minnesota game notes - vs. sdsu

SCHEDULE/RESULTSSEPTEMBER5 at Syracuse (ESPN2) W 23-20 OT12 Air Force (BTN) W 20-1319 No. 7/8 California (ESPN) L 35-2126 at Northwestern* (BTN) W 35-24

OCTOBER3 Wisconsin* (ESPN) L 31-2810 Purdue [HC]* (ESPN2) W 35-2017 at Penn State* (ABC) L 20-024 at Ohio State* (ESPN) L 38-731 Michigan State* (BTN) W 42-34

NOVEMBER7 Illinois* (BTN) L 35-3214 South Dakota State (BTN) 11:01 a.m.21 at Iowa* TBA

All times local to site* - Big Ten Conference Game[HC] - Homecoming

GOPHER COACHESTIM BREWSTER (SL) Head CoachJEDD FISCH (SL) Offensive CoordinatorKEVIN COSGROVE (SL) Co-Defensive CoordinatorRONNIE LEE (SL) Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive BacksJOHN BUTLER (SL) Special Teams Coordinator/LinebackersTIM CROSS (SL) Associate Head Coach/Defensive LineTIM DAVIS (SL) Running Game Coordinator/Offensive LineTHOMAS HAMMOCK (SL) Running BacksRICHARD HIGHTOWER (SL) Wide ReceiversDEREK LEWIS (PB) Tight Ends

Gameday Locations: SL - Sideline; PB - Press Box

WEEK 11 SCHEDULEMONDAY, NOVEMBER 910-11 a.m. ............................. Brewster available for out of town media TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1011:15 a.m. ................................................................... Media LuncheonNoon .......................................................Tim Brewster Press Conference12:30-1 p.m. ................................... Press Conference Player interviews12:40 p.m....................................Big Ten Teleconference (Tim Brewster)3-5 p.m. ......................................Practice (players available following)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 113-5 p.m. ...........................Practice (Coach, Players available following)7 p.m.................................Tim Brewster Show (Joe Senser’s - Roseville)

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 123-5:15 p.m. .................................................... Practice (no availability)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13........................................................Available only to network television

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATEDate: Saturday, Nov. 14Time: 11:01 a.m. (CT)Site: Minneapolis, Minn.Stadium: TCF Bank StadiumSurface: FieldTurfCapacity: 50,805Series: Minnesota leads 5-0Last Meeting: Sept. 30, 1933Minnesota 19, South Dakota State 6Minneapolis, Minn.

MINNESOTAGOLDEN GOPHERS5-5, 3-4 BIG TEN

SOUTH DAKOTA STATEJACKRABBITS7-2, 6-1 MVFC

BROADCAST INFORMATIONRadioTelevision Internet/Satellite

Big Ten NetworkMatt Rosen - Play-by-playRon Johnson - AnalystRon Johnson - Sideline Reporter(No, that’s not a typo. There are 2 Ron Johnsons)

Gopher Sports NetworkDave Lee - Play-by-playDave Mona - ColorDarrell Thompson - Analyst

www.GopherSports.comGold Zone Audio

Satellite RadioSirius 155, XM 244

TicketsThis game is SOLD OUT!Ticket Office: Mariucci ArenaPhone: 1-800-UGOPHERWeb: www.gophersports.com

GOPHERS HOST JACKRABBITS FOR SENIOR DAY AT THE BANK

The Minnesota Golden Gophers wrap up a season-long three-game home stand Saturday. Minnesota needs one more victory to become bowl-eligible and hosts the Jackrabbits of South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits enter the contest with a 7-2 overall record and a 6-1 mark in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

Saturday’s matchup is just the sixth-ever in the series between South Dakota State and Minnesota. The Gophers hold a 5-0 advantage in the all-time series. The two teams haven’t faced off since 1933.

South Dakota State is a member of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Jackrabbits are ranked No. 12 in the FCS and are coming off a loss to No. 1 Southern Illinois.

The Big Ten Network will televise the game. Matt Rosen will call the play-by-play. Former Golden Gopher wide receiver Ron Johnson will be in the analyst. A completely different Ron Johnson will be on the sideline.

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATEMINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

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MEDIA SERVICESMinnesota Athletic Communications516 15th Avenue S.E., Suite 244Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612.626.0299

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Andy Seeley, Associate Director/Primary Football Contact e-mail: [email protected] mobile: 612.269.2706Garry Bowman, Director e-mail: [email protected]

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WEEKLY RELEASEThe Minnesota Athletic Communications Office e-mails its weekly football release on Mondays. Fax versions of the update are sent by request only. The release is also available on the Internet at www.gophersports.com in both text and PDF formats. If you are interested in receiving the weekly release via e-mail, please contact Associate Athletic Communications Director Andy Seeley at [email protected] to be placed on the distribution list.

MEDIA OPPORTUNITIESSundayHead coach Tim Brewster will conduct a media briefing each Sunday at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex.

TuesdayHead coach Tim Brewster hosts a regularly scheduled news conference on Tuesday of each week. Media luncheons and news conferences will be held in the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex, beginning at 11:15 a.m. with lunch. Brewster will address the media beginning at 12 p.m. (Noon), with requested players available at 12:40 p.m. To request players for the weekly news conference, media should contact Andy Seeley with requests by noon each preceding Monday at 612.626.0299 or via e-mail at [email protected].

Practice schedules can change on a weekly basis. Please contact Andy Seeley for practice times. Gopher practices will take place on Rod Wallace Field. Tuesday practices are open to the media for the first 30 minutes. Requested players will be made available to the media following Tuesday practices.

WednesdayPractice schedules can change on a weekly basis. Please contact Andy Seeley for practice times. Gopher practices will take place on Rod Wallace Field. Wednesday practices are open to the media for the first 30 minutes. Coach Brewster and requested players will be made available to the media following Wednesday practices.

ThursdayNo media availability.

FridayCoach Brewster and requested players are available for network television pregame production packages only.

SCOUTING MINNESOTAWith a 5-5 record, Minnesota struggled in the first half last week vs. Illinois, trailing 28-7 at the break beofre a comeback effort fell just short. The Gophers have trailed in all five of their victories. In fact, Minnesota was down in the fourth quarter in four of their five wins.

Quarterback Adam Weber has taken nearly every snap for the past two-plus seasons. He has seen a few snaps go to freshman MarQueis Gray this season, but he had a career night vs. Michigan State. Weber threw for 416 yards and five TDs en route to Big Ten Player of the Week honors vs. the Spartans. He set the Minnesota single-season records for passing yardage (2,895), TDs passing (24), completions (258) and attempts (449) in 2007. Earlier this season, he became the Gophers’ career completions leader and currently has a total of 643. Minnesota’s career receptions and receiving yardage record-holder Eric Decker has been lost for the season to a foot injury. The Gophers average 27.0 points per game.

Minnesota is allowing 26.1 points per game. The Gopher linebacking corps had at least one double-digit tackler in eight of 10 games. Nate Triplett, Lee Campbell and Simoni Lawrence are the starters at LB. Up front, Garrett Brown had a career-best seven stops, including 3 TFL, on the way to Big Ten co-Defensive Player of the Week honors vs. Michigan State. The secondary returns three starters -- CBs Marcus Sherels and Traye Simmons and safety Kyle Theret.

SCOUTING SOUTH DAKOTA STATESouth Dakota State comes into this week’s game with a 7-2 overall record and a 6-1 mark in Missouri Valley Football Conference action. The Jackrabbits are ranked No. 12 in the Football Championship Subdivision. Their only two losses this season have come to nationally-ranked FCS teams.

SDSU is coached by John Stiegelmeier, who is in his 13th season as the head coach in Brookings, S.D. Stiegelmeier was a graduate assistant at Wisconsin early in his career. He has been coaching at SDSU for the last 22 years.

Offensively, South Dakota State averages 27.22 points per game to rank No. 37 in FCS. The Jackrabbits average 357.3 points per game, ranking No. 43 in FCS. Defensively, the Jacks allow 13.9 points per game to rank No. 6 in Football Championship Subdivision. SDSU allows just an average of 285.6 yards per game to rank No. 18 in FCS.

Sept. 12 Georgia Southern W 44-6Sept. 19 Indiana State W 41-0Sept. 26 at Illinois State W 38-17Oct. 3 at Cal Poly L 21-14Oct. 10 at Missouri State W 24-17Oct. 17 North Dakota State W 28-13Oct. 24 Northern Iowa W 24-14Oct. 31 at Youngstown State W 17-3Nov. 7 at Southern Illinois L 34-15Nov. 14 at MinnesotaNov. 21 at Western Illinois

SDSU SCHEDULE

TALE OF THE TAPE (2009 Stats, Rankings)

MINNESOTA (5-5/3-4 Big Ten)Team Statistics UM OPPPoints/Game 24.3 27.0First Downs 157 206Rushing/Game 98.6 166.0Passing/Game 213.2 231.1Total Off./Gm 311.8 397.1Time of Poss. 28:08 31:52

Individual LeadersRushing Att Net Avg TD YPGBennett 88 357 4.1 6 35.7Eskridge 61 251 4.1 3 25.1

Passing C-A-I TD YPGWeber 149-274-13 12 207.4

Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPGDecker 50 758 15.2 5 94.8Tow-Arnett 30 395 13.2 2 39.5

Defense U-A-TT TFL INTCampbell 59-41-100 9.0 1-32Triplett 49-41-90 4.0 2-25

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7-2/6-1 MVFC)Team Statistics SDSU OPPPoints/Game 27.2 13.9First Downs 164 146Rushing/Game 136.9 111.0Passing/Game 220.4 174.6Total Off./Gm 357.3 285.6Time of Poss. 30:07 29:53

Individual LeadersRushing Att Net Avg TD YPGMinett 193 947 4.9 12 105.2

Passing C-A-I TD YPGCrawford 92-143-3 6 151.3O’Brien 85-130-3 7 115.6

Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPGFox 52 585 11.2 3 65.0Steffen 35 629 18.0 4 69.9

Defense U-A-TT TFL SacksDomino 30-43-73 6.0 1.0Kjerstad 39-27-66 1.0 --

NCAA TEAM RANKINGSCategory UM SDSU (FCS)Rush Off. 106 (98.6) 57 (136.9)Pass Off. 69 (213.2) 32 (220.4)Pass Eff. 77 (123.88) 29 (137.16)Tot. Off. 106 (311.8) 43 (357.3)Scor. Off. 82 (24.3) 37 (27.2)Rush Def. 88 (166.0) 28 (111.0)Pass Def. 73 (231.1) 33 (174.6)Pass Eff. D 82 (132.84) 2 (95.54)Tot. Def. 93 (397.1) 18 (285.6)Scor. Def. 81 (27.0) 6 (13.9)Net Punt 9 (39.88) 22 (35.5)Punt Ret. 2 (18.8) 54 (7.8)KO Ret. 23 (24.3) 35 (21.4)TO Marg. T-88 (-0.4) 19 (+0.78)Sacks 95 (1.4) T-46 (2.0)Sacks All. T-109 (3.0) 41 (1.7)Tack/Loss 61 (5.7) 76 (5.6)


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QUICK HITTERS

LAST TIME OUT

u Minnesota ranks No. 2 in the nation in punt return average, going for 18.8 yards per return. However, the Gophers have only been credited with five punt returns in 10 games this season.u The Gophers are No. 9 in the nation in net punting, averaging 39.88 yards of field position per punt.u Minnesota has 12 kickoff returns of 30 yards or more so far this season. The Gophers average 24.3 yards per kickoff return to rank No. 23 in the nation. u Minnesota set school records for penalties and penalty yards in a game two weeks ago vs. Michigan State. The Gophers responded by committing just three fouls in last week’s loss to Illinois.u Minnesota has come from behind in all five of its victories this season. The Gophers have trailed in the fourth quarter of four of those wins.

(Nov. 7, 2009) -- Minnesota nearly overcame a 28-7 halftime deficit, before falling to Illinois 35-32 in front of 50,805 fans at TCF Bank Stadium.

The Gophers opened the second half with a 12 play, 73-yard drive that ended with a 26-yard Eric Ellestad field goal to pull within 28-10. With 13:49 left in the fourth quarter, fullback Jon Hoese caught a 10-yard touchdown pass to bring the score to 28-17. Hoese came back with another touchdown on Minnesota’s next offensive series. This time, the Gopher fullback ran up the middle for a three-yard touchdown run with 9:13 left in the fourth quarter. Minnesota went for the two-point conversion and McKnight caught a pass from Weber to cut Illinois lead to 28-25.

Illinois answered back with a touchdown that came with 5:10 left in the fourth quarter. Redshirt fresh-man Jacob Charest found Arrelious Benn in the end zone for a four-yard touchdown pass to bring the score to 35-25, capping a nine play drive that took 4:03 and went 60 yards. Illinois was at the Illini 32-yard line when Keanon Cooper stormed in to block a punt. Ben Kuznia scooped the ball up for a TD, cutting Illinois’ lead to 35-32. Minnesota tried an onside kick, but failed to recover the ball as it rolled out of bounds. Illinois ran out the clock and pulled off a 35-32 victory over the Gophers.

THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SERIES

LAST TIME VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

Saturday’s game will be just the sixth gridiron meeting between the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State University. Minnesota leads the series 5-0.

The Jackrabbits and Gophers have not played each other for 76 years. The last meeting between the two teams came on Sept. 30, 1933. Minnesota won that game 19-6. South Dakota State has been shut out three times in its five meetings with the Gophers.

(Sept. 30, 1933 - Minneapolis, Minn.) -- The Gophers and Jackrabbits battled to a scoreless tie at halftime in the last outing between Minnesota and South Dakota State. The game was tied 6-6 early in the fourth quarter. But the Gophers scored the final 13 points of the game to pull away for a 19-6 win in the season-opener for both squads.

Francis “Pug” Lund scored from two yards out over left tackle to put Minnesota up 6-0 late in the third quarter. South Dakota State got a 24-yard touchdown pass to tie it at 6-6 early in the fourth period.

Lund carried for a four-yard touchdown on the ensuing Gopher possession, giving Minnesota a 12-6 lead. The Gophers took advantage of a short South Dakota State punt late in the game to put the contest on ice. Lund scored his third touchdown of the game on a one-yard plunge late in the ballgame and the point-after-touchdown kick accounted for the final score.

Minnesota racked up 418 yards, compared to just 147 for South Dakota State. The Gophers had 19 first downs to just six for the Jackrabbits.

USA TODAYTOP 25 - WEEK 11Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Points 1. Florida (48) 9-0 1460 2. Texas (4) 9-0 1399 3. Alabama (7) 9-0 1389 4. TCU 9-0 1262 5. Cincinnati 9-0 1224 6. Boise State 9-0 1200 7. Georgia Tech 9-1 1118 8. Ohio State 8-2 944 9. Pittsburgh 8-1 940 10. USC 7-2 847 11. LSU 7-2 838 12. Houston 8-1 766 13. Iowa 9-1 757 14. Utah 8-1 688 15. Miami (Fla.) 7-2 685 16. Oregon 7-2 665 17. Penn State 8-2 552 18. Oklahoma State 7-2 530 19. Arizona 6-2 472 20. Wisconsin 7-2 341 21. Virginia Tech 6-3 268 22. BYU 7-2 216 23. West Virginia 7-2 121 24. South Florida 6-2 106 25. Auburn 7-3 80

Others Receiving Votes:Clemson 71, Stanford 54, Oregon State 39, Texas Tech 36, Nebraska 31, Navy 28, Temple 8, Central Michigan 8, North Carolina 7, Boston College 7, Oklahoma 6, Rutgers 3, Tennessee 3, Mississippi 2, Fresno State 1, Kansas State 1.

ASSOCIATED PRESSTOP 25 - WEEK 11Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Points 1. Florida (39) 9-0 1467 2. Texas (10) 9-0 1430 3. Alabama (11) 9-0 1422 4. TCU 9-0 1271 5. Cincinnati 9-0 1263 6. Boise State 9-0 1228 7. Georgia Tech 9-1 1127 8. Pittsburgh 8-1 945 9. LSU 7-2 904 10. Ohio State 8-2 898 11. USC 7-2 834 12. Miami (Fla.) 7-2 805 13. Houston 8-1 783 14. Oregon 7-2 752 15. Iowa 9-1 741 16. Utah 8-1 706 17. Oklahoma State 7-2 492 18. Arizona 6-2 476 19. Penn State 8-2 467 20. Virginia Tech 6-3 275 21. Wisconsin 7-2 274 22. BYU 7-2 219 23. South Florida 6-2 167 24. Clemson 6-3 149 25. Stanford 6-3 107

Others Receiving Votes:Oregon State 95, West Virginia 54, Auburn 54, Texas Tech 24, Navy 19, Tennessee 12, Rutgers 11, Nebraska 9, Temple 7, Kansas State 5, Notre Dame 3, Mississippi 2, Fresno State 2, Troy 1.



2009 BIG TEN FOOTBALL2009 BIG TEN STANDINGSTeam Big Ten OverallIowa 5-1 9-1Ohio State 5-1 8-2Penn State 4-2 8-2Wisconsin 4-2 7-2Northwestern 3-3 6-4Michigan State 3-3 5-5Purdue 3-3 4-6Minnesota 3-4 5-5Michigan 2-4 5-5Indiana 1-5 4-6Illinois 2-5 3-6

RECENT RESULTSSaturday, November 7Illinois 35, Minnesota 32Wisconsin 31, Indiana 28Northwestern 17, Iowa 10Purdue 38, Michigan 36Michigan State 49, Western Michigan 14Ohio State 24, Penn State 7

Saturday, October 31Ohio State 45, New Mexico State 0Penn State 34, Northwestern 13Minnesota 42, Michigan State 34Illinois 38, Michigan 13Iowa 42, Indiana 24Wisconsin 37, Purdue 0

THIS WEEK’S GAMESSaturday, November 14Michigan at WisconsinNorthwestern at IllinoisSouth Dakota State at MinnesotaIndiana at Penn StateMichigan State at PurdueIowa at Ohio State

BIG TEN COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT INFORMATIONScott Chipman - primary contactAssistant Commissioner for [email protected]: 847.696.1010 ext. 141Cell: 630.936.6005

LaTonya Sadler - secondary contactAssociate Director of [email protected]: 847.696.1010 ext. 143Cell: 434.770.2004

Website: www.bigten.org

WEEKLY BIG TEN TELECONFERENCEThe weekly Big Ten coaches teleconference call will take place every Tuesday throughout the season beginning at 11 a.m. CST. Each coach will be available for 10 minutes to preview their upcoming game. Coach Brewster is scheduled from 12:40 to 12:50 p.m. Media should contact the Big Ten at (847) 696-1010 for call-in information.

All times listed are Central.

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN.The Big Ten Conference is an 11-member NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and Bowl Championship Series league.

The Gophers hold a 333-356-28 record against current and former members of the Big Ten Conference. Minnesota holds a winning record against six of the other 10 current members of the conference. The Gophers have had their most success against Northwestern (50-30-5). Minnesota has struggled the most with Ohio State (7-42-0).

This season, Minnesota has Northwestern, Wisconsin, Purdue, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois and Iowa on the slate. The Gophers will not face Michigan or Indiana in the 2009 Big Ten Conference schedule

The Big Ten was founded in 1896. Big Ten universities provide approximately $100 million in direct financial aid to more than 8,500 men and women student-athletes who compete for 25 championships, 12 for men and 13 for women.

vs. Illinois 32-28-3vs. Indiana 37-26-3vs. Iowa 59-41-2vs. Michigan 24-70-3vs. Michigan State 17-25-0vs. Northwestern 50-30-5vs. Ohio State 7-42-0vs. Penn State 4-7-0vs. Purdue 33-30-3vs. Wisconsin 59-52-8

GOPHERS vs. BIG TEN

GOPHER HEAD COACH TIM BREWSTERIn two short years as the head football coach at the University of Minnesota, Tim Brewster has taken some big steps toward getting Golden Gopher program back to its rightful place in the world of college football.

Brewster has used his boundless energy to bring in two highly-regarded recruiting classes. On the field, the Gophers returned to postseason play in 2008. In 2008, Brewster’s squad raced out to a 7-1 record to open the season. The Gophers were ranked No. 17 in the BCS at the end of October. Minnesota took part in the 2008 Insight Bowl, as Brewster led the Gophers to one of year’s biggest turnarounds.

A renewed emphasis on recruiting may be the most visible phase of Brewster’s plan. That was proven out in February of each of the past two seasons. Brewster and his staff signed a consensus top-25 recruiting class that some experts even rated among the nation’s top 15 in 2008. Brewster and his staff followed that up with a 2009 class that ranked in the top third of the nation.

But recruiting is just one building block of a blueprint Brewster developed while helping Mack Brown turn North Carolina into a national power and rebuild Texas into one of the country’s elite programs.

Brewster came to Minnesota after spending the previous five years as an assistant coach in the National Football League, including the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the tight ends coach of the Denver Broncos. In addition to his productivity as a college recruiter, Brewster has also built a strong reputation for developing players during his 23-year coaching career.

Last season, wide receiver Eric Decker and defensive end Willie VanDeSteeg both earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. Decker set a Minnesota record for receptions in a season for the second consecutive year and became just the third Gopher wideout to record a 1,000-yard receiving season. VanDeSteeg finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in tackles for loss and finished No. 4 all-time in sacks.

It marked the first time the Gophers had multiple first-team All-Big Ten selections since 2005. VanDeSteeg’s honor was also the first time a Minnesota defender had been voted to the first team since 2004. In his first season at Minnesota, Brewster mentored then-freshman quarterback Adam Weber, who broke nearly all of the Gophers’ single-season passing and total offense records in 2007. Weber contin-ued to improve in his sophomore campaign and was a 2008 second-team All-Big Ten selection.

In all, Minnesota had six athletes earn all-conference accolades in 2008, the most since the Gophers had a half-dozen on the 2005 All-Big Ten squad.



AYE, CAPTAIN!

NOTHIN’ BUT NET

The Golden Gophers elected six captains prior to the 2009 season. Seniors Garrett Brown, Lee Campbell, Eric Decker, Simoni Lawrence and Eric Small join junior Adam Weber with that distinction this season.

Weber was the first sophomore ever to serve as a team captain at the University of Minnesota last season and is now a two-time captain. Decker is also a two-time team captain.

The Gophers have only had 13 players ever earn the distinction of captain twice in their career. Weber would be the first-ever three-year Gopher captain should he be voted as such next season.

Through the first 10 games of the 2009 season, Minnesota’s net punting average (punt yardage-minus return yards/touchbacks) ranks No. 9 in the nation. The Gophers’ net punting average is 39.88 yards per punt. The Gophers have punted 50 times with 13 punts of 50-plus yards, 18 fair catches and 20 punts downed inside the 20-yard line. Opponents are averaging just 4.3 yards per return against the Min-nesota punt coverage team and have only returned 18 of the 50 Gopher punts.

SENIOR SEND-OFFSaturday’s game with South Dakota State will be the final home game for Minnesota’s 2009 senior class. A victory Saturday would assure the seniors of at least a .500 regular season for the third time in their four years. It would also make them bowl-eligible for the third time in their four years.

Nearly 30 Gophers will be making their final home appearance. Included on that list are:

• Eric Decker, Cold Spring, Minn.; • Traye Simmons, Marietta, Ga.; • Ben Kuznia, Olivia, Minn.; • Jay Thomas, Oakdale, Minn.; • Simoni Lawrence, Upper Darby, Pa.; • Marcus Sherels, Rochester, Minn.; • Lee Campbell, Naples, Fla.; • Nate Triplett, Maple Plain, Minn.; • Blake Haudan, Toledo, Ohio; • Nick Tow-Arnett; • Jeff Tow-Arnett; • Cedric McKinley; • Nedward Tavale, St. Paul, Minn.; • Ryan Ruckdashel, Apple Valley, Minn.; • Matt Stommes, Richmond, Minn.; • Barrett Moen, Bloomington, Minn.; • Ray Henderson, Oak Creek, Wis.; • Derrick Onwuachi, Newhall, Calif.; • Eric Small, Naperville, Ill.; • Garrett Brown, New Haven, Conn.

GOPHER BLOCK PARTYThe Gophers blocked a punt for a touchdown last week. Keanon Cooper blocked a punt attempt by Illinois’ Anthony Santella. Ben Kuznia scooped the ball up at the three-yard line and returned it for the score. It was the first blocked punt for a touchdown for Minnesota since Dom Barber blocked a punt and Alex Daniels returned it for a score against Colorado State on Sept. 10, 2005.

It was the second blocked kick for a touchdown for Minnesota this season. Lee Campbell blocked a punt against Purdue, which was returned for a TD by Traye Simmons. This is the first time in more than 10 years that Minnesota has scored off more than one blocked kick in a season.

THAT’S JUST OFFENSIVEMinnesota rolled up season-high marks for points, total offense and passing offense. The Gophers racked up 42 points against Michigan State. They racked up 505 yards of total offense.

It was the first time Minnesota has reached the 40-point plateau since Sept. 6, 2008 at Bowling Green (W 42-17). It was the first time Minnesota reached the 500-yard mark in total offense since Sept. 22, 2007 (501 vs. Wisconsin). Minnesota passed for 416 yards vs. MSU. The last time the Gophers passed for more than 400 yards had been Oct. 21, 1995 (404 vs. Michigan State).

The Gophers tallied 32 points last week vs. Illinois, scoring 30-plus points in consecutive weeks for the first time since Sept 13-20, 2008.

GOPHERS’ RECORD... Overall 5-5Big Ten 3-4Non-conference 2-1Home 3-3Away 2-2Neutral 0-0Current overall streak Lost 1Current home streak Lost 1Current road streak Lost 2Current neutral site streak Lost 2Current bowl streak Lost 2Last win 42-34, vs. Michigan State (10/31/09)Last loss 35-32, vs. Illinois (11/7/09)Day game 3-5Night game 2-0TV game 5-5 ABC 0-1 ESPN 0-3 ESPN2 2-0 Big Ten Network 3-1September 3-1October 2-3November 0-1December 0-0January 0-0vs. Top-25 teams 0-3vs. non-ranked teams 5-2vs. FCS 0-0On artificial turf 4-4On natural grass 1-1Indoors 1-0Outdoors 4-4Scoring first 4-0Opponent scores first 1-5Leading after 1st quarter 3-1Behind after 1st quarter 2-4Tied after 1st quarter 0-0Leading at halftime 3-1Behind at halftime 1-4Tied at halftime 1-0Leading after 3rd quarter 1-0Behind after 3rd quarter 4-4Tied after 3rd quarter 0-1Overtime 1-0Scoring 0-14 points 0-2Scoring 15-28 points 2-1Scoring 28+ points 3-2Allowing 0-14 points 1-0Allowing 15-28 points 3-1Allowing 28+ points 1-4With 100-yd rusher 0-0Allow 100-yard rusher 0-4With 300-yd passer 1-0Allow 300-yard passer 1-0Outgain opponent 2-0Total offense 300+ yards 4-1Allow 300+ yards total offense 4-4Total offense 400+ yards 1-0Allow 400+ yards total offense 1-4No turnovers 0-0Less than three turnovers 5-2Three or more turnovers 0-3No takeaways 0-1Three or more takeaways 3-0Commit fewer turnovers 3-0Equal turnovers 2-1Commit more turnovers 0-4Control time of possession 2-1Opponent controls time of possession 3-4Games decided by 1-10 points 3-2Games decided by 11-20 points 2-2Games decided by more than 20 points 0-1



WEBER WIPES OUT ANOTHER RECORD

QUARTERBACK NOTEBOOK

MY RECOLLECTION IS A LITTLE HOESE

RUNNING BACK NOTEBOOK

STACKING THE DECK

u Gopher quarterback Adam Weber continues to re-write the Minnesota record book. Two weeks ago, Weber became Minnesota’s all-time passing yardage leader. He broke Bryan Cupito’s career mark of 7,446 yards midway through the fourth quarter when he hooked up with Da’Jon McKnight for a 14-yard gain. In Week 2, Weber set the Minnesota record for career completions (his total is now 662). The previ-ous record of 539 completions was held by Cory Sauter (1994-97). He also set the Gopher career record for passing attempts this season. Weber set single-season records for passing yards (2,985), comple-tions (258), attempts (449), touchdown passes (24) and total offensive yardage (3,512) in 2007.

u Adam Weber was 5-of-17 passing in the first half of last week’s game. He came back to go 9-of-13 for 147 yards and a touchdown in the second half.u Weber hadn’t thrown a touchdown pass in three games prior to the Michigan State game, when he tossed five. He had never gone more than one game without a TD pass prior to that streak.u Weber’s total of 416 yards passing vs. Michigan State was a career-high and his first-ever 400-yard game. He equaled his career-best with five touchdown passes vs. the Spartans.u Weber threw 19 interceptions in his first season as a starter in 2007. He significantly improved that total in 2008, throwing just eight picks. He has 13 so far this season.u Freshman MarQueis Gray is the No. 2 QB. He completed his first career pass two weeks ago at Ohio State and also threw his first career touchdown pass vs. the Buckeyes.u Gray has rushed for 161 yards on 31 carries this season.

u Junior fullback Jon Hoese had a nice outing against Illinois last week. Hoese tallied a career-best three receptions for 49 yards and scored his first receiving touchdown against the Illini. He also rushed for 17 yards on five carries and scored a touchdown. It was his first multiple-touchdown contest since the Insight Bowl at the end of last season. Hoese scored twice in his first three career carries in that bowl game vs. Kansas.

u Sophomore Duane Bennett hauled in two passes for 121 yards and two scores vs. Michigan State two weeks ago. It was the second 100-yard receiving game of his career.u Bennett scored three TDs at Northwestern earlier this year. He is the first Gopher to accomplish that feat since DeLeon Eskridge did it vs. Montana State on Sept. 13, 2008.u Bennett scored on his first touch of the 2009 season, taking a carry for a 16-yard touchdown at Syracuse. It was his first touch since Sept. 6, 2008 when he suffered a season-ending knee injury.u DeLeon Eskridge is the Gophers’ second-leading rusher. He didn’t carry the ball in either of Min-nesota’s two previous games, but tallied a team-high nine carries and 39 yards last week vs. Illinois. u Kevin Whaley rushed for 41 yards and a touchdown to lead Minnesota’s ground attack last week.u Hoese is the only Gopher with 10 rushes or more not to lose a yard this season. Eleven of his 17 car-ries have gone for first downs or touchdowns this season.

u Senior wide receiver Eric Decker etched his name at the top of four Minnesota records charts during the 2009 season, before seeing his season come to an end with a foot injury. He became Minnesota’s career receiving yardage record-holder and tied the school record for career 100-yard games vs. Wis-consin. Earlier this season, he set records for career receptions and for consecutive 100-yard receiving games. Decker has been a semi-finalist for the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver in each of the last two seasons. For two straight seasons, Decker set the Minnesota single-season record for recep-tions. He hauled in 67 passes in 2007 and smashed that record with 84 receptions last season. Decker became just the fourth Gopher receiver ever to compile a 1,000-yard season in 2008.

ADAM’S ASSAULTThe following is a look at the season and career records charts that Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber is climbing or has already broken:

CAREER PASSING YARDAGE1. Adam Weber, 2007- 7,7302. Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 7,4463. Cory Sauter, 1994-97 6,8344. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2000-03 6,6605. Marquel Fleetwood, 1989-92 5,2796. Rickey Foggie, 1984-87 5,1627. Mike Hohensee, 1981-82 4,7928. Tim Schade, 1993-94 3,9869. Tony Dungy, 1973-76 3,51510. Billy Cockerham, 1996-99 3,483

CAREER PASS COMPLETIONS1. Adam Weber, 2007- 6622. Cory Sauter, 1994-97 5393. Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 5134. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2000-03 4815. Marquel Fleetwood, 1989-92 4656. Mike Hohensee, 1981-82 3927. Tim Schade, 1993-94 3228. Rickey Foggie, 1984-87 3119. Scott Schaffner, 1987-91 27810. Tony Dungy, 1973-76 274

CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWNS1. Bryan Cupito (2003-06) 55 Asad Abdul-Khaliq (2000-03) 553. Adam Weber (2007-present) 514. Cory Sauter (1994-97) 405. Rickey Foggie (1984-87) 346. Mike Hohensee (1981-82) 337. Billy Cockerham (1996-99) 298. Tony Dungy (1973-76) 259. Tim Schade, 1993-94 22 Scott Schaffner, 1987-91 22

SEASON PASSING YARDAGE1. Adam Weber, 2007 2,8952. Bryan Cupito, 2006 2,8193. Adam Weber, 2008 2,7614. Cory Sauter, 1995 2,6005. Cory Sauter, 1996 2,5786. Bryan Cupito, 2005 2,5307. Mike Hohensee, 1981 2,4128. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2003 2,4019. Mike Hohensee, 1982 2,38010. Tim Schade, 1994 2,338

SEASON TOUCHDOWN PASSES1. Adam Weber, 2007 242. Bryan Cupito, 2006 223. Mike Hohensee, 1981 204. Bryan Cupito, 2005 19 Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2002 196. Cory Sauter, 1995 187. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2003 178. Adam Weber, 2008 15 Billy Cockerham, 1999 15 Tony Dungy, 1975 15



RECEIVER NOTEBOOK

SIZE MATTERS

OFFENSIVE LINE NOTEBOOK

CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER

DEFENSIVE LINE NOTEBOOK

u Tight end Nick Tow-Arnett tallied career-high marks for receptions, yards and touchdowns vs. Michi-gan State two weeks ago. The only senior starter for the offense had eight for 81 yards and two scores.u Tow-Arnett is the squad’s active leader in receiving for the season with 30 receptions and 395 yards.u Sophomore wide receiver Da’Jon McKnight has stepped into the starting lineup in Eric Decker’s old position the last two games. He has a team-best 22.2-yard average per catch.u Sophomore wide receiver Brandon Green hauled in his first touchdown pass of the season vs. Michigan State two weeks ago. Last week vs. Illinois, Green had a team-best four receptions for 64 yards.u Freshman wide receiver Bryant Allen had a 19-yard reception vs. Ohio State for his first career catch. He tallied another reception for 15 yards last week vs. Illinois.u Hayo Carpenter was rated as the top juco player in the country last season by Scout.com. He had 93 receptions for 1,675 yards and 16 TDs last season at College of the Canyons.u Carpenter has two receptions this season for 17 yards.u Sophomore tight end Eric Lair and senior wide receiver David Pittman are the only other non-running backs/quarterbacks to record receptions this season.u Sophomore Troy Stoudermire did not record a reception last week, but has 19 catches and two TDs.

u Of the 10 offensive linemen listed on the Gophers’ two-deep and expected to see action in 2009, seven are 6-foot 3-inches or taller and five top the 300-pound mark. The average height and weight of the top 10 Minnesota offensive linemen is 6-4, 308 pounds. Senior tackle Matt Stommes and junior tackle Jeff Wills are both 6-7. Wills is the heaviest Gopher, tipping the scales at 365 pounds.

u Minnesota returned a combined 44 starts among all its offensive linemen from 2008 this season. That number would have jumped to 57 if Ryan Wynn was included. Wynn’s under went back surgery on August 24. The Gophers lost only Jason Meinke’s eight starts. u Senior center Jeff Tow-Arnett suffered a broken leg late in the Wisconsin game.u Sophomore Trey Davis took over at center after Tow-Arnett went down. He made his first start of 2009 vs. Purdue, but left the game with an injury.u Junior D.J. Burris has started at center the last four weeks and is the third starting center this year.u Junior guard Matt Carufel has started nine games this season, after transferring from Notre Dame.u Junior Dom Alford (6 games) and senior Matt Stommes (4 games) have each started at left tackle.u Sophomore left guard Chris Bunders has started each of the first 10 games this season.u Junior Jeff Wills, the Gophers’ right tackle, has been in the starting lineup for each game this year.

u Senior defensive end Cedric McKinley led the Gophers’ defensive line with seven total tackles last week vs. Illinois. He had a big game, rerording 1.5 tackles-for-loss, accounting for four yards. McKinley also forced a fumble, which was recovered by linebacker Lee Campbell deep in Minnesota territory, help-ing to thwart a possible Illinois scoring drive.

u McKinley has started seven games this season. He is tied for the team lead with two fumble recover-ies and two forced fumbles. He ranks No. 3 on the team in tackles-for-loss with 6.5.u Senior starting defensive tackles Eric Small and Garrett Brown provide a formidable force in the middle of the Gopher defense. Brown is the top tackler on the defensive line with 27 stops.u Small leads the team with 3.0 sacks and has also tallied 4.0 tackles for-loss.u Senior defensive end Barrett Moen came to Minnesota as a walk-on offensive lineman. He tallied a career-best six stops three weeks ago at Ohio State, including a tackle-for-loss.u Sophomore defensive end Anthony Jacobs has seen a good deal of action with 19 total tackles. He has 4.0 tackles-for-loss and is tied for No. 2 on the squad with 2.0 sacks.

DECKER’S RECORDSThe following is a look at where wide receiver Eric Decker will finish his career in certain record categories:

CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE1. Eric Decker, 2006- 3,1192. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 2,9893. Tutu Atwell, 1994-97 2,6404. Ernie Wheelwright, 2004-07 2,4345. Ryan Thelwell, 1994-96 2,2326. Jared Ellerson, 2002-2005 2,0547. Luke Leverson, 1996-99 1,8438. Omar Douglas, 1990-93 1,6819. Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 1,62710. Aaron Osterman, 1990-94 1,598

CAREER TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS1. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 312. Ernie Wheelwright, 2004-07 263. Eric Decker, 2006- 244. Tutu Atwell, 1994-97 175. Jared Ellerson, 2002-2005 15 Ben Utecht, 2000-03 15 Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 158. Ryan Thelwell, 1994-96 14 Omar Douglas, 1990-93 1410. Elmer Bailey, 1977-79 12 Matt Spaeth, 2003-2006 12

CAREER 100-YARD GAMES1. Eric Decker, 2006-present 11 Tutu Atwell, 1994-96 113. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 84. Ernie Wheelright 6 Jared Ellerson, 2002-05 6 Omar Douglas, 1990-93 6 Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 58. Aaron Hosack, 2002-03 5 Luke Leverson, 1996-99 5 Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 5

SEASON 100-YARD GAMES1. Ryan Thelwell, 1996 62. Aaron Hosack, 2003 5 Ron Johnson, 2000 5 Luke Leverson, 1998 55. Eric Decker, 2009 4 Eric Decker, 2008 4 Jared Ellerson, 2003 4 Tutu Atwell, 1996 4 Tutu Atwell, 1995 4 Omar Douglas, 1993 4 Chester Cooper, 1981 4

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A RECEPTION1. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 462. Eric Decker, 2006-present 34 Tutu Atwell, 1995-97 344. Jared Ellerson, 2003-05 285. Omar Douglas, 1991-93 256. Chris Gaiters, 1987-89 237. Ryan Thelwell, 1994-96 228. Matt Spaeth, 2005-06 21

CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD GAMES1. Eric Decker, 12/31/08-9/19/09 42. Ron Johnson, 10/7-10/21/00 3 Ryan Thelwell, 11/9-11/23/96 3 Tutu Atwell, 9/14-10/5/96 3



KIM-POSSIBLE

SECONDARY NOTEBOOK

EXCELLENT ELLESTAD

SPECIALIST NOTEBOOK

GOPHER RADIO NETWORKThe Gopher Sports Network distributes its digital quality audio stream via satellite to 44 affiliates across the state of Minnesota. WCCO (830 AM) in the Twin Cities will serve as the flagship station for its 86th season in 2009.

Dave Lee will return behind the mic for his ninth season calling the Gophers’ play-by-play. Dave Mona is back as the network’s color com-mentator, with Darrell Thompson, the all-time leading rusher in school history, returning to the booth this season as the broadcast’s analyst. Mike Grimm will handle the studio duties including the pre- and post-game shows.

Golden Gopher Radio Network Affiliates:Market Station Freq.Alexandria KULO-FM 94.3Aitkin KKIN-FM 94.3Albert Lea KATE-AM 1450Austin KAUS-AM 1480Austin KAUS-FM 99.9Bemidji KBUN-AM 1450Benson KSCR-FM 93.5Brainerd KBLB-FM 93.3Crookston KROX-AM 1260Detroit Lakes KDLM-AM 1340Duluth WGEE-AM 970Ely WELY-FM 94.5Fairmont KSUM-AM 1370Fargo/Moorhead, ND KQWB-AM 1660Glenwood KMGK-FM 107.1Grand Rapids KOZY-AM 1320Hutchinson KARP-FM 106.9Little Falls KLTF-AM 960Marshall KMHL-AM 1400Minneapolis/St. Paul KBEM-FM 88.5Minneapolis/St. Paul WCCO-AM 830 (HD)Minneapolis/St. Paul WLTE-FM-HD2 102.9-2 (HD)Montevideo KDMA-AM 1460New Prague KRDS-FM 95.5Owatonna/Mankato KOWZ-FM 100.9Owatonna/Waseca KOWZ-AM 1170Park Rapids KPRM-AM 870Pipestone KLOH-AM 1050Red Wing KCUE-AM 1250Redwood Falls KLGR-AM 1490Rochester KROC-AM 1340Roseau KCAJ-FM 102.1Roseau KRWB-AM 1410St. Cloud KXSS-AM 1390Thief River Falls KTRF-AM 1230Wadena KVKK-AM 1070Walker KAKK-AM 1570Windom KDOM-AM 1580Windom KDOM-FM 94.3Winona KWNO-AM 1230Worthington KWOA-AM 730Yankton, SD KYNT-AM 1450

YOU’RE TRIPPIN’

LINEBACKER NOTEBOOK

u Senior linebacker Nate Triplett was the top tackling linebacker for Minnesota Saturday vs. Illinois. He tallied eight total tackles, including two solo stops and a half-dozen assists. Triplett is the team’s No. 2 tackler with 90 stops. His 9.0 tackles per game rank No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 41 in the nation. Triplett is also tied for No. 3 on the team in passes defended with seven.

u Lee Campbell hit the century mark Saturday vs. Illinois. He is just the third Gopher in the last seven years to tally 100 stops. Campbell is on pace to finish the regular season with 120 tackles, which would be the most since Jack Brewer recorded 155 in 2001..u Campbell leads the Big Ten in solo stops with 59, which also ranks No. 14 in the nation.u The 17 tackles recorded by Triplett (including 12 solo tackles) vs. Air Force were the most by a Gopher defender since Nov. 23, 2002 when Eli Ward tallied 23 stops at Wisconsin.u Triplett has been involved in 4 of Minnesota’s 18 turnovers gained, with two INTs and two FRs.u Triplett was one of Minnesota’s special teams aces over the past two years. He has won the Bobby Bell Award as the team’s top special teams player each of the last two seasons. u Senior Simoni Lawrence is No. 3 on the team and No. 19 in the league, recording 68 stops this year.u Gopher linebackers have tallied double-digit tackles 14 times this season (Campbell - 6; Triplett - 4; Lawrence - 3; Keanon Cooper - 1).

u Junior safety Kim Royston matched his career-high total for tackles last week vs. Illinois. The Wisconsin transfer has now recorded 11 tackles three times this season. The other two 11-tackle outings were vs. his former team and Penn State. Royston is the No. 5 tackler on the Gopher squad with 59 total stops. His six passes defended rank him No. 4 on the squad.

u Royston picked up his first Gopher interception at Northwestern. He is No. 5 on the team with 48 tackles and has broken up four passes. His only other career interception came against Minnesota when he was playing for Wisconsin.u Kyle Theret leads the secondary and ranks No. 4 on the team with 61 tackles.u Marcus Sherels set a school record with an 88-yard fumble return for a TD vs. Wisconsin. u Sherels ranks No. 6 on the team with 46 stops, despite playing just eight games. u Senior cornerback Traye Simmons and Sherels are tied for the team lead with seven pass break-ups. u Simmons led the team with four picks and 14 pass break-ups last season, ranking No. 5 in the na-tion in passes defended in 2008. u Freshman Michael Carter has played in nine games as a backup corner and special teamer.

u Junior kicker Eric Ellestad remained perfect on point-after-touchdowns in his first season of col-legiate action, converting three attempts last week. Ellestad is now 29-of-29 on point-after-touchdowns. He also made his first field goal since Oct. 3 vs. Wisconsin last week, when he hit a 26-yarder on the opening possession of the second half. He is now 8-of-10 on field-goal attempts this season.

u Junior long snapper Ryan Coleman has been very consistent since taking over the long-snapping duties last season. He has delivered 87 successful long snaps through six games this season (45 punt, 10 FG, 29 PAT). Coleman made 128 snaps in 2008, with only one bad snap.u Senior Blake Haudan became the Gophers’ No. 1 punter in the third game of the season when fresh-man Dan Orseske was diagnosed with mononucleosis. He had never punted in a game prior to 2009. Dave Mona, Dave Lee, Darrell Thompson, Mike Grimm

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11


MINNESOTA at SYRACUSE

TCF BANK STADIUM FACTS• TCF Bank Stadium was designed as an open-air, horseshoe-shaped bowl with a collegiate look and feel. The stadium is oriented to take advantage of the views of downtown Minneapolis.

• The brick façade and arches resemble that of Minnesota’s previous on-campus football venue, Memorial Stadium, which hosted its final game on Nov. 21, 1981.

• The University exceeded its initial fund-raising goal of $86 million.

• Construction began on TCF Bank Stadium on July 11, 2007. It took over 1.3 million work hours to complete the project by July , 2009.

• The main high definition video measures approximately 48 feet high by 108 feet wide and boasts Daktronics HD-16 technology.

• The main high definition video board is the third largest in all of college athletics in terms of square footage. Only Texas and Mississippi State have larger boards.

• The main video board screen is made up of more than four million LED lights that if placed end to end would extend for 47.5 miles.

• At the project’s peak, 750 construction workers were working on TCF Bank Stadium.

• The site of TCF Bank Stadium covers 1,194,645 SF or approximately 27.4 acres.

• The playing surface is FieldTurf and covers 92,132 SF or approxi-mately 2.1 acres.

• The home locker room at TCF Bank Stadium is 60 yards long by 25 yards wide. It contains 120 cherry wood lockers and is the largest in both professional and college football.

• The design of TCF Bank Stadium allows for expansion to 80,000.

• There are approximately 25,000 seats with permanent chairbacks. All seats between the goal lines have permanent chairbacks.• TCF Bank Stadium includes 1,000 handicap accessible and companion seats.

• There are 37 premium suites, 57 loge boxes, 259 seats in the indoor club and 1,250 seats in the outdoor club at TCF Bank Stadium.

• There are 113 restrooms in TCF Bank Stadium, which include 625 toilets and 268 urinals.

• TCF Bank Stadium has 10 network TV camera positions and seating for 165 members of the media.

• Populous (formerly HOK Sport) served as the primary architect for the building, while Mortensen Construction was the general contractor.

• In excess of 8,800 tons of structural steel was used in the project, with 97 percent recycled steel.

• TCF Bank Stadium contains 24,000 yards of cast-in-place concrete, which is enough concrete to pour a four-inch thick, five-foot wide sidewalk from Minneapolis to Rochester, Minn. (74 miles).

• The masonry includes 525,000 units of concrete block and 760,000 units of full and thin brick.

• There is 72,753 SF or approximately 1.7 acres of glass in TCF Bank Stadium, enough to cover more than 1.25 football fields.

• There are 9,185 Minnesota Block “M”s in TCF Bank Stadium.

• The foundation of TCF Bank Stadium is supported by 2,133 drilled piles, which is equivalent to 15.5 miles of piles.

GOPHER VICTORY WALKThe Golden Gopher football program saw a new tradition take shape in 2007, with the advent of the “Gopher Victory Walk.” Prior to each game, the entire Minnesota football team, led by the Minnesota Marching Band, will walk through the fans at the McNamara Alumni Center, cross Oak Street and head into TCF Bank Stadium.

Each Gopher Victory Walk will begin approximately two hours prior to kickoff.

The Minnesota Football program is encouraging fans to participate in the Gopher Victory Walk through-out the season, by lining the entire path from the McNamara Alumni Center to the stadium and greeting the players as they arrive on game day.

TAKE IT TO THE BANKWhen the Gophers hosted the Air Force Academy on Sept. 12, it marked the first time since Nov. 21, 1981 that college football has been played on campus at Minnesota.

TCF Bank Stadium is the first Big Ten Stadium built in nearly 50 years. Beaver Stadium (Penn State) and Memorial Stadium (Indiana) were both built in 1960. TCF Bank Stadium will be just the second new stadium built in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) and the first in a BCS conference since 1998. Akron also christened a brand-new stadium this season.

In May 2006, the Minnesota legislature made the stadium a reality, approving the $288.5 million facility. The stadium holds 50,805 fans and is an open-air facility. Construction began during the summer of 2007.

TCF Bank Stadium TimelineMay, 2006 - Legislature approves new stadium.

June, 2007 - Ground broken on TCF Bank Stadium.

January, 2008 - First steel rises from ground at stadium site.

April 7, 2008 - First brick laid at the stadium site.

Spring/Summer, 2009 - Scoreboards and lights in, exterior work finished.

Spring/Summer, 2009 - Scoreboards and lights in, exterior work finished.

May/June, 2009 - FieldTurf playing surface installed.

July, 2009 - University takes occupancy of TCF Bank Stadium.

Sept. 12, 2009 - First game at TCF Bank Stadium vs. Air Force.



WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - OFFENSELeft Tackle76 - Dom Alford 6-3 336 Jr.* Has started 16 games in his career, including six this season79 - Matt Stommes 6-7 312 Sr.* Has started four games this season after missing two with ankle injuryLeft Guard68 - Chris Bunders 6-3 322 So.* Made his 13th career start vs. Illinois last week78 - Ryan Orton 6-4 296 So.* Saw action in all 13 games, with six starts, as a red-shirt freshman last seasonCenter53 - D.J. Burris 6-2 290 Jr.* Third Gopher to start at center this season; Has started last four games61 - Trey Davis 6-2 281 So.* First start of the season vs. Purdue; Left game with ankle injuryRight Guard73 - Matt Carufel 6-5 302 Jr.* Has started nine of 10 games this season; Three career starts at Notre Dame61 - Trey Davis 6-2 281 So.* First start of the season vs. Purdue; Did not play last three weeksRight Tackle71 - Jeff Wills 6-7 365 Jr. Largest player on the Minnesota roster; Has started his first 10 games as a Gopher74 - Ryan Ruckdashel 6-5 290 Sr.* Experienced, versatile lineman has played in 24 games, both at guard and tackleQuarterback8 - Adam Weber 6-3 221 Jr.* Completed 9-of-13 passes in the second half last week, after opening 5-of-175 - MarQueis Gray 6-4 222 Fr. Completed his first collegiate pass and first collegiate TD pass at Ohio StateRunning Back22 - Duane Bennett 5-9 203 So.* Tallied his second career 100-yard receiving game vs. Michigan State23 - DeLeon Eskridge 5-11 198 So. Rushed for a season-high 60 yards vs. Wisconsin; Scored 2 TDs vs. PurdueFullback35 - Jon Hoese 6-2 233 Jr.* Former walk-on; Converted safety; 11 first downs or touchdowns in 17 carries42 - Logan U’u 5-10 230 Sr. Converted linebacker; Saw action in three games in 2008, before suffering leg injuryWide Receiver83 - Da’Jon McKnight 6-3 200 So. Has been on the receiving end of two two-point conversion passes this season16 - Ben Kuznia 6-0 186 Sr. Scored his first career touchdown last week vs. Illinois, scooping up a blocked puntWide Receiver11 - Troy Stoudermire 5-10 183 So. Shut out on receptions last week vs. Illinois81 - Bryant Allen 6-0 167 Fr. Caught second career pass vs. Illinois; Will walk on to Tubby Smith’s hoops teamWide Receiver1 - Brandon Green 6-0 183 So. Caught his first touchdown pass of the season against Michigan State4 - Hayo Carpenter 5-11 174 Jr. Was rated as the top junior-college recruit in the nation last yearTight End48 - Nick Tow-Arnett 6-3 248 Sr.* Career-best 8 receptions for 81 yards and a career-high 2 TDs vs. Michigan State85 - Eric Lair 6-3 230 So. First career touch came on a tight end reverse vs. Wisconsin, gaining 8 yards

WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - SPECIALISTSPlacekicker37 - Eric Ellestad 6-3 204 Jr.* 8-of-10 on field goals this season; Perfect (29-of-29) on PATs43 - David Schwerman 6-0 202 So.* Walk-on who red-shirted last season; All-state in 2007 at Kettle Moraine HSHolder38 - Blake Haudan 6-1 210 Sr.* 39 good holds over the first 10 weeks of the season (29 PATs, 10 FG attempts)Long Snapper47 - Ryan Coleman 6-1 225 Jr.* Has handled every field goal, PAT and punt snap since beginning of last season



WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - SPECIALISTSPunter38 - Blake Haudan 6-1 210 Sr.* 17 of his 41 punts (41 percent) have pinned the opponent inside their 20-yard linePunt Return81 - Bryant Allen 6-0 167 Fr. Averaging 11.7 yards per return on just three punt returns this season24 - Marcus Sherels 5-11 172 Sr. Returned one punt for 27 yards in season-opener at SyracuseKickoff Return11 - Troy Stoudermire 5-10 183 So. Averaging 25.5 yards per return this season, ranking No. 42 in the nation20 - Jay Thomas 6-0 209 Sr.* Averaging 16.2 yards per return; 91-yd KO return for TD at Fla. Atlantic in 2007 81 - Bryant Allen 6-0 167 Fr. Returned three kickoffs for an average of 15 yards per return at Ohio St.

WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - DEFENSEDefensive End89 - Barrett Moen 6-3 282 Sr.* Former walk-on came to UM as a guard; Career-best six stops at Ohio State93 - Derrick Onwuachi 6-5 262 Sr.* Has seen action in 5 of last 7 games after suffering a knee injury first day of campDefensive Tackle99 - Garrett Brown 6-2 310 Sr. Twelve tackles (7 vs. MSU, 5 vs. ILL) in the last two weeks96 - Brandon Kirksey 6-2 295 So. 12 tackles, 3.0 tackles for-loss and a forced fumble in nine games this seasonNose98 - Eric Small 6-2 306 Sr.* Has started 29 games; Three sacks this season ranks No. 1 on the team68 - Jewhan Edwards 6-2 333 So. Has played in 22 games in his Gopher career; 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL this seasonDefensive End55 - Cedric McKinley 6-6 282 Sr.* No. 3 on team with 6.5 tackles-for-loss; Also has 2.0 sacks, 2 FF, 2 FR97 - Anthony Jacobs 6-2 289 So.* Has tallied 4.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks so far this seasonLinebacker21 - Simoni Lawrence 6-1 221 Sr. Ranks No. 3 on the team with 68 total tackles, No. 2 with 7.5 tackles-for-loss33 - Rex Sharpe 6-1 231 Sr.* Has appeared in 20 games during his Gopher careerLinebacker30 - Lee Campbell 6-3 246 Sr.* Leads team in total tackles (100) and tackles for loss (9.0)51 - Gary Tinsley 6-1 220 So. Has seen action in 17 career games, mostly on special teamsLinebacker32 - Nate Triplett 6-3 247 Sr.* No. 2 on team in passes defended, with two interceptions and five pass break-ups4 - Keanon Cooper 6-0 210 Fr.* Backup linebacker ranks No. 7 on team with 37 total tacklesCornerback15 - Traye Simmons 5-11 180 Sr. Tied a career-best with three pass break-ups at Ohio State1 - Michael Carter 5-11 163 Fr. Nephew of former Gopher All-American and Super Bowl Champion Tyrone CarterSafety27 - Kyle Theret 5-10 193 Jr. Started 29th game of his career last week; First INT of the season vs. Ohio St.25 - Tim Dandridge 6-1 185 So. Has seen action in seven games this season and has recorded one tackleSafety3 - Kim Royston 5-11 193 Jr.* Transferred from Wisconsin; Tallied career-best 11 stops three times this season2 - Ryan Collado 5-9 175 Jr. Has played in all 35 games, including 12 starts in Gopher career; Moved from CBCornerback24 - Marcus Sherels 5-11 172 Sr. Tallied four solo stops vs. Illinois last week5 - Johnny Johnson 5-9 189 So. Has seen action in 7 games this season, mostly on special teams, with two tackles



2009 NUMERICAL ROSTER# Name Pos Ht Wt Ltr Yr. (*-RS) Hometown (Previous School)

1 Michael Carter DB 5-11 163 0 Fr. Pompano Beach, Fla. (Ely HS)

1 Brandon Green WR 6-0 183 1 So. Chicago, Ill. (Robeson HS)

2 Ryan Collado CB 5-9 175 2 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Hills Christian HS)

3 Kim Royston DB 5-11 193 0 Jr.* Minneapolis, Minn. (Wisconsin)

4 Hayo Carpenter WR 5-11 174 0 Jr. Lawndale, Calif. (College of the Canyons)

4 Keanon Cooper LB 6-0 210 0 Fr.* Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

5 MarQueis Gray QB 6-4 222 0 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis HS)

5 Johnny Johnson DB 5-9 189 1 So. Chicago, Ill. (Robeson HS)

6 Kerry Lewis DB 5-9 179 0 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Lancaster HS)

6 Kevin Whaley RB 5-9 179 0 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. (Salem HS)

7 Eric Decker WR 6-3 220 3 Sr.* Cold Spring, Minn. (Rocori HS)

8 Spencer Reeves LB 6-2 221 0 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

8 Adam Weber QB 6-3 221 2 Jr.* Shoreview, Minn. (Mounds View HS)

9 David Pittman WR 5-11 190 1 Sr. Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena City College)

11 Troy Stoudermire WR 5-10 183 1 So. Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

12 Moses Alipate QB 6-5 230 0 Fr. Bloomington, Minn. (Jefferson HS)

13 Michael McKelton DB 5-10 183 1 Sr.* Royal Palm Beach, Fla. (Royal Palm Beach HS)

14 Damola Ogundipe DB 5-7 187 0 Jr.* New Brighton, Minn. (Irondale HS)

15 Traye Simmons DB 5-11 180 1 Sr. Marietta, Ga. (College of the Sequoias)

16 Ben Kuznia WR 6-0 186 1 Sr.* Olivia, Minn. (Bold HS)

17 Sam Maresh LB 6-3 247 0 Fr. Champlin, Minn. (Champlin Park HS)

18 R.J. Buckner RB 5-11 202 1 Jr.* Keller, Texas (Harvest Christian Academy)

19 Adam Lueck QB 6-0 187 0 Fr.* Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS)

20 Jay Thomas RB 6-0 209 3 Sr.* Oakdale, Minn. (Tartan HS)

21 Simoni Lawrence LB 6-1 221 1 Sr. Upper Darby, Pa. (Valley Forge Military Acad.)

22 Duane Bennett RB 5-9 203 1 So.* Fairview Heights, Ill. (O’Fallon Township HS)

23 DeLeon Eskridge RB 5-11 198 1 So. San Francisco, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS)

24 Marcus Sherels CB 5-11 172 3 Sr. Rochester, Minn. (John Marshall HS)

25 Tim Dandridge DB 6-1 185 1 So. Detroit, Mich. (Highland Park HS)

26 Mike Rallis DB 6-2 210 1 So. Edina, Minn. (Edina HS)

27 Kyle Theret DB 5-10 193 2 Jr. Murrieta, Calif. (J.K. Mullen HS)

28 Kenny Watkins DB 6-0 187 0 Fr. Detroit, Mich. (Brother Rice HS)

29 Shady Salamon RB 5-11 203 1 So. S. St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall)

30 Lee Campbell LB 6-3 246 3 Sr.* Naples, Fla. (Gulf Coast HS)

31 Marcus Singletary DB 6-0 188 0 Sr.* Hinesville, Ga. (Rainy River CC)

32 Nathan Triplett LB 6-3 247 2 Sr.* Maple Plain, Minn. (Delano HS)

33 Rex Sharpe LB 6-1 231 1 Sr.* Fairfield, Ala. (Arizona Western College)

34 Kyle Henderson DB 5-11 167 0 So. Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota State-Mankato)

35 Jon Hoese FB 6-2 233 2 Jr. Glencoe, Minn. (Glencoe-Silver Lake HS)

36 Chase Haviland DB 5-9 177 0 Fr. Thief River Falls, Minn. (Lincoln HS)

36 Nick Rengel FB 6-3 225 0 Fr. Sartell, Minn. (Sartell HS)

37 Eric Ellestad K 6-3 204 0 Jr.* Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Armstrong HS)

37 Willie Schneider FB 5-11 216 0 Fr. St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)

38 Blake Haudan P 6-1 210 0 Sr.* Toledo, Ohio (St. John’s Jesuit HS)

38 Nicholas Stommes DB 6-0 205 0 Sr. Owen, Wis. (Owen-Withee HS)

40 Nathan Tow-Arnett DB 6-1 199 0 So.* Redwood Falls, Minn. (Redwood Falls HS)

41 Dan Orseske P 6-3 199 0 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Brother Rice HS)

42 Logan U’u FB 5-10 230 0 Sr. Oakland, Calif. (Laney College [Calif.])

43 Ryan Grant LB 6-2 219 0 Fr.* Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS)

43 David Schwerman K 6-0 202 0 So.* Kettle Moraine, Wis. (Kettle Moraine HS)

44 Ed Cotton FB 6-0 219 0 Fr. Champlin, Minn. (Champlin Park HS)

44 Brent Singleton LB 6-1 213 0 Fr. Plantation, Fla. (American Heritage HS)

45 Bryan Klitzke DB 6-1 210 0 So.* Chippewa Falls, Wis. (Chippewa Falls HS)

46 Chris Severson DL 6-5 225 0 Fr. Wanaukee, Wis. (Wanaukee HS)

47 Ryan Coleman LS 6-1 225 1 Jr.* Brookfield, Wis. (Brookfield East HS)

48 Nick Tow-Arnett TE 6-3 248 2 Sr.* Redwood Falls, Minn. (Redwood Valley HS)

49 Matt Garin DE 6-4 220 0 Fr. Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview HS)

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER# Name Pos Yr

12 Moses Alipate QB Fr.

76 Dominic Alford OL Jr.

81 Bryant Allen WR Fr.

59 Joey Balthazor LB Fr.

82 A.J. Barker WR Fr.

22 Duane Bennett RB So.

80 Xzavian Brandon WR So.

63 Andy Brinkhaus OL Jr.

99 Garrett Brown DT Sr.

18 R.J. Buckner RB Jr.

53 D.J. Burris OL Jr.

68 Chris Bunders OL So.

30 Lee Campbell LB Sr.

4 Hayo Carpenter WR Jr.

1 Michael Carter DB Fr.

73 Matt Carufel OL Jr.

47 Ryan Coleman LS Jr.

2 Ryan Collado CB Jr.

4 Keanon Cooper LB Fr.

44 Ed Cotton FB Fr.

25 Tim Dandridge DB So.

61 Trey Davis OL So.

7 Eric Decker WR Sr.

92 Kyle Dykstra DL Fr.

68 Jewhan Edwards DT So.

37 Eric Ellestad K Jr.

23 DeLeon Eskridge RB So.

49 Matt Garin DE Fr.

69 Jacob Glickstein DL Fr.

43 Ryan Grant LB Fr.

5 MarQueis Gray QB Fr.

1 Brandon Green WR So.

91 Kendall Gregory-McGhee DE Fr.

86 Ra’Shede Hageman TE Fr.

64 Austin Hahn OL Fr.

38 Blake Haudan P Sr.

36 Ben Haviland DB Fr.

90 Raymond Henderson DE Sr.

34 Kyle Henderson DB So.

57 Aaron Hill LB Fr.

35 Jon Hoese FB Jr.

96 Curtis Hughes TE Jr.

97 Anthony Jacobs DE So.

94 Eric Jacques DL Fr.

5 Johnny Johnson DB So.

84 Victor Keise WR Fr.

96 Brandon Kirksey DT So.

48 Bryan Klitzke DB So.

16 Ben Kuznia WR Sr.

85 Eric Lair TE So.

21 Simoni Lawrence LB Sr.

6 Kerry Lewis DB Fr.

19 Adam Lueck QB Fr.

17 Sam Maresh LB Fr.

88 Collin McGarry TE Jr.

13 Michael McKelton DB Sr.

55 Cedric McKinley DE Sr.



# Name Pos Ht Wt Ltr Yr. Hometown (Previous School)

50 Patrick Sveum LB 6-1 214 0 Sr. Rochester, Minn. (Century HS)

51 Gary Tinsley LB 6-1 220 1 So. Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast HS)

52 Jeff Tow-Arnett OL 6-2 288 2 Sr.* Redwood Falls, Minn. (Redwood Valley HS)

53 D.J. Burris OL 6-2 290 2 Jr.* Kenton, Ohio (Kenton HS)

55 Cedric McKinley DE 6-6 282 1 Sr. Demopolis, Ala. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

57 Aaron Hill LB 6-2 210 0 Fr. St. Charles, Mo. (Lutheran HS)

58 Ed Olson OL 6-7 288 0 Fr. Mathomedi, Minn. (Mahtomedi HS)

59 Joey Balthazor LB 6-3 207 0 Fr. Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead HS)

60 Ryan Wynn OL 6-5 296 1 So.* Plymouth, Minn. (Maple Grove HS)

61 Trey Davis OL 6-2 281 1 So.* Farmington, Minn. (Farmington HS)

62 Zach Mottla OL 6-2 274 0 Fr. Edina, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)

63 Andy Brinkhaus OL 6-3 276 0 Jr.* Bloomington, Minn. (Bloomington Jefferson HS)

64 Austin Hahn OL 6-4 275 0 Fr.* Hartford, Wis. (Hartford HS)

66 Nedward Tavale OL 6-2 334 3 Sr.* St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)

67 David Stommes DL 6-6 210 0 Fr. Eden Valley, Minn. (Eden Valley-Watkins HS)

68 Chris Bunders OL 6-3 322 1 So.* Maple Grove, Minn. (Osseo HS)

68 Jewhan Edwards DT 6-2 333 1 So. Philadelphia, Pa. (Roman Catholic HS)

69 Jacob Glickstein DL 6-3 268 0 Fr.* New Berlin, Wis. (Brookfield Central HS)

71 Jeff Wills OL 6-7 365 O Jr. Laurelton, N.Y. (Lackawanna College)

73 Matt Carufel OL 6-5 302 0 Jr.* Forest Lake, Minn. (Notre Dame)

74 Ryan Ruckdashel OL 6-5 290 3 Sr.* Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview HS)

75 Brooks Michel OL 6-7 295 0 Fr. Carmel, Ind. (Carmel HS)

76 Dominic Alford OL 6-3 336 2 Jr.* Cleveland, Ohio (Shaker Heights HS)

78 Ryan Orton OL 6-4 296 1 So.* Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS)

79 Matt Stommes OL 6-7 312 2 Sr.* Richmond, Minn. (Eden Valley-Watkins HS)

80 Xzavian Brandon WR 6-3 188 0 So. Duluth, Ga. (Northfield HS)

81 Bryant Allen WR 6-0 167 0 Fr. Maplewood, Mo. (Maplewood-Richmond Heights HS)

82 A.J. Barker WR 6-1 178 0 Fr. St. Paul, Minn. (DeLaSalle HS)

83 Da’Jon McKnight WR 6-3 200 1 So. Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

84 Victor Keise WR 6-0 176 0 Fr. Coral Springs, Fla. (North Broward Prep HS)

85 Eric Lair TE 6-3 230 1 So. Houston, Texas (Lamar HS)

86 Ra’Shede Hageman TE 6-6 272 0 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Washburn HS)

87 Sahr Ngekia WR 6-4 213 0 Fr. Richfield, Minn. (Academy of Holy Angels)

88 Collin McGarry TE 6-4 235 0 Jr. Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater HS)

89 Barrett Moen DL 6-3 282 2 Sr.* Bloomington, Minn. (Bloomington Jefferson HS)

90 Raymond Henderson DE 6-5 263 1 Sr.* Oak Creek, Wis (Tennessee)

91 Kendall Gregory-McGhee DE 6-5 241 0 Fr. Aurora, Colo. (Cherokee Trail HS)

92 Kyle Dykstra DL 6-4 241 0 Fr. Princeton, Minn. (Princeton HS)

93 Derrick Onwuachi DE 6-5 262 2 Sr.* Newhall, Calif. (College of the Canyons)

94 Eric Jacques DL 6-2 283 0 Fr. Pompano Beach, Fla. (Ely HS)

95 D.L. Wilhite DE 6-4 233 0 Fr.* Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station HS)

96 Curtis Hughes TE 6-4 249 1 Jr.* Chicago, Ill. (Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep)

96 Brandon Kirksey DT 6-2 295 1 So. St. Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East HS)

97 Anthony Jacobs DE 6-2 289 1 So.* Northfield, Minn. (Northfield HS)

98 Eric Small DT 6-2 306 2 Sr.* Naperville, Ill. (Joliet JC [Ill.])

99 Garrett Brown DT 6-2 310 3 Sr.* New Haven, Conn. (Fairfield College Prep)

* = Used a red-shirt season

2009 NUMERICAL ROSTER# Name Pos Yr

83 Da’Jon McKnight WR So.

75 Brooks Michel OL Fr.

89 Barrett Moen DL Sr.

62 Zach Mottla OL Fr.

87 Sahr Ngekia WR Fr.

14 Damola Ogundipe DB Jr.

58 Ed Olson OL Fr.

93 Derrick Onwuachi DE Sr.

41 Dan Orseske P Fr.

78 Ryan Orton OL So.

9 David Pittman WR Sr.

26 Mike Rallis DB So.

8 Spencer Reeves LB Fr.

36 Nick Rengel FB Fr.

3 Kim Royston DB Jr.

74 Ryan Ruckdashel OL Sr.

29 Shady Salamon RB So.

37 Willie Schneider FB Fr.

43 David Schwerman K So.

46 Chris Severson DL Fr.

33 Rex Sharpe LB Sr.

24 Marcus Sherels CB Jr.

15 Traye Simmons CB Sr.

31 Marcus Singletary DB Sr.

44 Brent Singleton LB Fr.

67 David Stommes DL Fr.

79 Matt Stommes OL Sr.

38 Nicholas Stommes DB Sr.

11 Troy Stoudermire WR So.

98 Eric Small DT Sr.

50 Patrick Sveum LB Sr.

66 Nedward Tavale OL Sr.

27 Kyle Theret DB Jr.

20 Jay Thomas RB Sr.

51 Gary Tinsley LB So.

52 Jeff Tow-Arnett OL Sr.

40 Nathan Tow-Arnett DB So.

48 Nick Tow-Arnett TE Sr.

32 Nathan Triplett LB Sr.

42 Logan U’u FB Sr.

28 Kenny Watkins DB Fr.

8 Adam Weber QB Jr.

95 D.L. Wilhite DE Fr.

6 Kevin Whaley RB Fr.

71 Jeff Wills OL Jr.

60 Ryan Wynn OL So.

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUN GUIDEMoses Alipate .................................................................. all-ih-PAH-tay Duane Bennett ........................................................................... doo-ON Xzavian Brandon .................................................................. ZAY-vee-un Andy Brinkhaus ................................................................. BRINK-house Hayo Carpenter............................................................................HEY-oh Matt Carufel ..................................................................... CARE-you-fell Ryan Collado ..................................................................... cuh-LAH-doh Jewhan Edwards....................................................................... juh-WAN DeLeon Eskridge ....................................................................DAY-lee-on Jacob Glickstein ..................................................................glick-STEEN MarQueis Gray ....................................................................mar-KWEESS

Ra’Shede Hageman ................................................................Ra-SHEED Jon Hoese ..................................................................................HAZE-ee Victor Keise ....................................................................................KEYS Ben Kuznia ......................................................................COOZ-knee-ah Simoni Lawrence ...............................................................suh-MOE-nee Adam Lueck...............................................................................LOO-eck Da’Jon McKnight..................................................................... day-ZHON Brooks Michel .............................................................................MIKE-ul Damola Ogundipe........................................................ oh-GUN-duh-pay Derrick Onwuachi ..............................................................un-WATCH-ee Marcus Sherels...................................................................... SHARE-uls

Matt/Nick Stommes ................................................................. STUM-iss Patrick Sveum ..........................................................................SVAY-um Nedward Tavale ...................................................................tuh-VALL-ay Kyle Theret...............................................................................THARE-ut Jeff/Nathan/Nick Tow-Arnett................................................... TAU r-NET Logan U’u ..................................................................................... OO-oo Adam Weber ............................................................................... WEB-ur Ryan Wynn........................................................................................WIN



Gm 1 Minnesota 23, Syracuse 20 (OT)SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT TOTALMinnesota 14 0 3 3 3 23Syracuse 10 10 0 0 0 20

Scoring Summary1st 14:41 MINN Bennett 16 yd run (Ellestad, Eric kick), 2-16 0:10, MINN 7 - SYR 0 13:01 SYR Lichtenstein 23 yd field goal, 4-9 1:40, MINN 7 - SYR 3 11:48 MINN Stoudermire 7 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 4-43 1:13, MINN 14 - SYR 3 00:32 SYR Williams 29 yd pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick), 6-63 1:53, MINN 14 - SYR 102nd 07:26 SYR Lichtenstein 42 yd field goal, 8-34 3:18, MINN 14 - SYR 13 01:39 SYR Carter 1 yd run (Lichtenstein kick), 8-67 3:44, MINN 14 - SYR 203rd 08:03 MINN Ellestad 26 yd field goal, 8-33 3:02, MINN 17 - SYR 204th 00:57 MINN Ellestad 26 yd field goal, 14-79 3:48, MINN 20 - SYR 20OT MINN Ellestad 35 yd field goal, 4-7 0:00, MINN 23 - SYR 20

MINN SYRFIRST DOWNS 16 15RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-112 34-90PASSING YDS (NET) 248 167Passes Att-Comp-Int 42-19-1 31-19-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 74-360 65-257Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-27 4-14Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-140 5-154Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 5-42.6 8-45.9Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1Penalties-Yards 10-61 8-68Possession Time 29:31 30:29Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 1 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 2-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-19 2-6

RUSHING: Minnesota Gophers-Bennett 16-78; Eskridge 8-29; Hoese 2-10; Stoudermire 2-3; Whaley 1-0; We-ber 3-minus 8. Syracuse-Carter 23-88; Bailey 5-31; Davis 1-minus 3; Paulus 4-minus 12; Team 1-minus 14.

PASSING: Minnesota Gophers-Weber 19-42-1-248. Syracuse-Paulus 19-31-1-167.

RECEIVING: Minnesota Gophers-Decker 9-183; Stoudermire 4-22; Green 3-28; Bennett 2-3; Tow-Arnett 1-12. Syracuse-Williams 7-94; Lemon 5-17; Owen 2-18; Provo 2-8; Bailey 1-15; Davis 1-11; Lobdell 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS: Minnesota Gophers-Triplett 1-0. Syracuse-Holmes 1-0.

FUMBLES: Minnesota Gophers-Weber 1-1. Syracuse-Team 1-1; Davis 1-0.

Stadium: Carrier Dome Attendance: 48617Kickoff time: 12:02 pm End of Game: 3:45 pm Total elapsed time: 3:43

SACKS (UA-A): Minnesota Gophers-Henderson 1-0; Lawrence 0-1; Wilhite 1-0; Campbell 0-1. Syracuse-Sharpe 1-0; Smith 0-1; Perkins 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Minnesota Gophers-Campbell 11-2; Lawrence 6-4; Triplett 5-4; Theret 5-2; Simmons 2-2; Small 3-0; Klitzke 1-2; Henderson 2-0; Sharpe 2-0; Rallis 2-0; Sherels 1-1; Royston 0-2; Ellestad 1-0; Col-lado 1-0; Jacobs 1-0; Wilhite 1-0; Kirksey 1-0; Cooper 0-1; McKinley 0-1; Thomas 0-1. Syracuse-Holmes 3-5; Gillum 5-1; Smith 3-3; Scott 4-1; Jones 4-1; Scott 4-0; Hogue 2-2; Suter 2-2; Jones 2-2; Lewis 2-1;Thomas 2-1; McKinnon 2-1; Owen 1-0; Sharpe 1-0; Catalina 1-0; Carter 1-0; Mayes 0-1; Perkins 0-1.

Gm 2 Minnesota 20, Air Force 13SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALAir Force 0 3 7 3 13Minnesota 3 0 0 17 20

Scoring Summary1st 04:45 MINN Ellestad 34 yd field goal, 10-65 3:52, AFA 0 - MINN 32nd 05:26 AFA Soderberg 20 yd field goal, 5-28 1:58, AFA 3 - MINN 33rd 02:28 AFA Fogler 37 yd pass from Jefferson (Soderberg kick), 8-76 2:10, AFA 10 - MINN 34th 13:18 MINN Eskridge 7 yd run (Ellestad kick), 9-72 4:10, AFA 10 - MINN 10 11:45 MINN Triplett 52 yd fumble return (Ellestad kick), AFA 10 - MINN 17 05:13 MINN Ellestad 39 yd field goal, 9-64 5:03, AFA 10 - MINN 20 01:03 AFA Soderberg 31 yd field goal, 20-67 4:10, AFA 13 - MINN 20

AFA MINNFIRST DOWNS 24 14RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 66-261 24-108PASSING YDS (NET) 125 219Passes Att-Comp-Int 17-10-0 29-20-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 83-386 53-327Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-52Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-90 3-89Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 4-39.5 4-47.0Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 2-15 8-69Possession Time 33:01 26:59Third-Down Conversions 12 of 21 4 of 11Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 1-6

RUSHING: Air Force Falcons-Clark 12-90; Tew 16-56; Warzeka 10-42; Jefferson 17-35; Stephens 5-23; Getz 1-7; Walker 4-5; Hunter 1-3. Minnesota Gophers-Eskridge 7-53; Bennett 7-27; Gray 2-15; Hoese 3-14; Weber, Adam 2-2; TEAM 3-minus 3.

PASSING: Air Force Falcons-Jefferson 10-17-0-125. Minnesota Gophers-Weber 20-29-0-219.

RECEIVING: Air Force Falcons-Warzeka 3-44; Fogler 2-56; Tew 1-8; Quintana 1-6; Cousins 1-5; Demerath 1-4; Clark 1-2. Minnesota Gophers-Decker 10-113; Stoudermire 3-34; Green 2-26; Hoese 2-19; Bennett 2-2; Tow-Arnett 1-25.

INTERCEPTIONS: Air Force Falcons-None. Minnesota Gophers-None.

FUMBLES: Air Force Falcons-Jefferson 2-1. Minnesota Gophers-Gray 1-1.

Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 50805Kickoff time: 6:07 pm End of Game: 9:11 pm Total elapsed time: 3:04

SACKS (UA-A): Air Force Falcons-Garland 1-0. Minnesota Gophers-Small 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Air Force Falcons-Morris 6-3; Wright 5-2; Moore 4-3; Garland 2-3; Hennessey 1-4; Davis 4-0; Lamendola 1-3; Adeiji-Paul 3-0; Hall 2-1; Ricketts 1-1; Wikstrom 1-0; Thomas 1-0; Morales 1-0. Minne-sota Gophers-Triplett 12-5; Campbell 6-5; Lawrence 7-3; Theret 4-5; Royston 7-1; McKinley 2-4; Collado 4-0; Jacobs 3-1; Rallis 3-1; Small 1-3; Brown 2-1; Simmons 2-1; Kirksey 2-1; Henderson 2-0; Moen 1-1; Thomas 1-0; Klitzke 1-0; Ellestad 0-1; Edwards 0-1.



Gm 3 No. 7/8 Cal 35, Minnesota 21SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALCalifornia 14 7 0 14 35Minnesota 0 14 7 0 21

Scoring Summary1st 09:51 CAL Best 33 yd run (D’Amato kick), 9-80 5:09, CAL 7 - MINN 0 07:09 CAL Best 2 yd run (D’Amato kick), 3-86 1:05, CAL 14 - MINN 02nd 14:52 MINN Decker 26 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 7-54 3:54, CAL 14 - MINN 7 03:47 CAL Best 27 yd run (D’Amato kick), 10-74 4:36, CAL 21 - MINN 7 00:40 MINN Decker 12 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 2-29 0:31, CAL 21 - MINN 143rd 00:29 MINN Gray 7 yd pass from Decker (Ellestad kick), 7-77 3:42, CAL 21 - MINN 214th 07:14 CAL Best 2 yd run (D’Amato kick), 8-72 3:45, CAL 28 - MINN 21 02:59 CAL Best 2 yd run (D’Amato kick), 8-44 4:02, CAL 35 - MINN 21

CAL MINNFIRST DOWNS 18 14RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-163 21-37PASSING YDS (NET) 252 233Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-16-0 34-22-3TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 69-415 55-270Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 3-10 2-8Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-58 4-91Interception Returns-Yards 3-0 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 6-41.7 7-42.1Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 4-45 3-34Possession Time 33:26 26:34Third-Down Conversions 7 of 15 4 of 12Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 2-2Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-20 2-12

RUSHING: Cal-Best 26-131; Vereen 8-27; Ross 1-7; Sofele 1-2; Riley 6-1; TEAM 2-minus 5. Minnesota-Eskridge 7-21; Carpenter 2-17; Bennett 7-16; Gray 1-2; Weber 4-minus 19.

PASSING: Cal-Riley 16-25-0-252. Minnesota-Weber 21-32-3-226; Decker 1-2-0-7.

RECEIVING: Cal Bears-Tucker 3-78; Ross 3-73; Best 3-17; Boateng 2-30; Vereen 2-17; Miller 1-25; Curran 1-11; Jones 1-1. Minnesota-Decker 8-119; Green 3-39; Tow-Arnett 3-26; Stoudermire 3-19; Hoese 2-5; Carpenter 1-18; Gray 1-7; Bennett 1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS: Cal-Mohamed 2-0; Hill 1-0. Minnesota-None.

FUMBLES: Cal-Thompson 1-0; Satchell 1-1; Riley 1-0. Minnesota-Carpenter 1-1.

Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 50805Kickoff time: 11:02 am End of Game: 2:20 Total elapsed time: 3:18

SACKS (UA-A): Cal-Alualu 2-0; Bishop 1-0. Minnesota-Small 1-0; Lawrence 0-1; Moen 0-1.

TACKLES (UA-A): Cal-Thompson 6-2; Mohamed 7-0; Alualu 4-2; Ezeff 1-4; Holt 3-1; Kendricks 3-1; Hagan 3-0; Young 2-0; Campbell 2-0; Bishop 1-1; Johnson 0-2; Cattouse 1-0; Jordan 1-0; Amadi 1-0; Johnson 1-0; Conte 0-1. Minnesota-Triplett 7-3; Cooper 6-1; Theret 5-2; Campbell 5-2; Collado 4-2; Kirksey 3-2; Lawrence 3-2; Simmons 2-1; Brown 2-1; Moen 1-2; Edwards 1-1; Royston 1-1; Thomas 1-0; McKinley 1-0; Klitzke 1-0; Small 1-0; Green 1-0; Salamon 1-0; Carter 0-1; Hoese 0-1.

Gm 4 Minnesota 35, Northwestern 24SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALMinnesota 7 7 7 14 35Northwestern 3 7 14 0 24

Scoring Summary1st 12:49 MINN Bennett 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 5-58 2:11, MINN 7 - NU 0 04:03 NU Demos 26 yd field goal, 19-76 8:46, MINN 7 - NU 32nd 07:44 MINN Bennett 3 yd run (Ellestad kick), 4-50 1:50, MINN 14 - NU 3 04:27 NU Fields 2 yd run (Demos kick), 10-75 3:17, MINN 14 - NU 103rd 07:16 MINN Decker 16 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 12-78 6:51, MINN 21 - NU 10 04:43 NU Brewer 24 yd pass from Kafka (Demos kick), 9-79 2:33, MINN 21 - NU 17 00:06 NU Mitchell 13 yd pass from Kafka (Demos kick), 11-79 4:02, MINN 21 - NU 244th 08:35 MINN Bennett 4 yd run (Ellestad kick), 13-83 6:31, MINN 28 - NU 24 01:43 MINN Decker 1 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 3-3 0:17, MINN 35 - NU 24

MINN NWFIRST DOWNS 22 23RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-166 29-64PASSING YDS (NET) 186 309Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-15-1 47-32-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-352 76-373Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-22 2-8Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-131 6-94Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 4-40.2 4-40.8Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2Penalties-Yards 1-14 3-15Possession Time 31:45 28:15Third-Down Conversions 8 of 14 9 of 17Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-6 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-39 1-8

RUSHING: Minnesota-Bennett 21-89; Gray 5-33; Whaley 5-31; Hoese 2-15; Eskridge 1-2; Weber 5-minus 1; TEAM 3-minus 3. Northwestern-Fields 9-43; Schmidt 6-20; Matthews 2-14; Kafka 12-minus 13.

PASSING: Minnesota-Weber 15-26-1-186. Northwestern-Kafka 32-47-1-309.

RECEIVING: Minnesota-Decker 8-84; Tow-Arnett 5-65; Green 2-37. Northwestern-Markshausen 6-70; Stewart 5-43; Fields 4-43; Mitchell 4-38; Dunsmore 4-37; Brewer 3-44; Schmidt 3-10; Fields 2-12; Ebert 1-12.

INTERCEPTIONS: Minnesota-Royston 1-0. Northwestern-McManis 1-0.

FUMBLES: Minnesota-None. Northwestern-Kafka 2-2; Smith 1-0.

Stadium: Ryan Field Attendance: 22091Kickoff time: 11:01 am End of Game: 2:05 pm Total elapsed time: 3:04

SACKS (UA-A): Minnesota-Small 1-0; Jacobs 1-0; McKinley 1-0; Wilhite 1-0. Northwestern-Bryant 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Minnesota-Triplett 9-2; Lawrence 5-5; Campbell 5-4; Sherels 3-4; Cooper 3-3; Royston 3-2; Onwuachi 4-0; Small 4-0; McKinley 2-1; Theret 2-1; Wilhite 1-1; Simmons 1-1; Jacobs 1-0; Grant 1-0; Col-lado 1-0; Kuznia 1-0; Dandridge 1-0; Hoese 1-0; Brown 1-0; Singletary 1-0. Northwestern-Smith 6-3; Davie 4-5; McManis 2-7; Phillips 1-6; Peters 4-1; Mabin 3-2; Johnson 2-3; Browne 0-5; Williams 3-1; Bryant 2-2;Wootton 1-1; Hahn 1-1; Thomas 0-2; McNaul 0-2; Demos 1-0; Flaherty 1-0; Dugar 1-0; Brown 1-0; Williams, 0-1.



Gm 5 Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 28SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALWisconsin 7 3 7 14 31Minnesota 10 3 0 15 28

Scoring Summary1st 09:04 WIS Clay 2 yd run (Welch kick), 9-59 4:23, WIS 7 - MINN 0 02:54 MINN Ellestad 28 yd field goal, 12-56 6:10, WIS 7 - MINN 3 01:26 MINN Decker 11 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 2-11 0:41, WIS 7 - MINN 102nd 11:27 WIS Welch 39 yd field goal, 13-56 4:59, WIS 10 - MINN 10 02:26 MINN Ellestad 20 yd field goal, 12-76 5:35, WIS 10 - MINN 133rd 04:33 WIS Clay 1 yd run (Welch kick), 9-70 3:39, WIS 17 - MINN 134th 11:51 WIS Kendricks 5 yd pass from Tolzien (Welch kick), 13-85 6:03, WIS 24 - MINN 13 06:50 MINN Sherels 88 yd fumble recovery (McKnight pass from Weber), WIS 24 - MINN 21 03:00 WIS Clay 1 yd run (Welch kick), 8-74 3:50, WIS 31 - MINN 21 02:13 MINN Bennett 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 3-80 0:47, WIS 31 - MINN 28

MINN UWFIRST DOWNS 22 15RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 49-295 28-57PASSING YDS (NET) 159 271Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-16-1 30-16-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-454 58-328Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-88Punt Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-65 5-148Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 1-25Punts (Number-Avg) 3-45.0 3-42.3Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-2Penalties-Yards 5-36 9-75Possession Time 34:41 25:19Third-Down Conversions 8 of 13 6 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-42 0-0

RUSHING: Wisconsin Badgers-Clay 32-184; Tolzien 5-65; Brown 6-39; Ball 4-5; Gilreath 1-4; Team 1-minus 2. Minnesota-Eskridge 14-60; Bennett 2-20; Lair 1-8; Gray 1-4; Whaley 2-3; Hoese 1-1; Green 1-minus 3; Pittman 1-minus 9; Weber 5-minus 27.

PASSING: Wisconsin Badgers-Tolzien 16-26-1-159. Minnesota-Weber 16-30-1-271.

RECEIVING: Wisconsin Badgers-Graham 7-68; Toon 4-33; Kendricks 2-30; Anderson 2-19; Moore 1-9. Minnesota-Decker 8-140; Stoudermire 3-46; Eskridge 2-10; Tow-Arnett 1-38; Carpenter 1-25; Bennett 1-12.

INTERCEPTIONS: Wisconsin Badgers-Butrym 1-0. Minnesota-Triplett 1-25.

FUMBLES: Wisconsin Badgers-Brown 1-1; Tolzien 1-1. Minnesota-Bennett 1-1; Weber 1-1.


SACKS (UA-A): Wisconsin Badgers-Schofield 2-0; Nzegwu 2-0; Butrym 0-1; Borland 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Wisconsin Badgers-Fenelus 8-1; Schofield 5-1; Smith 5-1; Valai 3-3; Taylor 3-2; Nzegwu 3-1; Watt 2-2; Butrym 1-3; Maragos 2-0; St. Jean 1-1; McFadden 1-1; Hampton 1-0; Henry 1-0; Tolzien 1-0; Sorensen 1-0; Hartmann 0-1; Borland 0-1. Minnesota-Campbell 8-5; Royston 5-6; Triplett 7-2; Lawrence 5-4; Theret 3-4; Sherels 3-2; Cooper 1-3; Brown 2-1; Simmons 1-2; Salamon 2-0; Small 1-1; Jacobs 0-2; Tinsley 0-2; Henderson 0-2; Onwuachi 1-0; Klitzke 1-0; Collado 1-0; Hoese 0-1; Tow-Arnett 0-1; Carpenter 0-1; Moen 0-1.0-1.

Gm 6 Minnesota 35, Purdue 20SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALPurdue 10 3 0 7 20Minnesota 0 14 21 0 35

Scoring Summary1st 07:36 PUR Wiggs 43 yd field goal, 14-68 4:50, PUR 3 - MINN 0 04:32 PUR Valentin 3 yd pass from Elliott (Wiggs kick), 8-54 2:18, PUR 10 - MINN 02nd 06:29 MINN Eskridge 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 8-84 3:57, PUR 10 - MINN 7 04:36 MINN Eskridge 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 2-2 0:38, PUR 10 - MINN 14 01:40 PUR Wiggs 40 yd field goal, 7-41 2:56, PUR 13 - MINN 143rd 12:32 MINN Weber 2 yd run (Ellestad kick), 2-30 0:52, PUR 13 - MINN 21 10:10 MINN Whaley 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 5-31 2:13, PUR 13 - MINN 28 05:38 MINN Simmons 47 yd blocked FG return (Ellestad kick), , PUR 13 - MINN 354th 12:58 PUR Smith 61 yd pass from Elliott (Wiggs kick), 5-80 1:22, PUR 20 - MINN 35

MINN PUFIRST DOWNS 23 14RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-103 44-207PASSING YDS (NET) 299 74Passes Att-Comp-Int 47-25-2 10-5-2TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 77-402 54-281Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 2-2 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-132 4-103Interception Returns-Yards 2-0 2-69Punts (Number-Avg) 2-26.0 5-37.8Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-0Penalties-Yards 5-35 4-45Possession Time 31:08 28:52Third-Down Conversions 8 of 15 3 of 9Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-5Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-16 2-12

RUSHING: Purdue-Bolden 18-58; Elliott 10-49; Edison 1-minus 2; TEAM 1-minus 2. Minnesota-Whaley 8-79; Bennett 9-53; Eskridge 12-44; Weber 9-16; Hoese 3-8; Stoudermire 1-3; Allen 1-3; Gray 1-1.

PASSING: Purdue-Elliott 25-47-2-299. Minnesota-Weber 5-9-2-74; Gray 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Purdue-Valentin 8-80; Smith 7-126; Carlos 3-40; Adams 2-21; Lindsay 1-9; Bolden 1-8; Smith 1-6; Halliburton 1-5; Taylor 1-4. Minnesota-Decker 3-50; Tow-Arnett 2-24.

INTERCEPTIONS: Purdue-Carlino 1-0; Williams 1-0. Minnesota-Simmons 1-37; Campbell 1-32.

FUMBLES: Purdue-Carlos 1-1. Minnesota-Weber 3-0.


SACKS (UA-A): Purdue-Kerrigan 2-0; Neal 1-0. Minnesota-Jacobs 1-0; Cooper 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Purdue-Werner 7-2; Carlino 5-2; Kerrigan 4-2; Williams 4-1; Evans 4-0; Neal 3-1; Short 3-1; Mclean 2-2; Brown 1-2; King 2-0; Holland 0-2; Elliott 1-0; Greaves 1-0; Beckford 1-0; Maci 1-0; Reckman 1-0; Mondek 0-1. Minnesota-Campbell 6-5; Cooper 5-5; Sherels 5-4; Lawrence 5-1; Theret 4-2; Simmons 2-3; Triplett 2-3; Brown 3-0; Collado 3-0; Jacobs 2-1; Stoudermire 2-0; Royston 1-1; Small 1-0; Kirksey 1-0; Moen 1-0; Carter 1-0; Thomas 0-1; Kuznia 0-1; Salamon 0-1; Hoese 0-1; Onwuachi 0-1.


MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

Gm 7 Penn State 20, Minnesota 0SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALMinnesota 0 0 0 0 0Penn State 3 10 7 0 20

Scoring Summary1st 08:08 PSU Wagner 47 yd field goal, 6-32 2:44, MINN 0 - PSU 32nd 14:55 PSU Wagner 27 yd field goal, 12-70 4:52, MINN 0 - PSU 6 00:35 PSU Moye 12 yd pass from Clark (Wagner kick), 12-91 5:46, MINN 0 - PSU 133rd 01:41 PSU Clark 1 yd run (Wagner kick), 13-85 7:56, MINN 0 - PSU 20

MINN PSUFIRST DOWNS 7 21RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 18-37 43-177PASSING YDS (NET) 101 287Passes Att-Comp-Int 22-10-1 32-21-0TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 40-138 75-464Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-10Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-45 1-19Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0Punts (Number-Avg) 6-49.8 3-30.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 5-40 9-76Possession Time 18:01 41:59Third-Down Conversions 3 of 11 11 of 17Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 3-3Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-11

RUSHING: Minnesota-Whaley 6-11; Weber 4-10; Bennett 4-9; Hoese 1-4; Eskridge 3-3. Penn State-Royster, Evan 23-137; Beachum 4-20; Clark 8-8; Powell 1-5; Suhey 2-4; Smith 1-3; Green 4-0.

PASSING: Minnesota-Weber 10-22-1-101. Penn State-Clark 21-32-0-287.

RECEIVING: Minnesota-Tow-Arnett 3-26; Bennett 3-18; Green 2-10; Decker 1-42; Stoudermire 1-5. Penn State-Moye 6-120; Zug 5-52; Quarless 3-35; Shuler 2-27; Powell 2-24; Royster 2-23; Suhey 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS: Minnesota-None. Penn State-Hull 1-0.

FUMBLES: Minnesota-None. Penn State-None.

Stadium: Beaver Stadium Attendance: 107981Kickoff time: 3:32 pm End of Game: 6:37 pm Total elapsed time: 3:05

SACKS (UA-A): Minnesota-None. Penn State-Odrick, Jared 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Minnesota-Campbell 4-9; Royston 5-6; Triplett 2-8; Sherels 6-3; Theret 6-0; Cooper 2-4; Jacobs 2-3; Lawrence 2-2; Simmons 3-0; Sharpe 1-2; Moen 1-1; Tinsley 0-2; Brown 0-2; Small 0-2; Kirksey 0-2; Onwuachi 1-0; Carter 1-0; Reeves 0-1; Klitzke 0-1; Hoese 0-1; McKinley 0-1; Johnson 0-1; Edwards 0-1. Penn State-Bowman 4-4; Hull 1-5; Wallace 2-2; Odrick 1-3; Ogbu 1-2; Crawford 0-3; Lynn 2-0; Lee 1-1; Colasanti 1-0; Morris 1-0; Beachum 1-0; Stupar 1-0; Hayes 1-0; Latimore 0-1; Gbadyu 0-1; Hill 0-1; Jeffries 0-1; Dailey 0-1; Sukay 0-1.

Gm 8 Ohio State 38, Minnesota 7SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALMinnesota 0 0 0 7 7Ohio State 0 7 21 10 38

Scoring Summary2nd 09:47 OSU Posey 62 yd pass from Pryor (Pettrey kick), 2-75 0:25, MINN 0 - OSU 73rd 13:43 OSU Pryor 15 yd run (Pettrey kick), 3-31 1:17, MINN 0 - OSU 14 06:00 OSU Hall 11 yd run (Pettrey kick), 5-22 1:53, MINN 0 - OSU 21 02:59 OSU Posey 57 yd pass from Pryor (Pettrey kick), 3-69 1:10, MINN 0 - OSU 284th 11:28 OSU Martin 39 yd run (Pettrey kick), 4-55 1:49, MINN 0 - OSU 35 07:37 OSU Pettrey 44 yd field goal, 4-3 1:37, MINN 0 - OSU 38 04:15 MINN Stoudermire 16 yd pass from Gray (Ellestad kick), 7-78 3:16, MINN 7 - OSU 38

MINN OSUFIRST DOWNS 17 27RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-123 49-270PASSING YDS (NET) 163 239Passes Att-Comp-Int 29-15-2 26-13-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 59-286 75-509Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-26Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-91 2-28Interception Returns-Yards 1-5 2-40Punts (Number-Avg) 7-42.0 4-32.2Fumbles-Lost 3-2 1-0Penalties-Yards 8-72 5-45Possession Time 28:10 31:50Third-Down Conversions 1 of 10 7 of 14Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 2-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-2 4-21

RUSHING: Minnesota-Gray 11-81; Whaley 7-31; Bennett 4-14; Stoudermire 2-6; TEAM 1-minus 1; Weber 5-minus 8. Ohio State-Pryor 15-104; Martin 7-75; Saine 11-45; Hall 10-38; Small 2-4; Bauserman 2-3; Christian 1-2; TEAM 1-minus 1.

PASSING: Minnesota-Weber 10-23-2-112; Gray 5-6-0-51. Ohio State-Pryor 13-25-1-239; Bauserman 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Minnesota-Stoudermire 4-47; Tow-Arnett 3-35; Decker 3-27; Green 2-22; Allen 1-19; Bennett 1-7; Whaley 1-6. Ohio State-Posey 8-161; Sanzenbacher 3-62; Small 1-11; Hall 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Minnesota-Theret 1-5. Ohio State-Coleman 1-40; Spitler 1-0.

FUMBLES: Minnesota-Weber 1-1; Stoudermire 1-1; Bennett 1-0. Ohio State-Small 1-0.

Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 105011Kickoff time: 12:03 End of Game: 3:10 Total elapsed time: 3:07

SACKS (UA-A): Minnesota-McKinley 1-0. Ohio State-Gibson 3-0; Williams 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Minnesota-Campbell 7-6; Sherels 7-0; Triplett 2-5; Lawrence 4-2; Moen 3-3; Small 2-4; Theret 3-2; Royston 2-3; McKinley 2-2; Simmons 3-0; Jacobs 1-1; Tinsley 1-1; Cooper 1-1; Collado 1-0; Wills 1-0; Tow-Arnett 1-0; Hoese 1-0; Coleman 0-1; Johnson 0-1. Ohio State-Homan 1-7; Gibson 5-1; Worthington 3-2; Rolle 1-4; Hines 2-2; Williams 2-2; Chekwa 2-2; Coleman 1-3; Russell 1-3; Torrence 1-2; Ebner 2-0; Klein 2-0; Barnett 2-0; Amos 2-0; Simon 1-1; Oliver 1-0; Johnson 1-0; Sabino 1-0; Evege 1-0; Domicone 0-1; Jackson 0-1; Heyward 0-1.



Gm 9 Minnesota 42, Michigan St. 34SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALMichigan State 3 7 21 3 34Minnesota 14 7 7 14 42

Scoring Summary1st 14:40 MINN Bennett 62 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 1-62 0:26, MSU 0 - MINN 7 13:13 MINN Green 37 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 3-28 1:21, MSU 0 - MINN 14 00:15 MSU Swenson 20 yd field goal, 13-87 6:00, MSU 3 - MINN 142nd 10:35 MSU Linthicum 26 yd pass from Cousins (Swenson kick), 3-26 0:55, MSU 10 - MINN 14 02:32 MINN Tow-Arnett 7 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 7-49 3:13, MSU 10 - MINN 213rd 14:47 MSU Martin 93 yd kickoff return (Swenson kick), , MSU 17 - MINN 21 12:27 MINN Bennett 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 5-61 2:20, MSU 17 - MINN 28 05:03 MSU Martin 84 yd run (Swenson kick), 1-84 0:13, MSU 24 - MINN 28 00:00 MSU Sims 11 yd pass from Cousins (Swenson kick), 3-24 1:38, MSU 31 - MINN 284th 12:40 MINN Tow-Arnett 2 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 6-73 2:20, MSU 31 - MINN 35 08:10 MSU Swenson 20 yd field goal, 9-52 4:30, MSU 34 - MINN 35 06:04 MINN Bennett 59 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 4-66 2:06, MSU 34 - MINN 42

MSU MINNFIRST DOWNS 17 17RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 20-124 39-89PASSING YDS (NET) 236 416Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-21-1 33-19-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 56-360 72-505Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0Punt Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-195 6-192Interception Returns-Yards 1-20 1-22Punts (Number-Avg) 4-43.5 4-36.0Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1Penalties-Yards 9-73 17-157Possession Time 23:52 36:08Third-Down Conversions 5 of 12 10 of 18Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-7 0-0

RUSHING: Michigan State-Martin 1-84; Baker 11-24; Nichol 1-9; Caper 5-9; Hawken 1-minus 1; Cousins 1-minus 1. Minnesota-Bennett 14-36; Whaley 13-35; Gray 8-23; Weber 4-minus 5. PASSING: Michigan State-Cousins 21-35-1-236; Nichol 0-1-0-0. Minnesota-Weber 19-31-1-416; Gray 0-2-0-0. RECEIVING: Michigan State-Cunningham 5-83; White 4-36; Linthicum 3-38; Martin 2-22; Gantt 2-19; Baker 2-13; Dell 1-11; Sims 1-11; Hawken 1-3. Minnesota-Tow-Arnett 8-81; McKnight 4-98; Bennett 2-121; Green 2-60; Hoese 2-8; Stoudermire 1-48. INTERCEPTIONS: Michigan State-Denson 1-20. Minnesota-Sherels 1-22. FUMBLES: Michigan State-Baker 1-1; Cousins, Kirk 1-1. Minnesota-Weber 1-1.

Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 50805Kickoff time: 7:02 PM End of Game: 10:34 Total elapsed time: 3:32

SACKS (UA-A): Michigan State-Jones 1-0; Neely 0-1; Treadwell 0-1. Minnesota-None.

TACKLES (UA-A): Michigan State-Jones 7-5; Gordon 5-4; Rucker L 5-1; Denson 2-3; Hyde 4-0; Worthy 3-1; Henderson 2-2; Treadwell 0-4; Neely 2-1; Davis-Clark 2-1; Strayhorn 2-1; Norman 2-0; Wilson 1-1; Ware 1-1; Hoover 0-2; Weaver 1-0; Baker 1-0; Misch 0-1; Trawick 0-1; Anderson 0-1; Cironi 0-1; Fortener 0-1. Minnesota-Brown 6-1; Campbell 4-2; Theret 4-0; Triplett 1-3; Sherels 3-0; Lawrence 3-0; Simmons 2-1; McKinley 2-1; Eskridge 1-2; Carter 2-0; Moen 2-0; Royston 1-1; Thomas 1-0; Tinsley 1-0; Sharpe 1-0; Stoudermire 0-1; Wills 0-1; Jacobs 0-1; Singletary 0-1; Salamon 0-1.

Gm 10 Illinois 35, Minnesota 32SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TOTALIllinois 14 14 0 7 35Minnesota 0 7 3 22 32

Scoring Summary1st 09:41 ILL Cumberland 22 yd pass from Williams (Eller kick), 10-80 5:19, ILL 7 - MINN 0 00:56 ILL Hawthorne 44 yd interception return (Eller kick), , ILL 14 - MINN 02nd 07:45 MINN Whaley 5 yd run (Ellestad kick), 9-63 4:10, ILL 14 - MINN 7 03:51 ILL Green 2 yd run (Eller kick), 4-44 1:29, ILL 21 - MINN 7 00:01 ILL Ford 1 yd run (Eller kick), 9-39 2:12, ILL 28 - MINN 73rd 08:57 MINN Ellestad 26 yd field goal, 12-73 6:03, ILL 28 - MINN 104th 13:49 MINN Hoese 10 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 11-72 5:01, ILL 28 - MINN 17 09:13 MINN Hoese 3 yd run (McKnight pass from Weber ), 9-70 3:36, ILL 28 - MINN 25 05:10 ILL Benn 4 yd pass from Charest (Eller kick), 8-60 4:03, ILL 35 - MINN 25 03:05 MINN Kuznia 3 yd blocked punt return (Ellestad kick), , ILL 35 - MINN 32

ILL MINNFIRST DOWNS 16 21RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-113 36-50PASSING YDS (NET) 238 221Passes Att-Comp-Int 25-15-0 31-14-1TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-351 67-271Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-3Punt Returns-Yards 1-3 2-37Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-41 6-137Interception Returns-Yards 1-44 0-0Punts (Number-Avg) 5-32.6 5-44.2Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1Penalties-Yards 8-80 3-22Possession Time 30:02 29:58Third-Down Conversions 9 of 17 8 of 15Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 1Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 4-4Sacks By: Number-Yards 7-50 1-6

RUSHING: Illinois Illini-Ford 20-82; Leshoure 10-25; Williams 7-10; Dufrene 1-2; Green 1-2; Benn 1-0; TEAM 2-minus 8. Minnesota-Whaley 8-41; Eskridge 9-39; Hoese 5-17; Bennett 4-15; Gray 2-2; Weber 8-minus 64. PASSING: Illinois Illini-Charest 10-19-0-185; Williams 5-5-0-53; McGee 0-1-0-0. Minnesota-Weber 14-30-1-221; Gray 0-1-0-0.RECEIVING: Illinois Illini-Benn 3-41; Ramsey 3-39; Duvalt 2-47; Cumberland 2-45; McGee 1-42; Ford 1-14; Leshoure 1-9; Fayson 1-3; James 1-minus 2. Minnesota-Green 4-64; Tow-Arnett 3-63; Hoese 3-49; Allen 1-15; McKnight 1-13; Bennett 1-9; Eskridge 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS: Illinois Illini-Hawthorne 1-44. Minnesota-None. FUMBLES: Illinois Illini-Williams 1-1; TEAM 1-0. Minnesota-Weber 1-0; Gray 1-1.

Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 50805Kickoff time: 11:01 AM End of Game: 2:15 PM Total elapsed time: 3:14

SACKS (UA-A): Illinois Illini-Nurse 3-2; Brent 1-1; Mercilus 0-1; Edwards 0-1; Bussey 0-1. Minnesota-Lawrence 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Illinois Illini-Thomas 5-5; Nurse 5-2; Edwards 2-5; Bussey 5-1; Hawthorne 5-0; Hardeman 2-1; Brent 2-1; Liuget 2-1; Jefferson 2-0; Gress 2-0; Wilson 1-1; Frierson 1-1; Ellington 1-1; Bellamy 1-0; Aikens 1-0; Smith 1-0; James 1-0; Gully 1-0; Hicks 1-0; Mercilus 0-1. Minnesota-Royston 9-2; Triplett 2-6; McKinley 5-2; Theret 5-2; Lawrence 5-0; Brown 4-1; Sherels 4-0; Campbell 3-1; Simmons 2-0; Edwards 1-1; Moen 0-2; Singletary 0-2; Tinsley 1-0; Hoese 1-0; Cooper 1-0; Kuznia 0-1; Salamon 0-1; Henderson 0-1.



2009 RESULTS/ATTENDANCEDate Opponent W/L Score Site Attend.Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse W 23-20 (OT) Syracuse, N.Y. 48617Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE W 20-13 TCF Bank Stadium 50805Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA L 21-35 TCF Bank Stadium 50805Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern* W 35-24 Evanston, Ill. 22091Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN* L 28-31 TCF Bank Stadium 50805Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE* W 35-20 TCF Bank Stadium 50805Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State* L 0-20 State College, Pa. 107981Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State* L 7-38 Columbus, Ohio 105011Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN STATE* W 42-34 TCF Bank Stadium 50805Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS* L 32-35 TCF Bank Stadium 50805Nov 14, 2009 SOUTH DAKOTA STATENov 21, 2009 at Iowa** indicates conference game

TEAM STATISTICS MINNESOTA OpponentsSCORING 243 270 Points Per Game 24.3 27.0FIRST DOWNS 157 206 Rushing 55 86 Passing 93 108 Penalty 9 12RUSHING YARDAGE 986 1660 Yards gained rushing 1255 1878 Yards lost rushing 269 218 Rushing Attempts 314 406 Average Per Rush 3.1 4.1 Average Per Game 98.6 166.0 TDs Rushing 13 17PASSING YARDAGE 2132 2311 Comp-Att-Int 155-286-13 188-312-7 Average Per Pass 7.5 7.4 Average Per Catch 13.8 12.3 Average Per Game 213.2 231.1 TDs Passing 14 14TOTAL OFFENSE 3118 3971 Total Plays 600 718 Average Per Play 5.2 5.5 Average Per Game 311.8 397.1KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 48-1167 38-876PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-94 18-77INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-121 13-104KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.3 23.1PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 18.8 4.3INT RETURN AVERAGE 17.3 8.0FUMBLES-LOST 14-9 18-11PENALTIES-Yards 68-589 58-488 Average Per Game 58.9 48.8PUNTS-Yards 50-2131 43-1681 Average Per Punt 42.6 39.1 Net punt average 39.9 34.1TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:08 31:523RD-DOWN Conversions 52/131 77/153 3rd-Down Pct 40% 50%4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/7 6/10 4th-Down Pct 29% 60%SACKS BY-Yards 14-96 29-188MISC YARDS 79 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 31 33FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-10 13-18ON-SIDE KICKS 0-2 0-1RED-ZONE SCORES 30-35 86% 26-31 84%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 23-35 66% 19-31 61%PAT-ATTEMPTS 29-29 100% 33-33 100%ATTENDANCE 304830 283700c Score By Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalMinnesota 48 52 48 92 3 243Opponents 64 71 77 58 0 270

2009 STATISTICS RECORD: 5-5 (HOME 3-3, ROAD 2-2, NEUTRAL 0-0); BIG TEN: 3-4 (HOME 2-2; ROAD 1-2)

RUSHINGPlayer GP Att. Gain Loss Net Avg. TD Long YPGBennett, Duane 10 88 370 13 357 4.1 6 29 35.7Eskridge, DeLeon 10 61 259 8 251 4.1 3 25 25.1Whaley, Kevin 8 50 248 17 231 4.6 2 28 28.9Gray, MarQueis 10 31 172 11 161 5.2 0 27 16.1Hoese, Jon 10 17 69 0 69 4.1 1 10 6.9Carpenter, Hayo 7 2 17 0 17 8.5 0 11 2.4Stoudermire, Troy 10 5 18 6 12 2.4 0 9 1.2Lair, Eric 7 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 1.1Allen, Bryant 9 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.3Green, Brandon 10 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -0.3TEAM 3 7 0 7 -7 -1.0 0 0 -2.3Pittman, David 1 1 0 9 -9 -9.0 0 0 -9.0Weber, Adam 10 49 91 195 -104 -2.1 1 10 -10.4Total.......... 10 314 1255 269 986 3.1 13 29 98.6Opponents...... 10 406 1878 218 1660 4.1 17 84 166.0

PASSINGPlayer G Effic. Att-Cmp-Int Pct. Yards TD Long Avg/GWeber, Adam 10 122.93 149-274-13 54.4 2074 12 62 207.4Gray, MarQueis 10 125.84 5-10-0 50.0 51 1 16 5.1Decker, Eric 8 244.40 1-2-0 50.0 7 1 7 0.9Total.......... 10 123.88 155-286-13 54.2 2132 14 62 213.2Opponents...... 10 132.80 188-312-7 60.3 2311 14 62 231.1

RECEIVINGPlayer G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GDecker, Eric 8 50 758 15.2 5 53 94.8Tow-Arnett, Nick 10 30 395 13.2 2 38 39.5Green, Brandon 10 20 286 14.3 1 37 28.6Stoudermire, Troy 10 19 221 11.6 2 48 22.1Bennett, Duane 10 13 172 13.2 2 62 17.2Hoese, Jon 10 9 81 9.0 1 26 8.1McKnight, Da’Jon 10 5 111 22.2 0 53 11.1Eskridge, DeLeon 10 3 18 6.0 0 13 1.8Carpenter, Hayo 7 2 43 21.5 0 25 6.1Allen, Bryant 9 2 34 17.0 0 19 3.8Gray, MarQueis 10 1 7 7.0 1 7 0.7Whaley, Kevin 8 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.8Total.......... 10 155 2132 13.8 14 62 213.2Opponents...... 10 188 2311 12.3 14 62 231.1

TOTAL OFFENSEPlayer G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GWeber, Adam 10 323 -104 2074 1970 197.0Bennett, Duane 10 88 357 0 357 35.7Eskridge, DeLeon 10 61 251 0 251 25.1Whaley, Kevin 8 50 231 0 231 28.9Gray, MarQueis 10 41 161 51 212 21.2Hoese, Jon 10 17 69 0 69 6.9Carpenter, Hayo 7 2 17 0 17 2.4Stoudermire, Troy 10 5 12 0 12 1.2Lair, Eric 7 1 8 0 8 1.1Decker, Eric 8 2 0 7 7 0.9Allen, Bryant 9 1 3 0 3 0.3Green, Brandon 10 1 -3 0 -3 -0.3TEAM 3 7 -7 0 -7 -2.3Pittman, David 1 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0Total.......... 10 600 986 2132 3118 311.8Opponents...... 10 718 1660 2311 3971 397.1



SCORING |----------------------PATs-----------------------|Player TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts.Ellestad, Eric 0 8-10 29-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 53Bennett, Duane 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Decker, Eric 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30Eskridge, DeLeon 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Hoese, Jon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Whaley, Kevin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Tow-Arnett, Nick 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Stoudermire, Troy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Kuznia, Ben 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Weber, Adam 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2-2 0 0 6Green, Brandon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Gray, MarQueis 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Simmons, Traye 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Sherels, Marcus 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Triplett, Nate 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6McKnight, Da’Jon 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 0 4Total.......... 31 8-10 29-29 0-0 2 2-2 0 0 243Opponents...... 33 13-18 33-33 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 270

PUNT RETURNSPlayer No. Yds Avg TD LongAllen, Bryant 2 30 15.0 0 22Sherels, Marcus 1 27 27.0 0 27Total.......... 3 57 19.0 0 27Opponents...... 12 36 3.0 0 10

KICKOFF RETURNSPlayer No. Yds Avg TD LongStoudermire, Troy 38 969 25.5 0 71Thomas, Jay 4 65 16.2 0 21Allen, Bryant 3 45 15.0 0 19Carpenter, Hayo 3 88 29.3 0 41Total.......... 48 1167 24.3 0 71Opponents...... 38 876 23.1 1 93

INTERCEPTIONSPlayer No. Yds Avg TD LongTriplett, Nate 2 25 12.5 0 25Theret, Kyle 1 5 5.0 0 5Sherels, Marcus 1 22 22.0 0 22Campbell, Lee 1 32 32.0 0 32Simmons, Traye 1 37 37.0 0 37Royston, Kim 1 0 0.0 0 0Total.......... 7 121 17.3 0 37Opponents...... 12 60 5.0 0 40

FUMBLE RETURNSPlayer No. Yds Avg TD LongTriplett, Nate 1 52 52.0 1 52Sherels, Marcus 1 88 88.0 1 88Simmons, Traye 0 0 0.0 1 0Total.......... 2 140 70.0 3 88Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGEPlayer G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GStoudermire, Troy 10 12 221 0 969 0 1202 120.2Decker, Eric 8 0 758 0 0 0 758 94.8Bennett, Duane 10 357 172 0 0 0 529 52.9Tow-Arnett, Nick 10 0 395 0 0 0 395 39.5Green, Brandon 10 -3 286 0 0 0 283 28.3Eskridge, DeLeon 10 251 18 0 0 0 269 26.9Whaley, Kevin 8 231 6 0 0 0 237 29.6Gray, MarQueis 10 161 7 0 0 0 168 16.8Hoese, Jon 10 69 81 0 0 0 150 15.0Carpenter, Hayo 7 17 43 0 88 0 148 21.1Allen, Bryant 9 3 34 35 45 0 117 13.0McKnight, Da’Jon 10 0 111 0 0 0 111 11.1Thomas, Jay 10 0 0 0 65 0 65 6.5Sherels, Marcus 8 0 0 27 0 22 49 6.1Simmons, Traye 10 0 0 0 0 37 37 3.7Campbell, Lee 10 0 0 0 0 32 32 3.2Cooper, Keanon 10 0 0 29 0 0 29 2.9Triplett, Nate 10 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.5Lair, Eric 7 8 0 0 0 0 8 1.1Theret, Kyle 10 0 0 0 0 5 5 0.5Kuznia, Ben 10 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.3TEAM 3 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -2.3Pittman, David 1 -9 0 0 0 0 -9 -9.0Weber, Adam 10 -104 0 0 0 0 -104 -10.4Total.......... 10 986 2132 94 1167 121 4500 450.0Opponents...... 10 1660 2311 77 876 104 5028 502.8

PUNTINGPlayer No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdHaudan, Blake 41 1730 42.2 57 2 16 17 0Orseske, Dan 9 401 44.6 53 1 2 3 0Total.......... 50 2131 42.6 57 3 18 20 0Opponents...... 43 1681 39.1 60 6 15 16 2

KICKOFFSPlayer No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnEllestad, Eric 48 2946 61.4 6 4 Total.......... 48 2946 61.4 6 4 876 40.6 29Opponents...... 55 3479 63.3 5 1 1167 40.2 29

FIELD GOALSPlayer FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Lg BlkEllestad, Eric 8-10 80.0 0-0 5-5 3-3 0-2 0-0 39 1

FIELD GOAL SEQUENCE Minnesota OpponentsSyracuse (26),47,(26),(35) (23),(42)Air Force (34),(39) (20),(31)California -- 47Northwestern -- (26)Wisconsin (28), (20) (39)Purdue -- (43), (40), 38Penn State -- (47), (27), 49Ohio State -- 30, (44)Michigan State 48 (20), (20)Illinois (26) 45Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.



DEFENSIVE STATISTICSPlayer GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sacks Int-Yds PBU FR FF Blk Saf30 Campbell, Lee 10-10 59 41 100 9.0-17 0.5-3 1-32 4 1-3 . 1 .32 Triplett, Nate 10-10 49 41 90 4.0-9 . 2-25 5 2-52 . . .21 Lawrence, Simoni 10-10 45 23 68 7.5-26 2.0-16 . 3 . 1 . .27 Theret, Kyle 10-10 41 20 61 1.0-1 . 1-5 4 . . . .3 Royston, Kim 10-10 34 25 59 0.5-1 . 1-0 5 . . . .24 Sherels, Marcus 8-8 32 14 46 1.0-3 . 1-22 7 1-88 . . .4 Cooper, Keanon 10-0 19 18 37 2.5-9 1.0-3 . 1 . 1 2 .15 Simmons, Traye 10-10 20 11 31 1.0-3 . 1-37 7 . . . .99 Brown, Garrett 10-10 20 7 27 3.0-6 . . . 1-0 2 . .55 McKinley, Cedric 8-7 14 12 26 6.5-20 2.0-11 . 1 2-0 2 . .98 Small, Eric 10-10 13 10 23 4.0-20 3.0-19 . 1 . 1 . .89 Moen, Barrett 10-10 9 10 19 3.5-10 0.5-5 . 1 . . . .97 Jacobs, Anthony 10-3 10 9 19 4.0-28 2.0-20 . . . . . .2 Collado, Ryan 9-2 15 2 17 1.0-4 . . . . . . .96 Kirksey, Brandon 8-0 7 5 12 3.0-11 . . . . 1 . .51 Tinsley, Gary 10-0 3 5 8 1.0-1 . . . . . . .90 Henderson, Raymond 9-0 4 3 7 1.0-3 1.0-3 . . . . . .35 Hoese, Jon 10-8 3 4 7 . . . . . . . .93 Onwuachi, Derrick 5-0 6 1 7 . . . 3 . . . .45 Klitzke, Bryan 9-0 4 3 7 . . . . 1-0 . . .29 Salamon, Shady 9-0 3 3 6 . . . . . . . .26 Rallis, Mike 3-0 5 1 6 . . . . . 1 . .68 Edwards, Jewhan 10-1 2 4 6 1.5-4 . . . . . . .33 Sharpe, Rex 9-0 4 2 6 . . . . . . . .20 Thomas, Jay 10-0 3 2 5 . . . . . . . .1 Carter, Michael 9-0 4 1 5 . . . . . . . .31 Singletary, Marcus 8-0 1 3 4 . . . . . . . .16 Kuznia, Ben 10-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . .11 Stoudermire, Troy 10-6 2 1 3 . . . . . . . .23 Eskridge, DeLeon 10-1 1 2 3 . . . . 1-0 1 . .95 Wilhite, D.L. 8-0 2 1 3 2.0-16 2.0-16 . . 1-0 1 . .5 Johnson, Johnny 7-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . .37 Ellestad, Eric 10-0 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .48 Tow-Arnett, Nick 10-10 1 1 2 . . . . 1-0 . . .71 Wills, Jeff 10-10 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .25 Dandridge, Tim 7-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .1 Green, Brandon 10-4 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .47 Coleman, Ryan 8-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . .43 Grant, Ryan 8-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .8 Reeves, Spencer 7-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . .4 Carpenter, Hayo 7-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . .85 Lair, Eric 7-0 . . . . . . 1 . . . .Total.......... 10-0 441 294 735 57-192 14-96 7-121 43 11-143 11 3 .Opponents...... 10-0 348 242 590 56.0-253 29-188 13-104 30 9-0 9 1 .



2009 MINNESOTA FOOTBALL STATISTICSTEAM GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON (MINNESOTA/OPPONENT)Opponent Score 1st Downs Rushing Passing Penalty Rushes-Yds C-A-I Pass Yds Total Plays-Yds Return Yds TOsSyracuse 23-20 16/15 5/7 10/6 1/2 32-112/34-90 19-42-1/19-31-1 248/167 74-360/65-257 167/168 2/2AIR FORCE 20-13 14/24 3/18 11/5 0/1 24-108/66-261 20-29-0/10-17-0 219/125 53-327/83-386 141/90 1/1CALIFORNIA 21-35 14/18 2/8 11/10 1/0 21-37/44-163 22-34-3/16-25-0 233/252 55-270/69-415 99/68 4/1Northwestern 35-24 22/23 12/2 10/20 0/1 42-166/29-64 15-26-1/32-47-1 186/309 68-352/76-373 153/102 1/3WISCONSIN 28-31 15/22 4/11 11/10 0/1 28-57/49-295 16-30-1/16-26-1 271/159 58-328/75-454 261/67 3/3PURDUE 35-20 14/23 10/9 3/12 1/2 44-207/30-103 5-10-2/25-47-2 74/299 54-281/77-402 172/134 2/3Penn State 0-20 7/21 2/6 4/14 1/1 18-37/43-177 10-22-1/21-32-0 101/287 40-138/75-464 45/29 1/0Ohio State 7-38 17/27 6/16 10/9 1/2 30-123/49-270 15-29-2/13-26-1 163/239 59-286/75-509 96/94 4/1MICHIGAN STATE 42-34 17/17 3/2 13/13 1/2 39-89/20-124 19-33-1/21-36-1 416/236 72-505/56-360 214/217 2/3ILLINOIS 32-35 21/16 8/7 10/9 3/0 36-50/42-113 14-31-1/15-25-0 221/238 67-271/67-351 177/88 2/1

Opponent 3rd Down 4th Down Time Poss Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Punting Penalty YdsSyracuse 5-17/1-12 0-1/0-0 29:31/30:29 0:58 3.5/2.6 5.9/5.4 4.9/4.0 5-42.6/8-45.9 10-61/8-68 AIR FORCE 4-11/12-21 0-0/2-3 26:59/33:01 -6:02 4.5/4.0 7.6/7.4 6.2/4.7 4-47.0/4-39.5 8-69/2-15 CALIFORNIA 4-12/7-15 0-1/1-1 26:34/33:26 -6:52 1.8/3.7 6.9/10.1 4.9/6.0 7-42.1/6-41.7 3-34/4-45 Northwestern 8-14/9-17 0-2/1-1 31:45/28:15 3:30 4.0/2.2 7.2/6.6 5.2/4.9 4-40.2/4-40.8 1-14/3-15 WISCONSIN 6-14/8-13 1-1/0-0 25:19/34:41 -9:22 2.0/6.0 9.0/6.1 5.7/6.1 3-42.3/3-45.0 9-75/5-36 PURDUE 3-9/8-15 0-0/0-2 28:52/31:08 -2:16 4.7/3.4 7.4/6.4 5.2/5.2 5-37.8/2-26.0 4-45/5-35Penn State 3-11/11-17 0-1/0-0 18:01/41:59 -23:58 2.1/4.1 4.6/9.0 3.5/6.2 6-49.8/3-30.0 5-40/9-76Ohio State 1-10/7-14 0-0/1-1 28:10/31:50 -3:40 4.1/5.5 5.6/9.2 4.8/6.8 7-42.0/4-32.2 8-72/5-45MICHIGAN STATE 10-18/5-12 0-0/0-1 36:08/23:52 12:16 2.3/6.2 12.6/6.6 7.0/6.4 4-36.0/4-43.5 17-157/9-73 ILLINOIS 8-15/9-17 1-1/1-1 29:58/30:02 0:04 1.4/2.7 7.1/9.5 4.0/5.2 5-44.2/5-32.6 3-22/8-80

MINNESOTA RED ZONE EFFICIENCYOpponent Score Times in RZ Scored Pct. TDs Rush TD Pass TD FG at Syracuse 23-20 5 5 1.000 2 1 1 3AIR FORCE 20-13 2 2 1.000 1 1 0 1CALIFORNIA 21-35 2 2 1.000 2 0 2 0 at Northwestern 35-24 6 5 .833 5 3 2 0WISCONSIN 28-31 5 4 .800 2 1 1 2PURDUE 35-20 5 4 .800 4 4 0 0 at Penn State 0-20 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0at Ohio State 7-38 1 1 1.000 1 0 1 0Michigan State 42-34 4 3 .750 3 1 2 0Illinois 32-35 4 4 1.000 3 2 1 1Totals 35 30 .857 23 13 10 7

OPPONENTS’ RED ZONE EFFICIENCYOpponent Score Times in RZ Scored Pct. TDs Rush TD Pass TD FG at Syracuse 20-23 3 2 .667 1 1 0 1AIR FORCE 13-20 3 2 .667 0 0 0 2CALIFORNIA 35-21 3 3 1.000 3 3 0 0at Northwestern 24-35 3 3 1.000 2 1 1 1WISCONSIN 28-31 4 4 1.000 4 3 1 0PURDUE 20-35 1 1 1.000 1 0 1 0at Penn State 0-20 3 3 1.000 2 1 1 1at Ohio State 7-38 4 2 .500 2 2 0 0 Michigan State 42-34 3 3 1.000 1 0 1 2Illinois 32-35 4 3 .750 3 2 1 0Totals 31 26 .839 19 13 6 7



INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - OFFENSE#1 BRANDON GREEN - WR |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 3 28 0 11 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 0 2 26 0 21 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 3 39 0 17 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 0 2 37 0 27 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 0 2 60 1 37 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 4 64 0 21 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 Totals 1 -3 0 0 20 286 1 37 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 283

#5 MARQUEIS GRAY - QB |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 15 0 8 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 1 2 0 2 1 7 1 7 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 5 33 0 18 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 11 81 0 27 0 0 0 0 5-6-0 51 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 8 23 0 4 0 0 0 0 0-2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 31 161 0 27 1 7 1 7 5-10-0 51 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 168

#6 KEVIN WHALEY - RB |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 5 31 0 11 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 2 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 8 79 1 28 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 6 11 0 8 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 7 31 0 9 1 6 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 13 35 0 7 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 8 41 1 14 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 Totals 50 231 2 28 1 6 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 237

#7 ERIC DECKER - WR |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 9 183 0 53 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 0 10 113 0 26 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 8 119 2 26 1-2-0 7 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 119Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 0 8 84 2 21 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 8 140 1 40 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 0 0 0 0 3 50 0 47 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 0 1 42 0 42 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Totals 0 0 0 0 47 731 5 53 1-2-0 7 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 731

#8 ADAM WEBER - QB |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 3 -8 0 0 0 0 0 0 19-42-1 248 1 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 2 0 9 0 0 0 0 20-29-0 219 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 4 -19 0 1 0 0 0 0 21-32-3 226 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -19Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 5 -1 0 3 0 0 0 0 15-26-1 186 2 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 5 -27 0 6 0 0 0 0 16-30-1 271 1 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -27Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 9 16 1 9 0 0 0 0 5-9-2 74 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 4 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 10-22-1 101 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 5 -8 0 8 0 0 0 0 10-23-2 112 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 -5 0 7 0 0 0 0 19-31-1 416 5 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 8 -64 0 0 0 0 0 0 14-30-1 221 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -64 Totals 49 -104 1 10 0 0 0 0 149-274-13 2074 12 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -104



#11 TROY STOUDERMIRE - WR |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 2 3 0 9 4 22 1 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 5 140 0 54 0 0 0 0 165Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 0 3 34 0 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 62 0 36 0 0 0 0 96Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 3 19 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 29 0 22 0 0 0 0 48Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 4 111 0 37 0 0 0 0 111Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 3 46 0 17 0-0-0 0 0 0 4 138 0 41 0 0 0 0 184Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 86 0 44 0 0 0 0 89Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 3 45 0 19 0 0 0 0 50Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 2 6 0 4 4 47 1 16 0-0-0 0 0 0 4 46 0 21 0 0 0 0 99Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 -5 0 7 0 0 0 0 19-31-1 416 5 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 5 120 0 33 0 0 0 0 120 Totals 5 12 0 9 19 221 2 48 0-0-0 0 0 0 38 969 0 71 0 0 0 0 1202

#22 DUANE BENNETT - RB |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 16 78 1 16 2 3 0 3 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 27 0 7 2 2 0 1 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 7 16 0 9 1 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 21 89 3 13 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 2 20 1 19 1 12 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 9 53 0 29 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 4 9 0 5 3 18 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 4 14 0 6 1 7 0 7 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 14 36 1 5 2 121 2 62 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 4 15 0 7 1 9 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Totals 88 357 6 29 13 172 2 62 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 529

#23 DeLEON ESKRIDGE - RB |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 8 29 0 14 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 53 1 25 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 7 21 0 12 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 14 60 0 16 2 10 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 12 44 2 16 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 9 39 0 10 1 8 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 Totals 61 251 3 25 3 18 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 269

#35 JON HOESE - FB |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 2 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 3 14 0 10 2 19 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 2 15 0 8 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 3 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 5 17 1 6 3 49 1 26 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 Totals 17 69 1 10 9 81 1 26 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150

#48 NICK TOW-ARNETT - TE |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| allDate Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg purpSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 0 1 25 0 25 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 0 3 26 0 14 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 0 5 65 0 20 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 0 0 0 0 1 38 0 38 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 0 0 0 0 2 24 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 0 3 26 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0 3 35 0 16 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 0 8 81 2 33 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0 3 63 0 24 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 Totals 0 0 0 0 30 395 2 38 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 395

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INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - DEFENSE#3 KIM ROYSTON - DB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 1 8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 3 2 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 5 6 11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 5 6 11 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 2 3 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 25 23 48 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 0 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 0

#4 KEANON COOPER - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 6 1 7 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 3 3 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 3 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 5 5 10 1.0-3 1.0-3 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 2 4 6 0.5-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 9 2 11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 25 59 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 0 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 0

#15 TRAYE SIMMONS - CB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 2 2 4 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIn 1 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 2 3 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-37 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 6Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 20 11 31 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-37 0 7 0 0-0 0 0 0 6

#21 SIMONI LAWRENCE - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 6 4 10 1.0-5 0.5-4 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 3 10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 3 2 5 1.0-6 0.5-6 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 5 5 10 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 5 4 9 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 2 2 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 4 2 6 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 3 0 3 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 5 0 5 2.0-8 1.0-6 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 45 23 68 7.5-26 2.0-16 1 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0

#24 MARCUS SHERELS - DB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 3 4 7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 3 2 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1-88 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 6Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 5 4 9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 6 3 9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 7 0 7 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-22 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 4 0 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 14 46 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 1-88 1-22 0 7 0 0-0 0 0 0 6



INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - DEFENSE#27 KYLE THERET - DB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 6 4 10 1.0-5 0.5-4 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 3 10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 3 2 5 1.0-6 0.5-6 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 5 5 10 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 3 4 7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 4 2 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 6 0 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 3 2 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-5 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 0 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 5 2 7 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 20 61 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-5 0 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 0

#30 LEE CAMPBELL - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 11 2 13 1.5-6 0.5-3 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 6 5 11 1.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 5 2 7 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 5 4 9 0.5-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 8 5 13 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 6 5 11 1.5-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-32 0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 4 9 13 1.5-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 7 6 13 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 2 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 3 1 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 59 41 100 9.0-17 0.5-3 0 1-3 1-32 1 4 1 0-0 0 0 0 0

#32 NATE TRIPLETT - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 5 4 9 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 12 5 17 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1-52 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 6Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 7 3 10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 9 2 11 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 7 2 9 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 1-0 1-25 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 2 3 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 2 8 10 1.0-5 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 2 5 7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 1 3 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 2 6 8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 49 41 90 4.0-9 0.0-0 0 2-52 2-25 1 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 6

#98 ERIC SMALL - DT |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 1 3 4 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 1 0 1 1.0-1 1.0-1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 4 0 4 1.0-12 1.0-12 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 2 2 0.5-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 2 4 6 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 10 23 4.0-20 3.0-19 1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0

#99 GARRETT BROWN - DT |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-|Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf PtsSep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 2 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 6 1 7 3.0-6 0.0-0 1 1-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 4 1 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Totals 20 7 27 3.0-6 0.0-0 2 1-0 0-0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0



THE LAST TIME ...MINNESOTA INDIVIDUAL GAME250+ yards rushing: 258, Laurence Maroney vs. Wisconsin, 10/15/05200+ yards rushing: 206, Amir Pinnix vs. Michigan State, 11/12/05150+ yards rushing: 178, Amir Pinnix vs. Bowling Green, 9/1/07100+ yards rushing: 124, DeLeon Eskridge at Illinois, 10/11/082 players with 100+ yards rushing: 155, Alex Daniels and 114, Amir Pinnix at Kent State, 8/31/06200+ yards receiving: 228, Ryan Thelwell vs. Ball State, 9/14/96100+ yards receiving: 121, Duane Bennett vs. Michigan State, 10/31/092 receivers with 100+ yards rcvg: 137, Logan Payne and 116, Ernie Wheelwright vs. Indiana, 11/4/0650+ yard rush play: 61, Duane Bennett vs. Northern Illinois, 8/30/0850+ yard pass play: 59, Adam Weber to Duane Bennett vs. Michigan State, 10/31/0910 or more receptions: 10, Eric Decker vs. Air Force, 9/12/09300+ all-purpose yards: 333, Laurence Maroney vs. Purdue, 9/24/05200+ all-purpose yards: 240, Troy Stoudermire vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09450+ yards passing: 478, Tim Schade vs. Penn State, 9/4/93400+ yards passing: 416, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09350+ yards passing: 416, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09300+ yards passing: 416, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09Consecutive 300-yard passing gms: 2, Cory Sauter vs. Northwestern (303, 10/14/95) and Michigan St. (404, 10/21/95)Four or more TDs rushing: 4, Marion Barber III at Ohio, 9/13/03Three or more TDs rushing: 3, Duane Bennett at Northwestern, 9/26/09Two or more TDs rushing: 2, DeLeon Eskridge vs. Purdue, 10/10/09Five or more TDs receiving: 5, Omar Douglas vs. Purdue, 10/9/93Four or more TDs receiving: 4, Logan Payne vs. Temple, 9/16/06Three or more TDs receiving: 3, Ernie Wheelwright at Northwestern, 10/13/07Two or more TDs receiving: 2, Duane Bennett vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09Six or more TDs passing: 6, Scott Eckers vs. Purdue, 10/9/93Five or more TDs passing: 5, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09Four or more TDs passing: 5, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09Three or more TDs passing: 3, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09Two or more TDs passing: 2, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09500+ yds. total offense: 536, Tim Schade vs. Penn State, 9/4/93 (school record)400+ yds. total offense: 411, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09Five or more field goals: 5, Dan Nystrom vs Arkansas, 12/30/02Four or more field goals: 5, Dan Nystrom vs Arkansas, 12/30/02Three or more field goals: 3, Eric Ellestad at Syracuse, 9/5/09Two or more field goals: 2, Eric Ellestad vs. Wisconsin, 10/3/09Three or more interceptions: 3, Jeff Wright vs. Michigan St., 11/14/70Two or more interceptions: 2, Traye Simmons vs. Northwestern, 11/1/08Blocked punt: Keanon Cooper vs. Illinois, 11/7/09Blocked punt return for TD: Ben Kuznia vs. Illinois, 11/7/09Blocked field goal: Lee Campbell vs. Purdue, 10/10/09Blocked FG return for TD: Traye Simmons vs. Purdue (47 yds.), 10/10/09Blocked PAT: Nathan Triplett vs. Montana State, 9/13/08PAT Return for Defensive PAT: Mario Reese at Wisconsin, 10/14/06Int. return for TD: Traye Simmons vs. Northwestern (23 yds.), 11/1/08Punt return for TD: Tellis Redmon vs. Northwestern (83 yds.), 10/28/00Kickoff return for TD: Jay Thomas (91 yds.) at Florida Atlantic, 9/15/07Fumble return for TD: Marcus Sherels (88 yds. - school record) vs. Wisconsin, 10/3/09Safety: UL-Monroe’s punt snap went out of end zone, 9/2/00Made 2-pt. conversion: Da’Jon McKnight pass from Adam Weber, vs. Illinois, 11/7/09Missed 2-pt. conversion: Adam Weber pass attempt failed at Iowa, 11/10/07Missed PAT: Joel Monroe at Illinois, 10/11/08

MINNESOTA TEAM100 points: 146 vs. Grinnell (W, 146-0), 10/22/190480 points: 81 vs. Butler (W, 81-0), 11/13/2660+ points: 63 vs. Indiana (W, 63-26), 11/4/0650+ points: 63 vs. Indiana (W, 63-26), 11/4/0640+ points: 42 vs. Michigan State (W 42-34), 10/31/0930+ points: 32 vs. Illinois (L 35-32), 11/7/09

0 points: at Penn State (L, 0-20), 10/17/090 points in first half: at Ohio State (L, 7-38), 10/24/09No TDs in first half: at Ohio State (L, 7-38), 10/24/09No offensive TDs in first half: at Ohio State (L, 7-38), 10/24/09400+ rushing yards: 411 vs. Wisconsin, 10/15/05300+ rushing yards: 306 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9/8/07200+ rushing yards: 239 at Northwestern, 10/13/07700+ total net yards: 704 vs. Toledo, 9/4/04600+ total net yards: 704 vs. Toledo, 9/4/04500+ total net yards: 505 vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09400+ total net yards: 505 vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME400+ yards passing: 462, Juice Williams, at Illinois, 10/11/08300+ yards passing: 309, Mike Kafka, at Northwestern, 9/26/09200+ yards passing: 287, Daryll Clark, Penn State, 10/17/09300+ yards rushing: 301, Anthony Davis, Wisconsin, 11/23/02250+ yards rushing: 250, Zach Brown, Wisconsin, 11/17/07200+ yards rushing: 217, Mike Kafka, Northwestern, 11/1/08150+ yards rushing: 184, John Clay, Wisconsin, 10/3/09100+ yards rushing: 104, Terelle Pryor, Ohio State, 10/24/092 players with 100+ yards rushing: 203, R. Mendenhall, Illinois and 133, I. Williams, Illinois, 11/3/07Three or more TDs rushing: 3, John Clay, Wisconsin, 10/3/09150+ yards receiving: 161, DeVier Posey, Ohio State, 10/24/09100+ yards receiving: 161, DeVier Posey, Ohio State, 10/24/0950+ yard rush play: 84, Keshawn Martin, Michigan State, 10/31/0950+ yard pass play: 57, Terelle Pryror to DeVier Posey, Ohio State, 10/24/09 (touchdown)Four+ field goals: 5, K.C. Lopata, Michigan, 11/8/08Blocked a punt: Chad Spann, Northern Illinois, 8/30/08Blocked a field goal: Anthony Perkins, Syracuse, 9/5/09Missed PAT: Trevor Cook, Miami (Ohio), 9/8/07Blocked PAT: Usama Young, Kent State, 8/31/06Made 2-pt. conversion: Tyler Sheehan to Marques Parks, Bowling Green, 9/1/07Missed 2-pt. conversion: Mike Kokal pass failed, Miami (Ohio), 9/8/07Punt return for TD: Nick Dugas (68 yds.), UL-Lafayette, 9/7/02Blocked punt ret. for TD: Kiel Beltinck (rec. in end zone), Michigan State, 11/11/06Kickoff return for TD: Keshawn Martin, 93 yards, Michigan State, 10/31/09Int. return for TD: Amari Spievey, 57 yards, Iowa, 11/22/08Fumble return for TD: Jack Ikeguonu (50 yds.), Wisconsin, 10/14/06Fumble recovered for TD: Richard Willock (rec. in end zone), Iowa, 11/23/96Safety: Mike Newkirk, Wisconsin, 11/15/08

OPPONENT TEAM400+ yards rushing: 448, at Illinois, 11/3/07300+ yards rushing: 325, Wisconsin, 11/17/07200+ yards rushing: 270, Ohio State, 10/24/09< 100 yards rushing: 64, at Northwestern, 9/26/09400+ yards passing: 462, at Illinois, 10/11/08300+ yards passing: 309, at Northwestern, 9/26/09<100 yards passing: 96, Temple, 9/16/06600+ total net yards: 655, at Illinois, 11/3/07500+ total net yards: 509, Ohio State, 10/24/09400+ total net yards: 509, Ohio State, 10/24/09300+ total net yards: 351, Illinois, 11/7/09< 200 total net yards: 157, Temple, 9/16/0660+ points: 63, Oklahoma, (W, 63-0), 9/20/8650+ points: 55, Iowa (W, 55-0), 11/22/0840+ points: 55, Iowa (W, 55-0), 11/22/0830+ points: 35, Illinois (W, 35-32), 11/7/090 points: Temple, (L, 0-62), 9/16/06Safety: Wisconsin (two), (W 35-32), 11/15/08



THE START CHART Career GamesNo. Name Pos. Yr. Starts Played1 Brandon Green WR So. 9 221 Michael Carter DB Fr. 0 92 Ryan Collado CB Jr. 11 333 Kim Royston DB Jr. 10 104 Hayo Carpenter WR Jr. 0 74 Keanon Cooper LB Fr. 0 10 5 Johnny Johnson DB So. 0 175 MarQueis Gray QB Fr. 1 106 Kerry Lewis DB Fr. 0 06 Kevin Whaley RB Fr. 1 87 Eric Decker WR Sr. 34 448 Adam Weber QB Jr. 35 358 Spencer Reeves LB Fr. 0 89 David Pittman WR Sr. 1 1311 Troy Stoudermire WR So. 7 2312 Moses Alipate QB Fr. 0 013 Michael McKelton DB Sr. 0 1414 Damola Ogundipe DB Jr. 0 515 Traye Simmons CB Sr. 21 2216 Ben Kuznia WR Sr. 12 2717 Sam Maresh LB Fr. 0 018 R.J. Buckner RB Jr. 0 519 Adam Lueck QB Fr. 0 020 Jay Thomas RB Sr. 1 4421 Simoni Lawrence LB Sr. 5 2322 Duane Bennett RB So. 17 2223 DeLeon Eskridge RB So. 9 2324 Marcus Sherels CB Jr. 20 3425 Tim Dandridge DB So. 0 2026 Mike Rallis DB So. 1 1627 Kyle Theret DB Jr. 28 3428 Kenny Watkins DB Fr. 0 029 Shady Salamon RB So. 2 2130 Lee Campbell LB Sr. 34 4531 Marcus Singletary DB Sr. 0 932 Nathan Triplett LB Sr. 11 3633 Rex Sharpe LB Sr. 0 2034 Kyle Henderson DB So. 0 035 Jon Hoese FB Jr. 9 2836 Ben Haviland DB Fr. 0 036 Nick Rengel FB Fr. 0 037 Eric Ellestad K Jr. 0 1037 Willie Schneider FB Fr. 0 038 Blake Haudan P Sr. 0 1038 Nicholas Stommes DB Sr. 0 040 Nathan Tow-Arnett DB So. 0 041 Dan Orseske P Fr. 0 242 Logan U’u FB Sr. 0 443 David Schwerman K So. 0 043 Ryan Grant LB Fr. 0 944 Brent Singleton LB Fr. 0 044 Ed Cotton FB Fr. 0 046 Chris Severson DL Fr. 0 047 Ryan Coleman LS Jr. 0 2348 Bryan Klitzke DB So. 0 1048 Nick Tow-Arnett TE Sr. 12 3649 Matt Garin DE Fr. 0 050 Patrick Sveum LB Sr. 0 051 Gary Tinsley LB So. 0 1752 Jeff Tow-Arnett OL Sr. 16 2553 D.J. Burris OL Jr. 25 3055 Cedric McKinley DE Sr. 7 20

Career GamesNo. Name Pos. Yr. Starts Played57 Aaron Hill LB Fr. 0 058 Ed Olson OL Fr. 0 059 Joey Balthazor LB Fr. 0 060 Ryan Wynn OL So. 13 1361 Trey Davis OL So. 6 1262 Zach Mottla OL Fr. 0 063 Andy Brinkhaus OL Jr. 0 064 Austin Hahn OL Fr. 0 066 Nedward Tavale OL Sr. 27 3467 David Stommes DL Fr. 0 068 Chris Bunders OL So. 13 1768 Jewhan Edwards DT So. 0 2269 Jacob Glickstein DL Fr. 0 071 Jeff Wills OL Jr. 10 1073 Matt Carufel OL Jr. 9 9 74 Ryan Ruckdashel OL Sr. 0 2475 Brooks Michel OL Fr. 0 076 Dominic Alford OL Jr. 16 3078 Ryan Orton OL So. 6 1879 Matt Stommes OL Sr. 5 1780 Xzavian Brandon WR So. 0 481 Bryant Allen WR Fr. 0 982 A.J. Barker WR Fr. 0 083 Da’Jon McKnight WR So. 3 1984 Victor Keise WR Fr. 0 085 Eric Lair TE So. 0 2186 Ra’Shede Hageman TE Fr. 0 087 Sahr Ngekia WR Fr. 0 088 Collin McGarry TE Jr. 0 989 Barrett Moen DL Sr. 10 3390 Raymond Henderson DE Sr. 0 1891 Kendall Gregory-McGhee DE Fr. 0 092 Kyle Dykstra DL Fr. 0 093 Derrick Onwuachi DE Sr. 13 2694 Eric Jacques DL Fr. 0 095 D.L. Wilhite DE Fr. 0 996 Brandon Kirksey DT So. 0 2096 Curtis Hughes TE Jr. 1 2097 Anthony Jacobs DE So. 3 2098 Eric Small DT Sr. 28 3599 Garrett Brown DT Sr. 29 43



2009 SUPERLATIVESMINNESOTA INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSRushes 21 Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)Yards Rushing 89 Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)TD Rushes 3 Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)Long Rush 29 Bennett, Duane vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)Pass attempts 42 Weber, Adam at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009)Pass completions 21 Weber, Adam vs California (Sep 19, 2009)Yards Passing 416 Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)TD Passes 5 Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Long Pass 62 Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Receptions 10 Decker, Eric vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009)Yards Receiving 183 Decker, Eric at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009)TD Receptions 2 Decker, Eric vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Decker, Eric at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Bennett, Duane vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Tow-Arnett, Nick vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Long Reception 62 Bennett, Duane vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Field Goals 3 Ellestad, Eric at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009)Long Field Goal 39 Ellestad, Eric vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009)Punts 7 Haudan, Blake vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Haudan, Blake at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Punting Avg 49.8 Haudan, Blake at Penn State (Oct 17, 2009)Long Punt 57 Haudan, Blake vs Illinois (Nov 7, 2009)Long Punt Return 27 Sherels, Marcus at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009)Long Kickoff Return 71 Stoudermire, Troy vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Tackles 17 Triplett, Nate vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009)Sacks 1.0 Henderson, Raymond at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Wilhite, D.L. at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Small, Eric vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Small, Eric vs California (Sep 19, 2009) McKinley, Cedric at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Wilhite, D.L. at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Jacobs, Anthony at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Small, Eric at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Cooper, Keanon vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Jacobs, Anthony vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) McKinley, Cedric at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Lawrence, Simoni vs Illinois (Nov 7, 2009)Tackles For Loss 3.0 Brown, Garrett vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Interceptions 1 Triplett, Nate at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Royston, Kim at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Triplett, Nate vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Simmons, Traye vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Campbell, Lee vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Theret, Kyle at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Sherels, Marcus vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)

MINNESOTA TEAM GAME HIGHSRushes 44 vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)Yards Rushing 207 vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)Yards Per Rush 4.7 vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)TD Rushes 4 vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)Pass attempts 42 at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009)Pass completions 22 vs California (Sep 19, 2009)Yards Passing 416 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Yards Per Pass 12.6 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)TD Passes 5 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Total Plays 74 at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009)Total Offense 505 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Yards Per Play 7.0 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Points 42 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Sacks By 4 at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)First Downs 22 at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)Penalties 17 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Penalty Yards 157 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Turnovers 4 vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Interceptions By 2 vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHSRushes 32 Clay, John, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009)Yards Rushing 184 Clay, John, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009)TD Rushes 5 Best, Jahvid, vs California (Sep 19, 2009)Long Rush 84 Martin, Keshawn, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Pass attempts 47 Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Elliott, Joey, vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)Pass completions 32 Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)Yards Passing 309 Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)TD Passes 2 Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Elliott, Joey, vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Pryor, Terrelle, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Cousins, Kirk, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Long Pass 62 Pryor, Terrelle, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Receptions 8 Valentin, Aaron, vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Yards Receiving 161 Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)TD Receptions 2 Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Long Reception 62 Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Field Goals 2 LICHTENSTEIN, R, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) SODERBERG, Erik, vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Wiggs, Carson, vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Wagner, Collin, at Penn State (Oct 17, 2009) Swenson, Brett, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Long Field Goal 47 Wagner, Collin, at Penn State (Oct 17, 2009)Punts 8 LONG, Rob, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009)Punting Avg 50.5 Nortman, Brad, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009)Long Punt 60 Anger, Bryan, vs California (Sep 19, 2009)Long Punt Return 18 Small, Ray, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Long Kickoff Return 93 Martin, Keshawn, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Tackles 12 Jones, Greg, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Sacks 4.0 Nurse, Clay vs Illinois (Nov 7, 2009)Tackles For Loss 4.0 Nurse, Clay vs Illinois (Nov 7, 2009)Interceptions 2 Mohamed, Mike, vs California (Sep 19, 2009)

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHSRushes 66 vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009)Yards Rushing 295 vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009)Yards Per Rush 6.2 vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)TD Rushes 5 vs California (Sep 19, 2009)Pass attempts 47 at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)Pass completions 32 at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)Yards Passing 309 at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)Yards Per Pass 10.1 vs California (Sep 19, 2009)TD Passes 2 at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs. Illinois (Nov 07, 2009)Total Plays 83 vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009)Total Offense 509 at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Yards Per Play 6.8 at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Points 38 at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Sacks By 7 vs Illinois (Nov 07, 2009)First Downs 27 at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009)Penalties 9 at Penn State (Oct 17, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Penalty Yards 80 vs Illinois (Nov 07, 2009)Turnovers 3 at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009)Interceptions By 3 vs California (Sep 19, 2009)



2009 MINNESOTA SCORING DRIVES Time of TimeOpponent Plays-Yds Possession Qtr. Remaining Scoring PlaySyracuse 2-16 0:10 1 14:41 Duane Bennett 16-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Syracuse 4-43 1:13 1 11:48 Troy Stoudermire 7-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Syracuse 8-33 2:02 3 8:03 Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goalSyracuse 14-79 3:48 4 0:57 Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goalSyracuse 4-7 0:00 OT --- Eric Ellestad 35-yard field goalAir Force 10-65 3:52 1 4:45 Eric Ellestad 34-yard field goalAir Force 9-72 4:10 4 13:18 DeLeon Eskridge 7-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Air Force --- --- 4 11:45 Nate Triplett 52-yard fumble return (Eric Ellestad kick)Air Force 9-64 5:03 4 5:13 Eric Ellestad 39-yard field goalCal 7-54 3:54 2 14:52 Eric Decker 26-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Cal 2-29 0:31 2 0:40 Eric Decker 12-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Cal 7-77 3:42 3 0:29 MarQueis Gray 7-yard pass from Eric Decker (Eric Ellestad kick)Northwestern 5-58 2:11 1 12:49 Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Northwestern 4-50 1:50 2 7:44 Duane Bennett 3-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Northwestern 12-78 6:51 3 7:16 Eric Decker 16-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Northwestern 13-83 6:31 4 8:35 Duane Bennett 4-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Northwestern 3-3 0:17 4 1:43 Eric Decker 1-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Wisconsin 12-56 6:10 1 2:54 Eric Ellestad 28-yard field goalWisconsin 2-11 0:41 1 1:26 Eric Decker 11-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Wisconsin 12-76 5:35 2 2:26 Eric Ellestad 20-yard field goalWisconsin --- --- 4 6:50 Marcus Sherels 88-yard fumble return (Eric Ellestad kick)WIsconsin 3-80 0:47 4 2:13 Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Purdue 8-84 3:57 2 6:29 DeLeon Eskridge 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Purdue 2-2 0:38 2 4:36 DeLeon Eskridge 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Purdue 2-30 0:52 3 12:32 Adam Weber 2-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Purdue 5-31 2:13 3 10:10 Kevin Whaley 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Purdue --- --- 3 5:38 Traye Simmons 47-yard blocked field goal return (Eric Ellestad kick)Ohio State 7-78 3:16 4 4:15 Troy Stoudermire 16-yard pass from MarQueis Gray (Eric Ellestad kick)Michigan State 1-62 0:26 1 14:40 Duane Bennett 62-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Michigan State 3-28 1:21 1 13:13 Brandon Green 37-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Michigan State 7-49 3:13 2 2:32 Nick Tow-Arnett 7-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Michigan State 5-61 2:20 3 12:27 Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Michigan State 6-73 2:20 4 12:40 Nick Tow-Arnett 2-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Michigan State 4-66 2:06 4 6:04 Duane Bennett 59-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Illinois 9-63 4:10 2 7:45 Kevin Whaley 5-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)Illinois 12-73 6:03 3 8:57 Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goalIllinois 11-72 5:01 4 13:49 Jon Hoese 10-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)Illinois 9-70 3:36 4 9:13 Jon Hoese 3-yard run (Da’Jon McKnight pass from Adam Weber)Illinois --- --- 4 3:05 Ben Kuznia 3-yard blocked punt return (Eric Ellestad kick)

MINNESOTA STARTING LINEUPS - OFFENSEOpponent WR WR/TE TE LT LG C RG RT QB RB/WR FB/WRat Syracuse Decker Stoudermire Tow-Arnett Stommes Bunders J. Tow-Arnett Carufel Wills Weber Bennett Hoese Air Force Decker Green Tow-Arnett Alford Bunders J. Tow-Arnett Carufel Wills Weber Bennett HoeseCalifornia Decker Gray Tow-Arnett Alford Bunders J. Tow-Arnett Carufel Wills Weber Stoudermire Hoeseat Northwestern Decker Green Tow-Arnett Stommes Bunders J. Tow-Arnett Burris Wills Weber Bennett HoeseWISCONSIN Decker Green Tow-Arnett Stommes Bunders J. Tow-Arnett Carufel Wills Weber Bennett Stoudermire PURDUE Decker Green Tow-Arnett Alford Bunders Davis Carufel Wills Weber Bennett Stoudermireat Penn State Decker Hughes Tow-Arnett Stommes Bunders Burris Carufel Wills Weber Whaley Hoeseat Ohio State Decker McKnight Tow-Arnett Alford Bunders Burris Carufel Wills Weber Bennett HoeseMichigan State McKnight Stoudermire Tow-Arnett Alford Bunders Burris Carufel Wills Weber Bennett HoeseIllinois McKnight Green Tow-Arnett Alford Bunders Burris Carufel Wills Weber Bennett Hoese

MINNESOTA STARTING LINEUPS - DEFENSEOpponent DE DT DT DE WLB MLB SLB CB SAF SAF CBat Syracuse Moen Brown Small McKinley Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston SherelsAir Force Moen Brown Small McKinley Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston ColladoCalifornia Moen Brown Small McKinley Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston Colladoat Northwestern Moen Brown Small McKinley Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston SherelsWISCONSIN Moen Brown Small Jacobs Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston SherelsPURDUE Moen Brown Small Jacobs Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston Sherelsat Penn State Moen Brown Small Jacobs Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston Sherelsat Ohio State Moen Brown Small McKinley Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston SherelsMichigan State Moen Brown Small McKinley Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston SherelsIllinois Moen Brown Small McKinley Triplett Campbell Lawrence Simmons Theret Royston Sherels



2009 OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Time of TimeOpponent Plays-Yds Possession Qtr. Remaining Scoring PlaySyracuse 4-9 1:40 1 13:01 Ryan Lichtenstein 23-yard field goalSyracuse 6-63 1:53 1 0:32 Mike Williams 29-yard pass from Greg Paulus (Ryan Lichtenstein kick)Syracuse 8-34 3:18 2 7:26 Ryan Lichtenstein 42-yard field goalSyracuse 8-67 3:44 3 8:03 Delone Carter 1-yard run (Ryan Lichtenstein kick)Air Force 5-28 1:58 2 5:26 Erik Soderberg 20-yard field goalAir Force 8-76 2:10 3 2:28 Kevin Fogler 37-yard pass from Tim Jefferson (Erik Soderberg kick)Air Force 20-67 4:10 4 1:03 Erik Soderberg 31-yard field goalCal 9-80 5:09 1 9:51 Jahvid Best 33-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick)Cal 3-86 1:05 1 7:09 Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick)Cal 10-74 4:36 2 3:47 Jahvid Best 27-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick)Cal 8-72 3:45 4 7:14 Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick)Cal 8-44 4:02 4 2:59 Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick)Northwestern 19-76 8:46 1 4:03 Stefan Demos 26-yard field goalNorthwestern 10-75 3:17 2 4:27 Arby Fields 2-yard run (Stefan Demos kick)Northwestern 9-79 2:33 3 4:43 Andrew Brewer 24-yard pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick)Northwestern 11-79 4:02 3 0:06 Brendan Mitchell 13-yard pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick)Wisconsin 9-59 4:23 1 9:04 John Clay 2-yard run (Philip Welch kick)Wisconsin 13-56 4:59 2 11:27 Philip Welch 39-yard field goalWisconsin 9-70 3:39 3 4:33 John Clay 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick)Wisconsin 13-85 7:03 4 11:51 Lance Kendricks 5-yard pass from Scott Tolzien (Philip Welch kick)Wisconsin 8-74 3:50 4 3:00 John Clay 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick)Purdue 14-68 4:50 1 7:36 Carson Wiggs 43-yard field goalPurdue 8-54 2:18 1 4:32 Aaron Valentin 3-yard pass from Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs kick)Purdue 7-41 2:56 2 1:40 Carson Wiggs 40-yard field goalPurdue 5-80 1:22 4 12:58 Keith Smith 61-yard pass from Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs kick)Penn State 6-32 2:44 1 8:08 Collin Wagner 47-yard field goalPenn State 12-70 4:52 2 14:55 Collin Wagner 27-yard field goalPenn State 12-91 5:46 2 0:35 Derek Moye 12-yard pass (Collin Wagner kick)Penn State 13-85 7:56 3 1:41 Daryll Clark 1-yard run (Collin Wagner kick)Ohio State 2-75 0:25 2 9:47 DeVier Posey 62-yard pass from Terelle Pryor (Aaron Pettrey kick)Ohio State 3-31 1:17 3 13:43 Terelle Pryor 15-yard run (Aaron Pettrey kick)Ohio State 5-22 1:53 3 6:00 Jordan Hall 11-yard run (Aaron Pettrey kick)Ohio State 3-68 1:10 3 2:59 DeVier Posey 57-yard pass from Terelle Pryor (Aaron Pettrey kick)Ohio State 4-55 1:49 4 11:28 Jermil Martin 39-yard run (Aaron Pettrey kick)Ohio State 4-3 1:37 4 7:37 Aaron Pettrey 44-yard field goalMichigan State 13-87 6:00 1 0:15 Brett Swenson 20-yard field goalMichigan State 3-26 0:55 2 10:35 B. Linthicum 26-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)Michigan State -- -- 3 14:47 Keshawn Martin 93-yard kickoff return (Brett Swenson kick)Michigan State 1-84 0:13 3 5:03 Keshawn Martin 84-yard run (Brett Swenson kick)Michigan State 3-24 1:38 3 0:00 Dion Martin from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)Michigan State 9-52 4:30 4 8:10 Brett Swenson 20-yard field goalIllinois 10-80 5:19 1 9:41 Jeff Cumberland 22-yard pass from Juice Williams (Matt Eller kick)Illinois --- --- 1 0:56 Terry Hawthorne 44-yard interception return (Matt Eller kick)Illinois 4-44 1:29 2 3:51 Justin Green 2-yard run (Matt Eller kick)Illinois 9-39 2:12 2 0:01 Jason Ford 1-yard run (Matt Eller kick)Illinois 8-60 4:03 4 5:10 Arrelious Benn 4-yard pass from Jacob Charest (Matt Eller kick)



2009 MINNESOTA LONG PLAYS (20+ YARDS) Yards Type Player(s) Opponent *88 FR Sherels, Marcus Wisconsin Badgers 71 KR Stoudermire, Troy Michigan State *62 Pass Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam Michigan State *59 Pass Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam Michigan State 54 KR Stoudermire, Troy Syracuse 53 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Syracuse 53 Pass McKnight, Da’Jon from Weber, Adam Michigan State *52 FR Triplett, Nate Air Force 48 Pass Stoudermire, Troy from Weber, Adam Michigan State *47 FGR Simmons, Traye Purdue 47 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Purdue 44 KR Stoudermire, Troy Purdue 42 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Penn State 41 KR Stoudermire, Troy Wisconsin Badgers 41 KR Carpenter, Hayo California 40 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Wisconsin Badgers 38 KR Stoudermire, Troy Wisconsin Badgers 38 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Syracuse 38 Pass Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Wisconsin Badgers 37 INT Simmons, Traye Purdue 37 KR Stoudermire, Troy Northwestern *37 Pass Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Michigan State 36 KR Stoudermire, Troy Air Force 36 KR Stoudermire, Troy Northwestern 35 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Wisconsin Badgers 34 KR Stoudermire, Troy Michigan State 33 Pass Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Michigan State 33 KR Stoudermire, Troy Wisconsin Badgers 33 KR Stoudermire, Troy Illinois Illini 32 INT Campbell, Lee Purdue 30 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Syracuse 29 Rush Bennett, Duane Purdue 29 KR Stoudermire, Troy Illinois Illini 28 KR Stoudermire, Troy Michigan State 28 Rush Whaley, Kevin Purdue 27 PR Sherels, Marcus Syracuse 27 KR Carpenter, Hayo Air Force 27 Rush Gray, MarQueis Ohio State 27 KR Stoudermire, Troy Syracuse 27 Pass Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Northwestern 26 KR Stoudermire, Troy Air Force *26 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam California 26 KR Stoudermire, Troy Wisconsin Badgers 26 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Air Force 26 Pass Hoese, Jon from Weber, Adam Illinois Illini 25 Rush Eskridge, DeLeon Air Force 25 Pass Carpenter, Hayo from Weber, Adam Wisconsin Badgers 25 INT Triplett, Nate Wisconsin Badgers 25 Rush Gray, MarQueis Ohio State 25 Pass Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Air Force 24 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam California 24 Pass Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Illinois Illini 23 KR Stoudermire, Troy Northwestern 23 KR Stoudermire, Troy Purdue 23 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam California 23 Pass Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Michigan State 23 KR Stoudermire, Troy Syracuse 22 KR Stoudermire, Troy California 22 INT Sherels, Marcus Michigan State 22 PR Allen, Bryant Northwestern 22 KR Stoudermire, Troy Michigan State 21 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Northwestern 21 Pass Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Air Force 21 KR Thomas, Jay California 21 KR Stoudermire, Troy Michigan State 21 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Syracuse 21 KR Stoudermire, Troy Ohio State 21 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Air Force 21 Pass Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Illinois Illini 20 KR Stoudermire, Troy Illinois Illini 20 Pass Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Air Force 20 KR Stoudermire, Troy Illinois Illini 20 Pass Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Northwestern 20 KR Carpenter, Hayo Northwestern 20 Pass Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Illinois Illini* touchdown scored on play

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERSLong Plays By Yards No. TD100+ 0 090-99 0 080-89 1 170-79 1 060-69 1 150-59 5 240-49 8 130-39 15 120-29 45 1

Long Plays By Type No. TDRushing 5 0Passing 33 4Punt returns 2 0Kick returns 29 0Interceptions 4 0Fumble returns 2 2Other 1 1TOTAL 76 7

20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYERPlayer No. TD R P KR PR IR FRStoudermire, Troy 26 0 0 1 25 0 0 0Decker, Eric 16 1 0 16 0 0 0 0Tow-Arnett, Nick 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0Green, Brandon 5 1 0 5 0 0 0 0Carpenter, Hayo 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0Bennett, Duane 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0Sherels, Marcus 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 1Simmons, Traye 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1Triplett, Nate 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1Gray, MarQueis 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0Campbell, Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Whaley, Kevin 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0McKnight, Da’Jon 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Hoese, Jon 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Eskridge, DeLeon 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Allen, Bryant 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Thomas, Jay 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0TOTAL 76 7 5 33 29 2 4 3

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEARRushing29 - Bennett, Duane vs Purdue (10/10/2009)

Rushing Touchdown16 - Bennett, Duane vs Syracuse (9/5/2009)

Passing62 - Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (10/31/2009)

Passing Touchdown62 - Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (10/31/2009)

Punt Return27 - Sherels, Marcus vs Syracuse (9/5/2009)

Kick Return71 - Stoudermire, Troy vs Michigan State (10/31/2009)

Interception Return32- Campbell, Lee vs Purdue (10/10/2009)

Fumble Return88 - Sherels, Marcus vs Wisconsin (10/3/2009)

Punt57 - Haudan, Blake vs Illinois (11/7/2009)

Field Goal39 - Ellestad, Eric vs Air Force (9/12/2009)



BIO UPDATES1 - Carter, Michael Talented young player who has appeared in nine games this season. Posted a very solid performance in the 42-34 Halloween night victory over Michigan State, finishing with two solo stops. A true freshman, he is already one of the Gophers top reserves in the defensive backfield.

Appeared in first career game in the season opening 23-20 OT win against Syracuse on 9/5 • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • finished with one tackle in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • tallied first career solo tackle in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 tallied one solo tackle • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 notched a career high two solo tackles • did not appear on 11/7 against Illinois •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2009 9/0 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 9/0 4 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

Game Defensive BestsTackles 2 vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09Solo Tackles 2 vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09

1 - Green, Brandon After a solid freshman campaign, is one of the Gophers top threats at wide receiver. Broke into the starting line-up against Northwestern and started four games. In the first game without Eric Decker, against Michigan State, hauled in two passes for 60 yards, including 37 yard touchdown pass that put the Gophers up 14-0. Currently ranks among the Gophers’ top receivers with 20 receptions for 286 yards. Against Illinois, he led the Gophers with four receptions for 64 yards.

In the opener at Syracuse on 9/5, hauled in three passes for 28 yards includ-ing a long of 11 yards in the 23-20 OT win • 28 yards receiving was the second best mark for the Golden Gophers • caught two passes for 26 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • caught three passes for 39 yards in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • 39 yards receiving was second best mark for the Gophers • also tallied one solo tackle • started for the first time on the season in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 and caught two passes for 37 yards, including a game long 27 yarder • started for the second straight game in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 finishing with one rush for -3 yards • started for the third straight time in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10, did not catch a pass • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 caught two passes for 10 yards, including a long of 13 yards • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 caught two passes 22 yards including along of 12 yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 caught two passes for 60 yards, including a season long 37 yarder for his first touch-down of the season • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7, led the Gophers with four receptions for 64 yards including a long of 21 yards •

Receiving RushingYear G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2008 12/5 21 306 14.6 1 71 0 0 0.0 0 02009 10/4 20 286 14.3 1 37 1 -3 -3.0 0 0Total 22/9 41 592 14.4 2 71 1 -3 -3.0 0 0

Game Offensive BestsReceptions 5 3x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008Receiving Yards 100 at Purdue, 10-25-2008Receiving Touchdowns 1 2x, last vs. Michigan St., 10-31-2009Long Reception 71 at Purdue, 10-25-2008

2 - Collado, RyanValuable defensive back who has experience in the starting line-up. Is posting another solid campaign and is among the leaders in the secondary with 17 stops on the season. Has appeared in every game this season with two starts.

Registered one solo tackle on 9/5 in the 23-20 OT win vs. Syracuse to open the season • made the start in the 2-10 win over Air Force on 9/12 and col-lected four tackles • recorded six total tackles in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, including four solo and one tackle for a loss of four yards • tallied one solo tackle in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 notched one solo tackle • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10, tallied three solo tackles • appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 tallied one tackle • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2007 12/9 43 8 51 2.0-3 0 4 0 1 0-02008 13/1 16 6 22 0-0 1 0 1 1 0-02009 9/2 15 2 17 1.0-4 0 0 0 0 0-0Total 34/12 74 16 90 3.0-7 1 4 1 2 0-0

Game Defensive BestsTackles 9 at Indiana, 10-6-2007Solo Tackles 8 at Indiana 10-6-2007 Interceptions 1 at Illinois, 10-11-2008Forced Fumbles 1 at Indiana, 10-6-2007Fumble Recoveries 1 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008Pass Break-ups 2 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-8-2007

3 - Royston, KimHas started every game in his first season of eligibility after transferring from Wisconsin. 59 total tackles stand as the fifth best on them and are second among the secondary. His 34 solo stops are also fifth on the team. Posted his best game of the season, and his career, against Wisconsin finishing with a career high 11 tackles which was the second best on the team, before he tied his career high with 11 more tackles against No. 14 Penn State. He tied his career high yet again as he led the Gophers with 11 stops against Illinois, while posting a new career high in solo tackles with nine.

Made first career start as a Golden Gopher in the season opening 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5 • collected two tackles on 9/5 • made first start as



a Golden Gophers in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 and finished with right tackles, including seven solo stops • started for the second straight game in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 * finished with two tackles and one of the Gophers three pass break-ups • started in the 35-24 win at North-western on 9/26 and tallied three solo tackles and five total tackles as well as Minnesota’s only interception of the game, the first of his Gopher career • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, tallied a career high 11 total tackles, including five solo stops • 11 stops against Wisconsin were the second best mark on the team and led defensive backs • in the 35-20 win over Purdue tallied two total tackles and one pas break-up • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 tied a career high with 11 tackles which was second best on the team • notched five solo stops and 0.5 tackles for a loss of one yard against Penn State • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 tallied five total tackles, including two, as well as one pass break-up • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 tallied two total tackles and one pass break-up • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7, led the Gophers in tackles with a career nine solos on his way to a career high tying 11 total stops •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2009 10/10 34 25 59 0.5-1 1 5 0 0 0-0Total 10/10 34 25 59 0.5-1 1 5 0 0 0-0

Game Defensive BestsTackles 11 3x, last vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009Solo Tackles 9 vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009Interceptions 1 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009Pass Break-ups 1 5x, last vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009Tackles for loss 0.5 at Penn State, 10-19-2009

4 - Carpenter, HayoNewcomer who has proved to be a valuable asset in the return game, bringing back three kicks for 88 yards including a long of 41 yards. Has also shown big play abilities on offense a rush of 11 yards and two receptions of at least 18 yards.

Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gopher in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not catch a pass but did return one kickoff for 27 yards • caught first career pass in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, tallying 18 yards on the reception • also rushed twice for 17 yards including a long of 11 yards and racked up 41 yards in kick returns • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, returned one kickoff for 20 yards • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 hauled in one pass for a career-long 25 yards • appeared in the 35-20 win over Purdue, did not catch a pass • did not appear in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 •appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 •

Receiving RushingYear G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long2009 7/0 2 43 21.5 0 25 2 17 8.5 0 11Total 7/0 2 43 21.5 0 25 2 17 8.5 0 11

Kickoff ReturnsYear KR Yds. Avg. TD Long2008 3 88 29.3 0 41Total 3 88 29.3 0 41

Game Offensive BestsReceptions 1 2x, last vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009Receiving Yards 25 vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009Long Reception 25 vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009Carries 2 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009Rushing Yards 17 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009

4 - Cooper, KeanonReserve linebacker whose 37 total tackles place him among the team leaders on defense. Has produced several strong performances on the season. Saw extensive action against California as the fourth linebacker on the field and registered a career high six total tackles. Had another solid game in the loss to Wisconsin coming up with four tackles and his first career blocked punt. However, his best game came in the homecoming win over Purdue when he registered double-digit tackles for the first time in his career, as well as his first sack and first forced fumble. He registered his second career blocked punt late in the game against Illinois, which led to the Gophers’ final touch-down.

Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gopher in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • recorded first career tackle on 9/5 • did not appear in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/13 • saw first extensive playing time as a Golden Gopher in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • finished with six solo tackles and seven total tackles, each the second best mark on the team • also had one tackle for a loss of three yards • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, registered four tackles and also blocked a punt • in the 35-20 win over Purdue, had his best game of the season, finishing second on the team with a career high 10 tackles, including his first career sack, for a loss of three yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 collected six total tackles including two solos and 0.5 tackles for a loss of three yards • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 finished with two total tack-les • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, finished with one pass break-up, the first of his career • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 tallied one tackle and blocked a punt late in the game that led to the Gophers’ final touchdown •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2009 10/0 19 18 37 2.5-9 0 1 0 1 1.0-3Total 10/0 19 18 37 2.5-9 0 1 0 1 1.0-3

Game Defensive BestsTackles 10 vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009Solo Tackles 6 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009Forced Fumbles 1 vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009Sacks 1 vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009

5 - Gray, MarQueisFreshman who can play in several spots on the offensive side of the ball. Had a break-out game against Ohio State going 5-of-6 passing for 51 yards and his first touchdown, all career highs. Also had a career day running ball against Ohio State with career highs of 11 carries and 81 yards. Scored first collegiate touchdown on a reception against Cal and had a career day run-ning the football with five carries for 33 yards against Northwestern.

Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gophers in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • rushed two times for 15 yards in the 20-13



win over Air Force on 9/12 • scored his first career touchdown in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • lined up as a wide receiver caught a seven yard TD pass from Eric Decker to tie the game at 21-21 in the third quarter • also carried the ball twice for two yards • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 rushed five times for 33 yards including a long of 18 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin rushed one time for four yards • in the 35-20 win over Purdue attempted his first career pass and rushed once for one yard • appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not tally any statistics • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 rushed for a team, and career, high 81 yards including a long of 27 and completed 5-of-6 passes for 51 yards and the Gophers only touchdown on a pass to Troy Stoudermire • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 carried the ball eight times for 23 yards • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 rushed two times for two yards •

Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long2009 10/1 31 161 5.2 0 27 1 7 7.0 1 7Total 10/1 31 161 5.2 0 27 1 7 7.0 1 7

PassingYear G/GS Comp. Att. Pct. Yds. TD Int. Eff.2009 10/1 5 10 50.0 51 1 0 125.8Total 10/1 5 10 50.0 51 1 0 125.8

Game Offensive BestsCarries 11 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Rushing Yards 81 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Long Rush 27 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Receptions 1 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009Receiving Yards 7 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009Receiving Touchdowns 1 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009Long Reception 7 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009Passing Attempts 6 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Passing Completions 5 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Passing Yards 51 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Passing Touchdowns 1 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009

7 - Decker, EricOne of the nation’s premiere players and among the Gophers all-time best, he has played his final game in maroon and gold suffering a foot injury against Ohio State that led to season ending surgery. Became the Gophers career leader in receiving yards passing Ron Johnson with his 140 yard performance against Wisconsin and became the first Minnesota player to surpass the 3,000 yard mark in his career. After his final game he ranked 17th in the nation with 94.5 receiving yards per game and 28th in the nation with 6.5 re-ceptions per game. This season he also became the school’s leader in career receptions and set a record with four consecutive 100-yard receiving games. Decker was held under 100 yards for the first time all season with 84 against Northwestern, but he tied a season high with two touchdowns. Scored his first touchdown of the season against Cal, finishing with two on the day, and had a hand in each of the Gopher’s scores as he threw a third to MarQueis Gray. Led the Gophers in receiving in each game he played this season and before getting hurt was second in the Big Ten with 758 yards receiving, while rank-ing fifth with 50 receptions.

In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, posted game highs with nine receptions and 183 yards and a long of 53 • 183 yards marked the second highest total of his career, the best mark in the Big Ten this season,

and the fifth best in the nation • posted game highs by catching 10 passes for 113 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • hauled in a long of 26 yards • became the Golden Gophers all-time leader in career receptions in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • hauled in eight passes for 119 yards and two scores while also throwing another touchdown to MarQueis Gray • passed Ron Johnson for first place on the career receptions list and became the first Golden Gopher to surpass the 200 receptions mark • against Cal recorded fourth straight game with 100 receiving yards which set a school re-cord • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern caught eight balls for 84 yards and two touchdowns • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, posted his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season with 140 yards on eight catches and one touchdown • against Wisconsin, became the Gophers all-time leader in career receiving yards, passing Ron Johnson • in the 35-20 win over Purdue caught three passes for 50 yards, including a long of 47 yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 caught one pass for a game long 42 yards • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 caught three passes for 27 yards with a long of 16 yards •

Receiving RushingYear G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Att. Yds. Avg TD Long2006 13/3 26 378 14.5 3 39t 1 5 5.0 0 52007 12/12 67 909 13.6 9 59t 3 22 7.3 0 122008 12/12 84 1074 12.8 7 75 11 87 7.9 1 192009 8/8 50 758 15.2 5 53 0 0 0 0 0Total 44/35 227 3119 13.7 24 75 15 114 7.6 1 19

Game Offensive BestsReceptions 13 vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008Receiving Yards 190 vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008Receiving Touchdowns 2 4x, at Northwestern, 9-29-2009Long Reception 75 vs. Kansas, 12-31-2008Rushing Attempts 3 2x, last vs. Illinois, 11-3-2007Rushing Yards 31 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008Passing Attempts 2 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009

8 - Weber, Adam One of the all-time greats under center for the Golden Gophers. A starter in every game the last three seasons, he has become the Gophers all-time leader in pass attempts, completions, and yards. Passed for a career high 416 yards against Michigan State and in doing so passed predecessor Bryan Cupito as the career record holder for passing yards. Weber has now thrown for 7,730 yard in his tenure and for over 2,000 yards in each season. He also tied a career high with five touchdowns against Michigan State with the last marking the 50th of his career. Threw his 1,000th pass against Wisconsin, and gained his 600th completion. His 207.4 passing yards per game rank seventh in the Big Ten. Threw for two touchdowns two other times on the sea-son, against Cal and again against Northwestern. Threw for over 200 yards in each of the Gophers first three games, and seven times on the season.

In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, racked up 248 yards on 19-of-42 passing with one touchdown and one interception • touchdown pass went to Troy Stoudermire as the first of the season • completed passes to five different receivers • had a long of 53 yards go to Eric Decker • in the 14-play,79-yard drive for the game tying field goal late the fourth quarter, was 7-of-11 for 77 yards • 42 pass attempts vs. Syracuse • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, completed 20-of-29 passes for 219 yards and no interceptions • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, finished 21-for-32 passing for 226 yards, with two touchdowns and three interceptions • threw



each of his touchdown passes to Eric Decker including his longest pass of the day, a 26 yarder up the sideline on the first play of the second quarter • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, completed 15-of-26 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns, each to Eric Decker • also threw a game long pass of 27 yards to Brandon Green • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, threw for a season high 271 yards on 16-of-30 passing with one touchdown and one interception • 271 yards against Wisconsin stands as his eighth best day passing in his career • in the 35-20 win over Purdue went 5-of-9 passing for 74 yards while also rushing nine times for 16 yards and a touchdown • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 threw for 101 yards on 10-of-22 passing with one interception while also rushing for 10 yards on four carries • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 went 10-of-23 passing for 112 yards • named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after he had his best game of the season in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 with a career high 416 yards on 19-of-31 passing and five touchdowns • against Michigan State he passed Bryan Cupito as the Minnesota record holder for career passing yards, breaking Cupito’s three-year-old mark of 7,446 • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 threw for 221 yards on 14-of-30 passing with one touchdown while completing passes to seven different receivers •

PassingYear G/GS Comp. Att. Pct. Yds. TD Int. Eff.2007 12/12 258 449 .575 2895 24 19 120.82008 13/13 255 410 .622 2761 15 8 126.92009 10/10 149 274 .544 2074 12 13 122.9Total 35/35 662 1133 .584 7730 51 40 123.5

Rushing Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2007 12/12 147 617 4.2 5 292008 13/13 127 233 1.8 4 392009 9/9 41 -40 -1.0 1 10Total 34/34 315 810 2.6 10 39

Game Offensive BestsPassing Yards 416 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Pass Attempts 51 2x, last vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008Completions 31 2x, last vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008Passing TD’s 5 2x, last vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Long Pass 71 vs. Purdue, 10-25-2008Rushing Yards 97 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-8-2007Rushing Attempts 20 vs. Purdue, 9-22-2007Long Rush 39 at Purdue, 10-26-2008Total Offense 439 vs. Wisconsin, 11-17-2007

11 - Stoudermire, TroyDangerous return man who has who has racked up 969 yards on kick returns through the season’s first 10 games, but has also proven to be a threat in the passing game as well. Has hauled in 19 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns which ranks fourth on the team. Ranks 42nd in the nation at 25.5 yards per return. His 1202 all purpose yards in 2009 lead the team, and he is the only player to average over 100 all purpose yards a game. His kick return average of 25.5 yards per return is third in the Big Ten and he is one of only three players with a return over 70 yards this season.

Started second career game in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • finished with 165 all purpose yards, and 140 coming off kick returns • returned five kicks for 140 yards including a long of 54 • caught four

passes for 22 yards including the Golden Gophers only receiving touchdown • rushed for three yards on two carries • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, caught three passes for 34 yards, including a long of 19 yards • also returned two kick-offs for 62 yards • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, caught three passes for 19 yards and returned three kicks for 29 yards, including a long of 22 yards • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 re-turned four kickoffs for 111 yards including a game long 37 yarder • in 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 caught three passes for 46 yards to finish second on the team in receiving • also against Wisconsin returned four kickoffs for a game high 138 yards, including a long of 41 yards • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 returned three kickoffs for 86 yards, including a long g 44 yards and also rushed once for three yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 returned three kicks for 45 yards including a long of 19 yards and caught one pass for five yards • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 caught a team high four passes for 47 yards including a long of 16 yards and the Gophers only touchdown • against Ohio State returned four kickoffs for 46 yards with a long of 21 yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 caught one pass for a career long 48 yards and returned six kickoffs for 192 total yards including a career long 71 yarder • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 returned five kickoffs for 120 yards with a long of 33 yards •

Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long2008 13/1 5 19 3.8 0 9 3 13 4.3 0 112009 10/6 5 12 2.4 0 9 19 221 11.6 2 48Total 23/7 10 31 3.1 0 9 22 234 10.6 2 48

Kickoff ReturnsYear KR Yds. Avg. TD Long2008 42 1083 25.8 0 602009 38 969 25.5 0 71Total 80 2052 25.7 0 71

15 - Simmons, TrayeOne of the top corners in the Big Ten and he leads the Golden Gophers with seven pass break-ups this season. A starter in every match, his 31 total tackles are among the leaders in the secondary.

In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finished with two solo’s and four total tackles including one tackle for a loss of three yards • also tallied one pass break-up • tallied three tackles with two solo stops in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • tallied three tackles in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, as well as a game-high two pass break-ups • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 finished with two tackles • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 recorded three tackles • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 tallied five total tackle, returned his first interception of the season 37 yards and picked up blocked field goal and returned for a touchdown • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 tallied three total tackles • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 tallied three solo tackles and tied a career high with three pass break ups • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 tallied two solo and three total tackles • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 tallied two tackles •



DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 13/12 45 17 62 1.5-2 4 14 0 1 0-02009 10/10 20 11 31 1.0-3 1 7 0 0 0-0Total 23/22 65 28 93 2.5-5 5 21 0 1 0-0

Game Defensive BestsTackles 8 at Ohio State, 9-27-2008Solo Tackles 6 vs. Michigan 11-8-2008Interceptions 2 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008Pass Break-ups 3 2x, last at Ohio State, 10-24-2009

16 - Kuznia, BenAppeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record a catch • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 tallied one tackle• appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michi-gan State on 10/31 • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 scored his first touchdown of the season and the Gophers final of the game, taking a blocked punt three yards to the end zone with just over three minutes left to play •

Receiving Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long2006 2/0 0 0 0.0 0 02007 2/0 0 0 0.0 0 02008 13/12 31 310 10.0 0 222009 10/0 0 0 0.0 0 0Total 26/12 31 310 10.0 0 22

Game Offensive BestsReceptions 7 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008Receiving Yards 98 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008Long Reception 22 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008

21 - Lawrence, SimoniCurrently sits third on the team with 68 tackles and 19th in the Big Ten with 6.8 tackles per game. Had double-digit tackles in three of the season’s first four games and nine tackles in the fifth. Has been at the top of the defensive charts in each game as well. 45 solo tackles are also third on the team. One of five players on the team with sack yardage over 10 yards.

In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 recorded 10 total tackles including six solos • tallied one tackle for a loss of five yards and a half a sack for a loss of four yards • 10 tackles and six solo tackles were each the second best mark on the team • tallied second straight game with double-digit tackles in the 20-13 win over Air Force, finished with seven solos and 10 total tackles • member of linebacking crew that saw all three players with 10+ tackles • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 tallied three solo’s and five total tackles • earned one tackle for a loss of six yards, forced one fumble and registered 0.5 sacks for a loss of six yards • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, tallied a game high 10 tackles including five solos • had 0.5 TFL and 1 pass break up on 9/26 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, notched nine tackles including one of only three tackles for a loss

that the Gopher had • also tabbed one pass break-up against Wisconsin • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 finished with five solo tackles and six total tackles • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 had four total tackles, two of them solo • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 registered four solo and six total tackles including one tackle for a loss of two yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 notched three solo tackles including one tackle for a loss of three yards • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 registered five total tackles, all solo, including one sack for a six yard loss and two tackles for a loss of eight yards •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 13/5 45 21 66 10.5-40 1 3 1 2 4.0-252009 10/10 45 23 68 7.5-26 0 3 0 1 2.0-16Total 23/15 90 44 134 18.0-66 1 6 1 3 6.0-41

Game Defensive BestsTackles 10 3x, last at Northwestern, 9-29-2009Solo Tackles 7 3x, last vs. Air Force, 9-12-2009Tackles for loss 2 2x, last vs. Michigan, 11-8-2008Sacks 1 4x, last vs, Illinois, 11-7-2009Fumble Recoveries 1 at Illinois, 10-11-2008Forced Fumbles 1 3x, last vs. Cal, 9-19-2009

22 - Bennett, DuaneThe Golden Gophers’ leading rusher with 357 yards and 35.7 yards per game. Has carried the ball a team high 88 times on the season and collected a season high 89 yards against Northwestern. Has six of the Gophers’ 13 rushing touchdowns this season and has been a starter in seven games, while starting 16-of-22 games played in his career. Is approaching the 1,000 career yard mark with 939 in his tenure. He posted a career day in the pass-ing game against Michigan State, catching two passes, each for touchdowns, and tallying up a career high 121 receiving yards. His previous career long through the air was 34, but he surpassed that with each catch, including his new career long of 62. He is currently fifth on the Gopher receiving charts with 172 yards on the season.

In the 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5 led the Golden Gophers in rushing with 78 yards on 16 carries • scored the first touchdown of the game, and season, on a 16-yard run • caught two passes for three yards • rushed seven times for 78 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 while also catching two passes for two yards • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, carried the ball seven times for 16 yards and caught one pass for no gain • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern rushed for a game high 89 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, rushed two times for 20 yards, including a season long 19-yard burst and caught one pass for a season long of 12 yards • against Wisconsin, scored his fifth touchdown of the season on a one-yard plunge • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 rushed nine times for 53 yards, including a long of 29 yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 rushed four timed for nine yards and caught three passes for 18 yards • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 rushed four times for 14 yards and caught one pass for seven yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 had a career game receiving with 121 yards and two touchdowns on two receptions, to go along with his 36 yards rushing and one touchdown on 14 carries • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7, rushed four times for 15 yards and caught one pass for a nine yard gain •



Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long2007 10/7 107 442 4.1 3 44 18 145 8.1 1 352008 2/2 32 140 4.4 2 61 12 125 10.4 1 342009 10/7 88 357 4.1 6 29 13 172 13.2 2 62Total 22/16 227 939 4.1 11 61 43 442 10.3 4 62

Game Offensive BestsRushing Attempts 21 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009Rushing Yards 106 at Michigan, 10-27 -2007Rushing TD’s 3 at Northwestern, 9-29-2009Long Rush 61 vs. Northern Illinois, 8-30-2008Receptions 8 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008Receiving Yards 121 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Long Reception 62 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009

23 - Eskridge, DeLeonHas appeared in all ten games this season after playing in all 13 last year and started his first game of the season against Illinois. He posted his best game of the season with 14 carries for 60 yards against Wisconsin. Second on the team with 259 yards on the season, and scored a season high two touchdowns in the win over Purdue.

Rushed eight times for 29 yards in the season opening 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5 • rushed seven times for 53 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finishing with a game high 7.6 yard average • broke for a long of 25 yards and scored one touchdown • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 was the Golden Gophers leading rusher with a 21 yards on seven carries • rushed one time for two yards in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/4, carried the ball a season high 14 times for 60 yards • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 carried the ball a team high 12 times, finishing with 44 yards and two touchdowns • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 rushed three times for three yards • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • earned his first start of the season in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 and carried the ball a team high nine times for 39 yards while also catching one pass for eight yards •

Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long2008 13/9 184 714 3.7 7 46 29 181 6.2 0 232009 10/1 61 259 4.1 3 25 3 18 6.0 0 13Total 23/10 245 973 4.0 10 46 32 199 6.2 0 23

24 - Sherels, MarcusReturned from injury in the season opener to start in the Big Ten opener and lead all defensive backs with seven tackles. Has started every game he has played the last two seasons and is one of the top corners in the Big Ten. Brought the TCF Bank Stadium crowd to their feet on the fourth quarter against Wisconsin with his 88 yard fumble return for a touchdown. His fumble return bettered the 52-yarder that Nate Tripplett posted earlier in the season. With 46 tackles on the season, he is sixth on the team, despite missing two games, while his seven pass break-ups are tied for the team lead. Picked off his first pass of the season against Michigan State, returning it 22 yards.

On 9/5 in the 23-20 OT win vs, Syracuse recorded one solo and two total tack-les and a pass break-up • appeared in the 20-12 win over Air Force on 9/12,

did not record any statistics • did not appear against Cal on 9/19 • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern led all DB’s with seven tackles (3 solo, 4 assist) • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin o n10/4, registered five tackles (3 solo, 2 as-sist) and returned a fumble 88 yards for a score in the fourth quarter • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 collected nine tackles to lead the secondary • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 notched nine total tackles, including a game high six solos, as well as one pass break-up • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 collected a team high seven solo tackles including one tackle for a loss of three yards as well as one pass break up • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 tallied three solo tackles and picked off the Gophers only interception, returning it 22 yards • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 recorded four solo tackles and one pass break-up •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2006 7/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02007 9/1 9 0 9 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02008 12/12 33 13 46 0-0 2 11 0 0 0-02009 8/8 32 14 46 1.0-3 1 7 1 0 0-0Total 36/21 74 26 101 1.0-3 3 18 1 0 0-0

Punt ReturnsYear KR Yds. Avg. TD Long2006 0 0 0.0 0 02007 0 0 0.0 0 02008 15 179 11.9 0 342009 1 27 27.0 0 27Total 15 179 11.9 0 0

25 - Dandridge, TimAppeared in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statis-tics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • recorded on tackle in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • did not appear against Wisconsin on 10/3 • did not appear against Purdue on 10/10 • appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michi-gan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 12/0 0 2 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02009 7/0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0Total 19/0 1 2 3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0

27 - Theret, KyleThe leader in the defensive backfield, Theret has started every game the last two seasons. Sits fourth on the team with 61 total tackles while his 41 solo stops also rank fourth. His 6.1 tackles per game rank 30th in the Big Ten. Re-corded seven or more tackles in four of the Gophers first five games, including a season high nine against Air Force.

Finished with seven tackles in 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • seven tackle mark was fourth best on the team and five solo tackles were third best mark • also tallied one pass break-up and one half tackle for a loss • made nine tackles, including four solos, in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12



• finished with the Golden Gophers second best mark with seven tackles, including five solo, in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • tallied two solo and three total tackles in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, registered three solo and seven total tackles • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 recorded six tackles, including four solo stops, and two pass break-ups • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 tallied a game high six solo tackles • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 finished with five total tackles as well as his first interception of the season • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 tallied four tackles, all solo • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 finished with seven tackles including five solo and 0.5 tackles for a loss of one yard •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2007 12/6 34 15 39 2.0-5 3 2 1 0 0-02008 13/13 59 19 78 2.5-4 3 8 2 0 0-02009 10/10 41 20 61 1.0-1 1 4 0 0 0-0Total 35/29 134 54 178 5.5-10 7 14 3 0 0-0

Game Defensive BestsTackles 12 at Illinois, 10-11-2008Solo Tackles 8 at Illinois, 10-11-2008Interceptions 1 6x, last at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Pass Break-ups 2 2x, last vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009Fumble Recoveries 2 at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008

30 - Campbell, Lee Having a career year in his final season, he has set career highs nearly across the board as the leader of the Gophers defense. 59 solo, 41 assists, 100 total tackles, 9.0 tackles for a loss and four pass break-ups are all career highs. His 100 tackles lead the team and his 10.0 tackles per game rank third in the Big Ten. His 59 solo stops are tops in the Big Ten. Also ranks 16th in the nation in tackles with 10.0 per game. Was the first Big Ten defensive player of the week after a 13 stop performance in the season opener. Notched 13 tack-les for the second time against Wisconsin. Collected 13 tackles for the third time as he posted the games high mark against Penn State. For the fourth time on the season, he tallied 13 tackles against Ohio State. His 9.0 tackles for a loss this season lead the team.

Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on 9/6 after the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • tallied 11 solo and a career high 13 total tackles against Syracuse, including 1.5 tackles for a loss of six yards and 0.5 sacks for a loss of three yards • 13 tackles stood as the game high • notched one of four pass break-ups for the Golden Gophers • finished with six solos and 11 total tackles in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • also tallied 1.5 tackles for a loss of one yard • collected seven tackles in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, second highest total on the team • had five solo stops and 0.5 tackles for a loss of one yard • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 notched five solo and nine total tackles as well as 0.5 TFL, one pass break up and one quarterback hurry • led the Gophers with 13 tackles (8 solo, 5 assist) in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin, including one tackle for a loss of one yard and one pass break-up • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 led the Gopher defense with 11 stops and six solo tackles which included 1.5 tackles for a loss of three yards • also against picked off his first pass of the season and returned it 32 yards and blocked a field goal that was returned for a touchdown by Traye Simmons • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 led the team with 13 tackles, including four solo stops • also against Penn State had 1.5 tackles for a loss of two yards •in the 38-7 loss to No. 18

Ohio State on 10/24, again led the team with a game high 13 tackles and posted team highs with seven solo and six assisted stops which included one tackle for a loss of three yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 had four solo and six total tackles • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 tallied three solo and four total tackles and returned one fumble three yards • fourth and final tackle against Illinois was his 100th of the season •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2006 10/0 9 2 11 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02007 12/12 18 22 40 6.0-21 0 0 0 0 2.0-152008 13/12 50 30 80 5.5-28 2 1 3 1 4.0-212009 10/10 59 41 100 9.0-17 1 4 1 0 0.5-3Total 45/34 136 95 231 20.5-66 3 5 4 1 6.5-39

Game Defensive BestsTackles 13 4x, last at Ohio State, 10-24-2009Solo Tackles 11 at Syracuse, 9-5-2009Tackles for loss 2.0 at Purdue, 10-25-2008Sacks 1 6x, last at Purdue, 10-25-2008Interceptions 1 3x, last vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009Fumble Recoveries 1 4x, last vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009Forced fumbles 1 at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008

32 - Triplett, Nate Second on the team with career highs of 90 tackles and 49 solo stops. Also ranks 41st in the nation and fifth in the Big Ten with 9.0 tackles per game. His 48 solo stops rank fourth in the Big Ten. His two interceptions lead the team while his five pass break-ups and seven passes defended are second and third on the team respectively. His fumble return for 52 yards against Air Force gave the Gophers the lead and along with his 17 tackles performance earned him Big Ten and National Player of the week honors. The 17 tackles against Air Force stand as a career high. A starter in every game this season.

In the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 made perhaps the play of the game with his interception in the end zone in the first overtime, eliminating the scoring chance for Syracuse • posted five solo and nine total tackles in the game including 1.0 tackle for a loss of one yard • had a career day in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 earning Big Ten and National Player of the Week honors by several publications • registered 12 solo stops on his way to 17 total tackles • picked up a loose ball and raced 52 yards for the scored, breaking a 10-10 tie and giving the Gophers the lead for good • recorded one pass break-up • 17 tackles are the best mark in the Big Ten this season and fifth best in the nation • led the team in tackles for the second straight game with a game-high 10 in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • also tallied a game high seven solo tackles • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 led the Gophers with eight solo and 10 tackles, while also grabbing one tackle for a loss of two yards and two pass breakups • in the 31-28 loss to Wiscon-sin on 10/3 tallied seven solo and nine total tackles as well as a 25-yard interception return and one fumble recovery • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 tallied five tackles • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 recorded double-digit tackles with 10, with two solo stops • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 collected seven tackles and one pass break-up • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 notched four tackles • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 registered eight solo tackles, including two solo •



DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2006 1/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02007 12/0 6 3 9 0.5-1 0 0 0 0 0-02008 13/1 18 13 31 1.0-2 0 2 1 0 0-02009 10/10 49 41 90 4.0-9 2 5 2 0 0-0Total 36/11 73 57 130 5.5-12 2 7 3 0 0-0

Game defensive bestsTackles 17 vs, Air Force, 9-12-2009Solo tackles 12 vs, Air Force, 9-12-2009Interceptions 1 2x, last vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009Tackles for loss 1.0 2x, last at Northwestern , 9-26-2009Pass break-up’s 2 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009

33 - Sharpe, Rex Finished with two solo tackles in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • ap-peared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • appeared in the35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any sta-tistics • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • appeared against Purdue on 10/10 • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 tallied on solo and three total tackles • did not appear at Ohio State on 10/24 • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 tallied one tackle • appeared in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7, did not record any statistics •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 11/0 2 1 2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02009 9/0 4 2 6 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0Total 20/0 6 3 8 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-0

35 - Hoese, Jon The Gophers top fullback, this season he has rushed 17 times for 69 yards and one touchdown, and caught nine passes for 81 yards and one touchdown. Had a breakout performance against Illinois, scoring his first two touchdowns of the season. The first came on a 10-yard pass from Adam Weber, while the second was a three-yard run. The two scores were part of a career day that included five carries for 17 yards and three receptions for 49 yards including a 26-yard reception, all career highs.

In the 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5, rushed twice for 10 yards, posting a game-high 5.0 yards per carry average • rushed three times for 14 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • ripped off a long of 10 yards • caught two passes for five yards in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 and recorded one tackle • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern, rushed two times for 15 yards and tallied one tackle • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 carried the ball one time for one yard • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 carried the ball three times gaining eight yards and paved the way for the best rushing performance of the season as the Gophers piled up 207 yards and four TD’s on the ground • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 rushed one time for four yards • started at fullback in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 caught two passes for eight yards including a long of six • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 had maybe his best game of the year scoring his first two touchdowns of the season, one by reception and one by rush • against Illinois rushed five times for 17 yards and caught three passes for 49 yards

including a 26-yarder that was the Gophers longest reception of the game •

Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long2007 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02008 11/1 4 5 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 0 02009 10/8 17 69 4.1 1 10 9 81 8.1 1 26Total 28/9 21 74 3.5 3 12 9 81 8.1 1 26

37 - Ellestad, Eric In his first season as the Gophers placekicker has made 8-of-10 field goal at-tempts this season with one of his two misses being blocked. On PAT’s he has posted a perfect 29-of-29 mark. Also handles kickoff duties where he aver-ages 61.4 yards and has six touchbacks. Made the game-winning field goal in overtime in the season opener and earned Big Ten player of the week honors.

Went 3-of-4 on field goals including the game-winner in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • game-winner was a game long 35-yarder, and also made two 26-yarders, including one with under a minute left in regulation to tie the game at 20-20 • only missed field goal was blocked • went 2-for-2 in PAT’s • 11 points scored remain the best single game the Big Ten • also kicked off five times for an average of 62.8 yards per kick • was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week on 9/6 for his efforts against Syracuse • went 2-for-2 (34, 39) in field goals in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • scored the first points in the history of TCF Bank Stadium with his 34 yarder in the first quarter • kicked off five times for an average of 69.6 • kicked off four times in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 for an average of 62.0 yards • went 3-for-3 on PAT’s and did not attempt a field goal • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 made all five of his PAT’s and kicked off six times for 374 yards and a 62.3 yard average • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin, made both of his field goals (28,20) and kicked off six times for335 yards and one touchback • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 went 5-of-5 on PAT’s and kicked off six times for an average of 65.5 yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 kicked off one time for 67 yards • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 kicked off two times for 127 total yards and a 63.5 yard average, and went 1-of-1 on PATs • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 made all six of his extra point attempts and kicked off seven times for a 61.1 yard average • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 made his only field goal attempt, a 26-yarder, and kicked off six times for a 52.0 yard average with one touchback •

Field GoalsYear M-A Pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Long Blk2009 8-10 .800 0 5-5 3-3 0-2 0-0 39 1Total 8-10 .800 0 5-5 3-3 0-2 0-0 39 1

KickoffsYear No. Yds. Avg. TB OB2009 48 2946 61.4 6 4Total 48 2946 61.4 6 5

38 - Haudan, Blake Took over regular punting duties against Cal on 9/19 when Dan Orseske went down with an illness. Since has boomed 41 punts for 1,730 yards, landing 17 inside the 20. Against Illinois he posted his career long with a 5-yarder, his 11th punt over 50 on the season.

Appeared in the 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any



statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • saw first action of the season punting, booting seven for an average of 42.1 yards per punt and a long of 54 • dropped two punts inside the 20 • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 punted four times for 161 yards including a long of 44 and 40.2 yard average • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 punted three times for 127 yards, a 42.3 yards average and one ball inside the 20 • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 punted five times for 189 yards, a 37.8 average, and four downed inside the 20 • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 punted six times for nearly a 50 yard average (49.8) with a career long of 56 and two downed inside the 20 • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 punted seven times for 294 yards, a 42.0 yard average, and a long of 54 yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 punted four times for a 36.0 yard average including a long of 50 and three punts inside the 20 • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 punted five times for a 44.2 yard average with one downed inside the 20 as well as a career-long 57-yarder •

Career StatisticsYear No. Yds Avg. Lg TB FC I20 50+2009 41 1730 42.2 57 2 16 17 11Total 41 1730 42.2 57 2 16 17 11

45 - Klitzke, Bryan In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finished with one tackle • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finishing with one tackle • finished with one tackle in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • ap-peared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, finished with one tackle • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 recovered his first career fumble • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 recorded one tackle • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 •

DefenseYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2009 9/0 4 3 7 0-0 0 0 1 0 0-0Total 9/0 4 3 7 0-0 0 0 1 0 0-0

47 - Coleman, Ryan Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 making five successful punt snaps, four field goal snaps, and two PAT snaps • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 made four successful punt snaps, two field goal snaps, and two PAT snaps • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, made a season high seven punt snaps and three PAT snaps • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 made four successful punt snaps and five PAT snaps • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 made three successful punt snaps, two field goal snaps, and two PAT snaps • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 snapped successfully on five PAT kick and five punts • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 snapped successfully for all six Gopher punt attempts • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 snapped successfully on all seven punt and the Gophers lone PAT while also recording first tackle of the season • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 snapped successfully for all six PAT attempts, four punts and one field goal attempt • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 snapped successfully for five punts, one field goal and five PAT kicks •

48 - Tow-Arnett, Nick In his first season as the starting tight end. Has caught a career high 30 passes for a career high 395 yards. In the first game without Eric Decker, Tow-Arnett came up in a big way, posting career highs with eight catches for 81 yard and two touchdowns. His previous career high game was a five catch, 65 yard performance against Northwestern. His 332 yards receiving and 27 receptions each rank second on the team.

Made one reception for 12 yards and made two tackles in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse to open the season on 9/5 • caught one pass for 25 yards, converting a huge third and 25 in the 20-13 win over Air Force • caught three passes for 26 yards in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, including a long of 14 yards • forced one fumble in punt coverage • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 caught five passes for 65 yards including a long of 20 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 caught one pass for a season high 38 yards, bringing the ball down to the goal line late in the game, setting up a touchdown • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 caught two passes for 24 yards and a long of 13 yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 caught three passes for 26 yards • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24caught three passes for 35 yards including a long of 16 yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 had a break-out game fin-ishing with eight catches for 81 yards and two touchdowns, all career highs • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 caught three passes for 63 yards, the second best mark on the team •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Lg2006 1/0 0 0 0.0 0 02007 12/2 10 149 14.9 0 562008 13/0 10 211 21.1 1 402009 10/10 30 395 13.2 2 38Totals 36/12 50 755 15.1 3 56

Game Offensive BestsReceptions 8 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Receiving Yards 81 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Long Reception 56 vs. Bowling Green, 9-1-2007Touchdowns 2 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009

52 - Tow-Arnett, Jeff Earned the start at center in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • started at center in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at center in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • started at center in the 35-24 win at Northwest-ern on 9/26 and paved the way for 166 yards rushing and 352 yards of total offense • started at center in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • was lost for the season to injury during the Wisconsin game.

53 – Burris, D.J. Earned his first career start at center in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 as the Gopher offense totaled 138 yards on the day •started at center for the second straight game in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24



as Minnesota rang up 17 first downs and 286 yards of offense including 123 on the ground • started at center in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 and helped pave the way for 505 total yards and six touchdowns while protecting quarterback Adam Weber so her could put up career high numbers of 416 yards passing and five scores • started at center in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 as the Gopher offense tallied 21 first downs, and 271 yards of offense •

55 - McKinley, Cedric An imposing presence on the defensive line, has started seven games on the season and appeared in eight. Opportunistic player with two fumble recover-ies on the season including on the first play of the season against Syracuse and late in the game against Northwestern. Each recovery led to a score by the offense. Recorded first sack of the season against Northwestern, and his 19 total tackles are among the leaders in the defensive line. He has a career day against Illinois, finishing with five solo and seven total tackles, each career highs.

Recovered a Syracuse fumble on the first play from scrimmage in the 23-20 OT win to start the season on 9/5 • finished with one tackle in the game • registered six total tackles, including two solo, in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • tallied one tackle for a loss of two yards • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, recorded one tackle for a loss of two yards • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 tallied two solo, and three total tackles including one sack for a loss of nine yards and a huge fumble recovery late in the game • did not appear against Wisconsin on 10/3 • did not appear against Purdue on 10/10 • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 recorded one tackle, including 0.5 tackles for a loss of one yard • returned to the starting line-up in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 and finished with four tackles including one sack for a two yard loss • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 finished with two solo and three total tackles • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 tallied a career high with five solo tackles on his way to a career high seven total tackles as well as 1.5 tackles for a loss of four yards and one forced fumble •

Career StatisticsYr. G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 12/0 7 1 8 3.0-21 0 0 0 0 3.0-212009 8/7 14 12 26 6.5-20 0 1 2 2 2.0-11Totals 20/7 21 13 34 9.5-41 0 1 2 2 5.0-32

61 - Davis, Trey Started for the first time on the season at center in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 as the offense ran up a season high 207 yards rushing and four scores on the ground • did not appear at Penn State on 10/17 • did not appear at Ohio State on 10/24 • did not appear against Michigan State on 10/31 •

68 - Bunders, Chris Earned the start at guard in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • started at guard in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at guard in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • started at guard in the 35-24 win at Northwest-ern on 9/26 and paved the way for 166 yards rushing and 352 yards of total

offense • played in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 • started at guard in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 as the offense ran up a season high 207 yards rushing and four scores on the ground • started at guard in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 as the Gopher offense totaled 138 yards on the day • started at guard in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 as Minnesota rang up 17 first downs and 286 yards of offense including 123 on the ground • started at guard in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 and helped pave the way for 505 total yards and six touchdowns while protecting quarterback Adam Weber so her could put up career high numbers of 416 yards passing and five scores • started at guard in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 as the Gopher offense tallied 21 first downs, and 271 yards of offense •

68 - Edwards, Jewhan Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finishing with 0.5 tackles for a loss of one yard • finished with one solo and one assist for two tackles in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • ap-peared, but did not record any statistics vs. Wisconsin on 10/3 • played, but did not record any statistics vs. Purdue on 10/10 • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 recorded one tackle • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 finished with two tackles including 1.0 tackles for a loss of three yards •

Career StatisticsYr. G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 12/0 5 3 8 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0-02009 10/1 2 4 5 1.5-4 0 0 0 0 0-0Totals 22/1 7 7 13 2.5-6 0 0 0 0 0-0

71 - Wills, Jeff Earned the start at tackle in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • start-ed at tackle in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at tackle in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • started at tackle in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 and paved the way for 166 yards rushing and 352 yards of total offense • started at tackle in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • started at tackle in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 as the offense ran up a season high 207 yards rushing and four scores on the ground • started at tackle in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 as the Gopher offense totaled 138 yards on the day • started at tackle in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 as Minnesota rang up 17 first downs and 286 yards of offense including 123 on the ground • started at tackle in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 and helped pave the way for 505 total yards and six touchdowns while protecting quarterback Adam Weber so her could put up career high numbers of 416 yards passing and five scores • started at tackle in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 as the Gopher offense tallied 21 first downs, and 271 yards of offense •



73 - Carufel, Matt Earned the start at guard in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • started at guard in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at guard in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • started at guardin the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • started at guard in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 as the offense ran up a season high 207 yards rushing and four scores on the ground • started at guard in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 as the Gopher offense totaled 138 yards on the day • started at guard in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 as Minnesota rang up 17 first downs and 286 yards of offense including 123 on the ground • started at guard in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 and helped pave the way for 505 total yards and six touchdowns while protecting quarterback Adam Weber so her could put up ca-reer high numbers of 416 yards passing and five scores • started at guard in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 as the Gopher offense tallied 21 first downs, and 271 yards of offense •

76 - Alford, Dominic Appeared in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse to open the season on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • started at tackle in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at tackle in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • started at tackle in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 as the offense ran up a season high 207 yards rushing and four scores on the ground • appeared along the offensive line in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 • started at guard in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 as Minnesota rang up 17 first downs and 286 yards of offense including 123 on the ground • started at tackle in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 and helped pave the way for 505 total yards and six touchdowns while protecting quarterback Adam Weber so her could put up career high numbers of 416 yards passing and five scores • started at tackle in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 as the Gopher offense tallied 21 first downs, and 271 yards of offense •

79 - Stommes, Matt Earned the start at tackle in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Cal on 9/19 • started at tackle in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 and paved the way for 166 yards rushing and 352 yards of total offense • started at tackle in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • did not appear against Purdue on 10/10 • started at tackle in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 as the Gopher offense totaled 138 yards on the day •did not appear at Ohio State on 10/24 • did not appear against Michigan State on 10/31 •

81 - Allen, BryantExciting young player who has already shown flashes of his athletic ability.

Tallied one of the Gophers best punt returns of the season, with a 22-yard burst against Northwestern. Has also found himself among the kick return rotation with the first of his career against Ohio State. Caught his first career pass against Ohio State and since had two receptions for 34 yards.

Did not appear against Syracuse on 9/5 • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force 9/12 but did not record any statistics • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, returned one punt for eight yards • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, returned one punt for 22 yards • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wiscon-sin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10, rushed for the first career time, gaining three yards • appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 caught one pass for a team long 19 yards and returned first three career kickoffs for 45 yards • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 caught one pass for 15 yards and returned one punt for five yards •

Punt ReturnsYear PR Yds. Avg. TD Long2009 3 35 11.7 0 22Total 3 35 11.7 0 22

Rushing ReceivingYear G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2009 9/0 1 3 3.0 0 3 2 34 17.0 0 19Total 9/0 1 3 3.0 0 3 2 34 17.0 0 19

Kick ReturnsYear KR Yds. Avg. TD Long2009 3 45 15.0 0 22Total 3 45 15.0 0 22

83 - McKnight, Da’Jon Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, catching a two-point conversion pass • appeared, but did not record any statistics vs. Purdue on 10/10 • appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics • started his first career game in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 had a career game with four receptions for 98 yards, including a long of 53 yards, all career highs • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 caught one pass for 13 yards •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Lg2008 9/0 3 38 12.7 1 222009 10/3 5 111 22.2 0 53Totals 19/3 8 149 18.6 1 53

85 - Lair, Eric Appeared it the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not re-cord any statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26,



did not record any statistics • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin rushed one time for eight yards, his first carry of the season • appeared in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Michigan State on 10/31 •

89 - Moen, Barrett Moved into a starting role on the defensive line as a senior, and has started every game. Had a career game against Ohio State with six total tackles including three solos.

Earned the start at defensive end in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • started in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finished with two tackles • recorded one solo and three total tackles in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • also notched 0.5 tackles for a loss five yards • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on notched one tackle and his first career pass break-up • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 made one tackle, for a loss of two yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, tallied two tackles including one for a loss of one yard • has a career day in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 tallying three solo and six total tackles including one for a loss of two yards • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 finished with two solo tackles • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 recorded two tackles •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2006 0/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02007 10/0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02008 13/0 4 3 7 1.5-14 0 0 0 0 1.5-142009 10/10 9 10 19 3.5-10 0 1 0 0 0.5-5Totals 33/10 17 13 30 5.0-24 0 1 0 0 2.0-19

90 - Henderson, Raymond In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, recorded two solo tackles, including one of three Minnesota sacks for a loss of three yards • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 and tallied two solo tackles • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 tallied two tackles • appeared, but did not record any statistics vs. Purdue on 10/10 •appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics •did not appear in against Ohio State on 10/24 • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 finished with one tackle •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2007 6/1 2 1 3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02008 4/0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02009 9/0 4 3 7 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 1.0-3Totals 19/1 7 4 11 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 1.0-3

93 - Onwuachi, Derrick After an injury in the first day of fall practice, battled back to make his way on to the field in the Big Ten opener against Northwestern. In his first game back, led all defensive lineman with four solo stops. Leads all defensive linemen,

batting down three balls at the line of scrimmage.

Did not appear against Syracuse on 9/5 • did not appear against Air Force on 9/12 • did not appear against Cal on 9/19 • played for the first time all season in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, tallying four solo tackles to lead all defensive linemen • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 notched one solo stop • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 made one tackle, and recorded a career high two pass break-ups • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, registered one solo tackle and one pass break-up • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Michigan State on 10/31 • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2007 10/5 12 4 16 3.0-22 0 1 0 1 2.0-212008 11/8 12 4 16 4.0-8 0 1 0 1 0-02009 5/0 6 1 7 0.0-0 0 3 0 0 0-0Totals 25/13 30 9 39 7.0-30 0 5 0 2 2.0-21

Game Defensive BestsTackles 4 2x, last at Northwestern, 9-26-2009Tackles for loss 1 6x, last vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008Sacks 1 2x, last at Iowa, 11-10-2007

95 - Wilhite, D.L. In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finished with one of three Minnesota sacks for a game-high loss of nine yards • did not appear against Air Force on 9/12 • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, tallied two total tackles including a sack for a seven yard loss • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • appeared, but did not record any statistics vs. Purdue on 10/10 •appeared in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2009 8/0 2 1 3 2.0-16 0 0 1 1 2.0-16Totals 8/0 2 1 3 2.0-16 0 0 1 1 2.0-16

96 - Kirksey, Brandon Promising young defensive lineman who has become part of the regular rota-tion. Made the play of the early part of the season when he forced a fumble last against Air Force that was returned 52 yards for a touchdown by Nate Tripplett.

Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finish-ing with one solo tackle • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finished with three tackles and a forced fumble • forced the fumble that was picked up and returned 52 yards by Nate Triplett for the game-winning score • grabbed a season high five tackles on the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • posted a team high two tackles for a loss of seven yards • did not appear at Northwestern on 9/26 • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 made his only tackle for a loss of four yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on



10/17, tallied two tackles • appeared in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 42-34 win over Michi-gan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 11/0 6 2 8 2.0-7 0 0 0 0 0-02009 8/0 7 5 12 3.0-11 0 0 0 1 0-0Totals 19/0 13 7 20 5.0-18 0 0 0 1 0-0

97 - Jacobs, Anthony Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finish-ing with one solo tackle • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finishing with three solo, and for total tackles • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • in the 35-24 win at Northwest-ern on 9/26, recorded one sack for 11 yards • started first career game in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin, finishing with two tackles • started for the second straight week in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 and finished with three tackles including 2.5 for a loss of 14 yards and 1.0 sack for a loss of nine yards • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 collected five total tackles including two solo and 0.5 for a three yard loss • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 notched two tackles • in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31, finished with one tackle • appeared in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7, did not record any statistics •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2008 10/0 3 4 7 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 0.5-22009 10/3 10 9 19 4.0-28 0 0 0 0 2.0-20Totals 20/3 13 13 26 6.0-31 0 0 0 0 2.5-22

98 - Small, Eric One of the top interior defensive linemen in the Big Ten, has started each game this season and 28 in his career. His 23 total tackles are third among Minnesota defensive linemen while his 3.0 sacks lead the team.

Started and finished with three solo tackles in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • three tackles marked a high for defensive linemen • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finished with four total tackles, in-cluding one sack for a loss of six yards • tallied a sack in his second straight game as his only stop was for a loss of one yard in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, registered four solo tackles including one sack for a 12 yard loss • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, notched two tackles with a forced fumble and a pass break-up • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 registered one tackle • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 tallied two tackles • in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24 finished with two solo and six total tackles • started in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 and was held without a tackled for the first time on the season • started in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7,

did not record any statistics •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2007 12/6 11 7 18 2.5-14 0 1 0 0 1.0-122008 13/12 14 11 25 4.5-21 0 1 2 1 2.0-162009 10/10 13 10 23 4.0-20 0 1 0 1 3.0-19Totals 35/28 38 28 66 11.0-55 0 3 2 2 6.0-47

Game Defensive BestsTackles 5 2x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008Sacks 1 6x, last at Northwestern, 9-26-2009

99 - Brown, Garrett Imposing figure on the inside and is among the top interior d-linemen in the Big Ten. Had the best game of his career against Michigan State posting career highs with seven tackles, six solo, and 3.0 tackles for a loss of six yards. He was honored as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts against Michigan State, the second Gopher to earn the accolade this season. Posted back-to-back solid games coming up with five tackles following week against Illinois. Has been an everyday starter the last two seasons and leads the defensive line with 27 tackles on the season.

Earned the start in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finished with three total tackles, including two solo stops • notched three tackles including two solo stops in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 tallied one solo tackle • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, led defensive linemen with three tackles while also forc-ing his first fumble of the season • in the 35-20 win over Purdue on 10/10 collected three tackles, all solos • in the 20-0 loss at No. 14 Penn State on 10/17 tallied two tackles • started in the 38-7 loss to No. 18 Ohio State on 10/24, did not record any statistics • named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on 11/1 after his performance in the 42-34 win over Michigan State on 10/31 where he led the defense with career highs of six solo and seven total tackles including three tackles for a loss of six yards while also forcing and recovering a fumble • in the 35-32 loss to Illinois on 11/7 registered four solo and five total tackles •

Career StatisticsYear G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU FR FF Sacks2006 9/4 4 2 6 0-0 0 0 0 0 0-02007 12/3 17 7 24 1.0-8 0 0 0 0 1.0-82008 12/12 21 13 34 7.0-30 0 3 3 1 3.0-192009 10/10 20 7 27 3.0-6 0 0 1 2 0-0Totals 43/29 62 29 91 10-44 0 3 4 3 4.0-27

Game Defensive BestsTackles 7 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Solo 6 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Tackles for loss 3.0 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009Sacks 2.0 at Purdue, 10-25-2008Fumble Recoveries 1 4x, last vs. Michigan St., 10-31-2009Forced Fumbles 1 3x, last vs. Michigan St., 10-31-2009

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