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November 12, 1949 #9 Minnesota 24 at Pittsburgh 7 Bierman's last quality team and maybe his most talented (13 NFL draftees) holds Pitt to 5 first downs and -27 yards rushing. Gophers get 2 rushing scores and a touchdown pass from a Thief River Falls native and Anoka High grad. He led the Gophers...

November 7. 1936 #2 Minnesota 52 Iowa 0 On their way to a National Championship, the Gophers get a touchdown catch by a Minneapolis native and Faribault high school product who will go on to a career as a legendary collegiate head coach. His teams will win 14 Big 8 titles and 3 National...

November 2, 1940 #4 Minnesota 13 at Northwestern 12 Unbeaten Gophers get a touchdown pass from a speedy back from Davenport, Iowa. He will go on to be a 1st round draft pick of the Giants, fight on Iwo Jima as a marine officer and be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Can you name...

1941- #1 Minnesota 8 Northwestern 7 Gophers win 14th straight en route to a 5th national championship in 8 seasons before 64,464 at Memorial Stadium. Northwestern's quarterback is held to 69 yards passing but he will go on to lead his team to 6 straight NFL Championship Games, winning 3 of them...

October 31, 1931 Minnesota 14 Wisconsin 0 Gophers get a 55-yard scoring run from a South Dakota product who will go on to play 8 years with the Bears, 5 of them with Nagurski. He will kick 40 field goals and rush for 1500 yards in the NFL. Can you name him? October 31, 1953 #14 Minnesota 35...

October 29, 1932 Minnesota 7 Northwestern 0 Gophers get a touchdown pass from a player who will go on to a storied career as head coach and later athletic director at Michigan State. Can you name him? October 29, 1955 Minnesota 25 #10 USC 19 An unseasonal blizzard helps the Gophers upset the...

I am hoping we do not suffer another program implosion with attendant start-over coaching change. However, this Western Michigan coach is young, charismatic and he can coach. I wonder if he would consider Minnesota if we wound up needing a new coach and knocked on his door?

I saw something at the end of the Rutgers win that gave me a bad feeling about McBrayer. I knew nothing about him really and certainly was not expecting the debacle which shortly unfolded but in the final minute, the Gophers had two walk-ons on the floor. Imagine how excited they were to be in a...

With the conclusion of the 2015 season, Eric Decker now leads all Gopher alums in catches, receiving yards and touchdowns as a pro. Who is now in 2nd place in catches and receiving yards? Hint- His NFL success was somewhat surprising in view of how he was used in Warmath's run-heavy offenses...

Early season disasters have so often blighted our hopes for Minnesota football and basketball teams through these many years. Cruel realities emerge quickly and expectations fade. When the "unthinkable" occurs ( in this case, consecutive losses to South Dakota teams), the painful truths are soon...

1936 #2 Minnesota 47 Texas 19 Gophers roll up 467 yards of offense. A Wisconsin native has 2 touchdown runs. He will go on to be the 2nd round draft pick (the 20th overall pick) of the Cleveland Rams in 1937. Can you name him? 1942 #16 Minnesota 27 Iowa 7 A scoreless game is broken up in the...

How do you lose a football game when you win the turnover game and outgain the opponent by 165 yards? Repeated red zone problems. When Michigan got close, they cashed in and that's on our defense. We seemed to live in their end but you know what happened time and again, though Santoso was...

October 31, 1931 Minnesota 14 Wisconsin 0 Gophers go to 5-1, getting a 55-yard touchdown run from a South Dakota native who will go on to help the Bears win 2 NFL titles. He will amass 1500 rushing yards for the Bears. lead the NFL in field goals in 3 different seasons an acquire the nickname...

If someone had described a Big 10 team losing the way Michigan did and then asked me to guess which team committed such an incredible gaffe, I think I would have picked Minnesota. Maybe it's because I have witnessed so many "creative" losses by the Gophers and taken them to heart. I have to...

For many years I have been interested in Gopher history. As a kid, I remember that Purdue often came to Minneapolis but the Gophers rarely seemed to go to Purdue. So I did some digging. Ross-Ade opened in 1924 but the Gophers never played there until 1951. During those years, Purdue came to...

Minnesota ripped up the grass at Memorial Stadium in 1970 and played on this brutal rug through the 1976 season. Some of you might recall the obvious hump or "crown" that ran down the middle of the field from end zone to end zone, presumably for drainage. Anyway, when they went back to grass in...

The article from the Athens, Ohio newspaper claimed that the Bobcats were cursed with bad luck when their kick returner failed to score on that final kickoff return due to a leg cramp. The only thing I saw was Myrick running like an angry man to save the game. To me his contribution was just as...

What former Furman player is the only man to score 100 points in a Division 1 Game? Hint- He was good enough to play for 10 NBA seasons, including stints with the Lakers in both Minneapolis and LA.

Saturday nights in the fall without much sleep have been a common theme for me over the years. This year has featured several of the happy kind! Thank you, Gophers. BBC will never buy a drink in the state of Minnesota (and deservedly so) but if he doesn't make that unforgettable play, I think...

I live in California and just make one game per year, unless the Gophers come west. Fans in 135 came ready to roar. They were standing and making noise on every play, not just on 3rd downs, even when things did not look promising. Thank you for helping to provide a great atmosphere and a...