MINNEAPOLIS — Drake Lindsay threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns on Saturday as Minnesota rallied to defeat Rutgers, 31-28. Rutgers quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis, who spent three years in the Minnesota program and was the Gophers’ starter as a redshirt sophomore in 2023, threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns. Lindsay went 6 for 7 for 72 yards and found Javon Tracy from 4 yards out to give Minnesota the lead. Rutgers then moved the ball to Minnesota’s 26, but a miscommunication on a shotgun snap cost the Scarlet Knights 15 yards. Up nextMinnesota at Ohio State, Oct. 4; Rutgers at Washington, Oct. 10.