There’s a lot on the line Saturday afternoon when the Gophers play the Badgers, and most important is that a victory for Minnesota would make them bowl eligible.
If the Gophers lose, their season is over.
That’s the expected outcome considering the Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas favors the Badgers by 11 1/2 points and the Gophers haven’t beaten Wisconsin since a 37-34 win at Metrodome in 2003.
Take the Badgers’ domination over the Gophers a step further and you’ll see that they’ve won 21 of the last 24 meetings, including 11 consecutive at home. The Gophers haven’t won in Madison since 1994.
- 2017: Badgers 31, Gophers 0 (MN)
- 2016: Badgers 31, Gophers 17 (WI)
- 2015: Badgers 31, Gophers 21 (MN)
- 2014: Badgers 34, Gophers 24 (WI)
- 2013: Badgers 20, Gophers 7 (MN)
- 2012: Badgers 38, Gophers 14 (WI)
- 2011: Badgers 42, Gophers 13 (MN)
- 2010: Badgers 41, Gophers 23 (WI)
- 2009: Badgers 31, Gophers 28 (MN)
- 2008: Badgers 35, Gophers 32 (WI)
- 2007: Badgers 41, Gophers 34 (MN)
- 2006: Badgers 48, Gophers 12 (WI)
- 2005: Badgers 38, Gophers 34 (MN)
- 2004: Badgers 38, Gophers 14 (WI)
- 2003: Gophers 37, Badgers 34 (MN)
- 2002: Badgers 49, Gophers 31 (WI)
- 2001: Gophers 42, Badgers 31 (MN)
- 2000: Badgers 41, Gophers 20 (WI)
- 1999: Badgers 20, Gophers 17 (MN)
- 1998: Badgers 26, Gophers 7 (WI)
- 1997: Badgers 21, Gophers 20 (MN)
- 1996: Badgers 45, Gophers 28 (WI)
- 1995: Badgers 34, Gophers 27 (MN)
- 1994: Gophers 17, Badgers 14 (WI)
10 things that happened the last time MN won in Madison
- Big movies that year were The Lion King and Forrest Gump.
- The Tanya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan scandal at the Olympics.
- O.J. Simpson’s slow-speed chase in a white Ford Bronco in Los Angeles.
- Kurt Cobain committed suicide.
- The Wonderbra was invented.
- MLB players went on strike.
- The George Foreman Grill debuted.
- Sega Genesis CDX was among the most popular Christmas gifts.
- Kim Jung-II’s biography claimed he made 11 holes-in-one in one round of golf.
- Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley.
Maybe you’ve noticed, but the trailer for the remake of The Lion King was released this week and it hits theaters next summer. Coincidence?
Let’s hope not.
