The 2021 season's largest margin: Minnesota 30, Colorado 0. A 30-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Winning Chapter
Minnesota's 2021 season (8-4) 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 MorganQB2,044 passing yards
- Ky ThomasRB824 rushing yards
- Mar'Keise IrvingRB699 rushing yards
- Treyson PottsRB552 rushing yards
- Chris Autman-BellWR506 receiving yards
- Mike Brown-StephensWR392 receiving yards
- Dylan WrightWR365 receiving yards
- Jack GibbensLB92 tackles
- Mariano Sori-MarinLB85 tackles
- Tyler NubinDB49 tackles
- Boye MafeDL7 sacks
- Thomas RushDL5.5 sacks
- Esezi OtomewoDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Minnesota 31, Ohio State 45. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Minnesota beat West Virginia 18-6 in the postseason.
"Row the boat"
2021 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.