Minnesota Game Notes - vs. SDSU by University of Minnesota Athletics

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

SCHEDULE/RESULTS SEPTEMBER 5 12 19 26

at Syracuse (ESPN2) Air Force (BTN) No. 7/8 California (ESPN) at Northwestern* (BTN)

OCTOBER 3 10 17 24 31

Wisconsin* (ESPN) Purdue [HC]* (ESPN2) at Penn State* (ABC) at Ohio State* (ESPN) Michigan State* (BTN)

NOVEMBER

7 Illinois* (BTN) 14 South Dakota State (BTN) 21 at Iowa*

Date: Saturday, Nov. 14 Time: 11:01 a.m. (CT) Site: Minneapolis, Minn. Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Surface: FieldTurf Capacity: 50,805 Series: Minnesota leads 5-0 Last Meeting: Sept. 30, 1933 Minnesota 19, South Dakota State 6 Minneapolis, Minn.

W 23-20 OT W 20-13 L 35-21 W 35-24

L 31-28 W 35-20 L 20-0 L 38-7 W 42-34

L 35-32 11:01 a.m. TBA

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

GOPHER COACHES TIM BREWSTER (SL) Head Coach JEDD FISCH (SL) Offensive Coordinator KEVIN COSGROVE (SL) Co-Defensive Coordinator RONNIE LEE (SL) Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs JOHN BUTLER (SL) Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers TIM CROSS (SL) Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line TIM DAVIS (SL) Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line THOMAS HAMMOCK (SL) Running Backs RICHARD HIGHTOWER (SL) Wide Receivers DEREK LEWIS (PB) Tight Ends Gameday Locations: SL - Sideline; PB - Press Box

WEEK 11 SCHEDULE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 10-11 a.m............................... Brewster available for out of town media TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 11:15 a.m. ................................................................... Media Luncheon Noon........................................................Tim Brewster Press Conference 12:30-1 p.m..................................... Press Conference Player interviews 12:40 p.m....................................Big Ten Teleconference (Tim Brewster) 3-5 p.m. .......................................Practice (players available following) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 3-5 p.m.............................Practice (Coach, Players available following) 7 p.m.................................Tim Brewster Show (Joe Senser’s - Roseville)

MINNESOTA

GOLDEN GOPHERS 5-5, 3-4 BIG TEN

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

JACKRABBITS 7-2, 6-1 MVFC

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.

BROADCAST INFORMATION Television Big Ten Network

Matt Rosen - Play-by-play Ron Johnson - Analyst Ron Johnson - Sideline Reporter

(No, that’s not a typo. There are 2 Ron Johnsons)

Radio Gopher Sports Network Dave Lee - Play-by-play Dave Mona - Color Darrell Thompson - Analyst

Internet/Satellite www.GopherSports.com Gold Zone Audio

Satellite Radio Sirius 155, XM 244

Tickets This game is SOLD OUT! Ticket Office: Mariucci Arena Phone: 1-800-UGOPHER Web: www.gophersports.com

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 3-5:15 p.m. ..................................................... Practice (no availability) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 ........................................................Available only to network television

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MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES Sunday

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

Tuesday

Head 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 aseeley@umn.edu. 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.

Wednesday

Practice 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.

Thursday

No media availability.

Friday

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

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

SCOUTING MINNESOTA With 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 STATE South 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 nationallyranked FCS teams.

SDSU SCHEDULE Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

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.

Georgia Southern Indiana State at Illinois State at Cal Poly at Missouri State North Dakota State Northern Iowa at Youngstown State at Southern Illinois at Minnesota at Western Illinois

W 44-6 W 41-0 W 38-17 L 21-14 W 24-17 W 28-13 W 24-14 W 17-3 L 34-15

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.

TALE OF THE TAPE (2009 Stats, Rankings) MINNESOTA (5-5/3-4 Big Ten) Team Statistics UM Points/Game 24.3 First Downs 157 Rushing/Game 98.6 Passing/Game 213.2 Total Off./Gm 311.8 Time of Poss. 28:08 Individual Leaders Rushing Att Net Bennett 88 357 Eskridge 61 251

OPP 27.0 206 166.0 231.1 397.1 31:52

Avg TD 4.1 6 4.1 3

YPG 35.7 25.1

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 7-2/6-1 MVFC) Team Statistics SDSU Points/Game 27.2 First Downs 164 Rushing/Game 136.9 Passing/Game 220.4 Total Off./Gm 357.3 Time of Poss. 30:07 Individual Leaders Rushing Att Net Minett 193 947

Avg TD YPG 4.9 12 105.2

YPG 207.4

Passing Crawford O’Brien

C-A-I 92-143-3 85-130-3

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

YPG 94.8 39.5

Receiving Fox Steffen

Rec Yds Avg TD 52 585 11.2 3 35 629 18.0 4

Defense U-A-TT Campbell 59-41-100 Triplett 49-41-90

INT 1-32 2-25

Defense Domino Kjerstad

U-A-TT 30-43-73 39-27-66

Passing Weber

C-A-I 149-274-13

TD 12

TFL 9.0 4.0

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OPP 13.9 146 111.0 174.6 285.6 29:53

TD 6 7

TFL 6.0 1.0

YPG 151.3 115.6 YPG 65.0 69.9 Sacks 1.0 --

NCAA TEAM RANKINGS Category UM Rush Off. 106 (98.6) Pass Off. 69 (213.2) Pass Eff. 77 (123.88) Tot. Off. 106 (311.8) Scor. Off. 82 (24.3) Rush Def. 88 (166.0) Pass Def. 73 (231.1) Pass Eff. D 82 (132.84) Tot. Def. 93 (397.1) Scor. Def. 81 (27.0) Net Punt 9 (39.88) Punt Ret. 2 (18.8) KO Ret. 23 (24.3) TO Marg. T-88 (-0.4) Sacks 95 (1.4) Sacks All. T-109 (3.0) Tack/Loss 61 (5.7)

SDSU (FCS) 57 (136.9) 32 (220.4) 29 (137.16) 43 (357.3) 37 (27.2) 28 (111.0) 33 (174.6) 2 (95.54) 18 (285.6) 6 (13.9) 22 (35.5) 54 (7.8) 35 (21.4) 19 (+0.78) T-46 (2.0) 41 (1.7) 76 (5.6)

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

QUICK HITTERS 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.

THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SERIES 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.

LAST TIME VS. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (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.

LAST TIME OUT (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 freshman 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.

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USA TODAY TOP 25 - WEEK 11 Team (1st-Place Votes) 1. Florida (48) 2. Texas (4) 3. Alabama (7) 4. TCU 5. Cincinnati 6. Boise State 7. Georgia Tech 8. Ohio State 9. Pittsburgh 10. USC 11. LSU 12. Houston 13. Iowa 14. Utah 15. Miami (Fla.) 16. Oregon 17. Penn State 18. Oklahoma State 19. Arizona 20. Wisconsin 21. Virginia Tech 22. BYU 23. West Virginia 24. South Florida 25. Auburn

Record 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-1 8-2 8-1 7-2 7-2 8-1 9-1 8-1 7-2 7-2 8-2 7-2 6-2 7-2 6-3 7-2 7-2 6-2 7-3

Points 1460 1399 1389 1262 1224 1200 1118 944 940 847 838 766 757 688 685 665 552 530 472 341 268 216 121 106 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 PRESS TOP 25 - WEEK 11 Team (1st-Place Votes) 1. Florida (39) 2. Texas (10) 3. Alabama (11) 4. TCU 5. Cincinnati 6. Boise State 7. Georgia Tech 8. Pittsburgh 9. LSU 10. Ohio State 11. USC 12. Miami (Fla.) 13. Houston 14. Oregon 15. Iowa 16. Utah 17. Oklahoma State 18. Arizona 19. Penn State 20. Virginia Tech 21. Wisconsin 22. BYU 23. South Florida 24. Clemson 25. Stanford

Record 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-0 9-1 8-1 7-2 8-2 7-2 7-2 8-1 7-2 9-1 8-1 7-2 6-2 8-2 6-3 7-2 7-2 6-2 6-3 6-3

Points 1467 1430 1422 1271 1263 1228 1127 945 904 898 834 805 783 752 741 706 492 476 467 275 274 219 167 149 107

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.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

2009 BIG TEN FOOTBALL

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN.

2009 BIG TEN STANDINGS Team Iowa Ohio State Penn State Wisconsin Northwestern Michigan State Purdue Minnesota Michigan Indiana Illinois

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

Big Ten 5-1 5-1 4-2 4-2 3-3 3-3 3-3 3-4 2-4 1-5 2-5

Overall 9-1 8-2 8-2 7-2 6-4 5-5 4-6 5-5 5-5 4-6 3-6

RECENT RESULTS Saturday, November 7 Illinois 35, Minnesota 32 Wisconsin 31, Indiana 28 Northwestern 17, Iowa 10 Purdue 38, Michigan 36 Michigan State 49, Western Michigan 14 Ohio State 24, Penn State 7 Saturday, October 31 Ohio State 45, New Mexico State 0 Penn State 34, Northwestern 13 Minnesota 42, Michigan State 34 Illinois 38, Michigan 13 Iowa 42, Indiana 24 Wisconsin 37, Purdue 0 THIS WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, November 14 Michigan at Wisconsin Northwestern at Illinois South Dakota State at Minnesota Indiana at Penn State Michigan State at Purdue Iowa at Ohio State BIG TEN COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT INFORMATION Scott Chipman - primary contact Assistant Commissioner for Communications schipman@bigten.org Office: 847.696.1010 ext. 141 Cell: 630.936.6005 LaTonya Sadler - secondary contact Associate Director of Communications lsadler@bigten.org Office: 847.696.1010 ext. 143 Cell: 434.770.2004 Website: www.bigten.org WEEKLY BIG TEN TELECONFERENCE The 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.

PG. 4

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).

GOPHERS vs. BIG TEN vs. Illinois vs. Indiana vs. Iowa vs. Michigan vs. Michigan State vs. Northwestern vs. Ohio State vs. Penn State vs. Purdue vs. Wisconsin

32-28-3 37-26-3 59-41-2 24-70-3 17-25-0 50-30-5 7-42-0 4-7-0 33-30-3 59-52-8

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.

GOPHER HEAD COACH TIM BREWSTER In 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 AllBig 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 continued 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.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

SENIOR SEND-OFF

GOPHERS’ RECORD...

Saturday’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 PARTY The 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.

NOTHIN’ BUT NET 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 Minnesota punt coverage team and have only returned 18 of the 50 Gopher punts.

THAT’S JUST OFFENSIVE Minnesota 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.

AYE, CAPTAIN! 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.

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

PG. 5

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

ADAM’S ASSAULT The following is a look at the season and career records charts that Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber is climbing or has already broken: CAREER PASSING YARDAGE 1. Adam Weber, 2007- 2. Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 3. Cory Sauter, 1994-97 4. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2000-03 5. Marquel Fleetwood, 1989-92 6. Rickey Foggie, 1984-87 7. Mike Hohensee, 1981-82 8. Tim Schade, 1993-94 9. Tony Dungy, 1973-76 10. Billy Cockerham, 1996-99

7,730 7,446 6,834 6,660 5,279 5,162 4,792 3,986 3,515 3,483

CAREER PASS COMPLETIONS 1. Adam Weber, 2007- 2. Cory Sauter, 1994-97 3. Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 4. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2000-03 5. Marquel Fleetwood, 1989-92 6. Mike Hohensee, 1981-82 7. Tim Schade, 1993-94 8. Rickey Foggie, 1984-87 9. Scott Schaffner, 1987-91 10. Tony Dungy, 1973-76

662 539 513 481 465 392 322 311 278 274

CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWNS 1. Bryan Cupito (2003-06) Asad Abdul-Khaliq (2000-03) 3. Adam Weber (2007-present) 4. Cory Sauter (1994-97) 5. Rickey Foggie (1984-87) 6. Mike Hohensee (1981-82) 7. Billy Cockerham (1996-99) 8. Tony Dungy (1973-76) 9. Tim Schade, 1993-94 Scott Schaffner, 1987-91

55 55 51 40 34 33 29 25 22 22

SEASON PASSING YARDAGE 1. Adam Weber, 2007 2. Bryan Cupito, 2006 3. Adam Weber, 2008 4. Cory Sauter, 1995 5. Cory Sauter, 1996 6. Bryan Cupito, 2005 7. Mike Hohensee, 1981 8. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2003 9. Mike Hohensee, 1982 10. Tim Schade, 1994 SEASON TOUCHDOWN PASSES 1. Adam Weber, 2007 2. Bryan Cupito, 2006 3. Mike Hohensee, 1981 4. Bryan Cupito, 2005 Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2002 6. Cory Sauter, 1995 7. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2003 8. Adam Weber, 2008 Billy Cockerham, 1999 Tony Dungy, 1975

PG. 6

2,895 2,819 2,761 2,600 2,578 2,530 2,412 2,401 2,380 2,338

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

WEBER WIPES OUT ANOTHER RECORD 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 previous 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), completions (258), attempts (449), touchdown passes (24) and total offensive yardage (3,512) in 2007.

QUARTERBACK NOTEBOOK 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.

MY RECOLLECTION IS A LITTLE HOESE 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.

RUNNING BACK NOTEBOOK 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 Minnesota’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 carries have gone for first downs or touchdowns this season.

STACKING THE DECK 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. Wisconsin. 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 receptions. 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.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

RECEIVER NOTEBOOK

DECKER’S RECORDS

u Tight end Nick Tow-Arnett tallied career-high marks for receptions, yards and touchdowns vs. Michigan 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.

SIZE MATTERS 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.

OFFENSIVE LINE NOTEBOOK 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.

CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER 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, helping to thwart a possible Illinois scoring drive.

DEFENSIVE LINE NOTEBOOK u McKinley has started seven games this season. He is tied for the team lead with two fumble recoveries 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.

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The following is a look at where wide receiver Eric Decker will finish his career in certain record categories: CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE 1. Eric Decker, 2006- 2. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 3. Tutu Atwell, 1994-97 4. Ernie Wheelwright, 2004-07 5. Ryan Thelwell, 1994-96 6. Jared Ellerson, 2002-2005 7. Luke Leverson, 1996-99 8. Omar Douglas, 1990-93 9. Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 10. Aaron Osterman, 1990-94

3,119 2,989 2,640 2,434 2,232 2,054 1,843 1,681 1,627 1,598

CAREER TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS 1. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 2. Ernie Wheelwright, 2004-07 3. Eric Decker, 2006- 4. Tutu Atwell, 1994-97 5. Jared Ellerson, 2002-2005 Ben Utecht, 2000-03 Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 8. Ryan Thelwell, 1994-96 Omar Douglas, 1990-93 10. Elmer Bailey, 1977-79 Matt Spaeth, 2003-2006

31 26 24 17 15 15 15 14 14 12 12

CAREER 100-YARD GAMES 1. Eric Decker, 2006-present Tutu Atwell, 1994-96 3. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 4. Ernie Wheelright Jared Ellerson, 2002-05 Omar Douglas, 1990-93 Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 8. Aaron Hosack, 2002-03 Luke Leverson, 1996-99 Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84

11 11 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5

SEASON 100-YARD GAMES 1. Ryan Thelwell, 1996 2. Aaron Hosack, 2003 Ron Johnson, 2000 Luke Leverson, 1998 5. Eric Decker, 2009 Eric Decker, 2008 Jared Ellerson, 2003 Tutu Atwell, 1996 Tutu Atwell, 1995 Omar Douglas, 1993 Chester Cooper, 1981 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A RECEPTION 1. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 2. Eric Decker, 2006-present Tutu Atwell, 1995-97 4. Jared Ellerson, 2003-05 5. Omar Douglas, 1991-93 6. Chris Gaiters, 1987-89 7. Ryan Thelwell, 1994-96 8. Matt Spaeth, 2005-06 CONSECUTIVE 100-YARD GAMES 1. Eric Decker, 12/31/08-9/19/09 2. Ron Johnson, 10/7-10/21/00 Ryan Thelwell, 11/9-11/23/96 Tutu Atwell, 9/14-10/5/96

6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

46 34 34 28 25 23 22 21

4 3 3 3

PG. 7

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

GOPHER RADIO NETWORK

YOU’RE TRIPPIN’

The 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.

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.

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 commentator, 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 postgame shows. Golden Gopher Radio Network Affiliates: Market Station Alexandria KULO-FM Aitkin KKIN-FM Albert Lea KATE-AM Austin KAUS-AM Austin KAUS-FM Bemidji KBUN-AM Benson KSCR-FM Brainerd KBLB-FM Crookston KROX-AM Detroit Lakes KDLM-AM Duluth WGEE-AM Ely WELY-FM Fairmont KSUM-AM Fargo/Moorhead, ND KQWB-AM Glenwood KMGK-FM Grand Rapids KOZY-AM Hutchinson KARP-FM Little Falls KLTF-AM Marshall KMHL-AM Minneapolis/St. Paul KBEM-FM Minneapolis/St. Paul WCCO-AM Minneapolis/St. Paul WLTE-FM-HD2 Montevideo KDMA-AM New Prague KRDS-FM Owatonna/Mankato KOWZ-FM Owatonna/Waseca KOWZ-AM Park Rapids KPRM-AM Pipestone KLOH-AM Red Wing KCUE-AM Redwood Falls KLGR-AM Rochester KROC-AM Roseau KCAJ-FM Roseau KRWB-AM St. Cloud KXSS-AM Thief River Falls KTRF-AM Wadena KVKK-AM Walker KAKK-AM Windom KDOM-AM Windom KDOM-FM Winona KWNO-AM Worthington KWOA-AM Yankton, SD KYNT-AM

Freq. 94.3 94.3 1450 1480 99.9 1450 93.5 93.3 1260 1340 970 94.5 1370 1660 107.1 1320 106.9 960 1400 88.5 830 (HD) 102.9-2 (HD) 1460 95.5 100.9 1170 870 1050 1250 1490 1340 102.1 1410 1390 1230 1070 1570 1580 94.3 1230 730 1450

LINEBACKER NOTEBOOK 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).

KIM-POSSIBLE 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.

SECONDARY NOTEBOOK 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 nation in passes defended in 2008. u Freshman Michael Carter has played in nine games as a backup corner and special teamer.

EXCELLENT ELLESTAD u Junior kicker Eric Ellestad remained perfect on point-after-touchdowns in his first season of collegiate 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.

SPECIALIST NOTEBOOK

Dave Mona, Dave Lee, Darrell Thompson, Mike Grimm

PG. 8

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 freshman Dan Orseske was diagnosed with mononucleosis. He had never punted in a game prior to 2009.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA at SYRACUSE

TAKE IT TO THE BANK

TCF BANK STADIUM FACTS

When 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 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.

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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

TCF Bank Stadium Timeline

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

June, 2007 - Ground broken on TCF Bank Stadium.

• 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.

May, 2006 - Legislature approves new stadium.

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

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

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.

• 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.

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

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

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

GOPHER VICTORY WALK

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

The 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.

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

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 throughout 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.

• 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.

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PG. 9

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - OFFENSE Left Tackle

76 - Dom Alford 79 - Matt Stommes

Left Guard

68 - Chris Bunders 78 - Ryan Orton

Center

53 - D.J. Burris 61 - Trey Davis

Right Guard

73 - Matt Carufel 61 - Trey Davis

Right Tackle

71 - Jeff Wills 74 - Ryan Ruckdashel

Quarterback

8 - Adam Weber 5 - MarQueis Gray

Running Back

22 - Duane Bennett 23 - DeLeon Eskridge

Fullback

35 - Jon Hoese 42 - Logan U’u

Wide Receiver

83 - Da’Jon McKnight 16 - Ben Kuznia

Wide Receiver

11 - Troy Stoudermire 81 - Bryant Allen

Wide Receiver

1 - Brandon Green 4 - Hayo Carpenter

Tight End

48 - Nick Tow-Arnett 85 - Eric Lair

6-3 6-7

336 312

Jr.* Sr.*

Has started 16 games in his career, including six this season Has started four games this season after missing two with ankle injury

6-3 6-4

322 296

So.* So.*

Made his 13th career start vs. Illinois last week Saw action in all 13 games, with six starts, as a red-shirt freshman last season

6-2 6-2

290 281

Jr.* So.*

Third Gopher to start at center this season; Has started last four games First start of the season vs. Purdue; Left game with ankle injury

6-5 6-2

302 281

Jr.* So.*

Has started nine of 10 games this season; Three career starts at Notre Dame First start of the season vs. Purdue; Did not play last three weeks

6-7 6-5

365 290

Jr. Sr.*

Largest player on the Minnesota roster; Has started his first 10 games as a Gopher Experienced, versatile lineman has played in 24 games, both at guard and tackle

6-3 6-4

221 222

Jr.* Fr.

Completed 9-of-13 passes in the second half last week, after opening 5-of-17 Completed his first collegiate pass and first collegiate TD pass at Ohio State

5-9 203 5-11 198

So.* So.

Tallied his second career 100-yard receiving game vs. Michigan State Rushed for a season-high 60 yards vs. Wisconsin; Scored 2 TDs vs. Purdue

6-2 233 5-10 230

Jr.* Sr.

Former walk-on; Converted safety; 11 first downs or touchdowns in 17 carries Converted linebacker; Saw action in three games in 2008, before suffering leg injury

6-3 6-0

200 186

So. Sr.

Has been on the receiving end of two two-point conversion passes this season Scored his first career touchdown last week vs. Illinois, scooping up a blocked punt

5-10 183 6-0 167

So. Fr.

Shut out on receptions last week vs. Illinois Caught second career pass vs. Illinois; Will walk on to Tubby Smith’s hoops team

6-0 183 5-11 174

So. Jr.

Caught his first touchdown pass of the season against Michigan State Was rated as the top junior-college recruit in the nation last year

6-3 6-3

Sr.* So.

Career-best 8 receptions for 81 yards and a career-high 2 TDs vs. Michigan State First career touch came on a tight end reverse vs. Wisconsin, gaining 8 yards

248 230

WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - SPECIALISTS Placekicker

37 - Eric Ellestad 43 - David Schwerman

Holder

38 - Blake Haudan

Long Snapper

47 - Ryan Coleman

PG. 10

6-3 6-0

204 202

Jr.* So.*

8-of-10 on field goals this season; Perfect (29-of-29) on PATs Walk-on who red-shirted last season; All-state in 2007 at Kettle Moraine HS

6-1

210

Sr.*

39 good holds over the first 10 weeks of the season (29 PATs, 10 FG attempts)

6-1

225

Jr.*

Has handled every field goal, PAT and punt snap since beginning of last season

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - DEFENSE Defensive End

89 - Barrett Moen 93 - Derrick Onwuachi

Defensive Tackle

99 - Garrett Brown 96 - Brandon Kirksey

Nose

98 - Eric Small 68 - Jewhan Edwards

Defensive End

55 - Cedric McKinley 97 - Anthony Jacobs

Linebacker

21 - Simoni Lawrence 33 - Rex Sharpe

Linebacker

30 - Lee Campbell 51 - Gary Tinsley

Linebacker

32 - Nate Triplett 4 - Keanon Cooper

Cornerback

15 - Traye Simmons 1 - Michael Carter

Safety

27 - Kyle Theret 25 - Tim Dandridge

Safety

3 - Kim Royston 2 - Ryan Collado

Cornerback

24 - Marcus Sherels 5 - Johnny Johnson

6-3 6-5

282 262

Sr.* Sr.*

Former walk-on came to UM as a guard; Career-best six stops at Ohio State Has seen action in 5 of last 7 games after suffering a knee injury first day of camp

6-2 6-2

310 295

Sr. So.

Twelve tackles (7 vs. MSU, 5 vs. ILL) in the last two weeks 12 tackles, 3.0 tackles for-loss and a forced fumble in nine games this season

6-2 6-2

306 333

Sr.* So.

Has started 29 games; Three sacks this season ranks No. 1 on the team Has played in 22 games in his Gopher career; 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL this season

6-6 6-2

282 289

Sr.* So.*

No. 3 on team with 6.5 tackles-for-loss; Also has 2.0 sacks, 2 FF, 2 FR Has tallied 4.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks so far this season

6-1 6-1

221 231

Sr. Sr.*

Ranks No. 3 on the team with 68 total tackles, No. 2 with 7.5 tackles-for-loss Has appeared in 20 games during his Gopher career

6-3 6-1

246 220

Sr.* So.

Leads team in total tackles (100) and tackles for loss (9.0) Has seen action in 17 career games, mostly on special teams

6-3 6-0

247 210

Sr.* Fr.*

No. 2 on team in passes defended, with two interceptions and five pass break-ups Backup linebacker ranks No. 7 on team with 37 total tackles

5-11 180 5-11 163

Sr. Fr.

Tied a career-best with three pass break-ups at Ohio State Nephew of former Gopher All-American and Super Bowl Champion Tyrone Carter

5-10 193 6-1 185

Jr. So.

Started 29th game of his career last week; First INT of the season vs. Ohio St. Has seen action in seven games this season and has recorded one tackle

5-11 193 5-9 175

Jr.* Jr.

Transferred from Wisconsin; Tallied career-best 11 stops three times this season Has played in all 35 games, including 12 starts in Gopher career; Moved from CB

5-11 172 5-9 189

Sr. So.

Tallied four solo stops vs. Illinois last week Has seen action in 7 games this season, mostly on special teams, with two tackles

WEEK 11 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - SPECIALISTS Punter

38 - Blake Haudan

Punt Return

81 - Bryant Allen 24 - Marcus Sherels

Kickoff Return

11 - Troy Stoudermire 20 - Jay Thomas 81 - Bryant Allen

6-1

210

Sr.*

17 of his 41 punts (41 percent) have pinned the opponent inside their 20-yard line

6-0 167 5-11 172

Fr. Sr.

Averaging 11.7 yards per return on just three punt returns this season Returned one punt for 27 yards in season-opener at Syracuse

5-10 183 6-0 209 6-0 167

So. Sr.* Fr.

Averaging 25.5 yards per return this season, ranking No. 42 in the nation Averaging 16.2 yards per return; 91-yd KO return for TD at Fla. Atlantic in 2007 Returned three kickoffs for an average of 15 yards per return at Ohio St.

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PG. 11

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

2009 NUMERICAL ROSTER

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Pos

Name

Pos

Ltr

Yr. (*-RS)

Hometown (Previous School)

12 Moses Alipate

Fr.

Michael Carter

5-11

163

Fr.

Pompano Beach, Fla. (Ely HS)

76 Dominic Alford

Jr.

Brandon Green

6-0

183

So.

81 Bryant Allen

Fr.

Ryan Collado

5-9

175

Jr.

59 Joey Balthazor

Fr.

Kim Royston

5-11

193

Jr.*

82 A.J. Barker

Fr.

Hayo Carpenter

5-11

174

Jr.

Name

Chicago, Ill. (Robeson HS) Cincinnati, Ohio (Hills Christian HS) Minneapolis, Minn. (Wisconsin) Lawndale, Calif. (College of the Canyons)

22 Duane Bennett

So.

Keanon Cooper

6-0

210

Fr.*

80 Xzavian Brandon

So.

MarQueis Gray

6-4

222

Fr.

Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

63 Andy Brinkhaus

Jr.

Johnny Johnson

5-9

189

So.

Chicago, Ill. (Robeson HS)

99 Garrett Brown

Sr.

Kerry Lewis

5-9

179

Fr.

Dallas, Texas (Lancaster HS)

Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis HS)

18 R.J. Buckner

Jr.

Kevin Whaley

5-9

179

Fr.

Virginia Beach, Va. (Salem HS)

53 D.J. Burris

Jr.

Eric Decker

6-3

220

Sr.*

Cold Spring, Minn. (Rocori HS)

68 Chris Bunders

So.

Spencer Reeves

6-2

221

Fr.

30 Lee Campbell

Sr.

Adam Weber

6-3

221

Jr.*

Shoreview, Minn. (Mounds View HS) Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena City College)

Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

Hayo Carpenter

Jr.

David Pittman

5-11

190

Sr.

Michael Carter

Fr.

Troy Stoudermire

5-10

183

So.

Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

73 Matt Carufel

Jr.

Moses Alipate

6-5

230

Fr.

Bloomington, Minn. (Jefferson HS)

47 Ryan Coleman

Jr.

Michael McKelton

5-10

183

Sr.*

Ryan Collado

Jr.

Damola Ogundipe

5-7

187

Jr.*

New Brighton, Minn. (Irondale HS)

Keanon Cooper

Fr.

Traye Simmons

5-11

180

Sr.

Marietta, Ga. (College of the Sequoias)

Royal Palm Beach, Fla. (Royal Palm Beach HS)

44 Ed Cotton

Fr.

Ben Kuznia

6-0

186

Sr.*

25 Tim Dandridge

So.

Sam Maresh

6-3

247

Fr.

61 Trey Davis

So.

R.J. Buckner

5-11

202

Jr.*

Keller, Texas (Harvest Christian Academy)

Sr.

Adam Lueck

6-0

187

Fr.*

Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS)

92 Kyle Dykstra

Fr.

Jay Thomas

6-0

209

Sr.*

68 Jewhan Edwards

So.

Simoni Lawrence

6-1

221

Sr.

37 Eric Ellestad

Jr.

Duane Bennett

5-9

203

So.*

23 DeLeon Eskridge

So.

DeLeon Eskridge

5-11

198

So.

San Francisco, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS)

49 Matt Garin

Fr.

Marcus Sherels

5-11

172

Sr.

Rochester, Minn. (John Marshall HS)

69 Jacob Glickstein

Fr.

Tim Dandridge

6-1

185

So.

Detroit, Mich. (Highland Park HS)

43 Ryan Grant

Fr.

Mike Rallis

6-2

210

So.

MarQueis Gray

Fr.

Kyle Theret

5-10

193

Jr.

Brandon Green

Eric Decker

Olivia, Minn. (Bold HS) Champlin, Minn. (Champlin Park HS)

Oakdale, Minn. (Tartan HS) Upper Darby, Pa. (Valley Forge Military Acad.) Fairview Heights, Ill. (O’Fallon Township HS)

Edina, Minn. (Edina HS) Murrieta, Calif. (J.K. Mullen HS)

So.

Kenny Watkins

6-0

187

Fr.

Detroit, Mich. (Brother Rice HS)

91 Kendall Gregory-McGhee

Fr.

Shady Salamon

5-11

203

So.

S. St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall)

86 Ra’Shede Hageman

Fr.

Lee Campbell

6-3

246

Sr.*

Naples, Fla. (Gulf Coast HS)

64 Austin Hahn

Fr.

Marcus Singletary

6-0

188

Sr.*

Hinesville, Ga. (Rainy River CC)

38 Blake Haudan

Sr.

Nathan Triplett

6-3

247

Sr.*

Maple Plain, Minn. (Delano HS)

36 Ben Haviland

Fr.

Rex Sharpe

6-1

231

Sr.*

Fairfield, Ala. (Arizona Western College)

90 Raymond Henderson

Sr.

Kyle Henderson

5-11

167

So.

Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota State-Mankato)

34 Kyle Henderson

So.

Jon Hoese

6-2

233

Jr.

Glencoe, Minn. (Glencoe-Silver Lake HS)

57 Aaron Hill

Fr.

Chase Haviland

5-9

177

Fr.

Thief River Falls, Minn. (Lincoln HS)

35 Jon Hoese

Jr.

Nick Rengel

6-3

225

Fr.

96 Curtis Hughes

Jr.

Eric Ellestad

6-3

204

Jr.*

97 Anthony Jacobs

So.

Willie Schneider

5-11

216

Fr.

94 Eric Jacques

Fr.

Blake Haudan

6-1

210

Sr.*

So.

Nicholas Stommes

6-0

205

Sr.

84 Victor Keise

Fr.

Nathan Tow-Arnett

6-1

199

So.*

Johnny Johnson

Sartell, Minn. (Sartell HS) Brooklyn Park, Minn. (Armstrong HS) St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS) Toledo, Ohio (St. John’s Jesuit HS) Owen, Wis. (Owen-Withee HS) Redwood Falls, Minn. (Redwood Falls HS)

96 Brandon Kirksey

So.

Dan Orseske

6-3

199

Fr.

Chicago, Ill. (Brother Rice HS)

48 Bryan Klitzke

So.

Logan U’u

5-10

230

Sr.

Oakland, Calif. (Laney College [Calif.])

16 Ben Kuznia

Sr.

Ryan Grant

6-2

219

Fr.*

Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS)

85 Eric Lair

So.

David Schwerman

6-0

202

So.*

Kettle Moraine, Wis. (Kettle Moraine HS)

21 Simoni Lawrence

Sr.

Ed Cotton

6-0

219

Fr.

Champlin, Minn. (Champlin Park HS)

Fr.

Brent Singleton

6-1

213

Fr.

Plantation, Fla. (American Heritage HS)

19 Adam Lueck

Fr.

Bryan Klitzke

6-1

210

So.*

17 Sam Maresh

Fr.

Chris Severson

6-5

225

Fr.

88 Collin McGarry

Jr.

Ryan Coleman

6-1

225

Jr.*

Brookfield, Wis. (Brookfield East HS)

13 Michael McKelton

Sr.

Nick Tow-Arnett

6-3

248

Sr.*

Redwood Falls, Minn. (Redwood Valley HS)

55 Cedric McKinley

Sr.

Matt Garin

6-4

220

Fr.

Kerry Lewis

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Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview HS)

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

2009 NUMERICAL ROSTER

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Name

Pos

Ltr

Yr.

Hometown (Previous School)

Pos

Patrick Sveum

6-1

214

Sr.

Rochester, Minn. (Century HS)

83 Da’Jon McKnight

So.

Gary Tinsley

6-1

220

So.

Jacksonville, Fla. (First Coast HS)

75 Brooks Michel

Fr.

Jeff Tow-Arnett

6-2

288

Sr.*

Redwood Falls, Minn. (Redwood Valley HS)

89 Barrett Moen

Sr.

D.J. Burris

6-2

290

Jr.*

Kenton, Ohio (Kenton HS)

62 Zach Mottla

Fr.

Cedric McKinley

6-6

282

Sr.

Demopolis, Ala. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

87 Sahr Ngekia

Fr.

Aaron Hill

6-2

210

Fr.

St. Charles, Mo. (Lutheran HS)

14 Damola Ogundipe

Jr.

Ed Olson

6-7

288

Fr.

Mathomedi, Minn. (Mahtomedi HS)

58 Ed Olson

Fr.

Joey Balthazor

6-3

207

Fr.

93 Derrick Onwuachi

Sr.

Ryan Wynn

6-5

296

So.*

Plymouth, Minn. (Maple Grove HS)

41 Dan Orseske

Fr.

Trey Davis

6-2

281

So.*

Farmington, Minn. (Farmington HS)

78 Ryan Orton

So.

Zach Mottla

6-2

274

Fr.

Andy Brinkhaus

6-3

276

Jr.*

Austin Hahn

6-4

275

Fr.*

Hartford, Wis. (Hartford HS)

Nedward Tavale

6-2

334

Sr.*

St. Paul, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)

David Stommes

6-6

210

Fr.

Chris Bunders

6-3

322

So.*

Jewhan Edwards

6-2

333

So.

Philadelphia, Pa. (Roman Catholic HS)

Jacob Glickstein

6-3

268

Fr.*

New Berlin, Wis. (Brookfield Central HS)

Jeff Wills

6-7

365

Jr.

Matt Carufel

6-5

302

Jr.*

Forest Lake, Minn. (Notre Dame)

Ryan Ruckdashel

6-5

290

Sr.*

Apple Valley, Minn. (Eastview HS)

Brooks Michel

6-7

295

Fr.

Dominic Alford

6-3

336

Jr.*

78 Ryan Orton

6-4

296

Matt Stommes

6-7

312

Xzavian Brandon

6-3

188

Bryant Allen

6-0

A.J. Barker

Da’Jon McKnight

Victor Keise

Eric Lair

Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead HS)

Edina, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS) Bloomington, Minn. (Bloomington Jefferson HS)

Eden Valley, Minn. (Eden Valley-Watkins HS) Maple Grove, Minn. (Osseo HS)

Laurelton, N.Y. (Lackawanna College)

Name

Sr.

26 Mike Rallis

David Pittman

So.

Fr.

36 Nick Rengel

Spencer Reeves

Fr.

Kim Royston

Jr.

74 Ryan Ruckdashel

Sr.

29 Shady Salamon

So.

37 Willie Schneider

Fr.

43 David Schwerman

So.

46 Chris Severson

Fr.

33 Rex Sharpe

Sr.

Carmel, Ind. (Carmel HS)

24 Marcus Sherels

Jr.

Cleveland, Ohio (Shaker Heights HS)

15 Traye Simmons

Sr.

So.*

Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS)

31 Marcus Singletary

Sr.

Sr.*

Richmond, Minn. (Eden Valley-Watkins HS)

44 Brent Singleton

Fr.

So.

Duluth, Ga. (Northfield HS)

67 David Stommes

Fr.

167

Fr.

Maplewood, Mo. (Maplewood-Richmond Heights HS)

79 Matt Stommes

Sr.

6-1

178

Fr.

St. Paul, Minn. (DeLaSalle HS)

38 Nicholas Stommes

Sr.

6-3

200

So.

Dallas, Texas (Skyline HS)

11 Troy Stoudermire

So.

6-0

176

Fr.

Coral Springs, Fla. (North Broward Prep HS)

6-3

230

So.

Houston, Texas (Lamar HS)

Ra’Shede Hageman

6-6

272

Fr.

Minneapolis, Minn. (Washburn HS)

Sahr Ngekia

6-4

213

Fr.

Collin McGarry

6-4

235

Jr.

Barrett Moen

6-3

282

Sr.*

Bloomington, Minn. (Bloomington Jefferson HS)

6-5

263

Sr.*

Oak Creek, Wis (Tennessee)

Kendall Gregory-McGhee DE

6-5

241

Fr.

Kyle Dykstra

6-4

241

Fr.

Derrick Onwuachi

6-5

262

Sr.*

Eric Jacques

6-2

283

Fr.

D.L. Wilhite

6-4

233

Fr.*

Lexington, Ky. (Bryan Station HS)

Curtis Hughes

6-4

249

Jr.*

Chicago, Ill. (Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep)

Brandon Kirksey

6-2

295

So.

St. Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East HS)

Anthony Jacobs

6-2

289

So.*

Northfield, Minn. (Northfield HS)

Eric Small

6-2

306

Sr.*

Naperville, Ill. (Joliet JC [Ill.])

Garrett Brown

6-2

310

Sr.*

New Haven, Conn. (Fairfield College Prep)

90 Raymond Henderson

98 Eric Small

Sr.

50 Patrick Sveum

Sr.

66 Nedward Tavale

Sr.

Richfield, Minn. (Academy of Holy Angels)

27 Kyle Theret

Jr.

Stillwater, Minn. (Stillwater HS)

20 Jay Thomas

Sr. So.

51 Gary Tinsley

52 Jeff Tow-Arnett

Sr.

40 Nathan Tow-Arnett

So.

Princeton, Minn. (Princeton HS)

48 Nick Tow-Arnett

Sr.

Newhall, Calif. (College of the Canyons)

32 Nathan Triplett

Sr.

42 Logan U’u

Sr.

28 Kenny Watkins

Fr.

Jr.

95 D.L. Wilhite

Fr.

Aurora, Colo. (Cherokee Trail HS)

Pompano Beach, Fla. (Ely HS)

Adam Weber Kevin Whaley

71 Jeff Wills

Jr.

60 Ryan Wynn

So.

* = Used a red-shirt season

PRO-NUN-SEE-AY-SHUN GUIDE Moses 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

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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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

Gm 1

Minnesota 23, Syracuse 20 (OT)

SCORE BY QUARTERS Minnesota Syracuse

Scoring Summary 1st 14:41 MINN 13:01 SYR 11:48 MINN 00:32 SYR 2nd 07:26 SYR 01:39 SYR 3rd 08:03 MINN 4th 00:57 MINN OT MINN

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1 14 10

2 0 10

3 3 0

4 3 0

OT 3 0

TOTAL 23 20

Bennett 16 yd run (Ellestad, Eric kick), 2-16 0:10, MINN 7 - SYR 0 Lichtenstein 23 yd field goal, 4-9 1:40, MINN 7 - SYR 3 Stoudermire 7 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 4-43 1:13, MINN 14 - SYR 3 Williams 29 yd pass from Paulus (Lichtenstein kick), 6-63 1:53, MINN 14 - SYR 10 Lichtenstein 42 yd field goal, 8-34 3:18, MINN 14 - SYR 13 Carter 1 yd run (Lichtenstein kick), 8-67 3:44, MINN 14 - SYR 20 Ellestad 26 yd field goal, 8-33 3:02, MINN 17 - SYR 20 Ellestad 26 yd field goal, 14-79 3:48, MINN 20 - SYR 20 Ellestad 35 yd field goal, 4-7 0:00, MINN 23 - SYR 20

FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS Fumble Returns-Yards Punt Returns-Yards Kickoff Returns-Yards Interception Returns-Yards Punts (Number-Avg) Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards

MINN 16 32-112 248 42-19-1 74-360 0-0 1-27 5-140 1-0 5-42.6 1-1 10-61 29:31 5 of 17 0 of 1 5-5 3-19

SYR 15 34-90 167 31-19-1 65-257 0-0 4-14 5-154 1-0 8-45.9 2-1 8-68 30:29 1 of 12 0 of 0 2-3 2-6

RUSHING: Minnesota Gophers-Bennett 16-78; Eskridge 8-29; Hoese 2-10; Stoudermire 2-3; Whaley 1-0; Weber 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.

Gm 2

Minnesota 20, Air Force 13

SCORE BY QUARTERS Air Force Minnesota

Scoring Summary 1st 04:45 MINN 2nd 05:26 AFA 3rd 02:28 AFA 4th 13:18 MINN 11:45 MINN 05:13 MINN 01:03 AFA

1 0 3

2 3 0

3 7 0

4 3 17

TOTAL 13 20

Ellestad 34 yd field goal, 10-65 3:52, AFA 0 - MINN 3 Soderberg 20 yd field goal, 5-28 1:58, AFA 3 - MINN 3 Fogler 37 yd pass from Jefferson (Soderberg kick), 8-76 2:10, AFA 10 - MINN 3 Eskridge 7 yd run (Ellestad kick), 9-72 4:10, AFA 10 - MINN 10 Triplett 52 yd fumble return (Ellestad kick), AFA 10 - MINN 17 Ellestad 39 yd field goal, 9-64 5:03, AFA 10 - MINN 20 Soderberg 31 yd field goal, 20-67 4:10, AFA 13 - MINN 20

AFA 24 66-261 125 17-10-0 83-386 0-0 0-0 3-90 0-0 4-39.5 2-1 2-15 33:01 12 of 21 2 of 3 2-3 1-7

MINN 14 24-108 219 29-20-0 53-327 1-52 0-0 3-89 0-0 4-47.0 1-1 8-69 26:59 4 of 11 0 of 0 2-2 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: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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; Collado 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.

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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. Minnesota 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.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

Gm 3

No. 7/8 Cal 35, Minnesota 21

SCORE BY QUARTERS California Minnesota

Scoring Summary 1st 09:51 CAL 07:09 CAL 2nd 14:52 MINN 03:47 CAL 00:40 MINN 3rd 00:29 MINN 4th 07:14 CAL 02:59 CAL

1 14 0

2 7 14

3 0 7

4 14 0

TOTAL 35 21

Best 33 yd run (D’Amato kick), 9-80 5:09, CAL 7 - MINN 0 Best 2 yd run (D’Amato kick), 3-86 1:05, CAL 14 - MINN 0 Decker 26 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 7-54 3:54, CAL 14 - MINN 7 Best 27 yd run (D’Amato kick), 10-74 4:36, CAL 21 - MINN 7 Decker 12 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 2-29 0:31, CAL 21 - MINN 14 Gray 7 yd pass from Decker (Ellestad kick), 7-77 3:42, CAL 21 - MINN 21 Best 2 yd run (D’Amato kick), 8-72 3:45, CAL 28 - MINN 21 Best 2 yd run (D’Amato kick), 8-44 4:02, CAL 35 - MINN 21

CAL 18 44-163 252 25-16-0 69-415 0-0 3-10 3-58 3-0 6-41.7 3-1 4-45 33:26 7 of 15 1 of 1 3-3 3-20

MINN 14 21-37 233 34-22-3 55-270 0-0 2-8 4-91 0-0 7-42.1 1-1 3-34 26:34 4 of 12 0 of 1 2-2 2-12

Gm 4

Minnesota 35, Northwestern 24

SCORE BY QUARTERS Minnesota Northwestern

Scoring Summary 1st 12:49 MINN 04:03 NU 2nd 07:44 MINN 04:27 NU 3rd 07:16 MINN 04:43 NU 00:06 NU 4th 08:35 MINN 01:43 MINN

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.

2 7 7

3 7 14

4 14 0

TOTAL 35 24

Bennett 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 5-58 2:11, MINN 7 - NU 0 Demos 26 yd field goal, 19-76 8:46, MINN 7 - NU 3 Bennett 3 yd run (Ellestad kick), 4-50 1:50, MINN 14 - NU 3 Fields 2 yd run (Demos kick), 10-75 3:17, MINN 14 - NU 10 Decker 16 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 12-78 6:51, MINN 21 - NU 10 Brewer 24 yd pass from Kafka (Demos kick), 9-79 2:33, MINN 21 - NU 17 Mitchell 13 yd pass from Kafka (Demos kick), 11-79 4:02, MINN 21 - NU 24 Bennett 4 yd run (Ellestad kick), 13-83 6:31, MINN 28 - NU 24 Decker 1 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 3-3 0:17, MINN 35 - NU 24

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

1 7 3

MINN 22 42-166 186 26-15-1 68-352 0-0 1-22 5-131 1-0 4-40.2 0-0 1-14 31:45 8 of 14 0 of 2 5-6 4-39

NW 23 29-64 309 47-32-1 76-373 0-0 2-8 6-94 1-0 4-40.8 3-2 3-15 28:15 9 of 17 1 of 1 3-3 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: Cal-Mohamed 2-0; Hill 1-0. Minnesota-None.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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; Collado 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.

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PG. 15

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

Gm 5

Gm 6

Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 28

SCORE BY QUARTERS Wisconsin Minnesota

Scoring Summary 1st 09:04 WIS 02:54 MINN 01:26 MINN 2nd 11:27 WIS 02:26 MINN 3rd 04:33 WIS 4th 11:51 WIS 06:50 MINN 03:00 WIS 02:13 MINN

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

1 7 10

2 3 3

3 7 0

4 14 15

TOTAL 31 28

Clay 2 yd run (Welch kick), 9-59 4:23, WIS 7 - MINN 0 Ellestad 28 yd field goal, 12-56 6:10, WIS 7 - MINN 3 Decker 11 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 2-11 0:41, WIS 7 - MINN 10 Welch 39 yd field goal, 13-56 4:59, WIS 10 - MINN 10 Ellestad 20 yd field goal, 12-76 5:35, WIS 10 - MINN 13 Clay 1 yd run (Welch kick), 9-70 3:39, WIS 17 - MINN 13 Kendricks 5 yd pass from Tolzien (Welch kick), 13-85 6:03, WIS 24 - MINN 13 Sherels 88 yd fumble recovery (McKnight pass from Weber), WIS 24 - MINN 21 Clay 1 yd run (Welch kick), 8-74 3:50, WIS 31 - MINN 21 Bennett 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 3-80 0:47, WIS 31 - MINN 28

MINN 22 49-295 159 26-16-1 75-454 0-0 1-2 5-65 1-0 3-45.0 2-2 5-36 34:41 8 of 13 0 of 0 4-4 5-42

Minnesota 35, Purdue 20

SCORE BY QUARTERS Purdue Minnesota

Scoring Summary 1st 07:36 PUR 04:32 PUR 2nd 06:29 MINN 04:36 MINN 01:40 PUR 3rd 12:32 MINN 10:10 MINN 05:38 MINN 4th 12:58 PUR

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.

2 3 14

3 0 21

4 7 0

MINN 23 30-103 299 47-25-2 77-402 0-0 2-2 6-132 2-0 2-26.0 1-1 5-35 31:08 8 of 15 0 of 2 1-1 3-16

PU 14 44-207 74 10-5-2 54-281 0-0 0-0 4-103 2-69 5-37.8 3-0 4-45 28:52 3 of 9 0 of 0 4-5 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.

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

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

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

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

Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 50805 Kickoff time: 11:02 am End of Game: 2:07 Total elapsed time: 3:05

Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 50805 Kickoff time: 11:02 am End of Game: 2:16 Total elapsed time: 3:14

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

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.

PG. 16

TOTAL 20 35

Wiggs 43 yd field goal, 14-68 4:50, PUR 3 - MINN 0 Valentin 3 yd pass from Elliott (Wiggs kick), 8-54 2:18, PUR 10 - MINN 0 Eskridge 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 8-84 3:57, PUR 10 - MINN 7 Eskridge 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 2-2 0:38, PUR 10 - MINN 14 Wiggs 40 yd field goal, 7-41 2:56, PUR 13 - MINN 14 Weber 2 yd run (Ellestad kick), 2-30 0:52, PUR 13 - MINN 21 Whaley 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 5-31 2:13, PUR 13 - MINN 28 Simmons 47 yd blocked FG return (Ellestad kick), , PUR 13 - MINN 35 Smith 61 yd pass from Elliott (Wiggs kick), 5-80 1:22, PUR 20 - MINN 35

UW 15 28-57 271 30-16-1 58-328 1-88 0-0 5-148 1-25 3-42.3 2-2 9-75 25:19 6 of 14 1 of 1 4-5 0-0

1 10 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.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

Gm 7

Gm 8

Penn State 20, Minnesota 0

SCORE BY QUARTERS Minnesota Penn State

Scoring Summary 1st 08:08 PSU 2nd 14:55 PSU 00:35 PSU 3rd 01:41 PSU

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

1 0 3

2 0 10

3 0 7

4 0 0

TOTAL 0 20

Wagner 47 yd field goal, 6-32 2:44, MINN 0 - PSU 3 Wagner 27 yd field goal, 12-70 4:52, MINN 0 - PSU 6 Moye 12 yd pass from Clark (Wagner kick), 12-91 5:46, MINN 0 - PSU 13 Clark 1 yd run (Wagner kick), 13-85 7:56, MINN 0 - PSU 20

MINN 7 18-37 101 22-10-1 40-138 0-0 0-0 3-45 0-0 6-49.8 0-0 5-40 18:01 3 of 11 0 of 1 0-1 0-0

PSU 21 43-177 287 32-21-0 75-464 0-0 1-10 1-19 1-0 3-30.0 0-0 9-76 41:59 11 of 17 0 of 0 3-3 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.

Ohio State 38, Minnesota 7

SCORE BY QUARTERS Minnesota Ohio State

Scoring Summary 2nd 09:47 OSU 3rd 13:43 OSU 06:00 OSU 02:59 OSU 4th 11:28 OSU 07:37 OSU 04:15 MINN

1 0 0

2 0 7

3 0 21

4 7 10

TOTAL 7 38

Posey 62 yd pass from Pryor (Pettrey kick), 2-75 0:25, MINN 0 - OSU 7 Pryor 15 yd run (Pettrey kick), 3-31 1:17, MINN 0 - OSU 14 Hall 11 yd run (Pettrey kick), 5-22 1:53, MINN 0 - OSU 21 Posey 57 yd pass from Pryor (Pettrey kick), 3-69 1:10, MINN 0 - OSU 28 Martin 39 yd run (Pettrey kick), 4-55 1:49, MINN 0 - OSU 35 Pettrey 44 yd field goal, 4-3 1:37, MINN 0 - OSU 38 Stoudermire 16 yd pass from Gray (Ellestad kick), 7-78 3:16, MINN 7 - OSU 38

MINN 17 30-123 163 29-15-2 59-286 0-0 0-0 7-91 1-5 7-42.0 3-2 8-72 28:10 1 of 10 0 of 0 1-1 1-2

OSU 27 49-270 239 26-13-1 75-509 0-0 3-26 2-28 2-40 4-32.2 1-0 5-45 31:50 7 of 14 1 of 1 2-4 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 105011 Kickoff 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.

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PG. 17

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

Gm 9

Minnesota 42, Michigan St. 34

SCORE BY QUARTERS Michigan State Minnesota

Scoring Summary 1st 14:40 MINN 13:13 MINN 00:15 MSU 2nd 10:35 MSU 02:32 MINN 3rd 14:47 MSU 12:27 MINN 05:03 MSU 00:00 MSU 4th 12:40 MINN 08:10 MSU 06:04 MINN

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

1 3 14

2 7 7

3 21 7

4 3 14

TOTAL 34 42

Bennett 62 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 1-62 0:26, MSU 0 - MINN 7 Green 37 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 3-28 1:21, MSU 0 - MINN 14 Swenson 20 yd field goal, 13-87 6:00, MSU 3 - MINN 14 Linthicum 26 yd pass from Cousins (Swenson kick), 3-26 0:55, MSU 10 - MINN 14 Tow-Arnett 7 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 7-49 3:13, MSU 10 - MINN 21 Martin 93 yd kickoff return (Swenson kick), , MSU 17 - MINN 21 Bennett 1 yd run (Ellestad kick), 5-61 2:20, MSU 17 - MINN 28 Martin 84 yd run (Swenson kick), 1-84 0:13, MSU 24 - MINN 28 Sims 11 yd pass from Cousins (Swenson kick), 3-24 1:38, MSU 31 - MINN 28 Tow-Arnett 2 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 6-73 2:20, MSU 31 - MINN 35 Swenson 20 yd field goal, 9-52 4:30, MSU 34 - MINN 35 Bennett 59 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 4-66 2:06, MSU 34 - MINN 42

MSU 17 20-124 236 36-21-1 56-360 0-0 1-2 5-195 1-20 4-43.5 2-2 9-73 23:52 5 of 12 0 of 1 3-3 2-7

MINN 17 39-89 416 33-19-1 72-505 0-0 0-0 6-192 1-22 4-36.0 1-1 17-157 36:08 10 of 18 0 of 0 3-4 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: 50805 Kickoff time: 7:02 PM End of Game: 10:34 Total elapsed time: 3:32

Illinois 35, Minnesota 32

SCORE BY QUARTERS Illinois Minnesota

Scoring Summary 1st 09:41 ILL 00:56 ILL 2nd 07:45 MINN 03:51 ILL 00:01 ILL 3rd 08:57 MINN 4th 13:49 MINN 09:13 MINN 05:10 ILL 03:05 MINN

1 14 0

2 14 7

3 0 3

4 7 22

TOTAL 35 32

Cumberland 22 yd pass from Williams (Eller kick), 10-80 5:19, ILL 7 - MINN 0 Hawthorne 44 yd interception return (Eller kick), , ILL 14 - MINN 0 Whaley 5 yd run (Ellestad kick), 9-63 4:10, ILL 14 - MINN 7 Green 2 yd run (Eller kick), 4-44 1:29, ILL 21 - MINN 7 Ford 1 yd run (Eller kick), 9-39 2:12, ILL 28 - MINN 7 Ellestad 26 yd field goal, 12-73 6:03, ILL 28 - MINN 10 Hoese 10 yd pass from Weber (Ellestad kick), 11-72 5:01, ILL 28 - MINN 17 Hoese 3 yd run (McKnight pass from Weber ), 9-70 3:36, ILL 28 - MINN 25 Benn 4 yd pass from Charest (Eller kick), 8-60 4:03, ILL 35 - MINN 25 Kuznia 3 yd blocked punt return (Ellestad kick), , ILL 35 - MINN 32

ILL 16 42-113 238 25-15-0 67-351 0-0 1-3 2-41 1-44 5-32.6 2-1 8-80 30:02 9 of 17 1 of 1 3-4 7-50

MINN 21 36-50 221 31-14-1 67-271 1-3 2-37 6-137 0-0 5-44.2 2-1 3-22 29:58 8 of 15 1 of 1 4-4 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 14-301-221; 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: 50805 Kickoff 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. MinnesotaLawrence 1-0.

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.

PG. 18

Gm 10

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.

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

2009 STATISTICS

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

2009 RESULTS/ATTENDANCE Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern* Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN* Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE* Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State* Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State* Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN STATE* Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS* Nov 14, 2009 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Nov 21, 2009 at Iowa* * indicates conference game

W/L W W L W L W L L W L

TEAM STATISTICS

SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Score By Quarters Minnesota Opponents

1st 48 64

Score 23-20 (OT) 20-13 21-35 35-24 28-31 35-20 0-20 7-38 42-34 32-35

Site Syracuse, N.Y. TCF Bank Stadium TCF Bank Stadium Evanston, Ill. TCF Bank Stadium TCF Bank Stadium State College, Pa. Columbus, Ohio TCF Bank Stadium TCF Bank Stadium

MINNESOTA 243 24.3 157 55 93 9 986 1255 269 314 3.1 98.6 13 2132 155-286-13 7.5 13.8 213.2 14 3118 600 5.2 311.8 48-1167 5-94 7-121 24.3 18.8 17.3 14-9 68-589 58.9 50-2131 42.6 39.9 28:08 52/131 40% 2/7 29% 14-96 79 31 8-10 0-2 30-35 86% 23-35 66% 29-29 100% 304830

2nd 52 71

3rd 48 77

Attend. 48617 50805 50805 22091 50805 50805 107981 105011 50805 50805

Opponents 270 27.0 206 86 108 12 1660 1878 218 406 4.1 166.0 17 2311 188-312-7 7.4 12.3 231.1 14 3971 718 5.5 397.1 38-876 18-77 13-104 23.1 4.3 8.0 18-11 58-488 48.8 43-1681 39.1 34.1 31:52 77/153 50% 6/10 60% 29-188 0 33 13-18 0-1 26-31 84% 19-31 61% 33-33 100% 283700c 4th 92 58

OT 3 0

Total 243 270

RUSHING

Player Bennett, Duane Eskridge, DeLeon Whaley, Kevin Gray, MarQueis Hoese, Jon Carpenter, Hayo Stoudermire, Troy Lair, Eric Allen, Bryant Green, Brandon TEAM Pittman, David Weber, Adam Total.......... Opponents......

PASSING

Player Weber, Adam Gray, MarQueis Decker, Eric Total.......... Opponents......

GP 10 10 8 10 10 7 10 7 9 10 3 1 10 10 10

Att. 88 61 50 31 17 2 5 1 1 1 7 1 49 314 406

G 10 10 8 10 10

Effic. 122.93 125.84 244.40 123.88 132.80

RECEIVING

Player Decker, Eric Tow-Arnett, Nick Green, Brandon Stoudermire, Troy Bennett, Duane Hoese, Jon McKnight, Da’Jon Eskridge, DeLeon Carpenter, Hayo Allen, Bryant Gray, MarQueis Whaley, Kevin Total.......... Opponents......

G 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 9 10 8 10 10

No. 50 30 20 19 13 9 5 3 2 2 1 1 155 188

TOTAL OFFENSE Player Weber, Adam Bennett, Duane Eskridge, DeLeon Whaley, Kevin Gray, MarQueis Hoese, Jon Carpenter, Hayo Stoudermire, Troy Lair, Eric Decker, Eric Allen, Bryant Green, Brandon TEAM Pittman, David Total.......... Opponents......

G 10 10 10 8 10 10 7 10 7 8 9 10 3 1 10 10

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Plays 323 88 61 50 41 17 2 5 1 2 1 1 7 1 600 718

Gain 370 259 248 172 69 17 18 8 3 0 0 0 91 1255 1878

Loss 13 8 17 11 0 0 6 0 0 3 7 9 195 269 218

Net 357 251 231 161 69 17 12 8 3 -3 -7 -9 -104 986 1660

Avg. 4.1 4.1 4.6 5.2 4.1 8.5 2.4 8.0 3.0 -3.0 -1.0 -9.0 -2.1 3.1 4.1

TD 6 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 17

Long 29 25 28 27 10 11 9 8 3 0 0 0 10 29 84

YPG 35.7 25.1 28.9 16.1 6.9 2.4 1.2 1.1 0.3 -0.3 -2.3 -9.0 -10.4 98.6 166.0

Att-Cmp-Int 149-274-13 5-10-0 1-2-0 155-286-13 188-312-7

Pct. 54.4 50.0 50.0 54.2 60.3

Yards 2074 51 7 2132 2311

TD 12 1 1 14 14

Long 62 16 7 62 62

Avg/G 207.4 5.1 0.9 213.2 231.1

Yds 758 395 286 221 172 81 111 18 43 34 7 6 2132 2311

Avg 15.2 13.2 14.3 11.6 13.2 9.0 22.2 6.0 21.5 17.0 7.0 6.0 13.8 12.3

TD 5 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 14

Long 53 38 37 48 62 26 53 13 25 19 7 6 62 62

Avg/G 94.8 39.5 28.6 22.1 17.2 8.1 11.1 1.8 6.1 3.8 0.7 0.8 213.2 231.1

Rush -104 357 251 231 161 69 17 12 8 0 3 -3 -7 -9 986 1660

Pass 2074 0 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2132 2311

Total 1970 357 251 231 212 69 17 12 8 7 3 -3 -7 -9 3118 3971

Avg/G 197.0 35.7 25.1 28.9 21.2 6.9 2.4 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.3 -0.3 -2.3 -9.0 311.8 397.1

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

SCORING

Player TD FGs Ellestad, Eric 0 8-10 Bennett, Duane 8 0-0 Decker, Eric 5 0-0 Eskridge, DeLeon 3 0-0 Hoese, Jon 2 0-0 Whaley, Kevin 2 0-0 Tow-Arnett, Nick 2 0-0 Stoudermire, Troy 2 0-0 Kuznia, Ben 1 0-0 Weber, Adam 1 0-0 Green, Brandon 1 0-0 Gray, MarQueis 1 0-0 Simmons, Traye 1 0-0 Sherels, Marcus 1 0-0 Triplett, Nate 1 0-0 McKnight, Da’Jon 0 0-0 Total.......... 31 8-10 Opponents...... 33 13-18

PUNT RETURNS Player Allen, Bryant Sherels, Marcus Total.......... Opponents......

No. 2 1 3 12

Yds 30 27 57 36

|----------------------PATs-----------------------| Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP 29-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2-2 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 0-0 0 29-29 0-0 2 2-2 0 33-33 0-0 0 0-0 0

Avg 15.0 27.0 19.0 3.0

KICKOFF RETURNS Player Stoudermire, Troy Thomas, Jay Allen, Bryant Carpenter, Hayo Total.......... Opponents......

No. 38 4 3 3 48 38

Yds 969 65 45 88 1167 876

INTERCEPTIONS Player Triplett, Nate Theret, Kyle Sherels, Marcus Campbell, Lee Simmons, Traye Royston, Kim Total.......... Opponents......

No. 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 12

Yds 25 5 22 32 37 0 121 60

Avg 25.5 16.2 15.0 29.3 24.3 23.1

Avg 12.5 5.0 22.0 32.0 37.0 0.0 17.3 5.0

FUMBLE RETURNS Player Triplett, Nate Sherels, Marcus Simmons, Traye Total.......... Opponents......

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No. 1 1 0 2 0

Yds 52 88 0 140 0

Avg 52.0 88.0 0.0 70.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 22 27 27 10

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts. 53 48 30 18 12 12 12 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 243 270

Player Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric Bennett, Duane Tow-Arnett, Nick Green, Brandon Eskridge, DeLeon Whaley, Kevin Gray, MarQueis Hoese, Jon Carpenter, Hayo Allen, Bryant McKnight, Da’Jon Thomas, Jay Sherels, Marcus Simmons, Traye Campbell, Lee Cooper, Keanon Triplett, Nate Lair, Eric Theret, Kyle Kuznia, Ben TEAM Pittman, David Weber, Adam Total.......... Opponents......

PUNTING TD 0 0 0 0 0 1

Long 71 21 19 41 71 93

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 25 5 22 32 37 0 37 40

TD 1 1 1 3 0

Long 52 88 0 88 0

Player Haudan, Blake Orseske, Dan Total.......... Opponents......

G 10 8 10 10 10 10 8 10 10 7 9 10 10 8 10 10 10 10 7 10 10 3 1 10 10 10

Rush 12 0 357 0 -3 251 231 161 69 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 -7 -9 -104 986 1660

Rec 221 758 172 395 286 18 6 7 81 43 34 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2132 2311

PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 0 27 0 0 29 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 94 77

KOR 969 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 45 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1167 876

IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 37 32 0 25 0 5 0 0 0 0 121 104

Tot 1202 758 529 395 283 269 237 168 150 148 117 111 65 49 37 32 29 25 8 5 3 -7 -9 -104 4500 5028

Avg/G 120.2 94.8 52.9 39.5 28.3 26.9 29.6 16.8 15.0 21.1 13.0 11.1 6.5 6.1 3.7 3.2 2.9 2.5 1.1 0.5 0.3 -2.3 -9.0 -10.4 450.0 502.8

No. 41 9 50 43

Yds 1730 401 2131 1681

Avg 42.2 44.6 42.6 39.1

Long 57 53 57 60

TB 2 1 3 6

FC 16 2 18 15

I20 17 3 20 16

Blkd 0 0 0 2

Yds 2946 2946 3479

Avg 61.4 61.4 63.3

TB 6 6 5

OB 4 4 1

Retn

Net

YdLn

876 1167

40.6 40.2

29 29

KICKOFFS Player Ellestad, Eric Total.......... Opponents......

No. 48 48 55

FIELD GOALS Player Ellestad, Eric

FGM-FGA 8-10

Pct 80.0

01-19 0-0

20-29 5-5

FIELD GOAL SEQUENCE

30-39 3-3

40-49 0-2

50+ 0-0

Lg 39

Blk 1

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

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

DEFENSIVE STATISTICS Player 30 Campbell, Lee 32 Triplett, Nate 21 Lawrence, Simoni 27 Theret, Kyle 3 Royston, Kim 24 Sherels, Marcus 4 Cooper, Keanon 15 Simmons, Traye 99 Brown, Garrett 55 McKinley, Cedric 98 Small, Eric 89 Moen, Barrett 97 Jacobs, Anthony 2 Collado, Ryan 96 Kirksey, Brandon 51 Tinsley, Gary 90 Henderson, Raymond 35 Hoese, Jon 93 Onwuachi, Derrick 45 Klitzke, Bryan 29 Salamon, Shady 26 Rallis, Mike 68 Edwards, Jewhan 33 Sharpe, Rex 20 Thomas, Jay 1 Carter, Michael 31 Singletary, Marcus 16 Kuznia, Ben 11 Stoudermire, Troy 23 Eskridge, DeLeon 95 Wilhite, D.L. 5 Johnson, Johnny 37 Ellestad, Eric 48 Tow-Arnett, Nick 71 Wills, Jeff 25 Dandridge, Tim 1 Green, Brandon 47 Coleman, Ryan 43 Grant, Ryan 8 Reeves, Spencer 4 Carpenter, Hayo 85 Lair, Eric Total.......... Opponents......

GP 10-10 10-10 10-10 10-10 10-10 8-8 10-0 10-10 10-10 8-7 10-10 10-10 10-3 9-2 8-0 10-0 9-0 10-8 5-0 9-0 9-0 3-0 10-1 9-0 10-0 9-0 8-0 10-0 10-6 10-1 8-0 7-0 10-0 10-10 10-10 7-0 10-4 8-0 8-0 7-0 7-0 7-0 10-0 10-0

Solo 59 49 45 41 34 32 19 20 20 14 13 9 10 15 7 3 4 3 6 4 3 5 2 4 3 4 1 1 2 1 2 . 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . . 441 348

Ast 41 41 23 20 25 14 18 11 7 12 10 10 9 2 5 5 3 4 1 3 3 1 4 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 . . 1 . 1 1 . 294 242

Total 100 90 68 61 59 46 37 31 27 26 23 19 19 17 12 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 735 590

TFL/Yds 9.0-17 4.0-9 7.5-26 1.0-1 0.5-1 1.0-3 2.5-9 1.0-3 3.0-6 6.5-20 4.0-20 3.5-10 4.0-28 1.0-4 3.0-11 1.0-1 1.0-3 . . . . . 1.5-4 . . . . . . . 2.0-16 . . . . . . . . . . . 57-192 56.0-253

Sacks 0.5-3 . 2.0-16 . . . 1.0-3 . . 2.0-11 3.0-19 0.5-5 2.0-20 . . . 1.0-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0-16 . . . . . . . . . . . 14-96 29-188

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Int-Yds 1-32 2-25 . 1-5 1-0 1-22 . 1-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-121 13-104

PBU 4 5 3 4 5 7 1 7 . 1 1 1 . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43 30

FR 1-3 2-52 . . . 1-88 . . 1-0 2-0 . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . 1-0 1-0 . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . 11-143 9-0

FF . . 1 . . . 1 . 2 2 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9

Blk 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1

Saf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

2009 MINNESOTA FOOTBALL STATISTICS TEAM GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON (MINNESOTA/OPPONENT) Opponent Syracuse AIR FORCE CALIFORNIA Northwestern WISCONSIN PURDUE Penn State Ohio State MICHIGAN STATE ILLINOIS

Score 23-20 20-13 21-35 35-24 28-31 35-20 0-20 7-38 42-34 32-35

Opponent Syracuse AIR FORCE CALIFORNIA Northwestern WISCONSIN PURDUE Penn State Ohio State MICHIGAN STATE ILLINOIS

3rd Down 5-17/1-12 4-11/12-21 4-12/7-15 8-14/9-17 6-14/8-13 3-9/8-15 3-11/11-17 1-10/7-14 10-18/5-12 8-15/9-17

1st Downs 16/15 14/24 14/18 22/23 15/22 14/23 7/21 17/27 17/17 21/16

Rushing 5/7 3/18 2/8 12/2 4/11 10/9 2/6 6/16 3/2 8/7

4th Down 0-1/0-0 0-0/2-3 0-1/1-1 0-2/1-1 1-1/0-0 0-0/0-2 0-1/0-0 0-0/1-1 0-0/0-1 1-1/1-1

Passing 10/6 11/5 11/10 10/20 11/10 3/12 4/14 10/9 13/13 10/9

Penalty 1/2 0/1 1/0 0/1 0/1 1/2 1/1 1/2 1/2 3/0

Rushes-Yds 32-112/34-90 24-108/66-261 21-37/44-163 42-166/29-64 28-57/49-295 44-207/30-103 18-37/43-177 30-123/49-270 39-89/20-124 36-50/42-113

Time Poss 29:31/30:29 26:59/33:01 26:34/33:26 31:45/28:15 25:19/34:41 28:52/31:08 18:01/41:59 28:10/31:50 36:08/23:52 29:58/30:02

Margin 0:58 -6:02 -6:52 3:30 -9:22 -2:16 -23:58 -3:40 12:16 0:04

C-A-I 19-42-1/19-31-1 20-29-0/10-17-0 22-34-3/16-25-0 15-26-1/32-47-1 16-30-1/16-26-1 5-10-2/25-47-2 10-22-1/21-32-0 15-29-2/13-26-1 19-33-1/21-36-1 14-31-1/15-25-0 Yds/Rush 3.5/2.6 4.5/4.0 1.8/3.7 4.0/2.2 2.0/6.0 4.7/3.4 2.1/4.1 4.1/5.5 2.3/6.2 1.4/2.7

Pass Yds 248/167 219/125 233/252 186/309 271/159 74/299 101/287 163/239 416/236 221/238 Yds/Pass 5.9/5.4 7.6/7.4 6.9/10.1 7.2/6.6 9.0/6.1 7.4/6.4 4.6/9.0 5.6/9.2 12.6/6.6 7.1/9.5

Total Plays-Yds 74-360/65-257 53-327/83-386 55-270/69-415 68-352/76-373 58-328/75-454 54-281/77-402 40-138/75-464 59-286/75-509 72-505/56-360 67-271/67-351 Yds/Play 4.9/4.0 6.2/4.7 4.9/6.0 5.2/4.9 5.7/6.1 5.2/5.2 3.5/6.2 4.8/6.8 7.0/6.4 4.0/5.2

Return Yds 167/168 141/90 99/68 153/102 261/67 172/134 45/29 96/94 214/217 177/88

Punting 5-42.6/8-45.9 4-47.0/4-39.5 7-42.1/6-41.7 4-40.2/4-40.8 3-42.3/3-45.0 5-37.8/2-26.0 6-49.8/3-30.0 7-42.0/4-32.2 4-36.0/4-43.5 5-44.2/5-32.6

MINNESOTA RED ZONE EFFICIENCY Opponent Score at Syracuse 23-20 AIR FORCE 20-13 CALIFORNIA 21-35 at Northwestern 35-24 WISCONSIN 28-31 PURDUE 35-20 at Penn State 0-20 at Ohio State 7-38 Michigan State 42-34 Illinois 32-35 Totals

Times in RZ 5 2 2 6 5 5 1 1 4 4 35

Scored 5 2 2 5 4 4 0 1 3 4 30

Pct. TDs 1.000 2 1.000 1 1.000 2 .833 5 .800 2 .800 4 .000 0 1.000 1 .750 3 1.000 3 .857 23

Rush TD 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 2 13

Pass TD 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 10

FG 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7

Rush TD 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 2 0 2 13

Pass TD 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 6

FG 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 7

OPPONENTS’ RED ZONE EFFICIENCY Opponent Score at Syracuse 20-23 AIR FORCE 13-20 CALIFORNIA 35-21 at Northwestern 24-35 WISCONSIN 28-31 PURDUE 20-35 at Penn State 0-20 at Ohio State 7-38 Michigan State 42-34 Illinois 32-35 Totals

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Times in RZ 3 3 3 3 4 1 3 4 3 4 31

Scored 2 2 3 3 4 1 3 2 3 3 26

Pct. TDs .667 1 .667 0 1.000 3 1.000 2 1.000 4 1.000 1 1.000 2 .500 2 1.000 1 .750 3 .839 19

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Penalty Yds 10-61/8-68 8-69/2-15 3-34/4-45 1-14/3-15 9-75/5-36 4-45/5-35 5-40/9-76 8-72/5-45 17-157/9-73 3-22/8-80

TOs 2/2 1/1 4/1 1/3 3/3 2/3 1/0 4/1 2/3 2/1

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - OFFENSE #1 BRANDON GREEN - WR |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 -3 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 0 0 0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 Totals 1 -3 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 3 28 0 2 26 0 3 39 0 2 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 2 60 0 4 64 0 20 286

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 11 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 21 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 17 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 27 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 37 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 21 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 37 0-0-0 0 0 0

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 28 26 39 37 -3 0 10 60 64 283

#5 MARQUEIS GRAY - QB |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 15 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 1 2 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 5 33 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 4 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 1 1 0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 11 81 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 8 23 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 2 2 0 Totals 31 161 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 0 0 8 0 0 2 1 7 18 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 27 1 7

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 7 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 5-6-0 51 1 16 0 0 0-2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1-0 0 0 0 1 7 5-10-0 51 1 16

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 0 15 9 33 4 1 0 81 23 2 168

#6 KEVIN WHALEY - RB |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 1 0 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 5 31 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 2 3 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 8 79 1 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 6 11 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 7 31 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 13 35 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 8 41 1 Totals 50 231 2

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 0 0 11 0 0 8 0 0 28 0 0 8 0 0 9 1 6 7 0 0 14 0 0 28 1 6

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 0 31 3 79 11 37 35 41 237

#7 ERIC DECKER - WR |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 0 0 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 0 0 0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 Totals 0 0 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 9 183 0 10 113 0 8 119 0 8 84 0 8 140 0 3 50 0 1 42 0 47 731

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 53 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 26 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 26 1-2-0 7 1 7 2 21 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 40 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 47 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 42 0-0-0 0 0 0 5 53 1-2-0 7 1 7

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 183 113 119 84 140 50 42 731

#8 ADAM WEBER - QB |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 3 -8 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 2 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 4 -19 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 5 -1 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 5 -27 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 9 16 1 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 4 10 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 5 -8 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 -5 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 8 -64 0 Totals 49 -104 1

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 9 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 0 19-42-1 248 1 53 0 0 20-29-0 219 0 26 0 0 21-32-3 226 2 26 0 0 15-26-1 186 2 27 0 0 16-30-1 271 1 40 0 0 5-9-2 74 0 47 0 0 10-22-1 101 0 42 0 0 10-23-2 112 0 19 0 0 19-31-1 416 5 62 0 0 14-30-1 221 1 26 0 0 149-274-13 2074 12 62

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp -8 2 -19 -1 -27 16 10 -8 -5 -64 -104

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - OFFENSE #11 TROY STOUDERMIRE - WR |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 2 3 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 0 0 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 1 3 0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 2 6 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 -5 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 Totals 5 12 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 9 4 22 0 3 34 0 3 19 0 0 0 0 3 46 3 0 0 0 1 5 4 4 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 19 221

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 1 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 19 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 17 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 5 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 16 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 19-31-1 416 5 62 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 48 0-0-0 0 0 0

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 5 140 0 54 2 62 0 36 2 29 0 22 4 111 0 37 4 138 0 41 3 86 0 44 3 45 0 19 4 46 0 21 0 0 0 0 5 120 0 33 38 969 0 71

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 165 96 48 111 184 89 50 99 -5 120 1202

#22 DUANE BENNETT - RB |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 16 78 1 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 27 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 7 16 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 21 89 3 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 2 20 1 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 9 53 0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 4 9 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 4 14 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 14 36 1 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 4 15 0 Totals 88 357 6

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 16 2 3 7 2 2 9 1 0 13 0 0 19 1 12 29 0 0 5 3 18 6 1 7 5 2 121 7 1 9 29 13 172

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 3 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 7 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 62 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 9 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 62 0-0-0 0 0 0

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 81 29 16 89 32 53 27 21 157 24 529

#23 DeLEON ESKRIDGE - RB |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 8 29 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 53 1 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 7 21 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 1 2 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 14 60 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 12 44 2 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 3 3 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 9 39 0 Totals 61 251 3

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 14 0 0 25 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 16 2 10 16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 8 25 3 18

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 8 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 29 53 21 2 70 44 3 0 0 47 269

#35 JON HOESE - FB |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 2 10 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 3 14 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 2 15 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 1 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 3 8 0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 1 4 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 5 17 1 Totals 17 69 1

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 10 0 0 10 2 19 0 2 5 8 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 6 3 49 10 9 81

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 6 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 26 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 26 0-0-0 0 0 0

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 10 33 5 15 1 8 4 0 8 66 150

#48 NICK TOW-ARNETT - TE |---RUSHING---| Date Opponent No. Yds TD Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 0 0 0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 0 0 0 Sep 26, 2009 at N’western 0 0 0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 0 0 0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 0 0 0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 0 0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 Totals 0 0 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 1 12 0 1 25 0 3 26 0 5 65 0 1 38 0 2 24 0 3 26 0 3 35 0 8 81 0 3 63 0 30 395

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 25 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 14 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 20 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 38 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 16 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 33 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 24 0-0-0 0 0 0 2 38 0-0-0 0 0 0

|--KICK RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--PUNT RET--| No Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp 12 25 26 65 38 24 26 35 81 63 395

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - DEFENSE #3 KIM ROYSTON - DB Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST Totals

|---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds 0 2 2 0.0-0 7 1 8 0.0-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 3 2 5 0.0-0 5 6 11 0.0-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 5 6 11 0.5-1 2 3 5 0.0-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 25 23 48 0.5-1

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 1-0 0 4

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#4 KEANON COOPER - LB Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS Totals

|---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds 0 1 1 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 6 1 7 1.0-3 3 3 6 0.0-0 1 3 4 0.0-0 5 5 10 1.0-3 2 4 6 0.5-3 1 1 2 0.0-0 0 0 0 0.0-0 9 2 11 0.0-0 34 25 59 0.5-1

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1.0-3 1 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 1-0 0 5

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#15 TRAYE SIMMONS - CB Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIn Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS Totals

|---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds 2 2 4 1.0-3 2 1 3 0.0-0 2 1 3 0.0-0 1 1 2 0.0-0 1 2 3 0.0-0 2 3 5 0.0-0 3 0 3 0.0-0 3 0 3 0.0-0 2 1 3 0.0-0 2 0 2 0.0-0 20 11 31 1.0-3

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 2 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1-37 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 3 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1-37 0 7

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6

#21 SIMONI LAWRENCE - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 6 4 10 1.0-5 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 3 10 0.0-0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 3 2 5 1.0-6 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 5 5 10 0.5-1 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 5 4 9 1.0-1 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 2 2 4 0.0-0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 4 2 6 1.0-2 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 3 0 3 1.0-3 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 5 0 5 2.0-8 Totals 45 23 68 7.5-26

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.5-4 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.5-6 1 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1.0-6 0 0-0 2.0-16 1 0-0

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 3

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#24 MARCUS SHERELS - DB Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS Totals

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 1-88 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 1-88

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 1-22 0 1 0-0 0 1 1-22 0 7

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6

|---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds 1 1 2 0.0-0 3 4 7 0.0-0 3 2 5 0.0-0 5 4 9 0.0-0 6 3 9 0.0-0 7 0 7 1.0-3 3 0 3 0.0-0 4 0 4 0.0-0 32 14 46 1.0-3

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PG. 25

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - DEFENSE #27 KYLE THERET - DB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 6 4 10 1.0-5 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 7 3 10 0.0-0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 3 2 5 1.0-6 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 5 5 10 0.5-1 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 3 4 7 0.0-0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 4 2 6 0.0-0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 6 0 6 0.0-0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 3 2 5 0.0-0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 0 4 0.0-0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 5 2 7 0.5-1 Totals 41 20 61 1.0-1

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.5-4 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.5-6 1 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 2 0-0 0 0 1-5 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1-5 0 4

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#30 LEE CAMPBELL - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 11 2 13 1.5-6 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 6 5 11 1.5-1 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 5 2 7 0.5-1 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 5 4 9 0.5-0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 8 5 13 1.0-1 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 6 5 11 1.5-3 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 4 9 13 1.5-2 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 7 6 13 1.0-3 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 4 2 6 0.0-0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 3 1 4 0.0-0 Totals 59 41 100 9.0-17

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.5-3 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 1-3 0.5-3 0 1-3

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 1 0-0 0 1 1-32 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1-32 1 4

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#32 NATE TRIPLETT - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 5 4 9 1.0-1 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 12 5 17 0.0-0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 7 3 10 0.0-0 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 9 2 11 1.0-2 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 7 2 9 1.0-1 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 2 3 5 0.0-0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 2 8 10 1.0-5 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 2 5 7 0.0-0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 1 3 4 0.0-0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 2 6 8 0.0-0 Totals 49 41 90 4.0-9

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 1-52 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 1-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 2-52

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 1-0 1 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 2 1-25 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2-25 1 5

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

#98 ERIC SMALL - DT |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 3 0 3 0.0-0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 1 3 4 1.0-6 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 1 0 1 1.0-1 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 4 0 4 1.0-12 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 1 2 0.0-0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 1 0 1 0.0-0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 2 2 0.5-0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 2 4 6 0.5-1 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 0 0 0 0.0-0 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 0 0 0 0.0-0 Totals 13 10 23 4.0-20

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.0-0 0 0-0 1.0-6 0 0-0 1.0-1 0 0-0 1.0-12 0 0-0 0.0-0 1 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 3.0-19 1 0-0

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 1

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

#99 GARRETT BROWN - DT |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 0.0-0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 1 3 0.0-0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 2 1 3 0.0-0 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 1 0 1 0.0-0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 2 1 3 0.0-0 Oct 10, 2009 PURDUE 3 0 3 0.0-0 Oct 17, 2009 at Penn State 0 2 2 0.0-0 Oct 24, 2009 at Ohio State 0 0 0 0.0-0 Oct 31, 2009 MICHIGAN ST 6 1 7 3.0-6 Nov 07, 2009 ILLINOIS 4 1 5 0.0-0 Totals 20 7 27 3.0-6

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 1 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 1 1-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 2 1-0

Pass Int-Yds QBH Brk 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0

Blkd Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Att-Mad Run 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

THE LAST TIME ... MINNESOTA INDIVIDUAL GAME

250+ yards rushing: 258, Laurence Maroney vs. Wisconsin, 10/15/05 200+ yards rushing: 206, Amir Pinnix vs. Michigan State, 11/12/05 150+ yards rushing: 178, Amir Pinnix vs. Bowling Green, 9/1/07 100+ yards rushing: 124, DeLeon Eskridge at Illinois, 10/11/08 2 players with 100+ yards rushing: 155, Alex Daniels and 114, Amir Pinnix at Kent State, 8/31/06 200+ yards receiving: 228, Ryan Thelwell vs. Ball State, 9/14/96 100+ yards receiving: 121, Duane Bennett vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 2 receivers with 100+ yards rcvg: 137, Logan Payne and 116, Ernie Wheelwright vs. Indiana, 11/4/06 50+ yard rush play: 61, Duane Bennett vs. Northern Illinois, 8/30/08 50+ yard pass play: 59, Adam Weber to Duane Bennett vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 10 or more receptions: 10, Eric Decker vs. Air Force, 9/12/09 300+ all-purpose yards: 333, Laurence Maroney vs. Purdue, 9/24/05 200+ all-purpose yards: 240, Troy Stoudermire vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 450+ yards passing: 478, Tim Schade vs. Penn State, 9/4/93 400+ yards passing: 416, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 350+ yards passing: 416, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 300+ yards passing: 416, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 Consecutive 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, 9/13/03 Three or more TDs rushing: 3, Duane Bennett at Northwestern, 9/26/09 Two or more TDs rushing: 2, DeLeon Eskridge vs. Purdue, 10/10/09 Five or more TDs receiving: 5, Omar Douglas vs. Purdue, 10/9/93 Four or more TDs receiving: 4, Logan Payne vs. Temple, 9/16/06 Three or more TDs receiving: 3, Ernie Wheelwright at Northwestern, 10/13/07 Two or more TDs receiving: 2, Duane Bennett vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 Six or more TDs passing: 6, Scott Eckers vs. Purdue, 10/9/93 Five or more TDs passing: 5, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 Four or more TDs passing: 5, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 Three or more TDs passing: 3, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 Two or more TDs passing: 2, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 500+ yds. total offense: 536, Tim Schade vs. Penn State, 9/4/93 (school record) 400+ yds. total offense: 411, Adam Weber vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 Five or more field goals: 5, Dan Nystrom vs Arkansas, 12/30/02 Four or more field goals: 5, Dan Nystrom vs Arkansas, 12/30/02 Three or more field goals: 3, Eric Ellestad at Syracuse, 9/5/09 Two or more field goals: 2, Eric Ellestad vs. Wisconsin, 10/3/09 Three or more interceptions: 3, Jeff Wright vs. Michigan St., 11/14/70 Two or more interceptions: 2, Traye Simmons vs. Northwestern, 11/1/08 Blocked punt: Keanon Cooper vs. Illinois, 11/7/09 Blocked punt return for TD: Ben Kuznia vs. Illinois, 11/7/09 Blocked field goal: Lee Campbell vs. Purdue, 10/10/09 Blocked FG return for TD: Traye Simmons vs. Purdue (47 yds.), 10/10/09 Blocked PAT: Nathan Triplett vs. Montana State, 9/13/08 PAT Return for Defensive PAT: Mario Reese at Wisconsin, 10/14/06 Int. return for TD: Traye Simmons vs. Northwestern (23 yds.), 11/1/08 Punt return for TD: Tellis Redmon vs. Northwestern (83 yds.), 10/28/00 Kickoff return for TD: Jay Thomas (91 yds.) at Florida Atlantic, 9/15/07 Fumble return for TD: Marcus Sherels (88 yds. - school record) vs. Wisconsin, 10/3/09 Safety: UL-Monroe’s punt snap went out of end zone, 9/2/00 Made 2-pt. conversion: Da’Jon McKnight pass from Adam Weber, vs. Illinois, 11/7/09 Missed 2-pt. conversion: Adam Weber pass attempt failed at Iowa, 11/10/07 Missed PAT: Joel Monroe at Illinois, 10/11/08

MINNESOTA TEAM 100 points: 80 points: 60+ points: 50+ points: 40+ points: 30+ points:

146 vs. Grinnell (W, 146-0), 10/22/1904 81 vs. Butler (W, 81-0), 11/13/26 63 vs. Indiana (W, 63-26), 11/4/06 63 vs. Indiana (W, 63-26), 11/4/06 42 vs. Michigan State (W 42-34), 10/31/09 32 vs. Illinois (L 35-32), 11/7/09

0 points: 0 points in first half: No TDs in first half: No offensive TDs in first half: 400+ rushing yards: 300+ rushing yards: 200+ rushing yards: 700+ total net yards: 600+ total net yards: 500+ total net yards: 400+ total net yards:

at Penn State (L, 0-20), 10/17/09 at Ohio State (L, 7-38), 10/24/09 at Ohio State (L, 7-38), 10/24/09 at Ohio State (L, 7-38), 10/24/09 411 vs. Wisconsin, 10/15/05 306 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9/8/07 239 at Northwestern, 10/13/07 704 vs. Toledo, 9/4/04 704 vs. Toledo, 9/4/04 505 vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 505 vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME

400+ yards passing: 462, Juice Williams, at Illinois, 10/11/08 300+ yards passing: 309, Mike Kafka, at Northwestern, 9/26/09 200+ yards passing: 287, Daryll Clark, Penn State, 10/17/09 300+ yards rushing: 301, Anthony Davis, Wisconsin, 11/23/02 250+ yards rushing: 250, Zach Brown, Wisconsin, 11/17/07 200+ yards rushing: 217, Mike Kafka, Northwestern, 11/1/08 150+ yards rushing: 184, John Clay, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 100+ yards rushing: 104, Terelle Pryor, Ohio State, 10/24/09 2 players with 100+ yards rushing: 203, R. Mendenhall, Illinois and 133, I. Williams, Illinois, 11/3/07 Three or more TDs rushing: 3, John Clay, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 150+ yards receiving: 161, DeVier Posey, Ohio State, 10/24/09 100+ yards receiving: 161, DeVier Posey, Ohio State, 10/24/09 50+ yard rush play: 84, Keshawn Martin, Michigan State, 10/31/09 50+ yard pass play: 57, Terelle Pryror to DeVier Posey, Ohio State, 10/24/09 (touchdown) Four+ field goals: 5, K.C. Lopata, Michigan, 11/8/08 Blocked a punt: Chad Spann, Northern Illinois, 8/30/08 Blocked a field goal: Anthony Perkins, Syracuse, 9/5/09 Missed PAT: Trevor Cook, Miami (Ohio), 9/8/07 Blocked PAT: Usama Young, Kent State, 8/31/06 Made 2-pt. conversion: Tyler Sheehan to Marques Parks, Bowling Green, 9/1/07 Missed 2-pt. conversion: Mike Kokal pass failed, Miami (Ohio), 9/8/07 Punt return for TD: Nick Dugas (68 yds.), UL-Lafayette, 9/7/02 Blocked punt ret. for TD: Kiel Beltinck (rec. in end zone), Michigan State, 11/11/06 Kickoff return for TD: Keshawn Martin, 93 yards, Michigan State, 10/31/09 Int. return for TD: Amari Spievey, 57 yards, Iowa, 11/22/08 Fumble return for TD: Jack Ikeguonu (50 yds.), Wisconsin, 10/14/06 Fumble recovered for TD: Richard Willock (rec. in end zone), Iowa, 11/23/96 Safety: Mike Newkirk, Wisconsin, 11/15/08

OPPONENT TEAM 400+ yards rushing: 300+ yards rushing: 200+ yards rushing: < 100 yards rushing: 400+ yards passing: 300+ yards passing: <100 yards passing: 600+ total net yards: 500+ total net yards: 400+ total net yards: 300+ total net yards: < 200 total net yards: 60+ points: 50+ points: 40+ points: 30+ points: 0 points: Safety:

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448, at Illinois, 11/3/07 325, Wisconsin, 11/17/07 270, Ohio State, 10/24/09 64, at Northwestern, 9/26/09 462, at Illinois, 10/11/08 309, at Northwestern, 9/26/09 96, Temple, 9/16/06 655, at Illinois, 11/3/07 509, Ohio State, 10/24/09 509, Ohio State, 10/24/09 351, Illinois, 11/7/09 157, Temple, 9/16/06 63, Oklahoma, (W, 63-0), 9/20/86 55, Iowa (W, 55-0), 11/22/08 55, Iowa (W, 55-0), 11/22/08 35, Illinois (W, 35-32), 11/7/09 Temple, (L, 0-62), 9/16/06 Wisconsin (two), (W 35-32), 11/15/08

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

THE START CHART No. Name Pos. Yr. 1 Brandon Green WR So. 1 Michael Carter DB Fr. 2 Ryan Collado CB Jr. 3 Kim Royston DB Jr. 4 Hayo Carpenter WR Jr. 4 Keanon Cooper LB Fr. 5 Johnny Johnson DB So. 5 MarQueis Gray QB Fr. 6 Kerry Lewis DB Fr. 6 Kevin Whaley RB Fr. 7 Eric Decker WR Sr. 8 Adam Weber QB Jr. 8 Spencer Reeves LB Fr. 9 David Pittman WR Sr. 11 Troy Stoudermire WR So. 12 Moses Alipate QB Fr. 13 Michael McKelton DB Sr. 14 Damola Ogundipe DB Jr. 15 Traye Simmons CB Sr. 16 Ben Kuznia WR Sr. 17 Sam Maresh LB Fr. 18 R.J. Buckner RB Jr. 19 Adam Lueck QB Fr. 20 Jay Thomas RB Sr. 21 Simoni Lawrence LB Sr. 22 Duane Bennett RB So. 23 DeLeon Eskridge RB So. 24 Marcus Sherels CB Jr. 25 Tim Dandridge DB So. 26 Mike Rallis DB So. 27 Kyle Theret DB Jr. 28 Kenny Watkins DB Fr. 29 Shady Salamon RB So. 30 Lee Campbell LB Sr. 31 Marcus Singletary DB Sr. 32 Nathan Triplett LB Sr. 33 Rex Sharpe LB Sr. 34 Kyle Henderson DB So. 35 Jon Hoese FB Jr. 36 Ben Haviland DB Fr. 36 Nick Rengel FB Fr. 37 Eric Ellestad K Jr. 37 Willie Schneider FB Fr. 38 Blake Haudan P Sr. 38 Nicholas Stommes DB Sr. 40 Nathan Tow-Arnett DB So. 41 Dan Orseske P Fr. 42 Logan U’u FB Sr. 43 David Schwerman K So. 43 Ryan Grant LB Fr. 44 Brent Singleton LB Fr. 44 Ed Cotton FB Fr. 46 Chris Severson DL Fr. 47 Ryan Coleman LS Jr. 48 Bryan Klitzke DB So. 48 Nick Tow-Arnett TE Sr. 49 Matt Garin DE Fr. 50 Patrick Sveum LB Sr. 51 Gary Tinsley LB So. 52 Jeff Tow-Arnett OL Sr. 53 D.J. Burris OL Jr. 55 Cedric McKinley DE Sr.

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Career Starts 9 0 11 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 34 35 0 1 7 0 0 0 21 12 0 0 0 1 5 17 9 20 0 1 28 0 2 34 0 11 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 16 25 7

Games Played 22 9 33 10 7 10 17 10 0 8 44 35 8 13 23 0 14 5 22 27 0 5 0 44 23 22 23 34 20 16 34 0 21 45 9 36 20 0 28 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 2 4 0 9 0 0 0 23 10 36 0 0 17 25 30 20

No. Name Pos. Yr. 57 Aaron Hill LB Fr. 58 Ed Olson OL Fr. 59 Joey Balthazor LB Fr. 60 Ryan Wynn OL So. 61 Trey Davis OL So. 62 Zach Mottla OL Fr. 63 Andy Brinkhaus OL Jr. 64 Austin Hahn OL Fr. 66 Nedward Tavale OL Sr. 67 David Stommes DL Fr. 68 Chris Bunders OL So. 68 Jewhan Edwards DT So. 69 Jacob Glickstein DL Fr. 71 Jeff Wills OL Jr. 73 Matt Carufel OL Jr. 74 Ryan Ruckdashel OL Sr. 75 Brooks Michel OL Fr. 76 Dominic Alford OL Jr. 78 Ryan Orton OL So. 79 Matt Stommes OL Sr. 80 Xzavian Brandon WR So. 81 Bryant Allen WR Fr. 82 A.J. Barker WR Fr. 83 Da’Jon McKnight WR So. 84 Victor Keise WR Fr. 85 Eric Lair TE So. 86 Ra’Shede Hageman TE Fr. 87 Sahr Ngekia WR Fr. 88 Collin McGarry TE Jr. 89 Barrett Moen DL Sr. 90 Raymond Henderson DE Sr. 91 Kendall Gregory-McGhee DE Fr. 92 Kyle Dykstra DL Fr. 93 Derrick Onwuachi DE Sr. 94 Eric Jacques DL Fr. 95 D.L. Wilhite DE Fr. 96 Brandon Kirksey DT So. 96 Curtis Hughes TE Jr. 97 Anthony Jacobs DE So. 98 Eric Small DT Sr. 99 Garrett Brown DT Sr.

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Career Starts 0 0 0 13 6 0 0 0 27 0 13 0 0 10 9 0 0 16 6 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 1 3 28 29

Games Played 0 0 0 13 12 0 0 0 34 0 17 22 0 10 9 24 0 30 18 17 4 9 0 19 0 21 0 0 9 33 18 0 0 26 0 9 20 20 20 35 43

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

2009 SUPERLATIVES MINNESOTA INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 21 Yards Rushing 89 TD Rushes 3 Long Rush 29 Pass attempts 42 Pass completions 21 Yards Passing 416 TD Passes 5 Long Pass 62 Receptions 10 Yards Receiving 183 TD Receptions 2 Long Reception 62 Field Goals 3 Long Field Goal 39 Punts 7 Punting Avg 49.8 Long Punt 57 Long Punt Return 27 Long Kickoff Return 71 Tackles 17 Sacks 1.0 Tackles For Loss 3.0 Interceptions 1

Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Bennett, Duane vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Weber, Adam at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Weber, Adam vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Weber, Adam vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Decker, Eric vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Decker, Eric at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) 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) Bennett, Duane vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Ellestad, Eric at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Ellestad, Eric vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Haudan, Blake vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Haudan, Blake at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Haudan, Blake at Penn State (Oct 17, 2009) Haudan, Blake vs Illinois (Nov 7, 2009) Sherels, Marcus at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Stoudermire, Troy vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Triplett, Nate vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) 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) Brown, Garrett vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) 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 HIGHS Rushes 44 Yards Rushing 207 Yards Per Rush 4.7 TD Rushes 4 Pass attempts 42 Pass completions 22 Yards Passing 416 Yards Per Pass 12.6 TD Passes 5 Total Plays 74 Total Offense 505 Yards Per Play 7.0 Points 42 Sacks By 4 First Downs 22 Penalties 17 Penalty Yards 157 Turnovers 4 Interceptions By 2

vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 32 Yards Rushing 184 TD Rushes 5 Long Rush 84 Pass attempts 47 Pass completions 32 Yards Passing 309 TD Passes 2 Long Pass 62 Receptions 8 Yards Receiving 161 TD Receptions 2 Long Reception 62 Field Goals 2 Long Field Goal 47 Punts 8 Punting Avg 50.5 Long Punt 60 Long Punt Return 18 Long Kickoff Return 93 Tackles 12 Sacks 4.0 Tackles For Loss 4.0 Interceptions 2

Clay, John, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Clay, John, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Best, Jahvid, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Martin, Keshawn, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Elliott, Joey, vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) 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) Pryor, Terrelle, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Valentin, Aaron, vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Posey, DeVier, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) 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) Wagner, Collin, at Penn State (Oct 17, 2009) LONG, Rob, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Nortman, Brad, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Anger, Bryan, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Small, Ray, at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) Martin, Keshawn, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Jones, Greg, vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) Nurse, Clay vs Illinois (Nov 7, 2009) Nurse, Clay vs Illinois (Nov 7, 2009) Mohamed, Mike, vs California (Sep 19, 2009)

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes 66 Yards Rushing 295 Yards Per Rush 6.2 TD Rushes 5 Pass attempts 47 Pass completions 32 Yards Passing 309 Yards Per Pass 10.1 TD Passes 2 Total Plays 83 Total Offense 509 Yards Per Play 6.8 Points 38 Sacks By 7 First Downs 27 Penalties 9 Penalty Yards 80 Turnovers 3 Interceptions By 3

vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) 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) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) vs Illinois (Nov 07, 2009) at Ohio State (Oct 24, 2009) at Penn State (Oct 17, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs Illinois (Nov 07, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs Purdue (Oct 10, 2009) vs Michigan State (Oct 31, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

2009 MINNESOTA SCORING DRIVES Opponent Plays-Yds Syracuse 2-16 Syracuse 4-43 Syracuse 8-33 Syracuse 14-79 Syracuse 4-7 Air Force 10-65 Air Force 9-72 Air Force --- Air Force 9-64 Cal 7-54 Cal 2-29 Cal 7-77 Northwestern 5-58 Northwestern 4-50 Northwestern 12-78 Northwestern 13-83 Northwestern 3-3 Wisconsin 12-56 Wisconsin 2-11 Wisconsin 12-76 Wisconsin --- WIsconsin 3-80 Purdue 8-84 Purdue 2-2 Purdue 2-30 Purdue 5-31 Purdue --- Ohio State 7-78 Michigan State 1-62 Michigan State 3-28 Michigan State 7-49 Michigan State 5-61 Michigan State 6-73 Michigan State 4-66 Illinois 9-63 Illinois 12-73 Illinois 11-72 Illinois 9-70 Illinois ---

Time of Possession Qtr. 0:10 1 1:13 1 2:02 3 3:48 4 0:00 OT 3:52 1 4:10 4 --- 4 5:03 4 3:54 2 0:31 2 3:42 3 2:11 1 1:50 2 6:51 3 6:31 4 0:17 4 6:10 1 0:41 1 5:35 2 --- 4 0:47 4 3:57 2 0:38 2 0:52 3 2:13 3 --- 3 3:16 4 0:26 1 1:21 1 3:13 2 2:20 3 2:20 4 2:06 4 4:10 2 6:03 3 5:01 4 3:36 4 --- 4

Time Remaining 14:41 11:48 8:03 0:57 --- 4:45 13:18 11:45 5:13 14:52 0:40 0:29 12:49 7:44 7:16 8:35 1:43 2:54 1:26 2:26 6:50 2:13 6:29 4:36 12:32 10:10 5:38 4:15 14:40 13:13 2:32 12:27 12:40 6:04 7:45 8:57 13:49 9:13 3:05

Scoring Play Duane Bennett 16-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Troy Stoudermire 7-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goal Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goal Eric Ellestad 35-yard field goal Eric Ellestad 34-yard field goal DeLeon Eskridge 7-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Nate Triplett 52-yard fumble return (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 39-yard field goal Eric Decker 26-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Decker 12-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) MarQueis Gray 7-yard pass from Eric Decker (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 3-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Decker 16-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 4-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Decker 1-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 28-yard field goal Eric Decker 11-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 20-yard field goal Marcus Sherels 88-yard fumble return (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) DeLeon Eskridge 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) DeLeon Eskridge 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Adam Weber 2-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Kevin Whaley 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Traye Simmons 47-yard blocked field goal return (Eric Ellestad kick) Troy Stoudermire 16-yard pass from MarQueis Gray (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 62-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Brandon Green 37-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Nick Tow-Arnett 7-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Nick Tow-Arnett 2-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 59-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Kevin Whaley 5-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goal Jon Hoese 10-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Jon Hoese 3-yard run (Daâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Jon McKnight pass from Adam Weber) Ben Kuznia 3-yard blocked punt return (Eric Ellestad kick)

MINNESOTA STARTING LINEUPS - OFFENSE Opponent at Syracuse Air Force California at Northwestern WISCONSIN PURDUE at Penn State at Ohio State Michigan State Illinois

WR Decker Decker Decker Decker Decker Decker Decker Decker McKnight McKnight

WR/TE Stoudermire Green Gray Green Green Green Hughes McKnight Stoudermire Green

TE Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett Tow-Arnett

LT Stommes Alford Alford Stommes Stommes Alford Stommes Alford Alford Alford

LG Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders

C J. Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett Davis Burris Burris Burris Burris

RG Carufel Carufel Carufel Burris Carufel Carufel Carufel Carufel Carufel Carufel

RT Wills Wills Wills Wills Wills Wills Wills Wills Wills Wills

QB Weber Weber Weber Weber Weber Weber Weber Weber Weber Weber

RB/WR Bennett Bennett Stoudermire Bennett Bennett Bennett Whaley Bennett Bennett Bennett

FB/WR Hoese Hoese Hoese Hoese Stoudermire Stoudermire Hoese Hoese Hoese Hoese

MINNESOTA STARTING LINEUPS - DEFENSE Opponent at Syracuse Air Force California at Northwestern WISCONSIN PURDUE at Penn State at Ohio State Michigan State Illinois

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DE Moen Moen Moen Moen Moen Moen Moen Moen Moen Moen

DT Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown

DT Small Small Small Small Small Small Small Small Small Small

DE McKinley McKinley McKinley McKinley Jacobs Jacobs Jacobs McKinley McKinley McKinley

WLB Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett

MLB Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell

SLB Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence

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CB Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons

SAF Theret Theret Theret Theret Theret Theret Theret Theret Theret Theret

SAF Royston Royston Royston Royston Royston Royston Royston Royston Royston Royston

CB Sherels Collado Collado Sherels Sherels Sherels Sherels Sherels Sherels Sherels

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

2009 OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Opponent Plays-Yds Syracuse 4-9 Syracuse 6-63 Syracuse 8-34 Syracuse 8-67 Air Force 5-28 Air Force 8-76 Air Force 20-67 Cal 9-80 Cal 3-86 Cal 10-74 Cal 8-72 Cal 8-44 Northwestern 19-76 Northwestern 10-75 Northwestern 9-79 Northwestern 11-79 Wisconsin 9-59 Wisconsin 13-56 Wisconsin 9-70 Wisconsin 13-85 Wisconsin 8-74 Purdue 14-68 Purdue 8-54 Purdue 7-41 Purdue 5-80 Penn State 6-32 Penn State 12-70 Penn State 12-91 Penn State 13-85 Ohio State 2-75 Ohio State 3-31 Ohio State 5-22 Ohio State 3-68 Ohio State 4-55 Ohio State 4-3 Michigan State 13-87 Michigan State 3-26 Michigan State -- Michigan State 1-84 Michigan State 3-24 Michigan State 9-52 Illinois 10-80 Illinois --- Illinois 4-44 Illinois 9-39 Illinois 8-60

Time of Possession Qtr. 1:40 1 1:53 1 3:18 2 3:44 3 1:58 2 2:10 3 4:10 4 5:09 1 1:05 1 4:36 2 3:45 4 4:02 4 8:46 1 3:17 2 2:33 3 4:02 3 4:23 1 4:59 2 3:39 3 7:03 4 3:50 4 4:50 1 2:18 1 2:56 2 1:22 4 2:44 1 4:52 2 5:46 2 7:56 3 0:25 2 1:17 3 1:53 3 1:10 3 1:49 4 1:37 4 6:00 1 0:55 2 -- 3 0:13 3 1:38 3 4:30 4 5:19 1 --- 1 1:29 2 2:12 2 4:03 4

Time Remaining 13:01 0:32 7:26 8:03 5:26 2:28 1:03 9:51 7:09 3:47 7:14 2:59 4:03 4:27 4:43 0:06 9:04 11:27 4:33 11:51 3:00 7:36 4:32 1:40 12:58 8:08 14:55 0:35 1:41 9:47 13:43 6:00 2:59 11:28 7:37 0:15 10:35 14:47 5:03 0:00 8:10 9:41 0:56 3:51 0:01 5:10

Scoring Play Ryan Lichtenstein 23-yard field goal Mike Williams 29-yard pass from Greg Paulus (Ryan Lichtenstein kick) Ryan Lichtenstein 42-yard field goal Delone Carter 1-yard run (Ryan Lichtenstein kick) Erik Soderberg 20-yard field goal Kevin Fogler 37-yard pass from Tim Jefferson (Erik Soderberg kick) Erik Soderberg 31-yard field goal Jahvid Best 33-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 27-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Stefan Demos 26-yard field goal Arby Fields 2-yard run (Stefan Demos kick) Andrew Brewer 24-yard pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick) Brendan Mitchell 13-yard pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick) John Clay 2-yard run (Philip Welch kick) Philip Welch 39-yard field goal John Clay 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick) Lance Kendricks 5-yard pass from Scott Tolzien (Philip Welch kick) John Clay 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick) Carson Wiggs 43-yard field goal Aaron Valentin 3-yard pass from Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs kick) Carson Wiggs 40-yard field goal Keith Smith 61-yard pass from Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs kick) Collin Wagner 47-yard field goal Collin Wagner 27-yard field goal Derek Moye 12-yard pass (Collin Wagner kick) Daryll Clark 1-yard run (Collin Wagner kick) DeVier Posey 62-yard pass from Terelle Pryor (Aaron Pettrey kick) Terelle Pryor 15-yard run (Aaron Pettrey kick) Jordan Hall 11-yard run (Aaron Pettrey kick) DeVier Posey 57-yard pass from Terelle Pryor (Aaron Pettrey kick) Jermil Martin 39-yard run (Aaron Pettrey kick) Aaron Pettrey 44-yard field goal Brett Swenson 20-yard field goal B. Linthicum 26-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) Keshawn Martin 93-yard kickoff return (Brett Swenson kick) Keshawn Martin 84-yard run (Brett Swenson kick) Dion Martin from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) Brett Swenson 20-yard field goal Jeff Cumberland 22-yard pass from Juice Williams (Matt Eller kick) Terry Hawthorne 44-yard interception return (Matt Eller kick) Justin Green 2-yard run (Matt Eller kick) Jason Ford 1-yard run (Matt Eller kick) Arrelious Benn 4-yard pass from Jacob Charest (Matt Eller kick)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

2009 MINNESOTA LONG PLAYS (20+ YARDS) Yards Type *88 FR 71 KR *62 Pass *59 Pass 54 KR 53 Pass 53 Pass *52 FR 48 Pass *47 FGR 47 Pass 44 KR 42 Pass 41 KR 41 KR 40 Pass 38 KR 38 Pass 38 Pass 37 INT 37 KR *37 Pass 36 KR 36 KR 35 Pass 34 KR 33 Pass 33 KR 33 KR 32 INT 30 Pass 29 Rush 29 KR 28 KR 28 Rush 27 PR 27 KR 27 Rush 27 KR 27 Pass 26 KR *26 Pass 26 KR 26 Pass 26 Pass 25 Rush 25 Pass 25 INT 25 Rush 25 Pass 24 Pass 24 Pass 23 KR 23 KR 23 Pass 23 Pass 23 KR 22 KR 22 INT 22 PR 22 KR 21 Pass 21 Pass 21 KR 21 KR 21 Pass 21 KR 21 Pass 21 Pass 20 KR 20 Pass 20 KR 20 Pass 20 KR 20 Pass * touchdown scored on play

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Player(s) Sherels, Marcus Stoudermire, Troy Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam McKnight, Da’Jon from Weber, Adam Triplett, Nate Stoudermire, Troy from Weber, Adam Simmons, Traye Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Carpenter, Hayo Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Simmons, Traye Stoudermire, Troy Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Campbell, Lee Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Bennett, Duane Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Whaley, Kevin Sherels, Marcus Carpenter, Hayo Gray, MarQueis Stoudermire, Troy Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Hoese, Jon from Weber, Adam Eskridge, DeLeon Carpenter, Hayo from Weber, Adam Triplett, Nate Gray, MarQueis Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Sherels, Marcus Allen, Bryant Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Thomas, Jay Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Carpenter, Hayo Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam

Opponent Wisconsin Badgers Michigan State Michigan State Michigan State Syracuse Syracuse Michigan State Air Force Michigan State Purdue Purdue Purdue Penn State Wisconsin Badgers California Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers Syracuse Wisconsin Badgers Purdue Northwestern Michigan State Air Force Northwestern Wisconsin Badgers Michigan State Michigan State Wisconsin Badgers Illinois Illini Purdue Syracuse Purdue Illinois Illini Michigan State Purdue Syracuse Air Force Ohio State Syracuse Northwestern Air Force California Wisconsin Badgers Air Force Illinois Illini Air Force Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers Ohio State Air Force California Illinois Illini Northwestern Purdue California Michigan State Syracuse California Michigan State Northwestern Michigan State Northwestern Air Force California Michigan State Syracuse Ohio State Air Force Illinois Illini Illinois Illini Air Force Illinois Illini Northwestern Northwestern Illinois Illini

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Long Plays By Yards 100+ 90-99 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 30-39 20-29

No. 0 0 1 1 1 5 8 15 45

TD 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1

Long Plays By Type Rushing Passing Punt returns Kick returns Interceptions Fumble returns Other TOTAL

No. 5 33 2 29 4 2 1 76

TD 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 7

20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER Player Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric Tow-Arnett, Nick Green, Brandon Carpenter, Hayo Bennett, Duane Sherels, Marcus Simmons, Traye Triplett, Nate Gray, MarQueis Campbell, Lee Whaley, Kevin McKnight, Da’Jon Hoese, Jon Eskridge, DeLeon Allen, Bryant Thomas, Jay TOTAL

No. 26 16 6 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 76

TD 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7

R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5

P 1 16 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 33

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR Rushing 29 - Bennett, Duane vs Purdue (10/10/2009) Rushing Touchdown 16 - Bennett, Duane vs Syracuse (9/5/2009) Passing 62 - Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam v. s Michigan State (10/31/2009) Passing Touchdown 62 - Bennett, Duane from Weber, Adam v. s Michigan State (10/31/2009) Punt Return 27 - Sherels, Marcus vs Syracuse (9/5/2009) Kick Return 71 - Stoudermire, Troy vs Michigan State (10/31/2009) Interception Return 32- Campbell, Lee vs Purdue (10/10/2009) Fumble Return 88 - Sherels, Marcus vs Wisconsin (10/3/2009) Punt 57 - Haudan, Blake vs Illinois (11/7/2009) Field Goal 39 - Ellestad, Eric vs Air Force (9/12/2009)

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KR 25 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29

PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2

IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

FR 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE

BIO UPDATES 1 - 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.

Receiving Rushing Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Att. Yds. 2008 12/5 21 306 14.6 1 71 0 0 2009 10/4 20 286 14.3 1 37 1 -3 Total 22/9 41 592 14.4 2 71 1 -3

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 •

Game Offensive Bests Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving Touchdowns Long Reception

Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2009 9/0 4 1 5 Total 9/0 4 1 5

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 collected 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 •

Game Defensive Bests Tackles 2 Solo Tackles 2

TFL INT PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0 0 0 0

vs. Michigan State, 10/31/09 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 including 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 touchdown 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 •

5 100 1 71

Avg. TD Long 0.0 0 0 -3.0 0 0 -3.0 0 0

3x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 2x, last vs. Michigan St., 10-31-2009 at Purdue, 10-25-2008

2 - Collado, Ryan Valuable 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.

Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 12/9 43 8 51 2.0-3 0 4 2008 13/1 16 6 22 0-0 1 0 2009 9/2 15 2 17 1.0-4 0 0 Total 34/12 74 16 90 3.0-7 1 4 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles Interceptions Forced Fumbles Fumble Recoveries Pass Break-ups

9 8 1 1 1 2

FR FF Sacks 0 1 0-0 1 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 2 0-0

at Indiana, 10-6-2007 at Indiana 10-6-2007 at Illinois, 10-11-2008 at Indiana, 10-6-2007 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-8-2007

3 - Royston, Kim Has 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 Northwestern 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2009 10/10 34 25 59 0.5-1 1 5 Total 10/10 34 25 59 0.5-1 1 5 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles Interceptions Pass Break-ups Tackles for loss

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0

11 3x, last vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009 9 vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009 1 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 1 5x, last vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009 0.5 at Penn State, 10-19-2009

4 - Carpenter, Hayo Newcomer 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 2320 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 Rushing Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2009 7/0 2 43 21.5 0 25 2 17 8.5 0 11 Total 7/0 2 43 21.5 0 25 2 17 8.5 0 11 Kickoff Returns Year KR 2008 3 Total 3

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Yds. 88 88

Avg. 29.3 29.3

TD 0 0

Long 41 41

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE Game Offensive Bests Receptions Receiving Yards Long Reception Carries Rushing Yards

1 25 25 2 17

2x, last vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009

4 - Cooper, Keanon Reserve 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 touchdown. Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gopher in the season opening 2320 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 tackles • 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2009 10/0 19 18 37 2.5-9 0 1 Total 10/0 19 18 37 2.5-9 0 1 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles Forced Fumbles Sacks

10 6 1 1

FR FF Sacks 0 1 1.0-3 0 1 1.0-3

vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009 vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009

5 - Gray, MarQueis Freshman 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 running the football with five carries for 33 yards against Northwestern. Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gophers in the season opening 2320 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • rushed two times for 15 yards in the 20-13

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 Long 2009 10/1 31 161 5.2 0 27 1 7 7.0 1 7 Total 10/1 31 161 5.2 0 27 1 7 7.0 1 7 Passing Year G/GS 2009 10/1 Total 10/1

Comp. Att. 5 10 5 10

Game Offensive Bests Carries Rushing Yards Long Rush Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving Touchdowns Long Reception Passing Attempts Passing Completions Passing Yards Passing Touchdowns

Pct. 50.0 50.0

Yds. TD 51 1 51 1

Int. Eff. 0 125.8 0 125.8

11 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 81 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 27 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 1 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 7 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 1 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 7 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 6 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 5 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 51 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 1 at Ohio State, 10-24-2009

7 - Decker, Eric One 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 receptions 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 ranking 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,

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 record • 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 Rushing Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Att. Yds. 2006 13/3 26 378 14.5 3 39t 1 5 2007 12/12 67 909 13.6 9 59t 3 22 2008 12/12 84 1074 12.8 7 75 11 87 2009 8/8 50 758 15.2 5 53 0 0 Total 44/35 227 3119 13.7 24 75 15 114 Game Offensive Bests Receptions Receiving Yards Receiving Touchdowns Long Reception Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Passing Attempts

13 190 2 75 3 31 2

Avg TD Long 5.0 0 5 7.3 0 12 7.9 1 19 0 0 0 7.6 1 19

vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008 vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008 4x, at Northwestern, 9-29-2009 vs. Kansas, 12-31-2008 2x, last vs. Illinois, 11-3-2007 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008 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 season, 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 • Passing Year G/GS 2007 12/12 2008 13/13 2009 10/10 Total 35/35 Rushing Year 2007 2008 2009 Total

Comp. 258 255 149 662

G/GS 12/12 13/13 9/9 34/34

Game Offensive Bests Passing Yards Pass Attempts Completions Passing TD’s Long Pass Rushing Yards Rushing Attempts Long Rush Total Offense

Att. 449 410 274 1133

Pct. .575 .622 .544 .584

Att. 147 127 41 315

Yds. 617 233 -40 810

416 51 31 5 71 97 20 39 439

Yds. 2895 2761 2074 7730

TD 24 15 12 51

Avg. 4.2 1.8 -1.0 2.6

Int. 19 8 13 40

Eff. 120.8 126.9 122.9 123.5

TD 5 4 1 10

Long 29 39 10 39

vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 2x, last vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 2x, last vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 2x, last vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 vs. Purdue, 10-25-2008 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-8-2007 vs. Purdue, 9-22-2007 at Purdue, 10-26-2008 vs. Wisconsin, 11-17-2007

11 - Stoudermire, Troy Dangerous 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.

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 returned 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. 2008 13/1 5 19 3.8 0 9 3 13 2009 10/6 5 12 2.4 0 9 19 221 Total 23/7 10 31 3.1 0 9 22 234 Kickoff Returns Year KR 2008 42 2009 38 Total 80

Avg. 25.8 25.5 25.7

TD 0 0 0

Long 60 71 71

15 - Simmons, Traye One 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 •

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

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Yds. 1083 969 2052

Avg. TD Long 4.3 0 11 11.6 2 48 10.6 2 48

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 13/12 45 17 62 1.5-2 4 14 2009 10/10 20 11 31 1.0-3 1 7 Total 23/22 65 28 93 2.5-5 5 21 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles Interceptions Pass Break-ups

8 6 2 3

FR FF Sacks 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0

at Ohio State, 9-27-2008 vs. Michigan 11-8-2008 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 2x, last at Ohio State, 10-24-2009

16 - Kuznia, Ben Appeared 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 Michigan 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 2006 2/0 2007 2/0 2008 13/12 2009 10/0 Total 26/12

Rec. 0 0 31 0 31

Game Offensive Bests Receptions 7 Receiving Yards 98 Long Reception 22

Yds. 0 0 310 0 310

Avg. 0.0 0.0 10.0 0.0 10.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 0 0 22 0 22

vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008

21 - Lawrence, Simoni Currently 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

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 13/5 45 21 66 10.5-40 1 3 2009 10/10 45 23 68 7.5-26 0 3 Total 23/15 90 44 134 18.0-66 1 6 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks Fumble Recoveries Forced Fumbles

10 7 2 1 1 1

FR FF Sacks 1 2 4.0-25 0 1 2.0-16 1 3 6.0-41

3x, last at Northwestern, 9-29-2009 3x, last vs. Air Force, 9-12-2009 2x, last vs. Michigan, 11-8-2008 4x, last vs, Illinois, 11-7-2009 at Illinois, 10-11-2008 3x, last vs. Cal, 9-19-2009

22 - Bennett, Duane The 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 passing 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 •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. 2007 10/7 107 442 4.1 3 44 18 145 2008 2/2 32 140 4.4 2 61 12 125 2009 10/7 88 357 4.1 6 29 13 172 Total 22/16 227 939 4.1 11 61 43 442 Game Offensive Bests Rushing Attempts Rushing Yards Rushing TD’s Long Rush Receptions Receiving Yards Long Reception

21 106 3 61 8 121 62

Avg. TD Long 8.1 1 35 10.4 1 34 13.2 2 62 10.3 4 62

at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 at Michigan, 10-27 -2007 at Northwestern, 9-29-2009 vs. Northern Illinois, 8-30-2008 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009

23 - Eskridge, DeLeon Has 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. 2008 13/9 184 714 3.7 7 46 29 181 2009 10/1 61 259 4.1 3 25 3 18 Total 23/10 245 973 4.0 10 46 32 199

Avg. TD Long 6.2 0 23 6.0 0 13 6.2 0 23

24 - Sherels, Marcus Returned 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 tackles and a pass break-up • appeared in the 20-12 win over Air Force on 9/12,

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 assist) 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 7/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2007 9/1 9 0 9 0-0 0 0 2008 12/12 33 13 46 0-0 2 11 2009 8/8 32 14 46 1.0-3 1 7 Total 36/21 74 26 101 1.0-3 3 18 Punt Returns Year KR 2006 0 2007 0 2008 15 2009 1 Total 15

Yds. 0 0 179 27 179

Avg. 0.0 0.0 11.9 27.0 11.9

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 0 0 34 27 0

25 - Dandridge, Tim Appeared in the 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 • 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 Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2008 12/0 0 2 2 2009 7/0 1 0 1 Total 19/0 1 2 3

TFL INT PBU 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0

27 - Theret, Kyle The 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. Recorded 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 • 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 12/6 34 15 39 2.0-5 3 2 2008 13/13 59 19 78 2.5-4 3 8 2009 10/10 41 20 61 1.0-1 1 4 Total 35/29 134 54 178 5.5-10 7 14 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles Interceptions Pass Break-ups Fumble Recoveries

12 8 1 2 2

FR FF Sacks 1 0 0-0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 3 0 0-0

at Illinois, 10-11-2008 at Illinois, 10-11-2008 6x, last at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 2x, last vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009 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 tackles 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

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 10/0 9 2 11 0-0 0 0 2007 12/12 18 22 40 6.0-21 0 0 2008 13/12 50 30 80 5.5-28 2 1 2009 10/10 59 41 100 9.0-17 1 4 Total 45/34 136 95 231 20.5-66 3 5 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles Tackles for loss Sacks Interceptions Fumble Recoveries Forced fumbles

13 11 2.0 1 1 1 1

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 2.0-15 3 1 4.0-21 1 0 0.5-3 4 1 6.5-39

4x, last at Ohio State, 10-24-2009 at Syracuse, 9-5-2009 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 6x, last at Purdue, 10-25-2008 3x, last vs. Purdue, 10-10-2009 4x, last vs. Illinois, 11-7-2009 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 Wisconsin 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 •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 1/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2007 12/0 6 3 9 0.5-1 0 0 2008 13/1 18 13 31 1.0-2 0 2 2009 10/10 49 41 90 4.0-9 2 5 Total 36/11 73 57 130 5.5-12 2 7 Game defensive bests Tackles Solo tackles Interceptions Tackles for loss Pass break-up’s

17 12 1 1.0 2

including a 26-yarder that was the Gophers longest reception of the game • FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 1 0 0-0 2 0 0-0 3 0 0-0

vs, Air Force, 9-12-2009 vs, Air Force, 9-12-2009 2x, last vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 2x, last at Northwestern , 9-26-2009 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009

33 - Sharpe, Rex Finished with two solo tackles in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • 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 the35-24 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 • 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2008 11/0 2 1 2 2009 9/0 4 2 6 Total 20/0 6 3 8

TFL INT PBU 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 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

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Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2007 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 11/1 4 5 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2009 10/8 17 69 4.1 1 10 9 81 8.1 1 26 Total 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 attempts 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 averages 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-for2 (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-for3 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 Goals Year M-A Pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 2009 8-10 .800 0 5-5 3-3 0-2 0-0 Total 8-10 .800 0 5-5 3-3 0-2 0-0 Kickoffs Year 2009 Total

No. 48 48

Yds. 2946 2946

Avg. 61.4 61.4

TB 6 6

Long 39 39

Blk 1 1

OB 4 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 Statistics Year No. Yds Avg. 2009 41 1730 42.2 Total 41 1730 42.2

Lg 57 57

TB 2 2

FC 16 16

I20 17 17

50+ 11 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 • 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, 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 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2009 9/0 4 3 7 Total 9/0 4 3 7

TFL INT PBU 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0

FR FF Sacks 1 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 •

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 finishing 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 Statistics Year G/GS 2006 1/0 2007 12/2 2008 13/0 2009 10/10 Totals 36/12

Rec. 0 10 10 30 50

Game Offensive Bests Receptions 8 Receiving Yards 81 Long Reception 56 Touchdowns

Yds. 0 149 211 395 755

Avg. 0.0 14.9 21.1 13.2 15.1

TD 0 0 1 2 3

Lg 0 56 40 38 56

vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 vs. Bowling Green, 9-1-2007 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 Northwestern 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 recoveries 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 Statistics Yr. G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 12/0 7 1 8 3.0-21 0 0 2009 8/7 14 12 26 6.5-20 0 1 Totals 20/7 21 13 34 9.5-41 0 1

FR FF Sacks 0 0 3.0-21 2 2 2.0-11 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 Northwestern on 9/26 and paved the way for 166 yards rushing and 352 yards of total

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 • appeared, 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 3532 loss to Illinois on 11/7 finished with two tackles including 1.0 tackles for a loss of three yards • Career Statistics Yr. G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 12/0 5 3 8 1.0-2 0 0 2009 10/1 2 4 5 1.5-4 0 0 Totals 22/1 7 7 13 2.5-6 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 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 • 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 • 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 •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 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 • 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, Bryant Exciting young player who has already shown flashes of his athletic ability.

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 Wisconsin 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 Returns Year PR 2009 3 Total 3

Yds. 35 35

Avg. 11.7 11.7

TD 0 0

Long 22 22

Rushing Receiving Year 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 19 Total 9/0 1 3 3.0 0 3 2 34 17.0 0 19 Kick Returns Year 2009 Total

KR 3 3

Yds. 45 45

Avg. 15.0 15.0

TD 0 0

Long 22 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 Statistics Year G/GS 2008 9/0 2009 10/3 Totals 19/3

Rec. 3 5 8

Yds. 38 111 149

Avg. 12.7 22.2 18.6

TD 1 0 1

Lg 22 53 53

85 - Lair, Eric Appeared it 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,

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 0/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2007 10/0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0 2008 13/0 4 3 7 1.5-14 0 0 2009 10/10 9 10 19 3.5-10 0 1 Totals 33/10 17 13 30 5.0-24 0 1

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.5-14 0 0 0.5-5 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 Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 6/1 2 1 3 0-0 0 0 2008 4/0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 2009 9/0 4 3 7 1.0-3 0 0 Totals 19/1 7 4 11 1.0-3 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0-3 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,

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MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 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 Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 10/5 12 4 16 3.0-22 0 1 2008 11/8 12 4 16 4.0-8 0 1 2009 5/0 6 1 7 0.0-0 0 3 Totals 25/13 30 9 39 7.0-30 0 5 Game Defensive Bests Tackles 4 Tackles for loss 1 Sacks 1

FR FF Sacks 0 1 2.0-21 0 1 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 2 2.0-21

2x, last at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 6x, last vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008 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 Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2009 8/0 2 1 3 2.0-16 0 0 Totals 8/0 2 1 3 2.0-16 0 0

FR FF Sacks 1 1 2.0-16 1 1 2.0-16

96 - Kirksey, Brandon Promising young defensive lineman who has become part of the regular rotation. 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, finishing 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 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 Michigan State on 10/31, did not record any statistics • did not appear against Illinois on 11/7 • Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 11/0 6 2 8 2.0-7 0 0 2009 8/0 7 5 12 3.0-11 0 0 Totals 19/0 13 7 20 5.0-18 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 1 0-0 0 1 0-0

97 - Jacobs, Anthony Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finishing 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 Northwestern 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 Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 10/0 3 4 7 1.0-3 0 0 2009 10/3 10 9 19 4.0-28 0 0 Totals 20/3 13 13 26 6.0-31 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0.5-2 0 0 2.0-20 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, including 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,

MINNESOTA vs. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE did not record any statistics • Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 12/6 11 7 18 2.5-14 0 1 2008 13/12 14 11 25 4.5-21 0 1 2009 10/10 13 10 23 4.0-20 0 1 Totals 35/28 38 28 66 11.0-55 0 3 Game Defensive Bests Tackles 5 Sacks 1

FR FF Sacks 0 0 1.0-12 2 1 2.0-16 0 1 3.0-19 2 2 6.0-47

2x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 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 forcing 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 Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 9/4 4 2 6 0-0 0 0 2007 12/3 17 7 24 1.0-8 0 0 2008 12/12 21 13 34 7.0-30 0 3 2009 10/10 20 7 27 3.0-6 0 0 Totals 43/29 62 29 91 10-44 0 3 Game Defensive Bests Tackles Solo Tackles for loss Sacks Fumble Recoveries Forced Fumbles

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7 6 3.0 2.0 1 1

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.0-8 3 1 3.0-19 1 2 0-0 4 3 4.0-27

vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 vs. Michigan State, 10-31-2009 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 4x, last vs. Michigan St., 10-31-2009 3x, last vs. Michigan St., 10-31-2009

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