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per FSN:
Minnesota closed out the regular season with a 37-15 win over Wisconsin, their first since 2003, improving to 6-6 and setting the stage for their 20th appearance in a bowl game.
Those appearances have been a mixed bag.
The Gophers have been a pretty reliable bowl team in recent years, playing in the Texas, Citrus, Quick Lane and Holiday bowls from 2012-16.
They’ll return to Detroit’s Ford Field for the Quick Lane Bowl on Dec. 26, where they’ll take on Georgia Tech in the first meeting between the two programs.
That’s a far cry from the Gophers’ auspicious bowl history.
Minnesota appeared in the Rose Bowl in 1961 and 1962, falling 17-7 to Washington in the first, and beating UCLA 21-3 in the second.
However, they’ve won the last two, Minnesota’s first bowl wins since the 2004 Music City Bowl, although that previous appearance in the Quick Lane Bowl requires a bit of an asterisk.
Minnesota finished 5-7 in 2015, but received a bowl nod anyway after just 77 teams finished the regular season eligible for one of the 80 bowl games played that year.
But hey, quarterback Mitch Leidner led the Gophers to a win anyway, and a payout is a payout.
https://www.foxsports.com/north/story/minnesota-gophers-bowl-game-history-quick-lane-bowl-120518
Go Gophers!!
Minnesota closed out the regular season with a 37-15 win over Wisconsin, their first since 2003, improving to 6-6 and setting the stage for their 20th appearance in a bowl game.
Those appearances have been a mixed bag.
The Gophers have been a pretty reliable bowl team in recent years, playing in the Texas, Citrus, Quick Lane and Holiday bowls from 2012-16.
They’ll return to Detroit’s Ford Field for the Quick Lane Bowl on Dec. 26, where they’ll take on Georgia Tech in the first meeting between the two programs.
That’s a far cry from the Gophers’ auspicious bowl history.
Minnesota appeared in the Rose Bowl in 1961 and 1962, falling 17-7 to Washington in the first, and beating UCLA 21-3 in the second.
However, they’ve won the last two, Minnesota’s first bowl wins since the 2004 Music City Bowl, although that previous appearance in the Quick Lane Bowl requires a bit of an asterisk.
Minnesota finished 5-7 in 2015, but received a bowl nod anyway after just 77 teams finished the regular season eligible for one of the 80 bowl games played that year.
But hey, quarterback Mitch Leidner led the Gophers to a win anyway, and a payout is a payout.
https://www.foxsports.com/north/story/minnesota-gophers-bowl-game-history-quick-lane-bowl-120518
Go Gophers!!