The Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-2) marched into Ryan Field on Saturday and became bowl-eligible with a 41-14 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats (3-5).
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Derik LeCaptain’s 24-yard rushing touchdown. The situation at running back gives me anxiety, with the Gophers now down to two healthy scholarship backs after Bryce Williams was carted to the locker room with a lower leg injury against Northwestern and did not return. But the silver lining is that it blessed us with Derik LeCaptain as the team’s emergency running back late in the fourth quarter. The walk-on linebacker was a prolific running back in high school, racking up 5,199 rushing yards and 100 touchdowns in his career.