| Minnesota Golden Gophers Team Statistics | | | | | Team | Opponents | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 229 | 247 | | Rushing | 105 | 114 | | Passing | 102 | 109 | | Penalty | 22 | 24 | | 3rd Down: Made/Attempts | 65/179 | 79/189 | | 3rd Down Pct. | 36.3 | 41.8 | | 4th Down: Made/Attempts | 7/16 | 6/16 | | 4th Down Pct. | 43.8 | 37.5 | | POSSESSION AVERAGE | 31:02 | 28:54 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 4178 | 4662 | | Average Per Game | 321.4 | 358.6 | | Total Plays | 847 | 882 | | Average Per Play | 4.9 | 5.3 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 1975 | 2236 | | Average Per Game | 151.9 | 172.0 | | Total Rushes | 517 | 478 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 2203 | 2426 | | Average Per Game | 169.5 | 186.6 | | Sacked/Yards Lost | 21/162 | 26/176 | | Gross Yards | 2365 | 2602 | | Attempts/Completions | 330/175 | 404/231 | | Completion Pct. | 53.0 | 57.2 | | Had Intercepted | 15 | 13 | | PUNTS/AVERAGE | 69/37.9 | 67/39.5 | | NET PUNTING AVERAGE | 69/34.4 | 67/34.3 | | PENALTIES/YARDS | 81/653 | 95/834 | | FUMBLES/BALL LOST | 23/7 | 19/7 | | TOUCHDOWNS | 35 | 40 | | Rushing | 14 | 22 | | Passing | 19 | 15 | | Returns | 2 | 3 | | | | | SCORE BY PERIODS | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | OT | Points | | TEAM | 70 | 79 | 65 | 56 | 17 | 287 | | OPPONENTS | 80 | 87 | 62 | 78 | 14 | 321 | | | | | | | | | 2-Pt. Conversions: TEAM 0-1, OPPONENTS 0-1 | | | | RUSHING | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | | D.Kirkwood | 218 | 926 | 4.2 | 38 | 6 | | M.Gray | 72 | 390 | 5.4 | 75 | 5 | | R.Willams | 57 | 261 | 4.6 | 17 | 2 | | P.Nelson | 69 | 184 | 2.7 | 25 | 0 | | J.Gillum | 27 | 73 | 2.7 | 16 | 1 | | K.Maye | 17 | 57 | 3.4 | 7 | 0 | | M.Shortell | 34 | 48 | 1.4 | 14 | 0 | | M.Jones | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 | | D.Wright | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 7 | 0 | | D.Cobb | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | | P.Mortell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | | D.Engel | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | | D.Crawford-Tufts | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | | J.Harbison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | | Team | 7 | -40 | -5.7 | 0 | 0 | | TEAM | 517 | 1975 | 3.8 | 75 | 14 | | OPPONENTS | 478 | 2236 | 4.7 | 48 | 22 | | | | | RECEIVING | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | | A.Barker | 30 | 577 | 19.2 | 63 | 7 | | I.Fruechte | 19 | 256 | 13.5 | 34 | 2 | | D.Engel | 18 | 375 | 20.8 | 42 | 1 | | D.Crawford-Tufts | 16 | 189 | 11.8 | 40 | 1 | | J.Rabe | 14 | 143 | 10.2 | 33 | 4 | | D.Goodger | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 18 | 3 | | M.Gray | 12 | 121 | 10.1 | 33 | 0 | | K.Maye | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 | | A. | 10 | 121 | 12.1 | 26 | 0 | | D.Kirkwood | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 | | B.Green | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 16 | 1 | | M.Jones | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 16 | 0 | | M.Henry | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 27 | 0 | | L.Plsek | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 | | R.Willams | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | | L.Hutton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | | P.Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | | D.Cobb | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | | TEAM | 175 | 2203 | 12.6 | 63 | 19 | | OPPONENTS | 231 | 2426 | 10.5 | 49 | 15 | | | | | INTERCEPTIONS | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | | M.Carter | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 43 | 1 | | A.Hill | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 1 | | B.Vereen | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 30 | 0 | | C.Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | D.Wells | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | M.Shabazz | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | | TEAM | 13 | 125 | 9.6 | 43 | 2 | | OPPONENTS | 15 | 238 | 15.9 | 68 | 2 | | | | | PUNTING | No. | Yards | Avg | IN20 | Long | | C.Eldred | 67 | 2555 | 38.1 | 22 | 0 | | D.Schwerman | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 43 | | TEAM | 69 | 2617 | 37.9 | 22 | 43 | | OPPONENTS | 67 | 2646 | 39.5 | 20 | 64 | | | | | PUNT RETURNS | Ret | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | | A.Barker | 19 | 135 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 | | M.Carter | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 27 | 0 | | M.Jones | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 22 | 0 | | T.Stoudermire | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 | | Team | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | | TEAM | 31 | 229 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 | | OPPONENTS | 21 | 142 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | | | | | KICKOFF RETURNS | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | | T.Stoudermire | 22 | 513 | 23.3 | 48 | 0 | | K.Maye | 8 | 178 | 22.3 | 45 | 0 | | M.Jones | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 22 | 0 | | D.Wright | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | | Z.Epping | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | | J.Baltazar | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | | L.Plsek | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | | L.Edwards | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | | D.Goodger | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | | A.Hill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | | TEAM | 41 | 842 | 20.5 | 48 | 0 | | OPPONENTS | 28 | 566 | 20.2 | 99 | 1 | | | | | FIELD GOALS (Made/Att) | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | | J.Wettstein | 1/1 | 3/4 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/3 | | TEAM | 1/1 | 3/4 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 0/3 | | OPPONENTS | 0/0 | 3/3 | 7/8 | 4/6 | 0/0 | | | | | PASSING | Att | Cmp | Yds | Cmp% | Yds/Att | TD | TD% | Int | Int% | Long | Sack | Rating | | P.Nelson | 154 | 75 | 873 | 48.7 | 5.7 | 8 | 5.2 | 8 | 5.2 | 63 | 7 | 62.0 | | M.Shortell | 116 | 65 | 853 | 56.0 | 7.4 | 6 | 5.2 | 5 | 4.3 | 53 | 9 | 78.7 | | M.Gray | 57 | 34 | 472 | 59.6 | 8.3 | 5 | 8.8 | 2 | 3.5 | 40 | 5 | 100.9 | | P.Mortell | 1 | 1 | 5 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 87.5 | | K.Maye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | | TEAM | 330 | 175 | 2203 | 53.0 | 6.7 | 19 | 5.8 | 15 | 4.5 | 63 | 21 | 74.3 | | OPPONENTS | 404 | 231 | 2602 | 57.2 | 6.4 | 15 | 3.7 | 13 | 3.2 | 49 | 26 | 75.5 | | | | | |

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