Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	256	4,475	803	5.6	1,784	399	4.5	2,691	404	6.7
Team Rank		63rd	30th	37th	30th	58th	97th	26th	24th	19th	68th
Opponent	11	348	4,439		5.8	1,959	447	4.4	2,480	317	7.8
Opponent Rank		91st	80th		91st	66th	47th	78th	82nd	57th	89th
Net		-92	+36	+803	-0.2	-175	-48	+0.1	+211	+87	-1.2
Net Rank		84th	57th	37th	72nd	65th	78th	59th	41st	20th	85th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tim Schade T. Schade	11	187	341	54.8	31.0	2,338	6.9	212.5	14	10	120.1	4.1	2.9
Scott Eckers S. Eckers	3	21	42	50.0	14.0	273	6.5	91.0	1	3	98.2	2.4	7.1
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	5	9	21	42.9	4.2	80	3.8	16.0	0	1	65.3	0.0	4.8

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chris Darkins C. Darkins	11	277	25.2	1,443	5.2	131.2	11	299	1,742
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	11	41	3.7	208	5.1	18.9	0	45	230
Tim Schade T. Schade	11	35	3.2	18	0.5	1.6	1
Rafael Cooper R. Cooper	8	16	2.0	99	6.2	12.4	0	18	109
Scott Eckers S. Eckers	3	8	2.7	-11	-1.4	-3.7	0
Tommy Watson T. Watson	8	7	0.9	26	3.7	3.3	0
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	5	7	1.4	-25	-3.6	-5.0	0
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	4	0.4	26	6.5	2.4	0	14	185
Johnny Woodson J. Woodson	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0	29	333
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Chuck Rios C. Rios	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	53	437
Mike Kimbell M. Kimbell	11	1	0.1	-10	-10.0	-0.9	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chuck Rios C. Rios	11	52	4.7	436	8.4	39.6	1	53	437
Aaron Osterman A. Osterman	10	38	3.8	604	15.9	60.4	5
Johnny Woodson J. Woodson	11	28	2.5	326	11.6	29.6	0	29	333
Ryan Thelwell R. Thelwell	7	24	3.4	406	16.9	58.0	3
Chris Darkins C. Darkins	11	22	2.0	299	13.6	27.2	2	299	1,742
Tony Levine T. Levine	7	19	2.7	239	12.6	34.1	1
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	10	0.9	159	15.9	14.5	1	14	185
Lewis Garrison L. Garrison	3	7	2.3	70	10.0	23.3	0
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	11	4	0.4	22	5.5	2.0	0	45	230
Eric Dalen E. Dalen	11	3	0.3	29	9.7	2.6	1
Daryn White D. White	8	2	0.3	24	12.0	3.0	0
Greg Nelson G. Nelson	7	2	0.3	19	9.5	2.7	0
Rafael Cooper R. Cooper	8	2	0.3	10	5.0	1.3	0	18	109
Shaun Jackson S. Jackson	7	1	0.1	21	21.0	3.0	1
Matt Reem M. Reem	11	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.7	0
Ryan Hubbard R. Hubbard	7	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.6	0
Mark Tangen M. Tangen	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Justin Conzemius J. Conzemius	11	3	30	10	0
Juan Hunter J. Hunter	11	3	22	7.3	0
Crawford Jordan C. Jordan	11	3	5	1.7	0
Jerome Davis J. Davis	10	1	75	75	1
Rodney Heath R. Heath	10	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tim Schade T. Schade	11	1		15			90
Chris Darkins C. Darkins	11	11	2	13			78
Mike Chalberg M. Chalberg	11				17	25	76
Aaron Osterman A. Osterman	10		5	5			30
Ryan Thelwell R. Thelwell	7		3	3			18
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	0	1	1			6
Eric Dalen E. Dalen	11		1	1			6
Jerome Davis J. Davis	10			1			6
Scott Eckers S. Eckers	3	0		1			6
Shaun Jackson S. Jackson	7		1	1			6
Tony Levine T. Levine	7		1	1			6
Chuck Rios C. Rios	11	0	1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Rodney Heath R. Heath	10	4	94	23.5	0	22	208	9.5	0
Rishon Early R. Early	11	16	377	23.6	0
Rafael Cooper R. Cooper	8	13	285	21.9	0
Aaron Osterman A. Osterman	10					6	43	7.2	0
Chris Smith C. Smith	11	4	22	5.5	0
Ben Langford B. Langford	11	3	25	8.3	0
Lewis Garrison L. Garrison	3					2	36	18.0	0
Tommy Watson T. Watson	8	2	27	13.5	0
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	11	1	33	33.0	0
Justin Conzemius J. Conzemius	11					1	14	14.0	0
Craig Sauer C. Sauer	11	1	2	2.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Chalberg M. Chalberg	11	17	23	73.9						25	26	96.2	76

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Mike Kimbell M. Kimbell	11	48	1,873	39.0
	Ryan Hubbard R. Hubbard	7	7	237	33.9

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

3,076

Mensah

2,973

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,241

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,317

Smith

1,209

Legree

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mensah

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Smith

14

Legree

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.7

44.1

43.9

41.8

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

520.1

518.1

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

266.4

258.7

241.0

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

331.0

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	6	4	.600
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	3	.700
6	Ohio State	7	3	.700
7	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	5	.500
14	Nebraska	6	4	.600
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	8	.200
17	Maryland	4	6	.400
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	8	2	.800
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	4	.600
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	6	4	.600
13	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
14	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
4	Delaware	5	5	.500
5	Florida International	4	6	.400
6	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
7	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
8	Missouri State	4	6	.400
9	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	5	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	5	5	.500
13	NC State	4	6	.400
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	California	3	7	.300
16	Syracuse	5	5	.500
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	4	6	.400
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	6	4	.600
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	5	.500
11	Iowa State	5	5	.500
12	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
13	TCU	5	5	.500
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	6	.400
16	Kansas	4	6	.400