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Huntington Bank Stadium is the football stadium for the Minnesota Golden Gophers college football team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 52,525-seat on-campus "horseshoe" style stadium is designed to support future expansion to seat up to 80,000 people, and cost $303.3 million to build.
The state nickname derives from a political cartoon by R. O. Sweeny, published as a broadside in 1858. The cartoon depicted state legislators as gophers dragging the state in the wrong direction. [13] The nickname was associated with the university as early as the publication of the first yearbook in 1888, which was titled "The Gopher". [14]
The 2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represents the University of Minnesota in the Big Ten Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Gophers are led by P. J. Fleck in his eighth year as head coach.
The Golden Gophers were led by P. J. Fleck in his seventh year as head coach. They played their home games at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis . The team was originally ineligible for a bowl game due to a losing record; however, they were awarded a berth due to having the highest Academic Progress Rating among 5–7 teams.
The Gophers will host Big Ten foes Purdue, Rutgers, Northwestern, and Iowa and will travel to Michigan State, Illinois, Penn State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. [ 2 ] The Golden Gophers will host all of the three non-conference opponents, New Mexico State from the FBS Independents , Western Illinois from Division I FCS and Colorado from the Pac-12 .
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The 2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach P. J. Fleck.
Perich attended Esko High School in Esko, Minnesota. As a junior, he rushed for over 800 yards, notched 75 tackles, two sacks, three interceptions, four forced fumbles, and 25 touchdowns. [ 1 ] In the first game of his senior season, Perich intercepted two passes which he returned both for touchdowns. [ 2 ]