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Gophers football 2021 schedule tweaked with one notable change

Minnesota will finish the regular season with Wisconsin again, instead of Nebraska.

By Joe Christensen

February 6, 2021 at 2:42AM
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Mohamed Ibrahim (24) and the Gophers will conclude the 2021 Big Ten season against Wisconsin instead of Nebraska, as had been originally announced, (AARON LAVINSKY • Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Big Ten announced a revised 2021 football schedule Friday, but the Gophers' slate didn't change much, other than the date of their border battle with Wisconsin.

Minnesota is still scheduled to open against Ohio State on Thursday, Sept. 2, at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers will play the same nine Big Ten opponents, as originally scheduled.

The most notable change comes with the regular season finale. The Gophers were slated to play Nebraska on Black Friday at TCF Bank Stadium.

Instead, the Gophers will finish with Wisconsin on Saturday, Nov. 27, and face Nebraska on Oct. 16.

Iowa and Nebraska will play on Black Friday, as they have in recent years.

Here's the updated Gophers schedule:

Sept. 2 vs. Ohio State

Sept. 11 vs. Miami (Ohio)

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Sept. 18 at Colorado

Sept. 25 vs. Bowling Green

Oct. 2 at Purdue

Oct. 16 vs. Nebraska

Oct. 23 vs. Maryland

Oct. 30 at Northwestern

Nov. 6 vs. Illinois

Nov. 13 at Iowa

Nov. 20 at Indiana

Nov. 27 vs. Wisconsin

Kicker added

The Gophers also picked up another specialist Friday in kicker Matthew Trickett. The Ohio native just completed his junior season at Kent State, where he made the All-MAC first team as a freshman and was the 2019 Special Teams Player of the Year for the conference.

In that sophomore season, he set a school record and led the NCAA with 29 field goals, including a season-long kick of 47 yards. He will likely compete with Brock Walker and fellow transfer Will Mobley to be the regular placekicker.

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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