Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	236	3,723	728	5.1	1,145	374	3.1	2,578	354	7.3
Team Rank		77th	75th	97th	64th	93rd	101st	91st	29th	39th	43rd
Opponent	11	340	4,504		5.9	2,712	549	4.9	1,792	208	8.6
Opponent Rank		82nd	85th		91st	102nd	104th	94th	15th	1st	104th
Net		-104	-781	+728	-0.8	-1,567	-175	-1.9	+786	+146	-1.3
Net Rank		88th	84th	97th	79th	106th	107th	102nd	14th	4th	83rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	11	200	352	56.8	32.0	2,578	7.3	234.4	14	11	125.2	4.0	3.1
Billy Cockerham B. Cockerham	2	0	1	0.0	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Spergon Wynn S. Wynn	2	0	1	0.0	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Thomas Hamner T. Hamner	11	195	17.7	883	4.5	80.3	3	210	964
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	11	71	6.5	-113	-1.6	-10.3	3
Byron Evans B. Evans	11	69	6.3	314	4.6	28.5	3
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	6	20	3.3	64	3.2	10.7	1	21	67
Tommy Watson T. Watson	4	6	1.5	22	3.7	5.5	0
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	4	0.4	13	3.3	1.2	0	66	835
Spergon Wynn S. Wynn	2	3	1.5	8	2.7	4.0	0
Jim Bean J. Bean	11	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.2	0
Billy Cockerham B. Cockerham	2	1	0.5	7	7.0	3.5	0
Greg Nelson G. Nelson	11	1	0.1	-5	-5.0	-0.5	0	32	282
Steve Kemph S. Kemph	10	1	0.1	-14	-14.0	-1.4	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	62	5.6	822	13.3	74.7	6	66	835
Ryan Thelwell R. Thelwell	11	54	4.9	1,051	19.5	95.5	5
Greg Nelson G. Nelson	11	31	2.8	287	9.3	26.1	2	32	282
Paul Kratochvil P. Kratochvil	11	17	1.5	152	8.9	13.8	0
Thomas Hamner T. Hamner	11	15	1.4	81	5.4	7.4	0	210	964
Lee Hutton L. Hutton	11	11	1.0	82	7.5	7.5	0
Luke Leverson L. Leverson	11	3	0.3	42	14.0	3.8	0
Troy Duerr T. Duerr	11	3	0.3	37	12.3	3.4	1
Ryan Hubbard R. Hubbard	11	2	0.2	11	5.5	1.0	0
Jimmy Wyrick J. Wyrick	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	6	1	0.2	3	3.0	0.5	0	21	67

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Rodney Heath R. Heath	11	3	43	14.3
Rufus Smith R. Smith	9	2	18	9
Rishon Early R. Early	10	2	0	0
Don Williams D. Williams	5	1	43	43
Crawford Jordan C. Jordan	11	1	20	20
Parc Williams P. Williams	11	1	8	8
Tyrone Carter T. Carter	11	1	0	0
Mari Moore M. Moore	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Cory Sauter C. Sauter	11	3		17			102
Adam Bailey A. Bailey	11				14	16	58
Tutu Atwell T. Atwell	11	0	6	6			36
Ryan Thelwell R. Thelwell	11		5	5			30
Byron Evans B. Evans	11	3		3			18
Thomas Hamner T. Hamner	11	3	0	3			18
Greg Nelson G. Nelson	11	0	2	2			12
Troy Duerr T. Duerr	11		1	1			6
Rodney Heath R. Heath	11			1			6
Lee Hutton L. Hutton	11		0	1			6
Javon Jackson J. Jackson	6	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tyrone Carter T. Carter	11	19	357	18.8	0
Rodney Heath R. Heath	11	4	78	19.5	0	14	144	10.3	1
Rishon Early R. Early	10	16	338	21.1	0
Derrick Harvey D. Harvey	7	2	19	9.5	0
Jimmy Wyrick J. Wyrick	11					1	16	16.0	0
Lee Hutton L. Hutton	11					0	30		1

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Adam Bailey A. Bailey	11	14	20	70.0						16	20	80.0	58

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Steve Kemph S. Kemph	10	47	1,797	38.2
	Tim Grate T. Grate	11	4	146	36.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333