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University of Minnesota Athletics
Game 7: Nebraska at Minnesota
10/13/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
| Nebraksa (2-4) at Minnesota (4-2) | |
| Date | Saturday, October 17 |
| Time | 2:30 p.m. Central |
| Tickets | Game Day Central |
| Location | TCF Bank Stadium (52,525 capacity) |
| Parking | Game Day Central |
| Metro Transit | Get to the Game |
| Television | ESPN2 / Watch ESPN |
| Radio | KFAN / Gopher Radio Network |
| Internet | Listen Live / I Heart Radio App |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes | Minnesota | Nebraska l Press Conferences |
| Social Media | @GopherFootball | Facebook l Instagram |
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. After opening the Big Ten season with two straight road games (Minnesota was the only Big Ten team to do so) the Gophers return home on Saturday to face the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Minnesota leads the all-time series with Nebraska 31-22-2 and has won two straight against the Huskers. The Gophers prevailed 34-23 at home in 2013 to snap a 16-game losing streak to Nebraska. Minnesota then erased a 21-7 halftime deficit on the road last year to win 28-24. That was Minnesota's first win at Nebraska since 1960 (also the same year that Minnesota last beat the Huskers prior to 2013). Minnesota last won three straight games against Nebraska in 1951, 1952 and 1954 (teams did not play in 1953).
2. The Gophers beat Purdue 41-13 last Saturday on the road to earn their first Big Ten win. Minnesota trailed 6-0 at the end of the first quarter, but then scored 41 straight points in the victory. The 41 points scored by the Gophers were the most they had scored consecutively since last season when Minnesota scored 51 unanswered against Iowa in a 51-14 home win. The Gophers scored 28 points in the third quarter at Purdue. That is the most points that the Gophers have scored in one quarter since they dropped 28 points on Iowa last season in the second stanza. Minnesota's 28-point win at Purdue was its most convincing conference road win since it won by 30 in a 37-7 win at Illinois in 1999.
3. Minnesota's defense has been staunch all season and it was no different at Purdue. The Gophers yielded a 13-play, 75-yard touchdown drive in the first five minutes of the game, but then shut Purdue down until late in the fourth quarter when the score was 41-6. After Purdue's first drive, the Boilers were held to 98 yards of total offense on their next 12 drives, which included seven punts, three interceptions, one lost fumble and one turnover on downs. Purdue, which passed for 101 of its 207 yards in the final 5:37 of the game, managed only 68 yards rushing on 28 attempts in the game. The 68 yards were the fewest by a Gopher opponent since San Jose State rushed for 47 yards in 2013 and were the fewest by a Big Ten opponent since Iowa rushed for 54 yards in 2009. Minnesota held Kent State to 79 rushing yards earlier this season and it has held three of its last 10 Big Ten opponents (Michigan 88 yards rushing and Iowa 84 yards rushing last season) to under 100 rushing yards.
4. Nebraska is the fifth non-ranked opponent that Minnesota will face this year. Previously, Minnesota has played six ranked teams in its last 10 games dating back to last season and includes contests this year against No. 2 TCU and No. 16 Northwestern (Gophers ended 2014 with consecutive games against No. 8 Ohio State, No. 21 Nebraska, No. 14 Wisconsin and No. 16 Missouri). The Gophers are 4-0 this year against non-ranked teams and are 18-4 in their last 22 games against non-ranked teams. Minnesota is 9-2 in its last 11 Big Ten games against non-ranked opponents.
5. Minnesota is 10-6 in its last 16 Big Ten regular season games, which is tied with Iowa for the fourth best mark in the league during that span. Ohio State in 16-0, Michigan State is 15-1 and Wisconsin is 13-3. Minnesota and Iowa are both 10-6, while Nebraska is 8-8.
