The Gophers suffered their third successive defeat with a close-run 17-10 loss at the hands of bitter rivals, the Iowa Hawkeyes. Minnesota had numerous opportunities to get a foothold in the contest; they wasted a host of red zone trips and were eventually made to pay by a clinical Hawkeyes offense.
The defeat for the Gophers was also their eighth consecutive loss in Iowa City, which certainly does not prove to be a happy hunting ground for P.J. Fleck’s men. The Hawkeyes were largely indebted to some immense throwing from quarterback Nate Stanley, who threw 190 yards at the packed Kinnick Stadium to help his team lift the Floyd of Rosedale trophy.