Articles Tagged: Minnesota Golden Gophers

Iowa and Minnesota battle for the Floyd of Rosedale trophy in their Big Ten opener Saturday night at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Here’s what you need to know.

If nothing else, the invalid fair catch signal call against the Hawkeyes in last year’s Minnesota-Iowa football game sure sold a lot of T-shirts.

Quarterback Max Brosmer transferred to Minnesota for his final season of college football eligibility after an FCS All-America career at New Hampshire. He gives the Golden Gophers a passing threat they haven’t had for years. Oh, and he was born in the state of Iowa.

Iowa and Minnesota battle for the Floyd of Rosedale trophy in their Big Ten opener Saturday night in Minneapolis. Andy Greder of the St. Paul Pioneer Press joins the Hawk Off The Press podcast to help preview the game — beyond just punt returns.

The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 4 of the 2024 college football season, including the battle for Floyd of Rosedale between Iowa and Minnesota on Saturday night.

Iowa appears to be the superior team on paper, but as has often been the case in Iowa-Minnesota games, this has the potential to be another down-to-the-wire finish.

Fun Facts for Saturday’s Iowa football game against Minnesota. The two starting quarterbacks have a total of 12 college seasons between them and the Gophers’ offensive coordinator used to coach for the Hawkeyes’ offensive coordinator.

Kirk Ferentz recalled his introduction to the Floyd of Rosedale rivalry in the early 1980s when he was on Hayden Fry’s staff.

Darius Taylor made quite the impression at Minnesota as a true freshman in 2023. Now, he is a rushing and receiving threat for the Gophers in 2024.

Iowa football’s quest to reclaim the Floyd of Rosedale trophy will be in prime time.

If a play like Cooper DeJean’s invalid fair catch — the infamous one in Iowa’s loss to Minnesota — happens again in 2024 the final say will go to the Big Ten’s new replay center in Chicago rather than the replay official at the stadium.

Four of the last five Iowa-Minnesota games have been decided by five or fewer points. The Hawkeyes will try to take back Floyd of Rosedale this fall from a Minnesota team with low outside expectations.

Caitlin Clark upped her career scoring total to 3,650 — one more than AIAW all-time scoring leader Lynette Woodard of Kansas — with 33 points in sixth-ranked Iowa’s 108-60 win over Minnesota.

Time, TV and notes for Sunday’s women’s basketball game between No. 6 Iowa and Minnesota.

Iowa climbs out of 62-42 second-half hole to defeat Minnesota in what was the Hawkeyes’ Game of the Year