Gophers hit game-winning FG to capture Floyd of Rosedale trophy

MINNEAPOLIS — The 15th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes were a buzzed-about, potential College Football Playoff team over the last fortnight. The touchdown-underdog Gophers blew up those plans and lifted the Floyd of Rosedale rivalry trophy with a 13-10 victory at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday. On the last play, kicker Luke Drzewiecki nailed a 46-yard field goal to win the 98-pound pig trophy. Watch ball, kick ball, Drzewiecki told KFXN-FM amid another field storming. Gophers fans rushed the field for the second time this month; they also did so after a 20-14 win over Michigan on Oct. 3. Now Minnesota possess its three most-valued rivalry trophies — Floyd of Rosedale (Iowa), the Little Brown Jug (Michigan) and Paul Bunyan s Axe (Wisconsin) — at the same time for the first time since October 1978. The Gophers (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) snapped a five-game home losing streak in the rivalry, and head coach P.J. Fleck improved to 2-8 against Iowa and legendary coach Kirk Feren