2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2008 Minnesota Golden Gophers went 7-6 (3-5 in the Big Ten), finishing No. 20 in the AP poll. They scored 23.2 and allowed 24.8 points per game. SP+ rated them No. 56 nationally.

Team details

Conference: Big Ten
Record: 7-6
Conference record: 3-5
AP rank: No. 20
SP+ rank: No. 56

2008 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score
1	Northern Illinois	2008-08-30	W	31-27
2	at Bowling Green	2008-09-06	W	42-17
3	Montana State	2008-09-13	W	35-23
4	Florida Atlantic	2008-09-20	W	37-3
5	at Ohio State	2008-09-27	L	21-34
6	Indiana	2008-10-04	W	16-7
7	at Illinois	2008-10-11	W	27-20
9	at Purdue	2008-10-25	W	17-6
10	Northwestern	2008-11-01	L	17-24
11	Michigan	2008-11-08	L	6-29
12	at Wisconsin	2008-11-15	L	32-35
13	Iowa	2008-11-23	L	0-55
Bowl	Kansas	2008-12-31	L	21-42

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
Adam Weber	13	255	410	2761	15	8
Tony Mortensen	1	0	1	0	0	0

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
De'Leon Eskridge	13	184	678	7
Shady Salamon	11	49	181	3
Duane Bennett	2	32	140	2
Jay Thomas	3	7	24	0
Troy Stoudermire	5	5	19	0

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Eric Decker	12	84	1074	7
Jack Simmons	13	36	331	2
Ben Kuznia	12	31	310	0
Brandon Green	6	20	298	1
Nick Tow-Arnett	6	10	211	1

2008 Minnesota players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Tramaine Brock	DB	DET	2010 UDFA	2008
Eric Decker	WR	TEN	2010 R3 #87	2006–2009
Adam Weber	QB	TB	2011 UDFA	2007–2010

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com