Minnesota Golden Gophers football statistical leaders

The Minnesota Golden Gophers football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football program in various categories,^[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Golden Gophers represent the University of Minnesota in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference.

Although Minnesota began competing in intercollegiate football in 1882,^[1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1945. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are sometimes not included in these lists.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

Since 1945, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.^[2] The Gophers have played in 12 bowl games since then, giving recent players an extra game to accumulate statistics.

These lists are updated through Week 1 of the 2021 season.

Passing[]

Passing yards[]

Career
Rank	Player	Yards	Years
1	Adam Weber	10,917	2007 2008 2009 2010
2	Tanner Morgan	8,072^[3]	2018 2019 2020 2021
3	Bryan Cupito	7,446	2003 2004 2005 2006
4	Mitch Leidner	7,287^[4]	2013 2014 2015 2016
5	Cory Sauter	6,834	1994 1995 1996 1997
6	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	6,660	2000 2001 2002 2003
7	Marquel Fleetwood	5,279	1989 1990 1991 1992
8	Rickey Foggie	4,903	1984 1985 1986 1987
9	Mike Hohensee	4,792	1981 1982
10	Tim Schade	3,986	1993 1994

Single season
Rank	Player	Yards	Year
1	Tanner Morgan	3,253^[3]	2019
2	Adam Weber	2,895	2007
3	Bryan Cupito	2,819	2006
4	Adam Weber	2,761	2008
5	Mitch Leidner	2,701^[4]	2015
6	Adam Weber	2,679	2010
7	Cory Sauter	2,600	1995
8	Adam Weber	2,582	2009
9	Cory Sauter	2,578	1996
10	Bryan Cupito	2,530	2005

Single game
Rank	Player	Yards	Year	Opponent
1	Tim Schade	478	1993	Penn State
2	Mike Hohensee	444	1981	Ohio State
3	Adam Weber	416^[5]	2009	Michigan State
4	Cory Sauter	404	1995	Michigan State
5	Scott Eckers	402	1993	Purdue
6	Cory Sauter	397	1996	Ball State
7	Bryan Cupito	396^[6]	2005	Ohio State
	Tanner Morgan	396	2019	Purdue
9	Tim Schade	394	1994	Michigan
10	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	388^[7]	2003	Iowa

Passing touchdowns[]

Career
Rank	Player	TDs	Years
1	Adam Weber	72	2007 2008 2009 2010
2	Tanner Morgan	56^[3]	2018 2019 2020 2021
3	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	55	2000 2001 2002 2003
	Bryan Cupito	55	2003 2004 2005 2006
5	Cory Sauter	40	1994 1995 1996 1997
6	Mitch Leidner	36^[4]	2013 2014 2015 2016
7	Rickey Foggie	33	1984 1985 1986 1987
	Mike Hohensee	33	1981 1982
9	Billy Cockerham	29	1996 1997 1998 1999
10	Tony Dungy	25	1973 1974 1975 1976

Single season
Rank	Player	TDs	Year
1	Tanner Morgan	30^[3]	2019
2	Adam Weber	24	2007
3	Bryan Cupito	22	2006
4	Mike Hohensee	20	1981
	Adam Weber	20	2010
6	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	19	2002
	Bryan Cupito	19	2005
8	Cory Sauter	18	1995
9	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	17	2003
10	Tony Dungy	15	1975
	Billy Cockerham	15	1999
	Adam Weber	15	2008

Single game
Rank	Player	TDs	Year	Opponent
1	Scott Eckers	6	1993	Purdue
2	Mike Hohensee	5	1981	Oregon State
	Mike Hohensee	5	1981	Ohio State
	Adam Weber	5^[8]	2007	Northwestern
	Adam Weber	5^[5]	2009	Michigan State

Rushing[]

Rushing yards[]

Career
Rank	Player	Yards	Years
1	Darrell Thompson	4,518	1986 1987 1988 1989
2	Rodney Smith	4,125	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
3	Laurence Maroney	3,933	2003 2004 2005
4	Thomas Hamner	3,810	1996 1997 1998 1999
5	Marion Barber III	3,276	2001 2002 2003 2004
6	Chris Darkins	3,235	1992 1993 1994 1995
7	Marion Barber, Jr.	3,087	1977 1978 1979 1980
8	Mohamed Ibrahim	3,003	2018 2019 2020 2021
9	David Cobb	2,896	2011 2012 2013 2014
10	Amir Pinnix	2,439	2004 2005 2006 2007

Single season
Rank	Player	Yards	Year
1	David Cobb	1,629	2014
2	Laurence Maroney	1,464	2005
3	Chris Darkins	1,443	1994
4	Thomas Hamner	1,426	1999
5	Laurence Maroney	1,348	2004
6	Terry Jackson II	1,317	2002
7	Amir Pinnix	1,272	2006
8	Marion Barber III	1,269	2004
9	Darrell Thompson	1,240	1986
10	Darrell Thompson	1,229	1987

Single game
Rank	Player	Yards	Year	Opponent
1	Chris Darkins	294	1995	Purdue
2	Clarence Schutte	282	1924	Illinois
3	Kent Kitzmann	266	1977	Michigan
4	Laurence Maroney	258	2005	Wisconsin
5	Tellis Redmon	246	2000	N.C. State^[9]
6	Terry Jackson II	239	2002	Northwestern
7	Terry Jackson II	238	2002	Michigan State
8	Chris Darkins	234	1994	Purdue
9	Marion Barber, Jr.	233	1978	Illinois
10	Pug Lund	232	1932	Ole Miss

Rushing touchdowns[]

Career
Rank	Player	TDs	Years
1	Darrell Thompson	40	1986 1987 1988 1989
2	Marion Barber III	35	2001 2002 2003 2004
3	Marion Barber, Jr.	33	1977 1978 1979 1980
	Mitch Leidner	33^[4]	2013 2014 2015 2016
	Mohamed Ibrahim	33	2018 2019 2020 2021
6	Laurence Maroney	32	2003 2004 2005
7	Rodney Smith	29	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
8	Rickey Foggie	24	1984 1985 1986 1987
	Thomas Tapeh	24	2000 2001 2002 2003
10	Herb Joesting	23	1925 1926 1927

Single season
Rank	Player	TDs	Year
1	Gary Russell	18	2005
2	Marion Barber III	17	2003
3	Rodney Smith	16^[10]	2016
4	Mohamed Ibrahim	15	2020
5	Jim Perkins	13	1976
	Darrell Thompson	13	1987
	David Cobb	13	2014
8	Marion Barber, Jr.	12	1979
	Laurence Maroney	12	2004

Single game
Rank	Player	TDs	Year	Opponent
1	Curtis Wilson	4	1967	Indiana
	Jim Carter	4	1969	Iowa
	John King	4	1972	Iowa
	Darrell Thompson	4	1986	Bowling Green
	Marion Barber III	4^[11]	2003	Ohio
	Mitch Leidner	4^[12]	2013	San Jose State
	Mohamed Ibrahim	4	2020	Maryland
	Mohamed Ibrahim	4	2020	Illinois

Receiving[]

Receptions[]

Career
Rank	Player	Rec	Years
1	Eric Decker	227	2006 2007 2008 2009
2	Tyler Johnson	213	2016 2017 2018 2019
3	Ron Johnson	198^[13]	1998 1999 2000 2001
4	Tutu Atwell	171	1994 1995 1996 1997
5	Ernie Wheelwright	159	2004 2005 2006 2007
6	Rashod Bateman	147	2018 2019 2020
7	Ryan Thelwell	136	1994 1995 1996
8	Chuck Rios	132	1990 1991 1993 1994
	Luke Leverson	132	1996 1997 1998 1999
10	Omar Douglas	130	1990 1991 1992 1993
	Drew Wolitarsky	130^[14]	2013 2014 2015 2016

Single season
Rank	Player	Rec	Year
1	Tyler Johnson	86	2019
2	Eric Decker	84	2008
3	Tyler Johnson	78	2018
4	K. J. Maye	73^[15]	2015
5	Eric Decker	67	2007
6	Ernie Wheelwright	66	2007
	Drew Wolitarsky	66^[14]	2016
8	Tutu Atwell	62	1996
9	Omar Douglas	61	1992
	Ron Johnson	61^[13]	2000

Single game
Rank	Player	Rec	Year	Opponent
1	Aaron Osterman	13	1994	Michigan
	Eric Decker	13^[16]	2008	Indiana
3	Glenn Bourquin	12	1979	Michigan
	Chester Cooper	12	1981	Ohio State
	Alan Reid	12	1982	Indiana
	Tutu Atwell	12	1996	Purdue
	Luke Leverson	12	1998	Ohio State
	Eric Decker	12^[17]	2007	Florida Atlantic
	Tyler Johnson	12	2019	Auburn

Receiving yards[]

Career
Rank	Player	Yards	Years
1	Tyler Johnson	3,305	2016 2017 2018 2019
2	Eric Decker	3,119	2006 2007 2008 2009
3	Ron Johnson	2,989^[13]	1998 1999 2000 2001
4	Tutu Atwell	2,640	1994 1995 1996 1997
5	Ernie Wheelwright	2,434	2004 2005 2006 2007
6	Rashod Bateman	2,395	2018 2019 2020
7	Ryan Thelwell	2,232	1994 1995 1996
8	Jared Ellerson	2,054	2002 2003 2004 2005
9	Da'Jon McKnight	1,859	2008 2009 2010 2011
10	Luke Leverson	1,843	1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season
Rank	Player	Yards	Year
1	Tyler Johnson	1,318	2019
2	Rashod Bateman	1,219	2019
3	Tyler Johnson	1,169	2018
4	Ron Johnson	1,125^[13]	2000
5	Eric Decker	1,074	2008
6	Ryan Thelwell	1,051	1996
7	Chester Cooper	1,012	1981
8	Tutu Atwell	924	1997
9	Jared Ellerson	909	2003
	Eric Decker	909	2007

Single game
Rank	Player	Yards	Year	Opponent
1	Ryan Thelwell	228	1996	Ball State
2	Tyler Johnson	204	2019	Auburn
3	Rashod Bateman	203^[18]	2019	Penn State
4	Omar Douglas	193	1993	Penn State
5	Eric Decker	190^[16]	2008	Indiana
6	Jared Ellerson	189^[19]	2003	Northwestern
7	Aaron Osterman	187	1994	Michigan
8	Dwayne McMullen	186	1984	Northwestern
9	Tyler Johnson	184	2018	Nebraska
10	Eric Decker	183^[20]	2009	Syracuse

Receiving touchdowns[]

Career
Rank	Player	TDs	Years
1	Tyler Johnson	33	2016 2017 2018 2019
2	Ron Johnson	31^[13]	1998 1999 2000 2001
3	Ernie Wheelwright	26	2004 2005 2006 2007
4	Eric Decker	24	2006 2007 2008 2009
5	Rashod Bateman	19	2018 2019 2020
6	Tutu Atwell	17	1994 1995 1996 1997
7	Dwayne McMullen	15	1981 1982 1983 1984
	Ben Utecht	15	2000 2001 2002 2003
	Jared Ellerson	15	2002 2003 2004 2005
	Da'Jon McKnight	15	2008 2009 2010 2011

Single season
Rank	Player	TDs	Year
1	Tyler Johnson	13	2019
2	Tyler Johnson	12	2018
3	Omar Douglas	11	1993
	Ron Johnson	11^[13]	2000
	Rashod Bateman	11	2019
6	Da'Jon McKnight	10	2010
7	Luke Leverson	9	1998
	Ron Johnson	9	2001
	Logan Payne	9	2006
	Eric Decker	9	2007
	Ernie Wheelwright	9	2007

Single game
Rank	Player	TDs	Year	Opponent
1	Omar Douglas	5	1993	Purdue
2	Logan Payne	4^[21]	2006	Temple

Total offense[]

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.^[22]

Total offense yards[]

Career
Rank	Player	Yards	Years
1	Adam Weber	11,790	2007 2008 2009 2010
2	Mitch Leidner	8,782^[4]	2013 2014 2015 2016
3	Tanner Morgan	8,022^[3]	2018 2019 2020 2021
4	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	7,818	2000 2001 2002 2003
5	Bryan Cupito	7,449	2003 2004 2005 2006
6	Rickey Foggie	7,312	1984 1985 1986 1987
7	Cory Sauter	6,608	1994 1995 1996 1997
8	Marquel Fleetwood	6,154	1989 1990 1991 1992
9	Mike Hohensee	4,855	1981 1982
10	Billy Cockerham	4,763	1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season
Rank	Player	Yards	Year
1	Adam Weber	3,512	2007
2	Tanner Morgan	3,196^[3]	2019
3	Adam Weber	2,994	2008
4	Mitch Leidner	2,971^[4]	2015
5	Billy Cockerham	2,922	1999
6	Adam Weber	2,835	2010
7	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	2,771	2003
8	Bryan Cupito	2,750	2006
9	Bryan Cupito	2,560	2005
10	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	2,512	2002

Single game
Rank	Player	Yards	Year	Opponent
1	Tim Schade	536	1993	Penn State
2	Adam Weber	439^[23]	2007	Wisconsin
3	Adam Weber	430^[24]	2007	Northwestern
4	Cory Sauter	425	1997	Houston
5	Mike Hohensee	423	1981	Ohio State
6	Scott Eckers	421	1993	Purdue
7	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	417^[25]	2003	Michigan State
8	Adam Weber	411^[5]	2009	Michigan State
9	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	410^[7]	2003	Iowa
10	Bryan Cupito	398^[6]	2005	Ohio State

Total touchdowns[]

Career
Rank	Player	TDs	Years
1	Adam Weber	82	2007 2008 2009 2010
2	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	71	2000 2001 2002 2003
3	Mitch Leidner	69^[4]	2013 2014 2015 2016
4	Tanner Morgan	60^[3]	2018 2019 2020 2021
5	Rickey Foggie	59	1984 1985 1986 1987
6	Bryan Cupito	55	2003 2004 2005 2006
7	Cory Sauter	48	1994 1995 1996 1997
8	Darrell Thompson	42	1986 1987 1988 1989
9	Tony Dungy	41	1973 1974 1975 1976
	Billy Cockerham	41	1996 1997 1998 1999

Single season
Rank	Player	TDs	Year
1	Tanner Morgan	31^[3]	2019
2	Adam Weber	29	2007
3	Billy Cockerham	25	1999
4	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	24	2002
5	Mike Hohensee	23	1981
6	Bryan Cupito	22	2006
7	Asad Abdul-Khaliq	21	2003
	Mitch Leidner	21	2014
9	Tony Dungy	20	1975
	Cory Sauter	20	1995
	Adam Weber	20	2010
	Mitch Leidner	20^[4]	2015

Defense[]

Interceptions[]

Career
Rank	Player	Ints	Years
1	Jeff Wright	12	1968 1969 1970
	Sean Lumpkin	12	1988 1989 1990 1991
3	Tom Sakal	11	1965 1966 1967
	Walter Bowser	11	1969 1970
	Keith Edwards	11	1977 1978 1979
6	Kyle Theret	10	2007 2008 2009 2010
	Briean Boddy-Calhoun	10	2013 2014 2015
8	Sandy Stephens	9	1959 1960 1961
	Rick Withus	9	1979 1980 1981 1982
	Frank Jackson	9	1987 1988 1989 1990
	Rodney Heath	9	1993 1994 1995 1996
	Antoine Winfield Jr.	9	2016 2017 2018 2019

Single season
Rank	Player	Ints	Year
1	Jeff Wright	7	1970
	Antoine Winfield Jr.	7	2019
3	Walter Bowser	6	1970
4	Bill Munsey	5	1960
	Walter Bowser	5	1969
	Mike White	5	1970
	Fred Foggie	5	1989
	Sean Lumpkin	5	1991
	Rodney Heath	5	1995
	Briean Boddy-Calhoun	5	2014

Single game
Rank	Player	Ints	Year	Opponent
1	Dick Anonsen	3	1949	Wisconsin
	Shorty Cochran	3	1955	Purdue
	Sandy Stephens	3	1960	Wisconsin
	Noel Jenke	3	1967	Wisconsin
	Walter Bowser	3	1969	Iowa
	Mike White	3	1970	Ohio
	Jeff Wright	3	1970	Michigan State

Tackles[]

Career
Rank	Player	Tackles	Years
1	Tyrone Carter	528	1996 1997 1998 1999
2	Pete Najarian	482	1982 1983 1984 1985
3	Bill Light	395	1969 1970 1971
4	Parc Williams	351	1995 1996 1997 1998
5	Russ Heath	329	1990 1991 1992 1993
6	Steve Stewart	325	1974 1975 1976 1977
7	Bruce Holmes	323	1983 1984 1985 1986
8	Joel Staats	318	1988 1989 1990 1991
9	Justin Conzemius	317	1992 1993 1994 1995
10	Glenn Howard	308	1978 1979 1980 1981

Single season
Rank	Player	Tackles	Year
1	Bill Light	172	1970
2	Jon Leverenz	162	1987
3	Tyrone Carter	158	1998
4	Jack Brewer	155	2001
5	George Washington	154	1975
6	Pete Najarian	144	1984
	Tyrone Carter	144	1999
8	Tyrone Carter	143	1997
9	Bruce Holmes	139	1985
10	Pete Najarian	137	1985

Single game
Rank	Player	Tackles	Year	Opponent
1	Bill Light	32	1970	Iowa
2	Bill Light	29	1969	Indiana
3	Pete Najarian	26	1983	Nebraska
	Pete Najarian	26	1984	Purdue
5	Ron King	25	1969	Michigan
6	Wayne King	24	1968	Iowa
7	Tim Wheeler	23	1966	Kansas
	Ollie Bakken	23	1973	Ohio State
	George Washington	23	1975	Illinois
	Pete Najarian	23	1985	Oklahoma

Sacks[]

Career
Rank	Player	Sacks	Years
1	Karon Riley	29.0^[26]	1999 2000
2	Lamanzer Williams	23.5	1994 1995 1996 1997
3	Carter Coughlin	22.5	2016 2017 2018 2019
4	Ben Mezera	22.0	1997 1998 1999 2000
5	Willie VanDeSteeg	21.5	2005 2006 2007 2008
6	Darrell Reid	16.0	2001 2002 2003 2004
7	D.L. Wilhite	15.5	2009 2010 2011 2012
		15.5	2012 2013 2014 2015
9	Boye Mafe	15.0^[27]	2018 2019 2020 2021
10	Mark Losli	14.0	2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season
Rank	Player	Sacks	Year
1	Lamanzer Williams	18.5	1997
2	Karon Riley	16.0	1999
3	Karon Riley	13.0	2000
4	Ben Mezera	12.0	1999
5	Willie VanDeSteeg	10.5	2008
6	Willie VanDeSteeg	10.0	2006
7	Carter Coughlin	9.5	2018
8	D.L. Wilhite	8.5	2012
9	Tyrone Carter	8.0	1998
10	Dennis Capella	7.5	1992
	Darrell Reid	7.5	2004
		7.5	2013
	Blake Cashman	7.5	2016

Single game
Rank	Player	Sacks	Year	Opponent
1	Karon Riley	4.0	2000	Iowa
	Willie VanDeSteeg	4.0^[28]	2006	Michigan State

Kicking[]

Field goals made[]

Career
Rank	Player	FGs	Years
1	Dan Nystrom	71	1999 2000 2001 2002
2	Chip Lohmiller	57	1984 1985 1986 1987
3	Emmit Carpenter	53	2016 2017 2018
4	Paul Rogind	44	1976 1977 1978 1979
5	Mike Chalberg	41	1991 1993 1994 1995
6	Jim Gallery	40	1980 1981 1982 1983
7	Adam Bailey	38	1996 1997 1998
8	Brent Berglund	35	1988 1989 1990
9	Ryan Santoso	29^[29]	2014 2015
10	Rhys Lloyd	26	2003 2004

Single season
Rank	Player	FGs	Year
1	Dan Nystrom	25	2000
2	Emmit Carpenter	22^[30]	2016
3	Dan Nystrom	20	2002
4	Paul Rogind	18	1977
5	Aaron Piepkorn	17	1992
	Mike Chalberg	17	1994
	Dan Nystrom	17	1999
	Ryan Santoso	17^[29]	2015
	Matthew Trickett	17^[31]	2021
10	Chip Lohmiller	16	1987

Single game
Rank	Player	FGs	Year	Opponent
1	Adam Bailey	5	1987	Penn State
	Dan Nystrom	5	2002	Arkansas^[32]

Field goal percentage[]

Career
Rank	Player	FG%	Years
1	Emmit Carpenter	79.1%	2016 2017 2018
2	Chip Lohmiller	76.0%	1984 1985 1986 1987
3	Joel Monroe	75.9%	2005 2006 2007 2008
4	Dan Nystrom	75.5%	1999 2000 2001 2002
5	Ryan Santoso	74.4%^[29]	2014 2015
6	Chris Hawthorne	74.1%	2011 2012 2013
7	Rhys Lloyd	72.2%	2003 2004
8	Adam Bailey	71.7%	1996 1997 1998

Single season
Rank	Player	FG%	Year
1	Dan Nystrom	95.2%	2002
2	Emmit Carpenter	91.7%^[30]	2016
3	Dan Nystrom	81.0%	1999
	Ryan Santoso	81.0%^[29]	2015

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[TMESPN-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Tanner Morgan". ESPN.com.

[MLESPN-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Mitch Leidner". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.

[09MIS-5] "Weber's 5 TDs propel Minnesota despite penalties, Decker's absence". ESPN.com. 2009-10-31.

[05OHS-6] "Buckeyes win ninth straight road game vs. Gophers". ESPN.com. 2005-10-29.

[03IA-7] "Kaeding ties school mark with 4 FGs". ESPN.com.

[07NW-8] "Northwestern 49, Minnesota 48, OT". ESPN.com. 2009-10-13.

[MPCB-9] MicronPC.com Bowl

[RSESPN-10] "Rodney Smith". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-12-30.

[03OH-11] "Minnesota 42, Ohio 20". ESPN.com. 2003-09-13.

[13SJS-12] "Mitch Leidner boosts Minnesota to win over SJSU". ESPN.com. 2013-09-21.

[micronpc2000-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Minnesota/North Carolina St box score from ESPN".

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[03NW-19] "Two long TD passes get Gophers going". ESPN.com. 2003-10-04.

[09SYR-20] "Paulus loses Syracuse debut after tossing interception in OT". ESPN.com. 2009-09-05.

[06TEM-21] "Payne hauls in 4 TDs; Temple loses 62–0 for second straight week". ESPN.com. 2006-09-16.

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[03MIS-25] "Spartans' Cobb returns kickoff 100 yards". ESPN.com. 2003-10-18.

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[RSESPN2-29] "Ryan Santoso". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-01-02.

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[MTESPN-31] "Matthew Trickett". ESPN.com.

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Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) Huntington Bank Stadium (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa Michigan Nebraska Penn State Wisconsin
Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher Marching band Spirit squad "Minnesota Rouser" "Minnesota March" "Go Gopher Victory" "Minnesota Fight" "Our Minnesota" "Hail! Minnesota" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Minnesota shift T formation Smith of Minnesota
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees Annual awards
Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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