Penn State will face a formidable foe in the Minnesota Golden Gophers this weekend. The team doesn’t have the best record in the nation, but it has played some ranked teams — like the Indiana Hoosiers and Iowa Hawkeyes — extremely tough.
This will be an added challenge for the Nittany Lions, who tend to have a lot of close battles with Minnesota themselves. Although the blue and white lead the all-time series 11-6, the momentum has shifted multiple times over the course of the teams’ history.
Penn State won the first four matchups, then Minnesota took the next four. Penn State then won four more in a row, but the series has been back-and-forth for the last five meetings.
The Nittany Lions have won three of the last five matchups and have won back-to-back
games against the Gophers.
The last game between these two teams was a nail-biter, as most of them are, with Penn State winning 26-25.
Quarterback Drew Allar threw for 244 yards and a touchdown while also completing 80% of his passes in the contest. Tight end Tyler Warren also had a big day, hauling in eight catches for 102 yards.
Penn State doesn’t have a storied rivalry with Minnesota, but these games have been bloodbaths in the past. Let’s see if this weekend’s game resembles those in any way.
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