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Chart: Gophers football vs. the AP top five since 1991

September 3, 2015 at 3:27AM
Minnesota kicker Dan Nystrom jumps into the arms of holder Ryan Rindels after he kicked a field goal with two seconds left on the game clock Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999, for a 24-23 win over Penn State at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. Penn State's David Macklin sits on the field, right. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, John Beale)
Minnesota kicker Dan Nystrom jumps into the arms of holder Ryan Rindels after he kicked a field goal with two seconds left on the game clock Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999, for a 24-23 win over Penn State at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. Penn State's David Macklin sits on the field, right. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, John Beale) (Brian Stensaas — Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gophers vs. Top Five

Minnesota's record against teams ranked in the AP top five since 1990 is 1-9:

SeasonGameScoreMinn. coach

2006at (1) Ohio StateL, 44-0Glen Mason

2004at (5) WisconsinL, 38-14Mason

1999at (2) Penn StateW, 24-23Mason

1998at (1) Ohio StateL, 45-15Mason

1997at (1) Penn StateL, 16-15Mason

1997at (4) MichiganL, 24-3Mason

1996at (2) Ohio StateL, 45-0Jim Wacker

1995vs. (4) Ohio StateL, 49-21Wacker

1992at (3) MichiganL, 63-13Wacker

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Did you know?

• The last time the Gophers played a nonconference opponent ranked in the AP top five was Sept. 23, 1989. No. 3 Nebraska, then of the Big Eight, came to the Metrodome and rolled the Gophers 48-0.

• The last time the Gophers beat a top-five team at home: Oct. 22, 1977. No. 1 Michigan was shut out in Minneapolis, the Gophers winning 16-0.

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