Minnesota Hands EIU Football First Loss Of The Season

Minnesota changed the momentum of the game late in the first quarter on Thursday evening with the first of two touchdown punt returns by Javon Tracy as the Gophers beat Eastern Illinois, 59-7 at Huntington Bank Stadium. The Panthers fell to 1-1 on the season after last week’s season opening win at Murray State. Minnesota is 1-0 after its season opening win. Darius Taylor scored the first of his three rushing touchdowns to put the Gophers on the board with 4:29 in the first quarter on their second drive of the game. After holding EIU to a three-and-out, Tracy took…