	71st	70th	74th	66th	104th	101st	66th	104th	67th	109th	109th	95th	102nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Bryan Cupito B. Cupito	13	214	359	59.6	27.6	2,819	7.9	216.8	22	9	140.8	6.1	2.5
Tony Mortensen T. Mortensen	3	2	10	20.0	3.3	15	1.5	5.0	0	2	-7.4	0.0	20.0
Mike Maciejowski M. Maciejowski	1	1	2	50.0	2.0	18	9.0	18.0	0	0	125.6	0.0	0.0
Eric Decker E. Decker	12	1	1	100.0	0.1	22	22.0	1.8	0	0	284.8	0.0	0.0
Justin Kucek J. Kucek	13	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Amir Pinnix A. Pinnix	13	252	19.4	1,272	5.0	97.8	10	268	1,410
Alex Daniels A. Daniels	8	67	8.4	309	4.6	38.6	5	71	324
Jay Thomas J. Thomas	8	37	4.6	225	6.1	28.1	4	38	274
Bryan Cupito B. Cupito	13	37	2.8	-69	-1.9	-5.3	0
Terrence Sherrer T. Sherrer	2	21	10.5	99	4.7	49.5	1
Justin Valentine J. Valentine	9	17	1.9	42	2.5	4.7	4	18	42
E.J. Jones	5	14	2.8	30	2.1	6.0	0
Logan Payne L. Payne	13	11	0.8	70	6.4	5.4	0	70	874
Tony Mortensen T. Mortensen	3	4	1.3	16	4.0	5.3	1
Judd Smith J. Smith	2	3	1.5	12	4.0	6.0	0
Eric Decker E. Decker	12	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.4	0	27	383

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Logan Payne L. Payne	13	59	4.5	804	13.6	61.8	9	70	874
Matt Spaeth M. Spaeth	11	47	4.3	564	12.0	51.3	4
Ernie Wheelwright E. Wheelwright	11	26	2.4	437	16.8	39.7	5
Eric Decker E. Decker	12	26	2.2	378	14.5	31.5	3	27	383
Mike Chambers M. Chambers	9	19	2.1	231	12.2	25.7	0
Jack Simmons J. Simmons	7	17	2.4	229	13.5	32.7	1
Amir Pinnix A. Pinnix	13	16	1.2	138	8.6	10.6	0	268	1,410
Alex Daniels A. Daniels	8	4	0.5	15	3.8	1.9	0	71	324
Troy Reilly T. Reilly	2	2	1.0	29	14.5	14.5	0
Jay Thomas J. Thomas	8	1	0.1	49	49.0	6.1	0	38	274
Justin Valentine J. Valentine	9	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	18	42

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Mike Sherels M. Sherels	13	67	37	104	4		3	20	6.7	0
Dominic Jones D. Jones	13	66	16	82	2		2	5	2.5	0
Mario Reese M. Reese	11	48	34	82	6		1	5	5	0
Deon Hightower D. Hightower	13	52	22	74	4
Dominique Barber D. Barber	13	47	27	74	1		4	57	14.3	1
Jamal Harris J. Harris	13	36	14	50	0		3	1	0.3	0
Trumaine Banks T. Banks	8	36	13	49	4
Steve Davis S. Davis	13	33	15	48	7
John Shevlin J. Shevlin	8	27	19	46	5
Duran Cooley D. Cooley	12	28	17	45	0		1	16	16	0
Willie VanDeSteeg W. VanDeSteeg	12	29	11	40	15	10.0
Neel Allen N. Allen	13	21	16	37	3	3.0
Kevin Mannion K. Mannion	7	12	7	19	0		2	22	11	0
Desi Steib D. Steib	7			19	0
Todd Meisel T. Meisel	7	5	13	18	2	2.0
Keith Massey K. Massey	6	9	5	14	0
Lee Campbell L. Campbell	7	9	2	11	0
John Jakel J. Jakel	5			11	0
Eric Decker E. Decker	12	7	0	7	0
Jay Thomas J. Thomas	8	5	2	7	1
Eric Clark E. Clark	3	3	4	7	0	0.5
Brody Grandas B. Grandas	5	3	4	7	0
Garrett Brown G. Brown	5	4	2	6	0
Alex Daniels A. Daniels	8			5	0
Thomas Hennessey T. Hennessey	4			5	0
Joel Monroe J. Monroe	7			5	0
Willie Dyson W. Dyson	2	2	1	3	0
Otis Hudson O. Hudson	1	2	1	3	0
Jeremy Faue J. Faue	3	1	2	3	0
Patrick Cheney P. Cheney	3			3	1
Robert McGarry R. McGarry	4			3	0
Seth Thompson S. Thompson	2	2	0	2	0
John Carlson J. Carlson	2	1	1	2	0
Justin Kucek J. Kucek	13	1	1	2	0
Logan Payne L. Payne	13			2	0
Jack Simmons J. Simmons	7			2	0
Matt Spaeth M. Spaeth	11	1	0	1	0
Jason Meinke J. Meinke	2			1	0
Amir Pinnix A. Pinnix	13			1	0
Judd Smith J. Smith	2			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Amir Pinnix A. Pinnix	13	10	0		10			60
Jason Giannini J. Giannini	11				0	7	38	59
Logan Payne L. Payne	13	0	9		9			54
Alex Daniels A. Daniels	8	5	0		5			30
Ernie Wheelwright E. Wheelwright	11		5		5			30
Matt Spaeth M. Spaeth	11		4		4			24
Jay Thomas J. Thomas	8	4	0		4			24
Justin Valentine J. Valentine	9	4	0		4			24
Eric Decker E. Decker	12	0	3		3			18
Joel Monroe J. Monroe	7				0	2	9	15
Dominique Barber D. Barber	13				1			6
Steve Davis S. Davis	13				1			6
Dominic Jones D. Jones	13			1	1			6
Tony Mortensen T. Mortensen	3	1			1			6
Terrence Sherrer T. Sherrer	2	1			1			6
Jack Simmons J. Simmons	7		1		1			6
Mario Reese M. Reese	11				0			2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Dominic Jones D. Jones	13	32	786	24.6	1	19	218	11.5	0
Jay Thomas J. Thomas	8	6	87	14.5	0
Trumaine Banks T. Banks	8					1	1	1.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jason Giannini J. Giannini	11	7	12	58.3						38	41	92.7	59
	Joel Monroe J. Monroe	7	2	3	66.7						9	9	100.0	15

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Justin Kucek J. Kucek	13	56	2,257	40.3

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333