মিনেসোটা 25 নং নেব্রাস্কাকে 24-6 হারিয়েছে, ডিলান রাইওলাকে 9 বার বরখাস্ত করেছে
Darius Taylor rushed for 148 yards and a touchdown, Drake Lindsey completed 16 of 20 passes for 153 yards and a score, and Minnesota sacked Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola a school-record nine times in a 24-6 victory over No. 25 Nebraska on Friday night. The Cornhuskers (2-2) failed in their bid to win back-to-back games in back-to-back weeks for the first time since 2006. Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck improved to 7-1 against Nebraska, which hasn’t won in Minneapolis since 2015. “We’re really proud for the program record. … We’re talking about a complete defense that does it when it’s supposed to.” Raiola completed 17 of 25 passes for 177 yards for the Huskers, who spent part of a short week having to deal with coaching candidacy rumors for Matt Rhule for the open Penn State job. Anthony Smith and Carter Meland each had 2 1/2 sacks for Minnesota. The Gophers held Nebraska to a season-low 36 yards rushing. The Minnesota student section rushed the field at Huntington Bank Stadium. “We were out of control all day,” said Rhule, who was a linebacker at Penn State under Joe Paterno in the 1990s. He met his wife at the school and is close friends with athletic director Pat Kraft. “We didn’t make any plays at any point that you need to make to win the game.” It was the first time the Huskers were held without a touchdown since a 62-3 loss to Ohio State in 2016. “Six points is pretty tough,” Raiola said. Lindsey found Le’Meke Brockington in the front corner of the end zone for a 20-yard touchdown pass to make the score 14-6 with 2:36 left in the third quarter. A defensive fourth-down call kept alive a 98-yard, 14-play drive. “That’s just Gopher football right there,” Fleck said. “Nothing makes me more proud than that drive.” Taylor’s 71-yard run down the right sideline set up a touchdown, and it was his first after missing two games due to injury, topping his previous two-game total of 44 yards rushing. “He was absolutely bottled up,” said Taylor, who reached 2,000 yards in just 23 career games, tying for the third-fewest for a Gopher since 1955 behind Darrell Thompson (18 games) and Laurence Maroney (21). “The backroom has a long history here and we try our best to uphold that every week.”
প্রকাশিত: 2025-10-18 21:01:00
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