In a game that felt like a microcosm of Wisconsin’s disappointing regular season as a whole, Minnesota outlasted the Badgers 23-16 to take Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the second straight year.
It all ended with one of the most confounding drives of the year as Wisconsin’s backup quarterback Chase Wolf led the Badgers down to Minnesota’s five-yard line with a chance to tie the game. Four penalties later, Wisconsin was backed up to the Gophers’ 30-yard line and had little to no chance to tie things up.
Wisconsin fell to 6-6 in a regular-season finale, and year as a whole, to forget. Here are ten takeaways from a season-defining loss: