Gophers Will Play West Virginia In Guaranteed Rate Bowl
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Gophers are bowl-bound, set to play West Virginia in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl Dec. 28.
The bowl game takes place in Phoenix and kicks off at 9:15 p.m.
December 28, 2021: @GopherFootball vs. @WVUfootball at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix, AZ (Kickoff 9:15CT, ESPN)#RTB, boys.
— Norman Seawright III (@SeawrightSays) December 5, 2021
Get that flight now. It won't be cheap.
The Gophers finished 8-4 on the season. This is the third bowl game for the Gophers under head coach P.J. Fleck. Last year, they beat Auburn in the Outback Bowl.
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Quarterback Tanner Morgan and running back Mo Ibrahim -- who missed this season due to injury -- both announced they'll be back with the Gophers next year. The school gave Fleck a new, seven-year contract midseason.