MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota's defense overwhelmed quarterback Bryce Underwood as the Golden Gophers beat Michigan for the first time since 2014 with a 20-14 victory Saturday.
Minnesota's Drake Lindsey threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to Darius Taylor early in the fourth quarter after two costly first-half interceptions.
Aydan West and Zack Harden set up scores with interceptions in the second half to help the Gophers (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) hoist the Little Brown Jug trophy in front of their home crowd for the first time in 49 years and revel in the swarm of fans on the field afterward.
"Other than my marriage and my kids being born, this might be the best day of my life," Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck said after the game.
The Wolverines (3-2, 0-2) had won 35 of their last 38 games in the 134-year-old series since the No. 1 team in the Associated Press poll on Oct. 22, 1977, lost 16-0 at Memorial Stadium.
Underwood went just 10 for 21 for 101 yards and ran 10 times for 20 yards for the Wolverines (3-2, 0-2), who have failed to reach the 20-point mark in four of their five games under new coach Kyle Whittingham.
One of Michigan's touchdowns came on a 79-yard interception return by Minnesota native Nathaniel Staehling -- a North Dakota State Bison transfer -- to give the Wolverines a 14-7 lead with 2:48 left before halftime.
The pressure generated by Wolverines linebackers was by far their best asset. Smith Snowden picked off Lindsey's off-balance heave with Troy Bowles in his face in the first quarter, giving Michigan the ball at the Minnesota 34 to set up a touchdown run by Jordan Marshall.
Michigan's late collapse in a 20-19 loss to Iowa last week took some luster off this nationally televised matchup, which now occurs only two or three times in every five-year cycle in the Big Ten's schedule format for the recently expanded 18-team league.
The Wolverines had just 24 plays for 82 yards in the second half, with Underwood's fourth-and-5 throw from midfield with 37 seconds left that sailed out of bounds marking a fitting end to a frustrating afternoon.
Special teams weren't exempt from the blame, either: Andrew Marsh muffed a punt return and the Gophers recovered at the 17 to set up the first of two short field goals.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.