Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay's offense sputtered, penalties piled up at the most inopportune moments and the Packers lost their third game in a row, 23-21 at the Washington Commanders on Sunday for their longest skid since 2018.
With Tanner Morgan unable to play after last week's injury, Athan Kaliakmanis took over at quarterback for the Gophers in a primetime spotlight. Not much went Minnesota's way for him, or the Gophers defense.
Rhett Pitlick's post-goal antics drew a costly 10-minute misconduct. With the split, the Gophers fell to 4-2 in front of an announced sellout crowd of 10,193, while North Dakota improved to 3-2-1.
A third straight Big Ten loss exposed the issues in a Gophers team suddenly struggling to execute their game plan.
