Max Brosmer (4 touchdowns) leads Minnesota's offense against Maryland

Max Brosmer threw four touchdown passes to help Minnesota to a 48-23 victory over Maryland in the Golden Gophers' home game Saturday in Minneapolis.

Justin Walley added a 32-yard interception return for a touchdown as Minnesota (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) won its third straight, all-conference victory.

Brosmer completed 26 of 33 passes for 320 yards without an interception. After transferring from New Hampshire this year, his touchdown and yardage totals were the highest in a Golden Gophers uniform.

Minnesota's Daniel Jackson caught nine passes for 117 yards and two touchdowns. Elijah Spencer added six receptions for 99 yards and two more scores.

Darius Taylor had a 51-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter for Minnesota and finished the game with 115 yards rushing and receiving with 20 touchdowns.

Minnesota's defense held off Maryland quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., who entered the game with the second-most passing yards of any quarterback in the Big Ten.

Edwards finished the game with 19 completions on 35 attempts for 201 yards and two interceptions. In the final minute of the first half, Edwards scored a touchdown run for Maryland (4-4, 1-4), which has lost three of its last four games.

After a bye, Minnesota was strong from the start. The Golden Gophers scored on their first two possessions, and when Walley stormed to the sideline for his pick-six, it gave them a 21-0 lead before the game was 11 minutes old.

Brosmer battled an injury-plagued Maryland secondary that was further decimated in the first quarter when Judah Jenkins was sent off for targeting when he hit Jackson helmet-to-helmet.

Meanwhile, Minnesota's defensive backfield thrived. Koi Perich returned his fifth interception of the season 45 yards and set up a 40-yard field goal by Dragan Kesich that gave the Golden Gophers a 24-0 lead early in the second quarter.

Kesich's second field goal, a 34-yarder with two seconds left in the first half, gave Minnesota a 34-10 lead at halftime.

The Golden Gophers scored on their first possession of the second half and needed five plays to go 75 yards. Brosmer capped the drive with a 25-yard pass to Spencer in the back corner of the end zone.

Replacing Edwards in the fourth quarter, MJ Morris completed 7 of 8 passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns.

Maryland's Tai Felton, who led the Big Ten in receptions, had nine catches for 104 yards.

–Field level media