2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers through 01/03/2009

Team Statistics
Minnesota Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 23.2 24.8
Scoring: Games - Points 13 - 302 13 - 322
First Downs: Total 214 253
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 82 - 122 - 10 99 - 137 - 17
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 3.10 4.07
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 436 - 1350 - 20 458 - 1863 - 13
Passing: Rating 127.89 131.75
Passing: Yards 2848 3124
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 415 - 258 - 8 - 15 415 - 245 - 15 - 21
Total Offense: Yards / Play 4.9 5.7
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 851 - 4198 873 - 4987
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 9.94 8.44
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 18 - 179 - 0 27 - 228 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 23.59 18.54
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 54 - 1274 - 0 54 - 1001 - 1
Punting: Yards / Punt 41.08 42.17
Punting: Punts - Yards 77 - 3163 58 - 2446
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 15 - 247 - 2 8 - 207 - 2
Fumbles: Number - Lost 23 - 11 23 - 16
Penalties: Number - Yards 83 - 695 55 - 435
Time of Possession / Game 30:00.31 29:59.69
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 34.62% 38.98%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 182 - 63 177 - 69
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 60% 46.15%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 20 - 12 13 - 6
Red Zone: Success % 87.8% 83.33%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 41 - 36 42 - 35
Field Goals: Success % 75% 74.1%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 16 - 12 27 - 20
PAT Kicking: Success % 94.4% 97.3%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 36 - 34 37 - 36
2-Point Conversions: Success % 100% -
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 2 - 2 0 - 0
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
08/30/08 Northern Ill. W 31-27 3:10 44,029
09/06/08 @ Bowling Green W 42-17 3:11 23,184
09/13/08 Montana St. W 35-23 3:22 43,929
09/20/08 Fla. Atlantic W 37-3 2:57 41,003
09/27/08 @ 10 Ohio St. L 21-34 3:02 105,175
10/04/08 Indiana W 16-7 3:00 40,511
10/11/08 @ Illinois W 27-20 3:14 62,870
10/25/08 @ Purdue W 17-6 3:01 54,215
11/01/08 22 Northwestern L 17-24 3:13 54,122
11/08/08 Michigan L 6-29 2:58 55,040
11/15/08 @ Wisconsin L 32-35 3:40 81,228
11/22/08 Iowa L 0-55 3:15 64,071
12/31/08 + Kansas L 21-42 3:14 49,103
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 7-6
at Home 4-3
on Road 3-2
at Neutral Site 0-1
on Grass Field 1-2
on Turf Field 6-4
vs. Conference 3-5
vs. Non-Conference 4-1
vs. Winning 1-5
vs. Non-Winning 6-1
vs. Ranked (AP) 0-2
vs. Unranked (AP) 7-4
in August/September 4-1
in October 3-0
in November 0-4
in December/January 0-1