The Minnesota Golden Gophers will play North Carolina on August 29, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — see below for the full slate.

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2024 Minnesota Game and TV Schedule

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Minnesota 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Gophers will have 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 face the third-toughest conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (71).
• In 2024, Minnesota’s schedule will feature nine games against teams which finished with winning records a year ago, including three games against teams that had nine or more wins and one game against squads with less than four wins in 2023.
• The Golden Gophers will play nine teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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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 slightly better on defense, ranking 69th with 26.7 points allowed per contest.
• 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).
• From an offensive standpoint, Minnesota ranked 67th in FBS last season with 157.5 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 62nd in rushing yards allowed per contest (149.1).
• In addition to a 46% third-down conversion rate allowed on defense last season, which ranked 10th-worst in FBS, the Golden Gophers put up a 106th-ranked third-down percentage (35.2%) on offense.
• 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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