In their 2024 season opener, on August 29, the Minnesota Golden Gophers will face North Carolina. For the full Minnesota schedule, see below.

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2024 Minnesota Game and TV Schedule

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Minnesota 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Gophers are playing the 18th-hardest schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
• Based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (78), Minnesota has the 19th-hardest schedule in college football.
• The Golden Gophers are facing the third-toughest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Minnesota has a schedule that features nine games in 2024 against teams with winning records in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and one of them collected less than four wins).
• The Golden Gophers will play nine games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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Minnesota Stat Insights (2023)

• The Golden Gophers were a bottom-25 offense last season, ranking ninth-worst with 300.9 yards per game. Defensively, they ranked 56th in FBS (368.4 yards allowed per game).
• Minnesota ranked 24th-worst in scoring offense last season (20.9 points per game), but it played a little better on defense, ranking 69th with 26.7 points allowed per game.
• While the Golden Gophers’ pass defense ranked 59th with 219.3 passing yards allowed per game last season, they were less successful on offense, ranking eighth-worst (143.4 passing yards per game).
• Minnesota totaled 157.5 rushing yards per game on offense (67th in FBS) last season, and it ranked 62nd defensively with 149.1 rushing yards allowed per game.
• Despite having a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 10th-worst in FBS last season (46% third-down conversion rate), the Golden Gophers put up better results on offense, ranking 106th in FBS by posting a 35.2% third-down percentage.
• Minnesota ranked 50th in college football with a +2 turnover margin last season after forcing 19 turnovers (46th in FBS) while committing 17 (51st in FBS).

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