Late touchdown drive lifts Minnesota over Ohio 27-24

Shannon Brooks’ 3-yard touchdown run with 30 seconds remaining lifted the Minnesota Golden Gophers to a 27-24 win over the Ohio Bobcats at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday.

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On its second offensive possession, Derrius Vick was impressive in completing passes of 38 (to the increasingly improving Keith Heitzman) and 39 yards with the latter resulting in Ohio’s first touchdown of the game to the speedy Papi White. But Vick’s Hail Mary pass with the clock expiring was batted down, and the Gophers escaped. “I have been a competitive kid my whole life, and at no point was I going to back down from any type of competition”. “We’ve done it over the last three weeks”, head coach Jerry Kill said. Were it not for Brooks, the Gophers may well have been upset at home by the game Bobcats. Leidner’s composure was on display during Minnesota’s final drive. Vick utilized his big receivers on the outside for long passes down the field. The O went 78 yards in 11 plays to pull it out. 2. “That’s why I am so proud of this team”, Kill said. “And they are a very good defense. We make no excuses and just go play”. “To be in a situation like I was this week, angry after the Kent State game, to bounce back, for both myself and offensively as a unit is huge for us”.

The fourth quarter was a wild one that featured 20 total points.

Rodney Smith rushed for 94 yards on 16 carries and Brooks also scored on a nifty 40-yard run in his first extended action for the Gophers, who found themselves in another battle with a Mid-America Conference opponent for the second week in a row.

The Gophers need to finish their non-conference schedule on a high note, and if Leidner struggles we could see true freshman Demry Croft under center at some point. And backup Chad Moore broke his thumb, and returned in a cast for “some snaps”, according to Solich.