The Minnesota Gophers achieved their eighth win of the season with a XX-XX win over Northwestern. Eight wins is not something seen by the Gopher program over the last several decades. In fact Tracy Claeys is only the third coach since Murray Warmath to get to 8 wins. Jerry Kill and Glen Mason each reached the mark twice and Claeys has his Gophers at 8-3 with one game remaining in his first full season.
Today the Gophers got started early and held the Wildcats at arm’s length for all four quarters. They opened the game taking the ball at the 20 and marching down 80 yards in 7 plays to jump up with a touchdown lead just 2:42 into the game.