Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	195	3,280	717	4.6	1,714	475	3.6	1,566	242	6.5
Team Rank		84th	94th	98th	82nd	53rd	54th	63rd	81st	77th	70th
Opponent	11	246	4,192		5.3	2,184	551	4.0	2,008	233	8.6
Opponent Rank		53rd	63rd		71st	77th	94th	62nd	46th	9th	104th
Net		-51	-912	+717	-0.8	-470	-76	-0.4	-442	+9	-2.1
Net Rank		70th	86th	98th	80th	74th	81st	64th	76th	51st	95th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Scott Schaffner S. Schaffner	11	106	191	55.5	17.4	1,234	6.5	112.2	7	7	114.5	3.7	3.7
Alan Holt A. Holt	11	24	46	52.2	4.2	315	6.8	28.6	2	2	115.3	4.3	4.3
Keswic Joiner K. Joiner	11	0	3	0.0	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Brent Herbel B. Herbel	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0	0	175.6	0.0	0.0
Darrell Thompson D. Thompson	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	1	0	497.2	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Darrell Thompson D. Thompson	11	210	19.1	910	4.3	82.7	9	220	959
Scott Schaffner S. Schaffner	11	97	8.8	146	1.5	13.3	3
Octavius Gould O. Gould	11	77	7.0	326	4.2	29.6	0	93	477
Fred Foggie F. Foggie	11	25	2.3	116	4.6	10.5	1	26	133
Terry Stewart T. Stewart	11	23	2.1	151	6.6	13.7	0	24	155
Alan Holt A. Holt	11	18	1.6	19	1.1	1.7	0
Patrick Cummings P. Cummings	11	13	1.2	47	3.6	4.3	0	16	74
Keswic Joiner K. Joiner	11	5	0.5	-12	-2.4	-1.1	0
Gary Getchman G. Getchman	11	3	0.3	14	4.7	1.3	0
Dan Boyd D. Boyd	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0
Jason Bruce J. Bruce	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	33	449
Craig Otto C. Otto	11	1	0.1	-5	-5.0	-0.5	0	9	81
Chris Gaiters C. Gaiters	11	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0	43	558

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chris Gaiters C. Gaiters	11	42	3.8	564	13.4	51.3	4	43	558
Jason Bruce J. Bruce	11	32	2.9	447	14.0	40.6	3	33	449
Octavius Gould O. Gould	11	16	1.5	151	9.4	13.7	0	93	477
Shane Strain S. Strain	11	10	0.9	143	14.3	13.0	2
Darrell Thompson D. Thompson	11	10	0.9	49	4.9	4.5	0	220	959
Craig Otto C. Otto	11	8	0.7	86	10.8	7.8	0	9	81
Paul Hopewell P. Hopewell	11	5	0.5	55	11.0	5.0	1
Patrick Cummings P. Cummings	11	3	0.3	27	9.0	2.5	0	16	74
Michael Baker M. Baker	11	3	0.3	14	4.7	1.3	0
Fred Foggie F. Foggie	11	1	0.1	17	17.0	1.5	0	26	133
Terry Stewart T. Stewart	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	24	155
Joel Brown J. Brown	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0
Ron Goetz R. Goetz	11	0	0.0	9		0.8	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Joel Brown J. Brown	11	4	23	5.8
Charles McCree C. McCree	11	2	4	2
Sean Lumpkin S. Lumpkin	11	1	8	8
Ron Goetz R. Goetz	11	1	0	0
Joel Staats J. Staats	11	1	0	0
Mac Stephens M. Stephens	11	1	0	0
Andre Thaddies A. Thaddies	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Scott Schaffner S. Schaffner	11	3		10			60
Darrell Thompson D. Thompson	11	9	0	10			60
Brent Berglund B. Berglund	11				10	21	51
Chris Gaiters C. Gaiters	11	0	4	5			30
Jason Bruce J. Bruce	11	0	3	3			18
Alan Holt A. Holt	11	0		2			12
Shane Strain S. Strain	11		2	2			12
Fred Foggie F. Foggie	11	1	0	1			6
Paul Hopewell P. Hopewell	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Chris Gaiters C. Gaiters	11	27	612	22.7	17	178	10.5	1
Sean Lumpkin S. Lumpkin	11	7	154	22.0
Fred Foggie F. Foggie	11	4	83	20.8
Terry Stewart T. Stewart	11	2	18	9.0
Jason Bruce J. Bruce	11	1	24	24.0
Pat Tingelhoff P. Tingelhoff	11	1	8	8.0
Gary Getchman G. Getchman	11	1	4	4.0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Brent Berglund B. Berglund	11	10	15	66.7						21	21	100.0	51

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brent Herbel B. Herbel	11	58	2,257	38.9

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,326

Mestemaker

2,303

Maiava

Rush Yards Leaders

963

Riley

957

Bishop

923

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

11.3

12.0

12.5

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

551.9

529.1

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

272.0

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

26.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	6	1	.857
2	Oregon State	5	2	.714
3	Texas State	4	3	.571
4	San Diego State	3	5	.375
5	Fresno State	4	3	.571
6	Colorado State	3	4	.429
7	Utah State	2	5	.286
8	Washington State	1	7	.125

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	Northwestern	6	1	.857
5	Minnesota	5	2	.714
6	Wisconsin	5	2	.714
7	USC	6	2	.750
8	Purdue	3	4	.429
9	Illinois	4	3	.571
10	Oregon	4	3	.571
11	Iowa	5	2	.714
12	Nebraska	5	2	.714
13	Michigan	4	3	.571
14	Washington	4	3	.571
15	Rutgers	2	5	.286
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Kentucky	7	1	.875
2	Georgia	6	1	.857
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Florida	5	2	.714
5	Ole Miss	5	2	.714
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Tennessee	6	2	.750
8	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Texas	5	2	.714
11	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
12	Auburn	4	3	.571
13	South Carolina	4	3	.571
14	Arkansas	3	4	.429
15	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
2	James Madison	7	1	.875
3	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
4	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
5	South Alabama	4	3	.571
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Georgia State	4	3	.571
9	Troy	3	4	.429
10	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
11	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
12	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
13	Marshall	4	3	.571
14	Old Dominion	2	6	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	SMU	6	1	.857
3	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
4	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
5	Louisville	4	3	.571
6	Clemson	4	3	.571
7	North Carolina	4	3	.571
8	Duke	5	2	.714
9	Boston College	4	3	.571
10	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	California	3	5	.375
14	Florida State	3	4	.429
15	NC State	3	4	.429
16	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
17	Syracuse	3	4	.429

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Toledo	6	2	.750
3	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Kent State	3	5	.375
8	Ball State	3	5	.375
9	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
6	UAB	4	3	.571
7	Charlotte	1	6	.143
8	Temple	2	5	.286
9	South Florida	5	2	.714
10	East Carolina	3	4	.429
11	Tulane	3	4	.429
12	Tulsa	4	4	.500
13	Navy	2	5	.286
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	7	0	1.000
2	BYU	6	1	.857
3	Arizona	6	1	.857
4	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
5	Oklahoma State	5	2	.714
6	Houston	6	2	.750
7	Baylor	4	3	.571
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	Arizona State	4	3	.571
10	UCF	4	3	.571
11	West Virginia	5	3	.625
12	Kansas State	4	3	.571
13	Iowa State	3	4	.429
14	Kansas	3	4	.429
15	TCU	3	4	.429
16	Colorado	2	5	.286