Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
August 30 |
10:00 PM |
at UNLV* |
Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, Nevada |
CBSSN |
W 30–27 3OT |
16,013 |
September 8 |
11:00 AM |
No. 12 (FCS) New Hampshire* |
TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis |
BTN |
W 44–7 |
47,022 |
September 15 |
11:00 AM |
Western Michigan* |
TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis |
BTN |
W 28–23 |
44,921 |
September 22 |
7:00 PM |
Syracuse* |
TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis |
BTN |
W 17–10 |
50,805 |
September 29 |
11:00 AM |
at Iowa |
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale) |
ESPN2 |
L 13–31 |
70,585 |
October 13 |
11:00 AM |
Northwestern |
TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis |
ESPN2 |
L 13–21 |
49,651 |
October 20 |
11:00 AM |
at Wisconsin |
Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin (Paul Bunyan's Axe) |
ESPNU |
L 13–38 |
80,587 |
October 27 |
2:30 PM |
Purdue |
TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis |
BTN |
W 44–28 |
41,062 |
November 3 |
11:00 AM |
Michigan |
TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis (Little Brown Jug) |
BTN |
L 13–35 |
48,801 |
November 10 |
2:30 PM |
at Illinois |
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, Illinois |
BTN |
W 17–3 |
46,912 |
November 17 |
2:30 PM |
at No. 16 Nebraska |
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska |
BTN |
L 14–38 |
85,330 |
November 24 |
2:30 PM |
Michigan State |
TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis |
BTN |
L 10–26 |
44,194 |
December 28 |
8:00 PM |
vs. Texas Tech* |
Reliant Stadium • Houston (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas) |
ESPN |
L 31–34 |
50,386 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
Roster
The preliminary roster is based on the previous season's roster and eligibility, along with incoming recruits. All numbers are from www.gophersports.com.
Game summaries
Syracuse
Syracuse at Minnesota
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Syracuse |
3 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
10 |
• Minnesota |
7 |
0 | 7 | 3 |
17 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 6:59 | MINN | Donnell Kirkwood 2 yard run (Jordan Wettstein kick) | MINN 7-0 |
| 1 | 1:54 | SYR | Ross Krautman 33 yard field goal | MINN 7-3 |
| 3 | 10:13 | MINN | Donnell Kirkwood 1 yard run (Jordan Wettstein kick) | MINN 14-3 |
| 4 | 3:20 | MINN | Jordan Wettstein 43 yard field goal | MINN 17-3 |
| 4 | 0:46 | SYR | Marcus Sales 14 yard pass from Ryan Nassib (Ross Krautman kick) | MINN 17-10 |
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Minnesota's best start since 2008
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