![]() He wound up going 21 of 38 for 171 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. Minnesota wanted to take away Allen and make quarterback Graham Mertz beat them. The 17-year-old freshman phenom had 100-yard games in their seven-game winning streak, but with injuries to his legs, he had only 17 carries for 47 yards. The Gophers’ defense didn’t allow a touchdown Saturday, holding Wisconsin to only two field goals and bottled up Badgers star running back Braelen Allen. “It reminded us of everything we went though last year, especially with the (3-4) season that we had through COVID and having two games canceled,” defensive end Boye Mafe said. With the field becoming a sea of people, the U public-address system trolled Wisconsin by playing “Jump Around,” the traditional song that blares before fourth quarters at Camp Randall.įleck’s team was seven-point underdogs to the Badgers, and with only his second win in 20 games when trailing at the half, Fleck improved to 2-3 against Wisconsin since 2017.Īfter the 20-17 overtime loss to Wisconsin last year, players were sent pictures of the scoreboard. 14 Wisconsin.īefore the final seconds ticked off, players raced across the field to the Axe, with sixth-year cornerbacks Phillip Howard and Coney Durr among the first to touch it, and fans soon joined in from the stands. The Gophers trailed 10-6 at the half after quarterback Tanner Morgan threw an interception that was returned for a touchdown, but Morgan’s 27-yard TD to Chris Autman-Bell gave Minnesota a third-quarter lead they wouldn’t give back in a 23-13 win over No. It was even better winning it at home,” head coach P.J. The home loss in 2019 and the 2020 defeat at Camp Randall Stadium made Minnesota’s 2018 win in Madison look more like a one-off. Since their last home win, the U fell to the Badgers twice more at the Metrodome and then six times on campus, including in 2019 when a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game was on the line. Minnesota had taken enough chops at it over the years, and fans were ready to let loose. In their newish on-campus venue Saturday, the Gophers retook the lead late in the third quarter, and the 49,736 fans at Huntington Bank Stadium could feel that eight-game streak starting to snap. The Gophers had not treated their fans to a home win in the Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe since they played in the old spartan Metrodome, way back in 2003.
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