MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS

 

STADIUM: TCF Bank Stadium
CAPACITY: 50,805  •  PLAYING SURFACE: FieldTurf
OFFENSIVE FORMATION: Spread
DEFENSIVE FORMATION: 4-3
STARTERS RETURNING (O/D): 9*/8
LETTERMAN RETURNING: 54 (31,22,1)
LETTERMAN LOST:12 (3,7,2)
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LOCATION: Minneapolis, MN  
FOUNDED: 1851  
ENROLLMENT: 50,402  
COLORS: Maroon, Gold  
MASCOT:Goldy Golpher  
CONFERENCE: Big Ten  
Head Coach:Tim Brewster  
Years with Team: 3rd Year  
Overall Record: 8-17  
Record with Team:8-17  
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2009 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
Duane Bennett 98 376 3.84 6   Adam Weber 173 336 51.5% 2321 6.9 12 14 113.0   Eric Decker 50 758 15.2 5
Kevin Whaley 77 325 4.22 2   MarQueis Gray 5 12 41.7% 51 4.3 1 1 88.2   N Tow-Arnett 35 458 13.1 2
DeLeon Eskridge 61 251 4.11 3   Eric Decker 1 2 50.0% 7 3.5 1 0 244.4   Brandon Green 21 293 14.0 1
2009 GAME BY GAME STATS
        Tot   Rush       SKS Tot   Rush       SKS   Yds Gm
Foe       Off FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By TO's Diff Grade
AT Syracuse 23 - 20 360 16 32 - 112 3.5 19 - 42 248 2 257 15 34 - 90 2.6 19 - 31 167 3 0 103 78.1
    Air Force 20 - 13 327 14 24 - 108 4.5 20 - 29 219 1 386 24 66 - 261 4.0 10 - 17 125 1 0 -59 76.2
    California 21 - 35 270 14 21 - 37 1.8 22 - 34 233 3 415 18 44 - 163 3.7 16 - 25 252 2 -3 -145 59.7
AT Northwestern 35 - 24 352 22 42 - 166 4.0 15 - 26 186 1 373 23 29 - 64 2.2 32 - 47 309 4 2 -21 80.3
    Wisconsin 28 - 31 328 15 28 - 57 2.0 16 - 30 271 5 454 22 49 - 295 6.0 16 - 26 159 0 0 -126 72.1
    Purdue 35 - 20 281 14 44 - 207 4.7 5 - 10 74 3 402 23 30 - 103 3.4 25 - 47 299 2 1 -121 72.3
AT Penn St 0 - 20 138 7 18 - 37 2.1 10 - 22 101 1 464 21 43 - 177 4.1 21 - 32 287 0 -1 -326 62.7
AT Ohio St 7 - 38 286 17 30 - 123 4.1 15 - 29 163 5 509 27 49 - 270 5.5 13 - 26 239 1 -3 -223 65.7
    Michigan St 42 - 34 505 17 39 - 89 2.3 19 - 33 416 2 360 17 20 - 124 6.2 21 - 36 236 0 1 145 84.4
    Illinois 32 - 35 271 21 36 - 50 1.4 14 - 31 221 7 351 16 42 - 113 2.7 15 - 25 238 1 -1 -80 61.9
    S DAKOTA ST 16 - 13 231 16 48 - 137 2.9 10 - 22 94 4 229 12 27 - 46 1.7 15 - 39 183 2 2 2 -1.1
AT Iowa 0 - 12 201 13 36 - 48 1.3 14 - 42 153 5 171 12 36 - 54 1.5 11 - 24 117 4 -1 30 82.8
† Iowa St 13 - 14 434 21 32 - 122 3.8 20 - 35 312 2 428 22 44 - 212 4.8 19 - 26 216 2 2 6 68.2
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
TOTALS 272 - 309 3984 207 430 - 1293 3.0 199 - 385 2691 41 4799 252 513 - 1972 3.8 233 - 401 2827 22 -1 -815 66.4
AVERAGES 21 - 24 306 16 33 - 99 3.0 51.7% 207 10.6% 369 19 39 - 152 3.8 58.1% 217 5.5% -0.1 -63 #84
HOME 28 - 26 316 16 34 - 98 2.9 56.1% 218 13.2% 371 19 40 - 158 4.0 54.9% 213 3.7% 0 -55 60.8
AWAY 13 - 21 295 16 32 - 101 3.2 47.4% 194 8.2% 367 20 39 - 145 3.7 61.8% 223 7.5% -1 -72 73.0
CONF 22 - 27 295 16 34 - 97 2.8 48.4% 198 13.0% 386 20 37 - 150 4.0 58.6% 236 4.6% -2 -90 72.8
NON-CONF 19 - 19 324 16 31 - 103 3.3 56.2% 221 7.4% 343 18 43 - 154 3.6 57.2% 189 7.2% 1 -19 56.2


2009 SCHEDULE
MINNESOTA 2009
TIME

Box Score

 SCORE
9/5

at

Syracuse
NOON
 23-20
9/12

Air Force
7:00 PM
 20-13
9/19

California
NOON
 21-35
9/26

at

Northwestern
TBA
 35-24
10/3

Wisconsin
TBA
 28-31
10/10

Purdue
NOON
 35-20
10/17

at

Penn St
3:30 PM
 0-20
10/24

at

Ohio St
NOON
 7-38
10/31

Michigan St
8:00 PM
 42-34
11/7

Illinois
TBA
 32-35
11/14

S Dakota St
TBA
 16-13
11/21

at

Iowa
TBA
 0-12
12/31   INSIGHT BOWL
6:00PM
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