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They got down 28-6 to Indiana, came back to take the lead but had no defensive answers late.

My first in-person Gopher experience that got me hooked for life. Gophers score upset at Michigan in 1956. I am 6 years old and Dad takes me out to Wold Chamberlain to see the team file through the airport. Everyone is so happy, several players grinning broadly with missing teeth. Looked like...

Yes! I think it was thrown by George Kemp to John Wintermute. I remember Walter Bowser throwing a crushing block around midfield. Gophers up 20-16 halfway through the 4th quarter but too much OJ, He ran for about 240 that day. While it rained in the early going, Simpson got hit around the Gopher...

Wow, think of all the big leads the Gophers may not have quite been able to blow if the 1968 rule change hadn't happened!

John Cooper was something like 2-13 against Michigan but an OSU buddy told me that losing to the Gophers by 12 in Columbus was an indignity that also played a role in his firing at season's end.

Yes! It was a miserable, sticky South Florida night. In the 4th quarter there were still big holes through which to run, bet Redmon was just too tired to hit them on time. In a preview of a later Mason bowl collapse, the Gophers blew a 24-0 first half lead. Minnesota gave up a touchdown and...

Two items that draftniks look for in a back went unmentioned. The Gophers didn't utilize Mo much in the passing game, but he was good in his limited opportunities. Also he is a willing and able pass blocker. He does not, however have the school record for rushing yards in a game (Darkins- 294...

I was trolling through some old 1950's NFL highlights on YouTube and found a tape that included 2 passes caught by "Harry" Grant. They can be found back-to-back at the 4:50 mark of a video called "1952 Pittsburgh Steelers". I loved those highlight films as a kid, complete with corny alliteration...

Oh, now I get it. I was referring to St. Sauver as the vanishing Gopher and NOT Osterman.

We were referring to Rob St. Sauver, NOT Osterman. Please read the next to last sentence of my post. Thank you, Mr. CheeseheadGopher!

Thank you for correcting my faulty memory. Any idea why he vanished from the program?

He was a ray of sunshine in a dark era. He had 13 catches for 187 yards in a 1994 loss at Michigan and 8 catches for 158 yards to help the 1992 Gophers finish a dismal 2-9 season with a surprise win over Iowa in The Dome. One went 58 yards for a touchdown. That was the game where Rob St. Sauver...

I think you are referring to the 1949 team. It had 13 NFL draftees and Bierman later called it his best team. He also took responsibility for their late season collapse. After thrashing Ohio State by a score of 27-0 in Columbus, they went on to lose back-to back games, 14-7 at Michigan and the...

Love the Dean Wormer reference!

And yet I have read that his training camps were mild by NFL standards.

Thank you for posting this. Curry started in both 1970 and 1971 and his teams were not very good. In 1971, the Gophers hosted #10 Ohio State. Down 14-6, Curry led the Gophers on a last minute drive. They scored to make it 14-12 and, on the 2-point PAT try, Curry kept it on an option play and...

Before 2012, the Nebraska fanbase for the most part viewed the Gophers in a benign light. Now that Minnesota has beaten them 7 out of the last 10, disbelief seems to have evolved into grudging respect. Kind of like how Neanderthals could not believe that they were being killed by Cro-Magnons...

The author wrote that Minnesota-Michigan waned as a rivalry in the 1950s, suggesting the Gophers had become irrelevant. The fact is that the Gophers beat Michigan in 5 games out of 6 from 1960-1965 and 6 out of 8, including 1966 and 1967.

Yes! The way he finished his runs reminded me of MBIII. That long touchdown run he had at Purdue in 2015 was unforgettable. Along the way, he threw down multiple tacklers like they were in junior high. Later, his openness about mental health was an inspiring contribution to the program. One of...

How about what Mo did to Georgia Tech as the Gophers closed 2018 with an unexpected rush? The Tech players acted as though they had never encountered someone like Mo and wanted no part of him. He had done the same thing to Purdue with snow flakes falling in Game 10.