Gophers cough up 21-point lead and lose 37-34 to Northwestern in overtime

Gophers cough up 21-point lead and lose 37-34 to Northwestern in overtime

Under interim head coach David Braun, the Wildcats scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter

Northwestern storms back from a 21-point deficit for a 37-34 overtime victory against Minnesota

Ben Bryant threw a 25-yard touchdown to Charlie Mangieri in overtime, Bryce Kirtz set a career high with 215 yards receiving and caught two TDs and Northwestern rallied from 21 down to beat Minnesota 37-34.

Never back down. Never surrender. Northwestern’s 37-34 overtime win against Minnesota is the epitome of resiliency on the field

Fans leaving, the student section basically nonexistent and a trailing deficit with 5 seconds on the game clock, it seemed there was no way Northwestern was coming back and securing a win.  Well ‘seemed’ never met senior wide receiver A.J. Henning. Henning’s stellar 11 yard catch in the endzone was a play out of a... The post Never back down. Never surrender. Northwestern’s 37-34 overtime win against Minnesota is the epitome of resiliency on the…

Gophers blow big second-half lead, lose 37-34 in overtime to Northwestern

Down three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the Wildcats clawed back to force overtime and won it with a first possession touchdown to stun the Gophers.

Gophers cough up 21-point lead and lose 37-34 to Northwestern in overtime

EVANSTON, Ill. — The Gophers were a 12-point favorite over a Northwestern program expected to still be reeling from a hazing scandal that cost head coach Pat Fitzgerald his job in July. Under seventh-year head coach P.J. Fleck, the Gophers started strong on Saturday, building a 21-0 lead on the Wildcats, kept it up at 31-10 in the third quarter, but struggled to put away a team that had lost 11 straight games against schools from Power Fiver con…