Minnesota Golden Gophers

5thin Big Ten · 1-0

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Minnesota Golden Gophers beat the Eastern Illinois Panthers

0-1 7 – 59

1-0

Final · Thu, Sep 3

Game Details

Huntington Bank Stadium (Minneapolis) · 41,048 fans · Peacock

Recap

Minnesota breezes by Eastern Illinois 59-7 in the opener behind Javon Tracy's two punt return TDs

Javon Tracy set the program record with two punts for touchdowns and Darius Taylor rushed for three first-half scores as...

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Huntington Bank Stadium · Minneapolis

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
EIU	0	7	0	0	7
MINN	14	21	10	14	59

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Game Leaders

Eastern Illinois Panthers

Cole LaCrue · 7/12, 51 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Cole LaCrue · 5 CAR, 22 YDSRushing Yards
TB Tyren Buggs · 2 REC, 38 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Lonnie Burt · 6Tackles

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Drake Lindsey · 19/24, 264 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Darius Taylor · 14 CAR, 56 YDS, 3 TDRushing Yards
Javon Tracy · 5 REC, 98 YDSReceiving Yards
TJ Bush Jr. · 1Sacks
Maverick Baranowski · 6Tackles

2026 Ohio Valley Conference Standings

Team
Western Illinois
Gardner-Webb
Lindenwood
Southeast Missouri State
Eastern Illinois
UT Martin
Tennessee State
Charleston Southern

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team
Indiana
Nebraska
UCLA
Minnesota
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Oregon
USC
Iowa
Northwestern
Purdue
Michigan
Penn State
Washington
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
Rutgers

Scoring

Q4 0:25

TD Xavier Ford 1 Yd Run (Beckham Sunderland Kick)7–59

Q4 12:29

TD Max Shikenjanski 2 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick)7–52

Q3 3:17

FG Daniel Jackson 31 Yd Field Goal 7–45

Q3 13:26

TD Javon Tracy 69 Yd Punt Return (Daniel Jackson Kick)7–42

Q2 0:06

TD Pierce Walsh 1 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Daniel Jackson Kick)7–35

Q2 3:15

TD Darius Taylor 3 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick)7–28

Q2 9:00

TD Tyren Buggs 8 Yd pass from Cole LaCrue (Drew Schiller Kick)7–21

Q2 14:20

TD Darius Taylor 27 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick)0–21

Q1 2:14

TD Javon Tracy 87 Yd Punt Return (Daniel Jackson Kick)0–14

Q1 4:29

TD Darius Taylor 1 Yd Run (Daniel Jackson Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Eastern Illinois PanthersMinnesota Golden Gophers

Offense

110 Total Yards 495

59 Passing Yards 348

51 Rushing Yards 147

4 First Downs 24

Efficiency

3-13 3rd Down 10-15

0-0 4th Down 1-1

9/15 Completions 26/33

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 1

6-35 Penalties 2-10

23:39 Possession 36:21

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Cole LaCrue	7/12	51	4.3	1	--
Jeremiah Salem	2/3	8	2.7	0	--
Team	9/15	59	3.9	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cole LaCrue	5	22	4.4	17
Charles Kellom	7	20	2.9	7
Jacarre Fleming-Page	1	8	8.0	8
Zeke Lewis	5	2	0.4	5
Tyren Buggs	6	2	0.3	4
Devin Whitlock	3	-1	-0.3	3
Team	1	-2	-2.0	2
Team	28	51	1.8	17

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tyren Buggs	2	38	19.0	1	30
Zeke Lewis	1	10	10.0	0	10
Charles Kellom	4	7	1.8	0	5
Devin Whitlock	2	4	2.0	0	6
Team	9	59	6.6	1	30

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Team	1	0
Zeke Lewis	1	0
Nick Vecchiarelli	0	1
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Lonnie Burt	6	4	2.5	0	0
Josh Brown	5	4	0	0	0
Christopher Sharp	5	3	0	0	0
Micah Valenzuela	5	3	0	0	0
Nasir Maryland	4	3	0	0	0
Noah Williams	4	3	0	0	0
Saipeti Maiava Jr	4	2	0	0	0
Erik Hehl	4	1	1.5	0	0
Nick Vecchiarelli	3	3	0	0	0
Dillon Conway	3	3	0	0	0
Jordyn Stewart	3	2	0	0	0
Brandon Worsley	3	2	0	0	0
Jerry Addo-Boateng	3	1	0	0	0
Isaac Engle	2	2	1	0	0
Mafileo Tupou	2	2	0	0	0
Premiere Whitley	2	1	0	0	0
Collin Henry	2	1	0	0	0
James Collins II	1	1	0	0	0
Dajon Doss	1	1	0	0	0
Adam Kaminski	1	1	0	0	0
Aidan Archibald	1	1	0	0	1
Ja'Wuan Nickson	1	1	1	0	0
Cale Kimbro	1	1	0	0	0
Davian Humphrey	1	1	0	0	0
Barron Sholl	1	1	1	0	0
Kaleb Lyons	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel Viramontes	1	0	0	0	0
Bruce Mitchell	0	0	0	1	0
Team	70	48	7	1	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Jacarre Fleming-Page	2	31	15.5	17	0
Team	2	31	15.5	17	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Drew Schiller	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Cade Cox	10	445	44.5	0	0	55
Team	10	445	44.5	0	0	55

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Drake Lindsey	19/24	264	11.0	1	77.7
Max Shikenjanski	3/3	50	16.7	0	85.2
Brady Palmer	4/6	34	5.7	0	21.5
Team	26/33	348	10.5	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Darius Taylor	14	56	4.0	3	27
TJ Thomas	7	52	7.4	0	20
Xavier Ford	3	15	5.0	1	10
Ryan Estrada	3	10	3.3	0	10
Brady Palmer	2	8	4.0	0	8
Drake Lindsey	2	6	3.0	0	4
Jaron Thomas	1	5	5.0	0	5
Max Shikenjanski	1	2	2.0	1	2
Niko Castillo	4	2	0.5	0	1
Team	1	-9	-9.0	0	9
Team	38	147	3.9	5	27

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Javon Tracy	5	98	19.6	0	55
Noah Jennings	3	57	19.0	0	28
Hayden Moore	2	42	21.0	0	33
Darius Taylor	3	31	10.3	0	19
Pierce Walsh	2	28	14.0	1	27
Jalen Smith	3	26	8.7	0	15
TJ Thomas	2	23	11.5	0	18
Quayd Hendryx	1	13	13.0	0	13
Ryan Estrada	2	12	6.0	0	11
Zion Steptoe	1	6	6.0	0	6
Bradley Martino	1	6	6.0	0	6
George Rohl	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	26	348	13.4	1	55

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
TJ Thomas	1	1
Team	1	0
Team	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Maverick Baranowski	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
TJ Bush Jr.	4	2	1	1.5	0	1	0
Zack Harden	4	2	0	1.5	0	1	0
Karter Menz	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Naiim Parrish	3	2	0	1	0	0	0
Mekhai Smith	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Karmo	3	1	0	0.5	0	0	0
Matt Kingsbury	2	2	0	0	2	1	0
Joey Gerlach	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kerry Brown	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Kaba	2	1	0	0.5	0	0	0
Theorin Randle	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Mason Carrier	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Naquan Crowder	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Nestor	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Donielle Hayes	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Hicks	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Cleveland	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Aydan West	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaden Aytch	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Smith	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Sam Macy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Kissayi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javon Tracy	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Garrison Monroe	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Xion Chapman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team	49	23	1	9	2	5	2

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ryan Estrada	1	11	11.0	11	0
Team	1	11	11.0	11	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Javon Tracy	4	167	41.8	87	2
Braiden Stevens	1	26	26.0	26	0
Team	5	193	38.6	87	2

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Daniel Jackson	1/1	100.0	31	7/7	10
Beckham Sunderland	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	1/1	100.0	31	8/8	11

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Tom Weston	1	37	37.0	0	37
Zachary Robbins	1	33	33.0	1	33
Team	2	70	35.0	1	37

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