Illinois welcomed in Minnesota to Memorial Stadium and then put up 55 points against this Golden Gophers program. The offensive power the Illini showed on Saturday was extremely encouraging. They were clicking in every aspect of the game and it showed on the scoreboard.
Minnesota kept the game close through the first half, though. After the first quarter, the Golden Gophers were only down seven points after two big Illinois touchdown runs and a Minnesota drive that picked apart the Illini defense.
The score was within three points in the second quarter until AJ Bush hit Ricky Smalling on a 10-yard pass and he took it the distance for a 67-yard touchdown.