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University of Minnesota Athletics
University of Minnesota
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Oregon State
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Gophers Rally Past Oregon State, 30-23
9/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 1, 2016
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Rodney Smith rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns and Minnesota overcame three ejections for targeting to beat Oregon State 30-23 on Thursday night.
Smith scored on runs of 4 and 2 yards, the last coming in the fourth quarter to put the Gophers in front 24-23. Senior quarterback Mitch Leidner finished 13 for 26 for 130 yards passing and rushed for 76 yards and two scores, the last a 1-yard run with 1:27 left to give the Gophers a seven-point cushion. Leidner's score was set up by Minnesota's defense which forced a Beaver turnover on downs in Gopher territory with under five minutes to play in the game.
Darrell Garretson threw for 228 yards and three touchdowns for Oregon State. The junior transfer lost two fumbles on crunching sacks by true freshman Tai'yon Devers in the first half, but Garretson bounced back to keep the Beavers in it. He threw TDs to Noah Togiai, Victor Bolden and Tim Cook.
UP NEXT: The Gophers will host Indiana State next Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium. The game will kick off at 11 a.m. Tickets are on sale now!
Team Stats
OSU 7, MINN 0
OSU - Togiai, Noah 6 yd pass from Garretson, D. (Owens, Garrett kick) 9 plays, 89 yards, TOP 4:20
OSU 7, MINN 7
MINN - Leidner, Mitch 6 yd run (Carpenter,Emmit kick), 6 plays, 28 yards, TOP 2:48
OSU 7, MINN 14
MINN - Smith, Rodney 4 yd run (Carpenter,Emmit kick), 7 plays, 59 yards, TOP 3:21
OSU 14, MINN 14
OSU - Bolden, Victor 30 yd pass from Garretson, D. (Owens, Garrett kick) 6 plays, 62 yards, TOP 1:02
OSU 14, MINN 17
MINN - Carpenter,Emmit 45 yd field goal 9 plays, 35 yards, TOP 1:04
OSU 16, MINN 17
OSU - TEAM 0 yd safety
OSU 23, MINN 17
OSU - Cook, Tim 12 yd pass from Garretson, D. (Owens, Garrett kick) 4 plays, 25 yards, TOP 1:33
OSU 23, MINN 24
MINN - Smith, Rodney 2 yd run (Carpenter,Emmit kick), 12 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:19
OSU 23, MINN 30
MINN - Leidner, Mitch 1 yd run (Leidner, Mitch passfailed), 8 plays, 57 yards, TOP 3:18
