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2011 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Legends Division
No. 11 Michigan State x   7 – 1     11 – 3  
No. 12 Michigan %   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 24 Nebraska   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Iowa   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Northwestern   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Minnesota   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Leaders Division
No. 10 Wisconsin xy$   6 – 2     11 – 3  
Penn State x   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Purdue   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Ohio State   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Illinois   2 – 6     7 – 6  
Indiana   0 – 8     1 – 11  
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represent the University of Minnesota for the 2011 college football season. The Golden Gophers are members of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They are led by head coach Jerry Kill for his first season as head coach at Minnesota.

Schedule

[1]

September 32:30 PMat USC*

ABC/ESPN2L 17–19 68,273[2] September 102:30 PMNew Mexico State*

BTNL 21–28 48,807 September 172:30 PMMiami (OH)*

  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

BTNW 29–23 49,950 September 246:00 PMNo. 12 (FCS) North Dakota State*

  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

BTN   October 1TBAat Michigan

  October 8TBAat Purdue

  October 222:30 PMNebraskadagger

  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

ABC   October 29TBAIowa

  November 5TBAat Michigan State

  November 12TBAWisconsin

  November 19TBAat Northwestern

  November 26TBAIllinois

  • TCF Bank Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

 

Template:CFB Schedule End

Game Notes

===@ USC=== [3]

See also: 2011 USC Trojans football team

Matt Barkley threw three touchdowns to Robert Woods as the Trojans won their 14th straight season opener. Barkley went 34-of-45 with 304 yards while Woods caught 17 passes, a USC single-game record, for 177 yards in the win.

D.J. Morgan added 18 carries for 70 yards in the win for USC, which has won 12 straight against Big Ten opponents.

Duane Bennett ran for a touchdown while Max Shortell threw for a touchdown but was intercepted on the final drive for the Golden Gophers, who failed to win in the debut of new head coach Jerry Kill.

Bennett finished with 53 yards on 15 carries while Marqueis Gray went 7-of-12 with 94 yards and added 48 yards on 16 carries for Minnesota, which went just 3-9 last season.

The Gophers never led in the game, but made it a one-score possession with 8:03 to play when Shortell hit Brandon Green on a short pass to the left and the receiver curled around his defender and into the end zone from 12 yards out to make it 19-17.

Minnesota got the ball back at its own nine-yard line with just over two minutes to play. However, the drive only made it to the Minnesota 28 and on 3rd-and-1 Shortell was picked off by Torin Harris and the Trojans killed off the rest of the clock.

See also

References

  1. ^ Schedule
  2. ^ "Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. USC Trojans Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
  3. ^ http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/events/76365/recap?article_id=162277

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