Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 8:49 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Minnesota Golden Gophers will face North Carolina on August 29, their opening game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the complete slate.
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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
- According to their opponents’ combined win total last season (81), the Golden Gophers have the 18th-toughest schedule in college football.
- According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (78), Minnesota has the 19th-toughest schedule in college football.
- According to their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (71), the Golden Gophers have the third-toughest conference schedule in college football.
- Minnesota will face nine teams this season that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule will pit them against three teams that ended with nine or more victories and one squad with less than four wins last year.
- The Golden Gophers will go toe-to-toe with 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 year, ranking ninth-worst with 300.9 yards per contest. On defense, they ranked 56th in FBS (368.4 yards allowed per game).
- Minnesota ranked 24th-worst in scoring offense last season (20.9 points per game), but it played slightly better on defense, ranking 69th with 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 worse on offense, ranking eighth-worst (143.4 passing yards per game).
- Minnesota ranked 67th in run offense (157.5 rushing yards per game) and 62nd in run defense (149.1 rushing yards allowed per game) last year.
- In addition to a 46% third-down percentage 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 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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