With under a minute to go, 85 yards in front of them and their backup quarterback coming into the game on 4th and 11, the Illini managed to score in 3 plays to beat Minnesota 26-27.
What appeared to be a tremendously opportunistic defense in the second half had set up Minnesota to get their third win of the season. But a colossal failure on 4th and 11 (and the next 2 plays) doomed the Gophers to their third consecutive loss to Illinois and they dropped to 3-3 in the Big Ten West.
For the second consecutive week, the Gophers took the opening kickoff and immediately turned the ball over, giving their opponent the ball in the red zone.