The Gophers weren’t exactly an offensive juggernaut on Saturday.

Through the better part of the second half, they had mustered only 56 yards after intermission as Michigan State overcame a 10-point halftime deficit, taking a 17-10 lead with 1:52 left in the fourth quarter.

Drake Lindsey and Co. picked the right time to find their stride.

Lindsey, the redshirt freshman starting quarterback, capped a tying touchdown drive with a 2-yard QB sneak in the final two minutes and scored the winning TD on a 3-yard bootleg in overtime as the Gophers edged the Spartans 23-20 at Huntington Bank Stadium.

“I want to thank all of our fans for sticking around, hanging there with us,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said of the announced crowd of 45,339. “If you happened to leave, you missed the heck of an ending. If I had said Drake Lindsey is going to run it in for a touchdown win in overtime, you probably would have taken the under.”

The response was big late.

After Michigan State’s Elijah Tau-Tolliver broke free for an 85-yard run that set up Brandon Tullis’ 1-yard touchdown plunge with 1:52 left, Lindsey led a nine-play, 65-yard drive, knotting the score 17-17 on his sneak with 29 seconds left.

In the first overtime game in Huntington Bank Stadium history, the Gophers won the OT coin toss and chose to go on defense first.