MN at NE - Nov 22, 2014

(25) Minnesota 28 at (23) Nebraska 24.

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Down by double digits in the third quarter, and with star running back David Cobb on the sideline injured, the Gophers (No. 25 CFP) stunned Nebraska (No. 23 CFP, No. 21 AP) 28-24 on Saturday to keep alive their hopes in the Big Ten West.

Briean Boddy-Calhoun made the defensive play of the game when he ripped the ball out of De'Mornay Pierson-El's hands at the Minnesota 2-yard line with 1:19 left.

The Gophers ran out the clock to end a 20-game road losing streak against Top 25 opponents that dated to 2000.

Minnesota (8-3, 5-2), assured of its best Big Ten record since 2003, can win the West and go to the conference championship game on Dec. 6 with a victory at Wisconsin next week.

The comeback was Minnesota's biggest in a win since it rallied from 14 down to beat Northwestern in 2003. The Gophers beat the Huskers for the second straight year and won for the first time in eight visits to Lincoln since 1960.

Leidner ran for a season-high 110 yards and two touchdowns, with many of his 22 carries coming on zone-read option keepers. Cobb had 15 runs for 80 yards before leaving the game.

Nebraska's Ameer Abdullah had 98 yards and a touchdown on 20 carries, and Armstrong was 12 of 19 for 233 yards.

The Gophers were down 21-7 at half after Randy Gregory blocked Ryan Santoso's 30-yard field-goal attempt and Nate Gerry scooped up the ball and ran it 85 yards down the Nebraska sideline to the end zone.

With Donnell Kirkwood and Rodrick Williams filling in for Cobb, the Gophers went 73 yards in 10 plays to pull to 24-21.

Leidner completed third-down passes to Maxx Williams and KJ Maye before Rodrick Williams bounced outside for a touchdown on a fourth-and-1 from the 19.

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