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The 2009 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team was the third under head coach Tim Brewster. They began play on September 5 2009 at Syracuse a member of the Big East Conference. On September 12 the Minnesota opened the new TCF Bank Stadium with a 20–13 win against Air Force moving from the Metrodome which had been their home stadium since 1982. The Golden Gophers finished the season 6–7 and 3–5 in Big Ten play and lost 13–14 to Iowa State in the Insight Bowl.