Friday night, the Minnesota Golden Gophers lost in overtime to the Maryland Terrapins 45-44 because of a missed extra point.
The matchup was a shootout after Maryland initially got up to a 21-7 lead on the Gophers, and was lead by a 394 yard and three touchdown passing day from Terrapins’ quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa, the younger brother of Tua Tagovailoa. The Maryland quarterback also racked up 59 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.
Golden Gophers’ running back Mohamed Ibrahim led the team with 207 rushing yards and an impressive four rushing touchdowns. Tanner Morgan continues to look like he has taken a step back from last season, and the quarterback’s numbers show this with only 189 passing yards and a touchdown in the offensive showdown.
Seth Green ran in the touchdown to bring the Golden Gophers one point behind the Terrapins in overtime, but Minnesota kicker Brock Walker swung the extra point wide right to end the game in favor of Maryland.
Minnesota sitting at 0-2 to start the season is always good to see for Wisconsin fans and will make the Badger’s path to another Big Ten Championship game a little bit easier.