Gophers football

Tanner Morgan led No. 11 Minnesota to scores on its first three possessions and finished with four touchdown passes, and the Gophers bounced back from their first loss of the season with a 38-22 win over Northwestern on Saturday.

University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck announced Monday that senior running back Rodney Smith will miss the rest of the season as a result of an injury sustained in the first quarter against Fresno State last Saturday.

Zack Annexstad was less than one quarter into his debut for Minnesota when he lost a fumble deep in his own territory.

The University of Minnesota football team opens the 2018 season with a home game Thursday against New Mexico State.

Nine former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation are suing the school, alleging they're victims of racial and gender discrimination.

Quarterback Demry Croft ran for 183 yards and three touchdowns, Rodney Smith added 134 yards rushing and a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and Minnesota ran over Nebraska 54-21 on Saturday.

Gophers football coach PJ Fleck will talk about his team’s upcoming game against Nebraska during his weekly show on News-Talk KROC AM.

The Minnesota Gophers have a hard time putting points on the board, but their defense is pretty stout. When coach J.P. Fleck's team plays at Michigan Saturday night it figures to be a low-scoring Big Ten Conference contest.

Longtime KROC-AM Broadcaster Bernie Lusk, known as "the Voice of Rochester" for many decades, provided Rochester football fans with play by play coverage of Gopher football games through the 1960's and 1970's.

Gophers football coach PJ Fleck will talk about his team’s upcoming game against Iowa and will also reflect on his first Big 10 win of the year during his weekly show on KROC AM.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota panel that heard the case of alleged involvement by 10 football players in a sexual assault on campus has upheld recommended punishment for five of them and overturned or reduced discipline for the other half.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The status of Minnesota coach Tracy Claeys will soon be addressed by athletic director Mark Coyle in the aftermath of sexual assault allegations and a brief team boycott after 10 players were suspended for the bowl game.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Corey Clement ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, a big-play defense pitched a second-half shutout, and No. 5 Wisconsin beat Minnesota 31-17 on Saturday for its 13th straight win in the annual border rivalry.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rodney Smith ran for 153 yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Mitch Leidner ran for 74 yards and two more scores Saturday as Minnesota defeated Purdue 44-31.