The cartoon was not published in a newspaper when it was first introduced, ... Goldy Gopher started his career at the University of Minnesota in 1940. Fairchild the Gopher will turn 52 this year.

As it turns, out Minnesota was tabbed the "Gopher State" in 1857 in a political cartoon. There's no bigger fan cheering for the University of Minnesota to bring home the bacon this weekend than ...

Goldy Gopher was born a chipmunk. That’s because when George Grooms originally drafted the design in the 1940s that would become the University’s mascot, he lived in Iowa, ... At that time, many ...

Although this comparison makes Goldy’s mistaken identity seem obvious, other rodents have been mislabeled as gophers since before Minnesota became a state. The mischaracterization of the gopher began ...

Meet Goldy Goldy has been the heart and soul of the University of Minnesota since 1940. The lovable Golden Gopher only wears UM apparel. You can find him anywhere around campus, including at all ...

After trying out but not making the Gopher hockey team, coach Doug Woog encouraged Bernstein to be Goldy. "And I said, 'Great, I'll take it.' So, I became a large, smelly rodent," he said.

Goldy has won 19 cars thanks to golfing hole-in-one's, but has donated them all to the Showcase Showdown on the Price is Right. Goldy wears pants in public (unlike Bucky). Goldy obtained unobtainium.

In 2017 after PJ Fleck was hired as the Gophers football coach, they released a special Goldy Rowing the Boat edition bobblehead. That one is long sold out, but you can pick up this one now and ...

Soon Goldy the Gopher was born — a furry, striped rodent with big ears, bucktooth grin and a Minnesota beanie atop its head. Trouble was, it was a case of rodent misidentification.

But before the players take the field, the mascots — Wisconsin's Bucky Badger and Minnesota's Goldy the Gopher — have been battling all week on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Saturday during Minnesota's dominant 48-23 win over Maryland in Minneapolis, the team's mascot, Goldy Gopher, had multiple outfit changes showing off different Halloween costumes (we assume).