2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team


The 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Tracy Claeys and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 9-4, 5-4 in conference play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they defeated Washington State.

Personnel

Staff

Schedule

Minnesota faced all six West Division opponents: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin. The Gophers also faced East Division opponents Maryland, Penn State, and Rutgers. Minnesota played three non-conference games: Oregon State of the Pac-12 Conference, Indiana State of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, and Colorado State of the Mountain West Conference. Minnesota had one bye week during the season between their games against Indiana State and Colorado State.

Game summaries

Oregon State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–11981MINN, 42–12

Indiana State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–01993MINN, 27–10

Colorado State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–02015MINN, 23–20OT

at Penn State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
5–82013MINN, 24–10

Iowa

Overall recordLast meetingResult
62–45–22015IOWA, 40–35

at Maryland

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–11977UMD, 17–7

Rutgers

at Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
36–29–32015MINN, 32–23

Purdue

Overall recordLast meetingResult
36–32–32015MINN, 41–13

at #21 Nebraska

Overall recordLast meetingResult
31–23–22015NEB, 48–25

Northwestern

Overall recordLast meetingResult
52–34–52015NW, 27–0

at #6 Wisconsin

Overall recordLast meetingResult
59–58–82015WISC, 31–21

Washington State–Holiday Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–31988WSU, 41–9

Roster

Players Drafted into the NFL

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Club
7222Jalen MyrickCBJacksonville Jaguars

Awards and honors