The Gophers came into Saturday’s against Northwestern as an underdog, outplaying the visiting Wildcats en route to a 29-12 victory. The Maroon and Gold improved to 8-3 on the year, and will face Wisconsin to finish out the regular season next week.
20 Field goals for Emmit Carpenter, this season. That ties Dan Nystrom’s season total from 2002, which is good for second all-time. Nystrom set the record in 2000 with 25 field goals.
3 Conversions out of 19 attempts on third and fourth down for Northwestern. The Gophers defense was dominant on critical downs and prevented Northwestern from gaining consistent momentum on offense throughout much of the game.