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In This Section2001 Review Notebook ..................................... 1182001 Award Winners ......................................... 1202001 Maryland Statistics................................... 121Off. Game-by-Game Stats.................................. 123Def. Game-by-Game Stats ................................. 124Team Game-by-Game Stats............................... 125Season Superlatives .......................................... 1262001 Participation Report ................................. 127Game-by-Game Starters ................................... 128Game-by-Game Capsules .................................. 129 North Carolina & Eastern Michigan ........... 129 Wake Forest & West Virginia...................... 130 Virginia & Georgia Tech ............................. 131 Duke & Florida State ................................. 132 Troy State & Clemson ................................ 133 NC State & Florida (Orange Bowl) ............. 134

All-ACC center Melvin Fowler celebrates the Terps’ ACC championship and theirOrange Bowl bid.

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2001 REVIEW NOTEBOOKTerps Complete Season 10-2 and Ranked 10th • The University of Maryland football team completed its 2001 season as one of the Cinderella stories of college football. The Terrapins, under first-year coach Ralph Fried-gen, returned to the form of their glory days by winning the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, earning a spot in a Bowl Championship Series game, and finishing 10-2 (7-1 ACC). • Friedgen — the consensus National Coach of the Year — and the Terrapins wrapped up the title with their season-ending 23-19 win at NC State. The win gave the Terps their first ACC title since 1985 and assured the school of its first ever bid to a BCS game. • The Terrapins finished the season ranked 10th in the final ESPN/USA Today poll and 11th in the final Associ-ated Press poll. The Terps were a constant in the national rankings since early October and the spot in the final polls marked Maryland’s highest season-ending ranking since 1984, when the Terps were No. 9 in the final coaches’ poll (Maryland was 12th in the final AP poll that year). It also marks the seventh time in school history that a Terp foot-ball team finished the season in the top 10 of the national rankings.• Maryland finished the season ranked 10th in the Bowl Championship Series rankings, its first appearance in the poll. The Terps’ highest ranking in the BCS of 2001 was eighth, which came in the first release of the BCS ranking.

An ACCeptional Season• Maryland’s win over NC State on November 17 marked another chapter in a storybook season for the Terps. The come-from-behind victory ensured the Terrapins of their first conference title since 1985 and also put this year’s team in the class of some of the finest in school history in terms of accomplishment.• The win over the Wolfpack was Maryland’s 10th of the season, marking the first time since 1976 that a Terp team hit the 10-win plateau.• The Terrapins’ seven Atlantic Coast Conference wins of 2001 were the most in school history. The seven wins matches the combined total of the last four Maryland teams and betters the mark of four other teams (1974, 1983, 1984, 1985) that won six ACC games in a season.• In securing sole possession

of the league title, Maryland became the first team other than Florida State to win the ACC outright since the Semi-noles joined the conference in 1992 (the Seminoles have either owned or shared the crown every year from 1992-2000).• The 2001 team is the fifth in school history to win 10 games or more and the first ever to win seven games at home, besting the 6-0 mark at Byrd Stadium achieved by the 1976 team. • Maryland teams to have won 10 games or more are as follows:

Year Rec. Conf. Rec. Rank Notes

1951 10-0 5-0 3rd So. Conference champs; Beat #1 Tennessee in Sugar Bowl 1953 10-1 3-0 1st First ACC champ; Lost to Oklahoma in Orange Bowl 1955 10-1 4-0 3rd ACC champs;

Lost to Nat’l. Champ Oklahoma in Orange Bowl 1976 11-1 6-0 8th ACC champs;

Lone loss came in the Cotton Bowl to Houston 2000 10-2 7-1 10th/11th ACC champs;

First-ever BCS bowl bid

To the Victor...• With the Terrapins catching the national eye with their play this season, numerous Terps were recognized for their efforts.• Head coach Ralph Fried-gen was the consensus National Coach of the Year. The ACC Coach of the Year has been recognized by every national award, with only the AFCA giving him a share of the award with national champion Miami’s Larry Coker. • Three Maryland players were dubbed finalists or semifi-nalists for national awards. E.J. Henderson was a finalist for the Butkus Award recog-nizing the nation’s top linebacker; Brooks Barnard was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award which is given to the nation’s top punter; and Bruce Perry was a finalist for the Doak Walker Award, which is awarded to the nation’s top

offensive back.• Henderson became just the sixth defensive player since 1974 to be named ACC Player of the Year, in addition to being named the conference’s Defen-sive Player of the Year. The other five to earn the honor since ‘74: Maryland’s Randy White (1974); UNC’s Lawrence Taylor; Clemson’s William Perry and Michael Perry; and FSU’s Andre Wadsworth.• Henderson’s efforts in ‘01 helped earn him consensus All-American honors. Henderson became the first line-backer in Maryland history and the 11th player overall to earn enough acclaim to be named a consensus All-America selection. • Perry became the first sophomore ever and, in fact, the first non-senior to earn the ACC’s Offensive Player of the Year honor.

Seeing Orange• On December 4, the committee of the FedEx Orange Bowl announced that Maryland would play in its January 2, 2002, bowl game. The trip was the Terrapins’ first to a bowl game since the 1990 Independence Bowl and their first to the Orange Bowl since 1956. It marked the University of Maryland’s third showing in the Orange.• The Terrapins kept it close early in the Orange, trailing Florida only 14-10 early in the second quarter. But the Gators proved that — despite two losses — they were one of the elite programs in the country and used their offensive firepower to hand the Terps a 56-23 loss. • The 2001 season marked the first time since the Terps went to the Cotton Bowl in 1977 that the team played in a New Year’s bowl game. It also marked the seventh time in school history that the Terrapins played in a New Year’s game (1948 Gator Bowl, Jan. 1; 1950 Gator Bowl, Jan. 2; 1952 Sugar Bowl, Jan. 2; 1954 Orange Bowl, Jan. 1; 1956 Orange Bowl, Jan. 2; 1977 Cotton Bowl, Jan. 1). • The Terrapins are now 6-10-2 all-time in bowl games and 0-3 in the Orange Bowl. Both previous losses in the “OB” came at the hands of Oklahoma and featured the eventual national champion.

Busting Out of Their Shells• Maryland started 2001 with the defense ahead of the offense and talk that Ralph Friedgen’s first season as a head coach would see the offensive mastermind lead a team whose defense was the more dominating unit. As the season progressed, the defense continued to perform well, but the Maryland offense quietly shaped up as one of the most potent in the country and school history. • The Terrapins scored 390 points in 2001, an average of 35.5 per game. The 390 points are more points than any team in school history, surpassing the mark of 353 set by the 1951 and 1982 teams. (Note: the 1951 squad scored 353 in just nine games while the 1982 team did it in 11). The 2001 Terrapins broke the record in the Clemson game when they put up 37 points versus the Tigers.• Though the Orange Bowl loss was a disappointment, Maryland’s offensive accomplishments were notable. On

Terps show off their Orange Bowl patches while being

honored at Cole Field House.

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the season only Auburn (23) and Tennessee (34) posted as many points on the stingy Gator defense as Maryland did with both of those other games resulting in losses for UF. • The Terps were one of only nine teams in Division I-A to average over 200 yards per game passing and rushing this season. • On the season, Maryland’s offensive balance was uncanny. The Terps averaged 220.7 yards on the ground and 219.0 through the air. • Maryland’s balanced offensive approach was never more apparent than in this year’s FSU game. The Terps gained 214 yards on the ground and 214 through the air, ran 38 times and passed 37, and earned 10 first downs via the rush and 10 via pass.• In their game against Duke, the Terps ran 90 plays and posted 697 total yards of offense. That yardage total is the second most in Terp history (802 vs. Virginia, 1975) and 11th most in ACC history.

Getting Defensive• In 2001, the Terrapin defense established itself as a unit to be reckoned with. Though the personnel was not drastically different from the previous year, the results were as Gary Blackney’s unit used a high-pressure, blitzing style that forced opponents to try to beat Maryland through the air and, in turn, caused them to make mistakes.• The ‘01 Terrapin team ranked second nationally in interceptions (24) and caused the most turnovers (34) of any Maryland defense in the last 15 years.• The Terrapins held five opponents under 100 yards rushing. By comparison, Maryland went all of 2000 with-out holding an opponent under the century mark on the ground. • Florida State and Georgia Tech were the only teams in the regular season to throw for over 300 yards against the Terps (it happened five times a year ago).• In 2000, opponents averaged 25.8 points per game against Maryland. In 2001, the Terps held opponents to 19.1 points per game (best in the ACC and 18th in Division I-A). • Terp opponents averaged 2.6 yards per carry while being limited to an ACC-low 90.6 yards per game on the ground (that total also ranked ninth nationally).• Maryland’s defense ranked second in the nation in interceptions (24) and tied for seventh in turnovers forced (34). The 24 interceptions were the most by a Terp team since 1950 (also 24).• The Terrapins led the Atlantic Coast Conference in sacks with 37. • In 2000, the Maryland defense allowed an average of 440 yards per game. The “D” of 2001 yielded an average of 331.1 yards per contest.• In the regular-season finale, an ACC-clinching win over NC State, the Terps held their foe to 38 yards rushing, limiting the Pack’s Ray Robinson to 35 yards after he had posted three straight 100-yard efforts coming in.• Maryland gave up just 341 yards to a high-powered Clemson offense while sacking the Tigers three times, post-ing nine TFLs, four interceptions and seven pass breakups. In that game, the defense held star QB Woodrow Dantzler to just 30 yards rushing, 153 yards passing and intercepted him three times, the most in any game during his career.• Against a solid Troy State team, Maryland notched a season-high eight sacks and added 12 tackles for loss. The Trojans were held to 271 yards of offense and minus-one

yard rushing. • The Terps’ best defensive performance against the rush also came against Troy State as it held the Trojans to minus one yard on the ground.• Maryland forced six turnovers against Georgia Tech (including three George Godsey interceptions) and held the Jackets to 50 yards rushing, 72 yards less than their previous worst effort of the season and fewest since being held to 28 yards by North Carolina in 1997. • In the Virginia game, Maryland gave up 345 total yards but held the Cavaliers to just 64 yards on the ground, over 70 yards below their season average coming in. The Terps were stingiest in the first half, giving up just one rushing yard to UVa.• Against West Virginia, the Terps forced six turnovers (four interceptions and two fumbles). The four interceptions were the most by a Terrapin defense since they picked off the Mountaineers four times in a 33-0 rout in 1999. • The 124 yards of offense that the Terps held Eastern Michigan to were the fewest by a Maryland opponent since 1980 when the Terps held Virginia to a sum of 90 yards. The EMU game marked just the sixth time since 1980 that the Terrapins held an opponent under 200 yards of offense. All but one of those games (Wake Forest in ‘96) came prior to 1983.

Perry’s Breakout Season • Sophomore Bruce Perry, a player who entered fall drills battling senior Marc Riley and freshman Jason Crawford for the starting job at tailback, was named one of three finalists for the Doak Walker Award and became the first underclassman in ACC history to be named the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year. • As the season progressed, the Philadelphia, Pa., native found different ways to help his team win games. Early on, Perry was the driving force behind the Maryland offense. As the season progressed, he became the focus of the op-posing defense and he went from a force on the ground to a complete, all-around back. • Perry opened the season with five straight 100-yard games and finished ‘01 ranked 19th in the nation and first in the ACC in rushing yards per game (112.9 ypg) after leading the nation for three weeks (from after the Wake Forest game to after the Virginia game). • In games one through three this year, Perry actually eclipsed the 100-yard mark by the half.• Perry finished the regular season with 1,242 yards on the season. That total ranks fourth in the Maryland single season annals and gives him the most yards ever by a Maryland sophomore. • In leading the ACC in rushing, Perry became the first sophomore since UNC’s Natrone Means and just the eighth sophomore in 49 years to do so.• Perry’s 276-yard effort against Wake Forest was the second-best single game total in Maryland history and the sixth-best in Atlantic Coast Conference lore.• The 276 yards were also the most ever against the Demon Deacons, besting the 237-yard effort of South Carolina’s George Rogers in 1978.

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Man in the Middle• Junior All-American E.J. Henderson became a player to watch on the national scene for a defense that was noth-ing short of outstanding in 2001. The team leader in tackles in 2000 with 109 (despite missing a game-and-a-half due to injury), Henderson led the team in tackles in all but one regular season game in 2001 (Virginia).• Henderson finished 2001 with an ACC-best 150 tackles and 28 tackles for loss. His six sacks also led the Terrapins and he will enter his senior year with 298 tackles for his career. (Henderson announced on January 10, 2002, that he would return for his final season in College Park.)• With 28 TFLs, Henderson posted the best single season in modern Maryland history in 2001. His four tackles behind the line against Clemson broke the record of 24 set by the legendary Randy White in 1974, the first season the stat began being kept at Maryland.• As he did a year ago, Henderson closed the 2001 season with a flurry. In his last six regular season games, he posted 90 tackles, a pace that would have given him 180 for the season had he kept it all year.• The Aberdeen, Md., native saved his best for last, post-ing a career-high 20 tackles (13 solo) in the ACC-clinching season finale at NC State.• Henderson has averaged 13.7 tackles per game (205 total) in his last 15 regular season games dating back to 2000.• In his two-plus years at Maryland, Henderson has notched double-digits in tackles 16 times (nine times in ‘01). • Dating back to 2000, Henderson has finished with double-digit tackle performances in 13 of the last 15 regular season games, and five times in 2001 he had 17 tackles or more.

The Word is Out• E.J. Henderson began the 2001 season as he finished the last — with Maryland faithful feeling he was one of the top linebackers and best-kept secrets in the nation. With the season complete and the nation taking note of his play, it is safe to say that the secret no longer exists.• Among his accolades in 2001 Henderson was named one of three finalists for the Butkus Award which recognizes the top linebacker in the nation.• Henderson earned ACC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year Awards, winning both by a landslide. He was just the sixth defensive player since 1974 to earn the league’s player of the year nod.• With virtually unanimous recognition, Henderson becomes the first linebacker and the 11th player overall in Maryland history to earn consensus All-America honors. Overall, he was named to the following All-America first teams: Walter Camp, Associated Press, The Sporting News, ABC Sports Online, CBS Sportsline.com, CNNSI.com, Football News and the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).• Henderson was also recognized (along with teammate Bruce Perry) as a semifinalist for national player of the year by the Football News.

New-Look Terps• The Terrapins entered 2001 knowing that they would have a new look with a different helmet and uniforms, a new coaching staff and a new tailback (to replace all-time leading rusher LaMont Jordan). What they couldn’t have

known was just how different 2001’s team would be from those in the recent past. • With its 10-2 season and ACC championship, Maryland earned its first trip to a bowl since 1990, and did so in grand fashion, earning a spot in a BCS game.• The Terrapins’ seven ACC wins in 2001 were one more than their total in the previous three years combined.• With Maryland’s win in the season finale at NC State, it clinched its most ACC wins (seven) ever, besting the six wins by the 1985 squad.• The Terrapins’ win over Georgia Tech was their first over a ranked opponent in 34 games. The last time Mary-land had beaten a ranked foe was in 1990, when it beat then No. 8 Virginia to earn a berth in the Independence Bowl, the team’s last bowl appearance before this year.• The Terps won multiple road games in the conference for just the third time since 1987. In winning three-of-four games on the road, Maryland matched the road win total of the 1985 team, the last to win three.

King of the Hill• Though his numbers for the season were not Heisman material, there is no questioning that senior Shaun Hill was the leader of the Terrapin offense and one of the top performers in the ACC.• For his efforts, Hill earned second team All-ACC status, falling two votes shy of first teamer Woodrow Dantzler. Hill was also recognized on a larger scale as he was the third-leading vote-getter in balloting for ACC Player of the Year.• The Parsons, Kan., native was a key component in an offense that helped lead the way to a 10-2 mark. With Hill under center, the Terps committed just 15 turnovers (two others occurred after Hill left the game and one on a kickoff), one of the many reasons Hill earned team MVP honors.• If there has been a trademark that Hill established in 2001, it was that he was cool under fire. In two of the Terrapins’ biggest wins of the season (at Georgia Tech and at NC State), Hill led last-minute, fourth quarter drives that ultimately won the game or sent it to overtime.• Against the Wolfpack, the Terps were required to pass more than they would have preferred and Hill responded. Hill finished 27-of-41 for 296 yards with two TDs and one interception. On the game winning drive, he was 6-of-8 (with one of the misses being a drop) for 59 yards and the game-winning touchdown to Guilian Gary.• Hill did not have his best game against Georgia Tech (20-of-39, 210 yds., 2 int.), but he was able to move the Terrapin offense when it mattered most. With 1:18 left in regulation, he completed 4-of-6 passes for 51 yards to move Maryland into range for Nick Novak’s game-tying 46-yard field goal as time expired.• Hill was the key component of one of the best of-fensive displays in team history against Duke. In that performance, he became just the third quarterback in ACC history to gain over 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in the same game. The first was FSU’s Charlie Ward (395 pass/111 rush against Maryland in 1992) and the sec-ond was Clemson’s Woodrow Dantzler in 2001 against NC State (333 pass/184 rush).• In 15 games as a Maryland starter (dating back to 2000), Hill posted a record of 11-4 (including the Orange Bowl) and in one of his non-starts, he mastered the best comeback of the last two years when the Terps erased a 21-6 halftime deficit in 2000’s overtime win against NC State.

National HonorsRalph Friedgen, Head Coach Associated Press National Coach of the Year Home Depot National Coach of the Year Football News Coach of the Year American Football Monthly Coach of the Year The Sporting News Coach of the Year Eddie Robinson/FWAA National Coach of the Year Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Walter Camp National Coach of the Year CNN/SI National Coach of the Year CBS Sportsline.com National Coach of the Year ABC Sports.com National Coach of the Year Washington D.C. Pigskin Club National Coach of the YearBrooks Barnard, P Ray Guy Award SemifinalistMelvin Fowler, C Outland Trophy Watch List Rimington Award FinalistE.J. Henderson, LB Dick Butkus Award Finalist Nagurski National Player of the Week (Oct. 6)Bruce Perry, TB Doak Walker Award FinalistAaron Thompson, LB Butkus Award Watch List

Postseason HonorsRalph Friedgen, Head Coach ACC Coach of the YearBrooks Barnard, P Second Team All-America (Football News) First Team All-ACCC.J. Brooks, OL Third Team Freshman All-America (The Sporting News)Matt Crawford, OT Brian Piccolo Award Second Team All-ACCC.J. Feldheim, DT First Team Academic All-DistrictMelvin Fowler, C Third Team All-America (Football News) Fourth Team All-America (The Sporting News) First Team All-ACCGuilian Gary, WR Second Team All-ACCE.J. Henderson, LB First Team All-America (Walter Camp) First Team All-America (Associated Press) First Team All-America (The Sporting News) First Team All-America (Football News) First Team All-America (FWAA) First Team All-America (ABC Sports Online) ACC Player of the Year ACC Defensive Player of the Year First Team All-ACCCharles Hill, DT Honorable Mention All-ACCShaun Hill, QB Second Team All-ACCTony Jackson, S First Team All-ACC Honorable Mention All-America (Football News)Randall Jones, S Honorable Mention All-ACCNick Novak, K Third Team Freshman All-America (The Sporting News) Honorable Mention All-ACCTony Okanlawon, CB First Team All-ACCBruce Perry, TB Second Team All-America (ABC Sports Online) Second Team All-America (Football News) ACC Offensive Player of the Year First Team All-ACCRandy Starks, LB Fourth Team Freshman All-America (The Sporting News)Todd Wike, OG First Team All-ACC First Team Academic All-District

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2001 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICSResultsRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEU ALL GAMES 10-2-0 7-0-0 3-1-0 0-1-0CONFERENCE (ACC) 7-1-0 4-0-0 3-1-0 0-0-0NON-CONFERENCE 3-0-0 3-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATT.Sep 1, 2001 *NORTH CAROLINA W 23-7 44080Sep 8, 2001 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 50-3 42105Sep 22, 2001 *at Wake Forest W 27-20 22372Sep 29, 2001 WEST VIRGINIA W 32-20 40166Oct 6, 2001 *VIRGINIA W 41-21 44197Oct 11, 2001 *at Georgia Tech W ot 20-17 40574Oct 20, 2001 *DUKE W 59-17 43528Oct 27, 2001 *at Florida State L 31-52 82565Nov 3, 2001 TROY STATE W 47-14 38415Nov 10, 2001 *CLEMSON W 37-20 52462Nov 17, 2001 *at NC State W 23-19 51500Jan 2, 2002 vs. Florida (Orange Bowl) L 23-56 73640 *indicates ACC game.

Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS MD OPPSCORING 390 210 Points Per Game 35.5 19.1FIRST DOWNS 257 195 Rushing 139 67 Passing 105 116 Penalty 13 12RUSHING YARDAGE 2428 997 Yards gained rushing 2672 1430 Yards lost rushing 244 433 Rushing Attempts 526 387 Average Per Rush 4.6 2.6 Average Per Game 220.7 90.6 TDs Rushing 33 5PASSING YARDAGE 2409 2645 Att-Comp-Int 346-203-9 398-219-24 Average Per Pass 7.0 6.6 Average Per Catch 11.9 12.1 Average Per Game 219.0 240.5 TDs Passing 13 16TOTAL OFFENSE 4837 3642 Total Plays 872 785 Average Per Play 5.5 4.6 Average Per Game 439.7 331.1KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 29-554 42-1097PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 23-166 26-222INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 24-222 9-93KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.1 26.1PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.2 8.5INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.2 10.3FUMBLES-LOST 14-9 22-10PENALTIES-YARDS 75-661 66-554 Average Per Game 60.1 50.4PUNTS-YARDS 54-2401 58-2212 Average Per Punt 44.5 38.1 Net punt average 40.4 35.3TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 31:43 28:173RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 84/179 68/184 3rd-Down Pct 47% 37%4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 8/11 10/27 4th-Down Pct 73% 37%SACKS BY-YARDS 38-294 18-133MISC YARDS 110 3TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 49 24FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 17-26 14-16PAT-ATTEMPTS 41-44 24-24ATTENDANCE 304953 197011 Games/Avg Per Game 7/43565 4/49253

BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT TotalMaryland 86 130 75 96 3 390Opponents 23 53 55 79 0 210

Rushing Statistics RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/GPerry, Bruce 11 219 1274 32 1242 5.7 10 80 112.9Riley, Marc 10 85 358 20 338 4.0 10 69 33.8Hill, Shaun 11 116 469 160 309 2.7 7 57 28.1Crawford, Jason 7 36 151 5 146 4.1 2 12 20.9Harrison, Latrez 4 19 147 7 140 7.4 1 29 35.0Lynch, James 11 16 130 0 130 8.1 2 65 11.8Parson, Rich 11 4 47 0 47 11.8 0 31 4.3Killian, Chad 9 10 36 2 34 3.4 0 15 3.8Downs, Chris 6 4 14 0 14 2.3 0 7 2.8Williams, Jafar 11 2 13 0 13 6.5 1 11 1.2Fiddler, Bernie 11 4 13 0 13 3.2 0 6 1.2Monroe, Scooter 11 1 10 0 10 10.0 0 10 0.9Kelley, Chris 2 2 10 1 9 4.5 0 10 4.5Whitmer, Daryl 8 1 0 5 -5 -5.0 0 0 -0.6TEAM 8 7 0 12 -12 -1.7 0 0 -1.5Total 11 526 2672 244 2428 4.6 33 80 220.7Opponents 11 387 1430 433 997 2.6 5 77 90.6

Passing Statistics PASSING G Efficiency Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/GHill, Shaun 11 128.21 329-197-9 59.9 2380 13 64 216.4Harrison, Latrez 4 50.71 14-5-0 35.7 25 0 9 6.2Barnard, Brooks 11 133.60 1-1-0 100.0 4 0 4 0.4TEAM 8 0.00 2-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total 11 124.35 346-203-9 58.7 2409 13 64 219.0Opponents 11 112.06 398-219-24 55.0 2645 16 63 240.5

Receiving Statistics RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GGary, Guilian 11 49 727 14.8 6 53 66.1Perry, Bruce 11 40 359 9.0 2 38 32.6Williams, Jafar 11 39 425 10.9 2 36 38.6Monroe, Scooter 11 14 229 16.4 1 42 20.8Murphy, Matt 11 12 137 11.4 0 34 12.5Whitmer, Daryl 8 11 158 14.4 1 30 19.8Parson, Rich 11 11 156 14.2 0 64 14.2Dugan, Jeff 11 7 64 9.1 1 18 5.8Riley, Marc 10 7 59 8.4 0 18 5.9Lynch, James 11 7 53 7.6 0 18 4.8Shanks, Maurice 8 3 34 11.3 0 17 4.2Crawford, Jason 7 2 3 1.5 0 7 0.4Roberts, Ike 7 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.7Total 11 203 2409 11.9 13 64 219.0Opponents 11 219 2645 12.1 16 63 240.5

Kicking Statistics FIELD GOALS FGs Pct 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkNovak, Nick 16-25 64.0 0-0 10-11 2-4 2-5 2-5 51 0Siljkovic, Vedad 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 44 0Total 17-26 65.4 0-0 10-11 2-4 3-6 2-5 51 0

Punting Statistics PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdBarnard, Brooks 54 2401 44.5 59 6 7 17 0Total 54 2401 44.5 59 6 7 17 0Opponents 58 2212 38.1 60 6 12 12 2

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Punt Return Statistics PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongGary, Guilian 15 101 6.7 0 16Parson, Rich 5 25 5.0 0 12Williams, Curtis 1 18 18.0 0 0Henderson, E.J. 1 15 15.0 0 0Suter, Steve 1 3 3.0 0 3Moye-Moore, Marlon 0 4 0.0 0 4Ambush, Leroy 0 0 0.0 1 0Total 23 166 7.2 1 16Opponents 26 222 8.5 0 22

Kickoff Return Statistics KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongParson, Rich 17 375 22.1 0 29Perry, Bruce 6 117 19.5 0 32Jones, Randall 1 -1 -1.0 0 12Gary, Guilian 1 19 19.0 0 19Dugan, Jeff 1 1 1.0 0 1Jackson, Tony 1 17 17.0 0 17Chance, Jamal 1 5 5.0 0 5Downs, Chris 1 21 21.0 0 21Total 29 554 19.1 0 32Opponents 42 1097 26.1 2 100

Interception Statistics INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongJackson, Tony 6 6 1.0 0 5Okanlawon, Tony 5 60 12.0 0 34Jones, Randall 4 87 21.8 0 30Cox, Curome 3 41 13.7 0 27Stewart, Tyrone 1 4 4.0 0 4Henderson, E.J. 1 5 5.0 0 5Whaley, Mike 1 0 0.0 0 0Wilson, Dennard 1 11 11.0 0 11Littles, Rod 1 0 0.0 0 0Joe, Leon 1 8 8.0 0 8Total 24 222 9.2 0 34Opponents 9 93 10.3 1 67

Total Offense Statistics TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GHill, Shaun 11 445 309 2380 2689 244.5Perry, Bruce 11 219 1242 0 1242 112.9Riley, Marc 10 85 338 0 338 33.8

Defensive Statistics |----------------------Tackles----------------------| |-Sacks-| |------Pass Def-------| |----Fumbles-----| BlkdDEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf42 Henderson, E.J. 11 103 47 150 28-76 6.0-40 1-5 4 7 1-36 2 2 .98 Hill, Charles 11 44 37 81 8-26 2.0-17 . . 9 . . . .27 Jackson, Tony 11 47 33 80 3-5 . 6-6 9 . 2-0 . . .32 Joe, Leon 11 40 36 76 8-17 1.0-7 1-8 1 9 . . . .40 Thompson, Aaron 11 30 30 60 10-43 4.5-36 . . 5 . 2 . .55 Whaley, Mike 10 42 17 59 14-44 4.5-26 1-0 4 8 1-52 . . .12 Jones, Randall 11 28 26 54 . . 4-87 4 . 2-13 2 . .33 Littles, Rod 11 31 12 43 4-29 2.0-25 1-0 4 . . 3 . .96 Feldheim, C.J. 11 19 17 36 5-22 3.0-18 . 1 3 . . . .57 Starks, Randy 11 24 11 35 7-22 3.5-19 . . 1 . 1 . .30 Cox, Curome 11 29 5 34 1-3 . 3-41 3 . 1-9 1 . .11 Okanlawon, Tony 7 25 7 32 . . 5-60 10 . . 1 . .35 Moye-Moore, Marlon 6 10 21 31 1-1 . . . . . . . .71 Roundtree, Durrand 11 15 12 27 5-36 4.5-36 . . 12 1-0 . . .13 Wilson, Dennard 10 19 6 25 1-9 1.0-9 1-11 6 . . 1 . .51 Henley, Andrew 9 16 6 22 1-2 . . . 1 . . . .29 Stewart, Ty 11 12 7 19 4-31 2.5-24 1-4 1 . . . . 152 Graves, Monte 10 6 7 13 . . . 1 . . . . .37 Chance, Jamal 10 10 3 13 . . . . . . . 1 .49 Cochran, Jamahl 10 5 7 12 1-1 . . . 2 . . . .48 Swift, Ryan 5 7 2 9 2-18 1.5-18 . . 2 1-0 . . .24 Ambush, Leroy 11 4 4 8 1-5 1.0-5 . . . . . . .15 Williams, Curtis 8 5 3 8 . . . . . 1-0 . 1 .6 Foxworth, Domonique 2 8 . 8 1-3 . . 2 . . . . .54 Smith, Scott 9 4 . 4 2-14 1.0-12 . . 3 . . . .95 Shime, William 5 1 2 3 1-1 . . . . . . . .97 Abari, Tosin 5 2 1 3 1-11 1.0-11 . . . . . . .59 Smith, Maurice 10 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .53 Lewis, Reggie 3 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .47 Condo, Jon 11 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .17 Siljkovic, Vedad 9 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .16 Barnard, Brooks 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .36 Aragona, Sal 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .1 Perry, Bruce 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

Scoring Statistics SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf PointsNovak, Nick 0 16-25 41-42 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 89Perry, Bruce 12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 72Riley, Marc 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 60Hill, Shaun 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-4 0 0 42Gary, Guilian 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36Williams, Jafar 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Lynch, James 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Crawford, Jason 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Whaley, Mike 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Henderson, E.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Ambush, Leroy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Dugan, Jeff 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Monroe, Scooter 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Harrison, Latrez 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Whitmer, Daryl 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Siljkovic, Vedad 0 1-1 0-2 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 3Stewart, Ty 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2Shanks, Maurice 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 2Barnard, Brooks 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 0Total 49 17-26 41-44 0-1 1 1-4 0 1 390Opponents 24 14-16 24-24 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 210