Matchup Index

Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Minnesota Golden Gophers 4
Minnesota Golden Gophers leads 4-1
wins
2016 to 2025
Minnesota Golden Gophers won the last meeting
Rutgers Scarlet Knights 1

Series timeline

▲ Minnesota Golden Gophers ahead (peak +3)
2016: Minnesota Golden Gophers 34-322019: Minnesota Golden Gophers 42-72022: Minnesota Golden Gophers 31-02024: Rutgers Scarlet Knights 26-192025: Minnesota Golden Gophers 31-28

Minnesota Golden Gophers Rutgers Scarlet Knights Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Minnesota Golden Gophers 3 (2016–2022), Rutgers Scarlet Knights 1 (2024). Current: Minnesota Golden Gophers 1.

Splits

SplitMinnesota Golden Gophers record
Regular season4-1
Hosted by Minnesota Golden Gophers3-0
Hosted by Rutgers Scarlet Knights1-1
Last 5 seasons (2016 to 2025)4-1
Largest Minnesota Golden Gophers win42-7 (2019)
Largest Rutgers Scarlet Knights win26-19 (2024)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025 Sep 27, 2025 Minnesota Golden Gophers 31-28 at Minnesota Golden Gophers Week 5
2024 Nov 9, 2024 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 26-19 at Rutgers Scarlet Knights Week 11
2022 Oct 29, 2022 Minnesota Golden Gophers 31-0 at Minnesota Golden Gophers Week 10
2010s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2019 Oct 19, 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers 42-7 at Rutgers Scarlet Knights Week 9
2016 Oct 22, 2016 Minnesota Golden Gophers 34-32 at Minnesota Golden Gophers Week 9

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.

College football results follow Sports Reference coverage, which omits some early games against non-major opponents.