2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

The 2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Gophers played their home games at TCF 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.

2021 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	West Division
2021 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	P. J. Fleck (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Sanford Jr. (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Matt Simon (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Joe Rossi (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Joe Harasymiak (2nd season)
Home stadium	TCF Bank Stadium (Capacity: 50,805)
Uniform

2021 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Indiana		0	–	0					0	–	0
Maryland		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan		0	–	0					0	–	0
Michigan State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ohio State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Penn State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Rutgers		0	–	0					0	–	0
West Division
Illinois		0	–	0					0	–	0
Iowa		0	–	0					0	–	0
Minnesota		0	–	0					0	–	0
Nebraska		0	–	0					0	–	0
Northwestern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Purdue		0	–	0					0	–	0
Wisconsin		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 4, 2021
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of February 5, 2021; Rankings from CFP Rankings.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2		Ohio State	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
September 11		Miami (OH)*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
September 18		at Colorado*	Folsom Field Boulder, CO
September 25		Bowling Green*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
October 2		at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
October 16		Nebraska	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN ($5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy)
October 23		Maryland	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
October 30		at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, IL
November 6		Illinois	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN
November 13		at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Roseland)
November 20		at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN
November 27		Wisconsin	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. "2021 Minnesota Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.