The 2022 season's largest margin: Minnesota 62, Western Illinois 10. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Winning Chapter
Minnesota's 2022 season (9-4) 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 MorganQB1,382 passing yards
- Athan KaliakmanisQB946 passing yards
- Mohamed IbrahimRB1,665 rushing yards
- Treyson PottsRB474 rushing yards
- Bryce WilliamsRB249 rushing yards
- Daniel JacksonWR557 receiving yards
- Brevyn Spann-FordTE497 receiving yards
- Mike Brown-StephensWR338 receiving yards
- Mariano Sori-MarinLB79 tackles
- Cody LindenbergLB60 tackles
- Tyler NubinDB55 tackles
- Danny StriggowDL3.5 sacks
- Terell SmithDB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Minnesota 17, Penn State 45. A 28-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Minnesota beat Syracuse 28-20 in the postseason.
"Row the boat"
2022 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.