Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 8:49 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Minnesota Golden Gophers will begin their 2024 college football schedule versus North Carolina on August 29 — keep scrolling for their entire schedule.
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2024 Minnesota Game and TV Schedule
| Opponent | Date/Time | Score/Tickets | TV Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | August 29 | 8:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Rhode Island (FCS) | September 7 | 12:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | Peacock |
| Nevada | September 14 | 3:30 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | BTN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply) |
| Iowa | September 21 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Michigan | September 28 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| USC | October 5 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ UCLA | October 12 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Maryland | October 26 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Illinois | November 2 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Rutgers | November 9 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| Penn State | November 23 | 1:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | TBA |
| @ Wisconsin | November 29 | 12:00 PM ET | Get tickets for this game at StubHub | CBS |
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Minnesota 2024 Strength of Schedule
- Based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (81), the Golden Gophers have the 18th-hardest schedule in college football.
- Minnesota is facing the 19th-toughest schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
- The Golden Gophers are playing the third-hardest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
- Minnesota’s schedule includes nine games against teams with winning records in 2023 (three against teams with nine or more wins and one against a squad that picked up three or fewer wins).
- The Golden Gophers will face nine teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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Minnesota Stat Insights (2023)
- The Golden Gophers were a bottom-25 offense last season, ranking ninth-worst with 300.9 yards per contest. Defensively, they ranked 56th in FBS (368.4 yards allowed per game).
- While Minnesota’s defense ranked 69th with 26.7 points allowed per game last season, it was worse on offense, ranking 24th-worst (20.9 points per game).
- The Golden Gophers ranked eighth-worst in passing offense last season (143.4 passing yards per game), but they played better on defense, ranking 59th with 219.3 passing yards allowed per game.
- Offensively, Minnesota ranked 67th in FBS last season with 157.5 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 62nd in rushing yards allowed per contest (149.1).
- Despite having a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 10th-worst in FBS last season (46% third-down percentage), the Golden Gophers had more success offensively, ranking 106th in FBS by putting up a 35.2% third-down percentage.
- Minnesota owned the 50th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +2, forcing 19 turnovers (46th in FBS) while turning it over 17 times (51st in FBS).
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