Minnesota 29-23 victory over Miami (Ohio)

Coach Jerry Kill returned to the Minnesota sideline one week after suffering a seizure during a game and watched Marqueis Gray rack up 334 total yards in a 29-23 victory over Miami (Ohio).

Gray threw for 163 yards and rushed for 171 more and Duane Bennett blocked a punt and returned it for
a TD to hand Kill his first victory as coach of the Golden Gophers.

Zac Dysert threw for 325 yards and two touchdowns and Nick Harwell had 12 catches for 162 yards for
the RedHawks. Miami drove the ball to the Minnesota 20 in the closing moments. With his hands on his
knees, Kill watched Kim Royston breakup the final pass of the game, and the student section serenaded
him with chants of “Jerry! Jerry!” as he walked off a winner for the first time in maroon and gold.

Kill made it through the game without incident, a big relief to Gophers fans and his players who watched
him collapse at the end of last week’s loss to New Mexico State. He spent five days in the hospital and
didn’t rejoin the team until Thursday. His first game back was no cake walk.

The Gophers were clinging to a seven-point lead early in the fourth when Bennett came off the left edge
and blocked Zac Murphy’s punt. The ball hung in the air and he plucked it out of the air just before falling into the end zone for the TD and a 29-16 lead.

Dysert drove Miami 80 yards in 2:34 on the next possession, scrambling and finding Dawan Scott wide
open in the end zone to keep it interesting