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Photos: Badgers beat Gophers to reclaim Axe, earn spot in Big Ten title game

Gophers host Badgers in big college football game
Minnesota Gopher football fans look on as their team falls behind the Wisconsin Badgers in a game on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Kerem Yücel for MPR News

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Updated: 8:10 p.m.

The Wisconsin Badgers beat the Minnesota Gophers 38-17 on Saturday, winning back Paul Bunyan’s Axe, reclaiming the edge in a longstanding college football rivalry and dashing Minnesota’s hopes of playing in the Big Ten championship game.

Instead, it will be the Badgers taking on Ohio State to decide the conference title. The Gophers will have to wait to find out which bowl game they’ll head to.

Here are some photos from the game in the snow and rain at TCF Bank Stadium.

Gophers take on Badgers
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Gophers host Badgers in big college football game
Minnesota Gopher football fans look on as their team falls behind the Wisconsin Badgers in a game on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 at a snowy TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Kerem Yücel for MPR News
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Gophers host Badgers in big college football game
As steady snow falls, Minnesota Gopher and Wisconsin Badger football fans look on as their teams play on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Kerem Yücel for MPR News
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Wisconsin vs. Minnesota in college football
Wisconsin's Chris Orr pretends to chop down the goal post with Paul Bunyan's Axe after the Badgers defeated the Minnesota Gophers 38-17 on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Hannah Foslien | Getty Images