On August 29, the Minnesota Golden Gophers will open their 2024 college football schedule against North Carolina. See below for more info.

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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 last year).
• Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this year (78), Minnesota has the 19th-toughest schedule in college football.
• According to their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season (71), the Golden Gophers have the third-hardest conference schedule in college football.
• Minnesota has nine games scheduled against teams that had winning records in 2023, including three teams that had nine or more wins and one with less than four wins last year.
• The Golden Gophers will have nine teams who made a 2023 bowl game 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 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 contest.
• The Golden Gophers were a bottom-25 pass offense last year, ranking eighth-worst with 143.4 passing yards per game. Defensively, they ranked 59th in FBS (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. On the defensive side of the ball, it ranked 62nd, allowing 149.1 rushing yards per contest.
• The Golden Gophers owned the 106th-ranked third-down offense last season (35.2% third-down conversion rate), but they were less effective defensively, ranking 10th-worst with a 46% third-down percentage allowed.
• Minnesota owned the 50th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +2, forcing 19 turnovers (46th in FBS) while turning it over 17 times (51st in FBS).

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