Big Ten Football Game Highlights: Minnesota at Northwestern

Here are the biggest plays from Saturday's Week 9 contest between P.J. Fleck and his Golden Gophers and Pat Fitzgerald and his Wildcats and in Evanston.

The Wildcats welcome the Golden Gophers into Ryan Field this afternoon for a Week 9 showdown between two teams trending in opposite directions.

Northwestern (3-4, 1-3 Big Ten) will face off against a red hot Minnesota team (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten), who are currently tied,  for first place in the Big Ten West, with Iowa. The Wildcats will be looking to rebound from their loss last week against the Michigan Wolverines 

Highlights 

First Quarter 

7:40 - Minnesota DB Justin Walley, forces a fumble, recovers it and takes it back for a touchdown.

Second Quarter

11:51 - Andrew Marty finds Evan Hull to put Northwestern on the board with a six yard touchdown pass.

4:47 - Mar'Keise Irving answers Northwestern's score with a score of his own, rushing it in from three yards.

0:36 - Brandon Joseph dives for an interception in the end zone, hauling in the deflected pass and denying the Gophers points.

Fourth Quarter 

14:54 - Minnesota quarterback Tanner Morgan opens up the fourth quarter with an 18 yard touchdown run.

9:33 - Freshman running back Mar'Keise Irving puts an exclamation point on this one, with a 41 yard rushing touchdown, giving the Gophers a comfortable 34-7 lead.

6:37 - Andrew Marty finds Berkeley Holman for a 17 yard touchdown, giving the Wildcats just their second touchdown on the day.

1:56 - Minnesota RB Derik LeCaptain rumbles in from 24 yards to give the Gophers a 41-14 lead.

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