Minnesota Game Notes - vs. Purdue (Oct. 6) by University of Minnesota Athletics

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

SCHEDULE/RESULTS SEPTEMBER 5 12 19 26

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

OCTOBER

3 10 17 24 31

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

NOVEMBER

7 Illinois* 14 South Dakota State 21 at Iowa*

Date: Saturday, Oct. 10 Time: 11:02 a.m. (CT) Site: Minneapolis, Minn. Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Surface: FieldTurf Capacity: 50,805 Series: Minnesota leads 32-30-3 Last Meeting: Oct. 25, 2008 Minnesota 17, Purdue 6 W. Lafayette, Ind.

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

L 31-28 11:02 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 6 SCHEDULE MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 9-10 a.m................................. Brewster available for out of town media TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 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, OCTOBER 7 3-5:15 p.m........................Practice (Coach, Players available following)

MINNESOTA

GOLDEN GOPHERS 3-2, 1-1 BIG TEN

PURDUE

BOILERMAKERS 1-4, 0-1 BIG TEN

GOPHERS PLAY HOST TO PURDUE FOR HOMECOMING SATURDAY

The Minnesota Golden Gophers will look to rebound from a loss to Wisconsin last week when Purdue visits TCF Bank Stadium Saturday. The Gophers lead the all-time series with the Boilermakers by a tally of 32-303. Saturday’s Homecoming contest will be played at 11:02 a.m. Minnesota has only won two of the last 11 meetings with the Boilermakers. But the Gophers won last season’s matchup by a 17-6 tally. Purdue is coming off a 27-21 loss to Northwestern last week. The Boilermakers are 1-4 overall and 0-1 in Big Ten play. Purdue’s only victory this season came in its season-opener vs. Toledo. ESPN2 will televise the game. Pam Ward will call the game action with the play-by-play, while Ray Bentley will be the analyst.

BROADCAST INFORMATION Television ESPN2

Pam Ward - Play-by-play Ray Bentley - 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 122, XM 196

Tickets

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 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 9 .......................................................Available for network television only

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SCOUTING MINNESOTA Minnesota has played five consecutive games that were in doubt in the fourth quarter to open the 2009 campaign. 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. Minnesota was tied 21-21 with California midway through the fourth quarter and fell by just three to Wisconsin.

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

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MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES Sunday

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

Tuesday

Head coach Tim Brewster hosts a regularly scheduled news conference on Tuesday of each week. Media luncheons and news conferences will be held in the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex, beginning at 11:15 a.m. with lunch. Brewster will address the media beginning at 12 p.m. (Noon), with requested players available at 12:40 p.m. To request players for the weekly news conference, media should contact Andy Seeley with requests by noon each preceding Monday at 612.626.0299 or via e-mail at aseeley@umn.edu. Practice schedules can change on a weekly basis. Please contact Andy Seeley for practice times. Gopher practices will take place on Rod Wallace Field. Tuesday practices are open to the media for the first 30 minutes. Requested players will be made available to the media following Tuesday practices.

Wednesday

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

Thursday

No media availability.

Friday

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

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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 604. Wide receiver Eric Decker set a Minnesota record for career receptions vs. Cal and currently has 212. Last week vs. Wisconsin, Decker became the Gophers’ career receiving yardage leader with a total of 3,000 yards. He was a Biletnikoff Award finalist and All-Big Ten in 2008. Defensively, Minnesota is allowing 24.6 points per game. The Gophers rank No. 64 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 (14 tackles, 3 TFL, 3 sacks, FF) leads the way. The secondary returns three starters -- CBs Marcus Sherels and Traye Simmons and safety Kyle Theret.

SCOUTING PURDUE Purdue comes into this week’s game with a 1-4 overall record and an 0-1 mark in the Big Ten. But the Boilermakers have been close to big victories this season. Purdue fell to nationally-ranked Oregon 38-36 on the road and lost by just three, 24-21 to Notre Dame.

BOILERMAKER SCHEDULE Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21

Purdue is coached by Danny Hope, who is in his first season as the head coach in W. Lafayette. He is in his sixth overall season on the Purdue staff. Hope was an assistant coach at Purdue under Joe Tiller from 19972001.

Toledo at Oregon Northern Illinois Notre Dame Northwestern* at Minnesota* Ohio State* Illinois* at Wisconsin* at Michigan* Michigan State* at Indiana*

W 52-31 L 38-36 L 28-21 L 24-21 L 27-21

Offensively, Purdue is one of the more prolific teams in the Big Ten. The Boilermakers are No. 34 in the nation in total offense, No. 30 in passing and No. 56 in rushing. They are averaging 30.2 points per game, ranking No. 41. On the flip side, Purdue is 94th in total defense and 92nd in scoring defense, allowing 399.4 yards and 29.6 points per game.

TALE OF THE TAPE (2009 Stats, Rankings) MINNESOTA (3-2/1-1 Big Ten) Team Statistics UM Points/Game 25.4 First Downs 81 Rushing/Game 96.0 Passing/Game 231.4 Total Off./Gm 327.4 Time of Poss. 28:02 Individual Leaders Rushing Att Net Bennett 53 230 Eskridge 37 165 Passing Weber

OPP 24.6 102 174.6 202.4 377.0 31:58

Avg TD 4.3 5 4.5 1

C-A-I 91-159-6

TD 6

YPG 46.0 33.0

Individual Leaders Rushing Att Net Bolden 97 541 Taylor 26 118

OPP 29.6 112 159.4 240.0 399.4 33:50

Avg TD YPG 5.6 4 108.2 4.5 3 23.6

Passing Elliott

C-A-I 103-166-7

Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD YPG Decker 43 639 14.9 5 127.8 Stoudermire 13 121 9.3 1 24.2

Receiving Smith Valentin

Rec Yds Avg TD 35 459 13.1 3 21 276 13.1 4

Defense U-A-TT Triplett 40-16-56 Campbell 35-138-53

Defense Werner Williams

U-A-TT 32-8-40 24-13-37

TFL 3.0 5.0

YPG 230.0

PURDUE (1-4/0-1 Big Ten) Team Statistics PU Points/Game 30.2 First Downs 95 Rushing/Game 153.6 Passing/Game 253.2 Total Off./Gm 411.8 Time of Poss. 26:10

PBU 4 3

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TD 10

TFL 8.0 --

YPG 255.2 YPG 91.8 55.2 Sacks 3.0 --

NCAA TEAM RANKINGS Category UM Rush Off. 107 (96.0) Pass Off. 51 (231.4) Pass Eff. 73 (124.36) Tot. Off. 97 (327.4) Scor. Off. t74 (25.4) Rush Def. 96 (174.6) Pass Def. 50 (202.4) Pass Eff. D 72 (129.12) Tot. Def. 81 (377.0) Scor. Def. t64 (24.6) Net Punt 11 (40.43) Punt Ret. 9 (19.0) KO Ret. 14 (27.2) TO Marg. 73 (-0.20) Sacks t51 (2.0) Sacks All. t87 (2.4) Tack/Loss 64 (5.6)

PU 56 (153.6) 30 (258.2) 45 (138.11) 34 (411.8) 41 (30.2) 85 (159.4) 89 (240.0) 40 (113.88) 94 (399.4) 92 (29.6) 79 (34.95) 35 (11.86) 104 (18.9) 113 (-1.6) t51 (2.0) t38 (1.4) t42 (6.4)

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

QUICK HITTERS u Minnesota ranks No. 9 in the nation in punt return average, going for 19.0 yards per return. u The Gophers are No. 11 in the nation in net punting, averaging 40.43 yards of field position per punt. u Minnesota ranks 14th in the nation in kickoff returns, averaging 27.23 yards per kick return. The Gophers returned five kicks, averaging nearly 30 yards per return, last week vs. Wisconsin. u The Gophers have performed in front of three straight sellout crowds of 50,805 in their first three games at TCF Bank Stadium. u Minnesota’s 35 points vs. Northwestern two weeks ago were its most in 13 games, -- since scoring 37 vs. Florida Atlantic last season. u Minnesota has trailed in the fourth quarter of every game it has played this season.

THE PURDUE SERIES Saturday’s game will be the 66th gridiron meeting between the University of Minnesota and Purdue. Minnesota leads the series 32-30-3, winning 17-6 last season. Despite last season’s victory at Purdue, Minnesota has won just twice in its last 11 attempts vs. the Boilermakers. The only other Minnesota win during that stretch was a 42-35, double-overtime victory at the Metrodome back in 2005.

LAST TIME VS. PURDUE (Oct. 25, 2008 - Minneapolis) -- Minnesota defeated Purdue 17-6 in a defensive battle. Adam Weber accounted for 276 total yards and two scores as Minnesota improved to 7-1 for the first time since 2002. The Gophers overcame 12 penalties and forced four turnovers. A stingy Gopher defense surrendered just 226 yards (108 passing). Minnesota defeated Purdue on the road for the first time since 1990. With the game hanging in the balance with a four-point lead in the fourth quarter, Weber converted on two huge third downs deep in Minnesota territory. He connected with Eric Decker four four yards on a 3rd-and-2 from the Minnesota 27 and with Brandon Green for 11 yards on a 3rd-and-9 from the 37. Weber then made the game-changing play, running 39 yards up the middle to the Boiler 9-yard line. On the ensuing play, he tossed a 9-yard TD to Jack Simmons and the Gophers led 17-6 with 6:14 to go. Minnesota recorded three sacks on the next possession to essentially put the game away. Weber completed 21-of-34 passes for 214 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for 62 yards on 13 carries. In his first career start, Brandon Green stepped up with five catches for 101 yards.

LAST TIME OUT (Oct. 3, 2009) -- In a fourth quarter filled with big plays, Minnesota fell short in a 31-28 setback to Wisconsin at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers trailed by 10 points with less than three minutes left, but drove the length of the field and scored a touchdown with 2:13 remaining to pull within three. Minnesota got the ball back 30 seconds later, but the Badgers forced a game-ending fumble in the final minute. It was Wisconsin’s sixth straight win in the battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe. Wisconsin RB John Clay had a big day with 32 carries for 184 yards and three touchdowns. Clay led a devastating Wisconsin ground game in the second half with 149 of his yards coming after halftime. The Badgers totaled 232 of their 295 rushing yards in the second half. It was another big day for Gophers’ senior receiver Eric Decker, as well. Decker caught eight passes for 140 yards and his spectacular diving catch on a fourth-and-16 play on the Gophers’ final drive gave him exactly 3,000 yards for his career, surpassing Ron Johnson’s Minnesota career record total of 2,989.

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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 â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 6

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN.

USA TODAY TOP 25 - WEEK 6 Team (1st-Place Votes) 1. Florida (57) 2. Texas (1) 3. Alabama (1) 4. LSU 5. Virginia Tech 6. Boise State 7. USC 8. Ohio State 9. TCU 10. Cincinnati 11. Miami (Fla.) 12. Penn State 13. Oklahoma State 14. Iowa 15. Kansas 16. Mississippi 17. Oregon 18. Missouri 19. Auburn 20. BYU 21. Oklahoma 21. Nebraska 23. Georgia Tech 24. South Florida 25. Wisconsin

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

Record 4-0 4-0 5-0 5-0 4-1 5-0 4-1 4-1 4-0 5-0 3-1 4-1 3-1 5-0 4-0 3-1 4-1 4-0 5-0 4-1 2-2 3-1 4-1 5-0 5-0

Points 1473 1408 1273 1273 1141 1133 1123 1072 965 937 750 713 702 655 616 460 433 386 369 353 346 329 278 220 156

The Big Ten Conference is an 11-member NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and Bowl Championship Series league. The Gophers hold a 331-353-28 record against current and former members of the Big Ten Conference. Minnesota holds a winning record against six of the other 10 current members of the conference. The Gophers have had their most success against Northwestern (50-30-5). Minnesota has struggled the most with Ohio State (7-41-0).

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 50-30-5 7-41-0 4-6-0 32-30-3 59-52-8

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.

126 YEARS AND COUNTING ...

Others Receiving Votes: Georgia 148, South Carolina 128, Notre Dame 57, Houston 52, Stanford 43, Michigan 33, Utah 31, Boston College 15, Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 2, Arkansas 1, West Virginia 1, Central Michigan 1.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little doubt that the University of Minnesota is one of the most historically significant programs in all of college football. The Golden Gophers are in their 126th season of collegiate football in 2009. The Golden Gophers enter the 2009 campaign with an all-time record of 634-456-44 (.578 winning percentage).

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Minnesota has played the fourth-most seasons in the history of college football. Only Rutgers (139), Michigan (129) and Navy (128) have played more. In fact, by the end of 2009, only 21 schools in the nation will have completed at least 120 seasons of college football. Only four schools -- including Minnesota -- will have played 125 years of intercollegiate football by the end of this season.

Team (1st-Place Votes) 1. Florida (54) 2. Texas (1) 3. Alabama (5) 4. LSU 5. Virginia Tech 6. Boise State 7. USC 8. Cincinnati 9. Ohio State 10. TCU 11. Miami (Fla.) 12. Iowa 13. Oregon 14. Penn State 15. Oklahoma State 16. Kansas 17. Auburn 18. BYU 19. Oklahoma 20. Mississippi 21. Nebraska 22. Georgia Tech 23. South Florida 24. Missouri 25. South Carolina

Record 4-0 4-0 5-0 5-0 4-1 5-0 4-1 5-0 4-1 4-0 3-1 5-0 4-1 4-1 3-1 4-0 5-0 4-1 2-2 3-1 3-1 4-1 5-0 4-0 4-1

Points 1486 1416 1404 1290 1200 1185 1108 1004 994 940 931 823 676 564 563 513 428 403 370 357 333 311 238 215 200

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 157, Houston 142, Georgia 115, Stanford 50, Utah 31, Michigan 25, Boston College 12, Notre Dame 9, Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 2, West Virginia 2.

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GOPHER CHAMPIONSHIPS Minnesota has won six national championships and 18 Big Ten titles in the 126-year history of the Gopher football program. Bernie Bierman led Minnesota to national titles in 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940 and 1941. The Gophers also won a national title in 1960 under Murray Warmath. Minnesota won its first-ever Big Ten title in 1900. The Gophers have a total of 18 Big Ten Championships in their history: 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1967.

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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 Wisconsin Ohio State Iowa Michigan Penn State Minnesota Northwestern Michigan State Purdue Indiana Illinois

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.

NET PROFIT Through the first five games of the 2009 season, Minnesota’s net punting average (punt yardage-minus return yards/touchbacks) ranks No. 11 in the nation. The Gophers’ net punting average is 40.43 yards per punt. The Gophers have punted 23 times with three punts of 50-plus yards and seven downed inside the 20-yard line. Opponents are averaging just 3.4 yards per return against the Minnesota punt coverage team and have only returned 10 of the 23 Gopher punts.

SEEING RED Minnesota is 18-of-20 (90 percent) scoring when in the red zone (inside the opponents’ 20-yard line) this season. The Gophers have scored 12 touchdowns in the red zone and kicked six field goals. The Gophers are tied for No. 28 in the nation in the red zone. Eight teams are still flawless in the red zone this season, including last week’s opponent Wisconsin. Although Minnesota was 4-of-4 in the red zone last week, they settled for twice when they had penetrated the 10-yard line vs. the Badgers. 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. 9 in the country and No. 1 in the Big Ten with an average punt return of 19.0 yards, but they’ve only returned three punts all season. Kickoff returner Troy Stoudermire’s first return of the season was a 54-yarder. As a team, the Gophers are averaging 27.23 yards per kickoff return, which ranks No. 14 in the nation and No. 2 in the conference.

TALKIN’ 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 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 0-2 0-2

Overall 5-0 4-1 5-0 4-1 4-1 3-2 3-2 2-3 1-4 3-2 1-3

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Saturday, October 3 Iowa 24, Arkansas State 21 Michigan State 26, Michigan 20 - OT Northwestern 27, Purdue 21 Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 28 Penn State 35, Illinois 17 Ohio State 33, Indiana 14 THIS WEEK’S GAMES Saturday, October 10 Miami (Ohio) at Northwestern, 11 a.m. Michigan State at Illinois, 11 a.m. Purdue at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Eastern Illinois at Penn State, 11 .m. Indiana at Virginia, 2:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Ohio State, 2:30 p.m. Michigan at Iowa, 7 p.m. 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 is minus-1 so far this season in turnovers, currently ranking 75th in the nation (-0.20/game) in turnover margin. The Gophers were even in turnovers last week vs. Wisconsin, with three apiece.

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

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

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MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

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 604). The previous record of 539 completions was held by Cory Sauter (1994-97). Three weeks ago, he set the Gopher career record for passing attempts (his total is now 1,018). 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 640 yards to break the career mark for passing yardage (Bryan Cupito, 2003-06 - 7,446) and just 11 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’s 271 yards passing last week vs. Wisconsin marked a season-high for the junior quarterback. It was Weber’s highest passing total since going for 327 vs. Northwestern last season. u Weber threw 19 interceptions in his first season as a starter in 2007. He significantly improved that total in 2008, throwing just eight picks. He has six this season. Weber has had only two games with multiple interceptions since the 2007 season. u Freshman MarQueis Gray is the No. 2 QB. He rushed for 33 yards on five carries at Northwestern. 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.

ESKRIDGE EXPRESS u Sophomore DeLeon Eskridge rushed for 60 yards on 14 carries (4.3-yard average) last week vs. Wisconsin to lead the Gophers on the ground. His 60-yard effort was his best outing of the season. It was the largest rushing total for Eskridge, since he went for 80 yards against Michigan last season at the Metrodome. Eskridge is second in rushing in the Gopher statistics, having rushed for 165 yards on 37 carries in 2009.

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. It was his first touch since Sept. 6, 2008 when he suffered a season-ending knee injury. u Bennett scored three TDS at Northwestern earlier this year. He is the first Gopher to accomplish that feat since DeLeon Eskridge did it vs. Montana State on Sept. 13, 2008. u 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 at Northwestern. 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 8.0 yards per carry so far this season.

MORE RECORDS FOR DECKER u Senior wide receiver Eric Decker has recorded three new Minnesota records already in the 2009 season. Last week, he became Minnesota’s career receiving yardage record-holder. Earlier this season, he set a new record for career receptions and for consecutive 100-yard receiving games. 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 1,000-yard season in 2008, finishing with 1,074 yards to rank No. 2 on the school singleseason chart.

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RECEIVER NOTEBOOK

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

CLIMBING THE CHARTS

u Eric Decker now has exactly 3,000 yards receiving in his Gopher career. An 18-yard reception late in the fourth quarter last week gave Decker the career receiving yardage record. u Decker’s 127.8 yards and 8.6 receptions per game rank No. 3 and No. 5 in the nation, respectively. u Decker has hauled in at least one reception in 31 consecutive games, ranking No. 7 in the nation. u Decker tallied his fourth 100-yard receiving game in five 2009 outings last week. u Troy Stoudermire is the No. 2 receiver on the team, with 13 catches and 121 yards. He also caught his first career touchdown pass vs. Syracuse in the season-opener. u Tight end Nick Tow-Arnett had just one reception last week. But it was a big one. His 38-yard reception was a season-long and put the Gophers at the 1-yard line to set up a fourth-quarter touchdown. u Tow-Arnett is the squad’s top tight end. His five receptions two weeks ago at Northwestern were a career-best. u Brandon Green is averaging 13.0 yards per catch in 2009. u Junior wide receiver Hayo Carpenter had a 25-yard reception last week for his second of the season. u 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.

CRITICAL MASS 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 under went back surgery on August 24. The Gophers lost only Jason Meinke’s eight starts. u Senior center Jeff Tow-Arnett was healthy for the first five games after competing on a torn ACL in six of his starts and seven of his games played last year. Tow-Arnett was lost to injury vs. Wisconsin. u Sophomore Trey Davis saw his first action of the season vs. Wisconsin, after Tow-Arnett went down. u Junior guard Matt Carufel returned to the starting lineup last week vs. Wisconsin. Carufel missed the Northwestern game with a bout of dizziness. u Senior Matt Stommes has now started three games. He left the Syracuse game with an ankle injury. u Sophomore left guard Chris Bunders has started each of the first five games this season. u Junior tackle Dom Alford has seen action in all five games this season.

BROWN BAGGING IT u Senior defensive tackle Garrett Brown made three stops and forced a fumble in last week’s game vs. Wisconsin. It was the first turnover Brown has been involved in this season. He had a hand in four during the 2008 season, recovering three fumbles and forcing another. Brown has 10 total stops this season, after recording 34 stops in 2008.

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. Small leads the D-Line with 14 tackles in 2009. u Small has done a little bit of everything this season. He has 3.0 sacks, 3.0 TFL, 1 PBU and 1 FF. u Senior defensive end Barrett Moen came to Minnesota as a walk-on offensive lineman. He has 6 stops in 2009. u Senior defensive end Derrick Onwuachi saw his first action of 2009 at Northwestern two weeks ago, after suffering a knee injury on the first day of preseason camp. He has five solo stops since returning. u Sophomore defensive end Anthony Jacobs got his first career start vs. Wisconsin last week. He turned in a pair of tackles, as did his backup Ray Henderson.

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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. Adam Weber, 2007- 4. Asad Abdul-Khaliq, 2000-03 5. Marquel Fleetwood, 1989-92 6. Rickey Foggie, 1984-87 7. Mike Hohensee, 1981-82 8. Tim Schade, 1993-94 9. Tony Dungy, 1973-76 10. Billy Cockerham, 1996-99

7,446 6,834 6,806 6,660 5,279 5,162 4,792 3,986 3,515 3,483

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

604 539 513 481 465 392 322 311 278 274

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 45 40 34 33 29 25 22 22

CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE 1. Eric Decker, 2006- 2. Ron Johnson, 1998-2001 3. Tutu Atwell, 1994-97 4. Ernie Wheelwright, 2004-07 5. Ryan Thelwell, 1994-96 6. Jared Ellerson, 2002-2005 7. Luke Leverson, 1996-99 8. Omar Douglas, 1990-93 9. Dwayne McMullen, 1981-84 10. Aaron Osterman, 1990-94 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

3,000 2,989 2,640 2,434 2,232 2,054 1,843 1,681 1,627 1,598

31 26 24 17 15 15 15 14 14 12 12

PG. 7

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

GOPHER RADIO NETWORK

TRIPLETT’S TURNOVERS

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 done a little bit of everything for the Gophers this season. Triplett accounted for two of Minnesota’s three turnovers gained last week vs. Wisconsin. He returned an interception 25 yards to set up a score and also recovered a fumble. Triplett has 40 percent (4-of-10) of the Gophers’ turnovers gained in 2009 with a pair of interceptions and a pair of fumble recoveries.

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 continues to lead the nation in solo tackles. He has 40 solo stops for an average of 8.0/game. 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 is No. 2 in the Big Ten and No. 8 in the nation in total tackles with 11.2 per game. He also ranks No. 5 in the Big Ten in passes defended with four pass break-ups and two interceptions. 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. 3 in the Big Ten and No. 15 in the nation in total tackles, recording 53 (10.6 per game) so far this season. u Senior linebacker Simoni Lawrence is No. 3 on the team, recording 44 stops so far this season. That total is good for No. 7 in the Big Ten. u Backup LB Keanon Cooper has 18 stops in his last three games and ranks No. 6 on the team.

ROYSTON RACKS ’EM UP u Junior safety Kim Royston made the most of his first performance against his former team last week. Royston transferred to Minnesota from Wisconsin last year. After sitting out a season due to NCAA transfer rules, Royston is eligible to play this year. He played plenty against his former team last week, racking up 11 tackles. Royston ranks No. 5 on the team with 28 total tackles.

SECONDARY NOTEBOOK u Senior cornerback Marcus Sherels set a Minnesota record with an 88-yard fumble return for a TD vs. Wisconsin last week. He ranks ninth on the team with 14 stops, despite playing just three games. u Junior safety Kyle Theret has seen action in all 30 games of his Gopher career. He has started 24 games in his career, including each of the last 23. u Theret was No. 2 on the team with 78 total tackles last season. He ranks fourth this season with 33. He also made three interceptions in 2008, to rank No. 10 in the Big Ten. u Kim Royston picked up his first Gopher interception two weeks ago at Northwestern, thwarting a potential scoring drive at the Minnesota 2-yard line. His only other career pick was vs. Minnesota in 2007. u Senior CB Traye Simmons has broken up three passes this season, after 14 PBU and 4 INTs in 2008. u Freshman cornerback Michael Carter has seen a great deal of action as the Gophers’ third corner.

A FINE HAU(DAN) YOU DO u Senior punter Blake Haudan found out he was going to be punting vs. California 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 just three games as a punter, Haudan is averaging 41.6 yards per punt with seven fair catches and four 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 38 successful long snaps through five games this season (23 punt, 8 FG, 15 PAT). Coleman made 128 snaps in 2008, with only one bad snap. u Junior placekicker Eric Ellestad remained perfect on PATs (14-14), hitting both attempts last week. He is 7-of-8 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 6

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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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

WEEK 6 MINNESOTA DEPTH CHART - OFFENSE Left Tackle

79 - Matt Stommes 76 - Dom Alford

Left Guard

68 - Chris Bunders 78 - Ryan Orton

Center

61 - Trey Davis 53 - D.J. Burris

Right Guard

73 - Matt Carufel 53 - D.J. Burris

Right Tackle

71 - Jeff Wills 74 - Ryan Ruckdashel

Quarterback

8 - Adam Weber 5 - MarQueis Gray

Running Back

22 - Duane Bennett 23 - DeLeon Eskridge

Fullback

35 - Jon Hoese 42 - Logan U’u

Wide Receiver

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.*

Has started three games this season after missing two with ankle injury Has started 12 games in his career, including two this season

6-3 6-4

322 296

So.* So.*

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

6-2 6-2

281 290

So.* Jr.*

Appeared in 10 games, including five starts, as a red-shirt freshman last season First appearance of season was a start at Northwestern; 21 career starts

6-5 6-2

302 290

Jr.* Jr.*

Has started four of five games this season; Three career starts at Notre Dame First appearance of season was a start at Northwestern; 21 career starts

6-7 6-5

365 290

Jr. Sr.*

Largest player on the Gophers’ roster; Started his first five games as a Gopher Experienced, versatile lineman has played in 24 games, both at guard and tackle

6-3 6-4

221 222

Jr.* Fr.

Needs 28 yards to move into the No. 2 spot on the Minnesota career passing chart Rushed for 33 yards on five carries two weeks ago at Northwestern

5-9 203 5-11 198

So.* So.

Scored a career-high three TDs and had a career-best 21 carries at Northwestern Rushed for a season-high 60 yards last week vs. Wisconsin

6-2 233 5-10 230

Jr.* Sr.

Former walk-on; Converted safety; Averaging 8.0 yards per carry Converted linebacker; Saw action in three games in 2008, before suffering leg injury

6-3 6-3

220 200

Sr.* So.

Became Minnesota’s career receiving yardage leader last week vs. Wisconsin Caught a two-point conversion pass last week vs. Wisconsin

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 Was rated as the top junior-college recruit in the nation last year

6-3 6-3

Sr.* So.

Career-best five receptions for 65 yards at Northwestern First career touch came on a tight end reverse vs. Wisconsin, gaining 8 yards

248 230

WEEK 6 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.*

7-of-8 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.*

22 good holds in his first collegiate action the last 5 weeks (14 PATs, 8 FG attempts)

6-1

225

Jr.*

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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 6

WEEK 6 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; 5 career starts have all come this season Five solo stops last two weeks in first action since injuring knee on first day of camp

6-2 6-2

310 295

Sr. So.

Has started 24 straight games; Ten total tackles this season w/ a forced fumble Missed Northwestern game with a foot injury; Has played in four contests in 2009

6-2 6-2

306 333

Sr.* So.

Has started 24 games; Three sacks this season is tops on the team Has played in 17 games in his Gopher career; has three total stops this season

6-2 6-5

289 263

So.* Sr.*

Made his first career start vs. Wisconsin last week, making two tackles 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 44 total tackles, No. 2 with 3.5 tackles-for-loss Has appeared in 15 games during his Gopher career

6-3 6-1

246 220

Sr.* So.

Leads team in tackles for loss (5.0); Ranks No. 2 on team in total stops (53) Has seen action in 12 career games, mostly on special teams

6-3 6-0

247 210

Sr.* Fr.*

Leads nation with 40 solo tackles; Leads team with four pass break-ups Has had three straight solid games (7 tackles vs. Cal, 6 vs. NW, 4 vs. Wisconsin)

5-11 180 5-11 163

Sr. Fr.

Leads defensive backs 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 24th game of his career, tallied seven tackles vs. Wisconsin 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; Tallied 11 stops vs. his old team last week Has played in all 30 games, including 12 starts in Gopher career; Usually plays CB

5-11 172 5-10 182

Sr. Sr.*

Set a school record with an 88-yard fumble recovery for TD last week vs. Wisconsin Has seen action in 14 games during his career; Has not played in 2009

WEEK 6 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 seven fair catches in 14 total punts this season

6-0 167 5-11 172

Fr. Sr.

Returned one punt for 22 yards 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 28.2 yards per return this season, ranking No. 23 in the nation 27 career kickoff returns (22.4 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 6

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

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)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

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 6

Gm 1

Minnesota 23, Syracuse 20 (OT)

SCORE BY QUARTERS Minnesota Syracuse

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

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1 14 10

2 0 10

3 3 0

4 3 0

OT 3 0

TOTAL 23 20

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

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

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

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

RUSHING: Minnesota Gophers-Bennett 16-78; Eskridge 8-29; Hoese 2-10; Stoudermire 2-3; Whaley 1-0; Weber 3-minus 8. Syracuse-Carter 23-88; Bailey 5-31; Davis 1-minus 3; Paulus 4-minus 12; Team 1-minus 14. PASSING: Minnesota Gophers-Weber 19-42-1-248. Syracuse-Paulus 19-31-1-167.

Gm 2

Minnesota 20, Air Force 13

SCORE BY QUARTERS Air Force Minnesota

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

1 0 3

2 3 0

3 7 0

4 3 17

TOTAL 13 20

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

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

MINN 14 24-108 219 29-20-0 53-327 1-52 0-0 3-89 0-0 4-47.0 1-1 8-69 26:59 4 of 11 0 of 0 2-2 1-6

RUSHING: Air Force Falcons-Clark 12-90; Tew 16-56; Warzeka 10-42; Jefferson 17-35; Stephens 5-23; Getz 1-7; Walker 4-5; Hunter 1-3. Minnesota Gophers-Eskridge 7-53; Bennett 7-27; Gray 2-15; Hoese 3-14; Weber, Adam 2-2; TEAM 3-minus 3. PASSING: Air Force Falcons-Jefferson 10-17-0-125. Minnesota Gophers-Weber 20-29-0-219.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 6

Gm 5

Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 28

SCORE BY QUARTERS Wisconsin Minnesota

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

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

1 7 10

2 3 3

3 7 0

4 14 15

TOTAL 31 28

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

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

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

RUSHING: Wisconsin Badgers-Clay 32-184; Tolzien 5-65; Brown 6-39; Ball 4-5; Gilreath 1-4; Team 1-minus 2. Minnesota-Eskridge 14-60; Bennett 2-20; Lair 1-8; Gray 1-4; Whaley 2-3; Hoese 1-1; Green 1-minus 3; Pittman 1-minus 9; Weber 5-minus 27. PASSING: Wisconsin Badgers-Tolzien 16-26-1-159. Minnesota-Weber 16-30-1-271. RECEIVING: Wisconsin Badgers-Graham 7-68; Toon 4-33; Kendricks 2-30; Anderson 2-19; Moore 1-9. Minnesota-Decker 8-140; Stoudermire 3-46; Eskridge 2-10; Tow-Arnett 1-38; Carpenter 1-25; Bennett 1-12. INTERCEPTIONS: Wisconsin Badgers-Butrym 1-0. Minnesota-Triplett 1-25. FUMBLES: Wisconsin Badgers-Brown 1-1; Tolzien 1-1. Minnesota-Bennett 1-1; Weber 1-1. Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 50805 Kickoff time: 11:02 am End of Game: 2:16 Total elapsed time: 3:14 SACKS (UA-A): Wisconsin Badgers-Schofield 2-0; Nzegwu 2-0; Butrym 0-1; Borland 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Wisconsin Badgers-Fenelus 8-1; Schofield 5-1; Smith 5-1; Valai 3-3; Taylor 3-2; Nzegwu 3-1; Watt 2-2; Butrym 1-3; Maragos 2-0; St. Jean 1-1; McFadden 1-1; Hampton 1-0; Henry 1-0; Tolzien 1-0; Sorensen 1-0; Hartmann 0-1; Borland 0-1. Minnesota-Campbell 8-5; Royston 5-6; Triplett 7-2; Lawrence 5-4; Theret 3-4; Sherels 3-2; Cooper 1-3; Brown 2-1; Simmons 1-2; Salamon 2-0; Small 1-1; Jacobs 0-2; Tinsley 0-2; Henderson 0-2; Onwuachi 1-0; Klitzke 1-0; Collado 1-0; Hoese 0-1; Tow-Arnett 0-1; Carpenter 0-1; Moen 0-1.0-1.

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MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

2009 STATISTICS

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

Score 23-20 (OT) 20-13 21-35 35-24 28-31

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

TEAM STATISTICS

MINNESOTA 127 25.4 81 26 53 2 480 601 121 147 3.3 96.0 6 1157 92-161-6 7.2 12.6 231.4 7 1637 308 5.3 327.4 22-599 3-57 3-25 27.2 19.0 8.3 5-5 31-253 50.6 23-984 42.8 40.4 28:02 27/68 40% 1/5 20% 10-76 0 15 7-8 0-0 18-20 90% 12-20 60% 14-14 100% 152415

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

1st 34 34

2nd 24 30

Attend. 48617 50805 50805 22091 50805

Opponents 123 24.6 102 46 51 5 873 1004 131 222 3.9 174.6 10 1012 93-146-3 6.9 10.9 202.4 5 1885 368 5.1 377.0 22-461 10-34 6-0 21.0 3.4 0.0 12-7 22-179 35.8 25-1073 42.9 37.4 31:58 37/78 47% 4/5 80% 12-83 0 15 6-7 0-1 14-16 88% 10-16 63% 15-15 100% 70708 3rd 17 28

4th 49 31

OT 3 0

RUSHING

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

PASSING

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

GP 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 2 1 5 5 5

G 5 5 1 5 5

RECEIVING

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

G 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5

Att. 53 37 9 8 8 2 1 2 1 6 1 19 147 222

Effic. 122.89 244.40 0.00 124.40 129.12

No. 43 13 11 10 6 4 2 2 1 92 93

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

G 5 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 2 1 5 5

Plays 178 53 37 9 8 8 2 1 2 2 1 6 1 308 368

Gain 238 172 55 40 39 17 8 9 0 0 0 23 601 1004

Loss 8 7 1 0 5 0 0 6 3 6 9 76 121 131

Net 230 165 54 40 34 17 8 3 -3 -6 -9 -53 480 873

Avg. 4.3 4.5 6.0 5.0 4.2 8.5 8.0 1.5 -3.0 -1.0 -9.0 -2.8 3.3 3.9

TD 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10

Long 19 25 18 10 11 11 8 9 0 0 0 9 25 47

YPG 46.0 33.0 10.8 8.0 11.3 4.2 1.6 0.6 -0.6 -3.0 -9.0 -10.6 96.0 174.6

Att-Cmp-Int 91-159-6 1-2-0 0-0-0 92-161-6 93-146-3

Pct. 57.2 50.0 0.0 57.1 63.7

Yards 1150 7 0 1157 1012

TD 6 1 0 7 5

Long 53 7 0 53 59

Avg/G 230.0 1.4 0.0 231.4 202.4

Yds 639 121 166 130 17 24 43 10 7 1157 1012

Avg 14.9 9.3 15.1 13.0 2.8 6.0 21.5 5.0 7.0 12.6 10.9

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

Long 53 19 38 27 12 13 25 13 7 53 59

Avg/G 127.8 24.2 33.2 26.0 3.4 4.8 10.8 2.0 1.4 231.4 202.4

Rush -53 230 165 54 40 34 17 8 0 3 -3 -6 -9 480 873

Pass 1150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1157 1012

Total 1097 230 165 54 40 34 17 8 7 3 -3 -6 -9 1637 1885

Avg/G 219.4 46.0 33.0 10.8 8.0 11.3 4.2 1.6 1.4 0.6 -0.6 -3.0 -9.0 327.4 377.0

Total 127 123

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SCORING

Player TD FGs Ellestad, Eric 0 7-8 Bennett, Duane 5 0-0 Decker, Eric 5 0-0 Eskridge, DeLeon 1 0-0 Gray, MarQueis 1 0-0 Stoudermire, Troy 1 0-0 Triplett, Nate 1 0-0 Sherels, Marcus 1 0-0 McKnight, Da’Jon 0 0-0 Weber, Adam 0 0-0 Total.......... 15 7-8 Opponents...... 15 6-7

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

No. 2 1 3 10

Yds 30 27 57 34

|----------------------PATs-----------------------| Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP 14-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0 14-14 0-0 1 1-1 0 15-15 0-0 0 0-0 0

Avg 15.0 27.0 19.0 3.4

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

No. 17 3 2 22 22

Yds 480 88 31 599 461

Avg 28.2 29.3 15.5 27.2 21.0

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 22 27 27 10

No. 2 1 3 6

Yds 25 0 25 0

Avg 12.5 0.0 8.3 0.0

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

Pts. 35 30 30 6 6 6 6 6 2 0 127 123

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

PUNTING TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 54 41 21 54 79

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

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

TD 0 0 0 0

Long 25 0 25 0

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

Player Sherels, Marcus Triplett, Nate Total.......... Opponents......

PG. 18

No. 1 1 2 0

Yds 88 52 140 0

Avg 88.0 52.0 70.0 0.0

TD 1 1 2 0

Long 88 52 88 0

Rush 0 3 230 165 0 17 -3 40 54 34 0 0 0 0 8 -6 -9 -53 480 873

Rec 639 121 17 10 166 43 130 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1157 1012

PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 57 34

KOR 0 480 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 599 461

IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 25 0

Tot 639 604 247 175 166 148 127 64 61 34 31 30 27 25 8 -6 -9 -53 2318 2380

Avg/G 127.8 120.8 49.4 35.0 33.2 37.0 25.4 12.8 12.2 11.3 6.2 7.5 9.0 5.0 1.6 -3.0 -9.0 -10.6 463.6 476.0

No. 14 9 23 25

Yds 583 401 984 1073

Avg 41.6 44.6 42.8 42.9

Long 54 53 54 60

TB 0 1 1 4

FC 7 2 9 8

I20 4 3 7 11

Blkd 0 0 0 1

Yds 1619 1619 1569

Avg 62.3 62.3 62.8

TB 4 4 2

OB 0 0 1

Retn

Net

YdLn

461 599

41.5 37.2

28 32

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

No. 26 26 25

FIELD GOALS Player Ellestad, Eric

FUMBLE RETURNS

G 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 2 1 5 5 5

FGM-FGA 7-8

Pct 87.5

01-19 0-0

20-29 4-4

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 -- Wisconsin (28), (20) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

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Blk 1

Opponents (23),(42) (20),(31) 47 (26) (39)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 6

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

GP 5-5 5-5 5-5 5-5 5-5 5-0 5-5 5-5 3-3 5-2 4-4 5-5 4-0 5-1 3-0 5-5 5-0 5-0 2-0 5-0 4-0 5-1 4-0 5-4 5-0 5-0 5-0 4-0 5-5 5-0 4-0 4-0 4-0 5-2 4-0 5-0 5-0

Solo 40 35 26 19 16 10 8 10 7 11 5 7 6 5 5 2 4 4 5 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 . . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 242 178

Ast 16 18 18 14 12 8 7 4 7 2 6 3 3 3 1 4 2 2 . 1 . 2 1 2 . 1 2 1 1 . . 1 . . . 142 116

Total 56 53 44 33 28 18 15 14 14 13 11 10 9 8 6 6 6 6 5 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 384 294

TFL/Yds 3.0-4 5.0-9 3.5-13 0.5-0 . 1.0-3 1.0-3 3.0-19 . 1.0-4 3.0-13 . 2.0-7 1.0-11 . 0.5-5 . 1.0-3 . . . 0.5-1 2.0-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-111 26.0-120

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 12-83

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Int-Yds 2-25 . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25 6-0

PBU 4 3 2 1 1 . 3 1 2 . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 22

FR 2-52 . . . . . . . 1-88 . 2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . 7-140 5-0

FF . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5

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

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

PG. 19

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

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

Score 23-20 20-13 21-35 35-24 28-31

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

Opponent Syracuse AIR FORCE CALIFORNIA Northwestern WISCONSIN

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

Rushing 5/7 3/18 2/8 12/2 4/11

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

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

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

Rushes-Yds 32-112/34-90 24-108/66-261 21-37/44-163 42-166/29-64 28-57/49-295

Time Poss 29:31/30:29 26:59/33:01 26:34/33:26 31:45/28:15 25:19/34:41

Margin 0:58 -6:02 -6:52 3:30 -9:22

C-A-I 19-42-1/19-31-1 20-29-0/10-17-0 22-34-3/16-25-0 15-26-1/32-47-1 16-30-1/16-26-1 Yds/Rush 3.5/2.6 4.5/4.0 1.8/3.7 4.0/2.2 2.0/6.0

Pass Yds 248/167 219/125 233/252 186/309 271/159 Yds/Pass 5.9/5.4 7.6/7.4 6.9/10.1 7.2/6.6 9.0/6.1

Total Plays-Yds 74-360/65-257 53-327/83-386 55-270/69-415 68-352/76-373 58-328/75-454 Yds/Play 4.9/4.0 6.2/4.7 4.9/6.0 5.2/4.9 5.7/6.1

Return Yds 167/168 141/90 99/68 153/102 261/67

Punting 5-42.6/8-45.9 4-47.0/4-39.5 7-42.1/6-41.7 4-40.2/4-40.8 3-42.3/3-45.0

Penalty Yds 10-61/8-68 8-69/2-15 3-34/4-45 1-14/3-15 9-75/5-36

MINNESOTA RED ZONE EFFICIENCY Opponent Score at Syracuse 23-20 AIR FORCE 20-13 CALIFORNIA 21-35 at Northwestern 35-24 WISCONSIN 28-31

Times in Red Zone 5 2 2 6 5 20

Times Scored 5 2 2 5 4 18

Pct. TDs 1.000 2 1.000 1 1.000 2 .833 5 .800 2 .900 12

Rush TD 1 1 0 3 1 6

Pass TD 1 0 2 2 1 6

FG 3 1 0 0 2 6

Rush TD 1 0 3 1 3 5

Pass TD 0 0 0 1 1 0 1

FG 1 2 0 1

OPPONENTS’ RED ZONE EFFICIENCY Opponent Score at Syracuse 20-23 AIR FORCE 13-20 CALIFORNIA 35-21 at Northwestern 24-35 WISCONSIN 28-31 Totals

Times in Red Zone 3 3 3 3 4 12

Times Scored 2 2 3 3 4 10

Pct. TDs .667 1 .667 0 1.000 3 1.000 2 1.000 4 .833 6

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

WR Decker Decker Decker Decker Decker

WR Stoudermire Green Gray Green Green

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

LT Stommes Alford Alford Stommes Stommes

LG Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders Bunders

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

RG Carufel Carufel Carufel Burris Carufel

RT Wills Wills Wills Wills Wills

QB Weber Weber Weber Weber Weber

RB/WR Bennett Bennett Stoudermire Bennett Bennett

FB/WR Hoese Hoese Hoese Hoese Stoudermire

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

PG. 20

DE Moen Moen Moen Moen Moen

DT Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown

DT Small Small Small Small Small

DE McKinley McKinley McKinley McKinley Jacobs

WLB Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett Triplett

MLB Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell Campbell

SLB Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence Lawrence

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CB Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons Simmons

SAF Theret Theret Theret Theret Theret

SAF Royston Royston Royston Royston Royston

CB Sherels Collado Collado Sherels Sherels

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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -3 0 1 -3 0

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

all purp 28 26 39 37 -3 127

#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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 0 0 0 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 8 140 0 43 639

|-------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 1 40 0-0-0 0 5 53 1-2-0 7

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

all purp 183 113 119 84 140 639

#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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 3 -8 0 2 2 0 4 -19 0 5 -1 0 5 -27 0 19 -53 0

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 0 0 0 9 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 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 16-30-1 271 0 0 91-159-6 1150

|--KICK RET--| TD Lg No 1 53 0 0 26 0 2 26 0 2 27 0 1 40 0 6 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

all purp -8 2 -19 -1 -27 -53

#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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 2 3 0 0 0 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 0 3 46 9 13 121

|-------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 0 17 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 4 0 0 17

|--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 0 138 0 41 0 0 0 0 480 0 54 0 0 0 0

all purp 165 96 48 111 184 604

#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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 16 78 1 7 27 0 7 16 0 21 89 3 2 20 1 53 230 5

|--RECEIVING--| Lg No. Yds 16 2 3 7 2 2 9 1 0 13 0 0 19 1 12 19 6 17

|-------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 12 0-0-0 0 0 12 0-0-0 0

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

all purp 81 29 16 89 32 247

#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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN Totals

|---RUSHING---| No. Yds TD 0 0 0 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 1 38 0 11 166

|-------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 38 0-0-0 0 0 38 0-0-0 0

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

purp 12 25 26 65 38 166

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all No 0 0 0 0 0 0

Yds 0 0 0 0 0 0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

Lg 0 0 0 0 0 0

PG. 21

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 5 4 9 1.0-1 Totals 26 18 44 3.5-13

|-FUMBLE-| No-Yds FF FR-Yds 0.5-4 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.5-6 1 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 1.0-10 1 0-0

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

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Run 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 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 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 3 4 7 0.0-0 Totals 19 14 33 0.5-0

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

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

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

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

Run 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0

#30 LEE CAMPBELL - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 11 2 13 1.5-6 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 6 5 11 1.5-1 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 5 2 7 0.5-1 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 5 4 9 0.5-0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 8 5 13 1.0-1 Totals 35 18 53 5.0-9

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

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

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 1 0 1

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

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

Run 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0

#32 NATE TRIPLETT - LB |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 5 4 9 1.0-1 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 12 5 17 0.0-0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 7 3 10 0.0-0 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 9 2 11 1.0-2 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 7 2 9 1.0-1 Totals 40 16 56 3.0-4

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

Pass Int-Yds 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-25 2-25

Blkd QBH 1 0 0 0 0 1

|-Kicks--XPTS-| Brk Kick 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0

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

Run 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 6 0 0 0 6

#98 ERIC SMALL - DT |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 3 0 3 0.0-0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 1 3 4 1.0-6 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 1 0 1 1.0-1 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 4 0 4 1.0-12 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 1 1 2 0.0-0 Totals 10 4 14 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 0.0-0 1 0-0 3.0-19 1 0-0

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

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 1 0 1

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

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

Run 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0

#99 GARRETT BROWN - DT |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds Sep 05, 2009 at Syracuse 0 0 0 0.0-0 Sep 12, 2009 AIR FORCE 2 1 3 0.0-0 Sep 19, 2009 CALIFORNIA 2 1 3 0.0-0 Sep 26, 2009 at Northwestern 1 0 1 0.0-0 Oct 03, 2009 WISCONSIN 2 1 3 0.0-0 Totals 7 3 10 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 1 0-0 0.0-0 1 0-0

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

Blkd QBH 0 0 0 1 0 1

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

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

Run 0 0 0 0 0 0

Rcv 0 0 0 0 0 0

Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

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. Wisconsin, 10/3/09 Three or more interceptions: 3, Jeff Wright vs. Michigan St., 11/14/70 Two or more interceptions: 2, Traye Simmons vs. Northwestern, 11/1/08 Blocked punt: 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: Marcus Sherels (88 yds. - school record) vs. Wisconsin, 10/3/09 Safety: UL-Monroe’s punt snap went out of end zone, 9/2/00 Made 2-pt. conversion: Da’Jon McKnight pass from Adam Weber, vs. Wisconsin, 10/3/09 Missed 2-pt. conversion: Adam Weber pass attempt failed at Iowa, 11/10/07 Missed PAT: Joel Monroe at Illinois, 10/11/08

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

146 vs. Grinnell (W, 146-0), 10/22/1904 81 vs. Butler (W, 81-0), 11/13/26 63 vs. Indiana (W, 63-26), 11/4/06 63 vs. Indiana (W, 63-26), 11/4/06 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: 184, John Clay, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 100+ yards rushing: 184, John Clay, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 2 players with 100+ yards rushing: 203, R. Mendenhall, Illinois and 133, I. Williams, Illinois, 11/3/07 Three or more TDs rushing: 3, John Clay, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 150+ yards receiving: 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, 11/17/07 295, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 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, 10/11/08 454, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 454, Wisconsin, 10/3/09 157, 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 31, Wisconsin (W, 31-28), 10/3/09 Temple, (L, 0-62), 9/16/06 Wisconsin (two), (W 35-32), 11/15/08

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MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

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.

PG. 24

Career Starts 7 0 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 30 0 1 5 0 0 0 16 12 0 0 0 1 10 13 9 15 0 1 23 0 2 29 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 16 21 4

Games Played 17 5 28 5 4 5 13 5 0 3 41 30 3 11 18 0 14 5 17 22 0 5 0 39 18 17 18 31 16 16 29 0 16 40 4 31 16 0 23 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 2 4 0 5 0 0 0 18 5 31 0 0 12 25 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 8 0 5 4 0 0 12 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 23 24

Games Played 0 0 0 13 11 0 0 0 34 0 17 12 0 5 4 24 0 25 16 16 4 4 0 14 0 17 0 0 5 28 15 0 0 23 0 4 15 15 15 30 38

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

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 271 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

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 vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 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, R 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) Triplett, Nate vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes 32 Yards Rushing 184 TD Rushes 5 Long Rush 47 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 50.5 Long Punt 60 Long Punt Return 10 Long Kickoff Return 79 Tackles 9 Sacks 2.0 Tackles For Loss 3.5 Interceptions 2

Clay, John, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Clay, John, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Best, Jahvid, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Tolzien, Scott, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 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) Graham, Garrett, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 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) Kendricks, Lanc, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 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) Nortman, Brad, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 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) Fenelus, Antoni, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Alualu, Tyson, vs California (Sep 19, 2009) Schofield, O’Br, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Nzegwu, Louis, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Schofield, O’Br, vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) Mohamed, Mike, vs California (Sep 19, 2009)

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 271 Yards Per Pass 9.0 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 75 Turnovers 4 Interceptions By 1

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) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 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 Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009))

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes 66 Yards Rushing 295 Yards Per Rush 6.0 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 454 Yards Per Play 6.1 Points 35 Sacks By 5 First Downs 24 Penalties 8 Penalty Yards 68 Turnovers 3 Interceptions By 3

vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 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 Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs Air Force (Sep 12, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) at Syracuse (Sep 05, 2009) at Northwestern (Sep 26, 2009) vs Wisconsin Badgers (Oct 03, 2009) vs California (Sep 19, 2009)

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PG. 25

MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE

2009 MINNESOTA SCORING DRIVES Opponent Plays-Yds Syracuse 2-16 Syracuse 4-43 Syracuse 8-33 Syracuse 14-79 Syracuse 4-7 Air Force 10-65 Air Force 9-72 Air Force --- Air Force 9-64 Cal 7-54 Cal 2-29 Cal 7-77 Northwestern 5-58 Northwestern 4-50 Northwestern 12-78 Northwestern 13-83 Northwestern 3-3 Wisconsin 12-56 Wisconsin 2-11 Wisconsin 12-76 Wisconsin --- WIsconsin 3-80

Time of Possession Qtr. 0:10 1 1:13 1 2:02 3 3:48 4 0:00 OT 3:52 1 4:10 4 --- 4 5:03 4 3:54 2 0:31 2 3:42 3 2:11 1 1:50 2 6:51 3 6:31 4 0:17 4 6:10 1 0:41 1 5:35 2 --- 4 0:47 4

Time Remaining 14:41 11:48 8:03 0:57 --- 4:45 13:18 11:45 5:13 14:52 0:40 0:29 12:49 7:44 7:16 8:35 1:43 2:54 1:26 2:26 6:50 2:13

Scoring Play Duane Bennett 16-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Troy Stoudermire 7-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goal Eric Ellestad 26-yard field goal Eric Ellestad 35-yard field goal Eric Ellestad 34-yard field goal DeLeon Eskridge 7-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Nate Triplett 52-yard fumble return (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 39-yard field goal Eric Decker 26-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Decker 12-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) MarQueis Gray 7-yard pass from Eric Decker (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 3-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Decker 16-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 4-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Decker 1-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 28-yard field goal Eric Decker 11-yard pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) Eric Ellestad 20-yard field goal Marcus Sherels 88-yard fumble return (Eric Ellestad kick) Duane Bennett 1-yard run (Eric Ellestad kick)

2009 OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Opponent Plays-Yds Syracuse 4-9 Syracuse 6-63 Syracuse 8-34 Syracuse 8-67 Air Force 5-28 Air Force 8-76 Air Force 20-67 Cal 9-80 Cal 3-86 Cal 10-74 Cal 8-72 Cal 8-44 Northwestern 19-76 Northwestern 10-75 Northwestern 9-79 Northwestern 11-79 Wisconsin 9-59 Wisconsin 13-56 Wisconsin 9-70 Wisconsin 13-85 Wisconsin 8-74

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Time of Possession Qtr. 1:40 1 1:53 1 3:18 2 3:44 3 1:58 2 2:10 3 4:10 4 5:09 1 1:05 1 4:36 2 3:45 4 4:02 4 8:46 1 3:17 2 2:33 3 4:02 3 4:23 1 4:59 2 3:39 3 7:03 4 3:50 4

Time Remaining 13:01 0:32 7:26 8:03 5:26 2:28 1:03 9:51 7:09 3:47 7:14 2:59 4:03 4:27 4:43 0:06 9:04 11:27 4:33 11:51 3:00

Scoring Play Ryan Lichtenstein 23-yard field goal Mike Williams 29-yard pass from Greg Paulus (Ryan Lichtenstein kick) Ryan Lichtenstein 42-yard field goal Delone Carter 1-yard run (Ryan Lichtenstein kick) Erik Soderberg 20-yard field goal Kevin Fogler 37-yard pass from Tim Jefferson (Erik Soderberg kick) Erik Soderberg 31-yard field goal Jahvid Best 33-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 27-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Jahvid Best 2-yard run (Vince D’Amato kick) Stefan Demos 26-yard field goal Arby Fields 2-yard run (Stefan Demos kick) Andrew Brewer 24-yard pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick) Brendan Mitchell 13-yard pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick) John Clay 2-yard run (Philip Welch kick) Philip Welch 39-yard field goal John Clay 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick) Lance Kendricks 5-yard pass from Scott Tolzien (Philip Welch kick) John Clay 1-yard run (Philip Welch kick)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES â&#x20AC;˘ GAME 6

2009 MINNESOTA LONG PLAYS (20+ YARDS) Yards Type *88 FR 54 KR 53 Pass *52 FR 41 KR 41 KR 40 Pass 38 Pass 38 Pass 38 KR 37 KR 36 KR 36 KR 35 Pass 33 KR 30 Pass 27 KR 27 Pass 27 PR 27 KR *26 Pass 26 Pass 26 KR 26 KR 25 Rush 25 INT 25 Pass 25 Pass 24 Pass 23 KR 23 Pass 23 KR 22 PR 22 KR 21 Pass 21 KR 21 Pass 21 Pass 21 Pass 20 KR 20 Pass 20 Pass 20 Pass * touchdown scored on play

Player(s) Sherels, Marcus Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Triplett, Nate Stoudermire, Troy Carpenter, Hayo Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Sherels, Marcus Carpenter, Hayo Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Stoudermire, Troy Eskridge, DeLeon Triplett, Nate Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Carpenter, Hayo from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Stoudermire, Troy Allen, Bryant Stoudermire, Troy Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Thomas, Jay Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Green, Brandon from Weber, Adam Carpenter, Hayo Tow-Arnett, Nick from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric from Weber, Adam Decker, Eric 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 1 0 0 3 3 9 27

TD 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

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

No. 1 20 2 17 1 2 0 43

TD 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3

Opponent Wisconsin Badgers Syracuse Syracuse Air Force Wisconsin Badgers California Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers Syracuse Wisconsin Badgers Northwestern Air Force Northwestern Wisconsin Badgers Wisconsin Badgers Syracuse Syracuse Northwestern Syracuse Air Force California Air Force Air Force Wisconsin Badgers Air Force Wisconsin Badgers Air Force Wisconsin Badgers California Northwestern California Syracuse Northwestern California Air Force California Northwestern Syracuse Air Force Northwestern Northwestern Air Force Northwestern

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

No. 14 13 4 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 43

TD 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3

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

P 14 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 20

KR 0 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17

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

IR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

FR 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2

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 25- Triplett, Nate vs Wisconsin Badgers (10/3/2009) Fumble Return 88 - Sherels, Marcus vs Wisconsin (10/3/2009) Punt 54 - Haudan, Blake vs California (9/19/2009) Field Goal 39 - Ellestad, Eric vs Air Force (9/12/2009)

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6

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BIO UPDATES 1 - Carter, Michael Talented young player who has appeared in four games this season. A true freshman, he is already one of the Gophers top reserves in the defensive backfield. Appeared in first career game in the season opening 23-20 OT win against Syracuse on 9/5 • 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 • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2009 4/0 0 1 1 Total 4/0 0 1 1

TFL INT PBU 0 0 0 0 0 0

FR FF Sacks 0 0 0 0 0 0

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 1 vs. Cal, 9/19/09 1 - Green, Brandon After a solid freshman campaign, is one of the Gophers top threats at wide receiver. Broke into the starting line-up against Northwestern and started for the second consecutive game on Oct. 3 against Wisconsin. Currently ranks among the Gophers top receivers with 10 receptions for 130 yards. In the opener at Syracuse on 9/5, hauled in three passes for 28 yards including a long of 11 yards in the 23-20 OT win • 28 yards receiving was the second best mark for the Golden Gophers • caught two passes for 26 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • caught three passes for 39 yards in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • 39 yards receiving was second best mark for the Gophers • also tallied one solo tackle • started for the first time on the season in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 and caught two passes for 37 yards, including a game long 27 yarder • started for the second straight game in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 finishing with one rush for -3 yards • Receiving Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2008 12/5 21 306 14.6 1 71 2009 5/2 10 130 13.0 0 27 Total 16/6 31 436 14.1 1 71

Att. 0 1 1

R ushing Yds. Avg. TD 0 0.0 0 -3 -3.0 0 -3 -3.0 0

Lg 0 0 0

Game Offensive Bests Receptions - 5 3x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 Receiving Yards - 100 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 Receiving Touchdowns - 1 at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 Long Reception - 71 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 2 - Allen, Bryant Exciting young player who has already shown flashes of his athletic ability. Tallied one of the Gophers best punt returns of the season, with a 22-yard burst against Northwestern.

9/26, returned one punt for 22 yards • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • Punt Returns Year PR 2009 2 Total 2

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 13 stops on the season. Has appeared in every game this season with two stops. Registered one solo tackle on 9/5 in the 23-20 OT win vs. Syracuse to open the season • made the start in the 2-10 win over Air Force on 9/12 and collected four tackles • recorded six total tackles in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, including four solo and one tackle for a loss of four yards • tallied one solo tackle in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 notched one solo tackle • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 12/9 43 8 51 2.0-3 0 4 2008 13/1 16 6 22 0-0 1 0 2009 5/2 11 2 13 1.0-4 0 0 Total 30/12 70 16 86 3.0-7 1 4

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 9 at Indiana, 10-6-2007 Solo Tackles - 8 at Indiana 10-6-2007 Interceptions - 1 at Illinois, 10-11-2008 Forced Fumbles - 1 at Indiana, 10-6-2007 Fumble Recoveries - 1 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008 Pass Break-ups - 2 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9-8-2007 3 - Royston, Kim Has started every game in his first season of eligibility after transferring from Wisconsin. 28 total tackles stand as the fifth best on them and are second among the secondary. His 16 solo stops are also fifth on the team. Posted his best game of the season, and his career, against Wisconsin finishing with a career high 11 tackles which was the second best on the team. 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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, tallied a career high 11 total tackles, including five solo stops • 11 stops against Wisconsin were the second best mark on the team and led defensive backs •

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

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Yds. 30 30

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2009 5/5 16 12 28 Total 5/5 16 12 28

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

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 11 v s. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 Solo Tackles - 7 v s. Air Force, 9-12-2009 Interceptions - 1 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 Pass Break-ups - 1 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009

Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gopher in the season opening 2320 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not catch a pass but did return one kickoff for 27 yards • caught first career pass in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, tallying 18 yards on the reception • also rushed twice for 17 yards including a long of 11 yards and racked up 41 yards in kick returns • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, returned one kickoff for 20 yards • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 hauled in one pass for a career-long 25 yards •

Kickoff Returns Year KR 2008 3 Total 3

Yds. 88 88

R ushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2 17 8.5 0 11 2 17 8.5 0 11

Avg. 29.3 29.3

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 7 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 Solo Tackles - 6 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009

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

Receiving Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2009 4/0 2 43 21.5 0 25 Total 4/0 2 43 21.5 0 25

Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2009 5/0 10 8 18 1.0-3 0 0 Total 5/0 10 8 18 1.0-3 0 0

TD 0 0

Long 41 41

Game Offensive Bests Receptions - 1 2x, last vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 Receiving Yards - 25 v s. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 Long Reception - 25 vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 Carries - 2 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 Rushing Yards - 17 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 4 - Cooper, Keanon Reserve linebacker whose 18 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. Had another solid game in the loss to Wisconsin coming up with four tackles and his first career blocked punt. Appeared in first career game as a Golden Gopher in the season opening 2320 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • recorded first career tackle on 9/5 • did not appear in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/13 • saw first extensive playing time as a Golden Gopher in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • finished with six solo tackles and seven total tackles, each the second best mark on the team • also had one tackle for a loss of three yards • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, registered four tackles and also blocked a punt •

5 - Gray, MarQueis Freshman who can play in several spots 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 2320 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • rushed two times for 15 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • scored his first career touchdown in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • lined up as a wide receiver caught a seven yard TD pass from Eric Decker to tie the game at 21-21 in the third quarter • also carried the ball twice for two yards • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 rushed five times for 33 yards including a long of 18 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin rushed one time for four yards • Rushing Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2009 5/1 9 54 6.0 0 18 Total 5/1 9 54 6.0 0 18

Receiving Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 1 7 7.0 1 7 1 7 7.0 1 7

Game Offensive Bests Carries - 5 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 Rushing Yards - 33 a t Northwestern, 9-26-2009 Long Rush - 18 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 Receptions - 1 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 Receiving Yards - 7 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 Receiving Touchdowns - 1 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 Long Reception - 7 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 7 - Decker, Eric One of the nation’s premiere players an d among the Gophers all-time best. Now the Gophers career leader in receiving yards passing Ron Johnson with his 140 yard performance against Wisconsin and becomes the first Minnesota player to surpass the 3,000 yard mark in his career. Ranks third in the nation with 127.8 receiving yards per game and fifth in the nation with 8.6 receptions 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 43 receptions and 639 yards receiving. The only player in the Big Ten to average over 100 receiving yards per game at 127.8 and leads in receiving touchdowns with five. 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,

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 and the fifth best in the nation • posted game highs by catching 10 passes for 113 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • hauled in a long of 26 yards • became the Golden Gophers all-time leader in career receptions in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • hauled in eight passes for 119 yards and two scores while also throwing another touchdown to MarQueis Gray • passed Ron Johnson for first place on the career receptions list and became the first Golden Gopher to surpass the 200 receptions mark • against Cal recorded fourth straight game with 100 receiving yards which set a school record • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern caught eight balls for 84 yards and two touchdowns • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, posted his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season with 140 yards on eight catches and one touchdown • against Wisconsin, became the Gophers all-time leader in career receiving yards, passing Ron Johnson • Receiving Rushing Year G/GS Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long Att. Yds. 2006 13/3 26 378 14.5 3 39t 1 5 2007 12/12 67 909 13.6 9 59t 3 22 2008 12/12 84 1074 12.8 7 75 11 87 2009 5/5 43 639 14.9 5 53 0 0 Total 42/32 220 3000 13.6 24 75 15 114

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

Game Offensive Bests Receptions - 13 vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008 Receiving Yards - 190 vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008 Receiving Touchdowns - 2 4x, at Northwestern, 9-29-2009 Long Reception - 75 vs. Kansas, 12-31-2008 Rushing Attempts - 3 2x, last vs. Illinois, 11-3-2007 Rushing Yards - 31 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008 Passing Attempts - 2 vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 8 - Weber, Adam One of the all-time greats under center for the Golden Gophers. A starter in every game the last three seasons, he has become the Gophers all-time leader in pass completions. Threw his 1,000th pass against Wisconsin, and gained his 600th completion. His 879 passing yards rank 43rd in the nation. His 230.0 passing yards per game rank fourth in the Big Ten. Threw for two touchdowns twice on the season, against Cal and again against Northwestern. Threw for more than 200 yards in each of the Gophers first three games, and five times on the season. Posted his highest passing tally this with 271 yards against Wisconsin. In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, racked up 248 yards on 19-of-42 passing with one touchdown and one interception • touchdown pass went to Troy Stoudermire as the first of the season • completed passes to five different receivers • had a long of 53 yards go to Eric Decker • in the 14-play,79-yard drive for the game tying field goal late the fourth quarter, was 7-of-11 for 77 yards • 42 pass attempts vs. Syracuse • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, completed 20-of-29 passes for 219 yards and no interceptions • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, finished 21-for-32 passing for 226 yards, with two touchdowns and three interceptions • threw each of his touchdown passes to Eric Decker including his longest pass of the day, a 26 yarder up the sideline on the first play of the second quarter • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, completed 15-of-26 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns, each to Eric Decker • also threw a game long pass of 27 yards to Brandon Green • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, threw for a season high 271 yards on 16-of-30 passing with one touchdown and one interception • 271 yards against Wisconsin stands as his eighth best day

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MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE passing in his career • Passing Year G/GS Comp. Att. 2007 12/12 258 449 2008 13/13 255 410 2009 5/5 91 159 Total 30/30 604 1018 Rushing Year 2007 2008 2009 Total

G/GS 12/12 13/13 5/5 30/30

Att. 147 127 19 293

Pct. Yds. .575 2895 .622 2761 .572 1150 .593 6806 Yds. 617 233 -53 797

TD Int. Eff. 24 19 120.8 15 8 126.9 6 6 122.9 45 33 123.6

Avg. 4.2 1.8 -2.8 2.7

TD 5 4 0 9

Long 29 39 9 39

Game Offensive Bests Passing Yards - 352 v s. Wisconsin, 11-17-2007 Pass Attempts - 51 2x, last vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 Completions - 31 2x, last vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 Passing TD’s - 5 at Northwestern, 10-13-2007 Long Pass - 71 vs. Purdue, 10-25-08 Rushing Yards - 97 v s. Miami (Ohio), 9-8-2007 Rushing Attempts - 20 vs. Purdue, 9-22-2007 Long Rush - 39 at Purdue, 10-26-2008 Total Offense - 439 vs. Wisconsin, 11-17-2007 11 - Stoudermire, Troy Dangerous return man who has who has racked up 480 yards on kick returns through the season’s first five games. His 604 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 28.2 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 • in 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 caught three passes for 46 yards to finish second on the team in receiving • also against Wisconsin returned four kickoffs for a game high 138 yards, including a long of 41 yards •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. 2008 13/1 5 19 3.8 0 9 3 13 2009 5/4 2 3 1.5 0 9 13 121 Total 16/4 7 21 3.0 0 9 13 88 Kickoff Returns Year KR 2008 42 2009 17 Total 59

Yds. 1,083 480 1,563

Avg. 25.8 28.2 26.5

TD 0 0 0

Avg. TD Long 4.3 0 11 9.3 1 19 6.8 1 19 Long 60 54 60

15 - Simmons, Traye One of the top corner s in the Big Ten, he ranks second on the Golden Gophers with three pass break-ups this season. A starter in every match, his 15 total tackles are among the leaders in the secondary. In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finished with two solo’s and four total tackles including one tackle for a loss of three yards • also tallied one pass break-up • tallied three tackles with two solo stops in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • tallied three tackles in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, as well as a game-high two pass break-ups • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 finished with two tackles • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 recorded three tackles • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 13/12 45 17 62 1.5-2 4 14 2009 5/5 8 7 15 1.0-3 0 3 Total 18/17 53 24 77 2.5-5 4 17

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 8 at Ohio State, 9-27-2008 Solo Tackles - 6 vs. Michigan 11-8-2008 Interceptions - 2 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 Pass Break-ups - 3 at Ohio State, 9-27-2008 16 - Kuznia, Ben Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record a catch • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 tallied one tackle• appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • Receiving Year G/GS 2006 2/0 2007 2/0 2008 13/12 2009 5/0 Total 22/12

Rec. 0 0 31 0 31

Yds. 0 0 310 0 310

Game Offensive Bests Receptions - 7 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 Receiving Yards - 98 v s. Northwestern, 11-1-2008 Long Reception - 22 vs. Northwestern, 11-1-2008

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 with 44 total tackles. Had double-digit tackles in three of the season’s first four games and nine tackles in the fifth. Has been at the top of the defensive charts in each game as well. 26 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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, notched nine tackles including one of only three tackles for a loss that the Gopher had • also tabbed one pass break-up against Wisconsin • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 13/5 45 21 66 10.5-40 1 3 2009 5/5 26 18 44 3.5-13 0 2 Total 18/10 71 39 110 14.0-53 1 5

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 10 3x, last at Northwestern, 9-29-2009 Solo Tackles - 7 3x, last vs. Air Force, 9-12-2009 Tackles for loss - 2 2x, last vs. Michigan, 11-8-2008 Sacks - 1 3x, last at Purdue, 10-25-2008 Fumble Recoveries - 1 at Illinois, 10-11-2008 Forced Fumbles - 1 3x, last vs. Cal, 9-19-2009 22 - Bennett, Duane The Golden Gophers’ leading rusher with 230 yards and 46.0 yards per game. Has carried the ball a team high 53 times and collected a season high 89 yards against Northwestern. Has five of the Gophers six rushing touchdowns this season and has been a starter in four games, while starting 13-of-17 games played in his career. Is approaching the 1,000 career yard mark with 820 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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, rushed two times for 20 yards, including a season long 19-yard burst and caught one pass for a season long of 12 yards • against Wisconsin, scored his fifth touchdown of the season on a one-yard plunge •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. 2007 10/7 107 442 4.1 3 44 18 145 2008 2/2 32 140 4.4 2 61 12 125 2009 5/4 53 230 4.3 5 19 6 17 Total 17/13 192 812 4.3 10 61 36 287

Avg. TD Long 8.1 1 35 10.4 1 34 2.8 0 12 8.0 2 35

Game Offensive Bests Rushing Attempts - 21 at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 Rushing Yards - 106 at Michigan, 10-27-2007 Rushing TD’s - 3 at Northwestern, 9-29-2009 Long Rush - 61 vs. Northern Illinois, 8-30-2008 Receptions - 8 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008 Receiving Yards - 100 at Bowling Green, 9-6-2008 Long Reception - 35 vs. North Dakota State, 10-20-2007 23 - Eskridge, DeLeon Has appeared in all five games this season after playing in all 13 last year. Has his best game of the season with 14 carries for 60 yards against Wisconsin. Second on the team with 165 yards, and one of two players to score a rushing touchdown. Rushed eight times for 29 yards in the season opening 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5 • rushed seven times for 53 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finishing with a game high 7.6 yard average • broke for a long of 25 yards and scored one touchdown • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 was the Golden Gophers leading rusher with a 21 yards on seven carries • rushed one time for two yards in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/4, carried the ball a season high 14 times for 60 yards • Year G/GS 2008 13/9 2009 5/0 Total 18/9

Rushing Receiving Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 184 714 3.7 7 46 29 181 6.2 0 23 37 165 4.5 1 25 0 0 0 0 0 221 879 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. Brought the TCF Bank Stadium crowd to their feet on the fourth quarter against Wisconsin with his 88 yard fumble return for a touchdown. His fumble return bettered the 52-yarder that Nate Tripplett posted earlier in the season. 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) • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin o n10/4, registered five tackles (3 solo, 2 assist) and returned a fumble 88 yards for a score in the fourth quarter.

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE Defense 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 3/3 7 7 14 Total 31/16 49 20 69

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

Kickoff Returns Year G 2006 7 2007 9 2008 12 2009 2 Total 30

KR 0 17 0 0 17

Yds. 0 364 0 0 364

Avg. 0.0 21.4 0.0 0.0 21.4

TD 0 0 0 0 0

Long 0 37 0 0 37

Punt Returns Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total

KR 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

Long 0 0 34 27 0

G 7 9 12 2 30

25 - Dandridge, Tim Appeared in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • recorded on tackle in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • did not appear against Wisconsin on 10/3 • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2008 12/0 0 2 2 2009 3/0 0 0 0 Total 15/0 0 2 2

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

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

27 - Theret, Kyle The leader in the defensive backfield, Theret has started every game the last two seasons. Sits fourth on the team with 33 total tackles while his 19 solo stops also rank fourth. His 33 tackles also rank 23rd in the Big Ten. Seven or more stops in four of five games, including a season-high 9 against Air Force. Finished with seven tackles in 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • seven tackle mark was fourth best on the team and five solo tackles were third best mark • also tallied one pass break-up and one half tackle for a loss • made nine tackles, including four solos, in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • finished with the Golden Gophers second best mark with seven tackles, including five solo, in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • tallied two solo and three total tackles in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, registered three solo and seven total tackles • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2007 12/6 34 15 39 2008 13/13 59 19 78 2009 5/5 19 14 33 Total 30/24 112 48 150

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TFL INT PBU 0-0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0-0 2 11 0-0 0 2 0-0 2 13

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

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 12 at Illinois, 10-11-2008 Solo Tackles - 8 at Illinois, 10-11-2008 Interceptions - 1 5x, last vs. Florida Atlantic, 9-20-2008 Pass Break-ups - 2 vs. Michigan, 11-8-2008 Fumble Recoveries - 2 at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 30 - Campbell, Lee With 53 tackles on the season, Campbell ranks second on the team and third in the Big Ten. Also ranks 15th in the nation in tackles. Was the first Big Ten defensive player of the week after a 13 stop performance in the season opener. Notched 13 tackles for the second time against Wisconsin. 53 tackles makes this his second best single season, behind his team leading 80 last season. His five tackles for a loss this season lead 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 • led the Gophers with 13 tackles (8 solo, 5 assist) in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin, including one tackle for a loss of one yard and one pass break-up • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 10/0 9 2 11 0-0 0 0 2007 12/12 18 22 40 6.0-21 0 0 2008 13/12 50 30 80 5.5-28 2 1 2009 5/5 35 18 53 5.0-9 0 3 Total 40/29 112 72 184 16.5-58 2 4

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 13 2 x, last vs. Wisconsin, 10-3-2009 Solo Tackles - 11 at Syracuse, 9-5-2008 Tackles for loss - 2.0 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 Sacks - 1 6x, last at Purdue, 10-25-2008 Interceptions - 1 2x, last vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008 Fumble Recoveries - 1 3x, last vs, Michigan, 11-8-2008 Forced fumbles - 1 at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008

with his interception in the end zone in the first overtime, eliminating the scoring chance for Syracuse • posted five solo and nine total tackles in the game including 1.0 tackle for a loss of one yard • had a career day in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 earning Big Ten and National Player of the Week honors by several publications • registered 12 solo stops on his way to 17 total tackles • picked up a loose ball and raced 52 yards for the scored, breaking a 10-10 tie and giving the Gophers the lead for good • recorded one pass break-up • 17 tackles are the best mark in the Big Ten this season and fifth best in the nation • led the team in tackles for the second straight game with a game-high 10 in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • also tallied a game high seven solo tackles • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 led the Gophers with eight solo and 10 tackles, while also grabbing one tackle for a loss of two yards and two pass breakups • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 tallied seven solo and nine total tackles as well as a 25-yard interception return and one fumble recovery • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 1/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2007 12/0 6 3 9 0.5-1 0 0 2008 13/1 18 13 31 1.0-2 0 2 2009 5/5 40 16 56 3.0-4 2 4 Total 31/6 64 32 96 4.5-7 2 6

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

Game defensive bests Tackles - 17 vs. Air Force, 9-12-2009 Solo tackles - 12 vs, Air Force, 9-12-2009 33 - Sharpe, Rex Finished with two solo tackles in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • appeared in the35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2008 11/0 2 1 2 2009 5/0 2 0 2 Total 16/0 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 full back in every game this season he has rushed eight times for 40 yards and caught four passes for 24 yards. Also a stand out player on special teams.

32 - Triplett, Nate Leads the team with 56 tackles and 40 solo stops. Also ranks eighth the nation with 11.2 tackles per game. Ranks second in the Big Ten in total tackles (56) and leads the Big Ten with 39 solo stops. Two interceptions and 25 return yards lead the team as well as four pass break-ups and six passes defended. 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 over Syracuse on 9/5, rushed twice for 10 yards, posting a game-high 5.0 yards per carry average • rushed three times for 14 yards in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • ripped off a long of 10 yards • caught two passes for five yards in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 and recorded one tackle • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern, rushed two times for 15 yards and tallied one tackle • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 carried the ball one time for one yard •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 Rushing Receiving Year G/GS Att. Yds. Avg. TD Long Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long 2007 7/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2008 11/1 4 5 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2009 5/4 8 40 5.0 0 10 4 24 6.0 0 13 Total 23/5 12 45 3.8 8 12 4 24 6.0 0 13 37 - Ellestad, Eric In his first season as the Gophers placekicker has made 7of-8 field goal attempts this season with his only miss being blocked. On PAT’s he has posted a perfect 14-of-14 mark. Also handles kickoff duties where he averages 62.3 yards and has four touchbacks. Made the game-winning field goal in overtime in the season opener and earned Big Ten player of the week honors. Went 3-of-4 on field goals including the game-winner in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • game-winner was a game long 35-yarder, and also made two 26-yarders, including one with under a minute left in regulation to tie the game at 20-20 • only missed field goal was blocked • went 2-for-2 in PAT’s • 11 points scored remain the best single game the Big Ten • also kicked off five times for an average of 62.8 yards per kick • was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week on 9/6 for his efforts against Syracuse • went 2-for2 (34, 39) in field goals in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • scored the first points in the history of TCF Bank Stadium with his 34 yarder in the first quarter • kicked off five times for an average of 69.6 • kicked off four times in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 for an average of 62.0 yards • went 3-for3 on PAT’s and did not attempt a field goal • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 made all five of his PAT’s and kicked off six times for 374 yards and a 62.3 yard average • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin, made both of his field goals (28,20) and kicked off six times for335 yards and one touchback • Field Goals Year M-A 2009 7-8 Total 7-8 Kickoffs Year 2009 Total

No. 26 26

Pct. .875 .875 Yds. 1619 1619

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Long Blk 0 4-4 4-4 0-1 0-0 39 1 0 4-4 4-4 0-1 0-0 39 1 Avg. 62.3 62.3

TB 4 4

OB 0 0

38 - Haudan, Blake Took over regular punting duties against Cal on 9/19 when Dan Orseske went down with an illness. Since has boomed 14 punts for 583 and four landing inside the 20. Appeared in the 23-20 OT win over Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • saw first action of the season punting, booting seven for an average of 42.1 yards per punt and a long of 54 • dropped two punts inside the 20 • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 punted four times for 161 yards including a long of 44 and 40.2 yard average • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 punted three times for 127 yards, a 42.3 yards average and one ball inside the 20 • Career Statistics Year No. 2009 14 Total 14

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Yds 583 583

Avg. 41.6 41.6

MINNESOTA vs. PURDUE 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 • did not appear against Northwestern on 9/26 • did not appear against Wisconsin on 10/3 • Career Statistics Year No. 2009 9 Total 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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, finished with one tackle • Defense Year G/GS Solo Asst Total 2008 0/0 0 0 0 2009 5/0 4 2 6 Total 5/0 4 2 6

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

47 - Coleman, Ryan Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 making five successful punt snaps, four field goal snaps, and two PAT snaps • in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 made four successful punt snaps, two field goal snaps, and two PAT snaps • in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, made a season high seven punt snaps and three PAT snaps • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 made four successful punt snaps and five PAT snaps • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 made three successful punt snaps, two field goal snaps, and two PAT snaps • 48 - Tow-Arnett, Nick In his first season as the starting tight end. Has caught 11 passes for 166 yards including a career game with five catches for 65 yards against Northwestern. Leads the team with a 15.1 yards per catch average, while his 166 yards receiving ranks third and his 11 receptions ranks second. Made one reception for 12 yards and made two tackles in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse to open the season on 9/5 • caught one pass for 25 yards, converting a huge third and 25 in the 20-13 win over Air Force • caught three passes for 26 yards in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, including a long of 14 yards • forced one fumble in punt coverage • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 caught five passes for 65 yards including a long of 20 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 caught one pass for a season high 38 yards, bringing the ball down to the goal line late in the game, setting up a touchdown •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 Career Statistics Year G/GS 2006 1/0 2007 12/2 2008 13/0 2009 5/5 Totals 32/7

offense • played in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 • Rec. 0 10 10 11 31

Yds. 0 149 211 166 526

Avg. 0.0 14.9 21.1 15.1 17.0

TD 0 0 1 0 1

Lg 0 56 40 38 56

Game Offensive Bests Receptions - 5 vs. Northwestern, 9-26-2009 Receiving Yards - 66 v s. Northern Illinois, 8-30-2008 Long Reception - 56 vs. Bowling Green, 9-1-2007 52 - Tow-Arnett, Jeff Earned the start at center in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • started at center in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at center in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • started at center in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 and paved the way for 166 yards rushing and 352 yards of total offense • started at center in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • 55 - McKinley, Cedric An imposing presence on the defensive line, started the first four games of the 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 Northwestern on 9/26 tallied two solo, and three total tackles including one sack for a loss of nine yards and a huge fumble recovery late in the game • did not appear against Wisconsin on 10/3 • Career Statistics Yr. G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 12/0 7 1 8 3.0-21 0 0 2009 4/4 5 6 11 3.0-13 0 1 Totals 16/4 13 7 19 6.0-34 0 1

FR FF Sacks 0 0 3.0-21 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

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 • started at guard in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • Career Statistics Yr. G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 12/0 5 3 8 1.0-2 0 0 2009 3/0 1 2 3 0.5-1 0 0 Totals 15/0 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 • started at tackle in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • 73 - Carufel, Matt Earned the start at guard in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • started at guard in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at guard in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • started at guardin the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards• 76 - Alford, Dominic Appeared in the 23-20 OT win at Syracuse to open the season on 9/5 • part of an offense that accumulated 16 first downs and racked up 360 total yards of offense, including 112 on the ground and 248 in the air • started at tackle in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 • part of an offense that put up 327 total yards of offense, including 219 yards passing and 108 yards rushing • started at tackle in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • part of an offense that earned 14 first downs while tallying 233 yards passing and 270 yards of total offense • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26 • 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

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of total offense • started at tackle in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin and led the offense to 15 first downs, 271 yards passing and 328 total yards • 83 - McKnight, Da’Jon Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • Career Statistics Year G/GS 2008 9/0 2009 4/0 Totals 12/0

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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin rushed one time for eight yards, his first carry of the season • 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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on notched one tackle and his first career pass break-up • Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 0/0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2007 10/0 4 0 4 0-0 0 0 2008 13/0 4 3 7 1.5-14 0 0 2009 5/5 2 4 6 0.5-5 0 1 Totals 28/5 10 7 17 2-19 0 1

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

90 - Henderson, Raymond In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, recorded two solo tackles, including one of three Minnesota sacks for a loss of three yards • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12 and tallied two solo tackles • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • appeared in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, did not record any statistics • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 tallied two tackles •

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Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 6/1 2 1 3 0-0 0 0 2008 4/0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 2009 5/0 4 2 6 1.0-3 0 0 Totals 15/1 7 3 10 1.0-3 0 0

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

93 - Onwuachi, Derrick After an injury in the first day of fall practice, battled back to make his way on to the field in the Big Ten opener against Northwestern. In his first game back, led all defensive lineman with four solo stops. Did not appear against Syracuse on 9/5 • did not appear against Air Force on 9/12 • did not appear against Cal on 9/19 • played for the first time all season in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, tallying four solo tackles to lead all defensive linemen • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3 notched one solo stop • Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 10/5 12 4 16 3.0-22 0 1 2008 11/8 12 4 16 4.0-8 0 1 2009 2/0 5 0 5 0-0 0 0 Totals 23/13 29 8 37 7.0-30 0 2

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 4 2x, last at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 Tackles for loss - 1 6x, last vs. Indiana, 10-4-2008 Sacks - 1 2x, last at Iowa, 11-10-2007 95 - Wilhite, D.L. In the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finished with one of three Minnesota sacks for a game-high loss of nine yards • did not appear against Air Force on 9/12 • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, tallied two total tackles including a sack for a seven yard loss • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics • Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2009 4/0 2 1 3 2.0-16 0 0 Totals 4/0 2 1 3 2.0-16 0 0

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

96 - Kirksey, Brandon Promising young defensive lineman who has become part of the regular rotation. Made the play of the early part of the season when he forced a fumble last against Air Force that was returned 52 yards for a touchdown by Nate Tripplett. Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finishing with one solo tackle • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finished with three tackles and a forced fumble • forced the fumble that was picked up and returned 52 yards by Nate Triplett for the game-winning score • grabbed a season high five tackles on the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19 • posted a team high two tackles for a loss of seven yards • did not appear at Northwestern on 9/26 • appeared in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, did not record any statistics •

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MINNESOTA FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 6 Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 11/0 6 2 8 2.0-7 0 0 2009 4/0 6 3 9 2.0-7 0 0 Totals 15/0 12 5 17 4.0-14 0 0

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

97 - Jacobs, Anthony Appeared in the season opening 23-20 OT win at Syracuse on 9/5, finishing with one solo tackle • appeared in the 20-13 win over Air Force on 9/12, finishing with three solo, and for total tackles • appeared in the 35-21 loss to #8 Cal on 9/19, did not record any statistics • in the 35-24 win at Northwestern on 9/26, recorded one sack for 11 yards • started first career game in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin, finishing with two tackles • Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2008 10/0 3 4 7 1.0-3 0 0 2009 5/1 5 3 6 1.0-11 0 0 Totals 15/1 8 7 13 2.0-14 0 0

Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2006 9/4 4 2 6 0-0 0 0 2007 12/3 17 7 24 1.0-8 0 0 2008 12/12 21 13 34 7.0-30 0 3 2009 5/5 7 3 10 0-0 0 0 Totals 38/24 49 25 74 8-38 0 3

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 5 4x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 Tackles for loss - 2.0 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 Sacks - 2.0 at Purdue, 10-25-2008 Fumble Recoveries - 1 3x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 Forced Fumbles - 1 2x, last vs, Wisconsin, 10-3-2009

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 and 23 in his career. His 14 total tackles lead Minnesota defensive linemen and his 3.0 sacks for a loss of 19 yards ranks fifth in 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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, notched two tackles with a forced fumble and a pass break-up • Career Statistics Year G/GS Solo Asst Total TFL INT PBU 2007 12/6 11 7 18 2.5-14 0 1 2008 13/12 14 11 25 4.5-21 0 1 2009 5/5 10 4 14 3.0-19 0 1 Totals 30/23 35 22 57 10.0-54 0 3

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

Game Defensive Bests Tackles - 5 2x, last at Wisconsin, 11-15-2008 Sacks - 1 6x, last at Northwestern, 9-26-2009 99 - Brown, Garrett Imposing figure on the inside and is among the top interior d-linemen in the Big Ten. 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 • in the 31-28 loss to Wisconsin on 10/3, led defensive linemen with three tackles while also forcing his first fumble of the season •

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