Minnesota Golden Gophers Head-to-Head Results

Seasons: 134 (1892 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 733-544-42

Conferences: Big Ten, Western, Ind

Conf. Championships: 18

National Championships: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941 and 1960

Bowl Record: 26 Bowls, 14-12, .538 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 6 Times (Preseason), 15 Times (Final), 175 Weeks (Total), 18 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 2 Times (Final), 11 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Bruce Smith (1941)

Stadium: Huntington Bank Stadium (cap. 50,000)

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Major Opponents

101 Teams

Major Opponents Table
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
1	Air Force	2009	2009	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	13	7	20.0	13.0	7.0
2	Alabama	2004	2004	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	16	4	20.0	16.0	4.0
3	Arizona	1939	1939	1	1	0	0	1.000	62	0	62	62.0	0.0	62.0
4	Arizona State	1969	1969	1	0	1	0	.000	26	48	-22	26.0	48.0	-22.0
5	Arkansas	2002	2002	1	1	0	0	1.000	29	14	15	29.0	14.0	15.0
6	Arkansas State	1995	1998	2	2	0	0	1.000	72	21	51	36.0	10.5	25.5
7	Army	1963	1963	1	1	0	0	1.000	24	8	16	24.0	8.0	16.0
8	Auburn	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	31	24	7	31.0	24.0	7.0
9	Ball State	1995	1996	2	2	0	0	1.000	57	30	27	28.5	15.0	13.5
10	Baylor	2000	2000	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	9	25	34.0	9.0	25.0
11	Beloit	1894	1903	4	3	0	1	.875	120	5	115	30.0	1.3	28.8
12	Bowling Green	1986	2023	5	3	2	0	.600	144	94	50	28.8	18.8	10.0
13	Buffalo	2002	2025	3	3	0	0	1.000	81	34	47	27.0	11.3	15.7
14	California	1951	2025	7	2	5	0	.286	137	251	-114	19.6	35.9	-16.3
15	Camp Grant	1943	1943	1	1	0	0	1.000	13	7	6	13.0	7.0	6.0
16	Carlisle	1906	1908	3	1	2	0	.333	21	35	-14	7.0	11.7	-4.7
17	Central Michigan	1987	2015	2	2	0	0	1.000	51	24	27	25.5	12.0	13.5
18	Chicago	1895	1934	18	12	5	1	.694	303	144	159	16.8	8.0	8.8
19	Clemson	1985	1985	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	13	7	20.0	13.0	7.0
20	Colorado	1972	2022	5	2	3	0	.400	105	124	-19	21.0	24.8	-3.8
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
21	Colorado State	2004	2016	4	4	0	0	1.000	144	84	60	36.0	21.0	15.0
22	Creighton	1928	1928	1	1	0	0	1.000	49	0	49	49.0	0.0	49.0
23	Drake	1927	1927	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	6	21	27.0	6.0	21.0
24	Eastern Michigan	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	1.000	25	6	19	25.0	6.0	19.0
25	Florida Atlantic	2005	2008	3	2	1	0	.667	122	52	70	40.7	17.3	23.3
26	Fresno State	2018	2019	2	2	0	0	1.000	59	49	10	29.5	24.5	5.0
27	Georgia Southern	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	35	32	3	35.0	32.0	3.0
28	Georgia Tech	2018	2018	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	10	24	34.0	10.0	24.0
29	Grinnell	1899	1925	6	5	0	1	.917	352	11	341	58.7	1.8	56.8
30	Hawaii	1997	1997	1	0	1	0	.000	3	17	-14	3.0	17.0	-14.0
31	Houston	1997	1998	2	1	1	0	.500	57	52	5	28.5	26.0	2.5
32	Illinois	1898	2024	77	41	33	3	.552	1541	1347	194	20.0	17.5	2.5
33	Indiana	1906	2021	69	40	26	3	.601	1503	1169	334	21.8	16.9	4.8
34	Iowa	1901	2025	118	62	54	2	.534	2560	2102	458	21.7	17.8	3.9
35	Iowa Pre-Flight	1942	1944	3	0	3	0	.000	19	58	-39	6.3	19.3	-13.0
36	Iowa State	1895	2009	23	21	1	1	.935	543	123	420	23.6	5.3	18.3
37	Kansas	1966	2008	5	1	4	0	.200	120	146	-26	24.0	29.2	-5.2
38	Kansas State	1960	1994	3	1	2	0	.333	73	72	1	24.3	24.0	0.3
39	Kent State	2006	2015	2	2	0	0	1.000	54	7	47	27.0	3.5	23.5
40	Lawrence	1905	1905	1	1	0	0	1.000	46	0	46	46.0	0.0	46.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
41	Louisiana	2001	2023	4	4	0	0	1.000	162	63	99	40.5	15.8	24.8
42	Louisiana-Monroe	1996	2000	3	3	0	0	1.000	112	13	99	37.3	4.3	33.0
43	Maryland	1977	2024	8	4	4	0	.500	253	194	59	31.6	24.3	7.4
44	Memphis	1997	1998	2	2	0	0	1.000	61	31	30	30.5	15.5	15.0
45	Miami (OH)	1988	2021	5	5	0	0	1.000	162	90	72	32.4	18.0	14.4
46	Michigan	1892	2024	106	25	78	3	.250	1254	2582	-1328	11.8	24.4	-12.5
47	Michigan State	1950	2025	50	20	30	0	.400	943	1201	-258	18.9	24.0	-5.2
48	Middle Tennessee State	2010	2017	3	3	0	0	1.000	93	44	49	31.0	14.7	16.3
49	Mississippi	1932	1932	1	1	0	0	1.000	26	0	26	26.0	0.0	26.0
50	Missouri	1943	2014	9	3	5	1	.389	134	154	-20	14.9	17.1	-2.2
51	Navy	1962	1962	1	1	0	0	1.000	21	0	21	21.0	0.0	21.0
52	Nebraska	1900	2025	65	38	25	2	.600	1176	1158	18	18.1	17.8	0.3
53	Nevada	2024	2024	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	0	27	27.0	0.0	27.0
54	Nevada-Las Vegas	2012	2013	2	2	0	0	1.000	81	50	31	40.5	25.0	15.5
55	New Mexico	2025	2025	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	17	3	20.0	17.0	3.0
56	New Mexico State	2011	2022	4	3	1	0	.750	151	59	92	37.8	14.8	23.0
57	North Carolina	2023	2024	2	0	2	0	.000	30	50	-20	15.0	25.0	-10.0
58	North Carolina State	2000	2000	1	0	1	0	.000	30	38	-8	30.0	38.0	-8.0
59	Northern Illinois	1988	2010	3	2	1	0	.667	85	81	4	28.3	27.0	1.3
60	Northwestern	1892	2025	99	56	38	5	.591	2194	1744	450	22.2	17.6	4.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
61	Notre Dame	1925	1938	5	0	4	1	.100	27	72	-45	5.4	14.4	-9.0
62	Ohio	1969	2015	11	9	1	1	.864	362	164	198	32.9	14.9	18.0
63	Ohio State	1921	2025	56	7	49	0	.125	726	1750	-1024	13.0	31.3	-18.3
64	Oklahoma	1985	1986	2	0	2	0	.000	7	76	-69	3.5	38.0	-34.5
65	Oklahoma State	1927	1931	2	2	0	0	1.000	60	0	60	30.0	0.0	30.0
66	Oregon	1961	2025	5	3	2	0	.600	88	110	-22	17.6	22.0	-4.4
67	Oregon State	1954	2017	5	4	1	0	.800	178	72	106	35.6	14.4	21.2
68	Pacific	1986	1994	2	1	1	0	.500	53	31	22	26.5	15.5	11.0
69	Penn State	1993	2024	17	6	11	0	.353	325	458	-133	19.1	26.9	-7.8
70	Pittsburgh	1933	1992	12	9	3	0	.750	305	119	186	25.4	9.9	15.5
71	Purdue	1894	2025	80	42	35	3	.544	1758	1654	104	22.0	20.7	1.3
72	Rice	1983	1984	2	2	0	0	1.000	52	41	11	26.0	20.5	5.5
73	Rutgers	2016	2025	5	4	1	0	.800	157	93	64	31.4	18.6	12.8
74	San Diego State	1993	1994	2	1	1	0	.500	57	65	-8	28.5	32.5	-4.0
75	San Jose State	1991	2014	4	3	1	0	.750	123	90	33	30.8	22.5	8.3
76	Southern California	1953	2024	9	2	6	1	.278	155	225	-70	17.2	25.0	-7.8
77	Southern Methodist	1967	1967	1	1	0	0	1.000	23	3	20	23.0	3.0	20.0
78	Stanford	1930	1966	3	1	1	1	.500	35	34	1	11.7	11.3	0.3
79	Syracuse	1995	2022	6	4	2	0	.667	137	131	6	22.8	21.8	1.0
80	TCU	1974	2015	3	1	2	0	.333	33	60	-27	11.0	20.0	-9.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
81	Temple	2006	2006	1	1	0	0	1.000	62	0	62	62.0	0.0	62.0
82	Tennessee	1986	1986	1	0	1	0	.000	14	21	-7	14.0	21.0	-7.0
83	Texas	1936	1936	1	1	0	0	1.000	47	19	28	47.0	19.0	28.0
84	Texas Tech	2006	2012	2	0	2	0	.000	72	78	-6	36.0	39.0	-3.0
85	Toledo	1978	2004	4	3	1	0	.750	139	92	47	34.8	23.0	11.8
86	Troy	2003	2003	1	1	0	0	1.000	48	7	41	48.0	7.0	41.0
87	Tulane	1935	1935	1	1	0	0	1.000	20	0	20	20.0	0.0	20.0
88	Tulsa	2003	2005	2	2	0	0	1.000	90	20	70	45.0	10.0	35.0
89	UCLA	1961	2024	4	3	1	0	.750	72	50	22	18.0	12.5	5.5
90	Utah	1967	1990	2	1	1	0	.500	42	47	-5	21.0	23.5	-2.5
91	Vanderbilt	1924	1959	4	2	2	0	.500	42	61	-19	10.5	15.3	-4.8
92	Virginia	2005	2005	1	0	1	0	.000	31	34	-3	31.0	34.0	-3.0
93	Virginia Tech	2024	2024	1	1	0	0	1.000	24	10	14	24.0	10.0	14.0
94	Wake Forest	1968	1968	1	1	0	0	1.000	24	19	5	24.0	19.0	5.0
95	Washington	1936	1977	17	10	7	0	.588	317	272	45	18.6	16.0	2.6
96	Washington State	1965	2016	6	3	3	0	.500	128	123	5	21.3	20.5	0.8
97	West Virginia	2021	2021	1	1	0	0	1.000	18	6	12	18.0	6.0	12.0
98	Western Michigan	1975	2012	4	4	0	0	1.000	97	33	64	24.3	8.3	16.0
99	Wichita State	1985	1985	1	1	0	0	1.000	28	14	14	28.0	14.0	14.0
100	Wisconsin	1892	2025	133	62	63	8	.496	2252	2319	-67	16.9	17.4	-0.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
101	Wyoming	1946	1946	1	1	0	0	1.000	46	0	46	46.0	0.0	46.0

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