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Off-GridTNgopher said:
Eric decker getting laid out by cal but still holding onto the ball.. that was probably the greatest catch I've ever seen by a gopher wide out
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Play takes place at 31:20 below. Yeah Decker was drilled there but stayed with it. Decker tossed a TD pass in that game too at 1:34:00


That Cal team was kind of the end of that Jeff Tedford run. Impressive what that program had in terms of talent that decade with Aaron Rodgers, Marshawn Lynch, Desean Jackson, Craig Stevens, Jahvid Best, Marvin Jones and Mitchell Schwartz.

Interestingly enough Tedford went 2-2 against Minnesota all time, winning the first two with Cal and dropping the latter with Fresno State.
 



FireDaveLee said:
In 2000 within a span of 7 days, I personally witnessed the Gophers defeat Ohio State in Columbus (which who knows if it will ever happen again) and Antwaan Randle-El account for 2,365 yards of total offense, give or take 10, in a single game.....
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My 11 year old son and I were there for that! He's still a Gopher fan despite graduating from osu 🤣
 

IceBoxGopher said:
I was there, it was awful. The three wins after losing a close one to No. 2 TCU (which went on to finish 11-2 overall and ranked No. 7) was deflating. I remember someone on here saying something like "I've never felt worse about being 3-1" after barely beating Ohio.
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Kill and Leidnuts. Golden
 




One of my personal favorites was Esezi Otomewo beating the breaks off Brenhart to get the safety against Nebraska.

However, the most important one, in my lifetime, was probably the mini-hail mary followed by Nystrom GW FG against Penn State.
 




Watching the ear piece fly out of the Michigan QB's helmet after getting drilled by a Gopher right before halftime, with us up 28-7. October 2003. The dome was rockin'.
 


GopherTheJugular said:
Watching the ear piece fly out of the Michigan QB's helmet after getting drilled by a Gopher right before halftime, with us up 28-7. October 2003. The dome was rockin'.
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In the final game of the 1915 season, Bernie Bierman had 4 interceptions and a TD run to help beat the Badgers 20-3. The Gophers finished the season 6-0-1 and as Co-Champions of the Western Conference.

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Mulligan said:
Ed Duren's interception against Iowa in the 1960's where he ran 96 yards for the TD, and it seemed like it took forever.

The cross field lateral on a kickoff that gave the Gophers the lead against USC and O.J. Simpson.

I'm old but prove I don't live totally in the past--Dilly Bar Dan
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Yes! The passer was future NFL great Ed Podolak. Also, Ken Last became the first Gopher with 1,000 career receiving yards on that day.
 

2010-Coach Horton takes over for the fired Brewster and immediately instills order and belief, closing with 2 emotional wins, one at Illinois and the other at home vs. Iowa. Troy Stoudermire has a 95-yard kickoff return late in the Illinois game to spark the winning rally and then forces a fumble to kill Iowa's last possession with a crunching hit on 230-pound Marcus Coker.
 
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2013- Gophers lead at Indiana, 42-39, but Hoosiers are at the Gopher 5-yard line with 30 seconds to go. Indiana throws a swing pass that falls incomplete. Gopher linebacker Aaron Hil is the only guy on the field who recognizes it as a lateral and scoops it up to save the day for Minnesota.
 

Oct. 21st, 1972. The Gophers were playing the Iowa Hawkeyes for Homecoming and my cousins asked me to go with them as a guest on their field trip. I was 8 years old and don't remember too much about the game itself, but I had a great time at my first Gopher game and the Gophers beat them 43-14. I was hooked for life!! Those cousins both died of covid and I miss them terribly but it remains my favorite Gopher memory.
 

2014- Gophers yield tying touchdown to Northwestern with 7:00 left but Jalen Myrick returns ensuing kickoff 100 yards and Minnesota hangs on to win, 24-17.
Gold Rush said:
Oct. 21st, 1972. The Gophers were playing the Iowa Hawkeyes for Homecoming and my cousins asked me to go with them as a guest on their field trip. I was 8 years old and don't remember too much about the game itself, but I had a great time at my first Gopher game and the Gophers beat them 43-14. I was hooked for life!! Those cousins both died of covid and I miss them terribly but it remains my favorite Gopher memory.
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That was Cal Stoll's first team. They had a big back from the south named John King. He became the first Gopher back to run for 1,000 yards that season and since that bunch rarely threw the ball, he probably had a big day.
 

Gophers @ Fresno State, 2019. Chris Autman-Bell with a 20 yard game tying TD on 4th down. Unbelievable toe-tap catch in the back corner, and a beautiful throw by Tanner Morgan. Without it, the whole run of 2019 would have been a lot less.

The greatest Gophers play I ever saw.

 

1971- Gophers beat Wisconsin in Warmath's last game. Craig Curry throws a short scoring pass to Mel Anderson in the final minute, Gophers win 23-21.
gopher71runner said:
My 11 year old son and I were there for that! He's still a Gopher fan despite graduating from osu 🤣
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gopher71runner said:
My 11 year old son and I were there for that! He's still a Gopher fan despite graduating from osu 🤣
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That 2000 Gopher team managed to do the unthinkable. They lost to Ohio University at home and then won in Columbus a month later.
 

Clairemont Gopher said:
2010-Coach Horton takes over for the fired Brewster and immediately instills order and belief, closing with 2 emotional wins, one at Illinois and the other at home vs. Illinois. Troy Stoudermire has a 95-yard kickoff return late in the Illinois game to spark the winning rally and then forces a fumble to kill Iowa's last possession with a crunching hit on 230-pound Marcus Coker.
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They changed the onside kick rules after that game

Whiney effing ferret-faced Ferentz
 

fmlizard said:
Gophers @ Fresno State, 2019. Chris Autman-Bell with a 20 yard game tying TD on 4th down. Unbelievable toe-tap catch in the back corner, and a beautiful throw by Tanner Morgan. Without it, the whole run of 2019 would have been a lot less.

The greatest Gophers play I ever saw.

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A season defining play in a season full of them. Agreed, this set up the entire 2019 run. It was akin to that game clinching TD pass Favre threw to Greg Lewis in one of his first few games as a Vike. Led to a really fun season.
 




MNfootballfan said:
I always enjoyed 'win a pie for it' and after Bateman's opening drive TD vs. PSU in 2019 'this place has gone nuclear.'

I use both lines more times than most should and everyone looks at me like WTF?
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My favorite line
 

We're all doing highlights and favorite moments, but my favorite obscure detail about the Gophers is that they have played Nebraska 65 times and Ohio State 55 times in spite of sharing a conference with Ohio State for 114 years and Nebraska for 15.

It would also likely surprise most college football fans that the Gophers have a comfortable 38-25-2 lead in that 65 game series with Nebraska.
 

fmlizard said:
We're all doing highlights and favorite moments, but my favorite obscure detail about the Gophers is that they have played Nebraska 65 times and Ohio State 55 times in spite of sharing a conference with Ohio State for 114 years and Nebraska for 15.

It would also likely surprise most college football fans that the Gophers have a comfortable 38-25-2 lead in that 65 game series with Nebraska.
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They rarely played for whatever reason from 1920-1970. There were only 13 games played during that era between the Gophers and Buckeyes.
 

fmlizard said:
Gophers @ Fresno State, 2019. Chris Autman-Bell with a 20 yard game tying TD on 4th down. Unbelievable toe-tap catch in the back corner, and a beautiful throw by Tanner Morgan. Without it, the whole run of 2019 would have been a lot less.

The greatest Gophers play I ever saw.

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I was there, great catch!
 

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