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

1,173

Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

454

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

444

Toney

419

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

8

Knight

6

Carter

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

51.7

50.7

49.7

48.3

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

286.7

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

368.7

366.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	2	1	.667
2	Colorado State	2	1	.667
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	1	2	.333
5	San Diego State	1	2	.333
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Washington State	1	2	.333
8	Utah State	0	3	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	3	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	3	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	0	1.000
6	Utah	3	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	0	1.000
8	Baylor	2	1	.667
9	Colorado	2	1	.667
10	Iowa State	2	1	.667
11	Oklahoma State	2	1	.667
12	TCU	2	1	.667
13	UCF	2	1	.667
14	Arizona	2	1	.667
15	Houston	2	1	.667
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
4	Toledo	2	1	.667
5	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
6	Akron	1	2	.333
7	Ball State	1	2	.333
8	Buffalo	1	2	.333
9	Kent State	1	2	.333
10	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
11	Ohio	1	2	.333
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	3	.250

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	Memphis	3	1	.750
5	UTSA	2	1	.667
6	East Carolina	1	2	.333
7	North Texas	1	2	.333
8	Rice	1	2	.333
9	Temple	1	2	.333
10	Tulane	1	2	.333
11	UAB	1	2	.333
12	Charlotte	0	3	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	UCLA	3	0	1.000
3	Indiana	3	0	1.000
4	Iowa	3	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	0	1.000
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
10	Illinois	2	1	.667
11	Maryland	2	1	.667
12	Michigan State	2	1	.667
13	Minnesota	2	1	.667
14	Ohio State	2	1	.667
15	Oregon	2	1	.667
16	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	2	.333
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	3	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333