Rutgers Scarlet Knights

3-2

Ugh, no.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers

3-2 28 – 31

3-1

Final · Sat, Sep 27

Game Details

Huntington Bank Stadium (Minneapolis) · 46,234 fans · BTN

Highlights

Drake Lindsay's 3 TDs help Minnesota rally past Rutgers 31-28

Drake Lindsay threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns on Saturday as Minnesota rallied to defeat Rutgers 31-28.

Recap via ESPN

0:28 Athan Kaliakmanis throws 4-yard touchdown pass to DT Sheffield

0:23 Fame Ijeboi runs for 2-yard rushing touchdown

0:39 Jalen Smith shows the hands on 78-yard reception

0:20 Drake Lindsey connects for 8-yard TD pass

Clips play on ESPN

Huntington Bank Stadium · Minneapolis

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
RUTG	7	14	0	7	28
MINN	0	14	10	7	31

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Game Leaders

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Athan Kaliakmanis · 21/34, 249 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Antwan Raymond · 26 CAR, 161 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
KJ Duff · 6 REC, 84 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Bradley Weaver · 2Sacks
Dariel Djabome · 9Tackles

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Drake Lindsey · 31/41, 324 YDS, 3 TDPassing Yards
Fame Ijeboi · 12 CAR, 37 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jalen Smith · 4 REC, 103 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Anthony Smith · 1.5Sacks
Devon Williams · 13Tackles

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Scoring

Q4 3:19

TD Javon Tracy 4 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Brady Denaburg Kick)28–31

Q4 11:28

TD Antwan Raymond 4 Yd Run (Jai Patel Kick)28–24

Q3 0:11

FG Brady Denaburg 26 Yd Field Goal 21–24

Q3 9:18

TD Jalen Smith 9 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Brady Denaburg Kick)21–21

Q2 0:18

TD Antwan Raymond 2 Yd Run (Jai Patel Kick)21–14

Q2 7:58

TD Le'Meke Brockington 8 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Brady Denaburg Kick)14–14

Q2 8:52

TD Fame Ijeboi 2 Yd Run (Brady Denaburg Kick)14–7

Q2 10:43

TD KJ Duff 14 Yd pass from Athan Kaliakmanis (Jai Patel Kick)14–0

Q1 3:16

TD DT Sheffield 4 Yd pass from Athan Kaliakmanis (Jai Patel Kick)7–0

Team Stats

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Offense

387 Total Yards 359

249 Passing Yards 324

138 Rushing Yards 35

29 First Downs 20

Efficiency

7-14 3rd Down 5-11

0-0 4th Down 0-1

21/34 Completions 31/41

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 0

5-41 Penalties 3-30

31:05 Possession 28:55

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Athan Kaliakmanis	21/34	249	7.3	2	1	45.2
Team	21/34	249	7.3	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Antwan Raymond	26	161	6.2	2	23
Samuel Brown V	5	12	2.4	0	9
Team	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
Athan Kaliakmanis	10	-29	-2.9	0	7
Team	42	138	3.3	2	23

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
KJ Duff	6	84	14.0	1	21
DT Sheffield	5	74	14.8	1	29
Ian Strong	5	46	9.2	0	13
Kenny Fletcher Jr.	3	30	10.0	0	15
Antwan Raymond	1	12	12.0	0	12
Colin Weber	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	21	249	11.9	2	29

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	0	0
Colin Weber	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Dariel Djabome	9	3	0	0.5	0	0
Jett Elad	8	6	0	0.5	0	0
Jacobie Henderson	6	5	0	0	0	0
Cam Miller	4	4	0	1	1	0
Bo Mascoe	4	2	0	0	0	0
Abram Wright	4	1	0	0	0	1
Bradley Weaver	3	2	2	2	0	0
Jordan Walker	3	2	0	0	0	1
Kaj Sanders	2	2	0	0	0	0
Kevin Levy	2	1	0	0	0	0
Keshon Griffin	1	1	0	1	0	0
Taj White	1	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Robinson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Joines	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sam Robinson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Zaire Angoy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sebastian Jusma	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric O'Neill	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team	53	33	2	5	1	4

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
DT Sheffield	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team	1	5	5.0	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	XP	PTS
Jai Patel	0/1	4/4	4
Dane Pizzaro	0/1	0/0	0
Team	0/2	4/4	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jakob Anderson	4	175	43.8	0	0	48
Team	4	175	43.8	0	0	48

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drake Lindsey	31/41	324	7.9	3	0	68.0
Team	31/41	324	7.9	3	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Fame Ijeboi	12	37	3.1	1	16
Cam Davis	3	8	2.7	0	8
Team	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Drake Lindsey	2	-7	-3.5	0	0
Team	18	35	1.9	1	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jalen Smith	4	103	25.8	1	78
Javon Tracy	6	54	9.0	1	27
Le'Meke Brockington	5	41	8.2	1	11
Drew Biber	4	41	10.3	0	21
Logan Loya	4	27	6.8	0	10
Jameson Geers	3	24	8.0	0	9
Cam Davis	3	18	6.0	0	11
Fame Ijeboi	1	12	12.0	0	12
Frank Bierman	1	4	4.0	0	4
Team	31	324	10.5	3	78

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Derik LeCaptain	1	0	0
Koi Perich	1	0	0
Team	2	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Devon Williams	13	3	0	1	0	0
Koi Perich	11	4	1	1	0	0
Za'Quan Bryan	7	5	0	0	0	0
Maverick Baranowski	6	3	1	1	0	0
Karter Menz	5	3	1	2	0	1
Deven Eastern	5	3	0.5	0.5	0	0
Kerry Brown	4	3	0	0	1	0
Anthony Smith	4	2	1.5	2	0	1
Aidan Gousby	4	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Gerald	4	1	0	0	2	0
John Nestor	3	1	0	0	1	0
Jaxon Howard	3	0	1	1.5	0	0
Lucas Finnessy	2	1	0	0.5	0	0
Darius Green	2	1	0	0	0	0
Rushawn Lawrence	1	1	1	1	0	0
Jalen Logan-Redding	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Hicks	1	1	0	0	0	0
Emmanuel Karmo	1	1	0	0	1	0
Nate Becker	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Team	78	36	7	11	5	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Kerry Brown	1	28	0
Team	1	28	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Koi Perich	3	83	27.7	56
Derik LeCaptain	2	1	0.5	5
Team	4	84	21.0	56

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Koi Perich	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team	1	13	13.0	13	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Brady Denaburg	1/2	50.0	26	4/4	7
Team	1/2	50.0	26	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tom Weston	4	177	44.3	0	1	59
Team	4	177	44.3	0	1	59

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