Northwestern Wildcats @ Minnesota Golden Gophers — Nov 21, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 November 21, 2026
Wildcats Northwestern NW 5-1, 1-1 Away
November 21, 2026 6:00 pm
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Golden Gophers Minnesota MINN 4-2, 3-1 Home
Key Players
Northwestern
AC
A. Chiles QB
1344 PASS
163 RUSH
0 REC
CK
C. Komolafe SAF
0 PASS
507 RUSH
95 REC
GW
G. Wilde WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
511 REC
Minnesota
DL
D. Lindsey QB
1208 PASS
-26 RUSH
0 REC
TT
T. Thomas RB
0 PASS
275 RUSH
73 REC
JT
J. Tracy WR
0 PASS
22 RUSH
322 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Home vs Away
League Percentile Ranking
Northwestern
Minnesota
Scoring 3–0
34.8 20th
Points
101st 21.2
16.3 12th
Opp Points
40th 22.3
18.5 10th
Point Diff
79th -1.1
Offense 6–0
425.3 30th
Total Yds
127th 293.8
224.0 65th
Pass Yds
94th 201.3
201.3 15th
Rush Yds
130th 92.5
23.7 17th
1st Downs
129th 15.7
47.2 20th
3rd Down%
129th 27.7
96.3 6th
Red Zone%
14th 94.7
Kicking & Discipline 2–2
75.0 73rd
FG%
1st 100.0
0.5 7th
Turnovers
63rd 1.2
6.8 77th
Penalties
56th 6.3
52.5 48th
Penalty Yds
81st 60.3
Recent Form
Northwestern
W vs RUTG 42-14
W @ MSU 24-21
W vs BALL 45-14
W vs PSU 34-13
L @ IND 23-29
Minnesota
W vs IOWA 13-10
L @ PUR 13-41
W vs MICH 20-14
W @ UW 27-24
W vs AKR 41-7
Form Comparison
Northwestern vs Minnesota
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 21, 2026
Time
6:00 pm