{"id":423276,"date":"2024-11-30T14:44:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=423276"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Minnesota-defense-dominates-as-Wisconsin-dealt-rare-losing-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Minnesota-defense-dominates-as-Wisconsin-dealt-rare-losing-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota defense dominates as Wisconsin dealt rare losing season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Max Brosmer passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Minnesota past archrival Wisconsin 24-7 in the annual battle for Paul Bunyan&#8217;s Axe on Friday afternoon, ending the Badgers&#8217; streak of consecutive winning seasons at 22. Brosmer completed 17 of 26 passes for 191 yards without an interception for the Gophers (7-5, 5-4 Big Ten). Wisconsin (5-7, 3-6) closed the season with five consecutive defeats and its first losing season since going 5-7 under Barry Alvarez in 2001. It was the longest active streak of winning seasons among Power 4 teams. The defeat also likely snapped Wisconsin&#8217;s streak of 22 consecutive bowl games, as there is almost no chance the Badgers get a bid as a five-win team because of Academic Progress Rate (APR). Darius Taylor rushed for 143 yards on 32 carries for the Gophers, who had a 374-166 advantage in total yards. Wisconsin was held to just 36 yards rushing on 24 attempts. Braedyn Locke completed just 15 of 32 passes for 130 yards. Brosmer&#8217;s 1-yard plunge put Minnesota up 7-0 late in the first quarter, capping a nine-play, 89-yard drive. Brosmer completed 4 of 5 passes for 71 yards on the march, including a 21-yard completion on third-and-7 to the 1-yard line. The Gophers made it 14-0 on their next possession when Brosmer capped the 75-yard drive with a 7-yard scoring pass to Daniel Jackson. Minnesota pushed the lead to 21-0 with a methodical 11-play drive that consumed the first 6:02 of the third quarter. Brosmer completed all six of his passes on the drive, including a 15-yard touchdown to tight end Jameson Geers. Wisconsin answered with its first sustained drive, kept alive by a late hit penalty on third-and-15. Locke&#8217;s 15-yard pass to Vinny Anthony II made it 21-7 with just over three minutes left in the third quarter. The Badgers drove to the Minnesota 10, but Nathanial Vakos was wide right on a 37-yard field-goal attempt with 12:10 remaining. Dragin Kesich&#8217;s 43-yard field goal put the Gophers up 24-7 with 3:19 left. &#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/0cf44044002d71321a3ed00aaa9b5e77.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Nov 29, 2024; Madison, Wisconsin, USA; Wisconsin Badgers running back Darrion Dupree (13) is tackled by Minnesota Golden Gophers defensive lineman Danny Striggow (92) during the second quarter at Camp Randall Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>-Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Brosmer passed for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead Minnesota past archrival&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}