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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 838582, member: 34"] [B][SIZE=5]1.[/SIZE][/B] On September 23, 1995 Syracuse played the Golden Gophers for the very first time. SU prevailed 27-17 at the Dome and would have a 9-3 record ending the season with a 41-0 trouncing of Clemson in the Gator Bowl. Minnesota would end up going 3-8 that season. [B][SIZE=5]2.[/SIZE][/B] The next year on September 21 we traveled to the Minnesota for a game at the Metrodome. Donovan McNabb was under center and we looked like the better team. However, a freshman by the name of Tyronne Carter from Florida returned two fumbles for touchdowns and we lost 35-33. To this day it's still hard for most Syracuse fans to accept this loss. Here is some game footage for those too young to remember and others who can stomach it. [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl54ii5ovD0'][U]Click[/U][/URL] In today's game I think a review would have disallowed the first 63 yard touchdown. To me it appears the football came loose after Malcom Thomas' knees touched the ground. We dominated just about everywhere but the scoreboard [URL='http://ericthrall.com/gophers/football/1996/syracuse.html'][U]look at these numbers[/U][/URL]. Minnesota ended up 4-7 that year we finished 9-3 and beat Houston in the Liberty Bowl 30-17. [SIZE=5][B]3.[/B][/SIZE] It would be 13 long years before the Orangemen got a chance to exact some revenge. Some 48,617 fans jammed the Carrier Dome in new head coach Doug Marrone's debut on September 5, 2009. It didn't take the Gophers long to score a TD, just 19 seconds to be exact. Remember Mike Jones? He ran back the ensuing kickoff 79 yards to the Minnesota 16. We settled for a field goal to make it 3-7. Later, Greg Paulus, who was also making his debut, hooked up with future NFL'er Mike Williams for a 29 yard TD to pull SU to 10-14. For Williams it was his 10th straight game with a reception. Just before halftime Delone Carter scored to give SU the led 20-14. That would be the only scoring for us the rest of the game. In OT, Paulus threw an interception and the Gophers, after three plays, hit a 35 yard, game winning, field goal . Eric Decker who now plays for the Broncos had a great game, [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLJ0hzysT00'][U]here are some of his receptions[/U][/URL] That Minnesota squad ended up going 6-7 and Syracuse was 4-8 [B][SIZE=5]4.[/SIZE][/B] Last year on September 22, 2012 we traveled to TCF Stadium in Minneapolis to play in front of 50,805 screaming fans. On the very first play of the game Ryan Nassib threw a strike to Jarrod West that seemed to hit off his shoulder pad and the Gophers made the interception. Later while in Minnesota territory Nassib would get hit and fumble the ball to stop a drive. Ashton Broyld would also fall victim to the turnover bug that plagued us all day coughing up a fumble stopping another drive. We were 3rd and goal from their 4 yard line when Nassib coughed up the ball up on a blitz. We would end up dropping this contest one 17-10. [URL='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G3Sa7_ewFs'][U]Highlights[/U][/URL] Another in a series of heart-breaking losses to Minnesota who finished the season 6-7 with a 34-31 loss to Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl. On December 27th in Houston, Texas the home of Nick Chestnut, SU has a chance to get some revenge. LGO Factoid: SU is 1-1 in bowl games in Texas Our win was on January 1st 1960 for the national championship against Texas which we won 23-14 [/QUOTE]

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