What PJ Fleck said after Minnesota's 'gutsy' win over Purdue
For the second straight week, Minnesota trailed at halftime.
This week had a better ending, though.
The Golden Gophers came back to beat Purdue 20-13 in West Lafayette Saturday afternoon. They trailed 13-10 at halftime but scored 10 unanswered points after the break to finish off the comeback.
It ends a rough streak for PJ Fleck’s team: 17 straight losses when trailing at halftime, dating back to 2017. That includes last week’s loss to Bowling Green, which had lost 10 straight games to FBS schools before that game. Fleck said he didn’t know about the streak when asked about it in his postgame press conference, but sure seemed happy it ended.
He discussed his team’s response to that loss to Bowling Green after Minnesota’s “gutsy” win over Purdue.
Video: #Gophers coach PJ Fleck said he wasn’t aware of being 0-17 when trailing at the half at Minnesota since 2017 — a slump extended by Bowling Green but busted in coming back from a 3-point deficit at the break to beat Purdue 20-13 on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/SS1yT3Urad
— Andy Greder (@andygreder) October 2, 2021
PJ Fleck after today's win:
"Just a gutsy win for us. Just a gutsy performance. Proud of the resilience of this football team, not only through the game, but what they went through this entire week." #Gophers https://t.co/2IGJwojZOd
— Jeff Wald (@JeffWaldFox9) October 2, 2021
"Our word of the week was response."
"Defense played their hearts out"
"It was a gutsy performance"
"Special Teams played so well today."
-P.J. Fleck on @KFAN1003 after the game. #Gophers
— GopherHole.com (@GopherHole) October 2, 2021
The word of the week? RESPONSE. https://t.co/1yJFNb4qEU#Gophers pic.twitter.com/xhC1rLaU09
— GopherHole.com (@GopherHole) October 2, 2021