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Michael Carter sacks Thomas O'Brien . AP Photo The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers struggled its way 16-13 win over the Football Championship Subdivision South Dakota State Jackrabbits at TCF Bank Stadium.

Minnesota 16, South Dakota State 13. AP Photo MNTa , MNTO101 B9 DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS Eric Ellestad's 25-yard field goal with 2: remaining gave Minnesota the lead, and the struggling Golden Gophers hung on for an ugl9 16-12 2 victor9 over lower-division South Dakota State on Saturday.

Minnesota doesn't have to be reminded about the last game against a lower-division opponent from a bordering state, and that memory isn't pleasant.

ILLINOIS: The Fighting Illini have their first win streak of the season after holding off Minnesota in Minneapolis over the weekend, 35-32. Young QB Jacob Charest threw for a career-high 185 yards and a TD after replacing Juice Williams, who left in the first quarter with an ankle injury.

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After another disappointing loss, one thing is painfully clear about the Golden Gophers football team: This squad still has the stink of Glen Mason on them.A Throughout Mason's tenure, there were two constants:A a stellar, clock-grinding run game and a consistent pattern of failing each and every time the team had a chance to elevate itself to the ...

Terry Hawthorne returned an interception for a touchdown and Clay Nurse had four of Illinois' eight sacks to lead the Illini to a 35-32 victory over Minnesota on Saturday.

MINNEAPOLIS – The supposedly high-performance offenses at Illinois and Minnesota spent most of the first seven weeks of the season stuck in the shop, sputtering and struggling to get going.

Tim Brewster built the Minnesota football program in the image of his alma mater, Illinois.

A backup defensive back for Minnesota was arrested and briefly jailed after a confrontation with university police outside a pizza parlor early Monday.

The ball bounced off tight end Nick Tow-Arnett's chest and into the air, landing right in the hands of running back Duane Bennett.

After nearly handing the Iowa Hawkeyes their first loss of this college football season, the Michigan State Spartans knew they could beat some of the best competition in the country.

Gophers quarterack MarQueis Gray hugged Adam Weber at the conclusion of Saturday's game, after Weber threw for 416 yards and five touchdowns.

Adam Weber redeemed himself in a big way. Tim Brewster had his biggest coaching win.

Adam Weber passed for 416 yards and five touchdowns, helping Minnesota hurdle a school-record 17 penalties and hang on to beat Michigan State 42-34 on Saturday night.

Pretty nasty first half for the Spartans. The defense gives up a score during the first 20 seconds.

MarQueis Gray tried to brush off talk around the University of Minnesota campus this week that he should replace Adam Weber as the Gophers' starting quarterback.

Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber's junior season has been tainted by a series of turnovers and stalled drives.

Tim Brewster was asked Wednesday why first-year offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch looks so tired all the time, as if he never gets any sleep.

Series Record: Michigan State leads 25-16. Last Meeting: 2006, Minnesota, 31-18. What's at Stake: Both teams face fork-in-the-road games as the final third of the season arrives.