Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 8:41 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Minnesota Golden Gophers will play North Carolina in their 2024 season opener, on August 29. For the full Minnesota schedule, 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 are facing the 18th-toughest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
- Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this year (78), Minnesota has the 19th-hardest schedule in college football.
- The Golden Gophers will face the third-hardest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (71).
- Minnesota has nine games this season against teams that finished above .500 in 2023. That schedule includes three teams that had nine or more victories and one squad with less than four wins last season.
- The Golden Gophers’ schedule in 2024 features 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 a little worse on offense, ranking ninth-worst (300.9 yards 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.
- The Golden Gophers ranked eighth-worst in passing offense last season (143.4 passing yards per game), but they played better on defense, ranking 59th with 219.3 passing yards allowed per contest.
- 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.
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 10th-worst in FBS last season (46% third-down percentage), the Golden Gophers had more success on offense, ranking 106th in FBS by putting up a 35.2% third-down conversion rate.
- 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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