MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota fired football coach Tim Brewster on Sunday, one day after the Golden Gophers lost to Purdue and fell to 1-6 in his fourth season with the Big Ten team.
Brewster went 15-30 at Minnesota, including 6-21 in Big Ten games, and the Gophers’ 28-17 loss to the Boilermakers on Saturday was their sixth straight defeat.
Offensive coordinator Jeff Horton will serve as Minnesota’s interim head coach the remainder of the season.
Athletic director Joel Maturi said he contacted former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy after firing Brewster, a former Denver assistant, and that Dungy told him he’s not interested in returning to the sidelines to coach his alma mater.
Huskers are sticking with Martinez
LINCOLN, Neb. — Taylor Martinez, who was pulled in the second half against Texas for ineffectiveness, will remain Nebraska’s starting quarterback for this week’s game at 17th-ranked Oklahoma State.
Texas held Martinez to 21 yards rushing on 13 carries.
Footnotes.
Known for its ever-changing, often outrageous uniforms and a point- a-minute offense, Oregon now has a new distinction: No. 1 team in the country,climbing to the top spot in the AP poll for the first time.
• Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett suffered a concussion during the Razorbacks’ 65-43 loss at Auburn, and the SEC school said that Mallett’s “symptoms are improving” and that “we will continue to evaluate him.”
• Auburn coach Gene Chizik said senior safety Aairon Savage will have leg surgery today and “be out for a while” for the fifth-ranked Tigers. He didn’t specify the nature of Savage’s injury.
• Mississippi coach Houston Nutt said starting right guard Logan Clair will miss “five or six weeks” because of a chipped bone in his ankle.
