Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	334	4,463	852	5.2	2,538	586	4.3	1,925	266	7.2	27	170	262	154	96	12	57	469
Team Rank		78th	61st	56th	72nd	22nd	9th	49th	72nd	75th	47th	94th	38th	54th	20th	67th	61st	64th	63rd
Opponent	13	289	4,852	876	5.7	2,056	453	4.5	2,796	405	6.9	18	133	262	121	127	14	44	383
Opponent Rank		25th	89th	66th	63rd	95th	74th	75th	79th	76th	44th	66th	58th	82nd	94th	77th	69th	74th	73rd
Net		+45	-389	-24	-0.4	+482	+133	-0.2	-871	-139	+0.3	+9	+37	0	+33	-31	-2	+13	+86
Net Rank		59th	85th	67th	66th	31st	8th	62nd	116th	119th	41st	107th	29th	54th	24th	112th	88th	109th	102nd

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Philip Nelson P. Nelson	11	94	186	50.5	16.9	1,306	7.0	118.7	9	6	119.0	4.8	3.2	62	14	100
	Mitch Leidner M. Leidner	10	43	78	55.1	7.8	619	7.9	61.9	3	1	131.9	3.8	1.3	92	13	70

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
David Cobb D. Cobb	13	237	18.2	1,202	5.1	92.5	7	77	254	1,376
Mitch Leidner M. Leidner	10	102	10.2	407	4.0	40.7	7	44
Philip Nelson P. Nelson	11	93	8.5	364	3.9	33.1	6	59
Rodrick Williams Jr. R. Williams Jr.	8	60	7.5	332	5.5	41.5	3	54	63	360
Donnell Kirkwood D. Kirkwood	10	52	5.2	120	2.3	12.0	0	16	55	145
Donovahn Jones D. Jones	9	16	1.8	73	4.6	8.1	0	20	26	230
Isaac Fruechte I. Fruechte	13	3	0.2	5	1.7	0.4	0	1	16	159
KJ Maye	8	2	0.3	19	9.5	2.4	0	13	9	89
Derrick Engel D. Engel	10	2	0.2	12	6.0	1.2	0	11	27	413
James Gillum J. Gillum	2	2	1.0	9	4.5	4.5	0	9
Cole Banham C. Banham	1	2	2.0	1	0.5	1.0	0	1
Maxx Williams M. Williams	13	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.5	0	7	26	424
Drew Wolitarsky D. Wolitarsky	10	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.7	0	7	16	266
Jalen Myrick J. Myrick	2	1	0.5	3	3.0	1.5	0	3	1	3
Jamel Harbison J. Harbison	2	1	0.5	-2	-2.0	-1.0	0	-2	1	-2

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Maxx Williams M. Williams	13	25	40	1.9	417	16.7	32.1	5	70	26	424
Derrick Engel D. Engel	10	25	44	2.5	401	16.0	40.1	5	48	27	413
David Cobb D. Cobb	13	17	21	1.3	174	10.2	13.4	0	39	254	1,376
Drew Wolitarsky D. Wolitarsky	10	15	37	1.5	259	17.3	25.9	1	80	16	266
Isaac Fruechte I. Fruechte	13	13	29	1.0	154	11.8	11.8	0	50	16	159
Donovahn Jones D. Jones	9	10	33	1.1	157	15.7	17.4	0	31	26	230
Mike Henry M. Henry	11	8	12	0.7	86	10.8	7.8	0	20
Drew Goodger D. Goodger	12	7	12	0.6	111	15.9	9.3	1	31
KJ Maye	8	7	13	0.9	70	10.0	8.8	0	37	9	89
Logan Hutton L. Hutton	6	3	6	0.5	31	10.3	5.2	0	15	3	31
Rodrick Williams Jr. R. Williams Jr.	8	3	3	0.4	28	9.3	3.5	0	11	63	360
Donnell Kirkwood D. Kirkwood	10	3	3	0.3	25	8.3	2.5	0	14	55	145
Gabe Mezzenga G. Mezzenga	1	1	1	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	12

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Cedric Thompson C. Thompson	11	49	6	55	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Damien Wilson D. Wilson	10	39	12	51	6	1.0
Aaron Hill A. Hill	12	43	3	46	5	1.5	2	55	27.5	1	39
Antonio Johnson A. Johnson	11	37	9	46	1	0.5	1	0	0	0	0
James Manuel J. Manuel	10	31	7	38	2	2.0	1	24	24	1	24
Eric Murray E. Murray	10	31	1	32	2	0.0
Brock Vereen B. Vereen	9	28	4	32	2	0.0	1	1	1	0	1
Ra'Shede Hageman R. Hageman	11	25	5	30	10	2.0	1	7	7	0	7
De'Vondre Campbell D. Campbell	8	22	1	23	2	0.0
Thieren Cockran T. Cockran	10	19	2	21	9	7.5
Cameron Botticelli C. Botticelli	7	11	4	15	3	1.0
Alex Keith A. Keith	6	11	4	15	4	2.0
Roland Johnson R. Johnson	10	13	1	14	2	0.0
Martez Shabazz M. Shabazz	6	11	2	13	2	0.5
Damarius Travis D. Travis	8	10	3	13	0	0.0
Hendrick Ekpe H. Ekpe	6	11	1	12	2	0.0
Jeremy Baltazar J. Baltazar	8	11	0	11	0	0.0	1	8	8	0	8
Michael Amaefula M. Amaefula	6	8	2	10	1	0.0
Marcus Jones M. Jones	12	9	0	9	1	0.0
Derrick Wells D. Wells	4	7	2	9	0	0.0	1	8	8	0	8
Scott Ekpe S. Ekpe	5	6	3	9	0	0.0
Grayson Levine G. Levine	5	5	4	9	0	0.0	0	0		0
Ben Perry B. Perry	4	6	1	7	1	0.0
Nick Rallis N. Rallis	3	1	3	4	0	0.0	0	0		0
Briean Boddy-Calhoun B. Boddy-Calhoun	1	3	0	3	0	0.0	1	89	89	1	89
Jephte Matilus J. Matilus	4	3	0	3	0	0.0	0	0		0
Logan Hutton L. Hutton	6	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0		0
Jack Lynn J. Lynn	1	2	0	2	1	0.0
Peter Mortell P. Mortell	13	2	0	2	0	0.0
Rodrick Williams Jr. R. Williams Jr.	8	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0		0
Zac Epping Z. Epping	2	1	1	2	1	0.0	0	0		0
Devon Wright D. Wright	2	0	2	2	0	0.0
James Gillum J. Gillum	2	1	0	1	0	0.0
Drew Goodger D. Goodger	12	1	0	1	0	0.0
Mike Henry M. Henry	11	1	0	1	0	0.0
John McKelvey J. McKelvey	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Steven Montgomery S. Montgomery	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Ryan Santoso R. Santoso	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Dominic Schultz D. Schultz	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0		0
Yoshoub Timms Y. Timms	1	1	0	1	0	0.0
Drew Wolitarsky D. Wolitarsky	10	1	0	1	0	0.0
Jake Filkins J. Filkins	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0		0
Maxx Williams M. Williams	13	0	1	1	0	0.0

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
Marcus Jones M. Jones	12	25	622	24.9	1	11	115	10.5	1	68
Derrick Engel D. Engel	10					6	29	4.8	0	11
Antonio Johnson A. Johnson	11	5	143	28.6	0
KJ Maye	8	3	45	15.0	0	1	26	26.0	0	26
Tommy Olson T. Olson	2	3	30	10.0	0
Maxx Williams M. Williams	13	2	29	14.5	0
Ernie Heifort E. Heifort	2	1	8	8.0	0	0	0		0
Tyler Hartmann T. Hartmann	1	1	7	7.0	0
Jeremy Baltazar J. Baltazar	8	0	0		0	1	0	0.0	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
	Chris Hawthorne C. Hawthorne	13	14	18	77.8	0-0	7-7	2-3	5-6	0-2	36	39	92.3	78

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Peter Mortell P. Mortell	13	62	2,687	43.3	119	0

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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

Stokes

28

Mensah

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

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

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

520.7

517.0

516.6

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	10	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	4	.600
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	7	3	.700
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	8	.200
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	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
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	8	2	.800
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	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
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	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	Houston	7	3	.700
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	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333