Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 7:44 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Minnesota Golden Gophers meet Michigan on September 28, a highlight of their 2024 college football schedule. For the full slate, keep scrolling.

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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

  • The Golden Gophers will have the 18th-toughest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (81).
  • Minnesota is facing the 19th-hardest 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 has nine games scheduled against teams that finished with winning records in 2023, including three teams that had nine or more wins and one with less than four wins last season.
  • The Golden Gophers will have nine teams on their schedule this season that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Minnesota Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Golden Gophers ranked ninth-worst in total offense (300.9 yards per game) last season, but they played a little better on defense, ranking 56th with 368.4 yards allowed per contest.
  • Minnesota was a bottom-25 scoring offense last season, ranking 24th-worst with 20.9 points per game. On the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 69th in FBS (26.7 points allowed per game).
  • The Golden Gophers were a bottom-25 pass offense last season, ranking eighth-worst with 143.4 passing yards per game. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 59th in FBS (219.3 passing yards allowed per game).
  • Minnesota averaged 157.5 rushing yards per game on offense (67th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 62nd on the other side of the ball with 149.1 rushing yards allowed per game.
  • In addition to a 46.0% third-down conversion rate allowed on defense last season, which ranked 10th-worst in FBS, the Golden Gophers put up a 106th-ranked third-down percentage (35.2%) on offense.
  • Minnesota forced 19 total turnovers (46th in FBS) last season and turned it over 17 times (51st in FBS) for a turnover margin of +2, 50th-ranked in college football.

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