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Minnesota Football Records
All-time career leaders for Minnesota Golden Gophers football across 20 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
Minnesota Golden Gophers team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 15- 1Adam Weber2007–201010,917
- 2Tanner Morgan2018–20229,454
- 3Bryan Cupito2003–20067,446
- 4Mitch Leidner2013–20167,287
- 5Cory Sauter1994–19976,834
- 1Adam Weber2007–201072
- 2Tanner Morgan2018–202265
- 3Bryan Cupito2003–200655
- 3Asad Abdul-Khaliq2000–200355
- 5Cory Sauter1994–199740
- 1Adam Weber2007–201051
- 2Marquel Fleetwood1989–199241
- 3Paul Giel1951–195336
- 4Tony Dungy1973–197635
- 5Cory Sauter1994–199734
Career Completions
Top 10- 1Adam Weber2007–2010909
- 2Tanner Morgan2018–2022661
- 3Mitch Leidner2013–2016580
- 4Cory Sauter1994–1997539
- 5Bryan Cupito2003–2006513
Career Pass Attempts
Top 10- 1Adam Weber2007–20101,594
- 2Tanner Morgan2018–20221,063
- 3Mitch Leidner2013–20161,029
- 4Cory Sauter1994–1997945
- 5Bryan Cupito2003–2006918
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Mohamed Ibrahim2018–20224,668
- 2Darrell Thompson1986–19894,654
- 3Rodney Smith2015–20194,122
- 4Laurence Maroney2003–20053,933
- 5Thomas Hamner1996–19993,810
Career Rushing Touchdowns
Top 9- 1Mohamed Ibrahim2018–202253
- 2Darrell Thompson1986–198940
- 3Marion Barber III2001–200435
- 4Marion Barber1977–198034
- 5Mitch Leidner2013–201633
- 1Mohamed Ibrahim2018–202224
- 2Darrell Thompson1986–198923
- 3Laurence Maroney2003–200521
- 4Rodney Smith2015–201916
- 5Thomas Hamner1996–199915
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 18- 1Eric Decker2006–2009227
- 2Tyler Johnson2016–2019213
- 3Daniel Jackson2020–2024208
- 4Ron Johnson1998–2001198
- 5Tutu Atwell1994–1997171
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1Tyler Johnson2016–20193,305
- 2Eric Decker2006–20093,119
- 3Ron Johnson1998–20012,989
- 4Daniel Jackson2020–20242,685
- 5Tutu Atwell1994–19972,640
- 1Tyler Johnson2016–201933
- 2Ron Johnson1998–200131
- 3Ernie Wheelwright2004–200726
- 4Eric Decker2006–200924
- 5Rashod Bateman2018–202019
- 1Tyler Johnson2016–201916
- 2Eric Decker2006–200911
- 2Tutu Atwell1994–199711
- 4Rashod Bateman2018–202010
- 5Ryan Thelwell1994–19969
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 10- 1Tyrone Carter1996–1999528
- 2Pete Najarian1982–1985482
- 3Bill Light1969–1971395
- 4Parc Williams1995–1998351
- 5Russ Heath1990–1993329
Career Sacks
Top 10- 1Karon Riley1999–200029
- 2Lamanzer Williams1994–199723.5
- 3Carter Coughlin2016–201922.5
- 4Ben Mezera1997–200022
- 5Willie VanDeSteeg2005–200821.5
Career Interceptions
Top 13- 1Tyler Nubin2019–202313
- 2Sean Lumpkin1988–199112
- 2Jeff Wright1968–197012
- 4Keith Edwards1977–197911
- 4Walter Bowser1969–197011
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 10- 1Willie VanDeSteeg2005–200843.5
- 2John Schlecht1998–200042.5
- 3Karon Riley1999–200042
- 4Carter Coughlin2016–201940
- 5Darrell Reid2001–200438
Career Pass Breakups
Top 11- 1Trumaine Banks2003–200631
- 1Ukee Dozier2001–200431
- 1Michael Lehan1999–200231
- 4Willie Middlebrooks1998–200030
- 5Justin Walley2021–202427
Career Forced Fumbles
Top 6- 1Tyrone Carter1996–19998
- 2Carter Coughlin2016–20197
- 2Greg White1999–20017
- 2Lamanzer Williams1994–19977
- 5Eli Ward2000–20036
Career Fumble Recoveries
Top 10- 1Stephen Thompson1967–19708
- 2Thomas Barber2016–20197
- 2Sean Hoffman1997–20007
- 2Tyrone Carter1996–19997
- 2Sean Lumpkin1988–19917
Kicking records
Career Field Goals Made
Top 18- 1Dan Nystrom1999–200271
- 2Chip Lohmiller1984–198757
- 3Emmit Carpenter2015–201853
- 4Paul Rogind1976–197944
- 5Dragan Kesich2020–202443
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.