atTickets for all University of Minnesota football games are now available for purchase online at the Golden Gophers' official site, www.gophersports.com.

This represents the first time Minnesota athletics has offered tickets via the Internet. Tickets for selected Golden Gopher events in other sports will also become available in the near future.

Tickets may also be purchased for all Golden Gopher sporting events by calling 1-800-U-GOPHER or 612-624- 8080, Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The official site of Golden Gopher athletics, www.gophersports.com is the definitive source for all information regarding men's and women's sports at the University of Minnesota. In addition to online ticketing, the site provides schedules, player and coach bios, sports news, statistics, audio highlights, feature stories and much more.