Game 3: Miami at Minnesota
Gophers welcome RedHawks to TCF Bank Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. game on Saturday.
Bruce Kluckhohn
FOOTBALL | 9/10/2018 6:16:00 PM
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. Minnesota welcomes Miami University to TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. kick. The Gophers are 3-0 all-time against the RedHawks, as they posted win in 2011 (29-23), 2007 (41-35 3OT) and 1988 (35-3). All three previous games have been played in Minneapolis and Saturday will mark the second time that Miami has visited TCF Bank Stadium. Minnesota is 31-4-1 all-time against the MAC (most recent win was against Buffalo in 2017, while most recent loss was to Northern Illinois in 2010).
2. The Gophers will close out their non-conference schedule versus Miami on Saturday. Minnesota has won 13 straight non-conference games (including bowl games), which is the second longest active streak in the nation behind Utah (Utes have won 22 consecutive non-conference games). Minnesota last loss a non-conference game on Sept. 3, 2015, when it fell 23-17 to No. 2 TCU at home. The Gophers are 18-1 in their past 19 non-conference home games and have won nine straight non-conference games at TCF Bank Stadium.
3. Minnesota is 2-0 for the second straight season under head coach P.J. Fleck. Fleck is the first Gopher coach to start his first two seasons 2-0 since William Spaulding did so in 1922 (beat North Dakota and Indiana) and 1923 (beat Iowa State and Haskell). The last Minnesota head coach to start his first two seasons 3-0 was Alexander Jerrems in 1896 (beat South High, Minneapolis Central and Carleton) and 1897 (beat South High, Macalester and Carleton). Minnesota started 7-0 in 1896 and 4-0 in 1897.
4.P.J. Fleck-coached teams have won nine straight regular-season, non-conference games. Minnesota is 5-0 in such games (beat Buffalo, Oregon State, Middle Tennessee in 2017 and New Mexico State and Fresno State in 2018) and Western Michigan was 4-0 in non-conference games in 2016 (beat Northwestern, North Carolina Central, Illinois and Georgia Southern). The last time a Fleck-coached team lost a regular-season, non-conference game was Sept. 26, 2015, when Western Michigan fell 38-12 at No. 1 Ohio State.
5. The Gophers have 113 players on the roster this season and 59 of those players – or 52.2 percent – are either true freshmen or redshirt freshmen. That's the highest number in college football. Virginia is next at 50 percent and is then followed by Wake Forest (49.1 percent) and UCF (48.03 percent). The Gophers have 79 underclassmen of the roster, which is 69.9 percent of the team. That percentage ranks tenth in college football behind only Illinois, Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State, Cincinnati, UCLA, Virginia, Wake Forest, Western Michigan and Georgia Southern.
You can read Minnesota's complete notes here.
Gophers welcome RedHawks to TCF Bank Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. game on Saturday.
Bruce Kluckhohn
FOOTBALL | 9/10/2018 6:16:00 PM
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. Minnesota welcomes Miami University to TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. kick. The Gophers are 3-0 all-time against the RedHawks, as they posted win in 2011 (29-23), 2007 (41-35 3OT) and 1988 (35-3). All three previous games have been played in Minneapolis and Saturday will mark the second time that Miami has visited TCF Bank Stadium. Minnesota is 31-4-1 all-time against the MAC (most recent win was against Buffalo in 2017, while most recent loss was to Northern Illinois in 2010).
2. The Gophers will close out their non-conference schedule versus Miami on Saturday. Minnesota has won 13 straight non-conference games (including bowl games), which is the second longest active streak in the nation behind Utah (Utes have won 22 consecutive non-conference games). Minnesota last loss a non-conference game on Sept. 3, 2015, when it fell 23-17 to No. 2 TCU at home. The Gophers are 18-1 in their past 19 non-conference home games and have won nine straight non-conference games at TCF Bank Stadium.
3. Minnesota is 2-0 for the second straight season under head coach P.J. Fleck. Fleck is the first Gopher coach to start his first two seasons 2-0 since William Spaulding did so in 1922 (beat North Dakota and Indiana) and 1923 (beat Iowa State and Haskell). The last Minnesota head coach to start his first two seasons 3-0 was Alexander Jerrems in 1896 (beat South High, Minneapolis Central and Carleton) and 1897 (beat South High, Macalester and Carleton). Minnesota started 7-0 in 1896 and 4-0 in 1897.
4.P.J. Fleck-coached teams have won nine straight regular-season, non-conference games. Minnesota is 5-0 in such games (beat Buffalo, Oregon State, Middle Tennessee in 2017 and New Mexico State and Fresno State in 2018) and Western Michigan was 4-0 in non-conference games in 2016 (beat Northwestern, North Carolina Central, Illinois and Georgia Southern). The last time a Fleck-coached team lost a regular-season, non-conference game was Sept. 26, 2015, when Western Michigan fell 38-12 at No. 1 Ohio State.
5. The Gophers have 113 players on the roster this season and 59 of those players – or 52.2 percent – are either true freshmen or redshirt freshmen. That's the highest number in college football. Virginia is next at 50 percent and is then followed by Wake Forest (49.1 percent) and UCF (48.03 percent). The Gophers have 79 underclassmen of the roster, which is 69.9 percent of the team. That percentage ranks tenth in college football behind only Illinois, Coastal Carolina, Appalachian State, Cincinnati, UCLA, Virginia, Wake Forest, Western Michigan and Georgia Southern.
You can read Minnesota's complete notes here.
