Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	278	4,336	825	5.3	1,623	447	3.6	2,713	378	7.2	239	93	118	118	67	517
Team Rank		92nd	83rd	86th	78th	90th	71st	92nd	64th	65th	54th	73rd	82nd	72nd	72nd	30th	13th
Opponent	12	396	4,706		6.6	2,297	436	5.3	2,409	280	8.6	229	109	105	105	68	621
Opponent Rank		96th	57th		115th	91st	26th	114th	24th	1st	113th	26th	71st	21st	21st	91st	73rd
Net		-118	-370	+825	-1.3	-674	+11	-1.6	+304	+98	-1.4	+10	-16	+13	+13	-1	-104
Net Rank		96th	82nd	84th	110th	98th	51st	111th	41st	20th	101st	57th	81st	43rd	43rd	56th	24th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Adam Weber A. Weber	12	205	368	55.7	30.7	2,679	7.3	223.3	20	9	129.9	5.4	2.4
Marqueis Gray M. Gray	11	2	8	25.0	0.7	24	3.0	2.2	0	0	50.2	0.0	0.0
Duane Bennett D. Bennett	12	2	2	100.0	0.2	10	5.0	0.8	1	0	307.0	50.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
De'Leon Eskridge D. Eskridge	12	193	16.1	698	3.6	58.2	7	197	735
Duane Bennett D. Bennett	12	123	10.3	529	4.3	44.1	3	156	848
Adam Weber A. Weber	12	52	4.3	156	3.0	13.0	0	53	158
Donnell Kirkwood D. Kirkwood	4	27	6.8	107	4.0	26.8	0
Marqueis Gray M. Gray	11	23	2.1	110	4.8	10.0	1	65	697
Jon Hoese J. Hoese	11	19	1.7	53	2.8	4.8	3	31	150
Eric Lair E. Lair	12	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0	40	535
Bryant Allen B. Allen	9	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	17	202

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Da'Jon McKnight D. McKnight	12	48	4.0	750	15.6	62.5	10
Marqueis Gray M. Gray	11	42	3.8	587	14.0	53.4	5	65	697
Eric Lair E. Lair	12	39	3.3	526	13.5	43.8	2	40	535
Duane Bennett D. Bennett	12	33	2.8	319	9.7	26.6	1	156	848
Bryant Allen B. Allen	9	16	1.8	202	12.6	22.4	1	17	202
Jon Hoese J. Hoese	11	12	1.1	97	8.1	8.8	0	31	150
Troy Stoudermire T. Stoudermire	11	6	0.5	114	19.0	10.4	1
De'Leon Eskridge D. Eskridge	12	4	0.3	37	9.3	3.1	0	197	735
Tiree Eure T. Eure	3	3	1.0	47	15.7	15.7	1
Collin McGarry C. McGarry	2	2	1.0	14	7.0	7.0	0
A.J. Barker	1	1	1.0	17	17.0	17.0	0
Adam Weber A. Weber	12	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	53	158
Victor Keise V. Keise	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	1.0	0
Hayo Carpenter H. Carpenter	1	1	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Gary Tinsley G. Tinsley	12	47	43	90	10	1.5	1	52	52	0
Kyle Theret K. Theret	10	49	23	72	2		1	9	9	0
Keanon Cooper K. Cooper	12	40	28	68	4	0.5
Ryan Collado R. Collado	12	42	18	60	6		2	20	10	0
Anthony Jacobs A. Jacobs	11	21	20	41	6	1.0
Troy Stoudermire T. Stoudermire	11	28	9	37	2		1	24	24	0
Mike Rallis M. Rallis	8	23	14	37	6		3	11	3.7	0
Kyle Henderson K. Henderson	8	22	11	33	0
Christyn Lewis C. Lewis	7	18	13	31	0
Jewhan Edwards J. Edwards	11	17	12	29	11	3.0
James Manuel J. Manuel	9	14	15	29	0		1	0	0	0
Brandon Kirksey B. Kirksey	11	15	13	28	6
Michael Carter M. Carter	6	22	2	24	1		2	7	3.5	0
Spencer Reeves S. Reeves	6	13	10	23	2
Ryan Grant R. Grant	8	12	9	21	0
Aaron Hill A. Hill	9	10	4	14	0
D.L. Wilhite	6	10	4	14	2	1.0
Matt Garin M. Garin	6	5	8	13	1
Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	8	5	7	12	0
Brock Vereen B. Vereen	3	7	3	10	0
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	2	3	2	5	0
Ra'Shede Hageman R. Hageman	4	1	4	5	0
Kendall Gregory-Mcghee K. Gregory-Mcghee	3	3	1	4	1	1.0
Bryan Klitzke B. Klitzke	4	2	2	4	0
Donnell Kirkwood D. Kirkwood	4	3	0	3	0
Duane Bennett D. Bennett	12	2	1	3	0
Austin Hahn A. Hahn	1	1	2	3	0
R.J. Buckner	4	0	3	3	0
Marqueis Gray M. Gray	11	1	1	2	0
Jon Hoese J. Hoese	11	1	1	2	0
Pat Sveum P. Sveum	2	0	2	2	0
De'Leon Eskridge D. Eskridge	12	1	0	1	0
Tiree Eure T. Eure	3	1	0	1	0
Dan Orseske D. Orseske	11	1	0	1	0
David Schwerman D. Schwerman	2	1	0	1	0
Jeff Wills J. Wills	1	1	0	1	0
Joey Balthazor J. Balthazor	1	0	1	1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Eric Ellestad E. Ellestad	12				0	11	31	0	64
Da'Jon McKnight D. McKnight	12		10		10			0	60
De'Leon Eskridge D. Eskridge	12	7	0		7			0	42
Marqueis Gray M. Gray	11	1	5		6			0	36
Duane Bennett D. Bennett	12	3	1		4			0	24
Jon Hoese J. Hoese	11	3	0		3			0	18
Eric Lair E. Lair	12	0	2		2			0	12
Bryant Allen B. Allen	9	0	1		1			0	6
Tiree Eure T. Eure	3		1		1			0	6
Troy Stoudermire T. Stoudermire	11		1	0	1			0	6
Adam Weber A. Weber	12	0	0		0			2	4

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Troy Stoudermire T. Stoudermire	11	29	789	27.2	0	2	9	4.5	0
Ryan Collado R. Collado	12	7	178	25.4	0	2	4	2.0	0
Duane Bennett D. Bennett	12	9	148	16.4	0
Eric Lair E. Lair	12	5	29	5.8	0
Bryant Allen B. Allen	9					4	49	12.3	0
Brandon Green B. Green	2					4	37	9.3	0
Johnny Johnson J. Johnson	8	3	52	17.3	0
De'Leon Eskridge D. Eskridge	12	2	36	18.0	0
R.J. Buckner	4	1	10	10.0	0
Curtis Hughes C. Hughes	1	1	6	6.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Eric Ellestad E. Ellestad	12	11	17	64.7						31	32	96.9	64

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Dan Orseske D. Orseske	11	49	1,771	36.1
	David Schwerman D. Schwerman	2	1	31	31.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200