2015 SCHEDULE MINNESOTA AT NORTHWESTERN DATE/OPPONENT TIME TV RESULT Date: Oct. 3, 2015 Television: Big Ten Network SEPTEMBER (3-1) Time: 11 a.m. CT Scott Graham (Play by Play) 3 No. 2 TCU 8 p.m. ESPN L, 23-17 Site: Evanston, Ill. Glen Mason (Analyst) 12 at Colorado State 2:30 p.m. CBSSN W, 23-20 (OT) Stadium: Ryan Field J Leman (Sideline) 19 Kent State 11 a.m. BTN W, 10-7 Surface: Natural Grass Radio : KFAN 100.3 26 Ohio # 2:30 p.m. BTN W, 27-24 Capacity: 47,130 Mike Grimm (Play by Play) OCTOBER Minnesota No. 16 Northwestern Series: Minnesota 52-33-5 Darrell Thompson (Analyst) 3 at No. 16 Northwestern * 11 a.m. BTN 3-1 Overall 4-0 Overall Streak Minnesota W2 Justin Gaard (Sideline) 10 at Purdue * 2:30 p.m. ESPN / ESPN2 0-0 B1G 0-0 B1G Last: Minnesota won 24-17 Kevin Falness (Host) 17 Nebraska * TBA at TCF Bank Stadium Corbu Stathes (Host) 31 Michigan * 7 p.m. ABC / ESPN / ESPN2 @GopherFootball #Gophers in Minneapolis on Audio: NOVEMBER Oct. 11, 2014 GopherSports.com 7 at No. 1 Ohio State * 6 / 7 p.m. ABC / ESPN / ESPN2 /GopherFootball Sirius / XM: 81 / 81 14 at Iowa * 7 p.m. BTN 21 Illinois * TBA Five things you need to know 28 No. 22 Wisconsin * TBA 1 Minnesota opens Big Ten play at Northwestern on Saturday. The Gophers lead the all-time series 52-33-5 and have * Big Ten game # Homecoming All times won the last two meetings between the teams (24-17 in Minneapolis last season and 20-17 in Evanston in 2013). The Central last time that Minnesota won three straight games in the series was from 2002-04 when it won 45-42 in 2002 at home, 42- 17 in 2003 on the road and 43-17 at home in 2004. The Gophers last won two straight games at Ryan Field in 1989 and MINNESOTA COACHES 1993. Minnesota topped the Wildcats 20-18 in 1989 and won 28-26 in its next visit to Evanston in 1993. Minnesota has nine separate three-game (or more) winning streaks in its history against Nothwestern. The Gophers longest winning Jerry Kill (SL) Head Coach streak against the Wildcats is seven games and spanned from 1975-81. Saturday’s game also marks the second straight Tracy Claeys (PB) Associate Head Coach season that Minnesota will open Big Ten play on the road, as it won at Michigan 30-14 last season on Sept. 27. Matt Limegrover (PB) Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line Brian Anderson (SL) Wide Receivers 2 Northwestern enters Saturday’s game ranked No. 16 in the AP poll. The Wildcats will be the second ranked team that Jeff Phelps (SL) Defensive Line Minnesota will play this season, as the Gophers opened the season hosting No. 2 TCU. Dating back to last season - Pat Poore (SL) Running Backs and including Saturday’s game against Northwestern - Minnesota will play six of nine games against ranked teams. The Rob Reeves (SL) Tight Ends/H-Backs Gophers ended last year with four straight games against ranked foes in No. 8 Ohio State, No. 21 Nebraska, No. 14 Jay Sawvel (SL) Secondary/Special Teams Wisconsin and No. 16 Missouri. The last time Minnesota faced six ranked teams in a shorter span dates back to the 1990 Mike Sherels (SL) Linebackers and 1991 seasons. The Gophers ended 1990 with three straight games against No. 24 Michigan State, No. 16 Michigan Jim Zebrowski (SL) and No. 13 Iowa. They started 1991 against San Jose State and then played ranked opponents in No. 19 Colorado, No. 18 Pittsburgh and No. 22 Illinois. Minnesota’s win against a ranked team on the road was 28-24 at Nebraksa last season. Gameday Locations: SL - Sideline; PB - Press Box 3 Minnesota closed out its non-conference schedule with a 27-24 win against Ohio last Saturday. The Gophers went 3- 1 in non-conference play with their lone loss being a 23-17 setback to No. 2 TCU to start the season. Minnesota is GAME 5 SCHEDULE now 15-5 in non-conference games in coach Jerry Kill’s five seasons. In addition to finishing non-conference play, Sept. 29 11:48 a.m. Coach Kill weekly Big Ten Minnesota also played its last game in September for the sea - teleconference (please contact the B1G for son. They finished the month with a 3-1 mark and are now 13-7 leading GOPHERS in September games under Kill. The Gophers are 6-7 all-time call-in information) Offense under Kill in October games, but are 4-2 in their last six. 12 p.m. Coach Kill press conference Total offense Mitch Leidner (985 yards) 12:15 p.m. Coach Claeys press conference Passing yards Mitch Leidner (878 yards) 4 Minnesota is 9-5 in its last 14 Big Ten games, which is the Passing Mitch Leidner (4) 12:25 p.m. Coach Limegrover press conference fourth best mark in the league during that span. Ohio Passing attempts Mitch Leidner (138) 12:35 p.m. Selected player availability State in 14-0, Michigan State is 13-1 and Wisconsin is 12-2 Passing completions Mitch Leidner (81) Sept. 30 4:15 p.m. practice. Coach Kill and requested Rushing yards Rodney Smith (363) (doesn’t include B1G title games). If Minnesota beats Rushing touchdowns Shannon Brooks (2) player availability after practice Northwestern and improves to 10-5 it would be the school’s Rushing attempts Rodney Smith (83) Oct. 1 12 p.m. Gopher Football Weekly with Jerry Kill best 15-game league stretch since it went 10-5 from 11/11/72 Receiving yards Drew Wolitarsky (222) on KFAN to 10/26/74 (beat Northwestern, Wisconsin and Iowa twice and Receiving touchdowns KJ Maye (3) Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue and Illinois once, while losing Receptions KJ Maye (17) Oct. 2 No availability Defense Oct. 3 11 a.m. at Northwestern twice to Ohio State and Michigan and to Indiana once). Tackles Cody Poock (28) Solo tackles Cody Poock (19) UPDATED BIOS, STATS 5 The Gophers accumulated 468 yards (204 rushing and Assisted tackles Antonio Johnson (12) 264 passing) of total offense against Ohio. Five freshmen Tackles-for-loss Steven Richardson (4.5) Please visit GopherSports.com for updated bios, season - Rodney Smith (94 rushing, 58 receiving), Shannon Brooks Sacks Steven Richardson (2.5) Murray/Boddy-Calhoun/Myrick (1) stats and career stats. (82 rushing), Isaiah Gentry (36 receiving), Rashad Still (24 Pass breakups Eight Players (2) receiving) and Melvin Holland (3 receiving) - were responsible Forced Poock/Richardson/Murray (1) for 297 of those yards (63%). On the season, freshmen are Fumbles recovered Richardson/Johnson/S. Ekpe (1) responsible for 42% of the team’s total offense (631 of 1510). Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 GOPHERS VS. NORTHWESTERN FACTS GOPHERS VS. NORTHWESTERN (ALL-TIME)

Last Gopher Home Win ...... 10/11/14 (Minnesota 24, Northwestern 17) Overall: 52-33-5 Last Gopher Road Win ...... 10/19/13 (Minnesota 20, Northwestern 17) Home: 29-14-3 Away: 23-19-2 Neutral: 0-0 Last Northwestern Home Win ...... 11/19/11 (Northwestern 28, Minnesota 13) w w Last Northwestern Road Win ...... 10/13/13 (Northwestern 21, Minnesota 13) 1892 11/8 W 16-12 A 1978 10/21 W 38-14 A 1893 10/30 W 16-0 A 1979 9/29 W 38-8 H COACHES (record at current school only) 1898 11/12 W 17-6 H 1980 10/4 W 49-21 A Jerry Kill vs. Northwestern ...... 2-2 1899 11/4 L 5-11 H 1981 10/10 W 35-23 H Pat Fitzgerald vs. Minnesota ...... 5-3 1900 11/12 W 21-0 H 1982 10/9 L 21-31 A 1901 11/23 W 16-0 A 1983 10/22 L 8-19 A GOPHERS’ LONGEST STREAKS 1904 11/19 W 17-0 A 1984 10/20 L 28-31 H Current Streak ...... Won 2 1905 11/25 W 72-6 H 1985 10/12 W 21-10 A Wins Overall ...... 7 (Nov. 8, 1975-Oct. 10, 1981) 1920 10/9 L 0-17 A 1986 10/11 W 44-23 H Losses Overall ...... 3 (3 times, last Oct. 2, 2010-Oct. 13, 2012) 1921 10/9 W 28-0 H 1987 10/10 W 45-33 A Home Wins ...... 5 (Nov. 12, 1898-Nov. 3, 1923) 1922 10/21 T 7-7 A 1988 10/8 T 28-28 H Home Losses ...... 3 (twice, last Nov. 1, 2008-Oct. 13, 2012) 1923 11/3 W 34-14 H 1989 10/14 W 20-18 A Away Wins ...... 4 (3 times, last Oct. 12, 1985-Oct. 16, 1993) 1928 11/3 L 9-10 A 1990 10/13 W 35-25 H Away Losses ...... 4 (Oct. 30, 1943-Oct. 14, 1950) 1929 10/19 W 26-14 A 1993 10/16 W 28-26 A 1930 11/1 L 6-27 H 1994 10/15 L 31-37 H MISC. 1931 11/7 L 14-32 A 1995 10/14 L 17-27 H Most Gophers Points - Win ...... 72 (72-6, Nov. 25, 1905) 1932 10/29 W 7-0 H 1996 10/12 L 24-26 A Fewest Gophers Points - Win ...... 7 (3 times, last 7-0, Oct. 8, 1960) 1933 11/14 T 0-0 A 1999 10/2 W 33-14 A Most Gophers Points - Loss ...... 48 (49-48 (2OT), Oct. 13, 2007) 1935 10/26 W 21-13 H 2000 10/28 L 35-41 H Most Northwestern Points - Win ...... 49 (49-48 (2OT), Oct. 13, 2007) 1936 10/31 L 0-6 A 2001 10/13 L 17-23 A Fewest Northwestern Points - Win ...... 6 (3 times, last 6-0, Oct. 10, 1959) 1937 11/13 W 7-0 H 2002 10/10 W 45-42 H Most Northwestern Points - Loss ...... 42 (45-42, Oct. 10, 2002) 1938 10/29 L 3-6 A 2003 10/4 W 42-17 A Largest Gopher Win Margin ...... 66 (72-6, Nov. 25, 1905) 1939 11/4 L 7-14 H 2004 9/25 W 43-17 H Largest Northwestern Win Margin ...... 36 (42-6, Oct. 30, 1943) 1940 11/2 W 13-12 A 2007 10/13 L 48-49 2OT A Times Gophers Shut Out ...... 5 (last 6-0, Oct. 10, 1959)& 1941 11/1 W 8-7 H 2008 11/1 L 17-24 H Times Northwestern Shut Out ...... 10 (last 7-0, Oct. 8, 1960)& 1942 10/31 W 19-7 H 2009 9/26 W 35-24 A Overtime Games ...... Gophers 0-1 (49-48 (2OT), Oct. 13, 2007) 1943 10/30 L 6-42 A 2010 10/2 L 28-29 H Tie Games ...... 5 (last 28-28, Oct. 8, 1988) 1944 11/14 T 14-14 H 2011 11/19 L 13-28 A Most Points in a Tie ...... 56 (28-28, Oct. 8, 1988) 1945 10/20 W 30-7 H 2012 10/13 L 13-21 H Fewest Points in a Tie ...... 0 (twice, last Oct. 13, 1956) 1946 10/12 L 7-14 A 2013 10/19 W 20-17 A &Includes two scoreless ties 1947 10/12 W 37-21 H 2014 10/11 W 24-17 H 1948 10/9 L 16-19 A TALE OF THE TAPE 1949 10/8 W 21-7 H NOrthwestern MINNESOTA 1950 10/14 L 6-13 A 68 (410.8) Total Offense 90 (377.5) 1951 10/13 L 7-21 H 14 (265) Rushing Offense 85 (158) 1952 10/11 W 27-26 H 119 (145.8) Passing Offense 78 (219.5) 1953 10/10 W 30-13 A 112 (111.76) Team Passing Efficiency 96 (117.95) 1954 10/9 W 26-7 H 93 (25) Scoring Offense 119 (19.3) 1955 10/8 W 18-7 A 11 (266) Total Defense T-29 (312.5) 1956 10/13 T 0-0 H 39 (128.3) Rushing Defense 56 (151.3) 1957 10/12 W 41-6 A 10 (137.8) Passing Yards Allowed 20 (161.3) 1958 10/11 L 3-7 H 7 (87.51) Team Passing Efficiency Defense 17 (101.07) 1959 10/10 L 0-6 A 3 (8.8) Scoring Defense 31 (18.5) 1960 10/8 W 7-0 H T-42 (0.5) Turnover Margin T-88 (-0.5) 1961 10/14 W 10-3 A 11 (0.506) 3rd Down Conversion Pct T-83 (0.375) 1962 10/13 L 22-34 H T-83 (0.4) 4th Down Conversion Pct T-43 (0.6) 1963 10/12 L 8-15 A 1 (0.186) 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense 62 (0.352) 1964 10/10 W 21-18 H T-61 (0.5) 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense T-61 (0.5) 1965 11/6 W 27-22 H 98 (0.769) Red Zone Offense T-119 (0.667) 1966 11/5 W 28-13 A T-5 (0.6) Red Zone Defense T-65 (0.818) 1969 11/8 W 28-21 H 41 (39.23) Net Punting 20 (41.08) 1970 11/7 L 14-28 A 110 (3.4) Punt Returns 126 (-0.58) 1971 11/6 L 20-41 A 8 (31.57) Kickoff Returns 84 (19.7) 1972 11/11 W 35-29 H T-61 (83) First Downs Offense T-72 (78) 1973 11/3 W 52-43 A 23 (59) First Downs Defense 38 (65) 1974 11/2 L 13-21 H T-14 (4.5) Fewest Penalties Per Game T-66 (6.75) 1975 11/8 W 33-9 H 12 (37.5) Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 65 (59) 1976 11/6 W 38-10 A 15 (33:38) Time of Possession 66 (30:06) 1977 10/15 W 13-7 H Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 MINNESOTA STARTING LINEUPS OFFENSE Opponent WR/FB WR TE/WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB RB TCU Carter (WR) Maye Wozniak (TE) Lauer Christenson Bobek C. Mayes Pirsig Lingen Leidner R. Williams at Colorado State Thomas (FB) Maye Wozniak (TE) Pirsig Christenson Bobek C. Mayes Campion Lingen Leidner R. Smith Kent State Thomas (FB) Maye Wozniak (TE) Pirsig Bjorklund Bobek C. Mayes Campion Hart Leidner R. Smith Ohio Thomas (FB) Maye Carter (WR) Pirsig Bjorklund Bobek C. Mayes Campion Lingen Leidner R. Smith 2015 MINNESOTA STARTING LINEUPS DEFENSE Opponent DE DT DE/DT DE/LB LB LB S/LB S CB CB CB/S TCU Elmore Richardson H. Ekpe (DE) Campbell (LB) Julian Huff Lynn Johnson (S) Travis Murray Boddy-Calhoun Myrick (DB) at Colorado State Cockran Richardson S. Ekpe (DT) H. Ekpe (DE) Celestin Williams Lynn (LB) Johnson Murray Boddy-Calhoun Ayinde (S) Kent State Cockran Richardson S. Ekpe (DT) H. Ekpe (DE) Campbell Poock Lynn (LB) Johnson Murray Boddy-Calhoun Ayinde (S) Ohio Cockran Richardson S. Ekpe (DT) H. Ekpe (DE) Campbell Lynn Ayinde (S) Johnson Murray Boddy-Calhoun Myrick (DB) LOU GROZA NATIONAL COLLEGIATE PLACE-KICKER AWARD “STARS OF THE WEEK ” Each week, three kickers are honored by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission as “Stars of the Week. Below is a list of Minnesota players who have been honored. Player Date Award Notes Ryan Santoso Sept. 14 Lou Groza “Stars of the Week” Made field goals from 50, 35 and 18 yards (OT winner) in a 23-20 win at Colorado State

RIGHT DIRECTION Noted analyst Tom Lemming also tabbed Kill as his Minnesota had two players drafted in 2014 in National Coach of the Year last season. Ra’Shede Hageman (37th overall to Atlanta) and u In 2014, the Gophers reached eight wins for the sec - Brock Vereen (131st overall to Chicago). The six ond time under Kill and for only the eighth time since BEST SINCE BIERMAN combined draft picks from 2014 and 2015 are more 1960 and 19th time overall. Since 2012, Minnesota u Coach Kill has a 28-27 record at Minnesota, which is than Minnesota had from 2007-13 (four players has played 43 games and is 25-18 in those games. a .509 winning percentage. That is the best winning taken during that seven-year span). In their previous 43 games, the Gophers were 13- percentage for a Gopher head coach since the leg - 30. In 2013, Kill led Minnesota to four straight Big endary Bernie Bierman posted a 43-8-4 record PIG AND JUG Ten wins for the first time since 1973 and ended a (81.8%) through 55 games. u Minnesota beat Michigan last year to win the Little 16-game losing streak to Nebraska. In 2014, Brown Jug and Iowa to win Floyd of Rosedale. Last Minnesota won five Big Ten games in one season KILL ON THE ROAD season was the first time that the Gophers won both for the first time since 2003. The Gophers have won u Coach Kill has a knack for winning football games on trophies in the same year since 1967. Minnesota nine combined Big Ten games in 2013 and 2014. the road. He has a career road record of 59-59 beat Penn State in 2013 to win the Governor’s Minnesota won a combined nine conference games despite taking over teams that traditionally did not fare Victory Bell, which means the Gophers have pos - from 2009-2012. well on the road. Saginaw Valley St. was a combined session of three of the four trophies they play for EIGHT WINS AGAIN 18-8 on the road during Kill’s five years. Emporia (Victory Bell first played for in 1993) for the first time State was 2-3 on the road during both of Kill’s years. since 1967, as Minnesota also beat Wisconsin 21- u The Gophers finished 8-5 in both 2014 and 2013, At Southern Illinois, Kill’s squad lost its first 11 road 14 that year to win Paul Bunyan’s Axe. which means that Minnesota posted back-to-back games before going 21-10 during the next five years. eight win seasons for the first time since 2002 (8 At Northern Illinois, the Huskies went 2-4 in each of PLAYING THE BEST wins) and 2003 (10 wins). Since 1906 the Gophers Kill’s first two years. In his final year, they were 5-2, u Minnesota is the only team scheduled to play No. 1 have won eight games in consecutive seasons which included a 34-23 win at Minnesota. The Ohio State and No. 2 TCU (L, 23-17 on Sept. 3) in (1934-35, 1940-41 and 1960-61) five times. Gophers were 0-5 on the road in 2011, but are 8-8 the regular season (TCU ranking at time of game). JANUARY BOWL since then under Kill. The last time Minnesota played No. 1 and No. 2 in the same year was 1986. Minnesota lost 63-0 at No. u Coach Kill and Minnesota played in the Buffalo Wild BEATING THE BEST 1 Oklahoma, but won 20-17 at No. 2 Michigan. Wings Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. u Minnesota has been victorious in its most recent The game marked Minnesota's first appearance in games against Michigan (30-14 in 2014), Nebraska 155 WINS the historic Citrus Bowl and was the first time that (28-24 in 2014 and 34-23 in 2013) and Penn State u Coach Kill earned his 155th win as a head coach Minnesota played a bowl game in January in (24-10 in 2013). Nebraska is the winningest-college against Ohio on Sept. 26, 2015. In his five coaching Florida. Kill led the Gophers to a January bowl game football program in the last 50 years, while Michigan is stops – Saginaw Valley State, Emporia State, for the first time since 1962 when Minnesota beat the winningest program of all-time. Minnesota has Southern Illinois, Northern Illinois and Minnesota – UCLA 21-3 on Jan. 1, in the Rose Bowl. played the three schools a combined 169 times Kill’s combined record was 21-36 in his first year of COACH OF THE YEAR (Michigan 101 times, Nebraska 55 times and Penn employment. In his last 17 games at Minnesota (11- State 13 times), but this is the first time in school his - 6) and in his final year at his previous four schools, u After leading Minnesota to an 8-5 record and five tory that the Gophers have won the most recent game his teams combined to be 48-19, which is a testa - Big Ten wins, which included victories against against each school. ment to his ability to turn around programs. Michigan, Iowa and Nebraska, Coach Kill was voted the Big Ten's Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the DRAFTED SOLD OUT Year by the conference's coaches and the Dave u The Gophers had four players selected in the 2015 u Minnesota’s first three home games at TCF Bank McClain Coach of the Year by the media. He also NFL Draft in Maxx Williams (55th overall to Baltimore), Stadium (capacity 52,525) this year have all been was named Region 3 Coach of the Year by the Damien Wilson (127th overall to Dallas), David Cobb sold out. A stadium record 54,147 fans attended the Coaches Association for the sec - (138th overall to Tennessee) and Cedric Thompson TCU game, while 52,823 watched the Kent State ond straight year. Kill, who was the only repeat win - (150th overall to Miami). Three of them - Williams, game and 53,917 were at the Ohio game. Prior to ner among the five Football Bowl Subdivision coach - Wilson and Cobb - made the active 53-man roster for 2015, Minnesota’s last home sellout was Nov. 23, es, was recognized by the AFCA for the fourth time, their team. Thompson was signed to the Miami prac - 2013 against Wisconsin. Minnesota played in front as he was also named a Regional Coach of the tice squad. Free agent was also of three sold out home crowds from 2011-14. Year in 2003 and 2004 while at Southern Illinois. signed to the practice squad. Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 MINNESOTA FACTS ABOUT THE WILDCATS northwestern SCHEDULE No. 16 Northwestern opens league play with a perfect 4-0 record for the Sept. 5 Stanford W, 16-6 fifth time under head coach Pat Fitzgerald. Northwestern has posted Sept. 12 Eastern Illinois W, 41-10 UNIVERSITY FACTS Sept. 19 at Duke W, 19-10 Location: Minneapolis, Minn. impressive wins against Stanford and Duke and they have also topped Sept. 26 Ball State W, 24-19 Population: 400,070 Eastern Illinois and Ball State. Oct. 3 Minnesota Founded: 1851 Northwestern’s defense has been the story of the season thus far as it Oct. 10 at Michigan Joined Big Ten: 1896 (charter member) Oct. 17 Iowa leads the nation in third-down defense, allowing a first down only 18.6 First Year of Big Ten Football: 1896 Oct. 24 at Nebraska percent of the time on third downs. Leading the charge defensively is Enrollment: 51,147 Nov. 7 Penn State Nickname: Golden Gophers sophomore linebacker Anthony Walker who has 41 tackles this season. Nov. 14 Purdue Colors: Maroon and Gold Nov. 21 at Wisconsin Marching Band: University of Minnesota Marching Band On offense, sophomore running back Justin Jackson averages 141 all- Nov. 28 at Illinois President: Eric Kaler purpose yards per game. has proven to Interim Director of Athletics / SWA: Beth Goetz be a dual-threat, amassing 583 yards and four touchdowns through the air and 141 yards to go along with a pair of Faculty Representatives: Emily Hoover, Perry Leo touchdowns on the ground. Ticket Office Phone: 612-624-8080 Website: GopherSports.com THEY HAVE TENURE KILLER LOYALTY TEAM INFORMATION There is loyalty and then there is loyalty to Coach Years with Kill Offensive Formation: Multiple Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill. The group of Kill’s Eric Klein, strength coach 22 Defensive Formation: 4-3 nine assistants and strength and conditioning coach Tracy Claeys, defensive coordinator 21 Letterwinners returning: has served under him for a combined 141 years Rob Reeves, h-backs/tight ends 20 48 (23 offense, 21 defense, 4 specialists) (counting 2015), which is the most in the nation. Matt Limegrover, offensive coordinator 17 Letterwinners lost: Brian Anderson, running backs 15 29 (16 offense, 12 defense, 1 specialist) Apple Valley, Minn., native Eric Klein is now in his Pat Poore, wide receivers 15 Starters Returning: 22nd year with Kill and is followed by associate Jay Sawvel, defensive backs/special teams 15 15 (5 offense, 7 defense, 3 specialst) head coach Tracy Claeys, who is in his 21st year. Jeff Phelps, defensive line 8 Jim Zebrowski, quarterbacks 6 Starters Lost: Rob Reeves, who coaches the h-backs/tight ends, Mike Sherels, linebackers 2 11 (6 offense, 4 defense, 1 specialist) has been on Kill’s staff for 20 years. Reeves played quarterback for Kill at Saginaw Valley State. TEAM HISTORY First Year of Football: 1882 Assistant head coach Matt Limegrover has been with Kill for 17 years. A trio of coaches – Brian Anderson (receivers), All-Time Record (Years): 668-498-44 (132) Pat Poore (running backs) and Jay Sawvel (defensive backs / special teams) – has worked with Kill for 15 years. Jeff All-Time Big Ten Record (Years): 378-403-30 (119) Phelps, who leads the defensive line, is in his eighth-year as a member of Kill’s staff, while quarterback coach Jim Big Ten Championships (Last): 18 (1967) Zebrowski is now in his sixth year. Kill doesn’t have to hire new coaches often, but in March 2014 he needed to hire a All-Time Bowl Record: 5-12 new linebacker coach. Kill didn’t have to look far, as he promoted Mike Sherels to lead the linebackers. Sherels National Championships: 7 Consensus All-America Selections: 35 worked with the linebackers as a defensive graduate assistant in 2013 and most recently was an assistant coordinator First Team All-Big Ten Selections: 180 of recruiting operations with the Gophers after joining the staff in 2011 as a special assistant to the head coach.

MEDIA INFORMATION Kill also has two additional former Gophers on his staff in Dom Barber and . Barber works in recruiting, Minnesota Athletic Communications while Weber is an offensive graduate assistant who works with the quarterbacks. 516 15th Avenue S.E., Suite 244 Minneapolis, MN 55455 Kill also has five former players of staff in Reeves, Trevor Olson, Jeff Jones, Corey Hanson and Mike McElroy. Olson, who is from Richfield, Minn., played at Northern Illinois and was on the team that beat Minnesota 34-23 in 2010. Olson Office: 612.626.0299 is an offensive graduate assistant for the Gophers. Jones, who is the director of player personnel, played for Kill at Southern Illinois. He ended his career as a three-time captain and led the Salukis to records of 10-2, 10-2 and 9-4 after Paul Rovnak, Director the team went a combined 5-18 in his redshirt year and freshman year. Hanson, who is from Minneapolis, was a mem - e-mail: [email protected] ber of Kill’s leadership council at NIU where he played linebacker. Hanson is a defensive graduate assistant at Cody Voga, Athletic Communications Assistant Minnesota. McElroy played for Kill as a freshman at SIU in 2007 and is now a defensive graduate assistant. e-mail: [email protected]

ON THE INTERNET A GOOD LOOK Minnesota’s athletics website, GopherSports.com, provides Minnesota introduced new uniforms in 2012. Below is their record in each uniform combination. The Gophers will have the latest information on the Gophers. Releases, game two helmets - one Maroon and one Gold - this year and will not be wearing a white helmet. Minnesota is 25-18 since notes, results, statistics, box scores, schedules, rosters and 2012. coach and player information is available. MAROON HELMET GOLD HELMET MEDIA RELEASES Uniform Home Road Neutral Total Uniform Home Road Neutral Total The Minnesota Athletic Communications Office e-mails its White/White --- 1-2 --- 1-2 Maroon/Gold 2-0 ------2-0 weekly football release on Mondays. The release is also White/Maroon --- 4-3 0-1 4-4 Gold/White 0-1 ------0-1 available at GopherSports.com in a PDF format. The White/Gold --- 2-2 --- 2-2 White/Gold --- 1-1 --- 1-1 Gophers’ depth chart and injury report is updated two days Maroon/Gold 4-2 ------4-2 TOTAL 2-1 1-1 --- 3-2 before each game. If you are interested in receiving the Gold/Maroon 3-0 ------3-0 weekly release via e-mail, please contact Director of Athletic Gold/Gold 0-1 ------0-1 WHITE HELMET (worn once at 2013 Texas Bowl) Communications Paul Rovnak at [email protected]. Maroon/Maroon 6-3 --- 0-1 6-4 Uniform Home Road Neutral Total Maroon/White 2-0 ------2-0 Maroon/White ------0-1 0-1 TOTAL 15-6 7-7 0-2 22-15 TOTAL ------0-1 0-1 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 HOMEGROWN QUARTERBACK PRONUNCIATIONS u The Gophers have found success with their hometown quarterback. Mitch Leidner has played in 26 games (17-9 record) and started 20 (13-7 record). He has passed for 3,295 career yards and 18 touchdowns. He set a career high Duke Anyanwu on-YAH-woo against Ohio with 264 passing yards and set career highs at Colorado State in completions (23) and attempts (45). Adekunle Ayinde KOON-lay eye-IN-day He tossed a career high four passes in a 51-14 home win against Iowa in 2014. Colton Beebe BEE-bee Joe Bjorklund BYORK-lind u Leidner had a streak of 157 straight passes without an snapped against Kent State. His current streak Brian Bobek BOE-beck without an interception is 50 passes (19 against Kent State and 31 against Ohio). Briean Boddy-Calhoun BREE-in BOD-ee Jeff Borchardt BORCH-ert u Leidner completed 22-of-31 passes for a career high 264 yards against Ohio. Leidner and the Gophers were trailing Ray Buford BYOO-furd 24-20 with with 2:36 left in the game and had the ball on their own 22-yard line. Leidner found three different De'Vondre Campbell duh-VON-dray receivers on the game-winning drive and passed for 42 yards in the series as Minnesota scored with 30 seconds left Josh Campion KAMP-yun Jonathan Celestin SELL-uh-steen to take a 27-24 lead. The game-winning drive was similiar to Minnesota’s final drive in regulation at Colorado State Theiren Cockran thee-AIR-en earlier this year. The Gophers were trailing 17-13 with 3:11 left in the game and started with the ball at their own 20- Zo Craighton CRAY-tin yard line. Leidner completed five passes to four different receivers for 62 yards and also rushed twice for 16 yards as Demry Croft DEM-ree Minnesota scored with 55 seconds left to take a 20-17 lead. In the fourth quarter this season, Leidner has a QBR rat - Winston DeLattiboudere day-LOT-uh-boe-deer ing of 129.8 (fifth in B1G) and has completed 30 passes (most in B1G) for 337 yards (second most in B1G). Cedric Dicke DICK-ee Bronson Dovich DOE-vitch u Leidner has rushed for 18 career touchdowns (third all-time for Berkley Edwards BERK-lee RECORD BOOK a Gopher QB). His 18 rushing scores have spanned 65 total Hendrick Ekpe ECK-pay Career Rushing TDs (Quarterback) yards with his longest being 10 yards and his shortest being a Scott Ekpe ECK-pay Gaelin Elmore GAY-lin 1. , 1984-87 24 1-yard plunge. Leidner rushed for his first score - a 1-yard Chad Fahning FAN-ing 2. , 1959-61 18 burst - of the season against Ohio. He tied a school record for Mitch Leidner, 2013-present 18 Jonathan Femi-Cole FEM-ee kohl quarterbacks when he rushed for four touchdowns against Isaiah Gentry JEN-tree Season Rushing TDs (Quarterback) San Jose State in 2013. Leidner has two career 100-yard Mose Hall moze 1. Mitch Leidner, 2014 10 rushing games (151 yards vs San Jose State in 2013 and 111 KiAnte Hardin kee-AHN-tay Billy Cockerham, 1999 10 yards at Nebraska in 2014) and the team is 2-0 in those Andrew Harte heart 3. Rickey Foggie, 1985 9 games. He has rushed for 966 career yards and is closing in James Johannesson joe-HAN-uh-sin Sandy Stephens, 1960 9 on the top five in career rushing yards for a quarterback. Asad Cavonte Johnson kuh-VON-tay Abdul-Khaliq is fifth with 1,158 career rushing yards. Dior Johnson DEE-orr Payton Jordahl jore-DOLL RUN THE BALL Justin Juenemann JUNE-eh-men u Julien Kafo KAF-oh It's no secret that the Gophers like to run the football. Since Coach Kill and his staff have been at Minnesota, the Jacob Kirsch kersch Gophers have increased (or maintained) their rushing production each season. In 2011 (Kill’s first year), Minnesota Noah Kuehn keen rushed 470 times for 1,920 and 14 touchdowns. In 2012, those numbers were 517 rushes for 1,975 yards and 14 Matt Leidner LIDE-ner scores. In 2013, they increased to 586 carries for 2,538 yards and 23 touchdowns. Last season, they peaked at 599 Mitch Leidner LIDE-ner carries (most since 610 in 2005) for 2,801 yards (most since 3,277 in 2005) and 32 touchdowns (most since 34 in Brandon Lingen LING-in 2005). This year, Minnesota has rushed the ball 160 times for 632 yards and four touchdowns. Minnesota is 19-3 KJ Maye kay-jay may under Kill (1-0 this year) when rushing for 200 yards as a team and 19-6 (1-0 this year) with a 100-yard rusher. Logan McElfresh mic-EL-fresh GEORGIA BACKS Duke McGhee muh-GEE John McKelvey muh-KELL-vee u Minnesota has found two gems in Georgia rurnning backs Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks. Smith is a redshirt Peter Mortell more-TELL freshman, while Brooks in a true freshman and both put on a display against Ohio. Smith rushed 16 times for 94 Joey Mydra MY-druh yards and also caught four passes for 58 yards, while Brooks ran the ball 10 times for 82 yards and two touchdowns. Jalen Myrick JAY-lin MY-rick Both running backs hail from Georgia, but did not know one another in high school. Smith was a First-Team All-State Robert Ndondo-Lay DON-duh-lay honoree in 2013 at Mundy’s Mill High School and rushed 261 times for 2,201 yards and 26 touchdowns as a senior. Matt Oldenkamp OLD-en-kamp Brooks rushed 225 times for 2,223 yards (third most in the state) and scored 32 touchdowns as a senior at Pickens Quinn Oseland OZE-land Jacques Perra jock PARE-uh High School in 2014 before being named the Class AAAA Offensive Player of the Year and First-Team All-State. Jonah Pirsig PURR-sig Lincoln Plsek PLEE-shek u Smith has carried the ball 83 times for 363 yards and one touchdown in Minnesota’s four games this year. He ranks Cody Poock poke eighth in Big Ten for all-purpose yards per game (111.5) and is sixth among running backs (mark is the third highest Nick Rallis RAWL-iss in the nation among freshmen). Smith began the TCU game as a reserve but led the Gopher rushing attack with 16 Luke Rasmussen RASS-muh-sin carries for 88 yards and one touchdown. Smith's 88 yards were the most by a Gopher freshman running back making Will Reger REE-ger his collegiate debut since Amir Pinnix also rushed for 88 yards on 17 carries against Toledo on Sept. 4, 2004. Prior to Conor Rhoda ROAD-uh Smith and Pinnix, the last Gopher freshman running back to rush for more yards in his career debut was Thomas Ryan Santoso san-TOE-so Hamner who ran for 158 yards on 22 carries on Sept. 7, 1996, at Northeast Louisiana. EJ Sardinha sar-DEE-nuh Antonio Shenault shuh-NAHLT Ted Stieber STEE-ber u Smith started at Colorado State and rushed 21 times for 108 yards. The last Gopher freshman running back to rush Rashad Still ruh-SHAHD for 100 yards or more was DeLeon Eskridge who had 124 yards at Illinois in 2008. Smith also carried the ball on all STREV-ler five offensive plays in overtime and gained 24 yards before Minnesota kicked a game-winning 18-yard field goal. Yoshoub Timms yuh-SHOOB Minnesota’s all-time leading rusher Darrell Thompson holds program freshman records for attempts (242), yards Damarius Travis duh-MARE-ee-iss (1,376) and game yards (205 against Bowling Green on Sept. 13, 1986). Louis Tuszynski tuh-SHIN-skee Blake Weber WEBB-er u Brooks carried the ball 10 times for 82 yards (8.2 average) and two touchdowns in Minnesota's win against Ohio. Peter Westerhaus WEST-er-house Brooks had previously played on special teams this year and was on the field for one offensive snap at Colorado Jared Weyler WHY-ler Rodrick Williams Jr. ROD-rick State. His first career carry came against Ohio and was an eight-yard gain. His second carry went for 23 yards, while Chris Wipson WIP-sin his third carry was a 40-yard touchdown (longest play from scrimmage for Minnesota this season). Brooks scored Bryce Witham WITH-um Minnesota's game-winning touchdown as well, as he scored from three yards out with 30 seconds left in the game to Drew Wolitarsky wole-uh-TAR-skee give Minnesota a 27-24 lead. Brooks also returned four kickoffs for 65 yards and finished the game with 147 all-pur - Nate Wozniak WAHZ-nee-ack pose yards, which was second only to Smith who had 152 (94 rushing and 58 receiving). Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 STACKED SECONDARY TCF BANK STADIUM u The Gophers had defensive backs Brock Vereen (2014) and Cedric Thompson (2015) drafted into the NFL, but have When the Gophers hosted Air Force on Sept. 12, 2009 it not seen any drop-off. In fact, when healthy, the Gophers start four seniors in the secondary and the group is one of marked the first time since Nov. 21, 1981 that college the best in the Big Ten. When healthy, Eric Murray (43 games played) and Briean Boddy-Calhoun (32 games played) football has been played on campus at Minnesota. The start at corner, while Damarius Travis (40 games played) and Antonio Johnson (41 games played) start at safety. The Gophers are 25-20 in TCF Bank Stadium. quartet has played in a combined 156 games. Junior corner Jalen Myrick adds depth to the group, as he has played in 28 games. Travis has missed the last three games with an injury and both Boddy-Calhoun and Johnson left the The venue has hosted Gopher hockey games, Monday Ohio game with injuries. Minnesota got safety Ace Rogers back against Ohio after he missed two games with an Night Football, MLB All-Star concert and U2. The injury and have also relied heaviliy on Adekunle Ayinde (7 tackles, 2 PBUs this year), Duke McGhee (3 tackles this Minnesota Vikings will also play their 2014 and 2015 year) and true freshman Antonio Shenault (6 tackles vs Ohio in his first significant time playing in the secondary). seasons at TCF Bank Stadium. An additional 1,720 Minnesota ranks 17th nationally in passing efficiency defense (101.07) and 20th in passing yards allowed (161.3). seats were added to the stadium for the 2014 and 2015 BACKERS seasons bringing the capacity to 52,525. From 2009- 2013, capacity was 50,805. u Minnesota lost its leading tackler and linebacker Damien Wilson to the Dallas Cowboys, but returns linebacker De’Vondre Campbell, who was third on the team last year with 75 tackles. Jack Lynn, who made 57 tackles is back at Kickoff Temperature For Minnesota’s 45 Home linebacker as well, and Minnesota has received strong play from junior college transfer Cody Poock, sophomores Games At TCF Bank Stadium Everett Williams and Jonathan Celestin and true freshman Julian Huff as well. Poock tore his ACL in spring practices in 2014 and sat out last year, so he still has two years of eligibility remaining. Poock leads Minnesota in tackles (28) Game Degrees Result and solo tackles (19), but was injured in the Ohio game. He was replaced by Celestin who led the Gophers with eight UNLV (8/29/13 at 6 pm) 92 W tackles. Huff has 10 tackles this year, while Williams has five. New Mexico State (9/10/11 at 2:30 pm) 88 L TCU (9/3/15 at 8 p.m.) 82 L INTERCEPTED Air Force (9/12/09 at 6 pm) 80 W u The Gophers ended last season with 15 interceptions (by nine different players) in 13 games. Eric Murray, Briean Ohio (9/26/15 at 2:30 p.m. 76 W Boddy-Calhoun and Jalen Myrick each have one interception this year and Minnesota now has 41 interceptions in its San Jose State (9/20/14 at 3 pm) 75 W last 43 games. In Minnesota’s prior 43 games, it recorded 32 interceptions. Boddy-Calhoun paced the Gophers with Middle Tennessee (9/6/14 at 2:30 pm) 73 W five picks last year, (his interception on a two-point conversion in the end zone against Missouri did not count as an Cal (9/19/09 at 11 am) 71 L official interception), while Damarius Travis had two interceptions and Murray, Myrick, Antonio Johnson and Eastern Illinois (8/28/14 at 6 pm) 69 W De’Vondre Campbell all had one interception. Campbell and Myrick returned their interceptions for touchdowns. Western Illinois (9/14/13 at 11 am) 64 W South Dakota (9/11/10 at 11 am) 63 L TURNING OVER Miami (Ohio) (9/17/11 at 2:30 pm) 63 W u Minnesota finished last season at +10 in turnover margin (+4 in fumbles and +6 in interceptions) as it created 30 Western Michigan (9/15/12 at 11 am) 63 W turnovers. Minnesota is 20-2 under Kill (1-0 this year and 7-1 last year) when it commits fewer turnovers than its New Hampshire (9/8/12 at 11 am) 62 W opponents. Minnesota was 3-0 last year and is 11-0 all-time under Kill when it commits zero turnovers. Minnesota Nebraska (10/22/11 at 2:30 pm) 61 L also converted its turnovers into points last season, as it scored 108 points off turnovers. Wisconsin (11/12/11 at 2:30 pm) 61 L North Dakota State (9/24/11 at 6 pm) 59 L u In its first four games this year, Minnesota created six turnovers (three fumbles and three interceptions), but has Kent State (9/19/15 at 11 am) 58 W turned the ball over eight times (six fumbles and two interceptions) for a -2 turnover margin. Minnesota’s turnover Northern Illinois (9/25/10 at 7:30 pm) 58 L margin against Kent State on Sept. 19 was -3 (2 INTs and 1 ), but the Gophers still won 10-7. The last time Penn State (10/23/10 at 11 am) 58 L Minnesota was -3 in turnover margin and still won the game was Sept. 5, 1998. The Gophers tossed one interception Iowa (9/28/13 at 2:30 pm) 57 L and lost two fumbles, but beat Arkansas State 17-14 that day. Arkansas State did not commit a turnover. Illinois (11/7/09 at 11 am) 56 L USC (9/18/10 at 2:30 pm) 56 L GETTING DEFENSIVE Syracuse (9/22/12 at 7 pm) 55 W u Minnesota’s defense has held 24 of its last 30 opponents, which includes all four foes this year and 8 of its last 12 Big San Jose State (9/21/13 at 11 am) 54 W Ten opponents, under their season scoring average. Last year, the Gophers faced the No. 2 (TCU), No. 4 (Ohio Iowa (10/29/11 at 2:30 pm) 51 W State) and No. 14 (Nebraska) scoring offenses in the nation and held all three teams at least 13 points below their Northwestern (10/2/10 at 11 am) 50 L average. In 2013, the Gophers held Penn State, Wisconsin and Michigan State at least 15 points below their aver - Northwestern (10/13/12 at 11 am) 50 L age. This year, TCU’s longest play from scrimmage against Minnesota was 26 yards. Prior to the game, the last time Northwestern (10/11/14 at 11 am) 46 W TCU’s longest play from scrimmage was shorter than 26 yards was Sept. 10, 2011 (23-yard pass against Air Force). Ohio State (10/30/10 at 7 pm) 46 L Purdue (10/18/14 at 11 am) 45 W u Minnesota has allowed a touchdown in only eight of 17 quarters (includes OT at Colorado State) this year and the Wisconsin (10/3/09 at 11 am) 45 L most points it has given up in one quarter is 10. The defense has allowed a touchdown in only seven quarters this South Dakota State (11/14/09 at 11 am) 44 W year (Kent State’s lone touchdown was a fumble return). Minnesota is 29th nationally in total defense (312.5) and Penn State (11/9/13 at 11 am) 44 W 31st in scoring defense (18.5). Illinois (11/26/11 at 2:30 pm) 42 W Purdue (10/27/12 at 2:30 pm) 42 W u Minnesota lost to TCU in 2014 and 2015, but in those defeats the Gophers held TCU without a touchdown in four of Nebraska (10/26/13 at 11 am) 42 W eight quarters. This year, TCU scored a touchdown in only two quarters against Minnesota. In contrast, TCU has Michigan State (10/31/09 at 7 pm) 39 W scored a touchdown in their other 12 quarters played this year and have scored at least two touchdowns in 11 of Iowa (11/8/14 at 11 am) 38 W those 12 quarters. Michigan (11/3/12 at 11 am) 37 L Purdue (10/10/09 at 11 am) 31 W u Minnesota held No. 2 TCU to 23 points in the first game of the season this year, after holding the Frogs to a season- Michigan State (11/24/12 at 2:30 pm) 25 L low of 30 points last season. TCU’s 23 points against the Gophers were the fewest it scored since it won 21-17 at Iowa (11/27/10 at 2:30 pm) 23 W Iowa State on Nov. 9, 2013. The Frogs had scored at least 30 or more points in 15 straight games until they scored Wisconsin (11/23/13 at 2:30 pm) 18 L 23 at Minnesota to open the season. Ohio State (11/15/14 at 11 am) 15 L u The Gopher defense allowed zero points in Minnesota’s 10-7 win against Kent State, as the Golden Flashes scored their lone touchdown on an 80-yard fumble return (first fumble returned for touchdown against Minnesota since Nov. 23, 1996, against Iowa). Minnesota's defense stifled Kent State and only allowed three plays to be run in its own terri - tory. The Flashes reached Minnesota's 42-yard line midway through the fourth quarter, which was the farthest they would get. Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 KICKING FOR POINTS punts that have traveled at least 50 yards and four year and one of those catches resulted in a touch - punts that have gone at least 60 yards. He has down. This year, he has hauled in 17 balls for 215 u Ryan Santoso led Minnesota in scoring last year with placed 55 career punts inside the 20-yard line and his yards and caught a touchdown in Minnesota’s first 81 points (12 FGs and 45 PATs). He made 12 of 18 career long of 64 yards (tied for 10th longest in team three games. The last Gopher to catch touchdowns in field goals (six at home, five on the road and one at history) came in the snow against Ohio State in 2014. three straight games was Maxx Williams who did it the Citrus Bowl). Santoso made nine of 10 field goals last season. that were 39 yards or shorter. He was 2-of-6 from 40- CLOSE WINS CAREER DAYS 49 yards and 1-of-2 from 50 yards or more. His u Minnesota beat Purdue 39-38 last year. The Gophers career-long field goal of 52 yards came against are 2-0 under Kill in one-point games, as they also u Drew Wolitarsky set career highs in reception (9) and Purdue on Oct. 18, 2014, with 4:59 left in the game beat Iowa 22-21 in 2011. Prior to Kill, Minnesota had yards (114) at Colorado State. Wolitarsky also had and lifted Minnesota to a 39-38 home win. Santoso lost its previous four one-point games and its previous one touchdown, which was the second of his career. has made 7-of-9 field goals this year, as he has con - one-point win was 10-9 against North Dakota State in His 100-yard receiving game was Minnesota's first nected on kicks of 50, 49, 42, 42, 35, 24 and 18 yards. 2006. Minnesota is 3-1 this year and 13-9 all-time since Isaac Fruechte had 105 yards at Illinois in 2014. Santoso is 2-for-3 in the last five minutes of a game under Kill in games decided by 1-8 points. Wolitarsky's 114 yards were the most by a Gopher in and overtime. He made a 52-yarder against Purdue 33 games and his nine receptions were the most by a last year with 4:59 left in the game and kicked a win - u The Gophers beat Kent State 10-7 on Sept. 19. The Gopher since 2011 when Da'Jon McKnight caught ning 18-yarder in overtime at Colorado State this year. 10 points were the fewest scored by Minnesota in a nine passes in a game twice that year. FRESH FACES win since it beat North Dakota State 10-9 on Oct. 21, 2006. The victory against Kent State was the 14th u Steven Richardson had a career day at Colorado u Minnesota has played six true freshmen this year in time since 1942 that Minnesota won while scoring 10 State earlier this season. He set or tied career highs in Julian Huff, KiAnte Hardin, Blake Cashman, Rashad or fewer points (Gophers won three games in 1941 tackles (7.0), solo tackles (7.0), tackles-for-loss (3.0), Still, Antonio Shenault and Shannon Brooks. while scoring 7, 8 and 9 points in games). Prior to this sacks (1.0), forced fumbles (1), fumble recoveries (1) Minnesota has also played seven redshirt freshmen in year, the last time the Gophers scored less than 10 and pass breakups (1). Emmit Carpenter, Desmond Gant, Isaiah Gentry, points in a victory was Oct. 12, 1991, when they Melvin Holland, Jeff Jones, Payton Jordahl and WALKED ON topped Purdue 6-3. Rodney Smith. u Local products Adekunle Ayinde and Nick Hart are YOUNG SKILL u Minnesota beat Colorado State 23-20 in overtime ear - walk-ons who have helped Minnesota win games this year. Ayinde is a safety who has started the last three u Minnesota is one of 13 schools that has three or fewer lier this year and is now 2-0 all-time in overtime games in relief of Damarius Travis and he has seven seniors at offensive skill positions (QB, RB, WR, TE). games under Kill. The win snapped Colorado State’s tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss and two pass breaklups Minnesota’s three seniors are receiver KJ Maye, tight school record nine-game home winning streak at this year. Hart is a tight end who has played a big role end Lincoln Plsek (injured and has not played this Hughes Stadium. The Rams last loss at home prior to in Minnesota’s two come-from-behind wins at year) and running back Rodrick Williams. UCF leads Sept. 12, 2015, was a 42-30 setback to Boise State Colorado State and against Ohio. On the final drive at the nation with zero seniors who play a skill position. on Nov. 2, 2013. Colorado State he caught one pass for 14 yards and Big Ten foes Ohio State and Purdue also only have CATCHING ON he caught two passes for 13 yards on the game-win - three players who meet this criteria. u Last season KJ Maye (16 catches for 298 yards and ning drive against Ohio. FAMILIAR VOICE one touchdown), Drew Wolitarsky (10 catches for 106 QB CARRIES u Minnesota, Navy and Northwestern are the only three yards) and Eric Carter (1 catch for 4 yards) combined u Coach Kill and his staff have also used the quarter - schools in the country that have had the same offen - to catch 27 balls for 408 yards and one touchdown. back to run the ball at almost every school they have sive staff (all coaches) for the last five seasons. Through four games this year, they have caught 46 balls for 554 yards and four touchdowns. Wolitarsky coached at and Minnesota has been no exception. CAMPING OUT has 15 catches for 222 yards and one touchdown, Mitch Leidner has two career 100-yard rushing games, and Chris Streveler churned out 161 yards u Josh Campion missed the first game of his career while Maye has 17 receptions for 215 yards and three against San Jose State in 2014. The Gophers have when he did not play against TCU because of an touchdowns. Carter has 117 yards on 14 catches. had a quarterback rush for 150 yards eight times in injury. Campion, who has played every spot on the u program history and five of those times have hap - offensive line except center, had previously started Minnesota lost three of its top four receiving threats to pened under Coach Kill (MarQueis Gray three times the first 39 games of his career. Campion has started the NFL in tight end Maxx Williams (Baltimore and Leidner and Streveler one time each). the last three games and now has 42 career starts on Ravens), receiver Isaac Fruechte (Minnesota Vikings his resume. if he starts the final eight games of the practice squad) and running back David Cobb YEAR 3 season he would tie the Minnesota record (50 games) (). The trio accounted for 70 catches u Kill’s third year at a school had historically been a for career starts, which belongs to offensive linemen (55 percent of the team total), 1,023 yards (55 percent turning point for his teams. Kill's Southern Illinois, Greg Eslinger and Mark Setterstrom, who both played of the team total) and nine touchdowns (75 percent of Northern Illinois and Minnesota teams went a com - from 2002-05. the team total) last year. The Gophers began the year with three receivers who had a career reception in KJ bined 27-47 in their first two seasons before going a ONE OF THE BEST Maye, Drew Wolitarsky and Eric Carter. As noted combined 28-10 in their third season. u Peter Mortell was named the Big Ten Eddleman- above, that trio has caught 46 balls for 554 yards and WATCH LISTS Fields of the Year in 2014 and All-Big Ten four touchdowns this year. In all, quarterback Mitch u Five Gophers were named to preseason watch lists First Team. He was the first Minnesota punter to Leidner has completed passes to 13 players this year. for the upcoming year. Peter Mortell is one of 25 pun - make the All-Big Ten First Team, and the first Gopher True freshman Rashad Still and redshirt freshmen ters on the Ray Guy Award watch list and is also on specialist to do so since kicker Chip Lohmiller in receivers Melvin Holland and Isaiah Gentry have the Wuerffel Trophy watch list and is a nominee for 1986. In 26 punts this season, he has nine punts caught passes as well. Tight ends Nate Wozniak, the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. greater than 50 yards. He has also placed nine punts Brandon Lingen, Nick Hart and Noah Scarver have Linebacker De’Vondre Campbell was named to the inside the 20 and seven have been fair caught. caught a pass and so have running backs Rodney Smith and Rodrick Williams and fullback Miles Butkus Award watch list, while Rodrick Williams is on the watch list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. u Mortell has served as the Gophers’ punter since Thomas. Senior corners Briean Boddy-Calhoun and Eric 2013. In that time he has punted 155 times for 6,859 BIG PLAY MAYE Murray were named to the 2015 Bronko Nagurski yards and his career average of 44.1 yards ranks first u Senior KJ Maye has emerged as one of Mitch Trophy watch list and are on the watch list for the in team history (Adam Kelly, who punted from 1983- Leidner’s go-to receivers. The Mobile, Ala., native 2015 Chuck Bednarik Award as well. Boddy-Calhoun 85, is second at 43.3 yards). Mortell has 45 career caught 34 passes in 39 career games prior to this is also on the Lott IMPACT Trophy watch list. Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 JERRY KILL w HEAD COACH w FIFTH SEASON

Jerry Kill was named head coach of the University of Minnesota football program on Tennessee Titans) and Cedric Thompson (fifth round to the Miami Dolphins) also heard December 7, 2010. He is in his fifth year at Minnesota and 22nd overall of being a head their named called by NFL teams. coach in 2015. His career record is 155-100. The four draft picks from 2015 are the most that Minnesota has had since it also had The Gophers were 3-9 in Kill's first season in 2011, but reached a bowl game and four players picked in 2006. The six combined picks from 2014 and 2015 are more than finished 6-7 in 2012. As custom with Kill and his staff, the third year at a school usually Minnesota had drafted from 2007-13 (Gophers had four players taken during this time). turns into a memorable season and 2013 was no different at Minnesota as the Gophers Kill's rebuilding of the Minnesota program is also taking place in the classroom. The finished the season with an 8-5 overall record and a 4-4 mark in conference play. Kill Gophers recorded a 994 Academic Progress Rate (APR) for the 2013-14 season as well was a combined 9-26 in his first year at Minnesota and at his previous two schools as the the 2012-13 and 2011-12 seasons. The 994 score is the highest single-season Northern Illinois (NIU) and Southern Illinois (SIU). In his third year, the schools produced score that the Minnesota football team has ever recorded and the Gophers' multi-year a combined record of 28-10. rate of 975 is also a school record. The success from 2013 carried over into 2014, as Kill's Gophers finished 8-5 overall, Kill came to Minnesota after spending three seasons on the sidelines at NIU. Kill led but were 5-3 in the Big Ten. Kill guided Minnesota to its first back-to-back eight-win sea - the Huskies to three consecutive bowl games during his tenure and also coached NIU to sons since 2002 (eight wins) and 2003 (10 wins). Since 1906, Minnesota has won eight a berth the Mid-American Conference Championship game in 2010. Kill was 23-16 in his games in consecutive seasons only five times. The 2013 and 2014 seasons were three seasons with the Huskies. Minnesota's first consecutive four-win conference seasons since 1999 (5-3) and 2000 At NIU, Kill coached two winners of the Mid-American Conference Vern Smith (4-4). Leadership Award, given annually to the conference's top football player. Defensive end In 2014, Kill coached the Gophers to resounding wins against rivals Michigan (30- Larry English won the award in 2008, Kill's first season. Running back Chad Spann was 14) and Iowa (51-14) to claim the Little Brown Jug and Floyd of Rosedale. Last season honored in 2010. English went on to be the No. 16 overall choice in the 2009 NFL Draft marked the first time that Minnesota had beaten Michigan and Iowa in the same season and currently plays for Tampa Bay. since 1967. Under Kill's direction, Minnesota also erased a 14-point halftime deficit at During 2010, Kill mentored six first-team All-MAC selections. In his three seasons, Nebraska to beat the ranked Huskers on the road for the first time since 1960. the Huskies earned 10 first-team all-MAC honors. His 2010 squad ranked No. 7 in the Kill coached the Big Ten tight end of the year in Maxx Williams and the Big Ten nation in rushing offense, No. 12 in scoring offense, No. 19 in total offense, No. 14 in punter of the year in Peter Mortell and in total five Gophers were named All-Big Ten First scoring defense, No. 26 in total defense, No. 24 in rushing defense and No. 44 in pass - Team, the most since 2004. ing defense. Following the 2010 season, Kill was named the National Coach of the Year Kill and Minnesota earned a berth and played in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. on Jan. 1, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. The game marked Minnesota's first appear - In 2009, Kill was presented with the National Football Foundation Courage Award by ance in the historic Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl and was the first time the Chicago Metro Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football that Minnesota played a bowl game in January in Florida. Kill led the Hall of Fame. Gophers to a January bowl game for the first time since 1962 when In four previous stops as a head coach, he has never left a school with a Minnesota beat UCLA 21-3 on Jan. 1, in the Rose Bowl. sub-.500 record. In three of his previous four head coaching positions, he took over a For his efforts, Kill was voted the Big Ten's Hayes-Schembechler team with a losing record and turned in a winning season in three years or less. Coach of the Year by the conference's coaches and the Dave McClain Prior to serving as the head coach at NIU, Kill was in charge of the football Coach of the Year by the media who cover the Big Ten. He also was program at Southern Illinois, an FCS program in Carbondale, Ill. He spent seven named Region 3 Coach of the Year by the American Football years on the Saluki sideline and compiled a 55-32 record. Kill's record over his Coaches Association for the second straight year. Kill, who final five seasons with Southern Illinois was 50-14 and included five con - was the only repeat winner among the five Football Bowl secutive NCAA FCS Playoff appearances. Subdivision coaches, was recognized by the AFCA for Kill was the head coach at Emporia (Kan.) State for two sea - the fourth time, as he was also named a Regional sons in 1999-2000. He went 11-11 with the Hornets, who play at Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004 while at the NCAA Division II level. Prior to Emporia State, Kill was the Southern Illinois. Noted analyst Tom Lemming also head coach at NCAA Division II member Saginaw Valley State tabbed Kill as his National Coach of the Year. from 1994-1998. He compiled a 38-14 record with the Cardinals. In 2013, the Gophers reached eight wins for Kill served as defensive coordinator and offensive the first time under Kill and for only the seventh coordinator in two different stops at Pittsburg (Kan.) State time since 1960. Kill and his staff led Minnesota University. He helped lead the Gorillas to three NAIA playoff to four straight Big Ten wins for the first time appearances as the defensive coordinator from 1985-87. Kill since 1973 and ended a 16-game losing streak returned to Pitt State as the offensive coordinator from 1990- to Nebraska, as Kill was named Region 3 Coach 93. In that four-year span, the Gorillas advanced to the NCAA of the Year by the American Football Coaches Division II Playoffs four times, reaching the championship game twice Association. and winning the 1991 national title. The NFL is also taking note of Kill's rebuilding Sandwiched between his stints at Pittsburg State, Kill was the of the Minnesota program, as six Gophers have head coach at Webb City (Mo.) High School. He was 25-1 in two seasons been selected in the last two NFL Drafts. In 2014, at Webb City and won a state championship in 1989. Ra'Shede Hageman was selected in the second round Kill and his wife Rebecca have two grown daughters, Krystal by the and Brock Vereen was a fourth and Tasha. They welcomed a son-in-law, Jason, as Tasha got married round pick of the Chicago Bears. In 2015, Maxx this past May. Williams was taken in the second round by the Baltimore Ravens, while Damien Wilson (fourth round to the Dallas Cowboys), David Cobb (fifth round to the Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 KILL AT A GLANCE KILL BY THE NUMBERS GOPHERS RECORD 2015 Under Kill Born Winning percentage as a collegiate head coach Overall 3-1 28-27 August 24, 1961 .608 Big Ten 0-0 13-19 Hometown Non-conference 3-1 15-8 National Championship. Won as Cheney, Kan. 1 Home 2-1 20-11 offensive coordinator at Pittsburg (Kan.) Away 1-0 8-13 High School State University in 1991 Neutral 0-0 0-3 Cheney (Kan.) High School Current overall streak Won 3 Won 3 Current home streak Won 2 Won 2 Alma Mater Big Ten Coach of the Year 1 Current road streak Won 1 Won 1 (Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year Southwestern College, 1983 Current bowl streak --- Lost 3 and Dave McClain Coach of the Year) at Coaching Experience Last win 9/26/15 (27-24 vs Ohio) Same Minnesota in 2014 2011- University of Minnesota Head Coach Last loss 9/3/15 (23-17 to TCU) Same Day game 3-0 23-23 2008-10 Northern Illinois Head Coach Mid-American Conference Vern Smith Night game 0-1 5-4 2001-07 Southern Illinois Head Coach 2 Leadership Award (MVP) winners in TV game 3-1 27-27 1999-2000 Emporia State Head Coach ABC 0-0 1-6 three years at NIU 1994-98 Saginaw Valley State Head Coach Big Ten Network 2-0 18-10 1990-93 Pittsburg State Offensive Coordinator CBS Sports Network 1-0 2-0 National Coach of the Year honors. ESPN 0-1 2-5 1988-89 Webb City (Mo.) High School 3 2004 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year ESPN2 0-0 4-2 1985-87 Pittsburg State Defensive Coordinator 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year ESPNU 0-0 0-2 FOX Sports 1 0-0 0-1 Playing Experience 2014 Tom Lemming Coach of the Year 1979-82 Southwestern College (Kan.), Linebacker, No TV game 0-0 1-0 August 0-0 3-0 Team Captain, 1981-82 Bowl-eligible teams in three seasons at 3 September 3-1 13-7 Honors and Awards Northern Illinois University. October 0-0 6-7 2014 Big Ten Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year 2008 Independence Bowl November 0-0 6-9 2014 Big Ten Dave McClain Coach of the Year 2009 International Bowl December 0-0 0-2 January 0-0 0-1 2010 Humanitarian Bowl 2014 Tom Lemming National Coach of the Year vs. FBS Top-25 teams 0-1 2-11 2014 AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year vs. FBS non-ranked teams 3-0 23-15 Bowl-eligible team in three seasons at 2013 AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year 3 vs. FCS 0-0 3-1 2010 FCA National Coach of the Year Minnesota. On artificial turf 3-1 26-20 2009 NFF Courage Award 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl On natural grass 0-0 2-7 Indoors 0-0 0-1 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year 2013 Texas Bowl Outdoors 3-1 28-26 2004 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year 2015 Citrus Bowl Scoring first 1-0 13-6 2004 I-AA Region 4 Coach of the Year Opponent scores first 2-1 15-21 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year honors. 2004 Gateway Conf. Coach of the Year 4 Leading after 1st quarter 1-0 12-5 2004 Southwestern College Hall of Fame 2003 and 2004 at Southern Illinois Behind after 1st quarter 2-1 9-18 2003 I-AA Region 4 Coach of the Year 2013 and 2014 at Minnesota Tied after 1st quarter 0-0 7-4 Leading at halftime 1-0 21-1 2003 Gateway Conf. Coach of the Year Behind at halftime 1-1 3-26 NCAA Football Championship Year-By-Year Head Coaching Record 5 Tied at halftime 1-0 4-0 Year School Overall Postseason Subdivision Playoff appearances as Leading after 3rd quarter 3-0 24-2 1994 Saginaw Valley St. 6-4 — head coach at Southern Illinois University Behind after 3rd quarter 0-1 4-24 Tied after 3rd quarter 0-0 0-1 1995 Saginaw Valley St. 7-3 — NFL Draft picks in his tenure at Minnesota Overtime 1-0 2-0 1996 Saginaw Valley St. 7-3 — 6 Scoring 0-14 points 1-0 1-15 1997 Saginaw Valley St. 9-2 — Scoring 15-28 points 2-1 11-11 1998 Saginaw Valley St. 9-2 — 7 First-team All-Big Ten selections in his Scoring 29+ points 0-0 16-1 1999 Emporia State 5-6 — tenure at Minnesota Allowing 0-14 points 1-0 10-1 2000 Emporia State 6-5 — Allowing 15-28 points 2-1 16-10 Allowing 29+ points 0-0 2-16 2001 Southern Illinois 1-10 — 10 First-team All-MAC selections in his three-year tenure at Northern Illinois With 100-yd rusher 0-0 18-6 2002 Southern Illinois 4-8 — Allow 100-yard rusher 1-0 10-13 2003 Southern Illinois 10-2 FCS First Round With 300-yd passer 0-0 0-0 Winning seasons (out of 21) as a 2004 Southern Illinois 10-2 FCS First Round 15 Allow 300-yard passer 0-0 2-2 2005 Southern Illinois 9-4 FCS Second Round collegiate head coach Outgain opponent 3-0 18-4 Total offense 300+ yards 2-1 25-11 2006 Southern Illinois 9-4 FCS Second Round Allow 300+ yards total offense 2-1 18-25 2007 Southern Illinois 12-2 FCS Semifinals Total offense 400+ yards 2-0 12-2 2008 Northern Illinois 6-7 Independence Bowl Allow 400+ yards total offense 0-1 8-15 2009 Northern Illinois 7-6 International Bowl No turnovers 0-0 11-0 2010 Northern Illinois 10-3 Humanitarian Bowl Less than three turnovers 2-1 27-17 2011 Minnesota 3-9 Three or more turnovers 1-0 1-9 No takeaways 2-0 3-8 2012 Minnesota 6-7 Texas Bowl Three or more takeaways 1-0 9-1 2013 Minnesota 8-5 Texas Bowl Commit fewer turnovers 1-0 20-2 2014 Minnesota 8-5 Citrus Bowl Equal turnovers 0-1 4-7 2015 Minnesota 3-1 Commit more turnovers 2-0 4-17 Total 155-100 Control time of possession 3-0 22-11 Opponent controls time of possession 0-1 6-16 Games decided by 1-8 points 3-1 13-9 Games decided by 9-19 points 0-0 9-9 Games decided by 20 points or more 0-0 6-9 Win Coin Toss 1-0 13-12 Lose Coin Toss 2-1 15-15 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER

## LAST NAME, FIRST NAME POSITION ## FIRST NAME, LAST NAME POSITION HT WT YR HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 81 Anyanwu, Duke TE 1 KJ Maye WR 5-10 194 SR Mobile, Ala. (Murphy HS) 4 Ayinde, Adekunle DB 2 Isaiah Gentry WR 6-4 206 FR* Cincinnati, Ohio (Moeller HS) 44 Beebe, Colton TE 2 Dior Johnson DB 6-2 207 FR Southfield, Mich. (Southfield HS) 73 Bjorklund, Joe OL 3 KiAnte Hardin DB 5-10 170 FR Webb City, Mo. (Webb City HS) 67 Bobek, Brian OL 4 Adekunle Ayinde DB 6-0 203 SO* Blaine, Minn. (Blaine HS) 29 Boddy-Calhoun, Briean DB 5 Jalen Myrick DB 5-10 205 JR Bloomingdale, Ga. (Savannah Christian Prep HS) 22 Borchardt, Jeff WR 6 Ace Rogers DB 6-1 211 JR* Council Bluffs, Iowa (Iowa Western CC) 27 Brooks, Shannon RB 7 Mitch Leidner QB 6-4 237 JR* Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville South HS) 25 Buford, Ray DB 7 Damarius Travis DB 6-2 208 SR Pensacola, Fla. (Pensacola HS) 77 Bush, Foster OL 8 Duke McGhee DB 6-1 207 SO* Decatur, Ga. (Cedar Grove HS) 26 Campbell, De’Vondre LB 9 Alex Keith DL 6-3 254 SR Columbia, Mo. (Hickman HS) 65 Campion, Josh OL 9 Eric Carter WR 5-11 189 SO* Lakeland, Fla. (Lake Gibson Senior HS) 38 Carpenter, Emmit K 11 Demry Croft QB 6-5 200 FR Rockford, Ill. (Boylan HS) 69 Carr, Justin DL 11 Antonio Johnson DB 6-0 206 SR Cleveland, Ohio (Shaker Heights HS) 9 Carter, Eric WR 12 Hunter Register WR 6-5 209 FR Lafayette, La. (Comeaux HS) 36 Cashman, Blake DB 12 Cody Poock LB 6-2 230 SO* Okoboji, Iowa (Iowa Western) 13 Celestin, Jonathan LB 13 Jonathan Celestin LB 6-1 224 SO Jonesboro, Ga. (Mundy's Mill HS) 63 Christenson, Jon OL 14 Chris Streveler QB 6-2 223 SO* Crystal Lake, Ill. (Marian Central Catholic HS) 55 Cockran, Theiren DL 14 Zo Craighton DB 6-1 199 FR Geismar, La. (Dutchtown HS) 74 Connelly, Nick OL 15 Desmond Gant WR 6-3 214 FR* Aurora, Ill. (East Aurora HS) 19 Conway, Michael WR 15 Conor Rhoda QB 6-3 219 SO* Eagan, Minn. (Cretin-Derham Hall HS) 14 Craighton, Zo DB 15 Everett Williams LB 6-1 231 SO Mansfield, Texas (Legacy HS) 11 Croft, Demry QB 16 Jeff Jones WR 6-0 209 FR* Minneapolis, Minn. (Washburn HS) 46 DeLattiboudere, Winston DL 17 Jacob Huff DB 5-10 205 FR Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS) 19 Dicke, Cedric LB 18 Ryan Santoso K 6-6 250 SO* Pace, Fla. (Pace HS) 59 Dixon, Ray LB 18 Jacques Perra QB 6-3 223 FR* Roseville, Minn. (Roseville HS) 61 Dovich, Bronson OL 18 Peter Westerhaus LB 6-3 230 SR* Chanhassen, Minn. (Holy Family HS) 32 Edwards, Berkley RB 19 Michael Conway WR 6-5 218 SO* La Crescent, Minn. (Aquinas HS [Wis.]) 95 Ekpe, Hendrick DL 19 Gary Moore DT 6-4 283 SO Mobile, Ala. (Murphy HS) 97 Ekpe, Scott DL 19 Cedric Dicke LB 6-3 210 JR* Cannon Falls, Minn. (Cannon Falls HS) 87 Elmore, Gaelin DL 20 Adam Mayer WR 6-1 214 FR Concord, Calif. (De La Salle HS) 70 Fahning, Chad OL 20 Julian Huff LB 5-11 220 FR Bolingbrook, Ill. (Bolingbrook HS) 28 Femi-Cole, Jonathan RB 21 Melvin Holland Jr. WR 6-3 196 FR* Ashburn, Va. (Briar Woods HS) 15 Gant, Desmond WR 22 Craig James DB 5-10 189 SO Edwardsville, Ill. (Edwardsville HS) 2 Gentry, Isaiah WR 22 Jeff Borchardt WR 6-0 204 SO* Medina, Minn. (Wayzata HS) 28 Gibson, Jerry TE 23 EJ Sardinha WR 6-1 194 JR* Wellington, Fla. (Palm Beach Central HS) 94 Hall, Mose DL 24 Rodney Smith RB 5-11 200 FR* Jonesboro, Ga. (Mundy's Mill HS) 39 Hansen, Trey LS 25 Ray Buford DB 6-2 196 FR Southfield, Mich. (Southfield HS) 3 Hardin, KiAnte DB 25 Payton Jordahl LS 6-2 230 FR* Perham, Minn. (Perham HS) 45 Hart, Nick TE 26 De'Vondre Campbell LB 6-5 239 SR* Fort Myers, Fla. (Hutchinson CC) 33 Harte, Andrew K 26 Brian Smith WR 6-4 209 SO* Milwaukee, Wis. (Brookfield East HS) 43 Hartmann, Tyler FB 27 Shannon Brooks RB 6-0 206 FR Jasper, Ga. (Pickens HS) 68 Hayes, Isaac OL 27 James Johannesson RB 6-1 220 FR Fargo, N.D. (Fargo South HS) 47 Herbers, Jacob P 28 Jerry Gibson TE 6-3 238 FR* Theodore, Ala. (Theodore HS) 21 Holland Jr., Melvin WR 28 Jonathan Femi-Cole RB 6-0 212 FR Vaughan, Ontario, Canada (St. Andrew's College) 17 Huff , Jacob DB 29 Briean Boddy-Calhoun DB 5-11 190 SR* Wilmington, Del. (Coffeyville Community College) 20 Huff, Julian LB 29 Louis Tuszynski WR 5-11 187 JR* Germantown, Wisc. (Stetson University) 22 James, Craig DB 30 Chris Wipson LB 6-2 216 SO* Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata HS) 27 Johannesson, James RB 31 Eric Murray DB 6-0 199 SR Milwaukee, Wis. (Riverside University HS) 11 Johnson, Antonio DB 32 Berkley Edwards RB 5-9 195 SO* Chelsea, Mich. (Chelsea HS) 87 Johnson, Cavonte DB 33 Andrew Harte K 6-0 181 SO* Downers Grove, Ill. (Montini Catholic HS) 2 Johnson, Dior DB 33 John McKelvey DB 6-0 203 JR* Hunting Valley, Ohio (University School) 16 Jones, Jeff WR 34 Logan McElfresh P 6-1 193 FR* Brainerd, Minn. (Brainerd HS) 25 Jordahl, Payton LS 34 Antonio Shenault DB 5-11 175 FR Roselle, Ill. (Lake Park HS) 42 Juenemann, Justin K 35 Jaylen Waters LB 6-3 225 FR Copperas Cove, Texas (Copperas Cove HS) 91 Kafo, Julien DE 35 Rodrick Williams Jr. RB 5-11 234 SR Lewisville, Texas (Lewisville HS) 9 Keith, Alex DL 36 Blake Cashman DB 6-2 214 FR Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie HS) 44 Kirsch, Jacob RB 37 Peter Mortell P 6-2 200 SR* Green Bay, Wis. (Notre Dame Academy) 75 Kuehn, Noah OL 38 Emmit Carpenter K 6-0 190 FR* Green Bay, Wis. (Ashwaubenon HS) 78 Lauer, Ben OL 39 Trey Hansen LS 6-2 223 FR Cedar Falls, Iowa (Cedar Falls HS) 60 Leidner, Matt OL 40 Alexander Starks DB 5-11 200 SO* Plainfield, Ill. (Plainfield North HS) 7 Leidner, Mitch QB 40 Chase Samuels LS 6-0 200 FR Phoenix, Ariz., (Centennial HS) 86 Lingen, Brandon TE 41 Miles Thomas FB 5-11 250 SR Downs, Kan. (Butler County CC) 50 Lynn, Jack LB 42 Justin Juenemann K 6-0 165 SO* Phillipsburg, Kan. (Phillipsburg HS) 1 Maye, KJ WR 43 Tyler Hartmann FB 6-3 257 JR* Andover, Minn. (Andover HS) 20 Mayer, Adam WR 44 Colton Beebe TE 6-3 263 FR Kansas City, Kan. (Piper HS) Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER

## LAST NAME, FIRST NAME POSITION ## FIRST NAME, LAST NAME POSITION HT WT YR HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 76 Mayes, Alex OL 44 Jacob Kirsch RB 5-11 201 JR* Rochester, Minn. (Rochester CTC) 55 Mayes, Connor OL 45 Nick Hart TE 6-5 250 SO* Prior Lake, Minn. (Prior Lake HS) 34 McElfresh, Logan P 46 Winston DeLattiboudere DL 6-3 230 FR Ellicott, Md. (Howard HS) 8 McGhee, Duke DB 47 Jacob Herbers P 6-2 220 FR Battle Creek, Mich. (Lakeview HS) 33 McKelvey, John DB 48 Blake Weber LB 6-1 225 SO Prior Lake, Minn. (Rochester CTC) 19 Moore, Gary DT 49 Bryce Witham TE 6-4 230 FR Grand Rapids, Mich. (West Catholic HS) 71 Moore, Tyler OL 50 Jack Lynn LB 6-3 238 JR* Lake Zurich, Ill. (Lake Zurich HS) 89 Morse, Matt WR 52 Yoshoub Timms DL 6-2 290 JR* Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (Fort Walton Beach HS) 37 Mortell, Peter P 53 Luke Rasmussen OL 6-7 284 FR* Brookfield, Wis. (Central HS) 31 Murray, Eric DB 55 Theiren Cockran DL 6-6 258 SR* Homestead, Fla. (Homestead HS) 57 Mydra, Joey LB 55 Connor Mayes OL 6-5 328 SO Van Alstyne, Texas (Van Alstyne HS) 5 Myrick, Jalen DB 56 Nick Rallis LB 5-11 228 JR* Edina, Minn. (Edina HS) 92 Ndondo-Lay, Robert DL 57 Joey Mydra LB 6-3 215 FR Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins HS) 64 Oldenkamp, Matt OL 58 Quinn Oseland OL 6-6 291 FR Springfield, Ill. (Sacred Heart Griffin HS) 58 Oseland, Quinn OL 59 Ray Dixon LB 6-3 225 SO* Loxahatchee, Fla. (Seminole Ridge HS) 18 Perra, Jacques QB 60 Matt Leidner OL 6-2 283 SO* Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville South HS) 79 Pirsig, Jonah OL 61 Bronson Dovich OL 6-5 288 FR Chaska, Minn. (Chaska HS) 85 Plsek, Lincoln TE 62 Jared Weyler OL 6-4 293 FR* Dayton, Ohio (Centerville HS) 12 Poock, Cody LB 63 Jon Christenson OL 6-4 303 SR* Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka HS) 56 Rallis, Nick LB 64 Matt Oldenkamp OL 6-6 273 FR* Eagle River, Alaska (Chugiak HS) 53 Rasmussen, Luke OL 65 Josh Campion OL 6-5 307 SR* Fergus Falls, Minn. (Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy) 84 Reger, Will WR 66 Ted Stieber OL 6-6 305 FR Akron, Ohio (Hoban HS) 12 Register, Hunter WR 67 Brian Bobek OL 6-2 289 SR* Inverness, Ill. (Ohio State) 90 Renner, Sam DL 68 Isaac Hayes OL 6-2 316 JR* Brooklyn Park, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy) 15 Rhoda, Conor QB 69 Justin Carr DL 6-2 280 JR* Rochester, Minn. (Mayo HS) 96 Richardson, Steven DT 70 Chad Fahning OL 6-6 290 SO* St. Paul, Minn. (DeLaSalle HS) 6 Rogers, Ace DB 71 Tyler Moore OL 6-4 306 FR Galena Park, Texas (North Shore HS) 40 Samuels, Chase LS 73 Joe Bjorklund OL 6-5 300 SR* Rosemount, Minn. (Rosemount HS) 18 Santoso, Ryan K 74 Nick Connelly OL 6-7 286 FR Red Wing, Minn. (Red Wing HS) 23 Sardinha, EJ WR 75 Noah Kuehn OL 6-6 297 FR Eagan, Minn. (Eagan HS) 83 Scarver, Noah TE 76 Alex Mayes OL 6-6 310 SO* Van Alstyne, Texas (Van Alstyne HS) 34 Shenault, Antonio DB 77 Foster Bush OL 6-5 306 SR* Menasha, Wis. (Menasha HS) 26 Smith, Brian WR 78 Ben Lauer OL 6-7 317 JR* Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata HS) 24 Smith, Rodney RB 79 Jonah Pirsig OL 6-9 316 JR* Blue Earth, Minn. (Blue Earth Area HS) 40 Starks, Alexander DB 80 Nate Wozniak TE 6-10 271 SO* Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove HS) 99 Stelter, Andrew DE 81 Duke Anyanwu TE 6-4 236 SO* Blaine, Minn. (Blaine HS) 66 Stieber, Ted OL 82 Drew Wolitarsky WR 6-3 218 JR Santa Clarita, Calif. (Canyon County HS) 88 Still, Rashad WR 83 Noah Scarver TE 6-5 274 SO* Minneapolis, Minn. (Montana) 14 Streveler, Chris QB 84 Will Reger WR 6-3 191 FR* Burnsville, Minn. (Burnsville HS) 41 Thomas, Miles FB 85 Lincoln Plsek TE 6-4 278 SR West, Texas (Reicher HS) 52 Timms, Yoshoub DL 86 Brandon Lingen TE 6-5 247 SO Wayzata, Minn. (Wayzata HS) 7 Travis, Damarius DB 87 Gaelin Elmore DL 6-6 266 SO Somerset, Wis. (Somerset HS) 29 Tuszynski, Louis WR 87 Cavonte Johnson WR 5-11 198 JR* Edina, Minn. (Edina HS) 35 Waters, Jaylen LB 88 Rashad Still WR 6-5 202 FR El Paso, Texas (Andress HS) 48 Weber, Blake LB 89 Matt Morse WR 6-1 191 FR Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley HS) 18 Westerhaus, Peter LB 90 Sam Renner DL 6-4 250 FR Maple Grove, Minn. (Maple Grove Senior High) 62 Weyler, Jared OL 91 Julien Kafo DE 6-4 256 FR* Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada (Vanier) 15 Williams, Everett LB 92 Robert Ndondo-Lay DL 6-5 264 SR* Minneapolis, Minn. (Winona State) 35 Williams Jr., Rodrick RB 94 Mose Hall DL 6-4 275 FR Mobile, Ala. (Murphy HS) 30 Wipson, Chris LB 95 Hendrick Ekpe DL 6-5 243 JR Lewisville, Texas (Lewisville HS) 49 Witham, Bryce TE 96 Steven Richardson DT 6-0 291 SO Chicago, Ill. (Mt. Carmel HS) 82 Wolitarsky, Drew WR 97 Scott Ekpe DL 6-4 290 JR* Lewisville, Texas (Lewisville HS) 80 Wozniak, Nate TE 99 Andrew Stelter DE 6-4 277 SO Owatonna, Minn. (Owatonna HS)

* indicates player has taken a redshirt season Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS QUARTERBACKS WIDE RECEIVERS DEFENSIVE BACKS #7 Mitch Leidner #9 Eric Carter #4 Adekunle Ayinde Rush attempts: 24, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 Receptions: 4, (two times, last vs Kent State, 9/19/15) Tackles: 4, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Rush yards: 151, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 Receiving yards: 33, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 TFLs: 1.0, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Rush TDs: 4, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 Long reception: 21, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Pass breakups: 1, (two times, last vs Kent State, 9/19/15) Longest rush: 31, vs Ohio State, 11/15/14 All-purpose yards: 33, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Pass attempts: 45, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 #29 Briean Boddy-Calhoun Pass completions: 23, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 #2 Isaiah Gentry Interceptions: 1, (three times, last at TCU, 9/13/14) Pass yards: 264, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Receptions: 2, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Long interception return: 89, vs UNLV, 8/29/13 Pass TDs: 4, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Receiving yards: 36, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 INTs returned for TDs: 1, vs UNLV, 8/29/13 Long pass: 55, vs Syracuse, 12/27/13 Long reception: 29, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Tackles: 11, vs. Northwestern, 10/11/14 Total offense yards: 286 (22R/64P), vs Ohio, 9/26/15 All-purpose yards: 36, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 TFLs: 1, (two times, last vs Purdue, 10/18/14) INTs: 3, at TCU, 9/13/14 Pass breakups: 2, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Receptions: 1, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 #21 Melvin Holland Blocked kicks: 1, vs Texas Tech, 12/28/12 Receiving yards: 9, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Receptions: 1, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Fumbles forced: 1, (two times, last at Nebraska, 11/22/14) Long reception: 9, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Receiving yards: 3, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Fumbles recovered: 1, at Nebraska, 11/22/14 Long reception: 3, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 #14 Chris Streveler All-purpose yards: 3, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 #36 Blake Cashman Rush attempts: 18, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Tackles: 1, vs. TCU, 9/3/15 Rush yards: 161, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 #1 KJ Maye Rush TDs: 1, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Receptions: 6, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 #3 KiAnte Hardin Longest rush: 30, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Receiving yards: 65, at TCU, 9/13/14 Tackles: 1, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Pass attempts: 7, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Long reception: 38, at Nebraska, 11/22/14 Pass completions: 2, at TCU, 9/13/14 Receiving TDs: 1, (three times, last at Colorado State, 9/12/15) #22 Craig James Pass yards: 18, at TCU, 9/13/14 Rush attempts: 10, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Tackles: 2, (three times, last at Colorado State, 9/12/15) Pass TDs: 1, at TCU, 9/13/14 Rush yards: 75, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Pass breakups: 2, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Long pass: 12, (two times, last at TCU, 9/13/14) Long rush: 18, (two times, last vs Missouri, 1/1/15) INTs: 1, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Rushing TDs: 1, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 #11 Antonio Johnson All-purpose yards: 90, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Interceptions: 1, (two times, last vs vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14) RUNNING BACKS Long INT return: 17, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 #27 Shannon Brooks #88 Rashad Still Tackles: 11, at Northwestern, 10/19/13 Rush attempts: 10, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Receptions: 3, vs TCU, 9/3/15 TFLs: 1.5, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Rush yards: 82, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Receiving yards: 26, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Pass breakups: 1, five times Rush TDs: 2, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Long reception: 24, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Fumbles forced: 1, vs Syracuse, 12/27/13 Longest rush: 40, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Fumbles recovered: 1, vs TCU, 9/3/15 All-purpose yards: 147, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 #82 Drew Wolitarsky Receptions: 9, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 #8 Duke McGhee #32 Berkley Edwards Receiving yards: 114, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Tackles: 3, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Rush attempts: 8, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Receiving TDs: 1, (two times, last at Colorado State, 9/12/15) Rush yards: 60, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Long reception: 55, vs Syracuse, 12/27/13 #31 Eric Murray Rush TDs: 2, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Interceptions: 1, (two times, last vs TCU, 9/3/15) Longest rush: 42, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 TIGHT ENDS Long interception return: 5, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Receptions: 1, (three times, last vs Missouri, 1/1/15) #14 Nick Hart Tackles: 9, vs Penn State, 11/9/13 Receiving yards: 21, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Receptions: 2, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 TFLs: 1, (three times, last vs Missouri, 1/1/15) Long reception: 21, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Receiving yards: 14, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Pass breakups: 4, vs UNLV, 8/29/13 All-purpose yards: 62, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Long reception: 14, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Fumbles forced: 1, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Fumbles recovered: 1, (two times, last at Wisconsin, 11/29/14) #24 Rodney Smith #86 Brandon Lingen Blocked punts: 1, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Rush attempts: 30, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Receptions: 1, (three times, last vs TCU, 9/3/15) Rush yards: 108, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Receiving yards: 16, vs TCU, 9/3/15 #5 Jalen Myrick Rush TDs: 1, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Long reception: 16, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Interceptions: 1, (two times, last at Colorado State, 9/12/15) Longest rush: 30, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Kick returns: 1, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Long interception return: 31, vs Middle Tennessee 9/6/14 Receptions: 4, (two times, last vs Ohio, 9/26/15) Long kick return yards: 11, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 INTs returned for TDs: 1, vs Middle Tennessee, 9/6/14 Receiving yards: 58, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Tackles: 8, at TCU, 9/13/14 Long reception: 27, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 #85 Lincoln Plsek TFLs: 1, (two times, last vs Ohio, 9/26/15) All-purpose yards: 152, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Receptions: 2, (two times, last vs Missouri, 1/1/15) Pass breakups: 1, (five times, last at Illinois, 10/25/14) Receiving yards: 21, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Forced fumbles: 1, at Illinois, 10/25/14 #41 Miles Thomas Long reception: 21, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Receptions: 2, (two times, last vs Ohio, 9/26/15) #6 Ace Rogers Receiving yards: 11, (two times, last at Nebraska, 11/22/14) #83 Noah Scarver Tackles: 6, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Long reception: 11, at Nebraska, 11/22/14 Receptions: 1, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 TFLs: 1.0, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Receiving yards: 5, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Pass breakups: 1, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 #35 Rodrick Williams Long reception: 5, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Rush attempts: 16, at New Mexico State, 9/7/13 #34 Antonio Shenault Rush yards: 148, at New Mexico State, 9/7/13 #80 Nate Wozniak Tackles: 6, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Rush TDs: 2, vs. Western Illinois, 9/14/13 Receptions: 3, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Longest rush: 54, at New Mexico State, 9/7/13 Receiving yards: 40, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 #7 Damarius Travis Receptions: 2, (two times, last vs TCU, 9/3/15) Long reception: 25, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Interceptions: 1, (two times, last vs Northwestern, 10/11/14) Receiving yards: 14, (two times, last vs TCU, 9/3/15) Long interception return: 9, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Long reception: 11, vs Western Illinois, 9/14/13 Tackles: 10, (two times, last vs TCU, 9/3/15) All-purpose yards: 148, at New Mexico State, 9/7/13 TFLs: 1, (three times, last at Illinois, 10/25/14) Pass breakups: 2, (two times, last at Michigan, 9/27/14) Fumbles forced: 1, vs Purdue, 10/18/14 Fumbled recovered: 1, at Nebraska, 11/22/14 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS LINEBACKERS DEFENSIVE LINE SPECIAL TEAMS #26 De’Vondre Campbell #55 Theiren Cockran #27 Shannon Brooks Interceptions: 1, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Tackles: 5, (two times, last vs Western Illinois, 9/14/13) Kick returns: 4, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Long interception return: 30, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Sacks: 2, vs Western Illinois, 9/14/13 Kick return yards: 65, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 INTs returned for TDs: 1, at Michigan, 9/27/14 TFLs: 3, vs Western Illinois, 9/14/13 Long kick return: 24, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Tackles: 11, (two times, last at Nebraska, 11/22/14) Fumbles forced: 1, (five times) TFLs: 2.5, at Illinois, 10/25/14 Fumbles recovered: 1, (two times, last at Michigan, 9/27/14) #22 Craig James Sacks: 1, (three times, last vs Ohio, 9/26/15) Pass breakups: 1, (four times) Punt returns: 7, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Pass breakups: 1, (three times, last vs TCU, 9/3/15) Punt return yards: 66, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Fumbles forced: 1, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 #95 Hendrick Ekpe Long punt return: 32, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Fumbles recovered: 1, (three times, last vs Ohio State, 11/15/14) Tackles: 5, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Blocked kicks: 1, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Sacks: 1, vs Middle Tennessee, 9/6/14 #11 Antonio Johnson TFLs: 1, (three times, last vs Middle Tennessee, 9/6/14) Kick returns: 3, vs Iowa, 9/28/13 #13 Jonathan Celestin Pass breakups: 1, (two times, last vs Ohio, 9/26/15) Kick return yards: 92, vs Iowa, 9/28/13 Tackles: 8, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Long kick return: 53, vs Iowa, 9/28/13 TFLs: 1, (two times, last vs Missouri, 1/1/15) #97 Scott Ekpe Fumbles forced: 1, (two times, last vs Iowa, 11/8/14) Tackles: 5, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 #25 Payton Jordahl Pass breakups: 1, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 TFLs: 2.0, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Tackles: 1, (two times, at Colorado State, 9/12/15) Fumbles recovered: 1, (two times, last at Colorado State, #20 Julian Huff 9/12/15) #1 KJ Maye Tackles: 7, vs. TCU, 9/3/15 Kick returns: 3, vs Purdue, 10/27/12 TFLs: 1, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 #87 Gaelin Elmore Kick return yards: 68, vs Purdue, 10/27/12 Sacks: 1, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Tackles: 2, (two times, last at Michigan, 9/27/14) Long kick return: 45, vs Michigan, 11/3/12 Pass breakups: 1, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Sacks: 1, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 TFLs: 1, (two times, vs Iowa, 11/8/14) #37 Peter Mortell #50 Jack Lynn Fumbles forced: 1, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Punt attempts: 9, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Tackles: 10, vs Middle Tennessee, 9/6/14 Fumbles recovered: 1, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Punt yards: 425, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 TFLs: 1.5, at Michigan, 9/27/14 Pass breakups: 1, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Longest punt: 64, vs Ohio State, 11/15/14 Sacks: 1, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 Fumbles forced: 2, at TCU, 9/13/14 #9 Alex Keith #5 Jalen Myrick Fumbles recovered: 1, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Tackles: 5, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Kick returns: 6, vs Purdue, 10/18/14 Pass breakups: 2, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Sacks: 1, (four times, last vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 ) Kick return yards: 116, vs Purdue, 10/18/14 TFLs: 2, vs UNLV, 8/29/13 Long kick return: 100, vs Northwestern, 10/11/14 #12 Cody Poock Fumbles forced: 1, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Kick return TDs: 1, vs. Northwestern, 10/11/14 Tackles: 10, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Fumbles recovered: 2, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 TFLs: 1.0, (two times, last vs Kent State, 9/19/15) Pass breakups: 2, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 #18 Ryan Santoso Forced fumbles: 1, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Points by kicking: 12, at Michigan, 9/27/14 #19 Gary Moore Kick PATs: 6, (two times, last vs Iowa, 11/8/14) #56 Nick Rallis Tackles: 1, (two times, last vs Iowa, 11/8/14) Field goal made: 3, (two times, last at Colorado State, 9/12/15) Tackles: 3, (two times, last vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14) Field goal attempts: 4, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 TFLs: 0.5, vs. UNLV, 8/29/13 #92 Robert Ndondo-Lay Longest field goal: 52, vs Purdue, 10/18/14 Tackles: 5, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 #57 Everett Williams Sacks: 1.5, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Tackles: 5, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 TFLs: 1.5, vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Pass breakups: 1, vs Iowa, 11/8/14 #96 Steven Richardson #30 Chris Wipson Tackles: 7, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Tackles: 1, at Wisconsin, 11/29/14 Sacks: 1, (two times, last vs Ohio, 9/26/15) TFLs: 3.0, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Fumbles forced: 1, (two times, last at Colorado State, 9/12/15) Fumbles recovered: 1, at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Pass breakups: 1, (two times, last vs Ohio, 9/26/15)

#99 Andrew Stelter Tackles: 3, (two times, last at Colorado State, 9/12/15) Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 THE LAST TIME MINNESOTA INDIVIDUAL GAME MINNESOTA TEAM

250+ yards rushing: 258, Laurence Maroney vs Wisconsin, 10/15/05 100+ points: 146 vs Grinnell (W, 146-0), 10/22/1904 200+ yards rushing: 207, David Cobb vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 80+ points: 81 vs Butler (W, 81-0), 11/13/26 150+ yards rushing: 194, David Cobb vs Purdue, 10/18/14 60+ points: 63 vs Indiana (W, 63-26), 11/4/06 100+ yards rushing: 115, David Cobb at Wisconsin, 11/29/14 50+ points: 51 vs Iowa (W, 51-14), 11/8/14 QB with 100+ yards rushing: 111, Mitch Leidner at Nebraska, 11/22/14 40+ points: 51 vs Iowa (W, 51-14), 11/8/14 QB with 100 rushing/200 passing: 110 rush/211 pass, MarQueis Gray vs NMSU, 9/10/11 30+ points: 51 vs Iowa (W, 51-14), 11/8/14 2 players with 100+ yards rushing: 207, David Cobb and 161, Chris Streveler vs 0 points: at Michigan (L, 0-58), 10/1/11 San Jose State, 9/20/14 0 points on the road: at Michigan (L, 0-58), 10/1/11 Player with consecutive 100-yd games: 194 and 118, David Cobb vs Purdue 10/18/14 . . 0 points at home: vs Iowa (L, 0-55), 11/22/0 and at Illinois 10/25/14 0 points in first half: at TCU (L, 7-30), 9/13/14 Player with three straight 100-yd games: 103, 138, 188 & 139 David Cobb at Northwestern . . . . 0 points in second half: vs Kent State (W, 10-7) 9/19/15 10/19/13, vs Nebraska 10/26/13, at Indiana 11/2/13 . . No TDs in first half: at Colorado State (W, 23-20 in OT), 9/12/15 and vs. Penn State 11/9/13 No offensive TDs in first half: at Colorado State (W, 23-20 in OT), 9/12/15 Player with four straight 100-yd games: 103, 138, 188 & 139 David Cobb at Northwestern . . . . No offensive TDs in second half: vs Kent State (W, 10-7) 9/19/15 10/19/13, vs Nebraska 10/26/13, at Indiana 11/2/13 . . No offensive TDs in game: at Michigan State (L, 3-14), 11/30/13 and vs Penn State 11/9/13 Shut out an opponent: vs Temple (W, 62-0), 9/16/06 50+ yard rush play: 67, David Cobb at Iliinois, 10/25/14 Shut out an opponent on the road: at Kent State (W 44-0), 8/31/06 Four or more TDs rushing: 4, Mitch Leidner vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 Shut out an opponent at home: vs Temple (W, 62-0), 9/16/06 Three or more TDs rushing: 3, David Cobb vs Ohio State, 11/15/14 TDs on offense, defense, special teams at New Mexico State, 9/7/13 (W, 44-21) Two or more TDs rushing: 2, Shannon Brooks, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 30+ first downs: 31 vs Toledo, 9/4/04 25+ rushing attempts: 30, Rodney Smith vs Kent State, 9/19/15 <10 first downs: 7 vs Michigan State, 11/24/12 30+ rushing attempts: 30, Rodney Smith vs Kent State, 9/19/15 400+ rushing yards: 411 vs Wisconsin, 10/15/05 40+ rushing attempts: 43, Laurence Maroney vs Wisconsin, 10/15/05 300+ rushing yards: 380 vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 200+ yards receiving: 228, Ryan Thelwell vs Ball State, 9/14/96 200+ rushing yards: 204 vs Ohio, 9/26/15 100+ yards receiving: 114, Drew Wolitarsky at Colorado State, 9/12/15 <100 net rushing yards: 99 at TCU, 9/13/14 2 receivers with 100+ yards rcvg: 137, Logan Payne and 116, Ernie Wheelwright vs . . . 6+ rushing touchdowns: 6 vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 (W, 43-24) Indiana, 11/4/06 5+ rushing touchdowns: 6 vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 (W, 43-24) 10 or more receptions: 10, Eric Decker vs Air Force, 9/12/09 4+ rushing touchdowns: 4 at Nebraska, 11/22/14 (W, 28-24) Five or more TDs receiving: 5, Omar Douglas vs Purdue, 10/9/93 4+ rushing touchdowns (no QB): 4 vs Western Illinois, 9/14/13, (W, 29-12) Four or more TDs receiving: 4, Logan Payne vs Temple, 9/16/06 700+ total net yards: 704 vs Toledo, 9/4/04 Three or more TDs receiving: 3, Maxx Williams vs Iowa, 11/8/14 600+ total net yards: 704 vs Toledo, 9/4/04 Two or more TDs receiving: 3, Maxx Williams vs Iowa, 11/8/14 500+ total net yards: 573 at Indiana, 11/2/13 450+ yards passing: 478, Tim Schade vs Penn State, 9/4/93 400+ total net yards: 468 vs Ohio, 9/26/15 400+ yards passing: 416, Adam Weber vs Michigan State, 10/31/09 <200 total net yards: 185 vs Wisconsin, 11/23/13 350+ yards passing: 373, Adam Weber vs Northern Illinois, 9/25/10 <100 total net yards: 96 vs Michigan State, 11/24/12 300+ yards passing: 373, Adam Weber vs Northern Illinois, 9/25/10 100+ yards in penalties: 157 vs Michigan State, 10/31/09 Consecutive 300-yard passing gms: 2, vs Northwestern (303, 10/14/95) and . . Forced 4 or more turnovers: 5 vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Michigan St. (404, 10/21/95) Forced 3 or more fumbles: 3 (recovered 1) at Wisconsin, 11/29/14 50+ yard pass play: 54, Leidner to Maxx Williams vs Missouri, 1/1/15 3+ interceptions 3 vs Middle Tennessee, 9/6/14 Six or more TDs passing: 6, Scott Eckers vs Purdue, 10/9/93 Committed 5 or more turnovers: 5 at TCU, 9/13/14 Five or more TDs passing: 5, Adam Weber vs Michigan State, 10/31/09 Attempted an onside kick: vs TCU, 9/3/15 Four or more TDs passing: 4, Mitch Leidner vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Recovered an onside kick: vs Iowa, 10/29/11 Three or more TDs passing: 4, Mitch Leidner vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Played an overtime game: at Colorado State (W, 23-20 in OT) 9/12/15 Two or more TDs passing: 4, Mitch Leidner vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Won an overtime game: at Colorado State (W, 23-20 in OT) 9/12/15 30+ passing attempts: 31, Mitch Leidner vs vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Lost an overtime game: at Northwestern (L 48-49 2 OT), 10/13/07 40+ passing attempts: 49, Adam Weber vs Penn State, 10/23/10 Won vs. Top 25 Team at No. 21 (AP) Nebraska, 11/22/14 (W, 28-24) 50+ passing attempts: 51, Adam Weber vs Northwestern, 11/1/08 Won vs. Top 25 Team On Road at No. 21 (AP) Nebraska, 11/22/14 (W, 28-24) 20+ completions: 22, Mitch Leidner vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Attempted a fake field goal: vs Michigan, 11/3/12 (did not convert) 25+ completions: 26, Adam Weber vs Penn State, 10/23/10 Attempted a fake punt: at Michigan State, 11/30/13 (Maxx Williams 30+ completions: 31, Adam Weber vs Northern Illinois, 9/25/10 seven-yard rush, converted) 500+ yds. total offense: 536, Tim Schade vs Penn State, 9/4/93 (school record) 400+ yds. total offense: 411, Adam Weber vs Michigan State, 10/31/09 300+ all-purpose yards: 333, Laurence Maroney vs Purdue, 9/24/05 200+ all-purpose yards: 233, David Cobb at Michigan, 9/27/14 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, Ryan Santoso at Colorado State, 9/12/15 Two or more field goals: 2, Ryan Santoso vs Ohio, 9/26/15 Three or more interceptions: 3, Jeff Wright vs Michigan St., 11/14/70 Two or more interceptions: 2, Cedric Thompson vs Purdue, 10/18/14 Blocked punt: Eric Murray vs Iowa, 11/8/14 Blocked punt return for TD: Logan Hutton vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 Blocked field goal: De’Vondre Campbell vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 Blocked FG return for TD: Martez Shabazz vs UNLV (51 yards), 8/29/13 Blocked PAT: Ra’Shede Hageman vs Western Illinois, 9/14/13 PAT Return for Defensive PAT: Mario Reese at Wisconsin, 10/14/06 Int. return for TD: De’Vondre Campbell at Michigan (30 yards), 9/27/14 Punt return for TD: Marcus Jones at New Mexico State (65 yards), 9/7/13 Kickoff return for TD: Jalen Myrick (100 yards) vs Northwestern, 10/11/14 PR return TD/KR return TD same season: Marcus Jones, 2013 Fumble return for TD: Aaron Hill (50 yards) at New Mexico State, 9/7/13 Safety: New Hampshire’s punt snap out of end zone, 9/8/12 Made 2-pt. conversion: Mike Henry from Mitch Leidner, vs Syracuse, 12/27/13 Missed 2-pt. conversion: Ryan Santoso rush failed vs Purdue, 10/18/14 Missed PAT: Andrew Harte vs Iowa 11/8/14 Defensive extra point: Mario Reese, INT return, at Wisconsin, 10/14/06 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 THE LAST TIME OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME OPPONENT TEAM

300+ yards rushing: 301, Anthony Davis, at Wisconsin, 11/23/02 400+ yards rushing: 448, at Illinois, 11/3/07 250+ yards rushing: 266, Le’Veon Bell, vs Michigan State, 11/24/12 300+ yards rushing: 337, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 200+ yards rushing: 266, Le’Veon Bell, vs Michigan State, 11/24/12 200+ yards rushing: 203, vs TCU, 9/3/15 150+ yards rushing: 157, Marcus Murphy, vs Missouri, 1/1/15 < 100 yards rushing: 79, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 100+ yards rushing: 157, Marcus Murphy and 114 Russell Hansbrough, . 400+ yards passing: 439, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 vs Missouri, 1/1/15 300+ yards passing: 439, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 2 players with 100+ yards rushing: 157, Marcus Murphy and 114 Russell Hansbrough, . <100 yards passing: 63, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 vs Missouri, 1/1/15 600+ total net yards: 655, at Illinois, 11/3/07 Three or more TDs rushing: 3, James White, at Wisconsin, 10/20/12 500+ total net yards: 515, vs Nebraska, 10/22/11 50+ yard rush play: 78, Russell Hansbrough and 69 Marcus Murphy, . . . 400+ total net yards: 449, vs TCU, 9/3/15 vs Missouri, 1/1/15 300+ total net yards: 345, vs Ohio, 9/26/15 25+ rushing attempts: 29, Melvin Gordon, at Wisconsin, 11/29/14 < 200 total net yards: 142, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 30+ rushing attempts: 35, Le’Veon Bell, vs Michigan State, 11/24/12 30+ first downs: 30, at Wisconsin 10/9/10 40+ rushing attempts: 45, Anthony Davis, at Wisconsin, 11/23/02 <10 first downs: 8, vs Kent State, 9/19/15 400+ yards passing: 439, David Fales, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 60+ points: 63, at Oklahoma, (W, 63-0), 9/20/86 300+ yards passing: 439, David Fales, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 50+ points: 58, at Michigan (W, 58-0), 10/1/11 200+ yards passing: 246, Trevone Boykin, vs TCU, 9/3/15 40+ points: 42, at Michigan (W, 42-13), 10/5/13 50+ yard pass play: 70, Joel Stave to Alex Erickson . 30+ points: 33, vs Missouri (W, 33-17), 1/1/15 at Wisconsin, 11/29/14 0 points: vs Temple, (L, 0-62), 9/16/06 30+ pass attempts: 42, Trevone Boykin, vs TCU, 9/3/15 0 points in second half: vs San Jose State (L, 7-24), 9/20/14 40+ pass attempts: 42, Trevone Boykin, vs TCU, 9/3/15 Safety: vs Penn State (W 33-21), 10/23/10 50+ pass attempts: 50, Trevor Siemian, vs Northwestern, 10/11/14 100+ yards in penalties: 135, vs Texas Tech, 12/28/12 20+ completions: 26, Trevone Boykin, vs TCU, 9/3/15 No penalties vs San Jose State, 9/20/14 25+ completions: 26, Trevone Boykin, vs TCU, 9/3/15 30+ completions: 32, Trevor Siemian, vs Northwestern, 10/11/14 4+ TD passes: 4, , vs Wisconsin, 11/12/11 150+ yards receiving: 160, Alex Erickson, at Wisconsin, 11/29/14 100+ yards receiving: 160, Alex Erickson, at Wisconsin, 11/29/14 10+ receptions: 11, Adam Drake, vs Eastern Illinois, 8/28/14 3+ TD receptions: 3, Chandler Jones, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 Four+ field goals: 4, Dan Conroy, vs Michigan State, 11/24/12 Blocked a punt: Chase Pennycuff, vs Middle Tennessee, 9/6/14 Blocked a field goal: Randy Gregory, at Nebraska, 11/22/14 Blocked field goal returned for TD: Nate Gerry, at Nebraska, 11/22/14 Missed PAT: Nathan Knuffman, vs Western Illinois, 9/14/13 (blocked) Blocked PAT: Simon Connette, vs San Jose State, 9/21/13 Made 2-pt. conversion: Tyler Sheehan to Marques Parks, vs Bowling Green, 9/1/07 Missed 2-pt. conversion: Maty Mauk, vs Missouri, pass failed, 1/1/15 Punt return for TD: Nick Dugas (68 yds.), at UL-Lafayette, 9/7/02 Blocked punt ret. for TD: Zach Domicone (rec. in end zone), vs Ohio State, . . . 10/30/10 Kickoff return for TD: JaKeem Grant, 99 yards, vs Texas Tech, 12/28/12 Int. return for TD: Blake Countess, 72 yards, at Michigan, 10/5/13 Two Int. returns for TD: Marcus Williams (52, 40 yards), vs North Dakota State, 9/24/11 Fumble return for TD: Demetrius Monday (80 yards), vs Kent State, 9/19/15 Fumble recovered for TD: Richard Willock (rec. in end zone), vs Iowa, 11/23/96 Safety: Devon Still, vs Penn State, 10/23/10 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 MINNESOTA SCORING DRIVES Time of Time Opponent Plays-Yds Possession Qtr. Remaining Scoring Play TCU 9-30 1:51 2 5:22 Ryan Santoso 42-yard field goal TCU 12-77 5:12 3 3:44 Rodney Smith 1-yard run (Santoso kick) TCU 8-91 1:30 4 1:32 Mitch Leidner 22-yard pass to KJ Maye (Santoso kick) at Colorado State 15-81 5:57 2 2:51 Ryan Santoso 35-yard field goal at Colorado State 9-42 1:45 2 0:13 Ryan Santoso 50-yard field goal at Colorado State 3-70 1:10 3 13:42 Mitch Leidner 38-yard pass to Drew Wolitarsky (Santoso kick) at Colorado State 12-80 2:16 4 0:55 Mitch Leidner 22-yard pass to KJ Maye (Santoso kick) at Colorado State 6-24 --- OT --- Ryan Santoso 18-yard field goal Kent State 10-43 5:08 1 6:14 Ryan Santoso 42-yard field goal Kent State 8-63 3:53 2 0:51 Mitch Leidner 14-yard pass to KJ Maye (Santoso kick) Ohio 6-87 2:49 2 14:19 Shannon Brooks 40-yard run (Santoso kick) Ohio 9-87 4:26 2 3:20 Mitch Leidner 1-yard run (Santoso kick) Ohio 8-31 3:35 3 11:25 Ryan Santoso 49-yard field goal Ohio 13-88 5:55 4 8:44 Ryan Santoso 24-yard field goal Ohio 11-78 2:06 4 0:30 Shannon Brooks 3-yard run (Santoso kick) Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Time of Time Team Plays-Yds Possession Qtr. Remaining Scoring Play TCU 14-55 4:26 1 6:58 Jaden Oberkrom 53-yard field goal TCU 2-15 0:35 1 5:46 Trevone Boykin 11-yard pass to Josh Doctson (Oberkrom kick) TCU 9-76 2:57 3 12:03 Trevone Boykin 19-yard run (Oberkrom kick) TCU 9-56 3:08 3 0:36 Jaden Oberkrom 45-yard field goal TCU 6-32 2:09 4 7:33 Jaden Oberkrom 33-yard field goal at Colorado State 7-79 2:55 1 11:05 Dalyn Dawkins 17-yard run (Bryan kick) at Colorado State 4-3 1:30 3 3:05 Wyatt Bryan 26-yard field goal at Colorado State 3-65 0:55 3 14:23 Coleman Key 49-yard pass to Joe Hansley at Colorado State 7-55 0:55 4 0:00 Wyatt Bryan 37-yard field goal Kent State ------3 9:44 Demetrius Monday 80-yard fumble return (Hynes kick) Ohio 4-87 1:28 1 10:33 Derrius Vick 39-yard pass to Papi White (Yazdani kick) Ohio 13-75 6:33 2 7:46 Derrius Vick 10-yard pass to Sebastian Smith (Yazdani kick) Ohio 1-6 0:05 4 14:39 A.J. Ouellette 11-yard run (Yazdani kick) Ohio 12-51 6:08 4 2:36 Josiah Yazdani 41-yard field goal Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2015) All games

Team Statistics MINN OPP SCORING 77 74 Points Per Game 19.2 18.5 Points Off Turnovers 10 24 FIRST DOWNS 78 65 R u s h in g2630 P a s s in g 46 30 P e n a lt y65 RUSHING YARDAGE 632 605 Yards gained rushing 680 672 Yards lost rushing 48 67 Rushing Attempts 160 154 Average Per Rush 4.0 3.9 Average Per Game 158.0 151.2 TDs Rushing 4 3 PASSING YARDAGE 878 645 C o m p - A t t - I n t 81-138-2 69-129-3 Average Per Pass 6.4 5.0 Average Per Catch 10.8 9.3 Average Per Game 219.5 161.2 TDs Passing 4 4 TOTAL OFFENSE 1510 1250 Total Plays 298 283 Average Per Play 5.1 4.4 Average Per Game 377.5 312.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 10-197 9-208 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12--7 11-59 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-2 2-0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.7 23.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE -0.6 5.4 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.7 0.0 FUMBLES-LOST 13-6 5-3 PENALTIES-Yards 27-236 35-276 Average Per Game 59.0 69.0 PUNTS-Yards 26-1147 30-1281 Average Per Punt 44.1 42.7 Net punt average 41.1 41.6 KICKOFFS-Yards 17-1089 17-1072 Average Per Kick 64.1 63.1 Net kick average 41.5 42.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 0 7 2 9 : 5 3 3RD-DOWN Conversions 24/64 25/71 3rd-Down Pct 38% 35% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 3/5 3/6 4th-Down Pct 60% 50% SACKS BY-Yards 5-23 6-27 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 8 8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-9 6-7 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (8-12) 67% (9-11) 82% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (4-12) 33% (5-11) 45% PAT-ATTEMPTS (8-8) 100% (8-8) 100% ATTENDANCE 160887 32500 Games/Avg Per Game 3/53629 1/32500 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Minnesota 3 30 17 24 3 77 Opponents 24 7 20 23 0 74 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 12 Poock, Cody 4 19 9 28 2.0-7 . . . . . 1 . . 11 Johnson,Antonio 4 13 12 25 1.0-2 . . 2 . 1-0 . . . 26 Campbell, D. 4 12 9 21 1.0-4 1.0-4 . 2 . . . . . 29 Boddy-Calhoun,B 4 16 5 21 . . 1-0 1 . . . . . 50 Lynn, Jack 4 12 5 17 2.0-4 ...... 5 Myrick, Jalen 4 13 4 17 1.0-1 . 1--3 2 . . . . . 31 Murray, Eric 4 12 4 16 1.0-5 . 1-5 2 . . 1 . . 13 Celestin, J 4 7 9 16 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . . 96 Richardson, S 4 10 4 14 4.5-10 2.5-8 . 2 1 1-0 1 . . 9A Keith, Alex 4 8 3 11 2.0-5 . . 2 . . . . . 20 Huff, Julian 4 3 7 10 1.0-9 1.0-9 . 1 . . . . . 7A Travis,Damarius 1 5 5 10 ...... 97 Ekpe, Scott 4 8 1 9 2.0-2 . . . . 1-0 . . . 6 Rogers, Ace 2 7 1 8 1.0-2 . . 1 . . . . . 55 Cockran,Theiren 4 5 3 8 2.5-5 ...... 34 Shenault, A 3 5 2 7 ...... 4 Ayinde,Adekunle 4 2 5 7 1.5-4 . . 2 . . . . . 99 Stelter, Andrew 4 4 1 5 ...... 15 Williams, E 4 2 3 5 ...... 92 Ndondo-Lay, R 2 1 2 3 0.5-2 0.5-2 ...... 95 Ekpe, Hendrick 4 2 1 3 . . . 2 . . . . . 8 McGhee, D 4 3 . 3 ...... 27 Brooks, Shannon 3 2 1 3 ...... 22 James, Craig 4 1 2 3 ...... 87 Elmore, Gaelin 4 1 1 2 ...... 35 Williams, R. 4 2 . 2 ...... 25 Jordahl, Payton 4 1 1 2 ...... 36 Cashman, Blake 2 1 . 1 ...... 79 Pirsig, Jonah 4 1 . 1 ...... 3 Hardin, KiAnte 4 1 . 1 ...... Total 4 179 100 279 24-65 5-23 3-2 20 1 3-0 3 . . Opponents 4 171 148 319 21-55 6-27 2-0 14 5 6-107 8 . . Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2015) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Smith, Rodney 4 83 375 12 363 4.4 1 30 90.8 James, Craig 12 -7 -0.6 0 10 Leidner, Mitch 4 38 138 31 107 2.8 1 19 26.8 Total 12 -7 -0.6 0 10 Brooks, Shannon 3 10 82 0 82 8.2 2 40 27.3 Opponents 11 59 5.4 0 11 Williams, R. 4 21 70 0 70 3.3 0 8 17.5 Streveler,Chris 3 4 9 1 8 2.0 0 5 2.7 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Maye, KJ 4 2 6 0 6 3.0 0 6 1.5 Murray, Eric 1 5 5.0 0 5 TEAM 2 2 0 4 -4 -2.0 0 0 -2.0 Boddy-Calhoun,B 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 4 160 680 48 632 4.0 4 40 158.0 Myrick, Jalen 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Opponents 4 154 672 67 605 3.9 3 31 151.2 Total 3 2 0.7 0 5 Opponents 2 0 0.0 0 0 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Leidner, Mitch 4 118.81 81-138-2 58.7 878 4 38 219.5 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Total 4 118.81 81-138-2 58.7 878 4 38 219.5 Myrick, Jalen 6 132 22.0 0 29 Opponents 4 101.07 69-129-3 53.5 645 4 49 161.2 Brooks, Shannon 4 65 16.2 0 24 Total 10 197 19.7 0 29 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Opponents 9 208 23.1 0 56 Maye, KJ 4 17 215 12.6 3 36 53.8 Wolitarsky,Drew 4 15 222 14.8 1 38 55.5 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Carter, Eric 4 14 117 8.4 0 21 29.2 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Smith, Rodney 4 10 83 8.3 0 27 20.8 Opponents 3 107 35.7 1 80 Still, Rashad 4 6 64 10.7 0 24 16.0 Wozniak, Nate 4 6 57 9.5 0 25 14.2 Hart, Nick 3 3 27 9.0 0 14 9.0 Gentry, Isaiah 2 2 36 18.0 0 29 18.0 Lingen, Brandon 3 2 25 12.5 0 16 8.3 Williams, R. 4 2 14 7.0 0 7 3.5 Thomas, Miles 4 2 10 5.0 0 6 2.5 Scarver, Noah 3 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.7 Holland, Melvin 4 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.8 Total 4 81 878 10.8 4 38 219.5 Opponents 4 69 645 9.3 4 49 161.2 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Santoso, Ryan - 7-9 8-8 - - - - - 29 Leidner, Mitch 4 177 107 878 985 246.2 Maye, KJ 3 ------18 Smith, Rodney 4 83 363 0 363 90.8 Brooks, Shannon 2 ------12 Brooks, Shannon 3 10 82 0 82 27.3 Wolitarsky,Drew 1 ------6 Williams, R. 4 21 70 0 70 17.5 Smith, Rodney 1 ------6 Streveler,Chris 3 4 8 0 8 2.7 Leidner, Mitch 1 ------6 Maye, KJ 4 2 6 0 6 1.5 Total 8 7-9 8-8 - - - - - 77 TEAM 2 2 -4 0 -4 -2.0 Opponents 8 6-7 8-8 - - - - - 74 Total 4 299 632 878 1510 377.5 Opponents 4 283 605 645 1250 312.5

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lgblk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Santoso, Ryan 7-9 77.8 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-5 1-1 50 0 Mortell, Peter 26 1147 44.1 58 1 7 9 9 0 Total 26 1147 44.1 58 1 7 9 9 0 FG Sequence Minnesota Opponents Opponents 30 1281 42.7 73 2 6 10 6 0 TCU (42) (53),29,(45),(33) Colorado State (35),(50),47,(18) (26),(37) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Kent State (42),44 - Santoso, Ryan 17 1089 64.1 7 1 Ohio (49),(24) (41) Total 17 1089 64.1 7 1 23.1 41.5 23 Opponents 17 1072 63.1 6 1 19.7 42.6 22 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Smith, Rodney 4 363 83 0 0 0 446 111.5 Wolitarsky,Drew 4 0 222 0 0 0 222 55.5 Maye, KJ 4 6 215 0 0 0 221 55.2 Brooks, Shanno 3 82 0 0 65 0 147 49.0 Myrick, Jalen 4 0 0 0 132 -3 129 32.2 Carter, Eric 4 0 117 0 0 0 117 29.2 Leidner, Mitch 4 107 0 0 0 0 107 26.8 Williams, R. 4 70 14 0 0 0 84 21.0 Still, Rashad 4 0 64 0 0 0 64 16.0 Wozniak, Nate 4 0 57 0 0 0 57 14.2 Gentry, Isaiah 2 0 36 0 0 0 36 18.0 Hart, Nick 3 0 27 0 0 0 27 9.0 Lingen, Brandon 3 0 25 0 0 0 25 8.3 Thomas, Miles 4 0 10 0 0 0 10 2.5 Streveler,Chris 3 8 0 0 0 0 8 2.7 Scarver, Noah 3 0 5 0 0 0 5 1.7 Murray, Eric 4 0 0 0 0 5 5 1.2 Holland, Melvin 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.8 TEAM 2 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -2.0 James, Craig 4 0 0 -7 0 0 -7 -1.8 Total 4 632 878 -7 197 2 1702 425.5 Opponents 4 605 645 59 208 0 1517 379.2 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 27, 2015) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 03 TCU 39 144 1 15 19 197 1 36 19-35-0 197 1 36 1 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 341 Sep 12 at Colorado State 41 180 0 26 23 233 2 38 23-45-0 233 2 38 3 71 0 29 2 9 0 5 413 Sep 19 KENT STATE 44 104 0 14 17 184 1 32 17-27-2 184 1 32 1 21 0 21 7 11 0 10 288 Sep 26 OHIO 36 204 3 40 22 264 0 29 22-31-0 264 0 29 5 85 0 24 3 -27 0 3 468 Minnesota 160 632 4 40 81 878 4 38 81-138-2 878 4 38 10 197 0 29 12 -7 0 10 1510 Opponents 154 605 3 31 69 645 4 49 69-129-3 645 4 49 9 208 0 56 11 59 0 11 1250

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 4.0 • Avg/catch: 10.8 • Pass effic: 118.81 • KR avg: 19.7 • PR avg: -0.6 • All purpose avg/game: 425.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 377.5

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 03 TCU 54 34 88 6.0-18 1.0-5 1 1-0 1-5 0 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 17 Sep 12 at Colorado State 42 32 74 4.0-7 1.0-4 2 2-0 2--3 1 7 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 23 Sep 19 KENT STATE 36 16 52 5.0-24 1.0-9 0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10 Sep 26 OHIO 47 18 65 9.0-16 2.0-5 0 0-0 0-0 0 6 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 27 Minnesota 179 100 279 24.0-65 5.0-23 3 3-0 3-2 1 20 0 8-8 0 0 0 10 77 Opponents 171 148 319 21.0-55 6.0-27 8 6-107 2-0 5 14 0 8-8 0 0 0 24 74

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 03 TCU 7 318 45.4 58 0 0 2 2 1 1-1 42 0 3 193 64.3 0 0 Sep 12 at Colorado State 9 425 47.2 55 0 0 1 5 1 3-4 50 0 5 319 63.8 4 1 Sep 19 KENT STATE 7 293 41.9 51 0 0 2 2 5 1-2 42 0 3 188 62.7 0 0 Sep 26 OHIO 3 111 37.0 44 0 1 2 0 2 2-2 49 0 6 389 64.8 3 0 Minnesota 26 1147 44.1 58 0 1 7 9 9 7-9 50 0 17 1089 64.1 7 1 Opponents 30 1281 42.7 73 0 2 6 6 10 6-7 53 0 17 1072 63.1 6 1 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 03 TCU 44 203 1 19 26 246 1 26 26-42-1 246 1 26 3 57 0 24 3 13 0 8 449 Sep 12 at Colorado State 41 172 1 31 16 142 1 49 16-32-2 142 1 49 0 0 0 0 6 38 0 11 314 Sep 19 KENT STATE 31 79 0 14 10 63 0 19 10-28-0 63 0 19 3 60 0 22 2 8 0 8 142 Sep 26 OHIO 38 151 1 17 17 194 2 39 17-27-0 194 2 39 3 91 0 56 0 0 0 0 345 Opponents 154 605 3 31 69 645 4 49 69-129-3 645 4 49 9 208 0 56 11 59 0 11 1250 Minnesota 160 632 4 40 81 878 4 38 81-139-2 878 4 38 10 197 0 29 12 -7 0 10 1510

Games: 4 • Avg/rush: 3.9 • Avg/catch: 9.3 • Pass effic: 101.07 • KR avg: 23.1 • PR avg: 5.4 • All purpose avg/game: 379.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 312.5

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 03 TCU 44 22 66 3.0-13 2.0-12 3 2-3 0-0 0 6 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 23 Sep 12 at Colorado State 43 44 87 5.0-8 1.0-0 1 2-0 0-0 5 5 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 20 Sep 19 KENT STATE 43 44 87 9.0-25 2.0-12 1 1-80 2-0 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 7 Sep 26 OHIO 41 38 79 4.0-9 1.0-3 3 1-24 0-0 0 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 24 Opponents 171 148 319 21.0-55 6.0-27 8 6-107 2-0 5 14 0 8-8 0 0 0 24 74 Minnesota 179 100 279 24.0-65 5.0-23 3 3-0 3-2 1 20 0 8-8 0 0 0 10 77

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 03 TCU 6 234 39.0 49 0 1 2 0 3 3-4 53 0 6 386 64.3 4 1 Sep 12 at Colorado State 9 446 49.6 73 0 0 2 3 4 2-2 37 0 4 258 64.5 1 0 Sep 19 KENT STATE 10 385 38.5 58 0 0 1 2 1 0-0 0 0 2 137 68.5 1 0 Sep 26 OHIO 5 216 43.2 51 0 1 1 1 2 1-1 41 0 5 291 58.2 0 0 Opponents 30 1281 42.7 73 0 2 6 6 10 6-7 53 0 17 1072 63.1 6 1 Minnesota 26 1147 44.1 58 0 1 7 9 9 7-9 50 0 17 1089 64.1 7 1 Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Game Superlatives (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 30 Smith, Rodney vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Yards Rushing 108 Smith, Rodney at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) TD Rushes 2 Brooks, Shannon vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Long Rush 40 Brooks, Shannon vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Pass attempts 45 Leidner, Mitch at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Pass completions 23 Leidner, Mitch at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Yards Passing 264 Leidner, Mitch vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) TD Passes 2 Leidner, Mitch at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Pass 38 Leidner, Mitch at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Receptions 9 Wolitarsky,Drew at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Yards Receiving 114 Wolitarsky,Drew at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) TD Receptions 1 Maye, KJ vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 1 Maye, KJ at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1 Wolitarsky,Drew at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1 Maye, KJ vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Long Reception 38 Wolitarsky,Drew at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Field Goals 3 Santoso, Ryan at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Field Goal 50 Santoso, Ryan at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Punts 9 Mortell, Peter at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Punting Avg 47.2 Mortell, Peter at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Punt 58 Mortell, Peter vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Punts inside 20 5 Mortell, Peter vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Long Punt Return 10 James, Craig vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Long Kickoff Return 29 Myrick, Jalen at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Tackles 10 Travis,Damarius vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 10 Poock, Cody vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Sacks 1.0 Richardson, S at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1.0 Huff, Julian vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) 1.0 Campbell, D. vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) 1.0 Richardson, S vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Richardson, S at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Interceptions 1 Murray, Eric vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 1 Myrick, Jalen at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1 Boddy-Calhoun,B at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Game Superlatives (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 44 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Yards Rushing 204 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Yards Per Rush 5.7 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) TD Rushes 3 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Pass attempts 45 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Pass completions 23 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Yards Passing 264 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Yards Per Pass 8.2 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) TD Passes 2 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Total Plays 86 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Total Offense 468 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Yards Per Play 6.9 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Points 27 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Sacks By 2 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) First Downs 24 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Penalties 8 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 8 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Penalty Yards 85 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Turnovers 3 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Interceptions By 2 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Punts 9 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Punting Avg 47.2 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Punt 58 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Punts inside 20 5 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Long Punt Return 10 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Game Superlatives (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 19 Green, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 19 DAWKINS, Dalyn, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Yards Rushing 92 Boykin, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 92 DAWKINS, Dalyn, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) TD Rushes 1 Boykin, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 1 DAWKINS, Dalyn, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1 OUELLETTE, A.J., vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Long Rush 31 DAWKINS, Dalyn, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Pass attempts 42 Boykin, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Pass completions 26 Boykin, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Yards Passing 246 Boykin, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) TD Passes 2 VICK, Derrius, vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Long Pass 49 KEY, Coleman, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Receptions 8 Doctson, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Yards Receiving 74 Doctson, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) TD Receptions 1 Doctson, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 1 HANSLEY, Joe, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1 WHITE, Papi, vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) 1 SMITH, S., vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Long Reception 49 HANSLEY, Joe, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Field Goals 3 Oberkrom, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Long Field Goal 53 Oberkrom, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Punts 10 MELCHIORI, A., vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Punting Avg 49.6 HUNT, Hayden, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Punt 73 HUNT, Hayden, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Punts inside 20 4 HUNT, Hayden, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Punt Return 11 HODGES, Preston, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Kickoff Return 56 PATTERSON, D., vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Tackles 13 DELLINGER, Matt, vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Sacks 1.0 Lathan, vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 1.0 KAWULOK, Joe, at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1.0 LASEAK, Kurt, vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Tackles For Loss 2.0 BROWN, Blair, vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Interceptions 2 MONDAY, D., vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 2015 STATS

The Automated ScoreBook Minnesota Game Superlatives (as of Sep 26, 2015) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 44 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Yards Rushing 203 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Yards Per Rush 4.6 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) TD Rushes 1 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 1 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) 1 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Pass attempts 42 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Pass completions 26 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Yards Passing 246 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Yards Per Pass 7.2 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) TD Passes 2 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Total Plays 86 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Total Offense 449 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Yards Per Play 5.3 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Points 24 vs Ohio (Sep 26, 2015) Sacks By 2 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) 2 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) First Downs 25 vs TCU (Sep 03, 2015) Penalties 10 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Penalty Yards 89 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Turnovers 4 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Interceptions By 2 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Punts 10 vs Kent State (Sep 19, 2015) Punting Avg 49.6 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Punt 73 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Punts inside 20 4 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Long Punt Return 11 at Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015) Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 25 + YARD PLAYS

Yards Type Player(s) Opponent 40 * Rush Shannon Brooks Ohio 38 * Pass Drew Wolitarsky from Mitch Leidner at Colorado State 36 Pass KJ Maye from Mitch Leidner TCU 32 Pass Drew Wolitarsky from Mitch Leidner Kent State 30 Pass Drew Wolitarsky from Mitch Leidner TCU 30 Rush Rodney Smith Ohio 29 Kick Return Jalen Myrick at Colorado State 29 Pass Isaiah Gentry from Mitch Leidner Ohio 28 Pass KJ Maye from Mitch Leidner Ohio 27 Pass Rodney Smith from Mitch Leidner Ohio 26 Rush Rodney Smith at Colorado State 26 Kick Return Jalen Myrick at Colorado State 25 Pass Nate Wozniak from Mitch Leidner Kent State * play resulted in a touchdown Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 TCU 23 , GOPHERS 17 GOPHERS 23 , COLORADO STATE 20 (OT )

Box Score (Final) Box Score (Final) The Automated ScoreBook The Automated ScoreBook #2 TCU vs Minnesota (Sep 03, 2015 at Minneapolis, Minn.) Minnesota vs Colorado State (Sep 12, 2015 at Fort Collins, Colo.)

Score by Quarters 1234Total Score by Quarters 1234OTTotal TCU 10 0 10 3 23 Minnesota 0 6 7 7 3 23 Minnesota 0 3 7 7 17 Colorado State 7 0 3 10 0 20

Qtr Time Scoring play Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 06:58 TCU - Oberkrom 53 yd field goal, 14-55 4:26 1st 11:05 CS - DAWKINS, Dalyn 17 yd run (BRYAN, Wyatt kick), 7-79 2:55 05:46 TCU - Doctson 11 yd pass from Boykin (Oberkrom kick), 2-15 0:35 2nd 02:51 MINN - Santoso, Ryan 35 yd field goal, 15-81 5:57 2nd 05:22 MINN - Santoso, Ryan 42 yd field goal, 9-30 1:51 00:13 MINN - Santoso, Ryan 50 yd field goal, 9-42 1:45 3rd 12:03 TCU - Boykin 19 yd run (Oberkrom kick), 9-76 2:57 3rd 13:42 MINN - Wolitarsky,Drew 38 yd pass from Leidner, Mitch (Santoso, Ryan kick), 3-70 1:10 03:44 MINN - Smith, Rodney 1 yd run (Santoso, Ryan kick), 12-77 5:12 03:05 CS - BRYAN, Wyatt 26 yd field goal, 4-3 1:30 00:36 TCU - Oberkrom 45 yd field goal, 9-56 3:08 4th 14:23 CS - HANSLEY, Joe 49 yd pass from KEY, Coleman (BRYAN, Wyatt kick), 3-65 0:55 4th 07:33 TCU - Oberkrom 33 yd field goal, 6-32 2:09 00:55 MINN - Maye, KJ 22 yd pass from Leidner, Mitch (Santoso, Ryan kick), 12-80 2:16 01:32 MINN - Maye, KJ 22 yd pass from Leidner, Mitch (Santoso, Ryan kick), 8-91 1:30 00:00 CS - BRYAN, Wyatt 37 yd field goal, 8-0 0:55 OT 15:00 MINN - Santoso, Ryan 18 yd field goal, 6-24 0:00 TCU MINN FIRST DOWNS 25 18 MINN CS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-203 39-144 FIRST DOWNS 23 14 PASSING YDS (NET) 246 197 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-180 41-172 Passes Att-Comp-Int 42-26-1 35-19-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 233 142 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 86-449 74-341 Passes Att-Comp-Int 45-23-0 32-16-2 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-3 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 86-413 73-314 Punt Returns-Yards 3-13 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-57 1-20 Punt Returns-Yards 2-9 6-38 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-5 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-71 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-39.0 7-45.4 Interception Returns-Yards 2--3 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-47.2 9-49.6 Penalties-Yards 9-50 7-60 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2 Possession Time 34:50 25:10 Penalties-Yards 8-60 10-86 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 19 4 of 15 Possession Time 29:52 30:08 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 19 7 of 19 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 1-2 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 1-5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 1-0 RUSHING: TCU-Boykin 18-92; Green 19-88; Turpin 2-18; Johnson, T 3-4; Nixon 2-1. Minnesota-Smith, Rodney 16-88; Williams, R. 9-32; Leidner, Mitch 12-23; Streveler,Chris 1-3; TEAM 1-minus 2. RUSHING: Minnesota-Smith, Rodney 21-108; Leidner, Mitch 11-47; Williams, R. 6-20; Streveler,Chris 3-5. Colorado State-DAWKINS, Dalyn 19-92; ODEN, Jasen 8-30; JARRELLS, Treyo 7-28; KEY, Coleman 2-8; PASSING: TCU-Boykin 26-42-1-246. Minnesota-Leidner, Mitch 19-35-0-197. WILLIAMS, Xavie 2-7; STEVENS, Nick 2-6; HANSLEY, Joe 1-1.

RECEIVING: TCU-Doctson 8-74; White 5-61; Nixon 5-43; Porter 2-36; Story 2-12; Turpin 2-3; Listenbee PASSING: Minnesota-Leidner, Mitch 23-45-0-233. Colorado State-STEVENS, Nick 8-19-2-51; KEY, Coleman 1-9; Slanina 1-8. Minnesota-Maye, KJ 4-73; Carter, Eric 4-25; Wolitarsky,Drew 3-47; Still, Rashad 8-13-0-91. 3-14; Williams, R. 2-14; Lingen, Brandon 1-16; Wozniak, Nate 1-5; Smith, Rodney 1-3. RECEIVING: Minnesota-Wolitarsky,Drew 9-114; Maye, KJ 6-54; Carter, Eric 3-32; Wozniak, Nate 2-12; INTERCEPTIONS: TCU-None. Minnesota-Murray, Eric 1-5. Hart, Nick 1-14; Lingen, Brandon 1-9; Smith, Rodney 1-minus 2. Colorado State-DAWKINS, Dalyn 4-18; WILLIAMS, Xavie 4-16; HANSLEY, Joe 2-59; LONG, Sammie 2-20; GAINES, Deionte 2-6; WALKER, Steven FUMBLES: TCU-Green 1-1. Minnesota-Leidner, Mitch 2-1; Williams, R. 1-1. 1-23; MASTERS, Elroy 1-0.

TCU (1-0) vs. Minnesota (0-1) INTERCEPTIONS: Minnesota-Boddy-Calhoun,B 1-0; Myrick, Jalen 1-minus 3. Colorado State-None. Date: Sep 03, 2015 • Site: Minneapolis, Minn. • Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 54147 FUMBLES: Minnesota-Leidner, Mitch 2-2. Colorado State-DAWKINS, Dalyn 2-2; KEY, Coleman 1-0.

Kickoff time: 8:10 • End of Game: 11:47 • Total elapsed time: 3:37 Minnesota (1-1) vs. Colorado State (1-1) Officials: Referee: C Castleberry; Umpire: Jim Adams; Linesman: Bill Scott; Date: Sep 12, 2015 • Site: Fort Collins, Colo. • Stadium: SLF @ Hughes Stadium Line judge: Frank LeBlanc; Back judge: Joel Wetzel; Field judge: Randy Smith; Attendance: 32500 Side judge: Fulton Carson; Center judge: Stacy Hardin; Temperature: 82 • Wind: E 15 • Weather: Clear Kickoff time: 1:34 pm • End of Game: 5:33 pm • Total elapsed time: 3:59 Record Attendance at TCF Bank Stadium (54,147) Officials: Referee: Jerry McGinn; Umpire: Mike Pilarski; Linesman: Kelly Saalfeld; Line judge: John Wiercinski; Back judge: Kevin Schwarzel; Field judge: Timothy Maguire; Side judge: John Hayes; Center judge: Patrick Holt; Temperature: 83 • Wind: E 5 mph • Weather: Sunny Minnesota at Northwestern // Oct. 3, 2015 GOPHERS 10 , KENT STATE 7 GOPHERS 27 , OHIO 24

Box Score (Final) Box Score (Final) The Automated ScoreBook The Automated ScoreBook Kent State vs Minnesota (Sep 19, 2015 at Minneapolis, Minn.) Ohio vs Minnesota (Sep 26, 2015 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Score by Quarters 1234Total Score by Quarters 1234Total Kent State 0 0 7 0 7 Ohio 7 7 0 10 24 Minnesota 3 7 0 0 10 Minnesota 0 14 3 10 27

Qtr Time Scoring play Qtr Time Scoring play 1st 06:14 MINN - Santoso, Ryan 42 yd field goal, 10-43 5:08 1st 10:33 OHIO - WHITE, Papi 39 yd pass from VICK, Derrius (YAZDANI, J. kick), 4-87 1:28 2nd 00:51 MINN - Maye, KJ 14 yd pass from Leidner, Mitch (Santoso, Ryan kick), 9-63 3:53 2nd 14:19 MINN - Brooks, Shannon 40 yd run (Santoso, Ryan kick), 6-87 2:49 3rd 09:44 KENT - MONDAY, D. 80 yd fumble recovery (HYNES, Shane kick) 07:46 OHIO - SMITH, S. 10 yd pass from VICK, Derrius (YAZDANI, J. kick), 13-75 6:33 03:20 MINN - Leidner, Mitch 1 yd run (Santoso, Ryan kick), 9-87 4:26 KENT MINN 3rd 11:25 MINN - Santoso, Ryan 49 yd field goal, 8-31 3:35 FIRST DOWNS 813 4th 14:39 OHIO - OUELLETTE, A.J. 11 yd run (YAZDANI, J. kick), 1-6 0:05 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 31-79 44-104 08:44 MINN - Santoso, Ryan 24 yd field goal, 13-88 5:55 PASSING YDS (NET) 63 184 02:36 OHIO - YAZDANI, J. 41 yd field goal, 12-51 6:08 Passes Att-Comp-Int 28-10-0 27-17-2 00:30 MINN - Brooks, Shannon 3 yd run (Santoso, Ryan kick), 10-78 2:06 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 59-142 71-288 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-80 0-0 OHIO MINN Punt Returns-Yards 2-8 7-11 FIRST DOWNS 18 24 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-60 1-21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-151 36-204 Interception Returns-Yards 2-0 0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 194 264 Punts (Number-Avg) 10-38.5 7-41.9 Passes Att-Comp-Int 27-17-0 31-22-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-345 67-468 Penalties-Yards 7-89 8-85 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-24 0-0 Possession Time 24:37 35:23 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3--27 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 17 10 of 21 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-91 5-85 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 1 of 1 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 1-3 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-43.2 3-37.0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 1-9 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 6-1 Penalties-Yards 9-51 4-31 RUSHING: Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 17-58; REARDON, Colin 10-9; BOLLAS, George 2-8; DURHAM, Trayion Possession Time 29:58 30:02 2-4. Minnesota-Smith, Rodney 30-73; Williams, R. 6-18; Leidner, Mitch 7-15; TEAM 1-minus 2. Third-Down Conversions 8 of 16 4 of 9 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0 PASSING: Kent State-REARDON, Colin 10-28-0-63. Minnesota-Leidner, Mitch 17-27-2-184. Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 2-5 RECEIVING: Kent State-HOLLEY, Nick 3-13; WHITE, Kris 2-14; ARLIA, Connor 2-12; CALHOUN, Ernest 2-5; CHANDLER, C. 1-19. Minnesota-Carter, Eric 4-33; Smith, Rodney 4-24; Wozniak, Nate 3-40; Still, RUSHING: Ohio-PATTERSON, D. 13-70; OUELLETTE, A.J. 12-59; VICK, Derrius 9-16; WHITE, Papi 4-6. Rashad 2-26; Maye, KJ 2-24; Wolitarsky,Drew 1-32; Scarver, Noah 1-5. Minnesota-Smith, Rodney 16-94; Brooks, Shannon 10-82; Leidner, Mitch 8-22; Maye, KJ 2-6.

INTERCEPTIONS: Kent State-MONDAY, D. 2-0. Minnesota-None. PASSING: Ohio-VICK, Derrius 17-27-0-194. Minnesota-Leidner, Mitch 22-31-0-264.

FUMBLES: Kent State-HIBBLER, Miles 1-0. Minnesota-Still, Rashad 1-1; James, Craig 1-0. RECEIVING: Ohio-REID, Jordan 5-36; SMITH, S. 4-69; PATTERSON, D. 3-1; WHITE, Papi 2-47; HEITZMAN, K. 2-42; WALKER, Robbie 1-minus 1. Minnesota-Maye, KJ 5-64; Smith, Rodney 4-58; Carter, Eric 3-27; Kent State (1-2) vs. Minnesota (2-1) Gentry, Isaiah 2-36; Wolitarsky,Drew 2-29; Hart, Nick 2-13; Thomas, Miles 2-10; Still, Rashad 1-24; Date: Sep 19, 2015 • Site: Minneapolis, Minn. • Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Holland, Melvin 1-3. Attendance: 52823 INTERCEPTIONS: Ohio-None. Minnesota-None. Kickoff time: 11:01 AM • End of Game: 2:03 PM • Total elapsed time: 3:02 Officials: Referee: Greg Sujack; Umpire: Steven Woods; Linesman: Michael Dolce; FUMBLES: Ohio-None. Minnesota-James, Craig 3-1; Brooks, Shannon 2-0; Leidner, Mitch 1-0. Line judge: John Shelton; Back judge: Reggie Barry; Field judge: Phillip Hicks; Side judge: Don Swanson; Center judge: Jason Nickleby; Ohio (3-1) vs. Minnesota (3-1) Temperature: 58 • Wind: West @ 5 • Weather: Sunny Date: Sep 26, 2015 • Site: Minneapolis, Minn. • Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Attendance: 53917

Kickoff time: 2:42 PM • End of Game: 5:53 • Total elapsed time: 3:11 Officials: Referee: Don Willard; Umpire: James Shaw; Linesman: Brian Matthew; Line judge: T. Krispinsky; Back judge: Jack Lyman; Field judge: Terry Anderson; Side judge: Steve Hassel; Center judge: Tom Stapleton; Temperature: 76 • Wind: SE 10 • Weather: Mostly Sunny