Week 16: Oregon Ducks at Minnesota Golden Gophers

December 20, 2026
30°
TCF Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 42,418 (77%)
Ducks 0 0 3 3 - 6
Golden Gophers 2 0 7 6 - 15

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Golden Gophers: 1-10-OR 7 (8:16) 12-Michael Hyatt sacked at OR -3 for -11 yards (96-Jimmy Orozco). Sack allowed by 71-Keith Bach. SAFETY! (96-Jimmy Orozco) MN 2 OR 0
(Qtr 3) Ducks: 4-3-MN 33 (10:29) 6-James Nunez 50 yard field goal is GOOD. MN 2 OR 3
(Qtr 3) Golden Gophers: 3-3-OR 7 (5:19) 43-Mark Kirchner ran for 7 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Richard Williams. MN 9 OR 3
(Qtr 4) Ducks: 4-4-MN 16 (13:25) 6-James Nunez 33 yard field goal is GOOD. MN 9 OR 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 4-3-OR 30 (8:27) 2-Richard Williams 47 yard field goal is GOOD. MN 12 OR 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 4-3-OR 20 (0:29) 2-Richard Williams 37 yard field goal is GOOD. MN 76-Jerry Tolentino was injured on the play. MN 15 OR 6

Team Statistics

Golden Gophers Ducks
First Downs 12 13
- Rushing 3 5
- Passing 8 6
- Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 290 164
- Offensive Plays 50 62
- Yards Per Play 5.80 2.65
Net Rushing Yards 81 59
- Rushing Attempts 30 23
- Yards Per Rush 2.70 2.57
Net Passing Yards 209 105
- Att/Comp/Int 20 / 16 / 0 38 / 23 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 209 116
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 1 / 11
- Yards Per Pass Play 10.45 2.69
- Yards Per Completion 13.06 5.04
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 11 6 / 16
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.9 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 6 / 36 3 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 17 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 32 2 / 67
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 22
Time of Possession 29:24 30:35

Drive Charts

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 3:02 OWN 25 6 34 Punt
1 10:17 2:01 OWN 40 3 9 Punt
1 8:13 4:15 OWN 31 6 50 Missed FG
1 1:59 3:34 OWN 16 6 38 Punt
2 6:05 2:17 OWN 49 3 3 Punt
2 1:17 1:17 OWN 20 2 7 Half
3 10:25 1:28 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
3 7:25 2:10 OWN 35 5 65 Touchdown
4 13:22 4:59 OWN 25 7 45 Field Goal
4 5:34 2:17 OWN 14 3 6 Punt
4 2:25 1:59 OPP 38 5 18 Field Goal
4 0:05 0:05 OPP 33 1 0 Game

Oregon Ducks

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 11:58 1:41 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
1 8:16 0:03 OWN 7 1 -12 Safety
1 3:59 2:00 OWN 25 3 15 Punt
2 13:24 7:19 OWN 10 12 48 Missed FG
2 3:48 2:30 OWN 20 5 13 Punt
3 15:00 4:35 OWN 25 10 42 Field Goal
3 8:57 1:32 OWN 20 3 1 Punt
3 5:15 6:53 OWN 33 13 51 Field Goal
4 8:23 2:49 OWN 25 4 17 Punt
4 3:17 0:52 OWN 35 4 5 Downs
4 0:26 0:21 OWN 25 4 9 Downs

Rushing Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Wayne McArthur 19 60 3.16 7 0 0
Duane Russell 8 13 1.63 5 0 0
Mark Kirchner 2 8 4.00 7 0 1
George Riley 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Oregon Ducks

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Darren Roberts 14 46 3.29 7 0 0
Luis Martin 2 8 4.00 5 0 0
Samuel Churchill 7 5 0.71 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
George Riley 20 16 209 0 / 0 0 47 0 110.21

Oregon Ducks

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Hyatt 38 23 116 1 / 11 0 11 0 65.24

Receiving Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Duane Russell 2 51 25.50 47 0
Mark Decarlo 2 37 18.50 30 0
Wayne McArthur 4 35 8.75 25 0
Ronald Oconnor 3 33 11.00 14 0
James Martinez 2 27 13.50 15 0
Michael Riley 2 20 10.00 12 0
Eddie Theodore 1 6 6.00 6 0

Oregon Ducks

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Darren Roberts 9 38 4.22 9 0
Samuel Churchill 4 18 4.50 8 0
Luis Martin 3 14 4.67 7 0
Thomas Shoemaker 2 12 6.00 8 0
Eddie Beatty 1 11 11.00 11 0
Matthew Rubio 1 11 11.00 11 0
Gary Barr 2 10 5.00 10 0
Florencio Griffin 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Brian Gallagher 27 32 0 1
Daniel Price 5 3 0 0
Dale Espinal 1 1 0 0
James Emmert 9 1 0 0
Mark Decarlo 0 4 0 0
Jimmy Orozco 0 1 0 0
James Marion 0 3 0 0
Dustin Robles 0 1 0 0
Russell Rothrock 0 2 0 1
Scott Henry 0 1 0 0
Jose Lopez 2 3 0 0
Raymond James 0 3 0 0
Steven Mitchell 0 2 0 0
Jerry Tolentino 24 24 0 0
Stuart Smith 28 37 0 6
Thomas Tinsley 10 1 0 0
Duane Russell 2 8 0 1
Eddie Theodore 0 10 0 1
Robert Wendt 0 8 0 0
Wayne McArthur 7 4 0 0
Michael Riley 0 14 0 0
James Martinez 2 26 0 1
James Vicente 27 37 0 1
Gene Numbers 6 6 0 1
Robert Ruder 30 36 0 1
Ronald Oconnor 7 27 0 1
Mark Kirchner 0 2 0 0

Oregon Ducks

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Keith Bach 42 27 1 3
Bert Haines 42 29 0 2
Samuel Churchill 10 16 0 1
Jason Guy 0 2 0 0
William Osborn 1 2 0 0
Juan Horton 0 1 0 0
David Watson 0 2 0 0
Ronald Fletcher 0 2 0 0
Gregory Medlock 0 2 0 0
Shawn Kelly 0 2 0 0
Leon Parsons 0 2 0 0
Raphael Hicks 3 2 0 0
David Riddick 2 0 0 0
Luis Martin 0 16 0 1
Florencio Griffin 0 17 0 0
Thomas Shoemaker 7 22 0 0
Anthony Muller 10 3 0 0
Gerald Penning 14 5 0 0
Gary Barr 4 11 0 2
Darren Roberts 5 5 0 0
Douglas Booker 41 30 0 2
Norman Weaver 1 12 0 0
Richard Caldwell 13 5 0 1
Eddie Beatty 0 8 0 1
Mario Salazar 40 27 0 2
Stevie Brown 41 31 0 1
Melvin Johnson 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Oregon Ducks

Fumble Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Marshall Smith 0 0 1 0

Oregon Ducks

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Darren Roberts 1 0 0 0

Punting

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Rodney Christensen 6 265 44.17 36.67 52 2

Oregon Ducks

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Robert Hopps 5 238 47.60 44.40 52 3

Kicking

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Richard Williams 2 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 47 1 / 1

Oregon Ducks

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Nunez 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1 50 0 / 0

Punt Return

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Wayne McArthur 2 17 8.5 9 0

Oregon Ducks

Kick Return

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Wayne McArthur 1 32 32.0 0

Oregon Ducks

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Luis Martin 2 67 33.5 0

Defensive Stats