Minnesota closed out its dream season with a win in the 2019 Outback Bowl, defeating Auburn 31-24 Wednesday.
Receiver Tyler Johnson was the best player on the field with 12 catches for 204 yards at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, keying an offense that totaled 494 yards from scrimmage against the No. 14 scoring defense in FBS. It was enough to give the Golden Gophers their 11th win of the year, the program's most since 1904, in 13 games.
It's only the team's second season of double-digit wins in the past 100 years.
Bo Nix totaled 176 passing yards in the loss for Auburn (9-4) as head coach Gus Malzahn fell to 2-5 in his bowl career, including 0-5 in January.