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Week 7: Texas Longhorns at Minnesota Golden Gophers

October 18, 2026
70°
Huntington Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 38,707 (76%)
Longhorns 23 5 14 3 - 45
Golden Gophers 3 0 0 3 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 1-10-TEX 42 (14:19) 26-Willie Bell ran for 58 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 3-11-MIN 24 (12:07) 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 80-Alexis Peraza for 24 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. MIN 0 TEX 13
(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 1-4-MIN 4 (9:04) 26-Willie Bell ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. MIN 0 TEX 20
(Qtr 1) Golden Gophers: 4-6-TEX 38 (5:41) 14-Patrick Acree 56 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 TEX 20
(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 4-2-MIN 21 (0:03) 2-James Freeman 39 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 TEX 23
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 1-10-MIN 5 (4:46) 19-Frank Andrews sacked at MIN -5 for -10 yards (94-Joel Johnson). Sack allowed by 56-John Abrams. SAFETY! (94-Joel Johnson) MIN 3 TEX 25
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 4-5-MIN 28 (1:11) 2-James Freeman 46 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 TEX 28
(Qtr 3) Longhorns: 2-1-MIN 1 (8:26) 26-Willie Bell ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. MIN 3 TEX 35
(Qtr 3) Longhorns: 2-5-TEX 34 (6:03) 19-Frank Andrews pass INTERCEPTED by 22-Paul Girardi at TEX 34. 22-Paul Girardi to MIN 0 for 66 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. MIN 3 TEX 42
(Qtr 4) Longhorns: 4-6-MIN 27 (6:38) 2-James Freeman 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 3 TEX 45
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 4-1-TEX 15 (3:46) 14-Patrick Acree 33 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 6 TEX 45

Team Statistics

Golden Gophers Longhorns
First Downs 13 20
- Rushing 1 6
- Passing 9 12
- Penalty 3 2
Total Net Yards 223 411
- Offensive Plays 57 67
- Yards Per Play 3.91 6.13
Net Rushing Yards 37 150
- Rushing Attempts 13 34
- Yards Per Rush 2.85 4.41
Net Passing Yards 186 261
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 26 / 4 33 / 26 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 211 261
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 25 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.23 7.91
- Yards Per Completion 8.12 10.04
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 3 / 10 5 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.0 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 16 7 / 55
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 2 / 31
Kick Returns/Yards 4 / 98 2 / 67
Int Returns/Yards 1 / -1 4 / 103
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 2 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 35
Time of Possession 22:21 37:39

Drive Charts

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:07 0:45 OWN 23 2 1 Interception
1 12:01 1:34 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
1 9:01 3:25 OWN 25 6 37 Field Goal
1 0:00 3:22 OWN 25 5 17 Punt
2 4:46 0:04 OWN 5 1 -10 Safety
2 1:07 1:07 OWN 25 2 8 Half
3 15:00 2:07 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
3 8:23 2:32 OWN 25 6 41 Interception
3 4:07 0:46 OPP 30 2 1 Interception
4 12:23 0:51 OWN 45 3 4 Punt
4 9:34 1:04 OWN 47 4 18 Interception
4 6:35 2:51 OWN 25 11 60 Field Goal
4 1:53 1:53 OWN 32 6 46 Game

Texas Longhorns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:53 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 13:22 1:21 OPP 23 3 23 Touchdown
1 10:27 1:25 OWN 43 3 57 Touchdown
1 5:36 5:36 OWN 30 10 50 Field Goal
2 11:38 6:52 OWN 11 11 47 Punt
2 4:42 3:35 OWN 35 8 37 Field Goal
3 12:53 4:31 OWN 26 10 74 Touchdown
3 5:50 1:36 OPP 25 3 -13 Punt
3 4:15 0:08 OWN 18 2 0 Interception
3 3:21 5:58 OWN 24 9 38 Missed FG
4 11:32 1:58 OWN 2 3 2 Punt
4 8:29 1:55 OPP 30 3 4 Field Goal
4 3:43 1:51 OWN 25 3 -3 Punt

Rushing Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Jason Jones 8 24 3.00 10 1 0
Matthew Stenson 4 13 3.25 5 0 0
John Hardin 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Willie Bell 22 126 5.73 58 3 3
Darnell Grayson 8 22 2.75 11 1 0
Steven Cooper 4 2 0.50 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Frank Andrews 41 26 211 3 / 25 0 28 4 36.79

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Norman Meyer 33 26 261 0 / 0 1 43 1 97.10

Receiving Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert McFarland 5 65 13.00 26 0
Matthew Stenson 4 33 8.25 28 0
Robert Chandler 7 32 4.57 6 0
Manuel Wozniak 1 23 23.00 23 0
Leo Starling 2 22 11.00 12 0
Jason Jones 4 13 3.25 11 0
Lorenzo Greenbaum 1 12 12.00 12 0
John Garcia 1 6 6.00 6 0
Donald Clements 1 5 5.00 5 0

Texas Longhorns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Matthew Butler 6 84 14.00 43 0
Mark Presley 5 46 9.20 17 0
Alexis Peraza 3 38 12.67 24 1
David Carreon 4 36 9.00 23 0
Willie Bell 4 29 7.25 10 0
Lorenzo Hardy 1 11 11.00 11 0
Darnell Grayson 2 11 5.50 9 0
Steven Cooper 1 6 6.00 6 0

Blocking Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Ken Medeiros 51 21 2 2
John Abrams 45 24 1 1
Danny Azar 0 4 0 0
Robert Cornelius 0 4 0 2
Micheal Staton 0 1 0 0
Manuel Wozniak 0 2 0 0
John Hardin 6 2 0 0
Robert Chandler 0 7 0 1
Leo Starling 0 3 0 1
Robert McFarland 0 12 0 1
Lewis Gulley 7 2 0 0
Arron Hutton 5 0 0 0
Kevin Harrell 0 1 0 0
Lorenzo Greenbaum 9 18 0 0
Donald Clements 2 4 0 1
Garth Chaney 49 23 0 2
Jason Jones 9 4 0 0
Edward Dickman 3 4 0 0
Matthew Stenson 17 8 0 0
Joseph Parker 51 27 0 2
Maurice Watson 51 18 0 1
George Fields 7 5 0 0
Roberto Mills 0 4 0 0
George Baker 0 5 0 0
Leroy Halterman 0 4 0 0
Donald Twitty 0 4 0 2
Randy Fry 0 6 0 0
Micheal Brady 2 3 0 0
Thomas Campbell 0 1 0 0

Texas Longhorns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Alexis Peraza 0 15 0 0
Joel Johnson 0 2 0 0
Mark Cruz 0 5 0 0
Paul Girardi 0 4 0 1
Raymon Whitehurst 0 4 0 0
Lynn Forsythe 0 4 0 1
Marvin Jones 0 6 0 0
Aaron Wright 0 2 0 0
Darnell Grayson 5 2 0 0
Mark Presley 0 17 0 0
John Sosa 0 2 0 0
Arturo Noll 0 2 0 1
Willie Bell 9 3 0 0
Jerome Hooper 0 3 0 0
Matthew Monroy 0 1 0 0
Berry Curtis 0 1 0 0
Esteban Reed 2 4 0 0
Odis Holmes 0 5 0 0
Matthew Butler 15 33 0 3
Steven Cooper 29 17 0 1
Robert Dills 32 39 0 7
David Carreon 0 18 0 2
John Brosnan 42 41 0 1
Scott Comer 43 34 0 4
Agustin Richard 45 43 0 3
George Ketter 43 40 0 1
Timothy Armstead 3 9 0 0
Brett Record 0 3 0 0
Lorenzo Hardy 12 8 0 0
Jeffrey Woods 11 4 0 0
Paul Juarez 11 0 0 0
Seth Nguyen 0 3 0 0
Jimmy Wade 0 4 0 1
Willie Brown 0 3 0 0
Travis Smith 1 3 0 0

Interception Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Edward Dickman 1 -1 -1.00 0

Texas Longhorns

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Girardi 1 66 66.00 1
Arturo Noll 2 37 18.50 0
Lynn Forsythe 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Texas Longhorns

Punting

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Buford Brooks 5 240 48.00 42.00 52 3

Texas Longhorns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Brian McClelland 3 134 44.67 43.67 49 1

Kicking

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Patrick Acree 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 1 56 0 / 0

Texas Longhorns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Freeman 3 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 1 46 4 / 5

Punt Return

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jason Jones 1 3 3.0 3 0

Texas Longhorns

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Willie Bell 2 31 15.5 20 0

Kick Return

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Jason Jones 4 98 24.5 0

Texas Longhorns

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Willie Bell 2 67 33.5 0

Defensive Stats

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Name Tackles Sacks
Leroy Halterman 8 0
Jaime Siegel 7 0
Randy Fry 6 0
Robert Cornelius 6 0
Edward Dickman 5 0
Danny Azar 5 0
Micheal Brady 5 0
George Fields 5 0
Roberto Mills 3 0
Theodore Dixon 2 0
Donald Twitty 2 0
Thomas Campbell 2 0
Lewis Gulley 1 0
Lorenzo Greenbaum 1 0
Arron Hutton 1 0
Robert Chandler 1 0
Blake Morrison 1 0
Micheal Staton 1 0
Jason Jones 1 0

Texas Longhorns

Name Tackles Sacks
Paul Girardi 8 0
Arturo Noll 7 0
Raymon Whitehurst 5 0
Lynn Forsythe 3 0
Marvin Jones 3 0
Seth Nguyen 3 0
Joel Johnson 3 1
Jimmy Wade 2 0
Dallas Howell 2 0
Brett Record 2 0
Willie Brown 2 0
Aaron Wright 1 0
Odis Holmes 1 1
Matthew Monroy 1 0
David Carreon 1 0
Mark Cruz 1 0
Esteban Reed 1 0
Jason Throop 1 1