The 2019 season's largest margin: Minnesota 52, Maryland 10. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Ten-Win Year
Minnesota's 2019 season (11-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Tanner MorganQB3,253 passing yards
- Rodney SmithRB1,163 rushing yards
- Mohamed IbrahimRB604 rushing yards
- Shannon BrooksRB408 rushing yards
- Tyler JohnsonWR1,318 receiving yards
- Rashod BatemanWR1,219 receiving yards
- Chris Autman-BellWR371 receiving yards
- Kamal MartinLB66 tackles
- Thomas BarberLB66 tackles
- Antoine WinfieldDB65 tackles
- Sam RennerDL5 sacks
- Carter CoughlinLB4.5 sacks
- Braelen OliverLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 38. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Minnesota beat Auburn 31-24 in the postseason.
"Row the boat"
2019 is a middle chapter for Minnesota — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.