Injuries, lack of depth, and a myriad of mistakes cost the Gophers on Saturday as they fell to Maryland, 31-24. Head coach P.J. Fleck succinctly summarized the loss at his postgame press conference.
“My opening statement is we didn’t deserve to win the football game. Simple. If you like look at why and how we win football games, that was flipped over on us [today]. And that’s the result.”
BY THE NUMBERS
80 Rushing yards for the Gophers. The lack of a ground game wasn’t for a lack of trying. Minnesota ran it 31 times, averaging just 2.