Wisconsin Badgers

4-8

Ugh, no.

Wisconsin Badgers lost to the Minnesota Golden Gophers

4-8 7 – 17

7-5

Final · Sat, Nov 29

Game Details

Huntington Bank Stadium (Minneapolis) · 46,038 fans · FS1

Recap

Minnesota keeps Paul Bunyan's Axe with a snowy 17-7 win over Wisconsin, the 4th time in 5 years

P.J. Fleck celebrated his 45th birthday by crowd-surfing through the Minnesota locker room as players tossed him the air, finishing his ninth regular season with the program in...

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Huntington Bank Stadium · Minneapolis

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
WIS	0	7	0	0	7
MINN	0	10	7	0	17

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Game Leaders

Wisconsin Badgers

Hunter Simmons · 12/19, 162 YDS, 2 INTPassing Yards
Darrion Dupree · 12 CAR, 51 YDSRushing Yards
Vinny Anthony II · 4 REC, 92 YDSReceiving Yards
Christian Alliegro · 1Sacks
Cooper Catalano · 10Tackles

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Drake Lindsey · 18/24, 90 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Darius Taylor · 19 CAR, 100 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jameson Geers · 4 REC, 27 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Lucas Finnessy · 1Sacks
Devon Williams · 9Tackles

2026 Big Ten Conference Standings

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Scoring

Q3 5:04

TD Jameson Geers 13 Yd pass from Drake Lindsey (Brady Denaburg Kick)7–17

Q2 0:27

TD Jackson Acker 1 Yd pass from Carter Smith (Nathanial Vakos Kick)7–10

Q2 2:45

TD Darius Taylor 49 Yd Run (Brady Denaburg Kick)0–10

Q2 6:32

FG Brady Denaburg 33 Yd Field Goal 0–3

Team Stats

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Offense

268 Total Yards 218

182 Passing Yards 90

86 Rushing Yards 128

11 First Downs 13

Efficiency

4-13 3rd Down 7-14

2-3 4th Down 0-0

17/27 Completions 18/24

Turnovers & Clock

3 Turnovers 0

3-9 Penalties 1-5

29:28 Possession 30:32

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Hunter Simmons	12/19	162	8.5	0	2	22.9
Carter Smith	5/8	20	2.5	1	0	63.2
Team	17/27	182	6.7	1	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Darrion Dupree	12	51	4.3	20
Jackson Acker	4	20	5.0	12
Carter Smith	5	16	3.2	9
Hunter Simmons	4	5	1.3	8
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0
Trech Kekahuna	1	-2	-2.0	0
Tyrell Henry	1	-3	-3.0	0
Team	28	86	3.1	20

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Vinny Anthony II	4	92	23.0	0	67
Lance Mason	4	49	12.3	0	26
Chris Brooks Jr.	1	18	18.0	0	18
Tucker Ashcraft	2	10	5.0	0	6
Trech Kekahuna	4	7	1.8	0	4
Eugene Hilton Jr.	1	5	5.0	0	5
Jackson Acker	1	1	1.0	1	1
Team	17	182	10.7	1	67

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Team	1	1	0
Team	1	1	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Cooper Catalano	10	5	0	0	0	0
Mason Posa	9	6	0	0	0	0
Austin Brown	8	5	0	0	1	0
D'Yoni Hill	5	2	0	0	0	0
Ben Barten	3	2	0	0	0	0
Christian Alliegro	2	2	1	1	0	0
Parker Petersen	2	2	0	0	0	0
Thomas Heiberger	2	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew Jung	2	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Lane Jr.	2	1	0	1	0	0
Darryl Peterson III	2	0	0	0	0	1
Ricardo Hallman	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tucker Ashcraft	1	1	0	0	0	0
Charles Perkins	1	1	0	0	0	0
Geimere Latimer II	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nicolas Clayton	1	1	0	0	0	0
Mason Reiger	1	0	0	0	0	0
Grover Bortolotti	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter Simmons	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trech Kekahuna	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Jarvis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dillan Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	58	34	1	2	1	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cade Yacamelli	2	40	20.0	21	0
Team	2	40	20.0	21	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nathanial Vakos	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Team	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	In 20	LONG
Sean West	4	117	29.3	1	40
Atticus Bertrams	1	32	32.0	1	32
Team	5	149	29.8	2	40

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Drake Lindsey	18/24	90	3.8	1	0	59.2
Team	18/24	90	3.8	1	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Darius Taylor	19	100	5.3	1	49
Fame Ijeboi	7	25	3.6	0	9
Javon Tracy	1	15	15.0	0	15
Drake Lindsey	2	-2	-1.0	0	2
Team	3	-10	-3.3	0	0
Team	32	128	4.0	1	49

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jameson Geers	4	27	6.8	1	13
Le'Meke Brockington	2	24	12.0	0	19
Darius Taylor	4	11	2.8	0	3
Javon Tracy	3	9	3.0	0	7
Drew Biber	2	8	4.0	0	5
Malachi Coleman	1	4	4.0	0	4
Jalen Smith	1	4	4.0	0	4
Frank Bierman	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	18	90	5.0	1	19

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
John Nestor	0	0	1
Team	0	0	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
John Nestor	9	7	0	2	0	0
Devon Williams	9	4	0	0	0	0
Koi Perich	8	5	0	0	0	0
Maverick Baranowski	7	2	0	0	1	1
Kerry Brown	4	2	0	0	1	0
Lucas Finnessy	3	2	1	1	0	0
Deven Eastern	3	2	0	1	0	0
Jaxon Howard	3	2	0	0	0	0
Karter Menz	3	2	0	1	0	0
Jai'Onte' McMillan	2	2	0	0	0	0
Aidan Gousby	2	1	0	0	0	0
Derik LeCaptain	1	1	0	0	0	0
Harrison Brun	1	1	0	0	0	0
Rushawn Lawrence	1	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Smith	1	0	0	0	0	2
Team	57	33	1	5	2	3

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
John Nestor	2	76	0
Team	2	76	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Koi Perich	1	20	20.0	20
Cam Davis	1	17	17.0	17
Team	2	37	18.5	20

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Koi Perich	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Brady Denaburg	1/2	50.0	33	2/2	5
Team	1/2	50.0	33	2/2	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tom Weston	5	178	35.6	0	3	48
Team	5	178	35.6	0	3	48

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