Minnesota Notes - vs. Wisconsin by University of Minnesota Athletics

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

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

NOVEMBER

7 Illinois* 14 South Dakota State 21 at Iowa*

Date: Saturday, Oct. 3 Time: 11:02 a.m. (CT) Site: Minneapolis, Minn. Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Surface: FieldTurf Capacity: 50,805 Series: Minnesota leads 59-51-8 Last Meeting: Nov. 15, 2008 Wisconsin 35, Minnesota 32 Madison, Wis.

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

11:02 a.m. 11 a.m. 3:30 p.m. ET Noon ET 7 p.m. CT

TBA TBA 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 (PB) 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 5 SCHEDULE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 9-10 a.m................................. Brewster available for out of town media TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 11:15 a.m. ................................................................... Media Luncheon Noon........................................................Tim Brewster Press Conference 12:30-12:45 p.m.............................. Press Conference Player interviews 12:40 p.m....................................Big Ten Teleconference (Tim Brewster) 3-5:15 p.m. ..................................Practice (players available following) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 3-5:15 p.m........................Practice (Coach, Players available following)

MINNESOTA

GOLDEN GOPHERS 3-1, 1-0 BIG TEN

WISCONSIN

BADGERS

4-0, 1-0 BIG TEN

GOPHERS, BADGERS FACE OFF IN BORDER BATTLE SATURDAY

The Minnesota Golden Gophers will look to go 2-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since 2004 Saturday. The Gophers will play host to their Border Battle rivals to the east, the Wisconsin Badgers, at TCF Bank Stadium. The Minnesota-Wisconsin series is the most-played in NCAA FBS history.

Minnesota has lost its last five decisions to Wisconsin, including a 35-32 setback last season in Madison, Wis. The Gophers led last season’s matchup 21-7 at halftime, but saw the Badgers come back to win. It’s the 119th meeting between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Golden Gophers lead the series by a 59-51-8 count. ESPN will televise the game. Bob Wischusen will call the play-by-play with Bob Griese and Chris Spielman serving as analysts in the booth.

BROADCAST INFORMATION Television ESPN

Bob Wischusen - Play-by-play Bob Griese - Analyst Chris Spielman - Analyst

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 161, XM 197

Tickets

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 3-5:15 p.m. ..................................................... Practice (no availability) 7 p.m.................................Tim Brewster Show (Joe Senser’s - Roseville)

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

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 .......................................................Available for network television only

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MEDIA SERVICES Minnesota Athletic Communications 516 15th Avenue S.E., Suite 244 Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: 612.626.0299

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

SCOUTING MINNESOTA Minnesota has opened the 2009 campaign with four straight hard-fought contests. The Gophers defeated Syracuse 23-20 in overtime, came from behind to defeat Air Force 20-13 and pulled away from Northwestern late in a 35-24 win last week. Minnesota’s loss was a 35-21 setback to nationally-ranked California in a game that was tied 21-21 midway through the fourth quarter.

Fax: 612.625.0359 Andy Seeley, Associate Director/Primary Football Contact e-mail: aseeley@umn.edu mobile: 612.269.2706 Garry Bowman, Director e-mail: gbowman@umn.edu

ON THE INTERNET

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WEEKLY RELEASE

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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.

Quarterback Adam Weber returns after taking nearly every snap for the past two-plus seasons. 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 588. Wide receiver Eric Decker set a Minnesota record for career receptions vs. Cal and currently has 212. He set a single-season receptions record last season for the second consecutive year, grabbing 84. Decker was a Biletnikoff Award finalist and an All-Big Ten selection in 2008. Defensively, Minnesota is allowing 23 points per game. The Gophers rank No. 59 in the nation in scoring defense. The Gopher linebacking corps has had at least one double-digit tackler in each game this season. Nate Triplett, Lee Campbell and Simoni Lawrence are the starters at LB. Up front, Eric Small (12 tackles, 3 TFL, 3 sacks) and Cedric McKinley (11 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 FR) lead the way. The secondary returns three starters -- CBs Marcus Sherels and Traye Simmons and safety Kyle Theret.

SCOUTING WISCONSIN Wisconsin enters the Border Battle sporting an unblem- BADGER SCHEDULE ished 4-0 mark. The Badgers aren’t untested, however. Sept. 5 Northern Illinois Three of their wins have come by a combined total of 19 Sept. 12 Fresno State points, including a double-overtime victory over Fresno Sept. 19 Wofford State. Sept. 26 Michigan State* at Minnesota* at Ohio State* Iowa* Purdue* at Indiana* Michigan* at Northwestern* at Hawaii

Offensively, Wisconsin is one of the more prolific teams in the Big Ten and the nation. The Badgers are No. 27 in the nation in total offense, No. 30 in rushing and No. 49 in passing. They are averaging 22 points per game, ranking No. 22. On the flip side, Wisconsin is 78th in total defense and 68th in scoring defense, allowing 23.75 points per game.

TALE OF THE TAPE (2009 Stats, Rankings) MINNESOTA (3-1/1-0 Big Ten) Team Statistics UM Points/Game 24.8 First Downs 66 Rushing/Game 105.8 Passing/Game 221.5 Total Off./Gm 327.2 Time of Poss. 28:42 Individual Leaders Rushing Att Net Bennett 51 210 Eskridge 23 105

OPP 23.0 80 144.5 213.2 357.8 31:18

Avg TD 4.1 4 4.6 1 TD 5

YPG 52.5 26.2

Passing Weber

C-A-I 75-129-5

Receiving Decker Green

Rec Yds Avg TD YPG 35 499 14.3 4 124.8 10 130 13.0 0 32.5

Defense U-A-TT Triplett 33-14-47 Campbell 27-13-40

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Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Dec. 5

Wisconsin is coached by Bret Bielema, who is in his fourth season as the head coach in Madison. He is in his sixth season on the Wisconsin staff. Bielema has taken the Badgers to bowl games in each of his first three seasons at the helm of the program.

W 28-20 W 34-31 (2OT) W 44-14 W 38-30 11:02 a.m. TBA 11 a.m. 11 a.m. TBA TBA TBA TBA

TFL 2.0 3.0

YPG 219.8

PBU 3 2

WISCONSIN (4-0/1-0 Big Ten) Team Statistics UW Points/Game 36.0 First Downs 83 Rushing/Game 197.8 Passing/Game 230.2 Total Off./Gm 428.0 Time of Poss. 30:38 Individual Leaders Rushing Att Net Clay 80 398 Brown 46 172

OPP 23.75 79 145.8 226.0 371.8 29:22

Avg TD 5.0 4 3.7 3

Passing Tolzien

C-A-I 66-99-2

Receiving Toon Graham

Rec Yds Avg TD 18 236 13.1 2 16 200 12.5 4

Defense U-A-TT Taylor 15-15-30 McFadden 16-14-30

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TD 8

TFL 5.0 3.0

YPG 99.5 43.0 YPG 221.0 YPG 59.0 50.0 Sacks 1.0 1.0

NCAA TEAM RANKINGS Category UM Rush Off. 95 (105.8) Pass Off. 58 (221.5) Pass Eff. 72 (122.29) Tot. Off. 94 (327.3) Scor. Off. 79 (24.8) Rush Def. 70 (144.5) Pass Def. 64 (213.3) Pass Eff. D 77 (131.58) Tot. Def. 69 (357.8) Scor. Def. 59 (23.0) Net Punt 14 (40.25) Punt Ret. 10 (19.0) KO Ret. 25 (26.5) TO Marg. 75 (-0.25) Sacks 31 (2.5) Sacks All. T59 (1.75) Tack/Loss 43 (6.3)

UW 30 (197.8) 49 (230.3) 12 (161.71) 27 (428.0) 22 (36.0) 73 (145.8) 76 (226.0) 80 (132.51) 78 (371.8) 68 (23.75) 89 (34.47) 72 (7.5) 97 (19.4) T13 (+1.25) 42 (2.25) T1 (0.5) 39 (6.5)

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

QUICK HITTERS u Minnesota hasn't started started 2-0 in Big Ten play since 2004. u Minnesota ranks No. 10 in the nation in punt return average, going for 19.0 yards per return. u The Gophers are No. 14 in the nation in net punting, averaging 40.25 yards of field position. u The Gophers have performed in front of two straight sellout crowds of 50,805 in their first two games at TCF Bank Stadium. u Minnesota’s 35 points last week were its most in 13 games, -- since scoring 37 vs. Florida Atlantic last season. u The Gophers’ 166 yards rushing vs. Northwestern were also their most since going for 206 vs. Florida Atlantic in 2008.

THE WISCONSIN SERIES Saturday’s game will be the 119th gridiron meeting between the University of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Minnesota leads the series 59-51-8, but has lost the last five and 12 of the last 14. The 118 games played to date vs. the Badgers make the Minnesota-Wisconsin series the most-played series in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) history. The Gophers and Badgers are charter members of the Big Ten Conference.

LAST TIME VS. WISCONSIN (Nov. 15, 2008 - Minneapolis) -- Minnesota led 21-7 at halftime and 24-17 after three quarters but couldn’t hold on over the final 15 minutes as Wisconsin used a huge rally to claim Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the fifth straight season. After a sterling second quarter that saw the Golden Gophers reel off three straight touchdowns, the Badgers outscored Minnesota 28-10 over the final 30 minutes. Wisconsin capped a second-half rally with a pair of safeties and a touchdown off a Minnesota turnover in the fourth quarter, beating the Gophers 35-32 at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers fell behind 21-7 at halftime, but rallied to tie the game at 24 on a 1-yard touchdown run by P.J. Hill. The ensuing kickoff was fumbled by Minnesota’s Troy Stoudermire and the ball trickled out of the end zone for a safety to give the Badgers a 26-24 lead. Minnesota had third-and-16 at its own 1-yard line on its next possession. Wisconsin’s sacked Weber in the end zone, giving the Badgers a 28-24 lead. Things continued to slide for the Gophers as a fubmle was recovered by Wisconsin at the Minnesota 11. Wisconsin’s John Clay scored on a 5-yard run two plays later, extending the lead to 35-24.

LAST TIME OUT (Sept. 26, 2009) -- Duane Bennett ran for three touchdowns and Adam Weber passed for two scores to lead Minnesota to a 35-24 victory over Northwestern. The Golden Gophers finally held on against Northwestern after losing to the Wildcats in the final seconds the two previous years. Minnesota trailed briefly, 24-21, after Northwestern’s Mike Kafka hit a leaping Brendan Mitchell with a 13-yard touchdown pass in the closing seconds of the third quarter. Minnesota started the fourth quarter with an 83-yard scoring drive, getting a 10-yard pass from Weber to Brandon Green on third down at the Wildcat 23 before Bennett ran it in from the 4 to make it 28-24. Any chance Northwestern had at a comeback ended when Cedric McKinley stripped Kafka and recovered the fumble. That led to a 1-yard TD from Weber to Eric Decker, making it 35-24. The Gophers’ D.L. Wilhite then stripped Kafka again and recovered the fumble with 1:26 to play. Bennett ran for 89 yards and Weber threw for 186. He was intercepted once and threw both touchdowns to Eric Decker, who caught eight passes for 84 yards.

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GOLDEN 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 positive outlook and boundless energy to bring in two highly-regarded recruiting classes. On the field, the Gophers returned to postseason play in 2008 and were ranked as high as No. 17 in the nation for part of the season. 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 the biggest single-season turnarounds of the year. A renewed emphasis on recruiting may be the most visible phase of Brewster’s plan to help Minnesota football make history again. 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. The significance of this accomplishment would be difficult to overstate at one the nation’s traditional recruiting powers let alone Minnesota, where the average Rivals ranking for the Gophers’ previous six recruiting classes was 54th. 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 from ACC doormat into a national power and rebuild Texas into one of the country’s elite programs. Brewster came to Minnesota after spending the previous five years as an assistant coach in the National Football League, including the 2005 and 2006 seasons as the tight ends coach of the Denver Broncos. In addition to his productivity as a college recruiter, Brewster has also built a strong reputation for developing players during his 23-year coaching career. Last season, wide receiver Eric Decker and defensive end Willie VanDeSteeg both earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. Decker set a Minnesota record for receptions in a season for the second consecutive year and became just the third Gopher wideout to record a 1,000-yard receiving season. VanDeSteeg finished his career as the school’s alltime 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’ singleseason passing and total offense records during the 2007 season. 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. In 2007, Brewster helped coach safety Dominique Barber to secondteam All-Big Ten accolades and personally worked with punter Justin Kucek, expanding his repertoire with the effective and efficient flop punt and helping him evolve into one of the conferences top punters. Brewster was named Minnesota’s 26th head football coach on Jan. 17, 2007 after spending the previous five seasons as an assistant coach in the National Football League.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN.

USA TODAY TOP 25 - WEEK 5 Team (1st-Place Votes) 1. Florida (58) 2. Texas (1) 3. Alabama 4. LSU 5. Boise State 6. Virginia Tech 7. USC 8. Oklahoma 9. Ohio State 10. TCU 11. Cincinnati 12. Oklahoma State 13. Penn State 14. Georgia 15. Houston 16. Kansas 17. Iowa 18. Mississippi 19. California 20. Michigan 21. Miami (Fla.) 21. BYU 23. Missouri 24. Nebraska 25. Oregon

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

Record 4-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 2-1 3-1 3-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-0 4-0 4-0 2-1 3-1 4-0 2-1 3-1 4-0 3-1 3-1

Points 1474 1410 1364 1226 1144 1091 1081 1055 1036 928 848 665 627 616 539 508 462 424 356 304 298 298 295 242 198

The Big Ten Conference is an 11-member NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and Bowl Championship Series league. The Gophers hold a 331-352-28 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 (49-30-5). Minnesota has struggled the most with Ohio State (7-41-0).

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

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

32-27-3 37-26-3 59-41-2 24-70-3 16-25-0 49-30-5 7-41-0 4-6-0 32-30-3 59-51-8

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.

BATTLE FOR BUNYAN’S AXE

Others Receiving Votes: Georgia Tech 186, South Florida 117, Auburn 103, South Carolina 92, Wisconsin 53, Utah 40, UCLA 27, Notre Dame 23, Stanford 20, North Carolina State 8, North Carolina 7, Florida State 4, Minnesota 2, Arizona 2, Rutgers 1, Texas A&M 1.

At 118 games and counting, the series between Minnesota and Wisconsin ranks as the longest in Division 1-A football. “Paul Bunyan’s Axe” has the history of one of college football’s fiercest rivalries emblazoned on its six-foot long handle.

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The first game in the series, a 63-0 Gopher victory in 1890, is printed on the handle near the axe’s head. The results of every successive game line the handle in red ink. There have been so many games that the scores scroll up and down the width of both sides of the handle, and school officials have now resorted to writing scores on the narrow edges of the six-foot shaft.

Team (1st-Place Votes) 1. Florida (55) 2. Texas (1) 3. Alabama (4) 4. LSU 5. Boise State 6. Virginia Tech 7. USC 8. Oklahoma 9. Ohio State 10. Cincinnati 11. TCU 12. Houston 13. Iowa 14. Oklahoma State 15. Penn State 16. Oregon 17. Miami (Fla.) 18. Kansas 18. Georgia 20. BYU 21. Mississippi 22. Michigan 23. Nebraska 24. California 25. Georgia Tech

Record 4-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 2-1 3-1 4-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 2-1 4-0 3-1 3-1 2-1 4-0 3-1 3-1 3-1

Points 1490 1420 1400 1225 1203 1190 998 979 957 946 896 844 788 591 470 462 452 418 418 349 340 271 256 206 185

Others Receiving Votes: Missouri 175, Auburn 171, South Carolina 154, South Florida 145, UCLA 41, Utah 25, Wisconsin 20, Notre Dame 7, Arizona State 4, Stanford 2, North Carolina 2.

By 1930, “Paul Bunyan’s Axe” wasn’t even created, although the rivalry had already reached feverish levels. The 1906 game was canceled by President Theodore Roosevelt, who had decided to cool off heated college football rivalries, because of injuries and deaths on the field. In 1914, Minnesota faced the Badgers for the Gophers’ first Homecoming game; likewise, Wisconsin hosted Minnesota for the Badgers’ first in 1919. Between the years 1923 and 1925, the teams battled to three straight ties. To symbolically capture the amazing atmosphere of the annual match-up, Dr. R.B. Fouch of Minneapolis fashioned a bacon slab out of black walnut to serve as a traveling trophy. The “Slab of Bacon,” first played for in 1930, had a football carved on top inscribed with an “M” or “W”, depending on how you held it. The idea was that the winning team would “bring home the bacon.” But in the early ’40s, the Slab of Bacon became the “Missing Slab of Bacon.” Peg Watrous, who was the president of Wisconsin women students at the time, relates that she and her counterpart from Minnesota were to have a symbolic exchange after the game, whereby the trophy would be awarded to the winning team. Minnesota won, but in characteristic fashion, a postgame melee broke out on the field, with students and spectators running crazy over the field. Watrous couldn’t find her counterpart, and was left “holding the bacon,” as it were. “I have no memory of what happened after that…The whole thing was a dud, as I feared it would be,” Watrous remembered good-humoredly, “and someone in charge probably hid the bacon.” But the two teams had to play for something, so in 1948 the Wisconsin W Club instituted “Paul Bunyan’s Axe” as a trophy more befitting the grand rivalry between the two schools. The annual battles have survived so long that in the ’60s the teams started to print the games’ final scores smaller and smaller, scrunching the letters in order to avoid reaching the end of the axe’s shaft. But the series continued to roll, and the last game to be painted on the broad face of the handle was in 1980. The subsequent games appear on the narrow side. The Slab of Bacon was back in the news in the summer of 1994, when the long-lost trophy was found after a Camp Randall Stadium storage room was cleaned out. Wisconsin officials estimated that it had been missing since 1945; yet the scores of every game from 1930-70 were printed on the back of the slab. It is one of those mysteries that remains unexplained, and contributes to the legend of the “Border Battle” rivalry.

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AYE, CAPTAIN!

2009 BIG TEN FOOTBALL

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.

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

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.

NOTHIN’ BUT NET Through the first four games of the 2009 season, Minnesota’s net punting average (punt yardage-minus return yards/touchbacks) ranks No. 14 in the nation. The Gophers’ net punting average is 40.25 yards per punt. The Gophers have punted 20 times with three punts of 50-plus yards and six downed inside the 20-yard line. Opponents are averaging just 3.6 yards per return against the Minnesota punt coverage team.

GO BIG RED Minnesota is 14-of-15 (93 percent) scoring when in the red zone (inside the opponents’ 20-yard line) this season. The Gophers have scored 10 touchdowns in the red zone and kicked four field goals. The Gophers are tied for No. 23 in the nation at 93 percent success in the red zone. Twelve teams are still flawless in the red zone this season, including this week’s opponent. Wisconsin is 16-of-16 with 14 TDs and two field goals when they get inside the opponents’ 20-yard line.

Big Ten 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1

Overall 4-0 4-0 4-0 3-1 3-1 1-3 3-1 3-1 2-2 1-2 1-3

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Saturday, September 26 Michigan 36, Indiana 33 Minnesota 35, Northwestern 24 Wisconsin 38, Michigan State 30 Ohio State 30, Illinois 0 Iowa 21, Penn State 10 Notre Dame 24, Purdue 21 Saturday, October 3 Arkansas State at Iowa, 11 a.m. Michigan at Michigan State, 11 a.m. Northwestern at Purdue, 11 a.m. Wisconsin at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Penn State at Illinois, 2:30 p.m. Ohio State at Indiana, 6 p.m.

The Gophers were 36-of-41 (88 percent) in the red-zone during the 2008 season.

RETURN TO SENDER The return game was a definite strength for the Gophers in 2008. Minnesota was the No. 2 team in the Big Ten and ranked No. 15 in the nation in average kickoff return yards. The Gophers averaged 24.04 yards per kickoff return last season. The longest kickoff return last season was turned in by Troy Stoudermire, who went 60 yards at the Insight Bowl vs. Kansas. The Gophers nearly doubled their punt-return average in 2008, averaging 9.94 yards per return. Minnesota ranked No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 46 in the nation in punt returns. So far in the 2009 season, the Gophers have continued to improve in the return game. Minnesota ranks No. 10 in the country and No. 1 in the Big Ten with an average punt return of 19.0 yards. Kickoff returner Troy Stoudermire’s first return of the season was a 54-yarder. As a team, the Gophers are averaging 26.5 yards per kickoff return, which ranks No. 25 in the nation and No. 3 in the conference.

BAKING TURNOVERS One of the biggest factors in Minnesota’s impressive turnaround last season was the Gophers’ ability to cause turnovers. The Gophers created 31 turnovers last season (16 fumble recoveries, 15 interceptions) to rank No. 11 in the nation. Only Iowa created more turnovers in the Big Ten with 32.

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.

The Gophers also ranked No. 16 in the nation in turnover margin (+0.92 avg.). The Minnesota offense took turned it over just 19 times in 2008 (11 fumbles lost, eight INTs). Minnesota was minus-three in the turnover battle through its first three games. However, the Gophers finished with a plus-two turnover ratio last week at Northwestern, getting an interception and two fumble recoveries. The Gophers currently rank 75th in the nation (-0.25/game) in turnover margin.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

GOPHERS’ RECORD... Overall 3-1 Big Ten 1-0 Non-conference 2-1 Home 1-1 Away 2-0 Neutral 0-0 Current overall streak Won 1 Current home streak Lost 1 Current road streak Won 2 Current neutral site streak Lost 2 Current bowl streak Lost 2 Last win 35-24, at Northwestern (9/12/09) Last loss 35-21, vs. California (9/19/09) Day game 2-1 Night game 1-0 TV game 2-1 ABC 0-0 ESPN 0-1 ESPN2 1-0 Big Ten Network 2-0 September 3-1 October 0-0 November 0-0 December 0-0 January 0-0 vs. Top-25 teams 0-1 vs. non-ranked teams 3-0 vs. FCS 0-0 On artificial turf 2-1 On natural grass 1-0 Indoors 1-0 Outdoors 2-1 Scoring first 3-0 Opponent scores first 0-1 Leading after 1st quarter 3-0 Behind after 1st quarter 0-1 Tied after 1st quarter 0-0 Leading at halftime 1-0 Behind at halftime 1-1 Tied at halftime 1-0 Leading after 3rd quarter 0-0 Behind after 3rd quarter 3-0 Tied after 3rd quarter 0-1 Overtime 1-0 Scoring 0-14 points 0-0 Scoring 15-28 points 2-1 Scoring 28+ points 1-0 Allowing 0-14 points 1-0 Allowing 15-28 points 2-0 Allowing 28+ points 0-1 With 100-yd rusher 0-0 Allow 100-yard rusher 0-1 With 300-yd passer 0-0 Allow 300-yard passer 1-0 Outgain opponent 1-0 Total offense 300+ yards 3-0 Allow 300+ yards total offense 2-0 Total offense 400+ yards 0-0 Allow 400+ yards total offense 0-1 No turnovers 0-0 Less than three turnovers 3-0 Three or more turnovers 0-1 No takeaways 0-0 Three or more takeaways 1-0 Commit fewer turnovers 1-0 Equal turnovers 2-0 Commit more turnovers 0-1 Control time of possession 1-0 Opponent controls time of possession 2-1 Games decided between 1-10 points 2-0 Games decided between 11-20 points 1-1 Games decided by more than 20 points 0-0

PG. 6

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

WEBER GRILLS UP RECORDS u Gopher quarterback Adam Weber continues to re-write the Minnesota record book. In Week 2, he set the Minnesota record for career completions (his total is now 588). The previous record of 539 completions was held by Cory Sauter (1994-97). Two weeks ago, he set the Gopher career record for passing attempts (his total is now 988). 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. He now needs 911 yards to break the career mark for passing yardage (Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 - 7,446) and just 12 more touchdowns (Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 - 55) to break the career touchdown pass record.

QUARTERBACK NOTEBOOK u Adam Weber is the only quarterback on the Minnesota roster who has ever thrown a collegiate pass. u Weber is 67-of-106 (63.2 percent) for 804 yards since the beginning of the fourth quarter of the season-opener. He was 8-of-23 (34.8 percent) for 75 yards in the first three quarters vs. Syracuse. 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. Weber has had only two games with multiple interceptions since the 2007 season. u Freshman MarQueis Gray is Minnesota’s No. 2 QB. He rushed for 33 yards on five carries last week. u Gray scored his first collegiate touchdown vs. Cal two weeks ago on a 7-yard pass from Eric Decker. u Gray is a true freshman. He was rated as the No. 3 dual-threat QB in the nation coming out of Indianapolis Ben Davis High School. u Two other signal-callers are listed on Minnesota’s roster -- freshmen Moses Alipate and Adam Lueck.

CAN-DU ATTITUDE u Sophomore Duane Bennett scored a career-best three touchdowns Saturday at Northwestern. He hit paydirt twice from one yard out and once from four yards. Bennett rushed for 89 yards on 21 carries last week. The 21 carries were also a career-high for Bennett. His rushing total was the third most in his Gopher career. He ran for 106 vs. Michigan as a freshman in 2007. He went for 92 in the season-opener vs. Northern Illinois in 2008, before going down with a season-ending knee injury in Game Two.

RUNNING BACK NOTEBOOK u Duane Bennett scored on his first touch of the 2009 season, taking a carry around right end for a 16yard touchdown at Syracuse. Bennett rushed for 78 yards in his first game back since the knee injury. u Bennett is the first Gopher to score three touchdowns in a game since DeLeon Eskridge accomplished that feat vs. Montana State on Sept. 13, 2008. u Eskridge, a sophomore, rushed for more than 100 yards twice in 2008, including a season-high 124 yards in Minnesota’s 27-20 win at Illinois. He also had three multiple-touchdown contests. u Red-shirt freshman Kevin Whaley saw the first extended action of his career last week. He carried five times for 31 yards vs. Northwestern. u Junior fullback Jon Hoese is a former walk-on. He scored on two of his first three career carries at the Insight Bowl last season. He is averaging 7.5 yards per carry so far this season. u Sophomore Shady Salamon rushed for 181 yards (3.7 yards per carry) in 2008.

STACKING THE DECK u Senior wide receiver Eric Decker became Minnesota’s career receptions leader two weeks ago when he hauled in a 12-yard TD pass from Adam Weber in the second quarter vs. Cal. He also recorded his fourth straight 100-yard receiving game (dating back to the 2008 Insight Bowl), which is also a school record. The 100-yard games streak came to an end last week at Northwestern. Decker was a semi-finalist for the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver in 2008. 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 1,000yard season in 2008, finishing with 1,074 yards to rank No. 2 on the school single-season chart.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

RECEIVER NOTEBOOK

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

CLIMBING THE CHARTS

u Eric Decker put together his second multi-score game in as many weeks at Northwestern last week. He now has four career games with multiple touchdowns. u Decker’s 124.8 yards and 8.75 receptions per game both No. 6 in the nation. u Decker has hauled in at least one reception in 30 consecutive games, ranking No. 7 in the nation. u Decker caught 32.2 percent of Minnesota’s completions and his 1,074 yards receiving was 37.7 percent of the team’s 2008 total. This season, Decker is at 46.1 percent and 56.3 percent, respectively. u Wide receivers Troy Stoudermire and Brandon Green and tight end Nick Tow-Arnett each have 10 receptions so far this season. u Green caught two passes vs. Northwestern last week. Both were third-down conversions in the Gophers’ 13-play, 83-yard, fourth-quarter, game-winning touchdown drive. u Tow-Arnett is the squad’s top tight end. His five receptions last week at Northwestern were a careerbest. u Stoudermire tallied his first career score with a TD reception in the season-opener at Syracuse. u Junior wide receiver 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.

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 jump to 57 if Ryan Wynn was included. Wynn’s status for 2009 has yet to be determined after back surgery he underwent on August 24. The Gophers lost only Jason Meinke’s eight starts. u Senior center Jeff Tow-Arnett returns healthy after competing on a torn ACL in six of his starts and seven of his games played last year. He has made every offensive snap this season. u Junior guard D.J. Burris started at right guard in place of Matt Carufel last week at Northwestern. Burris made his 21st career start. He was a Freshman All-Big Ten selection in 2007 by The Sporting News, after starting 11 games that season. u Senior Matt Stommes returned to the starting lineup for the first time since the season-opener last week at Northwestern. He left the Syracuse game with an ankle injury. u Sophomore left guard Chris Bunders has started each of the first three games this season.

KEEP IT ON THE D.L. u Freshman defensive end D.L. Wilhite has three tackles in three games. But he’s made the most of his opportunities. Wilhite recorded a sack at Syracuse in the season-opener for his first collegiate tackle. Last week at Northwestern, one of his two stops was another sack. Late in the fourth quarter, he got to Wildcat quarterback Mike Kafka, stripped him and recovered the fumble to help salt away the victory.

DEFENSIVE LINE NOTEBOOK u Senior starting defensive tackles Garrett Brown and Eric Small team up to provide a formidable force in the middle of the Gopher defense. They have a combined 19 stops this season. u Small picked up his third sack in as many weeks vs. Northwestern. He’s tied for the Big Ten lead in sacks. u Brown and Small have more-than-capable backups behind them in the middle of the Minnesota defensive line. Brandon Kirksey missed last week’s game with a foot injury, but still has nine tackles. Sophomore Jewhan Edwards notched a pair of stops vs. Cal two weeks ago. u Senior DE Barrett Moen came to Minnesota as a walk-on offensive lineman. He has 5 stops in 2009. u Senior DE Derrick Onwuachi saw his first action of 2009 at Northwestern, after suffering a knee injury on the first day of preseason camp. He tallied four solo tackles to lead the defensive line last week.

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The following is a look at selected statistical categories where current Gophers have the opportunity to climb the career leader chart over the course of the season: CAREER PASSING YARDAGE 1. Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 2. Cory Sauter, 1994-97 3. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2000-03 4. Adam Weber, 2007- 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

7,446 6,834 6,660 6,535 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

588 539 513 481 465 392 322 311 278 274

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 44 40 34 33 29 25 22 22

CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE 1. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 2. Eric Decker, 2006- 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 CAREER TOUCDOWN 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

2,989 2,860 2,640 2,434 2,232 2,054 1,843 1,681 1,627 1,598

31 26 23 17 15 15 15 14 14 12 12

PG. 7

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

GOPHER RADIO NETWORK

NATE’S GREAT

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 has had back-to-back double-digit and team-high tackle numbers in his last three games. His 17 total tackles, a 52-yard fumble return for a touchdown and a PBU vs. Air Force made him Big Ten and National Player of the Week. Triplett registered a game-high 11 tackles last week at Northwestern. He leads the team, the Big Ten and the nation with 33 solo tackles.

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 Triplett ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten in total tackles. His 47 total stops are second to 52 for Greg Jones of Michigan State. Triplett also ranks No. 8 in the nation in total stops. 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 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 linebacker Lee Campbell is No. 2 on the team, No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 21 in the nation in total tackles, recording 40 so far this season. u Senior linebacker Simoni Lawrence is No. 3 on the team, recording 35 so far this season. That total is good for No. 7 in the Big Ten. u Backup linebacker Keanon Cooper tallied a career-best seven stops vs. Cal in the first extended action of his career. He backed that up with six stops at Northwestern last week.

FEELING SURE WITH SHERELS u Senior cornerback Marcus Sherels made his first appearance and first start since the season-opener last week at Northwestern. He made an immediate impact in his return to the lineup. Sherels tallied seven tackles vs. the Wildcats. He ranked No. 4 in the Big Ten and No. 25 in the nation in passes defended last season, with 11 pass break-ups and two interceptions.

SECONDARY NOTEBOOK u Junior safety Kyle Theret has seen action in all 29 games of his Gopher career. He has started 23 games in his career, including each of the last 22. u Theret was No. 2 on the team with 78 total tackles last season. He ranks fourth this season with 26. He also made three interceptions in 2008, to rank No. 10 in the Big Ten. u Junior safety Kim Royston, who transferred from Wisconsin in 2008, had to walk-on and was unable to compete due to Big Ten transfer rules. He has 17 stops, including five last week at Northwestern. u Royston picked up his first Gopher interception last week at Northwestern, thwarting a potential Wildcat scoring drive at the Minnesota 2-yard line. His only other career pick was vs. Minnesota in 2007. u Freshman cornerback Michael Carter saw the first extended action of his career last week. u Senior CB Traye Simmons has broken up three passes to tie for the team lead in 2009.

A FINE HAU(DAN) YOU DO u Senior punter Blake Haudan found it he was going to be punting vs. California two weeks ago about 12 hours before the game. It was discovered Dan Orseske had mononucleosis the night before the game, pressing Haudan into duty. His first career punt pinned Cal inside its own 20-yard line. In two games as a punter, Haudan is averaging 41.5 yards per punt with five fair catches and three downed inside the 20.

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 30 successful long snaps through two games this season (20 punt, 6 FG, 12 PAT). Coleman made 128 snaps in 2008, with only one bad snap. u Junior placekicker Eric Ellestad remained perfect on PATs (12-12), hitting all 5 attempts last week. He is 5-of-6 on field goals, with the lone miss being tipped at the line on a missed assignment up front.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

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 5

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

WEEK 5 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - OFFENSE Left Tackle

79 - Matt Stommes 76 - Dom Alford

Left Guard

68 - Chris Bunders 74 - Ryan Ruckdashel

Center

52 - Jeff Tow-Arnett 61 - Trey Davis

Right Guard

73 - Matt Carufel 53 - D.J. Burris

Right Tackle

71 - Jeff Wills 78 - Ryan Orton

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

7 - Eric Decker 83 - Da’Jon McKnight

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

6-7 6-3

312 336

Sr.* Jr.*

Returned to starting lineup vs. Northwestern, after suffering ankle injury in opener Has started 12 games in his career, including two this season

6-3 6-5

322 290

So.* Sr.*

Made his seventh career start at Northwestern last week Experienced, versatile lineman has played in 24 games, both at guard and tackle

6-2 6-2

288 281

Sr.* So.*

15 starts to his credit, including six while playing on a torn ACL in 2008 Appeared in 10 games, including five starts, as a red-shirt freshman last season

6-5 6-2

302 290

Jr.* Jr.*

Started his first three games as a Gopher; Three career starts at Notre Dame First appearance of season was a start last week; 21 career starts

6-7 6-4

365 296

Jr. So.*

Largest player on the Gophers’ roster; Started his first four games as a Gopher Saw action in all 13 games, with six starts, as a red-shirt freshman last season

6-3 6-4

221 222

Jr.* Fr.

Passed for 186 yards and two touchdowns last week, his 10th career multi-TD game Rushed for 33 yards on five carries last week at Northwestern

5-9 203 5-11 198

So.* So.

Scored a career-high three TDs and had a career-best 21 carries last week at NW Scored the first rushing touchdown in TCF Bank Stadium history vs. Air Force

6-2 233 5-10 230

Jr.* Sr.

Former walk-on; Converted safety; Ran twice for 15 yards (both 1st downs) last wk. Converted linebacker; Saw action in three games in 2008, before suffering leg injury

6-3 6-3

220 200

Sr.* So.

Second consecutive multi-touchdown game at Northwestern last week (2 TDs) Played just one season of high school football; Caught one pass in 2008, a TD

5-10 183 6-0 167

So. Fr.

Caught first touchdown pass of the season in season-opener at Syracuse Plans to walk-on to Tubby Smith’s Gopher basketball team this winter

6-0 183 5-11 174

So. Jr.

Two huge receptions (both for first downs) on game-winning drive at Northwestern Made his first career reception two weeks ago vs. California

6-3 6-3

Sr.* So.

Career-best five receptions last week for 65 yards Has appeared in 18 games in his first two seasons with the Gophers

248 230

WEEK 5 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.*

5-of-6 on field goals this season; One miss was tipped at the line of scrimmage Walk-on who red-shirted last season; All-state in 2007 at Kettle Moraine HS

6-1

210

Sr.*

18 good holds in his first collegiate action the last 3 weeks (12 PATs, 6 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 vs. WISCONSIN

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 5

WEEK 5 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

97 - Anthony Jacobs 90 - Ray Henderson

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 28 - Kenny Watkins

Safety

3 - Kim Royston 2 - Ryan Collado

Cornerback

24 - Marcus Sherels 13 - Michael McKelton

6-3 6-5

282 262

Sr.* Sr.*

Former walk-on came to UM as a guard; 4 career starts have all come this season Four solo stops last week in first action since injuring knee on first day of camp

6-2 6-2

310 295

Sr. So.

Has started 23 straight games; Seven total tackles this season Leads all Gopher interior linemen with 9 tackles; also 2.0 TFL and a forced fumble

6-2 6-2

306 333

Sr.* So.

Has started 23 games; Three sacks this season is tops on the team Has played in 16 games in his Gopher career; has three total stops this season

6-2 6-5

289 263

So.* Sr.*

Has seen action in each game this season with six total stops and one sack Recorded his first career sack in the season-opener at Syracuse

6-1 6-1

221 231

Sr. Sr.*

Ranks No. 3 on the team with 35 total tackles Has appeared in 14 games during his Gopher career

6-3 6-1

246 220

Sr.* So.

Leads team in tackles for loss (4.0); Ranks No. 2 on team in total stops (40) Has seen action in 11 career games, mostly on special teams

6-3 6-0

247 210

Sr.* Fr.*

Leads nation with 33 solo tackles; Tied for team lead with three pass break-ups Red-shirt freshman has had solid games back-to-back (7 tackles vs. Cal, 6 vs. NW)

5-11 180 5-11 163

Sr. Fr.

Tied for team lead with three pass break-ups this season Nephew of former Gopher All-American and Super Bowl Champion Tyrone Carter

5-10 193 6-0 187

Jr. Fr.

Started 23rd game of his career, tallied three tackles at Northwestern Was the No. 42 safety in the nation in the 2009 class, according to Rivals.com

5-11 193 5-9 175

Jr.* Jr.

Transferred from Wisconsin; No. 5 on team with 17 tackles; 1st Gopher INT last week Has played in all 29 games, including 12 starts in Gopher career; Usually plays CB

5-11 172 5-10 182

Sr. Sr.*

Converted WR (prior to 2008 season); Returned to lineup last week with seven stops Has seen action in 14 games during his career; Has not played in 2009

WEEK 5 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.*

Has forced five fair catches in 11 total punts this season

6-0 167 5-11 172

Fr. Sr.

Returned one punt for 22 yards last week at Northwestern Returned one punt for 27 yards in season-opener at Syracuse

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

So. Sr.* Fr.

Averaging 26.3 yards per return this season, ranking No. 34 in the nation 26 career kickoff returns (22.6 avg); 91-yd KO return for TD at Fla. Atlantic in 2007 Two-time first-team all-state performer at Maplewood-Richmond Heights HS

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PG. 11

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

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. WISCONSIN

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

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)

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.

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)

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 5

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

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

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 5

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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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

2009 STATISTICS

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

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

Score 23-20 (OT) 20-13 21-35 35-24

Site Syracuse, N.Y. TCF Bank Stadium TCF Bank Stadium Ryan Field

TEAM STATISTICS

MINNESOTA 99 24.8 66 22 42 2 423 489 66 119 3.6 105.8 5 886 76-131-5 6.8 11.7 221.5 6 1309 250 5.2 327.2 17-451 3-57 2-0 26.5 19.0 0.0 3-3 22-178 44.5 20-857 42.8 40.2 28:42 21/54 39% 0/4 0% 10-76 0 12 5-6 0-0 14-15 93% 10-15 67% 12-12 100% 101610

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

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1st 24 27

2nd 21 27

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

Attend. 48617 50805 50805 22091

Opponents 92 23.0 80 35 41 4 578 704 126 173 3.3 144.5 7 853 77-120-2 7.1 11.1 213.2 4 1431 293 4.9 357.8 17-396 9-32 5-0 23.3 3.6 0.0 10-5 17-143 35.8 22-938 42.6 37.3 31:18 29/65 45% 4/5 80% 7-41 0 11 5-6 0-1 10-12 83% 6-12 50% 11-11 100% 70708 3rd 17 21

4th 34 17

OT 3 0

RUSHING

Player Bennett, Duane Eskridge, DeLeon Gray, MarQueis Hoese, Jon Whaley, Kevin Carpenter, Hayo Stoudermire, Troy TEAM Weber, Adam Total.......... Opponents......

PASSING

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

GP 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 4 4 4

G 4 4 4 4

RECEIVING

Player Decker, Eric Green, Brandon Tow-Arnett, Nick Stoudermire, Troy Bennett, Duane Hoese, Jon Carpenter, Hayo Gray, MarQueis Total.......... Opponents......

G 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4

Att. 51 23 8 7 6 2 2 6 14 119 173

Effic. 120.42 244.40 122.31 131.54

No. 35 10 10 10 5 4 1 1 76 77

TOTAL OFFENSE Player Weber, Adam Bennett, Duane Eskridge, DeLeon Gray, MarQueis Hoese, Jon Whaley, Kevin Carpenter, Hayo Decker, Eric Stoudermire, Troy TEAM Total.......... Opponents......

G 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 2 4 4

Total 99 92

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Plays 143 51 23 8 7 6 2 2 2 6 250 293

Gain 218 107 51 39 31 17 9 0 17 489 704

Loss 8 2 1 0 0 0 6 6 43 66 126

Net 210 105 50 39 31 17 3 -6 -26 423 578

Avg. 4.1 4.6 6.2 5.6 5.2 8.5 1.5 -1.0 -1.9 3.6 3.3

TD 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7

Long 16 25 18 10 11 11 9 0 9 25 33

YPG 52.5 26.2 12.5 9.8 15.5 5.7 0.8 -3.0 -6.5 105.8 144.5

Att-Cmp-Int 75-129-5 1-2-0 76-131-5 77-120-2

Pct. 58.1 50.0 58.0 64.2

Yards 879 7 886 853

TD 5 1 6 4

Long 53 7 53 59

Avg/G 219.8 1.8 221.5 213.2

Yds 499 130 128 75 5 24 18 7 886 853

Avg 14.3 13.0 12.8 7.5 1.0 6.0 18.0 7.0 11.7 11.1

TD 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4

Long 53 27 25 19 3 13 18 7 53 59

Avg/G 124.8 32.5 32.0 18.8 1.2 6.0 6.0 1.8 221.5 213.2

Rush -26 210 105 50 39 31 17 0 3 -6 423 578

Pass 879 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 886 853

Total 853 210 105 50 39 31 17 7 3 -6 1309 1431

Avg/G 213.2 52.5 26.2 12.5 9.8 15.5 5.7 1.8 0.8 -3.0 327.2 357.8

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SCORING

Player TD FGs Ellestad, Eric 0 5-6 Bennett, Duane 4 0-0 Decker, Eric 4 0-0 Gray, MarQueis 1 0-0 Stoudermire, Troy 1 0-0 Eskridge, DeLeon 1 0-0 Triplett, Nate 1 0-0 Total.......... 12 5-6 Opponents...... 11 5-6

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

No. 2 1 3 9

Yds 30 27 57 32

|----------------------PATs-----------------------| Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP 12-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 12-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 11-11 0-0 0 0-0 0

Avg 15.0 27.0 19.0 3.6

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

No. 13 3 1 17 17

Yds 342 88 21 451 396

Avg 26.3 29.3 21.0 26.5 23.3

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 22 27 27 10

No. 1 1 2 5

Yds 0 0 0 0

Avg 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts. 27 24 24 6 6 6 6 99 92

Player Decker, Eric Stoudermire, Troy Bennett, Duane Green, Brandon Tow-Arnett, Nick Carpenter, Hayo Eskridge, DeLeon Hoese, Jon Gray, MarQueis Whaley, Kevin Allen, Bryant Sherels, Marcus Thomas, Jay TEAM Weber, Adam Total.......... Opponents......

PUNTING TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 54 41 21 54 79

INTERCEPTION RETURNS Player Royston, Kim Triplett, Nate Total.......... Opponents......

ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 0 0 0 0

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

Player Triplett, Nate Total.......... Opponents......

No. 1 1 0

Yds 52 52 0

Avg 52.0 52.0 0.0

TD 1 1 0

Long 52 52 0

Rush 0 3 210 0 0 17 105 39 50 31 0 0 0 -6 -26 423 578

Rec 499 75 5 130 128 18 0 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 886 853

PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 27 0 0 0 57 32

KOR 0 342 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 451 396

IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 499 420 215 130 128 123 105 63 57 31 30 27 21 -6 -26 1817 1859

Avg/G 124.8 105.0 53.8 32.5 32.0 41.0 26.2 15.8 14.2 15.5 10.0 13.5 5.2 -3.0 -6.5 454.2 464.8

No. 11 9 20 22

Yds 456 401 857 938

Avg 41.5 44.6 42.8 42.6

Long 54 53 54 60

TB 0 1 1 3

FC 5 2 7 8

I20 3 3 6 9

Blkd 0 0 0 0

Yds 1284 1284 1168

Avg 64.2 64.2 61.5

TB 3 3 1

OB 0 0 1

Retn

Net

YdLn

396 451

41.4 36.7

28 33

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

No. 20 20 19

FIELD GOALS Player Ellestad, Eric

FUMBLE RETURNS

G 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 4

FGM-FGA 5-6

Pct 83.3

01-19 0-0

20-29 2-2

FIELD GOAL SEQUENCE

30-39 3-3

40-49 0-1

50+ 0-0

Minnesota Syracuse (26),47,(26),(35) Air Force (34),(39) California -- Northwestern -- Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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Lg 39

Blk 1

Opponents (23),(42) (20),(31) 47 (26)

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

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GP 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-4 4-0 4-4 4-1 4-4 4-4 2-2 3-0 4-4 4-0 3-0 4-4 4-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 4-4 4-0 4-1 4-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 4-0 4-0 4-4 4-0 4-0

Solo 33 27 21 16 11 9 9 10 7 5 4 6 5 5 5 2 3 4 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 201 140

Ast 14 13 14 10 6 5 3 2 5 6 5 3 2 1 1 3 2 . . 1 2 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . 102 98

Total 47 40 35 26 17 14 12 12 12 11 9 9 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 303 238

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN TFL/Yds 2.0-3 4.0-8 2.5-12 0.5-0 . 1.0-3 3.0-19 1.0-4 1.0-3 3.0-13 . 2.0-7 . 1.0-11 . 0.5-5 . 1.0-3 . 2.0-16 0.5-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-108 18.0-62

Sacks . 0.5-3 1.0-10 . . . 3.0-19 . . 1.0-9 . . . 1.0-11 . 0.5-5 . 1.0-3 . 2.0-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-76 7-41

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Int-Yds 1-0 . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 5-0

PBU 3 2 1 1 1 . . . 3 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 15

FR 1-52 . . . . . . . . 2-0 . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 5-52 3-0

FF . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3

Blk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

2009 MINNESOTA FOOTBALL STATISTICS TEAM GAME-BY-GAME COMPARISON (MINNESOTA/OPPONENT) Opponent Syracuse AIR FORCE CALIFORNIA Northwestern

Score 23-20 20-13 21-35 35-24

1st Downs 16/15 14/24 14/18 22/23

Opponent Syracuse AIR FORCE CALIFORNIA Northwestern

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

Rushing 5/7 3/18 2/8 12/2

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

Passing 10/6 11/5 11/10 10/20

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

Rushes-Yds 32-112/34-90 24-108/66-261 21-37/44-163 42-166/29-64

Time Poss 29:31/30:29 26:59/33:01 26:34/33:26 31:45/28:15

Margin 0:58 -6:02 -6:52 3:30

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 Yds/Rush 3.5/2.6 4.5/4.0 1.8/3.7 4.0/2.2

Pass Yds 248/167 219/125 233/252 186/309 Yds/Pass 5.9/5.4 7.6/7.4 6.9/10.1 7.2/6.6

Total Plays-Yds 74-360/65-257 53-327/83-386 55-270/69-415 68-352/76-373 Yds/Play 4.9/4.0 6.2/4.7 4.9/6.0 5.2/4.9

Return Yds 167/168 141/90 99/68 153/102

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

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

Penalty Yds 10-61/8-68 8-69/2-15 3-34/4-45 1-14/3-15

MINNESOTA RED ZONE EFFICIENCY Opponent Score at Syracuse 23-20 AIR FORCE 20-13 CALIFORNIA 21-35 at Northwestern 35-24

Times in Red Zone 5 2 2 6 15

Times Scored 5 2 2 5 14

Pct. TDs 1.000 2 1.000 1 1.000 2 .833 5 .933 10

Rush TD 1 1 0 3 5

Pass TD 1 0 2 2 5

FG 3 1 0 0 4

Rush TD 1 0 3 1 5

Pass TD 0 0 0 1 1

FG 1 2 0 1 4

OPPONENTS’ RED ZONE EFFICIENCY Opponent Score at Syracuse 20-23 AIR FORCE 13-20 CALIFORNIA 35-21 at Northwestern 24-35 Totals

Times in Red Zone 3 3 3 3 12

Times Scored 2 2 3 3 10

Pct. TDs .667 1 .667 0 1.000 3 1.000 2 .833 6

2009 MINNESOTA FOOTBALL STARTERS STARTING LINEUPS - OFFENSE Opponent at Syracuse Air Force California at Northwestern

WR Decker Decker Decker Decker

WR Stoudermire Green Gray Green

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

LT Stommes Alford Alford Stommes

LG Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders

C J. Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett J. Tow-Arnett

RG Carufel Carufel Carufel Burris

RT Wills Wills Wills Wills

QB Weber Weber Weber Weber

RB/WR Bennett Bennett Stoudermire Bennett

FB/WR Hoese Hoese Hoese Hoese

STARTING LINEUPS - DEFENSE Opponent at Syracuse Air Force California at Northwestern

DE Moen Moen Moen Moen

DT Brown Brown Brown Brown

DT Small Small Small Small

DE McKinley McKinley McKinley McKinley

WLB Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett

MLB Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell

SLB Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence

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CB Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons

SAF Theret Theret Theret Theret

SAF Royston Royston Royston Royston

CB Sherels Collado Collado Sherels

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MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - OFFENSE #1 BRANDON GREEN - WR Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 3 28 0 2 26 0 3 39 0 2 37 0 10 130

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

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

|--PUNT RET--| Yds TD Lg 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

all purp 28 26 39 37 130

#7 ERIC DECKER - WR Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 9 183 0 10 113 0 8 119 0 8 84 0 35 499

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds 0 53 0-0-0 0 0 26 0-0-0 0 2 26 1-2-0 7 2 21 0-0-0 0 4 53 1-2-0 7

|--KICK RET--| TD Lg No 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

|--PUNT RET--| Yds TD Lg 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

all purp 183 113 119 84 499

#8 ADAM WEBER - QB Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 3 -8 0 2 2 0 4 -19 0 5 -1 0 14 -26 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 0

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds 0 0 19-42-1 248 0 0 20-29-0 219 0 0 21-32-3 226 0 0 15-26-1 186 0 0 75-129-5 879

|--KICK RET--| TD Lg No 1 53 0 0 26 0 2 26 0 2 27 0 5 53 0

|--PUNT RET--| Yds TD Lg 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

all purp -8 2 -19 -1 -26

#11 TROY STOUDERMIRE - WR Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 9 4 22 0 3 34 0 3 19 0 0 0 9 10 75

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds 1 9 0-0-0 0 0 19 0-0-0 0 0 13 0-0-0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 1 19 0-0-0 0

|--KICK RET--| TD Lg No 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 13

|--PUNT RET--| Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg 140 0 54 0 0 0 0 62 0 36 0 0 0 0 29 0 22 0 0 0 0 111 0 37 0 0 0 0 342 0 54 0 0 0 0

all purp 165 96 48 111 420

#22 DUANE BENNETT - RB Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 16 78 1 7 27 0 7 16 0 21 89 3 51 210 4

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 16 2 3 7 2 2 9 1 0 13 0 0 16 5 5

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds 0 3 0-0-0 0 0 1 0-0-0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0-0-0 0 0 3 0-0-0 0

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

|--PUNT RET--| Yds TD Lg 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

all purp 81 29 16 89 215

#48 NICK TOW-ARNETT - TE Date Opponent Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA Sep 26, 2009 at N’western Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 1 12 0 1 25 0 3 26 0 5 65 0 10 128

|-------PASSING-------| TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds 0 12 0-0-0 0 0 25 0-0-0 0 0 14 0-0-0 0 0 20 0-0-0 0 0 25 0-0-0 0

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

|--PUNT RET--| Yds TD Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

purp 12 25 26 65 128

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all No 0 0 0 0 0

Yds 0 0 0 0 0

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 0 0 0 0 0

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INDIVIDUAL GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS - DEFENSE #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 Totals 21 14 35 2.5-12

|-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 1.0-10 1 0-0

Pass Int-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Brk Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Att-Mad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Run 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0

#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 Totals 21 14 35 2.5-12

|-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 1.0-10 1 0-0

Pass Int-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 0 0

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Brk Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Att-Mad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Run 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 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 Totals 27 13 40 4.0-8

|-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 0.5-3 0 0-0

Pass Int-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 1 1

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Brk Kick 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0

Att-Mad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Run 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 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 Totals 33 14 47 2.0-3

|-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 1-52

Pass Int-Yds 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0

Blkd QBH 1 0 0 0 1

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Brk Kick 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0

Att-Mad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Run 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 6 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 Totals 9 3 12 3.0-19

|-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 3.0-19 0 0-0

Pass Int-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 1 1

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Brk Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Att-Mad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Run 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 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 Totals 5 2 7 0.0-0

|-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

Pass Int-Yds 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 1 1

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Brk Kick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Att-Mad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Run 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 5

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

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: 119, Eric Decker vs. California, 9/19/09 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: 53, Adam Weber to Eric Decker at Syracuse, 9/5/09 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: 290, Troy Stoudermire vs. Iowa, 11/22/08 450+ yards passing: 478, Tim Schade vs. Penn State, 9/4/93 400+ yards passing: 404, Cory Sauter vs. Michigan St., 10/21/95 350+ yards passing: 378, Bryan Cupito vs. Indiana, 11/4/06 300+ yards passing: 327, Adam Weber vs. Northwestern, 11/1/08 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: 3, Duane Bennett at Northwestern, 9/26/09 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, Eric Decker at Northwestern, 9/26/09 Six or more TDs passing: 6, Scott Eckers vs. Purdue, 10/9/93 Five or more TDs passing: 5, Adam Weber at Northwestern, 10/13/07 Four or more TDs passing: 5, Adam Weber at Northwestern, 10/13/07 Three or more TDs passing: 3, Adam Weber at Wisconsin, 11/15/08 Two or more TDs passing: 2, Adam Weber at Northwestern, 9/26/09 500+ yds. total offense: 536, Tim Schade vs. Penn State, 9/4/93 (school record) 400+ yds. total offense: 439, Adam Weber vs. Wisconsin, 11/17/07 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. Air Force, 9/12/09 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: Dom Barber vs. Colorado State, 9/10/05 Blocked punt return for TD: Alex Daniels vs. Colorado State, 9/10/05 Blocked field goal: Willie VanDeSteeg vs. Montana State, 9/13/08 Blocked FG return for TD: Fred Foggie vs. Indiana (98 yds.), 10/21/89 Blocked PAT: Nathan Triplett vs. Montana State, 9/13/08 PAT Return: 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: Nate Triplett (52 yds.) vs. Air Force, 9/12/09 Safety: UL-Monroeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s punt snap went out of end zone, 9/2/00 Made 2-pt. conversion: Shady Salamon run, at Wisconsin, 11/15/08 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: 40+ points:

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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 48 vs. Northwestern (L, 48-49), 10/13/07 42 at Bowling Green (W, 42-17), 9/6/08

30+ points: 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:

35 at Northwestern (W 35-24), 9/26/09 vs. Iowa (L, 0-55), 11/22/08 vs. Iowa (L, 0-55), 11/22/08 vs. Air Force (W, 20-13), 9/12/09 vs. Air Force (W, 20-13), 9/12/09 411 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, 9/4/04 501 vs. Wisconsin, 11/17/07 441 vs. Florida Atlantic, 9/20/08

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: 309 Mike Kafka, at Northwestern, 9/26/09 300+ 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: 217, Mike Kafka, Northwestern, 11/1/08 100+ yards rushing: 131, Jahvid Best, California, 9/19/09 2 players with 100+ yards rushing: 203, R. Mendenhall, Illinois and 133, I. Williams, Illinois, 11/3/07 150+ yards receiving: 181, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, Iowa, 11/22/08 100+ yards receiving: 181, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos, Iowa, 11/22/08 50+ yard rush play: 53, Mike Kafka, Northwestern, 11/1/08 50+ yard pass play: 59, Kevin Riley to Verran Tucker, California, 9/19/09 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: Demetrius Crawford, 100 yards, Montana St., 9/13/08 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, 11/17/07 261, Air Force, 9/12/09 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, 11/3/07 550, at Illinois, 10/11/08 415, California, 9/19/09 373, at Northwestern, 9/26/09 157, 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, California (W, 35-21), 9/19/09 Temple, (L, 0-62), 9/16/06 Wisconsin (two), (W 35-32), 11/15/08

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

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.

Career Starts 6 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 29 0 1 4 0 0 0 15 12 0 0 0 1 9 12 9 14 0 1 22 0 2 28 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 15 21 4

Games Played 16 4 27 4 3 4 12 4 0 2 40 29 2 10 17 0 14 5 16 21 0 5 0 38 17 16 17 30 16 16 28 0 15 39 3 30 15 0 22 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 17 4 30 0 0 11 24 25 16

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 Jewhan Edwards DT So. 68 Chris Bunders OL 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 5 0 0 0 27 0 0 7 0 4 3 0 0 12 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 22 23

Games Played 0 0 0 13 10 0 0 0 34 0 16 11 0 4 3 24 0 24 16 15 4 3 0 13 0 16 0 0 4 27 14 0 0 22 0 3 14 14 14 29 37

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 5

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

2009 MINNESOTA SUPERLATIVES MINNESOTA INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 21 Yards Rushing 89 TD Rushes 3 Long Rush 25 Pass attempts 42 Pass completions 21 Yards Passing 248 TD Passes 2 Long Pass 53 Receptions 10 Yards Receiving 183 TD Receptions 2 Long Reception 53 Field Goals 3 Long Field Goal 39 Punts 7 Punting Avg 47.0 Long Punt 54 Long Punt Return 27 Long Kickoff Return 54 Tackles 17 Sacks 1.0 Tackles For Loss 2.0 Interceptions 1 MINNESOTA TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes 42 Yards Rushing 166 Yards Per Rush 4.5 TD Rushes 3 Pass attempts 42 Pass completions 22 Yards Passing 248 Yards Per Pass 7.6 TD Passes 3 Total Plays 74 Total Offense 360 Yards Per Play 6.2 Points 35 Sacks By 4 First Downs 22 Penalties 10 Penalty Yards 69 Turnovers 4 Interceptions By 1

PG. 24

Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Bennett, Duane at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Eskridge, DeLeon vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Weber, Adam at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Weber, Adam vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Weber, Adam at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Weber, Adam vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Weber, Adam at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Weber, Adam at Syracuse (Sep 05, 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) Decker, Eric at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Ellestad, Eric at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Ellestad, Eric vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Haudan, Blake vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Orseske, Dan vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Haudan, Blake vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Sherels, Marcus at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Stoudermire, Troy at Syracuse (Sep 05, 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) Kirksey, Brandon vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Triplett, Nate at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Royston, Kim at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 26 Yards Rushing 131 TD Rushes 5 Long Rush 33 Pass attempts 47 Pass completions 32 Yards Passing 309 TD Passes 2 Long Pass 59 Receptions 7 Yards Receiving 94 TD Receptions 1 Long Reception 59 Field Goals 2 Long Field Goal 42 Punts 8 Punting Avg 45.9 Long Punt 60 Long Punt Return 10 Long Kickoff Return 79 Tackles 9 Sacks 2.0 Tackles For Loss 2.0 Interceptions 2

Best, Jahvid, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Best, Jahvid, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Best, Jahvid, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Best, Jahvid, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Kafka, Mike, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Riley, Kevin, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) WILLIAMS, Mike, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) WILLIAMS, Mike, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) WILLIAMS, Mike, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) FOGLER, Kevin, vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Brewer, Andrew, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Mitchell, B., at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Tucker, Verran, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) LICHTENSTEIN, R, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) SODERBERG, Erik, vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) LICHTENSTEIN, R, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) LONG, Rob, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) LONG, Rob, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Anger, Bryan, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Thompson, S., vs California (Sep 19, 2009) JONES, Mike, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) MORRIS, Andre, vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) Smith, Brendan, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) McManis, S., at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Davie, Quentin, at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) Alualu, Tyson, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) GILLUM, Ryan, at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) Alualu, Tyson, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Mohamed, Mike, vs California (Sep 19, 2009)

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes 66 Yards Rushing 261 Yards Per Rush 4.0 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 415 Yards Per Play 6.0 Points 35 Sacks By 3 First Downs 24 Penalties 8 Penalty Yards 68 Turnovers 3 Interceptions By 3

vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 5

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

2009 MINNESOTA LONG PLAYS (20+ YARDS) Yards Type 54 KR 53 Pass *52 FR 41 KR 38 Pass 37 KR 36 KR 36 KR 30 Pass 27 KR 27 Pass 27 PR 27 KR *26 Pass 26 Pass 26 KR 25 Pass 25 Rush 24 Pass 23 KR 23 Pass 23 KR 22 KR 22 PR 21 Pass 21 Pass 21 Pass 21 Pass 21 KR 20 Pass 20 Pass 20 KR 20 Pass * touchdown scored on play

Player(s) Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Triplett, Nate Carpenter, Hayo Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Carpenter, Hayo Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Sherels, Marcus Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Eskridge, DeLeon Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Allen, Bryant Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Thomas, Jay Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Carpenter, Hayo Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam

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 0 0 0 3 1 5 24

TD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

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

No. 1 16 2 13 0 1 0 33

TD 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2

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Opponent Syracuse Syracuse Air Force California Syracuse Northwestern Air Force Northwestern Syracuse Air Force Northwestern Syracuse Syracuse California Air Force Air Force Air Force Air Force California Northwestern California Syracuse California Northwestern Air Force Syracuse Air Force Northwestern California Northwestern Air Force Northwestern Northwestern

20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER Player Decker, Eric Stoudermire, Troy Carpenter, Hayo Green, Brandon Tow-Arnett, Nick Triplett, Nate Thomas, Jay Allen, Bryant Eskridge, DeLeon Sherels, Marcus TOTAL

No. 12 9 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 33

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

R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR Rushing 25 - Eskridge, DeLeon vs Air Force (9/12/2009) Rushing Touchdown 16 - Bennett, Duane vs Syracuse (9/5/2009) Passing 53 - Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam vs Syracuse (9/5/2009) Passing Touchdown 26 - Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam vs California (9/19/2009) Punt Return 27 - Sherels, Marcus vs Syracuse (9/5/2009) Kick Return 54 - Stoudermire, Troy vs Syracuse (9/5/2009) Interception Return 0 - Triplett, Nate vs Syracuse (9/5/2009) 0 - Royston, Kim vs Northwestern (9/26/2009) Fumble Return 52 - Triplett, Nate vs Air Force (9/12/2009) Punt 54 - Haudan, Blake vs California (9/19/2009) Field Goal 39 - Ellestad, Eric vs Air Force (9/12/2009)

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P 12 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 16

KR 0 9 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13

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

IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5

BIO UPDATES 1 - Carter, Michael Talented young player who has appeared in three games this season and is one of the Gophers top reserves in the defensive backfield. Appeared in first career game in the season opening 23-20 OT win against Syracuse on 9/5 • did not appear against Air Force on 9/12 • 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 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2009 3/0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Total 3/0 0 1 1 0 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 is the Gophers second leading receiver with 10 receptions and for 135 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 • Year 2008 2009 Total

G/GS 12/5 4/1 16/6

Rec. 21 10 31

Yds. 306 130 436

Avg. 14.6 13.0 14.1

TD 1 0 1

Long 71 27 71

2 - Allen, Bryant 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 • Year 2009 Total

G 2 2

PR 2 2

Yds. 30 30

Avg. 15.0 15.0

TD 0 0

Long 22 22

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 12 stops on the season. 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 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total

TFL INT PBU

FR FF Sacks

2007 12/9 2008 13/1 2009 4/1 Total 29/11

43 8 16 6 10 2 69 16

51 2.0-3 22 0-0 12 1.0-4 85 3.0-7

0 1 0 1

4 0 0 4

0 1 0 1

1 1 0 2

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

3 - Royston, Kim Has started every game in his first season of eligibility after transferring from Wisconsin. 17 total tackles stand as the fifth best on them and are second among the secondary. His 11 solo stops are also fifth on the team. Made first career start as a Golden Gopher in the season opening 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5 • collected two tackles on 9/5 • made first start as a Golden Gophers in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 and finished with right tackles, including seven solo stops • started for the second straight game in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 * finished with two tackles and one of the Gophers three pass break-ups • started in the 35-24 win at 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 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2009 4/4 11 6 17 Total 4/4 11 6 17

TFL INT PBU 0-0 1 1 0-0 1 1

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

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. 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 • Receiving Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2009 3/0 1 18 18.0 0 18 Total 3/0 1 18 18.0 0 18 Kickoff Returns Year G 2008 3 Total 3

KR 1 1

Yds. 68 68

Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2 17 8.5 0 11 2 17 8.5 0 11 Avg. 68.0 68.0

TD 0 0

Long 41 41

4 - Cooper, Keanon Reserve linebacker whose 14 total tackles place him among the team leaders on defense. Saw extensive action against California as the fourth linebacker of the field and registered a career high six total tackles. 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5 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 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2009 4/0 9 5 14 1.0-3 0 0 Total 4/0 9 5 14 1.0-3 0 0

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

5 - Gray, MarQueis Freshman who can play in several spot on the offensive side of the ball. 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. Has yet to attempt a pass. Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gophers in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • rushed two times for 15 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • scored his first career touchdown in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • lined up as a wide receiver caught a seven yard TD pass from Eric Decker to tie the game at 21-21 in the third quarter • also carried the ball twice for two yards • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 rushed five times for 33 yards including a long of 18 • Receiving Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2009 4/1 1 7 7.0 1 7 Total 3/1 1 7 7.0 1 7

R ushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long 8 50 6.2 0 18 317 17 5.7 0 8

7 - Decker, Eric One of the nation’s premiere players an d among the Gophers all-time best. Ranks sixth in the nation in receiving with 35 reception and 124.6 yards per game. Has already become the school’s leader in career receptions and set a record with four consecutive 100-yard receiving games. Was held under 100 yards for the first time all season with 84 against Northwestern, but tied a season high with two touchdowns. Scored his first touchdown of the season against Cal, finished with two on the day, and had a hand in each of the Gopher’s scores as he threw a third to MarQuies Gray. Has led the Gophers in receiving in each game this season and is the Big Ten leader with 35 receptions and 499 yards receiving. In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, posted game highs with nine receptions and 183 yards and a long of 53 • 183 yards marked the second highest total of his career, the best mark in the Big Ten this season, and the fifth best in the nation • posted game highs by catching 10 passes for 113 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • hauled in a long of 26 yards • became the Golden Gophers all-time leader in career receptions in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • hauled in eight passes for 119 yards and two scores while also throwing another touchdown to MarQueis Gray • passed Ron Johnson for first place on the career receptions list and became the first Golden Gopher to surpass the 200 receptions mark • against Cal recorded fourth straight game with 100 receiving yards which set a school record • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern caught eight balls for 84 yards and two touchdowns • Receiving Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2006 13/3 26 378 14.5 3 39t 2007 12/12 67 909 13.6 9 59t 2008 12/12 84 1074 12.8 7 75

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R ushing Att. Yds. 1 5 3 22 11 87

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

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN 2009 4/4 35 499 14.3 4 53 Total 40/39 212 2860 13.5 23 75

0 0 0 15 114 7.6

0 1

0 19

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 completions. His 879 passing yards rank 43rd in the nation. His 219.8 passing yards per game rank sixth in the Big Ten while his five touchdowns also tie for sixth. Threw for two touchdowns twice on the season, against Cal and again against Northwestern. Threw for over 200 yards in each of the Gophers first three games, and finished just under the 200-yard mark against Northwestern with 186 through the air. In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, racked up 248 yards on 19-of-42 passing with one touchdown and one interception • touchdown pass went to Troy Stoudermire as the first of the season • completed passes to five different receivers • had a long of 53 yards go to Eric Decker • in the 14-play,79-yard drive for the game tying field goal late the fourth quarter, was 7-of-11 for 77 yards • 42 pass attempts vs. Syracuse • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, completed 20-of-29 passes for 219 yards and no interceptions • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, finished 21-for-32 passing for 226 yards, with two touchdowns and three interceptions • threw each of his touchdown passes to Eric Decker including his longest pass of the day, a 26 yarder up the sideline on the first play of the second quarter • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, completed 15-of-26 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns, each to Eric Decker • also threw a game long pass of 27 yards to Brandon Green • Year G/GS Comp. 2007 12/12 258 2008 13/13 255 2009 4/4 75 Total 39/39 588

Att. 449 410 129 988

Pct. .575 .622 .581 .595

Yds. 2895 2761 879 6335

TD 24 15 5 44

Int. 19 8 5 32

Eff. 120.8 126.9 120.4 123.3

11 - Stoudermire, Troy Dangerous return man who has who has racked up 342 yards on kick returns through the season’s first four games. His 420 all purpose yards in 2009 rank him second on the team behind Eric Decker, and he is just one of two players to average over 100 all purpose yards a game. His kick return average of 26.3 yards per return is third in the Big Ten and he is one of only three players with a return over 50 yards this season. Started second career game in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • finished with 165 all purpose yards, and 140 coming off kick returns • returned five kicks for 140 yards including a long of 54 • caught four passes for 22 yards including the Golden Gophers only receiving touchdown • rushed for three yards on two carries • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, caught three passes for 34 yards, including a long of 19 yards • also returned tow 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 • Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. 2008 13/1 5 19 3.8 0 9 3 13 2009 4/4 2 3 1.5 0 9 10 75 Total 17/5 7 21 3.0 0 9 13 88

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Avg. TD Long 4.3 0 11 7.5 1 19 6.8 1 19

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5 15 - Simmons, Traye One of the top corner s in the Big Ten and he leads the Golden Gophers with three pass break-ups this season. A starter in every match, his 12 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 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 13/12 45 17 62 1.5-2 4 14 2009 4/4 7 5 12 1.0-3 0 3 Total 17/16 52 22 74 2.5-5 4 17

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

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• Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

G/GS 2/0 2/0 13/12 4/0 17/12

Rec. 0 0 31 0 31

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

21 - Lawrence, Simoni Currently sits third on the team and seventh in the Big Ten with35 total tackles. Has double-digit tackles in every game this season, and has been at the top of the defensive charts in each as well. 21 solo tackles are also third on the team. One of four 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 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 13/5 45 21 66 10.5-40 1 3 2009 4/4 21 14 35 2.5-12 0 1 Total 17/9 66 35 101 13.0-52 1 4

FR FF Sacks 1 2 4.0-25 0 1 1.0-10 1 3 5.0-35

22 - Bennett, Duane The Golden Gophers’ leading rusher with 210 yards and 52.5 yards per game. Has carried the ball a team high 51 times and collected a season high 89

yards against Northwestern. Has four of the Gophers five rushing touchdowns this season and has been a starter in three games, while starting 12-of-16 games played in his career. Is approaching the 1,000-yard mark for his career with 800 in his tenure. 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 • Year G/GS 2007 10/7 2008 2/2 2009 4/3 Total 16/12

Rushing Receiving Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 107 442 4.1 3 44 18 145 8.1 1 35 32 140 4.4 2 61 12 125 10.4 1 34 51 218 4.1 4 16 5 5 1.0 0 3 190 800 4.2 9 44 35 275 7.9 2 35

23 - Eskridge, DeLeon Has appeared in all four games this season after playing in all 13 last year. second on the team with 107 yards and one of two players to score a rushing touchdown. Best game of the season came against Air Force with 53 yards and one score on the ground. 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 • Year G/GS 2008 13/9 2009 4/0 Total 17/9

Rushing Receiving Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 184 714 3.7 7 46 29 181 6.2 0 23 23 107 4.6 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 207 821 4.0 8 46 29 181 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. 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, 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) • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2006 7/0 0 0 0 2007 9/1 9 0 9 2008 12/12 33 13 46 2009 2/2 4 5 9 Total 30/15 46 18 64

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TFL INT PBU 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 2 11 0-0 0 1 0-0 2 12

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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5 Punt Returns Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

G 7 9 12 2 30

PR 0 0 15 1 15

Yds. 0 0 179 27 179

Avg. 0.0 0.0 11.9 27.0 11.9

TD 0 0 0 0 0

MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN Long 0 0 34 27 0

27 - Theret, Kyle Leader in the defensive backfield, Theret has started every game the last two seasons. Sits fourth on the team with 26 total tackles while his 16 solo stops also rank fourth. 26 tackles also rank 26th in the Big Ten. Recorded seven or more tackles in each of the Gophers first three games, including a seasonhigh nine against Air Force. Finished with seven tackles in 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • seven tackle mark was fourth best on the team and five solo tackles were third best mark • also tallied one pass break-up and one half tackle for a loss • made nine tackles, including four solos, in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • finished with the Golden Gophers second best mark with seven tackles, including five solo, in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • tallied two solo and three total tackles in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2007 12/6 34 15 39 2008 13/13 59 19 78 2009 4/4 16 10 26 Total 16/0 109 44 143

TFL INT PBU 2.0-5 3 2 2.5-4 3 8 0.5-0 0 1 5.0-9 6 11

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

30 - Campbell, Lee With 40 tackles on the season, Campbell ranks second on the team and fifth in the Big Ten. Also ranks 21st in the nation in tackles. Was the first Big Ten defensive player of the week after a 13 stop performance in the season opener. 40 tackles this season already stand tied as his second best single season, behind his team leading 80 last season. His four tackles for a loss this season leads the team and he is one of two players with multiple pass break-ups. 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 • 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 4/4 27 13 40 4.0-8 0 2 Total 39/28 104 67 171 15.5-57 2 3 32 - Triplett, Nate

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

Leads the team with 47 tackles and 33 solo stops. Also ranked eights in the nation with 11.5 tackles per game. One of two players to record an interception and his four passes defended lead the team while his three pass breakups are tied for the team lead. 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 • Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 1/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 12/0 6 3 9 0.5-1 0 0 13/1 18 13 31 1.0-2 0 2 4/4 33 14 47 2.0-3 1 3 30/5 57 30 87 3.5-6 1 5

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

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 926, did not record any statistics • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2008 11/0 2 1 2 2009 4/0 2 0 2 Total 15/0 4 1 4

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’ starter at fullback in every game this season, he has rushed seven times for 39 yards and caught four passes for 24 yards. Also a stand out special teams player, where he has notched two tackles. 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 • 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5 2009 4/4 Total 22/5

7 11

39 5.6 0 10 44 4.0 8 12

4 4

24 6.0 24 6.0

0 0

13 13

37 - Ellestad, Eric In his first season as the Gophers’ placekicker, he has made 5-of-6 attempts this season with his only miss being blocked. Also handles kickoff duties where he averages 64.2 yards and has three touchbacks. Made the gamewinning field goal in overtime in the season opener and earned Big Ten player of the week honors. Went 3-of-4 on field goals including the game-winner in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • game-winner was a game long 35-yarder, and also made two 26-yarders, including one with under a minute left in regulation to tie the game at 20-20 • only missed field goal was blocked • went 2-for-2 in PAT’s • 11 points scored remain the best single game the Big Ten • also kicked off five times for an average of 62.8 yards per kick • was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week on 9/6 for his efforts against Syracuse • went 2-for-2 (34, 39) in field goals in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • scored the first points in the history of TCF Bank Stadium with his 34 yarder in the first quarter • kicked off five times for an average of 69.6 • kicked off four times in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 for an average of 62.0 yards • went 3-for-3 on PAT’s and did not attempt a field goal • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 made all five of his PAT’s and kicked off six times for 374 yards and a 62.3 yard average • Field Goals Year G M-A Pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Long Blk 2009 4 5-6 .833 0 2-2 3-3 0-1 0-0 39 1 Total 4 5-6 .833 0 2-2 3-3 0-1 0-0 39 1 Kickoffs Year G 2009 4 Total 4

No. Yds. 20 1284 20 1284

Avg. 64.2 64.2

TB OB 3 0 3 0

38 - Haudan, Blake Appeared in the 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • saw first action of the season punting, booting seven for an average of 42.1 yards per punt and a long of 54 • dropped two punts inside the 20 • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 punted four times for 161 yards including a long of 44 and 40.2 yard average • Year 2009 Totals

G/GS 4/0 4/0

No. 11 11

Yds 456 456

Avg. 42.5 42.5

Lg 54 54

41 - Orseske, Dan Handled the punting duties in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • punted five times for a 42.6 yard average including a long of 46 yards and and one punt inside the 20 • punted four times for an average of 47.0 yards with a long of 53 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • landed two punts inside the 20 yard line • did not appear against Cal on 9/19 • Year 2009 Totals

G/GS 2/0 2/0

No. 9 9

Yds 401 401

Avg. 44.6 44.6

Lg 53 53

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 • 47 - Coleman, Ryan 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 • 48 - Tow-Arnett, Nick In his first season as the starting tight end. Has caught 10 passes for 128 yards including a career game with five catches for 65 yards against Northwestern. 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 • Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS 1/0 12/2 13/0 4/4 29/5

Rec. 0 10 10 10 25

Yds. 0 149 211 128 423

Avg. 0.0 14.9 21.1 12.8 16.9

TD 0 0 1 0 1

Lg 0 56 40 56 56

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 • 55 - McKinley, Cedric An imposing presence on the defensive line, has started every game this season. 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. 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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5 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 • Yr. 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 12/0 7 1 8 3-21 0 0 4/4 5 6 11 3.0-13 0 1 16/4 13 7 19 6.0-34 0 1

FR FF Sacks 0 0 3-21 2 1 1.0-9 2 1 4.0-30

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 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 • Yr. 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 12/0 5 3 8 1-2 0 0 4/0 1 2 3 0.5-1 0 0 16/0 6 5 11 1.5-3 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 • 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 • did not see action at Northwestern on 9/26 • 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

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MINNESOTA vs. WISCONSIN 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 • 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 • 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 • Year 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS 9/0 4/0 13/0

Rec. 3 0 3

Yds. 38 0 38

Avg. 12.7 0.0 12.7

TD 1 0 1

Lg 22 0 22

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, did not record any statistics • 89 - Moen, Barrett Moved into a starting role on the defensive line as a senior, and notched a career high three tackles against Cal. 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 • Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 0/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 10/0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0 13/0 4 3 7 1.5-14 0 0 4/4 2 3 5 0.5-5 0 0 27/4 10 6 16 2-19 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1.5-14 0 0 0.5-5 0 0 2-19

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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 5 statistics • Year 2007 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS Solo Asst Total 6/1 2 1 3 4/0 1 0 1 4/0 4 0 4 14/1 7 1 8

ern on 9/26, recorded one sack for 11 yards • TFL INT PBU 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 1-3 0 0 1-3 0 0

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

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. 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 • Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 10/5 12 4 16 3-22 0 1 2008 11/8 12 4 16 4-8 0 1 2009 1/0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0 Totals 22/13 28 8 36 7-30 0 2

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

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 • 96 - Hughes, Curtis Appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • 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 Triplett. 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 • Year 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 11/0 6 2 8 2-7 0 0 3/0 6 3 9 2-7 0 0 14/0 12 5 17 4-14 0 0

Year 2008 2009 Totals

G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 10/0 3 4 7 1-3 0 0 4/0 5 1 6 1.0-11 0 0 14/0 8 5 13 2.0-14 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0.5-2 0 0 0-0 0 0 0.5-2

98 - Small, Eric One of the top interior defensive linemen in the Big Ten, has started each game this season. His 12 total tackles lead Minnesota d-linemen and his 3.0 sacks for a loss of 19 yards lead the Big Ten. 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 • 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 4/4 9 3 12 3.0-19 0 0 Totals 29/22 34 21 55 10.0-54 0 2

FR FF Sacks 0 0 1-12 2 1 2-16 0 0 3.0-19 2 1 7.0-47

99 - Brown, Garrett Imposing figure on the inside and is among the top interior d-linemen in the Big Ten. Has been an everyday starter the last two seasons and has collected seven 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 • 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 1-8 0 0 2008 12/12 21 13 34 7-30 0 3 2009 4/4 5 2 7 0-0 0 0 Totals 37/23 47 24 71 8-38 0 3

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0-0 0 0 1-8 3 1 3-19 0 0 0-0 3 1 4-27

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 Northwest-

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