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University of Minnesota Athletics
Game 12: Minnesota at Wisconsin
11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
| Minnesota (8-3; 5-3) at No. 5 Wisconsin (9-2; 6-2) | |
| Date | Saturday, Nov. 26 |
| Time | 2:30 p.m. Central |
| Location | Camp Randall (80,321 capacity) |
| Television | BTN l BTN2Go |
| Radio | 100.3 KFAN | Gopher Radio Network |
| Internet | Listen Live | I Heart Radio App |
| Live Stats | |
| Game Notes / Stats | Minnesota: Notes / Stats | Wisconsin: Notes / Stats |
| Player Audio | Mitch Leidner l Nick Rallis l Hendrick Ekpe |
| Social Media | @GopherFootball | Facebook | Instagram |
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. Minnesota travels to Wisconsin on Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. game. The Gophers lead the all-time series 59-58-8 but have lost the last 12 games. Minnesota last won in 2003, when it posted a 37-34 home win. At 125 games and counting, the series ranks as the longest in the Football Bowl Subdivision of NCAA Division I. Since 1948, the teams have been playing for Paul Bunyan's Axe and had previously played for the Slab of Bacon trophy.
2. This year's senior class (2013-16) has won 30 games (8 in 2013, 8 in 2014, 6 in 2015 and 8 in 2016), which is the most since 2006 when that class also won 30. The 2005 class won 32 games (8 in 2002, 10 in 2003, 7 in 2004 and 7 in 2005). Prior to the 2005 class, the last class to win at least 30 games was the 1905 class as it won 46 games (9 in 1902, 14 in 1903, 13 in 1904 and 10 in 1905). This year's seniors were 20-8 at TCF Bank Stadium.
3. Minnesota is 5-3 in the Big Ten and is guaranteed a winning conference record for the second time in three years (also 5-3 in 2014). Prior to 2014, Minnesota last had a winning Big Ten record in 2003 when it went 5-3. The last time Minnesota had a winning Big Ten record in two out of three years was 1968 (5-2 in B1G) and 1969 (4-3 in B1G). Since 1970, Minnesota has now had a winning record in the Big Ten seven times (1973, 1986, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2014 and 2016). The last time Minnesota won six Big Ten games in a season was 1973 (6-2). Minnesota started Big Ten play 0-2, but then rattled off four straight wins against Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois and Purdue. The Gophers last won four straight Big Ten games in 2013, when they beat Northwestern, Nebraska, Indiana and Penn State. Head coach Tracy Claeys was the acting head coach in 2013 when Minnesota won those four games, as then-head coach Jerry Kill was dealing with health issues. Prior to 2013, the last time Minnesota won four straight Big Ten games was in 1973.
4. Minnesota is 8-3 this year and also won eight games in 2013 and 2014. The last time Minnesota won eight games three times in a four-year span was 1903-05 (14, 13 and 10 wins). The Gophers have now won at least eight games in a season 20 times in school history and nine times since 1942 (six times since 1968). The last time the Gophers won nine games in a season was 2003 when they won 10 games. Before that it was 1905, when they also won 10 games. Minnesota will play in its fifth straight bowl game (19th overall) this year. The streak of five consecutive bowls is tied for the longest streak in program history (2002-2006). Minnesota snapped a seven-game bowl losing streak last year with a win in the Quick Lane Bowl.
5. Emmit Carpenter leads Minnesota with 99 points, while Rodney Smith is second with 96 points. Carpenter and Smith combine to form the fourth-highest scoring duo in the nation with 195 points (Louisiana Tech's Carlos Henderson / Jonathan Barnes 231, Washington's Cameron Van Winkle / John Ross 204, Penn State's Tyler Davis and Saquon Barkley 200). The last and only time that Minnesota had two players score 100 or more points in a season was 2003 when Marion Barber III had 102 and Rhys Lloyd had 101.
