The 2025 season's largest margin: Minnesota 66, Northwestern State 0. A 66-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2025 — The Winning Chapter
Minnesota's 2025 season (8-5) 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
- Drake LindseyQB2,382 passing yards
- Darius TaylorRB670 rushing yards
- Fame IjeboiRB441 rushing yards
- Lemeke BrockingtonWR484 receiving yards
- Javon TracyWR454 receiving yards
- Jalen SmithWR419 receiving yards
- Maverick BaranowskiLB102 tackles
- Devon WilliamsLB89 tackles
- Koi PerichDB82 tackles
- Anthony SmithDL12.5 sacks
- Karter MenzDL6.5 sacks
- Jaxon HowardDL4 sacks
Season leaders, 2025.
The season's deepest loss: Minnesota 3, Ohio State 42. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Minnesota beat New Mexico 20-17 in the postseason.
"Row the boat"
2025 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.