Minnesota 35, at Northwestern 38

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Jack Olsen drilled a 33-yard field goal with 53 seconds remaining to lift Northwestern to a 38-35 victory over Minnesota in a back-and-forth Big Ten Conference showdown on Saturday at Wrigley Field. The Wildcats, who improved to 6-5, engineered a methodical 14-play, 59-yard drive in the final minutes, chewing up nearly five minutes of clock to set up Olsen’s game-winning kick. The drive was kept alive by a crucial third-down conversion from quarterback Preston Stone, who found Hayden Eligon II for a 14-yard gain to the Minnesota 38. Minnesota, which fell to 6-5, had one final chance… Read more...