The 2021 season kicked off and gave Gopher fans a night of up and down emotions, a roller-coaster of excitement and disappointment. In the end, the team expected to win, pulled away and Ohio State beat Minnesota 45-31.
The Gophers took the opening kickoff and established a decent opening drive getting 3 first downs, 34 yards and eating up 9 minutes of clock before having to punt. The punt went out of bounds inside the Buckeye 10 and they were pinned deep for their first drive. As a start to the game against the #3 team in the country?