MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS

 

STADIUM: TCF Bank Stadium
CAPACITY: 50,805  •  PLAYING SURFACE: FieldTurf
OFFENSIVE FORMATION: Spread
DEFENSIVE FORMATION: 4-3
STARTERS RETURNING (O/D): 6/8
LETTERMAN RETURNING: 37 (14,21,2)
LETTERMAN LOST: 14 (9,3,2)

QUICK FACTS:
 
LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN  
FOUNDED: 1851  
ENROLLMENT: 50,402  
COLORS: Maroon, Gold  
MASCOT:Goldy Golpher  
CONFERENCE: Big Ten  
Head Coach: Jerry Kill  
Years with Team: 1st yr  
Overall Record: 23-16  
Record with Team: 0-0  
2011 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
Marqueis Gray 198 952 4.81 6   Marqueis Gray 108 213 50.7% 1496 7.0 8 8 114.6   Da'Jon McKnight 51 761 14.9 4
Duane Bennett 167 652 3.90 3   Max Shortell 26 54 48.1% 309 5.7 2 2 101.0   Brandon Green 15 190 12.7 1
Donnell Kirkwood 63 229 3.63 3   Team 0 4 0.0% 0 0.0 0 0 0.0   Malcolm Moulton 14 174 12.4 0
2011 GAME BY GAME STATS

2011 SCHEDULE
2010 RESULTS
MINNESOTA 2011
TIME
TV
HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3
at
USC
3:30
ABC
3-19
131-200
17-19
9/10
New Mexico St
3:30
BTN
14-21
199-271
21-28
9/17
Miami OH
3:30
BTN
13-10
206-188
29-23
9/24
N Dakota St
7:00
BTN
14-28
181-207
24-37
10/1
at
Michigan
0-38
69-384
0-58
10/8
at
Purdue
3-27
85-180
17-45
10/15
 
 
10/22
Nebraska
3:30
ABC
0-34
88-330
14-41
10/29
Iowa
7-7
165-260
22-21
11/5
at
Michigan St
17-21
215-281
24-31
11/12
Wisconsin
6-28
85-282
13-42
11/19
at
Northwestern
10-21
163-193
13-28
11/26
Illinois
20-0
217-18
27-7
MINNESOTA 2010
SCORE
BOX
9/2 at Middle Tennesee
24-17
9/11

S Dakota
38-41
9/18 USC
21-32
9/25 Northern Illinois
23-34
10/2

Northwestern
28-29
10/9 at Wisconsin
23-41
10/16 at Purdue
17-28
10/23   Penn St
21-33
10/30

 

Ohio St
10-52
11/6 at Michigan St
8-31
11/13 at Illinois
38-34
11/20    
11/27   Iowa
27-24
2010 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
DeLeon Eskridge 193 702 3.64 7   Adam Weber 204 368 55.4% 2648 7.2 20 9 128.9   Da'Jon McKnight 48 750 15.6 10
Duane Bennett 124 531 4.28 3   MarQueis Gray 3 9 33.3% 39 4.3 0 0 69.7   MarQueis Gray 42 589 14.0 5
Adam Weber 51 166 3.25 0   Troy Stoudermire 1 1 100.0% 34 34.0 0 0 385.6   Eric Lair 40 541 13.5 2
2010 GAME BY GAME STATS

2009 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
Duane Bennett 98 376 3.84 6   Adam Weber 173 336 51.5% 2321 6.9 12 14 113.0   Eric Decker 50 758 15.2 5
Kevin Whaley 77 325 4.22 2   MarQueis Gray 5 12 41.7% 51 4.3 1 1 88.2   N Tow-Arnett 35 458 13.1 2
DeLeon Eskridge 61 251 4.11 3   Eric Decker 1 2 50.0% 7 3.5 1 0 244.4   Brandon Green 21 293 14.0 1
2009 GAME BY GAME STATS

2009 RESULTS
2008 RESULTS
MINNESOTA 2009 SCORE

Box

9/5

at

Syracuse

23-20
9/12

Air Force

20-13
9/19

California

21-35
9/26

at

Northwestern

35-24
10/3

Wisconsin

28-31
10/10

Purdue

35-20
10/17

at

Penn St

0-20
10/24

at

Ohio St

7-38
10/31

Michigan St

42-34
11/7

Illinois

32-35
11/14

S Dakota St

16-13
11/21

at

Iowa

0-12
12/31   INSIGHT BOWL 13-14 Box
MINNESOTA 2008 Box
8/30   N Illinois
31-27 Box
9/6 at Bowling Grn 42-17 Box
9/13   Montana St 35-23  
9/20   Florida Atl 37-3 Box
9/27 at Ohio St 21-34 Box
10/4   Indiana 16-7 Box
10/11 at Illinois 27-20 Box
10/18        
10/25 at Purdue 17-6 Box
11/1   Northwestern 17-24 Box
11/8   Michigan 6-29 Box
11/15 at Wisconsin 32-35 Box
11/22   Iowa 0-55 Box
12/31   Kansas 21-42 Box
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