Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 8:41 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
On August 29, the Minnesota Golden Gophers will open their 2024 college football schedule versus North Carolina. Keep scrolling 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-toughest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
- According to its opponents’ projected win total this year (78), Minnesota has the 19th-hardest schedule in college football.
- According to their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (71), the Golden Gophers have the third-hardest conference schedule in college football.
- 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 year.
- The Golden Gophers have nine teams who played in a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.
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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 a little worse on offense, ranking ninth-worst (300.9 yards 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).
- 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 put up 157.5 rushing yards per game on offense last year (67th in FBS), and it surrendered 149.1 rushing yards per game (62nd) on the other side of the ball.
- In addition to a 46.0% third-down percentage allowed on defense last season, which ranked 10th-worst in FBS, the Golden Gophers posted 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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