No. 12 Michigan holds off Minnesota, 27-24, to retain Little Brown Jug

Kalel Mullings rushed for 111 yards and 2 touchdowns arsenic No. 12 Michigan held connected to nan Little Brown Jug alongside a 27-24 win successful nan rainfall against Minnesota connected Saturday.

Michigan led 24-3 going into nan 4th quarter, but Minnesota scored 3 touchdowns to propulsion wrong 27-24 alongside 1:37 left.

The Gophers recovered nan onside footwear but were flagged for offsides. Mullings grabbed nan 2nd kick, allowing nan Wolverines to tally retired nan clock.

The Wolverines (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) extended their school-record convention winning streak to 27 games. They haven't mislaid a Big Ten crippled since Michigan State hit them successful 2021.

Minnesota (2-3, 0-2) hoped to win nan Little Brown Jug for nan first long successful a decade and only nan 3rd long successful nan 21st century.

Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. No. 12 Michigan Wolverines Highlights

Mullings made upward for different feeble capacity from nan passing game. Alex Orji completed 10 of 18 passes for 86 yards. He did propulsion 1 touchdown pass, but his interception helped Minnesota's fourth-quarter comeback.

Mullings vanished Michigan's first thrust alongside an untouched 27-yard touchdown run, but some offenses bogged down successful nan soaked conditions.

The Wolverines' defense, though, forced a fumble early successful nan 2nd quarter, giving them nan shot astatine nan Gophers 16. Mullings carried connected nan adjacent 3 plays, bulling his way into nan extremity assemblage from nan 1 for a 14-0 lead.

Kechaun Bennett blocked a Minnesota punt later successful nan quarter. Orji deed Tyler Morris connected nan adjacent play for an 11-yard touchdown to make it 21-0.

Minnesota sewage connected nan committee connected nan past play of nan half. Brosmer deed Nick Kallerup for 44 yards to nan Michigan 1-yard statement and nan section extremity entity sewage onto nan section successful long for Dragan Kesich to footwear a 20-yarder.

Sherrone Moore and Kalel Mullings connected Michigan's CLOSE win complete Minnesota

Dominic Zvada's 53-yard section extremity restored Michigan's 21-point lead midway done nan 3rd quarter, but Orji's interception connected nan adjacent thrust led to a 3-yard touchdown tally by Darius Taylor.

After nan Wolverines went three-and-out, freshman Koi Perich returned a punt 60 yards to nan Michigan 17, and Taylor sewage his 2nd touchdown to make it 24-17 alongside 11:05 to play.

Michigan ran 6:32 disconnected nan timepiece to group upward Zvada's 2nd section extremity and nan 27-17 lead alongside 4:33 to go, but Brosmer deed Daniel Jackson for a 12-yard people to make it a three-point game.

Reporting by The Associated Press.