2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference West Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 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: 52,525)

2016 Big Ten 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 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team will represent the University of Minnesota in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be 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 (199é)	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^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1		Oregon State*		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 10		Indiana State*		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
September 24		Colorado State*		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
October 1		at Penn State		Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell)
October 8		Iowa		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)
October 15		at Maryland		Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
October 22		Rutgers		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
October 29		at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL
November 5		Purdue		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 12		at Nebraska		Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ($5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy)
November 19		Northwestern		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 26		at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

Roster

2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 2 Gentry, IsaiahIsaiah Gentry  So QB 7 Leidner, MitchMitch Leidner (C)  Sr WR 9 Carter, EricEric Carter  Jr QB 11 Croft, DemryDemry Croft So WR 12 Register, HunterHunter Register  Fr QB 15 Rhoda, ConorConor Rhoda  Jr QB 17 Green, SethSeth Green Fr WR 19 Conway, MichaelMichael Conway  Jr WR 20 Mayer, AdamAdam Mayer  Fr WR 21 Holland, MelvinMelvin Holland  So WR 22 Borchardt, JeffJeff Borchardt  Jr RB 24 Smith, RodneyRodney Smith  So WR 26 Smith, BrianBrian Smith  Jr RB 27 Brooks, ShannonShannon Brooks So RB 27 Johannesson, JamesJames Johannesson  Fr RB 28 Femi-Cole, JonathanJonathan Femi-Cole  Fr TE 44 Beebe, ColtonColton Beebe  Fr TE 45 Hart, NickNick Hart  Jr TE 49 Witham, BryceBryce Witham  Fr OL 53 Rasmussen, LukeLuke Rasmussen  So OL 55 Mayes, ConnorConnor Mayes Jr OL 58 Oseland, QuinnQuinn Oseland  Fr OL 60 Leidner, MattMatt Leidner  Jr OL 61 Dovich, BronsonBronson Dovich  Fr OL 62 Weyler, JaredJared Weyler  So OL 66 Stieber, TedTed Stieber  Fr OL 70 Fahning, ChadChad Fahning  Jr OL 71 Moore, TylerTyler Moore So OL 74 Connelly, NickNick Connelly  Fr OL 75 Kuehn, NoahNoah Kuehn  Fr OL 76 Mayes, AlexAlex Mayes  Jr OL 78 Wright, GarrisonGarrison Wright Jr OL 79 Pirsig, JonahJonah Pirsig  Sr TE 80 Wozniak, NateNate Wozniak  Jr TE 81 Anyanwu, DukeDuke Anyanwu  Jr WR 82 Wolitarsky, DrewDrew Wolitarsky Sr WR 84 Reger, WillWill Reger  So TE 86 Lingen, BrandonBrandon Lingen Jr WR 88 Still, RashadRashad Still So WR 89 Morse, MattMatt Morse  Fr WR -- Hmielewski, DrewDrew Hmielewski Fr WR -- Howard, PhillipPhillip Howard Fr WR -- Johnson, TylerTyler Johnson Fr TE -- Kieft, KoKo Kieft Fr RB -- McCrary, KobeKobe McCrary Fr FB -- Mohs, ConnorConnor Mohs Fr OL -- Olson, ConnerConner Olson Fr OL -- Schlueter, SamSam Schlueter Fr QB -- Williams, MarkMark Williams Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 2 Johnson, DiorDior Johnson  Fr DB 3 Hardin, KiAnteKiAnte Hardin So DB 4 Ayinde, AdekunleAdekunle Ayinde  Jr DB 5 Myrick, JalenJalen Myrick Sr DB 6 Rogers, AceAce Rogers  Sr DB 7 Travis, DamariusDamarius Travis  Sr DB 8 McGhee, DukeDuke McGhee  Jr LB 12 Poock, CodyCody Poock  Jr LB 13 Celestin, JonathanJonathan Celestin Jr DB 14 Craighton, ZoZo Craighton  Fr LB 15 Williams, EverettEverett Williams Jr DB 17 Huff, JacobJacob Huff So DL 19 Moore, GaryGary Moore  So DB 20 Huff, JulianJulian Huff So DB 22 Gorgen, JoeyJoey Gorgen  Fr DB 25 Buford, RayRay Buford  Fr DL 28 Gibson, JerryJerry Gibson  So DB 34 Shenault, AntonioAntonio Shenault So LB 35 Waters, JaylenJaylen Waters  Fr DB 36 Cashman, BlakeBlake Cashman So DB 40 Starks, AlexanderAlexander Starks  Sr DL 46 DeLattiboudere, WinstonWinston DeLattiboudere  Fr LB 48 Weber, BlakeBlake Weber Jr LB 50 Lynn, JackJack Lynn  Sr DL 52 Timms, YoshoubYoshoub Timms  Sr LB 56 Rallis, NickNick Rallis  Sr LB 59 Dixon, RayRay Dixon  Jr DL 87 Elmore, GaelinGaelin Elmore Jr DL 90 Renner, SamSam Renner  Fr DE 91 Kafo, JulienJulien Kafo  So DL 92 Devers, Tai'yonTai'yon Devers Fr DL 93 Jackson, MerrickMerrick Jackson Jr DT 94 Hall, MoseMose Hall  Fr DL 95 Ekpe, HendrickHendrick Ekpe Sr DL 96 Richardson, StevenSteven Richardson Jr DL 97 Ekpe, ScottScott Ekpe  Sr DE 99 Stelter, AndrewAndrew Stelter Jr ATH -- Pietruszewski, DannyDanny Pietruszewski Fr CB -- Durr, ConeyConey Durr Fr DB -- Swenson, CalvinCalvin Swenson Fr DB -- Thomas, KiondreKiondre Thomas Fr DB -- Winfield, AntoineAntoine Winfield Fr DL -- Johnson, TamarionTamarion Johnson Fr LB -- Coughlin, CarterCarter Coughlin Fr LB -- Martin, KamalKamal Martin Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 18 Santoso, RyanRyan Santoso  Jr LS 25 Jordahl, PaytonPayton Jordahl  So K 33 Harte, AndrewAndrew Harte  Jr P 34 McElfresh, LoganLogan McElfresh  So K 38 Carpenter, EmmitEmmit Carpenter  So LS 39 Hansen, TreyTrey Hansen  Fr LS 40 Samuels, ChaseChase Samuels  Fr K 42 Juenemann, JustinJustin Juenemann  Jr P 47 Herbers, JacobJacob Herbers  Fr K -- Mack, JohnJohn Mack 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: April 20, 2016

References

1. Future Schedules