Trailing by 21 through three quarters, Northwestern appeared headed toward yet another loss. The Wildcats had other ideas.
Ben Bryant threw a 25-yard touchdown to Charlie Mangieri in overtime, Bryce Kirtz set a career high with 215 yards receiving and caught two TDs, and Bryant rolled to his right and found Mangieri on the left side near the goal line for the winning score on the first play after Minnesota's Dragan Kesich kicked a 20-yard field goal. Fans in the student section poured onto the field, celebrating a rare win for a program that has also been engulfed in a hazing and abuse scandal.
Bryant threw for 396 yards and four touchdowns. A.J. Henning caught a tying TD in the closing seconds of regulation. The Wildcats overcame another dazzling performance by Minnesota's Darius Taylor, who ran for 198 yards and two scores, and pulled out the win after they looked like they were headed toward a lopsided loss.Northwestern scored two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter to pull within seven.
Bryant, a Cincinnati transfer, completed 33 of 49 passes. He missed on a few deep throws in the first half. But overall, it was just the sort of outing he needed after struggling through the first three games. Kirtz caught 10 passes, including an 80-yard TD late in the first half. Cam Porter ran for a score, and the Wildcats bounced back from a loss at Duke. They also won their second straight game at Ryan Field — something they hadn't done since 2021 — after beating UTEP two weeks ago.
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