Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 3:46 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Minnesota Golden Gophers will begin their 2024 college football schedule against North Carolina on August 29 — see below 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
- The Golden Gophers are facing the 18th-toughest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
- Minnesota will have the 19th-toughest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (78).
- According to their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season (71), the Golden Gophers have the third-toughest conference schedule in college football.
- Minnesota has nine games scheduled against teams that had 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’ schedule in 2024 includes nine returning teams who played in a bowl game.
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Minnesota Stat Insights (2023)
- While the Golden Gophers ranked 56th in total defense with 368.4 yards allowed per game last season, they were slightly worse on offense, ranking ninth-worst (300.9 yards per game).
- Minnesota was a bottom-25 scoring offense last year, ranking 24th-worst with 20.9 points per contest. Defensively, it ranked 69th in FBS (26.7 points allowed per game).
- While the Golden Gophers’ pass defense ranked 59th with 219.3 passing yards allowed per game last season, they were less successful on offense, ranking eighth-worst (143.4 passing yards per game).
- From an offensive standpoint, 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).
- In addition to a 46% third-down conversion rate allowed on defense last season, which ranked 10th-worst in FBS, the Golden Gophers posted a 106th-ranked third-down conversion rate (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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