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

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250