The 2017 season's largest margin: Minnesota 48, Oregon State 14. A 34-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for Minnesota. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Conor RhodaQB839 passing yards
- Demry CroftQB674 passing yards
- Rodney SmithRB977 rushing yards
- Kobe McCraryRB496 rushing yards
- Shannon BrooksRB369 rushing yards
- Tyler JohnsonWR677 receiving yards
- Thomas BarberLB115 tackles
- Jonathan CelestinLB78 tackles
- Jacob HuffDB65 tackles
- Carter CoughlinLB6.5 sacks
- Merrick JacksonDL2.5 sacks
- Kamal MartinLB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Minnesota 0, Northwestern 39. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Row the boat"
2017 sits in Minnesota's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.