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1973- Minnesota 19 at Illinois 16. It's the day that Gil Fash becomes a legend as the Gophers pull off an all-time heist. They are outgained by the Illini by 440 yards to 83, with the Gophers making just 4 first downs. They trail 16-6 with 3 minutes left in the game. How in the world did they win? Well. Illinois has the ball at their own 5-yard line when they lose their 5th fumble. The Gophers recover and score on the next play. On the next Illinois possession, they lose fumble #6 at their own 30-yard line. Fash, who is making his first start due to injuries to John Lawing and Tony Dungy, has completed just 1 of his 11 passes to this point with 4 interceptions. But he steps up to hit tight end Dale Henricksen with a 29-yard touchdown pass and the Gophers walk off as winners!
 

1974- Minnesota 23 Iowa 17. Rick Upchurch streaks 86 yards for a score ( a school record until DT came along) on the first Gopher possession and finishes with 210 rushing yards. He will play just 2 years for Minnesota and then 9 years for the Broncos (1975-1983), catching passes for 4.300 yards and returning 8 punts. for touchdowns
 
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I know everyone is picking one play or one game, but this streak is / has been awesome to be a part of.

We win bowl.games. It is always fun, no matter if the season wasn't overall what we wanted it to be, to head into the off-season and spend months until next season with the last game under our belt being a victory in a bowl game.
 

I don't know why it's subbed in bowling Green for Virginia tech but you get where I'm going
 


MNfootballfan said:
I wish I could bottle up that Penn State game and experience the fun of that game frequently.

I really thought we made it and that was going to become the new normal of Gopher football.
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I thought the same thing.
 

Texan Gopher said:
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I know everyone is picking one play or one game, but this streak is / has been awesome to be a part of.

We win bowl.games. It is always fun, no matter if the season wasn't overall what we wanted it to be, to head into the off-season and spend months until next season with the last game under our belt being a victory in a bowl game.
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Yeah for real. I know sometimes people say they don't care because they're not the major bowls, but winning them consistently is fun. What was NOT fun was that other streak from 2005-2014. Especially since five of the losses in the seven bowls of that span were by four points or less. Going out with a close loss like in 2009 by one point was rough.
 

Here's one, this year will be the 20th time in Minnesota's history it has played a game on Halloween. The overall record for the Golden Gophers is 8-7-4.

A game was scheduled for 2020 but obviously that didn't happen. Regardless, here are the results for when Minnesota played on the spookiest day of the year.
  • 1888 - Vs. Shattuck, Won, 14-0
  • 1891 - Vs. Grinnel, Tie, 12-12
  • 1896 - Vs. Ex Collegiates, Won, 8-0
  • 1903 - Vs. Michigan, Tie, 6-6 (The Jug Game)
  • 1908 - Vs. Chicago, Loss, 29-0
  • 1914 - Vs. Illinois, Loss, 21-6
  • 1925 - Vs. Wisconsin, Tie, 12-12
  • 1931 - Vs. Wisconsin, Won, 14-0
  • 1936 - Vs. Northwestern, Loss, 6-0
  • 1942 - Vs. Northwestern, Won, 19-7
  • 1953 - Vs. Pittsburgh, Won, 35-14
  • 1959 - Vs. Vanderbilt, Won, 20-6
  • 1964 - Vs. Indiana, Won 21-0
  • 1970 - Vs. Iowa, Tie, 14-14
  • 1981 - Vs. Michigan, Loss, 34-13
  • 1987 - Vs. Illinois, Loss, 27-17
  • 1992 - Vs. Indiana, Loss, 24-17
  • 1998 - Vs. Michigan, Loss, 15-10
  • 2009 - Vs. Michigan State, Won, 42-34
  • 2015 - Vs. Michigan, Loss, 29-26
 

IceBoxGopher said:
Yeah for real. I know sometimes people say they don't care because they're not the major bowls, but winning them consistently is fun. What was NOT fun was that other streak from 2005-2014. Especially since five of the losses in the seven bowls of that span were by four points or less. Going out with a close loss like in 2009 by one point was rough.
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Are you referring to that Bowl Game with Iowa State, in which the Gophers were in easy field goal range at the very end, only to have Gray lose a fumble at the Cyclone 20 yard-line?
 




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