Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	272	4,368	784	5.6	1,505	400	3.8	2,863	384	7.5
Team Rank		55th	38th	60th	31st	80th	85th	71st	18th	26th	34th
Opponent	11	368	4,873		6.6	2,298	454	5.1	2,575	289	8.9
Opponent Rank		91st	90th		104th	89th	60th	95th	86th	16th	106th
Net		-96	-505	+784	-1.0	-793	-54	-1.3	+288	+95	-1.5
Net Rank		81st	80th	60th	90th	91st	79th	96th	36th	14th	86th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	11	204	338	60.4	30.7	2,600	7.7	236.4	18	13	134.9	5.3	3.8
Jason Murdock J. Murdock	5	18	45	40.0	9.0	263	5.8	52.6	2	3	90.4	4.4	6.7
Garrison Harmann G. Harmann	10	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
Chris Darkins C. Darkins	8	164	20.5	825	5.0	103.1	6	176	922
Rafael Cooper R. Cooper	11	112	10.2	471	4.2	42.8	2	122	585
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	11	54	4.9	-108	-2.0	-9.8	2
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	8	43	5.4	201	4.7	25.1	1	44	200
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	10	0.9	59	5.9	5.4	1	51	794
Jason Murdock J. Murdock	5	9	1.8	1	0.1	0.2	0
Tommy Watson T. Watson	8	4	0.5	12	3.0	1.5	0
Tony Levine T. Levine	11	3	0.3	38	12.7	3.5	1	41	434
Rob Jones R. Jones	1	1	1.0	6	6.0	6.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ryan Thelwell R. Thelwell	11	58	5.3	775	13.4	70.5	6
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	41	3.7	735	17.9	66.8	5	51	794
Tony Levine T. Levine	11	38	3.5	396	10.4	36.0	1	41	434
Johnny Woodson J. Woodson	11	25	2.3	266	10.6	24.2	0
Chris Darkins C. Darkins	8	12	1.5	97	8.1	12.1	0	176	922
Rafael Cooper R. Cooper	11	10	0.9	114	11.4	10.4	1	122	585
Greg Nelson G. Nelson	11	8	0.7	67	8.4	6.1	2
Mark Tangen M. Tangen	10	7	0.7	93	13.3	9.3	0
Paul Kratochvil P. Kratochvil	11	7	0.6	55	7.9	5.0	1
Ryan Hubbard R. Hubbard	8	4	0.5	102	25.5	12.8	1
Matt Reem M. Reem	11	4	0.4	45	11.3	4.1	1
Lee Hutton L. Hutton	9	3	0.3	83	27.7	9.2	1
Derrick Harvey D. Harvey	5	3	0.6	35	11.7	7.0	0
Troy Duerr T. Duerr	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	1
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	8	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	44	200

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Rodney Heath R. Heath	11	5	41	8.2	0
Crawford Jordan C. Jordan	11	2	45	22.5	1
Craig Sauer C. Sauer	11	1	25	25	0
Justin Conzemius J. Conzemius	11	1	21	21	0
Ben Langford B. Langford	9	1	21	21	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	11	2		20			120
Mike Chalberg M. Chalberg	11				11	32	65
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	1	5	6			36
Chris Darkins C. Darkins	8	6	0	6			36
Ryan Thelwell R. Thelwell	11		6	6			36
Rafael Cooper R. Cooper	11	2	1	3			18
Tony Levine T. Levine	11	1	1	2			12
Jason Murdock J. Murdock	5	0		2			12
Greg Nelson G. Nelson	11		2	2			12
Troy Duerr T. Duerr	11		1	1			6
Ryan Hubbard R. Hubbard	8		1	1			6
Lee Hutton L. Hutton	9		1	1			6
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	8	1	0	1			6
Crawford Jordan C. Jordan	11			1			6
Paul Kratochvil P. Kratochvil	11		1	1			6
Matt Reem M. Reem	11		1	1			6
Scott Koelfgen S. Koelfgen	11					1	1

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Rafael Cooper R. Cooper	11	25	537	21.5	0
Rodney Heath R. Heath	11					16	173	10.8	0
Rishon Early R. Early	10	12	208	17.3	0
Greg Nelson G. Nelson	11	11	188	17.1	0
Paul Kratochvil P. Kratochvil	11	3	16	5.3	0
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11					2	20	10.0	0
Lee Hutton L. Hutton	9					2	12	6.0	0
Sean McMenomy S. McMenomy	9					1	17	17.0	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	11	14	78.6						32	32	100.0	65
	Scott Koelfgen S. Koelfgen	11									1	1	100.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Garrison Harmann G. Harmann	10	39	1,403	36.0
	Tim Grate T. Grate	5	21	836	39.8

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

10.5

Simmons

10.5

Dean

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

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	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	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	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	3	.700
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	7	2	.778
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
8	UMass	5	4	.556
9	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
10	Ball State	3	6	.333
11	Kent State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
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	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333