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Game 12: Minnesota at Wisconsin
11/19/2018 5:51:00 PM | Football
Gophers complete regular season at Wisconsin.
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. Minnesota finishes the regular season at border rival Wisconsin at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Wisconsin leads the all-time series between the two schools 60-59-8 and has won the last 14 meetings. Minnesota last won in 2003, when it posted a 37-34 home win. At 127 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. Tyler Johnson is having one of the best seasons ever for a Gopher receiver. He has caught 70 balls (third most for a Gopher in a season), for 1,036 yards (fourth in school history) and 10 touchdowns (tied for third in school history). He is the first Gopher ever to post at least 70 catches, 1.036 yards and 10 touchdowns in one season. The Minnesota single-season record for receptions is 84 (Eric Decker, 2008) and the mark for yards is 1,125 (Ron Johnson, 2000) and touchdowns is 11 (Ron Johnson, 2000; Omar Douglas, 1993). Tyler Johnson is 14 catches behind Decker, 89 yards behind Ron Johnson and one touchdown behind Ron Johnson and Omar Douglas for single-season records.
3. Rashod Bateman could to be the most productive freshman receiver ever at Minnesota. He has 47 catches for 648 yards and six touchdowns (all TDs in B1G play). His 47 catches is a freshman record (broke Ron Johnson's record of 38 set in 1998) and his 648 receiving yards ranks second in school history by a freshman. He needs seven yards to break Ernie Wheelwright's 2004 record of 654 yards and two more touchdowns to break Wheelwright's record of seven.
4. Blake Cashman started his senior season by tying a TCF Bank Stadium record with four tackles for loss against New Mexico State. He etched his name into the record books one more time in his final home game as a Gopher by recording 20 tackles, most by a Gopher at TCF Bank Stadium, against Northwestern. Cashman is the first Big Ten player to record 20 tackles in a regulation game since Ohio State's Ryan Shazier had 20 tackles against Indiana on Nov. 23, 2013 (Penn State's Marcus Allen had 22 tackles in 2016 against Minnesota but that game went to overtime). Cashman is the first Gopher to have 20 tackles in a game since Eli Ward had 22 Wisconsin in 2002.
5. Freshman Mohamed Ibrahim was supposed to be the third running back this year. Instead, injuries forced him into a lead role and he has not disappointed. Ibrahim has rushed 145 times for 815 yards and six touchdowns in eight games (has missed three games with an injury). His 815 yards are the third most ever for a U freshman and trail only Darrell Thompson (1,376 yards in 1986) and Laurence Maroney (1,121 yards in 2003). He started his career with 101 yards on nine carries against New Mexico State to become the first Gopher to rush for 100 yards or more in his collegiate debut since Thomas Hamner (158 yards vs. NE Louisiana in 1996). He rushed for a career high 157 yards (most for a freshman back vs. Buckeyes since Saquan Barkley in 2015) and scored twice at Ohio State. Ibrahim has three 100-yard games (most by a U freshman since Laurence Maroney had five in 2003) this year.
1. Minnesota finishes the regular season at border rival Wisconsin at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Wisconsin leads the all-time series between the two schools 60-59-8 and has won the last 14 meetings. Minnesota last won in 2003, when it posted a 37-34 home win. At 127 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. Tyler Johnson is having one of the best seasons ever for a Gopher receiver. He has caught 70 balls (third most for a Gopher in a season), for 1,036 yards (fourth in school history) and 10 touchdowns (tied for third in school history). He is the first Gopher ever to post at least 70 catches, 1.036 yards and 10 touchdowns in one season. The Minnesota single-season record for receptions is 84 (Eric Decker, 2008) and the mark for yards is 1,125 (Ron Johnson, 2000) and touchdowns is 11 (Ron Johnson, 2000; Omar Douglas, 1993). Tyler Johnson is 14 catches behind Decker, 89 yards behind Ron Johnson and one touchdown behind Ron Johnson and Omar Douglas for single-season records.
3. Rashod Bateman could to be the most productive freshman receiver ever at Minnesota. He has 47 catches for 648 yards and six touchdowns (all TDs in B1G play). His 47 catches is a freshman record (broke Ron Johnson's record of 38 set in 1998) and his 648 receiving yards ranks second in school history by a freshman. He needs seven yards to break Ernie Wheelwright's 2004 record of 654 yards and two more touchdowns to break Wheelwright's record of seven.
4. Blake Cashman started his senior season by tying a TCF Bank Stadium record with four tackles for loss against New Mexico State. He etched his name into the record books one more time in his final home game as a Gopher by recording 20 tackles, most by a Gopher at TCF Bank Stadium, against Northwestern. Cashman is the first Big Ten player to record 20 tackles in a regulation game since Ohio State's Ryan Shazier had 20 tackles against Indiana on Nov. 23, 2013 (Penn State's Marcus Allen had 22 tackles in 2016 against Minnesota but that game went to overtime). Cashman is the first Gopher to have 20 tackles in a game since Eli Ward had 22 Wisconsin in 2002.
5. Freshman Mohamed Ibrahim was supposed to be the third running back this year. Instead, injuries forced him into a lead role and he has not disappointed. Ibrahim has rushed 145 times for 815 yards and six touchdowns in eight games (has missed three games with an injury). His 815 yards are the third most ever for a U freshman and trail only Darrell Thompson (1,376 yards in 1986) and Laurence Maroney (1,121 yards in 2003). He started his career with 101 yards on nine carries against New Mexico State to become the first Gopher to rush for 100 yards or more in his collegiate debut since Thomas Hamner (158 yards vs. NE Louisiana in 1996). He rushed for a career high 157 yards (most for a freshman back vs. Buckeyes since Saquan Barkley in 2015) and scored twice at Ohio State. Ibrahim has three 100-yard games (most by a U freshman since Laurence Maroney had five in 2003) this year.
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