Minnesota 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 6:45 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

On September 28, the Minnesota Golden Gophers will play Michigan — a highlight of their college football schedule in 2024. The full slate is listed below.

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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 will face the 18th-toughest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (81).
  • Minnesota will face the 19th-hardest schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (78).
  • The Golden Gophers will have the third-toughest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (71).
  • Minnesota has a schedule that includes nine games in 2024 against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and one of them totaled three or fewer wins).
  • The Golden Gophers have nine teams who made a bowl game last year on their schedule in 2024.

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Minnesota Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Golden Gophers ranked ninth-worst in total offense (300.9 yards per game) last season, but they played slightly better on defense, ranking 56th with 368.4 yards allowed per contest.
  • 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 contest.
  • 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 game.
  • Minnesota put up 157.5 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 67th in FBS. Defensively, it ranked 62nd, allowing 149.1 rushing yards per game.
  • The Golden Gophers owned the 106th-ranked third-down offense last season (35.2% third-down conversion rate), but they were worse on defense, ranking 10th-worst with a 46% third-down conversion rate 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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