Minnesota will host BYU on Sept. 26, 2020, for its annual Homecoming game

[BleedGopher]

per the U:

Homecoming Game Announced for 2020 Season

The University of Minnesota will host BYU on Sept. 26, 2020, for its annual Homecoming game.

The game will be Minnesota's 102 all-time Homecoming contest and will be the first nonconference Homecoming game for the Gophers since it beat Ohio 27-24 on Sept. 26, 2015. Minnesota is 60-38-3 overall on Homecoming and season tickets for the 2020 season start at just $35 a game.

Minnesota and BYU have never met in football and BYU will become the 17th opponent – sixth nonconference – that the Gophers will host for Homecoming. Minnesota's other nonconference Homecoming opponents have been: Chicago (won 33-7 in 1928), Ohio (won 27-24 in 2015), Pittsburgh (won 9-6 in 1956), USC (won 25-19 in 1955) and Vanderbilt (won 20-6 in 1959).

Minnesota announced a home-and-home series with BYU in 2016. The Gophers host BYU in 2020 and play at BYU on Sept. 20, 2025.

Go Gophers!!

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

I hate to correct the U's athletic department, but Chicago was a conference game in 1928.

 

[GVLCGopherFan]

I hate to correct the U's athletic department, but Chicago was a conference game in 1928.

If that's true it's a good catch. I wonder how many other people knew that?

 

[Pete smith]

I truly hate the idea of playing BYU at any time. Ask anyone who has played them, dirtiest team on the schedule. More knee injuries coming out of that game than any other opponent.

 

[BeerFueledFF]

Per: https://gophersports.com/sports/2018/5/21/sports-m-footbl-spec-rel-homecoming-history-html.aspx

We've had homecoming games against all current Big Ten teams except Penn State and Maryland. Surprising that we've never done one against Penn State considering they joined the Big Ten 30 years ago now.

 

[BeerFueledFF]

If that's true it's a good catch. I wonder how many other people knew that?

A lot of Big Ten trivia questions will use the fact that U of Chicago was an original member to trip people up.

 

[Clark W. Griswold]

I truly hate the idea of playing BYU at any time. Ask anyone who has played them, dirtiest team on the schedule. More knee injuries coming out of that game than any other opponent.

I'm not trying to be a jerk and am just really curious. How many people do you know that have played against BYU?

 

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

A lot of Big Ten trivia questions will use the fact that U of Chicago was an original member to trip people up.

They were in the Big Ten until 1939.

 

[Word]

I truly hate the idea of playing BYU at any time. Ask anyone who has played them, dirtiest team on the schedule. More knee injuries coming out of that game than any other opponent.

Typical Mormon tactic.

 

[Pete smith]

in answer to your question I am referencing my response to serval different players at the Air Force Academy over 4 years.

 

[btowngopher]

in answer to your question I am referencing my response to serval different players at the Air Force Academy over 4 years.

So you are using data from over a decade ago? BYU hasn't player Air Force since 2010.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Typical Mormon tactic.

Very true. Rumor has always been that Cobra Kai was made up of Mormons.

 

[PMWinSTP]

They were in the Big Ten until 1939.

Wiki says 1946.

 

[MplsGopher]

I hate to correct the U's athletic department, but Chicago was a conference game in 1928.

Indeed. UChicago dropped football in 1940 and left the Big Ten in 1946, according to Wikipedia.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Not loving the early HC game. My preference would have been Michigan.

 

[MplsGopher]

Typical Mormon tactic.

And if they don't get you on the field, each player has multiple moms to come after you off the field.

 

[metrolax]

I believe that Chicago left Big Ten athletics, but they might still be a member of the conference academically. Remember, the Western Conference of Faculty Representatives (what we know as the Big Ten) is first and foremost an academic consortium.

 

[Jeshurun]

And if they don't get you on the field, each player has multiple moms to come after you off the field.

And to make matters worse, each of those moms has at least one best friend.

 

[Some guy]

Per: https://gophersports.com/sports/2018/5/21/sports-m-footbl-spec-rel-homecoming-history-html.aspx

We've had homecoming games against all current Big Ten teams except Penn State and Maryland. Surprising that we've never done one against Penn State considering they joined the Big Ten 30 years ago now.

How many times have we played at home against them in a game on the last weekend september or first in October?
I bet less than 5

 

[FredCoxRocks]

I truly hate the idea of playing BYU at any time. Ask anyone who has played them, dirtiest team on the schedule. More knee injuries coming out of that game than any other opponent.

 

[Crosby]

in answer to your question I am referencing my response to serval different players at the Air Force Academy over 4 years.

Interesting. I am a little bit connected with several former players from one of the Mountain West Schools and they all say, without hesitation, that the team they liked to play least was Air Force. Same reasons you mentioned with BYU. Their playing days were 15-20 years ago though.

 

[Veritas]

Was a penalty called on that play? Just curious. Ugly, ugly non play.

 

[GopherRock]

I believe that Chicago left Big Ten athletics, but they might still be a member of the conference academically. Remember, the Western Conference of Faculty Representatives (what we know as the Big Ten) is first and foremost an academic consortium.

The Committee on Institutional Cooperation was renamed the Big Ten Academic Consortium in 2006, and it includes Johns Hopkins. Chicago left after the 2010-11 school year.