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GOlDlN~~~~~~fOOTBAll Men's Athletics, Media Relations Office PhoM: 612.625.4090 Fax: 612.625.0359 September 25, 1996 Minnesota (3-0, 0-0) vs. Purdue (0-3, 0-1) Saturday, Oct. 5, .1.996 • Ross-Ade Stadium (67,861) Kickoff: 11 :20 a.m. (Central) • West Lafayette, Ind. The Series: Minnesota leads 30-21-3. MlllfiiTIIGiflllf/lflllTI The Series at Purdue: Purdue leads 13-4. Sept. 7 at NE Louisiana (MSC) 30-3 W Last Meeting: Minnesota won 39-38 before 39,343 on Oct. 7, 1995 at Sept. 14 BALL STATE (MSC) 26-23 W Sept. 21 SYRACUSE (ESPN2) 35-33 W the Metrodome in Minneapolis~ Oct. S at Purdue (Creative) 11:20 a.m. Oct. 12 at Northwestern 1 p.m. Last Week: The Golden Gophers scored a 35-33 victory over No. 23 Oct. 19 MICHIGAN STATE* 3 p.m. Syracuse at the Metrodome. Purdue lost 20-6 to West Virginia at Ross­ Oct. 26 MICHIGAN 6 p.m. Ade Stadium. Nov. 2 at Ohio State 12:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at Wisconsin 1 p.m. TV: WCCO-TV (4) (live. Creative Spans) (Wayne Larivee play-by-play; Nov. 16 n.LINOIS 6 p.m. Randy Wright analyst; Jim Barbar sidelines). Nov. 23 IOWA 6 p.m. Radio: WCCO-AM (830) (Ray Christensen play-by-play; Paul Flatley All times are C~ntral * Homecoming : (Valparaiso '60) analyst). Career (Seasons): 159-123-3 (26th season) ----- Minnesota (Seasons): 15-32 (5th season) WINNING EST DIVISION I·A ACTIVE COACHES LIST* Wacker n. Purdue: 2-2 Coach Wills Coach Wills l. , Penn State 282 10. Bill Mallory, Indiana 166 PIIIIE I~IEIIU/IEIIlTI e 2. , St. 261 12. Jim Wacker, Minaesota 159 3. , 232 13. George Welsh, Vrrginia 155 Aug. 31 at Michigan State (ESPN) 52-14 L Sept. 14 at Notre Dame (NBC) 35-0 L 4. LaVell Edwards, BYU 217 14. John Cooper, Ohio State 149 Sept. 21 W. VIRGINIA (Creative) 20-6 L 5. , Iowa 215 15. , Miss. State 135 Sept. 28 N.C. STATE (Creative) 11:20 a.m. 6. , Notre Dame 211 16. Jim Hess, New Mexico St. 133 Oct. S MINNESOTA (Creative) 11:20 a.m. 7. Jim Sweeney, Fresno State 196 17. , Arizona 125 Oct. 12 at Penn State Noon 8. , Pittsburgh 182 18. . Rice 121 Oct. 19 OHIO STATE (ABC) 2:30p.m. 9. , West Vrrginia 172 19. Larry Smith, Missouri 117 Nov. 2 at Wisconsin 2 p.m. 10. AI Molde, West. Michigan 166 20. , Arkansas 114 Nov. 9 MICHIGAN 1 p.m. Nov. 16 at Northwestern 2 p.m. • At least five years in Division 1-A (inclwks rr:cord at all four-year colkges) Nov. 23 INDIANA 1 p.m .. All tim~s are EST Head Coach: Jim Colletta (UCLA '67) IHOOTOUT - PART IV? Career (Seasons): 35-75-4 (11th season) Purdue and Minnesota have combined to score Purdue (Seasons): 18-37-3 (6th season) 278 points and rack up 3,356 yards of total Colletto vs. Minnesota: 2-3 offense m their last three meetings. That's an aver­ ,. ....• ~e of92.7 points and 1.118.7 xards of total offense ~ game. In 1993 at the Dome. U of M receiver Onlar Douglas set a new Big Ten record with five TD receptions in a 59-56 GOlden Gopher victory. Minnesota had 625 yards and the Boilermal(ers 559. In 1994 at Ross-Ade Stadium. Mike Alstott had 183 yards rushing and scored four TDs to lead the BOilermakers to a 49-37 win.

I The Golden Gophers had 616 total_y~ds in defeat. I including 234 yards rushing by Chris Darkins, I I while the Boilermakers haa549. In 1995 at the I I 'Dome, Darkins had a school record 294 yards I I rushing to P,ace the Gophers to a 39-38 win. I I Purdue rackea up 543 tofal Y.ards. including 133 I yards rushing and three TDs by Alstott. while the I I'------Gophers had 464 net yards in the game. G 0 l 0 I f 0 0 I B lll minnesota -deep 2 Punt - 26 Steve Kemph. 28 Ttm Grate THE OFFENSE PATIFG - 19 Adam Bailey, 33 Erin First Unit Pos. Second Unit McManus 9- Greg Nelson ('6-2, 206. Jr) FL 3- Lee Hutton (5-10, 165. So) KO- 19 Adam Bailey, 33 Erin 80 - Paul Kratochvil (6-4, 246. Sr) TE 89 - Mark Tangen (6-3. 245, Sr) McManus 65 - Luke Herkenhoff (6-5. 290. Jr) LT 73 - Kris Hoffarth (6-5. 295, Fr) Loq Snaps - 53 Scott Kneen, 60- Chris Bergstrom (6-4. 303. Sr) LG 78 -Jon Albrecht (6-5, 300, So) 18 Derek Rackley, 11 Rob Jones 63 -Tim Socha (6-6, 290. So) C 62 - Gregg James (6-4, 285, Jr) Holder- 35 Ryan Rindels, 13 Spergon 74 - Jeff Baldauf (6-6, 308, Jr) RG 64 - Luke Glime (6-4, 280, Jr) Wynn ill 71 - Gann Brooks (6-8, 300. Sr) RT 69 - James Elizondo (6-4, 283. Jr) P/Retum - 7 Rodney Heath. 1 Tutu 1 -Tutu Atwell (5-9, 165, Jr) SB 6- Derrick Harvey (5-10, 186, Jr) Atwell 4 - Ryan Thelwell (6-2, 200. Jr) SE 88- Ryan Hubbard (6-2, 207, Jr) KOIRetum- 42 Rishon Early. 17 - Cory Sauter (6-5, 226. Jr) QB 5 - Biily Cockerham (6-2. 209. Fr) 22 Tyrone Carter, 7 Rodney Heath. 12- Thomas Hamner (6-0, 180. Fr) RB 36- Byron Evans (5-11. 209, Fr) 20 Fred R-odgers

--, : The Golden Gophers are off to a 3-0 THE DEFENSE "'--• start for the ftrst time since the •87 First Unit Pos. Second Unit team went 5-0 to open the season. 91 -Raymond Baylor (6-2. 275. Jr) DT · 58 -Antoine Richard (6-4, 282. So) 51 - Ogun Akbar (6-3, 245. Sr) NG 41 - Mark Cross (6-3, 247, Jr) 59 - Jerome Davis (6-5, 262, Sr) DT 95 - Jon Michals (6-4, 244, Fr) 56 - Lamanzer Williams (6-4, 258, Jr) OLB 31- Ryan Venturine (6-3, 230. So) 37 - Pare Williams (6-3, 233, So) ll.B 52 - Luke Braaten (6-4, 230, Fr) 49 - Ben Langford (6-2. 225, Sr~ ll.B 66- Jim Tallman (5-10, 207, Sr) 15 - Don Williams (6-2, 205, Sr) OLB 28- Ttm Grate (5-11, 196, So) 7 - Rodney Heath (5-10. 170. Sr) CB 25- Terrance Blayne (5-11. 195, Sr) 22 - Tyrone Carter (5-9, 172, Fr) SS 23- Crawford Jordan (5-11, 188. Jr) 42- Rishon Early (6-1, 170. Sr) FS 40- Michael Barrett (5-11. 165, Fr) 43- Mari Moore (6-1, 170, So) CB 2- Craig Scruggs (5-9, 170, So) GAME-BY-GAME S'l'AR'l'ING LINEUPS OFF. FL TE LT LG c RG RT SB SE QB RB NELa. Nelson Kratochvil Herkenhoff Bergstrom James Baldauf Brooks Atwell Thelwell Sauter Hamner Ball St. Nelson Kratochvil Herkenhoff Bergstrom Socha Baldauf Brooks Atwell Thelwell Sauter Hamner Syr. Nelson Kratochvil Herkenhoff Bergstrom Socha· Baldauf Brooks Atwell Thelwell Sauter Hamner Purdue NW MSU Mich. osu Wis. Ill. Iowa DEF. DT NG DT OLB ILB ILB OLB CB ss FS CB NELa. Richard Akbar Davis L. Williams P. Williams Langford D. Williams Heath Early Jordan Moore Ball St. Richard Akbar Davis L. Williams P. Wtlliams Langford D. Williams Heath Early Jordan Moore Syr. Baylor Akbar Davis Jordan P. Williams Langford D. Williams Heath Carter Early Scruggs Purdue NW MSU Mich. osu Wis. Ill. Iowa 1996 FOOTBALL STATISTICS FOR M1nnesota Golden Gophers 09/24/U

All Games Conference/Non-Conference Home/Away

,w-t.-1'1 Overall (J-0-01 Hcne (2 -o-o 1 Away (1-0-01 Conf. (0-0-01 Non-Conf. (3-0-01

OA'!'E OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND RUSHING NO GRS IQO NET AVO LG TO GP AVO

09/14 Ball State CaTdinals If 26-23 41,007 Thomas Hamner 65 361 7 354 5.4 32 2 111.0 09/21 Syracuse Orangemen If 35-33 45,756 Byron Bvane 23 134 8 126 5.5 20 1 42.0 09/07 •Northeastern t... Indian. If 30-3 24,142 T~ lfat•on 6 22 0 22 3.7 13 0 3 7.3 ·11• lean 1 13 0 13 13.0 13 0 4.3 '!'tAM STATISTICS Minnesota Golden Gopher• Opponent• Tutu Atwell 1 ll 0 11 11.0 11 0 3 3.7 lilly Cockerhala 1 7 0 7 7.0 7 0 7.0 F:RST DOWNS 63 49 Steve ltetllph 1 0 14 -14 -14.0 0 0 2 -7.0 Rush1ng 31 33 Cory S.uter 17 20 51 -31 -1.8 9 -10.) Pass1ng :u 15 TUM 1 . 0 35 -35 -35.0 0 0 1 -35.0 By Penalty 3 1 Golden Gophers TOTALS 116 su 115 453 3. 9 32 4 3 151.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 453 663 . Opponents TOTALS 149 6U 26 663 4.4 41 3 221.0 Yard• Ga1ned Rushing 568 689

Yards t.ost Rush1ng 115 26 UCIIVIliG 110 Y1)5 AVO LIKJ TD GP AII'O Rush1ng Attempts 116 149

Average Per Rush 3.9 4.4 Tutu Atwell u 265 14.7 so 2 3 ·'. 0 Average Per· Game 151.0 2~1.0 Ryan tbelwell 17 351 21.1 57 1 f 5.7 'I'D's Rush1ng 4 3 Gre

TOTAL OFFENSE 1194 105~ TOTAL OPPDSI 110 Y1)5 AVO TD GP YDS/G Total Plays 191 ~ll Average Per Play fi. 0 5.0 Cory Sauter " 710 7.2 5 U6.7 Average Per Game 391.0 350.7 ~ a.-er u 354 5.4 2 3 111.0 PlJMIII..ES I LOST 9/ 7 11/ 5 lyToft ~YaM 23 ll6 5.5 1 3 u.o ?ENALTIES/YARDS 10/ 56 19/ ll4 To-y ..uon 6 2~ 3.7 0 3 7.3 nnRD .:)OWN CONVERSIONS 1V 34/ 35.3 11/ U/ 36.7 lilly Cockerhall 1 7 7.0 0 1 7.0 FO~TH DOWN CONVERSIONS 2/ 5/ 40.0 4/ 6/ 66.7 .11111 lean 1 13 13.0 0 4.3 ~:ME OF POSSESSION 86:03 93:57 Tutu Atwell 1 11 11.0 0 3.7 Steve Xataph 1 -14 -14.0 0 2 -7.0 SCORE BY QTRS Minnesota GeldeD Qopber8 Opponent• TUM 1 -35 -35.0 0 1 -35.0 Golden Gopher• TOTALS 191 1194 6.0 a 3 391.0

FIRST QUARTER 13 17 Opponenu TOTALS 2ll 105~ 5.0 6 3 350.7 SECOND QUARTER 31 15

THIRD QUARTER 32 7 110 Y1)5 AVG l.MO T1 I2 0 FOURTH QUARTER 20 20 FIRST OVERTIME tr 0 Steve Xemph 4 164 41.0 46 0 0 FINAL 91 59 Tim Grate 4 146 36.5 48 0 Golden Gophers TOTALS • 310 31.1 u 0 Opponent• TOTALS 16 731 46.1 62 l 4

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All Games Conference/Non-Conference Home/Away

RECORD· :W-l.-Tl OVerall 13-0·0l Away 11-0-01 Conf. 10·0·01 Non-conf. 13·0-0l

PASSING ATT 04P YDS CPt YD/ATT TD TD/ATT INT INT/ATT LNG SK/Y'OS GP RATING

Cory Sauter 82 51 741 62.2 9.0 4 o.ou 1 0.01:1 57 11 48 151.76 Golden Gophers TOTALS 82 51 741 62.2 9.0 4 0.049 1 0.012 57 11 48 3 151.76 Opponents TOTALS 63 28 JU 44.4 6.2 3 0.041 6 0. 095 46 6 3 92.98

TOUCH DOWNS F'tJ141LU P. A. T. 2pt PAT 0. KICJt 0. INT SCORING PASS RUSH RECV PUT JCUT INT OPP C*ll fQC/P'(a MADI/ATT MADI/ATT MADI/ATT MADI/ATT STY PTS GP AVO

Ad&m Buley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n 9.0 Thom&ll Hamner 0 2 0' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 l4 4.7 Tutu Atwell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.0 :'yrone carter 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 4.0 Byron Evan• 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 • 3 2.7 Cory Sauter 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 l.O ' 3 Ryan Thelwell 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l.O • ' l Troy Duerr 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ·• ' 3 2.0 Golden Gopher• TOTALS 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 7 9 6 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 t1fl 30.3 Opponents TOTALS 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 s 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5t. , 19.7 "- All Purpose Yards RUSH RIC:V INT PUT JCUT TOTAL GP AVO NO 'ttiS AVO LBO PC TD ------Ryan Thelwell 0 351 0 0 0 351 3 llt.J Rodney Heath 9 38 4.2 11 Thoma• Hamner 354 4 0 0 0 lSI 3 119.3 ·Golden Gopher• TOTALS 9 38 4.2 ll Tutu Atwell 11 265 0 0 0 276 3 n.o Opponents TOTALS 4 21 5.2 12 1 0 Byron Bvans 1:16 0 0 0 0 1:16 3 42.0 Ruhon Early 0 0 0 0 123 123 3 u.o KICJCOPP RITURJIS NO Y'OS AVO LNG TD Tyrone Carter 0 0 0 0 104 104 3 34.7

Greg NeUon 0 12 0 0 0 ll 3 2'7.3 Riehon larly 4 123 30.8 43 0 Rodney Heac-h 0 0 43 31 0 ll 3 27.0 Tyrone carter s 104 20.8 33 0 Ocn Wlllarns 0 0 43 0 0 43 3 14.3 Golden Gophere TOTALS 9 227 25.2 43 0 Tommy WatiOn 22 0 0 0 0 22 3 7.) Opponent• TOTALS 17 294 l7 .3 40 0 Crawtord Jordan 0 0 20 0 0 20 J 6.7 Troy Duerr 0 u 0 0 0 11 3 6.0 :..ee Hutton 0 14 0 0 0 14 4.7 Jlm Bean 13 0 0 0 0 13 . 3 4.3 Bl~ly Cockerham 7 0 0 0 0 7 1 7.0

Cory Sauter -31· 0 0 0 0 ~ll 3 -10.3 Golden Gopher• TOTALS 453 741 106 ll :127 1565 J 521.7 Opponent• TOTALS 6U ,.. 34 31 294 1401 3 467.0

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LOSS PTJM PASS PASS FORCE DEFENSE TAX/ AST /TOTAL 'l'lUt/YDS SACX/YDS R&C IMT/YDS DEP'. BLOOCS P'tiGI.K SAFITY GP

17 7 2• 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ben r..ngford lO ll 21 6 1.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Crawford Jordan' ll 5 l8 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 20 2 0 Jerome Dav1a l4 • l8 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ruhon Early l6 a a 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 2 0 l 0 Don W1lli.ame 9 6 15 1 1 0. 0 0 0 u 1 0 0 Crug Scrugga 10 l 13 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 l Rodney Heath 7 5 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 43 5 0 0 0 Tyrone Carter • l ll 0 0 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 l 0 Mark Croaa 7 10 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anto1ne R1chArd 6 • 10 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Marl Moore 5 • 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 l Ogun Ak.bar 5 2 7 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l Lamanzer Willi.ame • 7 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 . Raymond Baylor 5 2 7 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.l Lulte Braaten 6 0 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 :3 T1111 Grate 2 l 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 M1chAel Barrett l 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l Rufua Sm1th l 0 l 0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 l llllil.nn M1 c hall 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Moore 2 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Pearaon 2 0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Lee Hutton 0 1 1 0 0 0.0•. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Fred Rodgera 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J 111111y Wyn c.k 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l Byron Evana 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Golden Gopher• TOTALS 150 75 225 • 1. 1.0 ' 5 6 106· 15 0 5 0 l Opponents TOTALS 1U 56 200 19 71 u.o 41 7 1 34 10 0 5 l 3

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVO LaG 'm GP AVO

Rodney Heath 2 u 21.5 u 0 l 0.7

Don W1lllama 1 u .3.0 ~ 0 l 0.3 Crawford Jordan 1· 20 JO.O 20 0 l 0.3 Ruhon Early 1 0 0.0 0 0 l 0.3 Marl. Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.3 Golden Gophers TOTALS • lot 17.7 u 0 l 2.0 Opponents TOTALS 1 l• 1•.o 1• 0 3 0.3

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