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 Pittsburgh 14
Gophers beat Pitt for the 7th straight time as a senior back from Winona has scoring runs of 2,3 and 25 yards plus a 65-yard punt return. At season's end he will be the Heisman runner-up in one of the closest votes ever. Can you name him?
October 31, 1959
Minnesota 20 Vanderbilt 6
A junior from Rochester has a 26-yard scoring run. He will go on play 4 seasons in the CFL with Winnipeg and 5 more with the Raiders as a fullback/tight end. He will be killed in a traffic accident in the East Bay after the 1969 season at age 31. Can you name him?
October 31, 1964
Minnesota 21 at Indiana 0
Gophers break away from a scoreless first half with a 3rd quarter touchdown pass play of 27 yards. The quarterback is a junior from Edina who is having the first 1,000 yard passing season in school history. The receiver is a sophomore from Bloomington who will be the first Gopher with 1,000 career receiving yards. Can you name them?
October 31, 2009
Minnesota 42 Michigan State 34
Adam Weber passes for 416 yards with 5 scoring throws. The most memorable comes with 6:00 to play. Clinging to a 35-31 lead, Weber throws downfield over the middle. The pass bounces off of a prone tight end and right into the hands of a speeding Duane Bennett who completes a 59-yard scoring play. The tight end, a Redwood Falls product, had earlier caught 2 of Weber's touchdown passes. Can you name him?
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 Pittsburgh 14
Gophers beat Pitt for the 7th straight time as a senior back from Winona has scoring runs of 2,3 and 25 yards plus a 65-yard punt return. At season's end he will be the Heisman runner-up in one of the closest votes ever. Can you name him?
October 31, 1959
Minnesota 20 Vanderbilt 6
A junior from Rochester has a 26-yard scoring run. He will go on play 4 seasons in the CFL with Winnipeg and 5 more with the Raiders as a fullback/tight end. He will be killed in a traffic accident in the East Bay after the 1969 season at age 31. Can you name him?
October 31, 1964
Minnesota 21 at Indiana 0
Gophers break away from a scoreless first half with a 3rd quarter touchdown pass play of 27 yards. The quarterback is a junior from Edina who is having the first 1,000 yard passing season in school history. The receiver is a sophomore from Bloomington who will be the first Gopher with 1,000 career receiving yards. Can you name them?
October 31, 2009
Minnesota 42 Michigan State 34
Adam Weber passes for 416 yards with 5 scoring throws. The most memorable comes with 6:00 to play. Clinging to a 35-31 lead, Weber throws downfield over the middle. The pass bounces off of a prone tight end and right into the hands of a speeding Duane Bennett who completes a 59-yard scoring play. The tight end, a Redwood Falls product, had earlier caught 2 of Weber's touchdown passes. Can you name him?
