Golden Gopher athletic director Mark Coyle spoke with MNN sports director Mike Grimm for department update on COVID-19, canceling Saturday’s football game, and more:  

Marcus Carr matched a career high with 35 points and Minnesota cruised to a 99-69 victory over Green Bay on Wednesday night. Carr, a junior who set a program-record with 207 assists last season, finished with four helpers against Green Bay including an alley-oop to Jarvis Omersa. Carr was 12 of 22 from the floor […]

GAME INFORMATION The University of Minnesota tips off its 124th season of men’s basketball on Wednesday night, hosting Green Bay in the second matchup between the two schools. Williams Arena, Tip Time: 6 p.m. CT SERIES INFORMATION Series: Second Meeting (1-0) Date: 11/24/84, W 75-71 Current Streak:  Gopher won one in a row Minnesota vs. Horizon […]

Playing in his fourth game in six days to open the season didn’t wear Jack LaFontaine down as the senior earned his first career shutout on Tuesday night in a 2-0 win for the No. 8/7 Gopher men’s hockey program over No. 10 Ohio State. LaFontaine backstopped Minnesota to its second-straight Big Ten sweep behind […]

The University of Minnesota football team will pause all team-related activities as it responds to positive COVID-19 cases in the program. The team’s scheduled game at Wisconsin on Saturday, Nov. 28, will not be played and will not be rescheduled, per Big Ten policy for this season. The game will be ruled a no contest. […]

MINNEAPOLIS – A dominant performance in the first 40 minutes carried the newly minted No. 8/7 Gopher men’s hockey program to a 4-1 win over No. 10 Ohio State on Monday night at 3M Arena at Mariucci as Minnesota has now won three-straight games to open its 100th season of play and five-straight contests dating […]

(Minneapolis, MN) — The Golden Gopher football team will practice virtually today while it awaits the results of COVID-19 testing of its players. The hope is to resume in-person practice tomorrow as the team gets ready to play at Wisconsin on Saturday. The decision was made to go virtual after an unspecified number of players […]

The Gopher men’s hockey program continues the 2020-21 season — the 100th campaign in program history — with a Monday/Tuesday series against Ohio State this week at 3M Arena at Mariucci. The action begins tonight at 7:30 p.m, while the Gophers and the Buckeyes will close up a four-game homestand for Minnesota tomorrow at 7:30 […]

Josh Aune’s interception with 44 seconds left at the Minnesota 13-yard line after a disputed penalty on Purdue gave the beleaguered Gophers defense a big lift and preserved a 34-31 victory over the Boilermakers on Friday night. Jack Plummer completed 35 of 42 passes for 367 yards and three scores in his first start of […]

(Minneapolis, MN) — The Golden Gopher football team welcomes Purdue to T-C-F Bank Stadium for Friday night football this week. This will be the third Friday game in four weeks for Minnesota, which sits at 1-3 on the season. The Gophers lost last Friday at home to Iowa 35-7. Gopher junior quarterback Tanner Morgan says […]