The last time they went to a bowl game, it
was December of 1986. The last
time they beat a top 5 team on the road, it was
November of 1986. The last
time they won eight games in a season, it was
1967. And it's been 95 years
since they went 4-0 on the road in the regular
season. But the 1999 Gopher
football team edged then-#2 Penn State in Happy
Valley, came home and
earned their seventh victory by beating Indiana,
then took the show back on
the road to get win number 8 at Iowa. Now it's
on to the Wells Fargo Sun
Bowl on December 31 in El Paso, Texas.
A third consecutive loss by Penn State has moved
the Gophers and Nittany
Lions into a fourth place tie. The eight Gopher
wins moved them in the #13
slot in the Associated Press poll and #14 in
the ESPN/USA Today Coaches'
Poll. The Gophers' Sun Bowl opponent will be
second-place Pac-10 team
Oregon, who also finished 8-3 overall with a
6-2 Pac-10 record.