Indiana Beats Minnesota 23-16 in Overtime After the Teams Trade 60-Yard Field Goals in the Final Seconds
Minnesota took the lead on a 60-yard field goal with 19 seconds left. Indiana answered with a 60-yarder of its own as time expired, then scored on the first play of overtime to beat the Golden Gophers 23-16 and stay 8-1.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - College football almost never ends like this. No. 4 Indiana beat Minnesota 23-16 in overtime on Saturday, in a game that finished regulation with the two kickers trading 60-yard field goals in the final 19 seconds.
Minnesota struck first in the duel. Luke Drzewiecki, who had not missed a kick all season, hit a career-long 60-yarder with 19 seconds remaining to give the Golden Gophers a 16-13 lead and silence the Memorial Stadium crowd. Indiana's answer took one snap: backup quarterback Grant Wilson hit Charlie Becker for 33 yards, and kickoff specialist Paddy McAteer - pressed into placekicking duty after Nico Radicic's misses earlier in the game - drilled his own career-long 60-yarder as time expired to tie it 16-16. Sports Illustrated reported the pair are the first opposing kickers since 1941 to make 60-yard field goals in the same game.
Overtime took one play. Wilson, who had replaced Josh Hoover at the start of the second half, threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Becker on the first snap of the extra period. Becker finished with eight catches for 149 yards and the decisive score, and Wilson was 9 of 17 for 156 yards. Indiana's defense then closed it out with a sack of Drake Lindsey on fourth-and-goal.
Indiana improved to 8-1 and 5-1 in the Big Ten, needing overtime for the second straight week to protect its national championship defense. Minnesota, a 20-point underdog that outplayed stretches of the game despite being outgained, fell to 5-3 and 3-2 - 19 seconds from one of the season's biggest upsets.
