Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	164	2,854	745	3.8	2,204	629	3.5	650	116	5.6
Team Rank		113th	124th	112th	126th	68th	34th	93rd	139th	138th	120th
Opponent	11	170	3,311		4.8	2,126	536	4.0	1,185	153	7.7
Opponent Rank		101st	53rd		96th	75th	52nd	90th	29th	4th	128th
Net		-6	-457	+745	-1.0	+78	+93	-0.5	-535	-37	-2.1
Net Rank		99th	102nd	112th	118th	71st	34th	98th	125th	100th	135th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Wendell Avery W. Avery	11	33	76	43.4	6.9	461	6.1	41.9	3	4	96.9	3.9	5.3
Mark Carlson M. Carlson	11	14	34	41.2	3.1	179	5.3	16.3	0	2	73.6	0.0	5.9
Marc Trestman M. Trestman	11	1	5	20.0	0.5	10	2.0	0.9	0	1	-3.2	0.0	20.0
Jeff Anhorn J. Anhorn	11	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
Kent Kitzmann K. Kitzmann	11	151	13.7	647	4.3	58.8	4
Marion Barber M. Barber	11	128	11.6	582	4.5	52.9	2	129	593
Wendell Avery W. Avery	11	81	7.4	79	1.0	7.2	0
Jeff Thompson J. Thompson	11	79	7.2	279	3.5	25.4	3	83	322
Garry White G. White	11	63	5.7	253	4.0	23.0	0	64	260
Steve Breault S. Breault	11	33	3.0	103	3.1	9.4	0	39	164
Roy Artis R. Artis	11	28	2.5	103	3.7	9.4	0
Elmer Bailey E. Bailey	11	19	1.7	67	3.5	6.1	0	34	317
Mark Carlson M. Carlson	11	16	1.5	-19	-1.2	-1.7	0
Sam Brady S. Brady	11	15	1.4	57	3.8	5.2	0
Marc Trestman M. Trestman	11	9	0.8	20	2.2	1.8	1
Elwin Burditte E. Burditte	11	3	0.3	9	3.0	0.8	0
Dana Noel D. Noel	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0
Ray Dilulo R. Dilulo	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Roger Frazier R. Frazier	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	3	29
Pat Paquette P. Paquette	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
John Mathews J. Mathews	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeff Anhorn J. Anhorn	11	16	1.5	217	13.6	19.7	2
Elmer Bailey E. Bailey	11	15	1.4	250	16.7	22.7	1	34	317
Steve Breault S. Breault	11	6	0.5	61	10.2	5.5	0	39	164
Jeff Thompson J. Thompson	11	4	0.4	43	10.8	3.9	0	83	322
Glenn Bourquin G. Bourquin	11	3	0.3	35	11.7	3.2	0
Roger Frazier R. Frazier	11	2	0.2	26	13.0	2.4	0	3	29
Marion Barber M. Barber	11	1	0.1	11	11.0	1.0	0	129	593
Garry White G. White	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	64	260

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Mark Merrill M. Merrill	11	3	30	10	1
Keith Edwards K. Edwards	11	3	12	4	0
Brian Snyder B. Snyder	11	2	31	15.5	0
Ken Foxworth K. Foxworth	11	2	13	6.5	0
Keith Brown K. Brown	11	1	13	13	0
Michael Hunt M. Hunt	11	1	5	5	0
Steve Stewart S. Stewart	11	1	4	4	0
Ed Burns E. Burns	11	1	1	1	0
Bobby Weber B. Weber	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Paul Rogind P. Rogind	11				18	14	68
Kent Kitzmann K. Kitzmann	11	4		4			24
Wendell Avery W. Avery	11	0		3			18
Jeff Thompson J. Thompson	11	3	0	3			18
Jeff Anhorn J. Anhorn	11		2	2			12
Marion Barber M. Barber	11	2	0	2			12
Elmer Bailey E. Bailey	11	0	1	1			6
Mark Merrill M. Merrill	11			1			6
Marc Trestman M. Trestman	11	1		1			6
Bobby Weber B. Weber	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Bobby Weber B. Weber	11	13	356	27.4	1	12	101	8.4	0
Keith Edwards K. Edwards	11	9	203	22.6	0	8	82	10.3	0
Tom Luckemeyer T. Luckemeyer	11					7	25	3.6	0
Roy Artis R. Artis	11	4	105	26.3	0
Dana Noel D. Noel	11	1	20	20.0	0
Keith Brown K. Brown	11					1	17	17.0	0
Elmer Bailey E. Bailey	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
	Paul Rogind P. Rogind	11	18	26	69.2						14	14	100.0	68

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Terry Simmons T. Simmons	11	71	2,388	33.6
	Kent Kitzmann K. Kitzmann	11	1	36	36.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

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

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

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

	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
2	Liberty	4	1	.800
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Missouri State	1	3	.250
6	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
7	Delaware	2	3	.400
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

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