No. 4 Indiana needs matching 60-yard field goal, overtime stop to outlast Minnesota 23-16
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A quarterback change. Matching 60-yard field goals in the final 19 seconds of regulation. A quick touchdown and goal-line stop in overtime.No. 4 Indiana had to pull out all the stops to keep alive its chances of repeating as national champions.Paddy McAteer hit a 60-yard field goal at the end of regulation, Grant Wilson threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Becker on the first play of overtime and Indiana closed with a goal-line stand to beat Minnesota 23-16 on Saturday.The previous three weeks of the season were filled with chaos as 10 teams in the AP Top 25 lost, including two No. 1s and a No. 2 by unranked opponents.The volume of tumult turned down in Week 9 with most of the teams in the top half of the poll winning, many by lopsided margins. No. 2 Georgia was among them, forcing four turnovers in a 27-8 win over No. 17 Florida in Atlanta.Indiana (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) had to work to pull out a close win for the second straight week.The Hoosiers' bid to back up the program's first n