Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 5:51 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

A highlight of the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ 2024 college football schedule is a game against Michigan on September 28 — see below for more info.

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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-hardest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
  • 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-toughest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
  • Minnesota has nine games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that ended with nine or more victories and one squad with less than four wins last year.
  • The Golden Gophers will play nine games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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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 game. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 56th in FBS (368.4 yards allowed 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).
  • The Golden Gophers were a bottom-25 pass offense last year, ranking eighth-worst with 143.4 passing yards per contest. On defense, they ranked 59th in FBS (219.3 passing yards allowed 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.
  • The Golden Gophers owned the 106th-ranked third-down offense last season (35.2% third-down conversion rate), but they were less effective defensively, ranking 10th-worst with a 46% third-down percentage allowed.
  • With 19 forced turnovers (46th in FBS) against 17 turnovers committed (51st in FBS) last season, Minnesota’s +2 turnover margin ranked 50th in college football.

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