The Minnesota Golden Gophers rebounded from back-to-back conference losses to collect their first Big Ten win of the season and improve to 4-2 with a 31-10 victory over the Maryland Terrapins on the road. This was the Gophers’ first conference road win since beating Purdue in October a year ago. The win over the Terrapins was a much needed confidence boost for the Gophers after two weeks of demoralizing losses. They’ll now need to capitalize on a midseason slate of games that includes Rutgers, Illinois, and Purdue, who are a combined 7-12 on the season.
The big unknown leading up to this game was redshirt junior quarterback Conor Rhoda, a former walk-on forced into his first collegiate start after the concussion to starter Mitch Leidner against Iowa last week.