2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
2016 record	8–4 (5–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tracy Claeys (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Jay Johnson (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Jay Sawvel (1st year)
Home stadium	TCF Bank Stadium (Capacity: 50,805)

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 5 Penn State xy$		8	–	1		11	–	2
No. 2 Ohio State x		8	–	1		11	–	1
No. 6 Michigan		7	–	2		10	–	2
Indiana		4	–	5		6	–	6
Maryland		3	–	6		6	–	6
Michigan State		1	–	8		3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9		2	–	10
West Division
No. 8 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2		10	–	3
No. 24 Nebraska		6	–	3		9	–	3
No. 21 Iowa		6	–	3		8	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4		8	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4		6	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7		3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represents the University of Minnesota in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Tracy Claeys and play their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They are a member of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Personnel

Staff

Name	Position	Alma mater	Joined Staff
Tracy Claeys	Head Coach	Kansas State (1994)	2010
Brian Anderson	Wide Receivers Coach	Illinois (1994)	2010
Jay Johnson	Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach	Northern Iowa (1993)	2015
Bart Miller	Offensive Line Coach	New Mexico (2007)	2015
Jeff Phelps	Defensive Line Coach	Ball State (1997)	2010
Pat Poore	Running Backs Coach / Co-Special Team Coordinator	Fort Hays State (1984)	2010
Rob Reeves	H-Backs Coach / Tight Ends Coach	Saginaw Valley State (1996)	2010
Jay Sawvel	Defensive Coordinator	Mount Union (1993)	2010
Mike Sherels	Linebackers Coach	Minnesota (2007)	2013
Dan O'Brien	Assistant Defensive Backs / Co-Special Team Coordinator / Assistant Head Coach	St. Thomas (1987)	2010
Eric Klein	Strength and Conditioning	Carleton College (1993)	2010

Schedule

Minnesota will face all six West Division opponents: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, and Wisconsin. The Gophers will also face East Division opponents Maryland, Penn State, and Rutgers.^[1] Minnesota will play 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 has one bye week during the season between their games against Indiana State and Colorado State.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	8:00 PM	Oregon State*	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 30–23	44,582
September 10	11:00 AM	Indiana State*	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPNews	W 58–14	41,026
September 24	11:00 AM	Colorado State*	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPNU	W 31–24	44,854
October 1	2:30 PM	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell)	BTN	L 26–29	95,332
October 8	11:00 AM	Iowa	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	ESPN2	L 7–14	49,145
October 15	11:00 AM	at Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD	ESPNU	W 31–10	41,465
October 22	11:00 AM	Rutgers	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPNU	W 34–32	46,096
October 29	11:00 AM	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	W 40–17	40,090
November 5	2:30 PM	Purdue	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 44–31	42,832
November 12	6:30 PM	at No. 21 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ($5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy)	BTN	L 17–24	90,456
November 19	2:30 PM	Northwestern	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 29–12	38,162
November 26	2:30 PM	at No. 5 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	BTN	L 17–31	77,216
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	7	7	9	0	23
Golden Gophers	0	17	0	13	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	1981	MINN, 42–12

Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	7	0	14	7	28
Golden Gophers	14	24	10	10	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1993	MINN, 27–10

Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	0	10	7	24
Golden Gophers	7	10	7	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2015	MINN, 23–20^OT

at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Golden Gophers	3	10	0	10	3	26
Nittany Lions	0	3	17	3	6	29

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8	2013	MINN, 24–10

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	3	3	8	14
Golden Gophers	0	0	7	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
62–45–2	2015	IOWA, 40–35

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	14	3	14	31
Terrapins	0	0	0	10	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1977	UMD, 17–7

Rutgers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scarlet Knights	3	7	13	9	32
Golden Gophers	21	0	10	3	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	14	0	7	19	40
Fighting Illini	7	0	7	3	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–29–3	2015	MINN, 32–23

Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Boilermakers	14	14	0	3	31
Golden Gophers	10	13	7	14	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–32–3	2015	MINN, 41–13

Purdue at Minnesota

at #21 Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	7	10	0	0	17
#21 Cornhuskers	3	7	7	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–23–2	2015	NEB, 48–25

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	6	6	12
Golden Gophers	6	6	3	14	29

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
52–34–5	2015	NW, 27–0

at #6 Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	3	14	0	0	17
#6 Badgers	0	7	3	21	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
59–58–8	2015	WISC, 31–21

Roster

2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`1`	Smith, RodneyRodney Smith	2.5 !So
WR	`2`	Gentry, IsaiahIsaiah Gentry	2.5 !So
WR	`5`	Holland, MelvinMelvin Holland	2.5 !So
WR	`6`	Johnson, TylerTyler Johnson	1.0 !Fr
QB	`7`	Leidner, MitchMitch Leidner (C)	4.5 !Sr
QB	`8`	Williams, MarkMark Williams	1.0 !Fr
WR	`9`	Carter, EricEric Carter	3.5 !Jr
QB	`11`	Croft, DemryDemry Croft	3.0 !So
WR	`12`	Register, HunterHunter Register	1.5 !Fr
QB	`15`	Rhoda, ConorConor Rhoda	3.5 !Jr
QB	`17`	Green, SethSeth Green	1.0 !Fr
WR	`18`	Geary, ClayClay Geary	1.0 !Fr
WR	`19`	Conway, MichaelMichael Conway	3.5 !Jr
WR	`20`	Mayer, AdamAdam Mayer	1.5 !Fr
RB	`22`	McCrary, KobeKobe McCrary	1.0 !Fr
RB	`23`	Brooks, ShannonShannon Brooks	3.0 !So
WR	`24`	Hmielewski, DrewDrew Hmielewski	1.0 !Fr
WR	`25`	Howard, PhillipPhillip Howard	1.0 !Fr
WR	`26`	Smith, BrianBrian Smith	3.5 !Jr
RB	`27`	Johannesson, JamesJames Johannesson	1.5 !Fr
RB	`28`	Femi-Cole, JonathanJonathan Femi-Cole	1.5 !Fr
RB	`29`	Djam, CarltonCarlton Djam	2.5 !So
FB	`40`	Mohs, ConnorConnor Mohs	1.0 !Fr
TE	`42`	Kieft, KoKo Kieft	1.0 !Fr
TE	`44`	Beebe, ColtonColton Beebe	1.5 !Fr
TE	`45`	Hart, NickNick Hart	3.5 !Jr
TE	`49`	Witham, BryceBryce Witham	1.5 !Fr
OL	`53`	Rasmussen, LukeLuke Rasmussen	2.5 !So
OL	`55`	Mayes, ConnorConnor Mayes	5.0 !Jr
OL	`58`	Oseland, QuinnQuinn Oseland	1.5 !Fr
OL	`60`	Leidner, MattMatt Leidner	3.5 !Jr
OL	`61`	Dovich, BronsonBronson Dovich	1.5 !Fr
OL	`62`	Weyler, JaredJared Weyler	2.5 !So
OL	`64`	Olson, ConnerConner Olson	1.0 !Fr
OL	`66`	Stieber, TedTed Stieber	1.5 !Fr
OL	`70`	Fahning, ChadChad Fahning	3.5 !Jr
OL	`71`	Schlueter, SamSam Schlueter	1.0 !Fr
OL	`73`	Greene, DonnellDonnell Greene	2.5 !So
OL	`74`	Connelly, NickNick Connelly	1.5 !Fr
OL	`75`	Kuehn, NoahNoah Kuehn	1.5 !Fr
OL	`76`	Calhoun, VincentVincent Calhoun	5.0 !Jr
OL	`77`	Moore, TylerTyler Moore	3.0 !So
OL	`78`	Wright, GarrisonGarrison Wright	5.0 !Jr
OL	`79`	Pirsig, JonahJonah Pirsig	4.5 !Sr
TE	`80`	Wozniak, NateNate Wozniak	3.5 !Jr
TE	`81`	Anyanwu, DukeDuke Anyanwu	3.5 !Jr
WR	`82`	Wolitarsky, DrewDrew Wolitarsky	57.0 !Sr
TE	`83`	Pietruszewski, DannyDanny Pietruszewski	1.0 !Fr
WR	`84`	Reger, WillWill Reger	2.5 !So
TE	`85`	Witham, BryceBryce Witham	1.5 !Fr
TE	`86`	Lingen, BrandonBrandon Lingen (C)	5.0 !Jr
WR	`88`	Still, RashadRashad Still	3.0 !So
WR	`89`	Morse, MattMatt Morse	1.5 !Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`2`	Johnson, DiorDior Johnson	1.5 !Fr
DB	`3`	Hardin, KiAnteKiAnte Hardin	3.0 !So
DB	`4`	Ayinde, AdekunleAdekunle Ayinde	3.5 !Jr
DB	`5`	Myrick, JalenJalen Myrick	57.0 !Sr
DB	`6`	Rogers, AceAce Rogers	4.5 !Sr
DB	`7`	Travis, DamariusDamarius Travis (C)	4.5 !Sr
DB	`8`	McGhee, DukeDuke McGhee	3.5 !Jr
DL	`9`	Gibson, JerryJerry Gibson	2.5 !So
DB	`11`	Winfield, AntoineAntoine Winfield	1.0 !Fr
LB	`12`	Poock, CodyCody Poock	3.5 !Jr
LB	`13`	Celestin, JonathanJonathan Celestin	5.0 !Jr
DB	`14`	Craighton, ZoZo Craighton	1.5 !Fr
LB	`15`	Williams, EverettEverett Williams	5.0 !Jr
CB	`16`	Durr, ConeyConey Durr	1.0 !Fr
DB	`17`	Huff, JacobJacob Huff	3.0 !So
DL	`19`	Moore, GaryGary Moore	2.5 !So
DB	`20`	Huff, JulianJulian Huff	3.0 !So
DB	`21`	Buford, RayRay Buford	1.5 !Fr
DB	`22`	Gorgen, JoeyJoey Gorgen	1.5 !Fr
DB	`24`	Dipre, TroyTroy Dipre	1.5 !Fr
DB	`26`	Swenson, CalvinCalvin Swenson	1.0 !Fr
DB	`30`	Amoako, EricEric Amoako	4.5 !Sr
DB	`31`	Thomas, KiondreKiondre Thomas	1.0 !Fr
DL	`33`	Johnson, TamarionTamarion Johnson	1.0 !Fr
DB	`34`	Shenault, AntonioAntonio Shenault	3.0 !So
LB	`35`	Waters, JaylenJaylen Waters	1.5 !Fr
DB	`36`	Cashman, BlakeBlake Cashman	3.0 !So
DB	`40`	Starks, AlexanderAlexander Starks	4.5 !Sr
LB	`41`	Barber, ThomasThomas Barber	1.0 !Fr
LB	`43`	Schoenfelder, BaileyBailey Schoenfelder	1.0 !Fr
LB	`44`	Martin, KamalKamal Martin	1.0 !Fr
LB	`45`	Coughlin, CarterCarter Coughlin	1.0 !Fr
LB	`48`	Weber, BlakeBlake Weber	5.0 !Jr
LB	`50`	Lynn, JackJack Lynn (C)	4.5 !Sr
DL	`52`	Timms, YoshoubYoshoub Timms	4.5 !Sr
LB	`56`	Rallis, NickNick Rallis	4.5 !Sr
LB	`59`	Dixon, RayRay Dixon	3.5 !Jr
DL	`87`	Elmore, GaelinGaelin Elmore	5.0 !Jr
DL	`88`	DeLattiboudere, WinstonWinston DeLattiboudere	1.5 !Fr
DL	`90`	Renner, SamSam Renner	1.5 !Fr
DE	`91`	Kafo, JulienJulien Kafo	2.5 !So
DL	`92`	Devers, Tai'yonTai'yon Devers	1.0 !Fr
DL	`93`	Jackson, MerrickMerrick Jackson	5.0 !Jr
DL	`95`	Ekpe, HendrickHendrick Ekpe	57.0 !Sr
DL	`96`	Richardson, StevenSteven Richardson	5.0 !Jr
DL	`97`	Ekpe, ScottScott Ekpe	4.5 !Sr
DE	`99`	Stelter, AndrewAndrew Stelter	5.0 !Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K, P	`18`	Santoso, RyanRyan Santoso	3.5 !Jr
LS	`25`	Jordahl, PaytonPayton Jordahl	2.5 !So
K	`33`	Harte, AndrewAndrew Harte	3.5 !Jr
P	`34`	McElfresh, LoganLogan McElfresh	2.5 !So
K	`37`	Mack, JohnJohn Mack	1.0 !Fr
K	`38`	Carpenter, EmmitEmmit Carpenter	2.5 !So
LS	`39`	Hansen, TreyTrey Hansen	1.5 !Fr
K	`42`	Juenemann, JustinJustin Juenemann	3.5 !Jr
P	`47`	Herbers, JacobJacob Herbers	1.5 !Fr

Head coach

Tracy Claeys (Head Coach)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Brian Anderson (Wide Receivers)
Jay Johnson (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks)
Bart Miller (Offesnive Line)
Dan O'Brien (Asst. Defensive Backs / Co-Special Teams Coordinator / Asst. to the Head Coach)
Jeff Phelps (Defensive Line)
Pat Poore (Running Backs / Co-Special Teams Coordinator)
Rob Reeves (H-Backs / Tight Ends)
Jay Sawvel (Defensive Coordinator)
Mike Sherels (Linebackers)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 17, 2016

Awards and honors

Weekly Awards
Player	Award	Date Awarded	Ref.
Emmit Carpenter	Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week	October 3, 2016	^[2]
Rodney Smith	Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week	October 24, 2016	^[3]
Emmit Carpenter	Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week	November 7, 2016	^[4]
Blake Cashman	Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week	November 21, 2016	^[5]

References

↑ Future Schedules
↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. October 3, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. October 24, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.

Minnesota Golden Gophers football

Venues	Athletic Park (1892–1898) University of Minnesota Armory (1892–1898) Northrop Field (1899–1923) Memorial Stadium (1924–1981) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982–2008) TCF Bank Stadium (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale) Michigan (Little Brown Jug) Nebraska ($5 Bits of Broken Chair) Penn State (Governor's Victory Bell) Wisconsin (Slab of Bacon, 1930–43; Paul Bunyan's Axe, 1948–present)

Culture & lore	Goldy Gopher "Minnesota Rouser" Marching band Minnesota shift T formation

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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