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2019 SCHEDULE GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT MINNESOTA DATE/OPPONENT TIME TV RESULT Television: Big Ten Network AUGUST (1-0) Date: Sept. 14, 2019 Joe Beninati (Play by Play) 29 South Dakota St. 8:00 p.m. FS1 W, 28-21 Time: 2:30 p.m. CT Stanley Jackson (Analyst) SEPTEMBER (1-0) Site: Minneapolis, Minn. Radio: KFAN 7 at Fresno State 9:30 p.m. CBSSN W, 38-35 2OT Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium Mike Grimm (Play by Play) 14 Georgia Southern 2:30 p.m. BTN Surface: FieldTurf Darrell Thompson (Analyst) 28 at Purdue * TBA Minnesota Georgia Southern Capacity: 50,805 Justin Gaard (Sideline) OCTOBER 2-0 Overall, 0-0 B1G 1-1 Overall, 0-0 Sun Belt Series: First meeting Corbu Stathes (Host) 5 Illinois * $ 2:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. HC: P.J. Fleck HC: Chad Lunsford Dan Rowbotham (Engineer) 12 Nebraska * TBA HC Record (NCAA): 44-35 HC Record (NCAA): 13-8 HC at Minnesota: 14-13 HC at Georgia Southern 13-8 Sirius: 134 19 at Rutgers * 2:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. Streak: Won 2 Streak: Won 1 XM: 195 26 Maryland * TBA ABC/ESPN/ESPN2 Offense: 33.00 ppg Offense: 14.50 ppg Internet: 957 NOVEMBER Defense: 28.00 ppg Defense: 36.50 ppg 9 Penn State * TBA 16 at Iowa * TBA 23 at Northwestern * TBA FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 30 Wisconsin * TBA 1 Minnesota faces Georgia Southern for the first time ever when it welcomes the Eagles to TCF Bank Stadium on * Big Ten game $ Homecoming All times Central Saturday. The Gophers does have some recent history with Georgia though. Minnesota beat Georgia Tech 34-10 in the 2018 Quick Lane Bowl and has 12 Georgia natives on its roster. The 12 players are the most on the roster from any MINNESOTA COACHES state other than Minnesota (Gophers have 41 players from Minnesota) and they have produced for the Maroon and Gold. The 12 players are: Rodney Smith, Shannon Brooks, Terell Smith, Chris Williamson, Rashod Bateman, Braelen Oliver, P.J. Fleck (SL) Head Coach Sam Pickerign, Justus Harris, Michael Lantz, Rashad Cheney Jr., Abi N-Okonji and DeAngelo Carter. Smith leads the Kirk Ciarrocca (PB) Offensive Coord. / Quarterbacks Gophers in rushing (153 yards), while Bateman leads Minnesota in receiving (237 yards). Williamson returned an intercep- Joseph Rossi (PB) Defensive Coord. / Linebackers tion for a touchdown against South Dakota State and Lantz is the starting kicker for the Gophers and made the game-win- Rob Wenger (SL) Special Teams Coordinator ning 37-yard field goal in double overtime last Saturday at Fresno State. Kenni Burns (SL) Asst. Head Coach / Running Backs Rod Chance (SL) Cornerbacks 2 Minnesota is 10-0 all-time against teams from the Sun Belt conference, but has not faced a current Sun Belt foe since Brian Callahan (SL) Offensive Line / Run Game Coord. 2003 when it beat both Troy, 48-7, and Louisiana-Lafayette (now Louisiana), 48-14. Minnesota is 3-0 all-time against Joe Harasymiak (SL) Defensive Backs / Safeties Louisiana and ULM. The Gophers are 2-0 all-time against Arkansas State and 1-0 against both Texas State and Troy. Jim Panagos (SL) Defensive Line Clay Patterson (PB) Tight Ends 3 Minnesota beat Fresno State 38-35 in double overtime last Saturday on the road. The Gophers have now won 17 Matt Simon (SL) Wide Receivers / Pass Game Coord straight nonconference games, which is the longest streak in the nation. Minnesota’s last nonconference loss was on Sept. 3, 2015, when it fell 23-17 at home to No. 2 TCU. The Gameday Locations: SL - Sideline; PB - Press Box Gophers are 20-1 in their past 21 nonconference home games LEADING GOPHERS and have won 11 straight nonconference home games. Offense Total offense Tanner Morgan (420) WEEKLY SCHEDULE 4 Dating back to last season, the Gophers have won four Passing completions Tanner Morgan (29) Sept. 10 12:00 Gopher Football Weekly with P.J. Fleck straight games and are 6-2 in their last eight games. Passing attempts Tanner Morgan (41) live on KFAN from Joe Senser’s. Tanner Morgan started at quarterback all eight games. The Passing yards Tanner Morgan (410) 1:15 p.m. Coach Fleck press conference in Gophers won the time of possession battle in all eight games Passing touchdowns Tanner Morgan (3) and averaged 32.62 points in those games. The last sea- Bierman Athletic Center Media Room. Rushing attempts Rodney Smith (43) son that Minnesota averaged 32.62 points per game was Players follow Coach Fleck. Rushing yards Rodney Smith (153) 2005 when it averaged 35.8 points per game. Morgan led Rushing touchdowns Mohamed Ibrahim (2) Sept. 11 Coordinators and student-athletes available after Minnesota to a 4-2 record to end 2018, which included victo- Receptions Rashod Bateman (12) team’s 9:45 a.m. practice at Athletes Village. ries against Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin and Georgia Tech. It Receiving yards Rashod Bateman (237) Sept. 12 No availability was the Gophers first road win at Wisconsin since 1994 and Receiving touchdowns Rashod Bateman (2) Sept. 13 No availability last season was the first time ever that Minnesota won its final Defense game of the regular season (Wisconsin) and a bowl game Sept. 14 2:30 p.m. vs. Georgia Southern Tackles Jordan Howden (17) (Georgia Tech). Solo tackles Jordan Howden (12) Assisted tackles Kamal Martin (6) UPDATED BIOS, STATS Rashod Bateman has played in 15 games and has 63 5 Tackles-for-loss Six players (1.0) Please visit GopherSports.com for updated bios, season catches for 941 receiving yards and eight touchdowns. Sacks Four players (1.0) stats and career stats. The fastest Gopher to reach 1,000 career yards was Ryan Interceptions Three players (1) Thelwell. He played in seven games in 1994 and had 406 Pass breakups Jordan Howden (4) yards and then crossed 1,000 yards eight games into the Forced fumbles N/A 1995 season. Bateman is poised to become the 26th Gopher - and second fastest - to record 1,000 career receiving yards. Fumbles recovered Winston DeLattiboudere (1) Ski-U-Mah // Row The Boat Georgia Southern at Minnesota // Sept. 14, 2019 MINNESOTA FACTS ROW THE BOAT The OAR = The ENERGY! The symbol of strength and purpose. The amount one brings to their life Academically, UNIVERSITY FACTS Athletically, Socially and Spiritually! The only tool that can move the boat forward! Location: Minneapolis, Minn. Population: 413,651 The BOAT = The SACRIFICE! What are you willing to give up for something that you’ve never had? The more you Founded: 1851 serve and give, the bigger your boat gets. The bigger your boat gets, the more people you can actually influence. Joined Big Ten: 1896 (charter member) Influence is about the messengers, not just the message. First Year of Big Ten Football: 1896 Enrollment: 47,568 The COMPASS = The DIRECTION! This is set by the leader of the boat! Whomever you surround yourself with is who and what you will become. Where is the bow of your boat pointed? Your boat will go where you have directed your Nickname: Golden Gophers energy towards! Colors: Maroon and Gold Marching Band: University of Minnesota Marching Band The “NEVER GIVE UP” mantra known as ROW THE BOAT came to life from tragedy, sorrow and heartbreak. This President: Joan T.A. Gabel mantra can apply to all walks of life and can be used in every aspect of your life. Everyone, not just athletes and ath- Director of Athletics: Mark Coyle letic teams can share, use and live the ROW THE BOAT lifestyle in their personal and professional lives. By applying Faculty Representatives: Frances Homans, Perry Leo ROW THE BOAT, one can have the proper perspective to overcome adversity and humble success by living a lifestyle Ticket Office Phone: 612-624-8080 dedicated to serving and giving. Website: GopherSports.com FUTURE: When rowing a boat, as in life, you aren’t able to see what is coming your way. Your back is actually facing TEAM INFORMATION the future, unable to see what’s coming next. Facing the opposite direction can be a very scary and uncomfortable Offensive Formation: Multiple position to be in. However, as in life, worrying about the future only prohibits you from being your absolute best in the Defensive Formation: 4-3 present. You aren’t able to control the future, but you can control how you react and prepare for it with every stroke you Letterwinners returning: take. 53 (26 offense, 26 defense, 1 specialist) Letterwinners lost: PRESENT: You are rowing in the present, which is the ONLY thing you can actually control while rowing a boat. You 20 (9 offense, 8 defense, 3 specialists) determine whether you take your oar out of the water or keep rowing. You control whether you ROW fast or slow, Starters Returning: confident or hesitant, efficient or rushed and whether you ROW for yourself or others! If you stop rowing, you will not go anywhere. As a team, you control whether all of you want to ROW together with purpose, or ROW because you 17 (9 offense, 7 defense, 1 specialst) have to. If you ROW on just one side of the boat, you will go in circles. ROW in unison with everyone else in the boat, Starters Lost: no matter the circumstance (chaotic storms or calm seas), you will come out on the other end better and more experi- 8 (2 offense, 4 defense, 2 specialists) enced for never quitting. Getting everyone in the boat to ROW, no matter what circumstances life throws you, can be very difficult; however… keep ROWING! TEAM HISTORY First Year of Football: 1882 PAST: When rowing the boat, the only thing you can actually learn from, but can’t change, is the horizon you are look- All-Time Record: 696-523-44 ing at.