Minnesota beats Syracuse in Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium

The Minnesota Gophers are in their New York State of Mind.

The Pinstripe Bowl turned turned out to be the Minn-stripe Bowl, as the Gophers defeated Syracuse 28-20 at Yankee Stadium on Thursday.

Minnesota QB Tanner Morgan came off the bench to throw a pair of touchdown passes to Daniel Jackson from 20 and 25 yards after Athan Kaliakmanis left in the second quarter with an injury. Morgan, who missed several games with a concussion, had not thrown a TD pass since Sept. 24.

Coleman Bryson intercepted a Garrett Shrader pass and returned it 70 yards to give the Gophers a 21-10 lead halfway through the third quarter.

Minnesota running back Mohamed Ibrahim (24) scores a touchdown against Syracuse defensive back Alijah Clark (5) during the first half of the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Dec. 29, 2022.

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Mohamed Ibrahim ran for 71 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown. The running back set Minnesota records for single-season touchdowns and all-time rushing yards.
Minnesota finishes the season 9-4.

For Syracuse, it was their sixth loss in seven games after a 6-0 start.

Minnesota quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis (8) leaves the game after an ankle injury.

Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader (6) dives for yardage against Minnesota defensive back Darius Green(12) during the first half.

A busy Shrader was 32-for-51 with 330 yards and an interception, also running for an 8-yard touchdown on fourth-and-goal with 2:30 remaining.

Syracuse drops to 2-1 in the Pinstripe Bowl. They won the 2010 and 2012 contests.
There were 31,131 in attendance at Yankee Stadium.