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

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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).
• Based on its opponents’ projected win total this season (78), Minnesota has the 19th-hardest schedule in college football.
• The Golden Gophers are playing the third-hardest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Minnesota has a schedule that includes nine games in 2024 against teams that finished above .500 in 2023 (three of those teams won nine or more games and one of them accumulated less than four wins).
• 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 year, ranking ninth-worst with 300.9 yards per contest. On defense, 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 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).
• Minnesota put up 157.5 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 67th in FBS. On defense, it ranked 62nd, surrendering 149.1 rushing yards per contest.
• In addition to a 46% third-down percentage allowed on defense last season, which ranked 10th-worst in FBS, the Golden Gophers posted a 106th-ranked third-down conversion rate (35.2%) on offense.
• 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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