With many Gophers’ players playing their first collegiate game, P.J. Fleck and Co. couldn’t have asked for much more from the Gophers football team on Thursday night. Starting quarterback Zack Annexstad silenced the naysayers, throwing for 162 yards with two touchdowns to Tyler Johnson. Redshirt Sophomore Seth Green ran in two TD’s on two Wildcat plays and Antoine Winfield Jr. returned a punt 76 yards.
All that was in the first 30 minutes.
“I’m really proud of our players tonight all-around offense, defense and special teams,” P.J. Fleck said. “I think we ended up playing 24 freshmen as well.