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Minnesota 37, Florida Atlantic 3
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Sept. 20, 2008

Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008)

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2008 Golden Gopher Football
Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

1st Quarter

Fau 1-10 at Fau30 Start of 1st quarter, clock 15:00.

Florida Atlantic wins toss and elects to receive.

Fau 1-10 at Fau30 MINN ball on MINN30.

Monroe, Joel kickoff 65 yards to the FAU5, Edgecomb, D. return 15 yards to the FAU20 (Triplett, Nate).

Fau 1-10 at Fau20 Pierre, Charles rush for no gain to the FAU20 (Mannion, Kevin;Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 2-10 at Fau20 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Bonner, Chris for 7 yards to the FAU27 (Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 3-3 at Fau27 Smith, Rusty pass intercepted by Simmons, Traye at the FAU42, Simmons, Traye return 15 yards to the FAU27, fumble by Simmons, Traye recovered by MINN TEAM at FAU27.

Drive: 3 plays, 7 yards, TOP 01:20

Minn 1-10 at Fau27 MINNESOTA drive start at 13:40.

Minn 1-10 at Fau27 Decker, Eric rush for 9 yards to the FAU18 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-1 at Fau18 Eskridge, D. rush for 9 yards to the FAU9, 1ST DOWN MINN (Joseph, Greg).

Minn 1-G at Fau09 Salamon, Shady rush for 6 yards to the FAU3 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-G at Fau03 Salamon, Shady rush for 3 yards to the FAU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:29.

Monroe, Joel kick attempt good.

Minnesota 7, Florida Atlantic 0

Drive: 4 plays, 27 yards, TOP 01:11

Monroe, Joel kickoff 70 yards to the FAU0, touchback.

Fau 1-10 at Fau20 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 12:29.

Fau 1-10 at Fau20 PENALTY FAU false start (Rizzo, John) 5 yards to the FAU15.

Fau 1-15 at Fau15 PENALTY FAU false start (Williams, L.) 5 yards to the FAU10.

Fau 1-20 at Fau10 Rose, Willie rush for 1 yard to the FAU11 (Campbell, Lee).

Fau 2-19 at Fau11 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Edgecomb, D..

Fau 3-19 at Fau11 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Rose, Willie for 1 yard to the FAU12 (Davis, Steve).

Fau 4-18 at Fau12 Peterson, K punt 43 yards to the MINN45, fair catch by Sherels, Marcus.

Drive: 3 plays, minus 8 yards, TOP 01:07

Minn 1-10 at Minn45 MINNESOTA drive start at 11:22.

Minn 1-10 at Minn45 Eskridge, D. rush for 2 yards to the MINN47 (Jackson, J.).

Minn 2-8 at Minn47 Weber, Adam pass complete to Eskridge, D. for 23 yards to the FAU30, 1ST DOWN MINN (Small, Corey;Polo, T.), PENALTY MINN holding (Kuznia, Ben) 10 yards to the FAU40.

Minn 1-20 at Fau40 1st and 10.

Minn 1-10 at Fau40 Weber, Adam pass incomplete to Simmons, Jack.

Minn 2-10 at Fau40 Weber, Adam rush for 18 yards to the FAU22, 1ST DOWN MINN (Hill, Tavoris).

Minn 1-10 at Fau22 Eskridge, D. rush for 3 yards to the FAU19 (Savidge, Josh).

Minn 2-7 at Fau19 Weber, Adam pass incomplete to Kuznia, Ben, PENALTY MINN ineligible downfield on pass declined.

Minn 3-7 at Fau19 Eskridge, D. rush for 2 yards to the FAU17 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 4-5 at Fau17 Monroe, Joel field goal attempt from 34 GOOD, clock 08:27.

Minnesota 10, Florida Atlantic 0

Drive: 8 plays, 38 yards, TOP 02:55

Monroe, Joel kickoff 61 yards to the FAU9, Edgecomb, D. return 16 yards to the FAU25 (Thomas, Jay).

Fau 1-10 at Fau25 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 08:27.

Fau 1-10 at Fau25 Pierre, Charles rush for 3 yards to the FAU28 (Campbell, Lee).

Fau 2-7 at Fau28 Pierre, Charles rush for 5 yards to the FAU33 (Brock, Tramaine;Simmons, Traye).

Fau 3-2 at Fau33 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Grant, Jamari (Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 4-2 at Fau33 Peterson, K punt 45 yards to the MINN22, Sherels, Marcus return to the MINN26 (Brantley, C.;Czepiga, Ted), PENALTY MINN offside (McKinley, C.) 5 yards to the FAU38, 1ST DOWN FAU, NO PLAY.

Fau 1-10 at Fau38 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Gent, Cortez (Lawrence, S.).

Fau 2-10 at Fau38 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Grant, Jamari.

Fau 3-10 at Fau38 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Gent, Cortez for 13 yards to the MINN49, 1ST DOWN FAU (Theret, Kyle).

Fau 1-10 at Minn49 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Jean, Lester for 12 yards to the MINN37, 1ST DOWN FAU (Simmons, Traye).

Fau 1-10 at Minn37 Edgecomb, D. rush for 1 yard to the MINN36 (Onwuachi, D.;Hightower, Deon).

Fau 2-9 at Minn36 Edgecomb, D. rush for no gain to the MINN36 (VanDeSteeg, W.;Campbell, Lee).

Fau 3-9 at Minn36 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Gent, Cortez (Sherels, Marcus).

Fau 4-9 at Minn36 PENALTY FAU delay of game 5 yards to the MINN41.

Fau 4-14 at Minn41 Peterson, K punt 41 yards to the MINN0, touchback.

Drive: 10 plays, 34 yards, TOP 03:57

Minn 1-10 at Minn20 MINNESOTA drive start at 04:30.

Minn 1-10 at Minn20 Weber, Adam pass complete to Decker, Eric for 6 yards to the MINN26.

Minn 2-4 at Minn26 Weber, Adam pass complete to Decker, Eric for 10 yards to the MINN36 (Joseph, Greg), PENALTY MINN holding (Spry, Ralph) 10 yards to the MINN26.

Minn 2-4 at Minn26 2nd and 4.

Minn 2-4 at Minn26 Salamon, Shady rush for 3 yards to the MINN29 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 3-1 at Minn29 Spry, Ralph rush for no gain to the MINN29 (Clark, Andre).

Minn 4-1 at Minn29 Kucek, Justin punt 54 yards to the FAU17, Polo, T. return 18 yards to the FAU35, fumble forced by Theret, Kyle, fumble by Polo, T. recovered by FAU Muse, Paul at FAU35.

Drive: 4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 02:30

Fau 1-10 at Fau35 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 02:00.

Fau 1-10 at Fau35 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Jean, Lester (Simmons, Traye).

Fau 2-10 at Fau35 Pierre, Charles rush for 8 yards to the FAU43 (Sherels, Marcus).

Fau 3-2 at Fau43 Pierre, Charles rush for 3 yards to the FAU46 (Hightower, Deon), PENALTY MINN illegal participation 15 yards to the MINN42, 1ST DOWN FAU, NO PLAY.

Fau 1-10 at Minn42 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Gent, Cortez for 16 yards to the MINN26, 1ST DOWN FAU (Simmons, Traye).

Fau 1-10 at Minn26 Pierre, Charles rush for 1 yard to the MINN25 (Edwards, Jewhan).

Fau 2-9 at Minn25 Smith, Rusty rush for 6 yards to the MINN19 (Edwards, Jewhan).

Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, TOP 02:09

Minnesota 10, Florida Atlantic 0

2nd Quarter

Fau 3-3 at Minn19 Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.

Fau 3-3 at Minn19 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Bonner, Chris.

Fau 4-3 at Minn19 Leroy, Warley field goal attempt from 35 GOOD, clock 14:51.

Minnesota 10, Florida Atlantic 3

Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards, TOP 02:09

Leroy, Warley kickoff 65 yards to the MINN5, Stoudermire, T. return 26 yards to the MINN31 (McIntosh, Erick).

Minn 1-10 at Minn31 MINNESOTA drive start at 14:51.

Minn 1-10 at Minn31 Eskridge, D. rush for 6 yards to the MINN37 (Clark, Andre).

Minn 2-4 at Minn37 Weber, Adam pass complete to Simmons, Jack for 5 yards to the MINN42, 1ST DOWN MINN (Hill, Tavoris).

Minn 1-10 at Minn42 Weber, Adam pass complete to Decker, Eric for 5 yards to the MINN47 (Hill, Tavoris).

Minn 2-5 at Minn47 PENALTY MINN false start (Meinke, Jason) 5 yards to the MINN42.

Minn 2-10 at Minn42 Weber, Adam pass complete to Kuznia, Ben for 9 yards to the FAU49.

Minn 3-1 at Fau49 Weber, Adam rush for 6 yards to the FAU43, 1ST DOWN MINN (Joseph, Greg;Jackson, J.).

Minn 1-10 at Fau43 Weber, Adam pass complete to Decker, Eric for 25 yards to the FAU18, 1ST DOWN MINN (Hill, Tavoris), PENALTY FAU personal foul (Hill, Tavoris) 9 yards to the FAU9, 1ST DOWN MINN.

Minn 1-G at Fau09 1st and 9.

Minn 1-G at Fau09 Eskridge, D. rush for 4 yards to the FAU5 (Clark, Andre;Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-G at Fau05 Weber, Adam rush for loss of 2 yards to the FAU7 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 3-G at Fau07 Weber, Adam pass intercepted by Polo, T. at the FAU0, Polo, T. return 0 yards to the FAU0, touchback.

Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, TOP 04:43

Fau 1-10 at Fau20 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 10:08.

Fau 1-10 at Fau20 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Gent, Cortez for 4 yards to the FAU24, Edgecomb, D. for 6 yards to the FAU30, 1ST DOWN FAU (Sherels, Marcus).

Fau 1-10 at Fau30 Edgecomb, D. rush for no gain to the FAU30 (Brown, Garrett).

Fau 2-10 at Fau30 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Gent, Cortez for 17 yards to the FAU47, 1ST DOWN FAU (Theret, Kyle).

Fau 1-10 at Fau47 Rose, Willie rush for 15 yards to the MINN38, 1ST DOWN FAU (Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 1-10 at Minn38 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Housler, Rob.

Fau 2-10 at Minn38 Edgecomb, D. rush for loss of 2 yards to the MINN40 (VanDeSteeg, W.).

Fau 3-12 at Minn40 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Jean, Lester for 11 yards to the MINN29 (Simmons, Traye).

Fau 4-1 at Minn29 Edgecomb, D. rush for no gain to the MINN29 (Hightower, Deon;Lawrence, S.).

Drive: 8 plays, 51 yards, TOP 02:59

Minn 1-10 at Minn29 MINNESOTA drive start at 07:09.

Minn 1-10 at Minn29 PENALTY FAU Encroachment (Jackson, J.) 5 yards to the MINN34.

Minn 1-5 at Minn34 Eskridge, D. rush for 7 yards to the MINN41, 1ST DOWN MINN (Small, Corey).

Minn 1-10 at Minn41 Weber, Adam pass complete to Eskridge, D. for 5 yards to the MINN46 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-5 at Minn46 Eskridge, D. rush for 4 yards to the 50 yardline (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 3-1 at Minn50 Weber, Adam pass complete to Kuznia, Ben for 19 yards to the FAU31, 1ST DOWN MINN (Joseph, Greg).

Minn 1-10 at Fau31 Weber, Adam pass complete to Decker, Eric for 31 yards to the FAU0, 1ST DOWN MINN, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:58.

Monroe, Joel kick attempt failed.

Minnesota 16, Florida Atlantic 3

Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, TOP 02:11

Monroe, Joel kickoff 67 yards to the FAU3, Edgecomb, D. return 21 yards to the FAU24 (Rallis, Mike).

Fau 1-10 at Fau24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 04:58.

Fau 1-10 at Fau24 Pierre, Charles rush for 5 yards to the FAU29 (Davis, Steve).

Fau 2-5 at Fau29 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Rose, Willie for 5 yards to the FAU34, 1ST DOWN FAU (Sherels, Marcus).

Fau 1-10 at Fau34 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Holley, Avery for 5 yards to the FAU39 (Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 2-5 at Fau39 Pierre, Charles rush for 7 yards to the FAU46, 1ST DOWN FAU (Lawrence, S.).

Fau 1-10 at Fau46 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Jean, Lester for 9 yards to the MINN45.

Fau 2-1 at Minn45 Pierre, Charles rush for 19 yards to the MINN26, 1ST DOWN FAU (Theret, Kyle).

Fau 1-10 at Minn26 Pierre, Charles rush for 1 yard to the MINN25 (Onwuachi, D.).

Fau 2-9 at Minn25 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Gent, Cortez (Simmons, Traye).

Fau 3-9 at Minn25 Smith, Rusty pass intercepted by Campbell, Lee at the MINN11, Campbell, Lee return 1 yards to the MINN12.

Drive: 9 plays, 51 yards, TOP 03:58

Minn 1-10 at Minn12 MINNESOTA drive start at 01:00.

Minn 1-10 at Minn12 Eskridge, D. rush for 13 yards to the MINN25, 1ST DOWN MINN (;Joseph, Greg).

Minn 1-10 at Minn25 Eskridge, D. rush for 1 yard to the MINN26 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-9 at Minn26 End of half, clock 00:00.

Drive: 2 plays, 14 yards, TOP 01:00

Minnesota 16, Florida Atlantic 3

3rd Quarter

Minn 2-9 at Minn26 Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, FAU ball on FAU30.

Drive: 2 plays, 14 yards, TOP 01:00

Leroy, Warley kickoff 64 yards to the MINN6, Thomas, Jay return 11 yards to the MINN17 (Brantley, C.).

Minn 1-10 at Minn17 MINNESOTA drive start at 15:00.

Minn 1-10 at Minn17 Eskridge, D. rush for 5 yards to the MINN22 (Joseph, Greg).

Minn 2-5 at Minn22 Eskridge, D. rush for 10 yards to the MINN32, 1ST DOWN MINN (Alexander, Ed;Allen, George).

Minn 1-10 at Minn32 Weber, Adam pass complete to Simmons, Jack for 2 yards to the MINN34 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-8 at Minn34 Weber, Adam rush for 9 yards to the MINN43, 1ST DOWN MINN (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 1-10 at Minn43 Weber, Adam pass complete to Kuznia, Ben for 10 yards to the FAU47, 1ST DOWN MINN (Hill, Tavoris).

Minn 1-10 at Fau47 Eskridge, D. rush for 3 yards to the FAU44 (Allen, George).

Minn 2-7 at Fau44 Weber, Adam pass complete to Decker, Eric for 14 yards to the FAU30, 1ST DOWN MINN (McIntosh, Erick).

Minn 1-10 at Fau30 Weber, Adam pass incomplete to Decker, Eric.

Minn 2-10 at Fau30 Weber, Adam pass complete to Eskridge, D. for 16 yards to the FAU14 (Hill, Tavoris), PENALTY MINN clipping (Orton, Ryan) 15 yards to the FAU45, NO PLAY.

Minn 2-25 at Fau45 Weber, Adam pass incomplete to Decker, Eric.

Minn 3-25 at Fau45 Weber, Adam pass complete to Eskridge, D. for 14 yards to the FAU31 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 4-11 at Fau31 Monroe, Joel field goal attempt from 48 MISSED - short, spot at FAU31, clock 09:29.

Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, TOP 05:31

Fau 1-10 at Fau31 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 09:29.

Fau 1-10 at Fau31 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Grant, Jamari.

Fau 2-10 at Fau31 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Bonner, Chris.

Fau 3-10 at Fau31 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Edgecomb, D. for loss of 2 yards to the FAU29 (Hightower, Deon).

Fau 4-12 at Fau29 Peterson, K punt 46 yards to the MINN25, Sherels, Marcus return 34 yards to the FAU41 (Alexander, Ed).

Drive: 3 plays, minus 2 yards, TOP 01:03

Minn 1-10 at Fau41 MINNESOTA drive start at 08:26.

Minn 1-10 at Fau41 Eskridge, D. rush for loss of 1 yard to the FAU42 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-11 at Fau42 Weber, Adam pass complete to Decker, Eric for 31 yards to the FAU11, 1ST DOWN MINN (McIntosh, Erick;Brantley, C.).

Minn 1-10 at Fau11 Weber, Adam pass complete to Green, Brandon for 7 yards to the FAU4 (Small, Corey;Joseph, Greg).

Minn 2-3 at Fau04 Eskridge, D. rush for 3 yards to the FAU1, 1ST DOWN MINN (Brantley, C.).

Minn 1-G at Fau01 Eskridge, D. rush for no gain to the FAU1 (Allen, George).

Minn 2-G at Fau01 Eskridge, D. rush for 1 yard to the FAU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:32.

Monroe, Joel kick attempt good.

Minnesota 23, Florida Atlantic 3

Drive: 6 plays, 41 yards, TOP 02:54

Monroe, Joel kickoff 70 yards to the FAU0, Blanchard, Jeff return 12 yards to the FAU12 (Triplett, Nate).

Fau 1-10 at Fau12 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 05:32.

Fau 1-10 at Fau12 Pierre, Charles rush for 21 yards to the FAU33, 1ST DOWN FAU (Theret, Kyle).

Fau 1-10 at Fau33 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Edgecomb, D..

Fau 2-10 at Fau33 Edgecomb, D. rush for 5 yards to the FAU38 (Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 3-5 at Fau38 Edgecomb, D. rush for 6 yards to the FAU44, 1ST DOWN FAU (Davis, Steve).

Fau 1-10 at Fau44 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Jean, Lester for 11 yards to the MINN45, 1ST DOWN FAU.

Fau 1-10 at Minn45 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Edgecomb, D. for 2 yards to the MINN43 (Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 2-8 at Minn43 Smith, Rusty pass incomplete to Jean, Lester.

Fau 3-8 at Minn43 PENALTY FAU false start (Matlock, D.) 5 yards to the MINN48.

Fau 3-13 at Minn48 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Grant, Jamari for 11 yards to the MINN37 (Simmons, Traye;Lawrence, S.).

Fau 4-2 at Minn37 Smith, Rusty pass intercepted by Theret, Kyle at the MINN22, Theret, Kyle return 41 yards to the FAU37 (Jackson, B.), PENALTY MINN delay of game 5 yards to the FAU42, 1st and 10, MINN ball on FAU42.

Drive: 9 plays, 51 yards, TOP 03:32

Minn 1-10 at Fau42 MINNESOTA drive start at 02:00.

Minn 1-10 at Fau42 1st and 10.

Minn 1-10 at Fau42 Weber, Adam pass complete to Eskridge, D. for 2 yards to the FAU40 (Joseph, Greg).

Minn 2-8 at Fau40 Weber, Adam pass complete to Eskridge, D. for 13 yards to the FAU27, 1ST DOWN MINN (Joseph, Greg).

Minn 1-10 at Fau27 Weber, Adam pass complete to Eskridge, D. for 4 yards to the FAU23 (Allen, George;Alexander, Ed).

Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards, TOP 04:23

Minnesota 23, Florida Atlantic 3

4th Quarter

Minn 2-6 at Fau23 Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.

Minn 2-6 at Fau23 Weber, Adam rush for 8 yards to the FAU15, 1ST DOWN MINN (Joseph, Greg;Alexander, Ed).

Minn 1-10 at Fau15 Decker, Eric rush for 5 yards to the FAU10 (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 2-5 at Fau10 Weber, Adam rush for 4 yards to the FAU6 (Joseph, Greg).

Minn 3-1 at Fau06 Eskridge, D. rush for 5 yards to the FAU1, 1ST DOWN MINN (Joseph, Frantz).

Minn 1-G at Fau01 Eskridge, D. rush for 1 yard to the FAU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:37.

Monroe, Joel kick attempt good.

Minnesota 30, Florida Atlantic 3

Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, TOP 04:23

Monroe, Joel kickoff 65 yards to the FAU5, Edgecomb, D. return 25 yards to the FAU30 (Thomas, Jay).

Fau 1-10 at Fau30 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 12:37.

Fau 1-10 at Fau30 Rose, Willie rush for 1 yard to the FAU31 (Brody, William).

Fau 2-9 at Fau31 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Jean, Lester for 12 yards to the FAU43, 1ST DOWN FAU (Brock, Tramaine).

Fau 1-10 at Fau43 Smith, Rusty sacked for loss of 8 yards to the FAU35 (Lawrence, S.).

Fau 2-18 at Fau35 Smith, Rusty pass complete to Rose, Willie for 13 yards to the FAU48 (Davis, Steve).

Fau 3-5 at Fau48 Smith, Rusty pass intercepted by Lawrence, S. at the 50 yardline, Lawrence, S. return 50 yards to the FAU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:47.

Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards, TOP 02:50

Monroe, Joel kick attempt good.

Minnesota 37, Florida Atlantic 3

Monroe, Joel kickoff 68 yards to the FAU2, Rivera, Wilfred return 15 yards to the FAU17 (Thomas, Jay).

Fau 1-10 at Fau17 FLORIDA ATLANTIC drive start at 09:47.

Fau 1-10 at Fau17 Blanchard, Jeff rush for 1 yard to the FAU18 (Triplett, Nate).

Fau 2-9 at Fau18 Blanchard, Jeff rush for 4 yards to the FAU22 (Sharpe, Rex).

Fau 3-5 at Fau22 VanCamp, Jeff pass complete to Jean, Lester for 6 yards to the FAU28, 1ST DOWN FAU (McKelton, M.).

Fau 1-10 at Fau28 VanCamp, Jeff pass complete to Wilkes, Chad for 11 yards to the FAU39, 1ST DOWN FAU.

Fau 1-10 at Fau39 PENALTY MINN Encroachment (Jacobs, Anthony) 5 yards to the FAU44.

Fau 1-5 at Fau44 VanCamp, Jeff pass complete to Holley, Avery for 5 yards to the FAU49, 1ST DOWN FAU (McKelton, M.;Rallis, Mike).

Fau 1-10 at Fau49 VanCamp, Jeff pass incomplete to Morris, Alfred.

Fau 2-10 at Fau49 VanCamp, Jeff pass incomplete to Holley, Avery.

Fau 3-10 at Fau49 Blanchard, Jeff rush for 1 yard to the 50 yardline (Henderson, Ray).

Fau 4-9 at Fau50 Peterson, K punt 33 yards to the MINN17, fair catch by Sherels, Marcus.

Drive: 8 plays, 33 yards, TOP 03:50

Minn 1-10 at Minn17 MINNESOTA drive start at 05:57.

Minn 1-10 at Minn17 PENALTY MINN false start (Burris, D.J.) 5 yards to the MINN12.

Minn 1-15 at Minn12 Thomas, Jay rush for 7 yards to the MINN19 (Riquer, M.).

Minn 2-8 at Minn19 Salamon, Shady rush for 11 yards to the MINN30, 1ST DOWN MINN (Polo, T.).

Minn 1-10 at Minn30 Salamon, Shady rush for 13 yards to the MINN43, 1ST DOWN MINN (McIntosh, Erick).

Minn 1-10 at Minn43 Thomas, Jay rush for 9 yards to the FAU48 (Thomas, Darian;Brantley, C.).

Minn 2-1 at Fau48 Thomas, Jay rush for 2 yards to the FAU46, 1ST DOWN MINN (Johnson, Jamere).

Minn 1-10 at Fau46 Salamon, Shady rush for 9 yards to the FAU37 (Brantley, C.).

Minn 2-1 at Fau37 Salamon, Shady rush for 5 yards to the FAU32, 1ST DOWN MINN (Brantley, C.;Lockley, M.).

Minn 1-10 at Fau32 Thomas, Jay rush for 5 yards to the FAU27 (Lockley, M.).

Minn 2-5 at Fau27 TEAM rush for loss of 2 yards to the FAU29.

Minn 3-7 at Fau29 End of game, clock 00:00.

Drive: 9 plays, 54 yards, TOP 05:57

FINAL SCORE

Minnesota 37, Florida Atlantic 3

Florida Atlantic

Pos ## Offense

WR 16 Gent, Cortez

LT 70 Williams, L.

LG 65 Jackson, B.

C 73 Miller, Kevin

RG 72 Matlock, D.

RT 71 Rizzo, John

QB 11 Smith, Rusty

RB 20 Pierre, Charles

FB 46 Rose, Willie

TE 87 Grant, Jamari

WR 7 Bonner, Chris



Florida Atlantic

Pos ## Defense

DE 43 Myers, Julian

DT 92 Jackson, J.

DT 95 Savidge, Josh

DE 54 Hancock, M.

SLB 49 Clark, Andre

MLB 56 Joseph, Frantz

WLB 50 Allen, George

CB 26 Small, Corey

SS 3 Joseph, Greg

FS 38 Alexander, Ed

CB 5 Polo, T.



Minnesota

Pos ## Offense

WR 7 Decker, Eric

WR 81 Spry, Ralph

TE 1S Simmons, Jack

LT 73 Meinke, Jason

LG 53 Burris, D.J.

C 61 Davis, Trey

RG 6B Bunders, Chris

RT 60 Wynn, Ryan

QB 8 Weber, Adam

RB 23 Eskridge, D.

WR 16 Kuznia, Ben



Minnesota

Pos ## Defense

DE 91 VanDeSteeg, W.

WR 99 Brown, Garrett

DT 98 Small, Eric

DE 93 Onwuachi, D.

SLB 44 Hightower, Deon

MLB 30 Campbell, Lee

WLB 28 Mannion, Kevin

CB 15 Simmons, Traye

FS 1 Brock, Tramaine

SS 27 Theret, Kyle

CB 24 Sherels, Marcus

Florida Atlantic: 1-Holley, Avery, 2-Rolle, Avionne, 4-Brantley, C., 6-Thomas, Darian, 9-Hill, Tavoris, 10-Huggins, Rod, 12-VanCamp, Jeff, 17-Wilkes, Chad, 21-McIntosh, Erick, 22-Peterson, K, 25-Blanchard, Jeff, 27-Bartels, Marcus, 28-Floyd, Willie, 31-Morris, Alfred, 32-Edgecomb, D., 34-Leroy, Warley, 35-Cross, Curtis, 36-Muniz, David, 37-Jensen, Austin, 39-Eugene, Malik, 44-Czepiga, Ted, 45-Lockley, M., 47-Bradwell, E., 57-Henderson, V., 58-Cox, Dino, 59-Wertepny, Ed, 64-Karrick, Max, 67-Skop, Derrek, 69-Barnett, M., 74-Spitale, Carl, 75-Johnson, Jamere, 76-Wischnefski, R., 80-Jean, Lester, 81-Housler, Rob, 82-Muse, Paul, 83-Rivera, Wilfred, 84-Johnson, C., 90-Riquer, M., 93-Givens, Jarvis, 94-Council, J., 98-St. Clair, R., 99-Joseph, Daniel.

Minnesota: 1A-Smith, Brodrick, 2-Collado, Ryan, 2A-Green, Brandon, 9G-Hughes, Curtis, 9A-Pittman, David, 11-Stoudermire, T., 13-McKelton, M., 17-Mortensen, Tony, 19-Maciejowski, M., 20-Thomas, Jay, 21-Lawrence, S., 25-Dandridge, Tim, 26-Rallis, Mike, 29-Salamon, Shady, 31-Combs, Terrell, 32-Triplett, Nate, 33-Sharpe, Rex, 35-Hoese, Jon, 36-Monroe, Joel, 41-Kucek, Justin, 47-Coleman, Ryan, 48-Tow-Arnett, N., 50-Sveum, Pat, 55-McKinley, C., 56-Davis, Steve, 68-Edwards, Jewhan, 74-Ruckdashel, R., 78-Orton, Ryan, 79-Stommes, Matt, 80-Brandon, X., 82-Johnson, Johnny, 83-McKnight, D., 85-Lair, Eric, 87-Moore, Kyle, 89-Moen, Barrett, 90-Henderson, Ray, 92-Brody, William, 96-Kirksey, B..

Play-by-Play Summary

Play-by-Play Summary
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

## Florida Atlantic Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QBH

56 Joseph, Frantz 14 1 15 2.0/3 . . . . . . .

3 Joseph, Greg 7 4 11 . . . . . . . .

4 Brantley, C. 3 3 6 . . . . . . . .

9 Hill, Tavoris 5 . 5 . . . . . . . .

21 McIntosh, Erick 3 1 4 . . . . . . . .

50 Allen, George 2 2 4 . . . . . . . .

38 Alexander, Ed 1 3 4 . . . . . . . .

49 Clark, Andre 2 1 3 . . . . . . . .

26 Small, Corey 1 2 3 . . . . . . . .

5 Polo, T. 1 1 2 . . . 1-0 . . . .

92 Jackson, J. 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .

45 Lockley, M. 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .

95 Savidge, Josh 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

75 Johnson, Jamere 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

65 Jackson, B. 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

90 Riquer, M. 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

6 Thomas, Darian . 1 1 . . . . . . . .

## Minnesota Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QBH

1 Brock, Tramaine 6 2 8 . . . . 1 . . .

27 Theret, Kyle 5 . 5 . 1 . 1-41 . . . .

15 Simmons, Traye 3 2 5 . . . 1-15 2 . . .

56 Davis, Steve 4 . 4 . . . . . . . .

21 Lawrence, Simoni 2 2 4 1.0/8 . . 1-50 1 . 1.0/8 .

32 Triplett, Nate 3 . 3 . . . . . . . .

20 Thomas, Jay 3 . 3 . . . . . . . .

24 Sherels, Marcus 3 . 3 . . . . 1 . . .

30 Campbell, Lee 2 1 3 . . . 1-1 . . . .

44 Hightower, Deon 1 2 3 1.0/2 . . . . . . .

68 Edwards, Jewhan 2 . 2 . . . . . . . .

93 Onwuachi, Derrick 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .

91 VanDeSteeg, Willie 1 1 2 1.0/2 . . . . . . .

13 McKelton, Michael 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .

26 Rallis, Mike 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .

99 Brown, Garrett 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

92 Brody, William 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

33 Sharpe, Rex 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

90 Henderson, Ray 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .

28 Mannion, Kevin . 1 1 . . . . . . . .

Participation Report

Participation Report (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

   Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed

Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time    How Lost Pl-Yds TOP RZ

FAU 1st F20 15:00 Kickoff F27 13:40    Interception 3-7 1:20

FAU 1st F20 12:29 Kickoff F12 11:22    Punt 3--8 1:07

FAU 1st F25 08:27 Kickoff M41 04:30    Punt 10-34 3:57

FAU 1st F35 02:00 Punt M19 14:51 * FIELD GOAL 7-46 2:09 #

FAU 2nd F20 10:08 Interception M29 07:09    Downs 8-51 2:59

FAU 2nd F24 04:58 Kickoff M25 01:00    Interception 9-51 3:58

FAU 3rd F31 09:29 Missed FG F29 08:26    Punt 3--2 1:03

FAU 3rd F12 05:32 Kickoff M37 02:00    Interception 9-51 3:32

FAU 4th F30 12:37 Kickoff F48 09:47    Interception 5-18 2:50

FAU 4th F17 09:47 Kickoff F50 05:57    Punt 8-33 3:50



MINN 1st F27 13:40 Interception F00 12:29 * TOUCHDOWN 4-27 1:11 #

MINN 1st M45 11:22 Punt F17 08:27 * FIELD GOAL 8-38 2:55 #

MINN 1st M20 04:30 Punt M29 02:00    Punt 4-9 2:30

MINN 2nd M31 14:51 Kickoff F07 10:08    Interception 9-62 4:43 #

MINN 2nd M29 07:09 Downs F00 04:58 * TOUCHDOWN 5-71 2:11

MINN 2nd M12 01:00 Interception M26 00:00    End of half 2-14 1:00

MINN 3rd M17 15:00 Kickoff F31 09:29    Missed FG 11-52 5:31

MINN 3rd F41 08:26 Punt F00 05:32 * TOUCHDOWN 6-41 2:54 #

MINN 3rd F42 02:00 Interception F00 12:37 * TOUCHDOWN 8-42 4:23 #

MINN 4th F00 09:47 Interception F00 09:47 * TOUCHDOWN 0-0 0:00

MINN 4th M17 05:57 Punt F29 00:00    End of half 9-54 5:57

   1st 2nd 3rd 4th    1st 2nd

Florida Atlantic Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr    Half Half    Total

Time of possession 08:24 07:06 04:35 06:40    15:30 11:15    26:45

3rd Down Conversions 1/5 0/3 1/3 1/3    1/8 2/6    3/14

Average field position F25 F22 F21 F23    F24 F22    F23

4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1 0/1 0/0    0/1 0/1    0/2



   1st 2nd 3rd 4th    1st 2nd

Minnesota Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr    Half Half    Total

Time of possession 06:36 07:54 10:25 08:20    14:30 18:45    33:15

3rd Down Conversions 0/2 2/3 0/1 1/1    2/5 1/2    3/7

Average field position M46 M24 M44 M17    M35 M37    M36

4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0    0/0 0/0    0/0

Drive Chart (By Quarter)

   Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed

Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time    How Lost Pl-Yds TOP RZ

FAU 1st F20 15:00 Kickoff F27 13:40    Interception 3-7 1:20

MINN 1st F27 13:40 Interception F00 12:29 * TOUCHDOWN 4-27 1:11 #

FAU 1st F20 12:29 Kickoff F12 11:22    Punt 3--8 1:07

MINN 1st M45 11:22 Punt F17 08:27 * FIELD GOAL 8-38 2:55 #

FAU 1st F25 08:27 Kickoff M41 04:30    Punt 10-34 3:57

MINN 1st M20 04:30 Punt M29 02:00    Punt 4-9 2:30

FAU 1st F35 02:00 Punt M19 14:51 * FIELD GOAL 7-46 2:09 #

MINN 2nd M31 14:51 Kickoff F07 10:08    Interception 9-62 4:43 #



FAU 2nd F20 10:08 Interception M29 07:09    Downs 8-51 2:59

MINN 2nd M29 07:09 Downs F00 04:58 * TOUCHDOWN 5-71 2:11

FAU 2nd F24 04:58 Kickoff M25 01:00    Interception 9-51 3:58

MINN 2nd M12 01:00 Interception M26 00:00    End of half 2-14 1:00

MINN 3rd M17 15:00 Kickoff F31 09:29    Missed FG 11-52 5:31



FAU 3rd F31 09:29 Missed FG F29 08:26    Punt 3--2 1:03

MINN 3rd F41 08:26 Punt F00 05:32 * TOUCHDOWN 6-41 2:54 #

FAU 3rd F12 05:32 Kickoff M37 02:00    Interception 9-51 3:32

MINN 3rd F42 02:00 Interception F00 12:37 * TOUCHDOWN 8-42 4:23 #

FAU 4th F30 12:37 Kickoff F48 09:47    Interception 5-18 2:50



MINN 4th F00 09:47 Interception F00 09:47 * TOUCHDOWN 0-0 0:00

FAU 4th F17 09:47 Kickoff F50 05:57    Punt 8-33 3:50

MINN 4th M17 05:57 Punt F29 00:00    End of half 9-54 5:57

Defensive Statistics

Defensive Statistics (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Florida Atlantic    Minnesota

RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.

Pierre, Charles 10 70 0 70 0 21 7.0

Rose, Willie 3 17 0 17 0 15 5.7

Edgecomb, D. 7 12 2 10 0 6 1.4

Blanchard, Jeff 3 6 0 6 0 4 2.0

Smith, Rusty 2 6 8 -2 0 6 -1.0

Totals... 25 111 10 101 0 21 4.0







RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.

Eskridge, DeLeon 19 79 1 78 2 13 4.1

Salamon, Shady 7 50 0 50 1 13 7.1

Weber, Adam 6 45 2 43 0 18 7.2

Thomas, Jay 4 23 0 23 0 9 5.8

Decker, Eric 2 14 0 14 0 9 7.0

Spry, Ralph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

TEAM 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0

Totals... 40 211 5 206 3 18 5.2

PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack

Smith, Rusty 17-34-4 153 0 17 1

VanCamp, Jeff 3-5-0 22 0 11 0

Totals... 20-39-4 175 0 17 1



PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack

Weber, Adam 19-24-1 235 1 31 0

Totals... 19-24-1 235 1 31 0



RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg

Jean, Lester 6 61 0 12

Gent, Cortez 4 50 0 17

Rose, Willie 3 19 0 13

Holley, Avery 2 10 0 5

Edgecomb, D. 2 6 0 2

Wilkes, Chad 1 11 0 11

Grant, Jamari 1 11 0 11

Bonner, Chris 1 7 0 7

Totals... 20 175 0 17



RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg

Decker, Eric 7 122 1 31

Eskridge, DeLeon 6 61 0 23

Kuznia, Ben 3 38 0 19

Simmons, Jack 2 7 0 5

Green, Brandon 1 7 0 7

Totals... 19 235 1 31







PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB

Peterson, K 4 163 40.8 46 1 1

Totals... 4 163 40.8 46 1 1



PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB

Kucek, Justin 1 54 54.0 54 0 0

Totals... 1 54 54.0 54 0 0

   Punts Kickoffs Intercept

ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg

Edgecomb, D. 0 0 0 4 77 25 0 0 0

Polo, T. 1 18 18 0 0 0 1 0 0

Rivera, Wilfred 0 0 0 1 15 15 0 0 0

Blanchard, Jeff 0 0 0 1 12 12 0 0 0

Totals... 1 18 18 6 104 25 1 0 0









   Punts Kickoffs Intercept

ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg

Stoudermire, Troy 0 0 0 1 26 26 0 0 0

Simmons, Traye 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 15

Lawrence, Simoni 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 50

Sherels, Marcus 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0

Theret, Kyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 41 41

Campbell, Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Thomas, Jay 0 0 0 1 11 11 0 0 0

Totals... 1 34 34 2 37 26 4 107 50

ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total

Edgecomb, D. 10 6 77 0 0 93

Pierre, Charles 70 0 0 0 0 70

Jean, Lester 0 61 0 0 0 61

Gent, Cortez 0 50 0 0 0 50

Rose, Willie 17 19 0 0 0 36

Blanchard, Jeff 6 0 12 0 0 18

Polo, T. 0 0 0 18 0 18

Rivera, Wilfred 0 0 15 0 0 15

Wilkes, Chad 0 11 0 0 0 11

Grant, Jamari 0 11 0 0 0 11

Holley, Avery 0 10 0 0 0 10

Bonner, Chris 0 7 0 0 0 7

Smith, Rusty -2 0 0 0 0 -2

Totals... 101 175 104 18 0 398







ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total

Eskridge, DeLeon 78 61 0 0 0 139

Decker, Eric 14 122 0 0 0 136

Salamon, Shady 50 0 0 0 0 50

Lawrence, Simoni 0 0 0 0 50 50

Weber, Adam 43 0 0 0 0 43

Theret, Kyle 0 0 0 0 41 41

Kuznia, Ben 0 38 0 0 0 38

Thomas, Jay 23 0 11 0 0 34

Sherels, Marcus 0 0 0 34 0 34

Stoudermire, Troy 0 0 26 0 0 26

Simmons, Traye 0 0 0 0 15 15

Green, Brandon 0 7 0 0 0 7

Simmons, Jack 0 7 0 0 0 7

Campbell, Lee 0 0 0 0 1 1

TEAM -2 0 0 0 0 -2

Totals... 206 235 37 34 107 619

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

Leroy, Warley 2nd 14:51 35 yards Good





FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS

Monroe, Joel 1st 08:27 34 yards Good

Monroe, Joel 3rd 09:29 48 yards Missed

KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.

Leroy, Warley 2 129 0 0 64.5



KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.

Monroe, Joel 7 466 1 0 66.6

FUMBLES: Florida Atlantic-Polo, T. 1-0. Minnesota-Simmons, Traye 1-0.

Drive Chart

Drive Chart (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Team Totals FAU MINN

FIRST DOWNS 18 24

   Rushing 5 14

   Passing 11 9

   Penalty 2 1

NET YARDS RUSHING 101 206

   Rushing Attempts 25 40

   Average Per Rush 4.0 5.2

   Rushing Touchdowns 0 3

   Yards Gained Rushing 111 211

   Yards Lost Rushing 10 5

NET YARDS PASSING 175 235

   Completions-Attempts-Int 20-39-4 19-24-1

   Average Per Attempt 4.5 9.8

   Average Per Completion 8.8 12.4

   Passing Touchdowns 0 1

TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 276 441

   Total offense plays 64 64

   Average Gain Per Play 4.3 6.9

Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 1-0

Penalties: Number-Yards 6-34 9-75

PUNTS-YARDS 4-163 1-54

   Average Yards Per Punt 40.8 54.0

   Net Yards Per Punt 27.2 36.0

   Inside 20 1 0

   50+ Yards 0 1

   Touchbacks 1 0

   Fair catch 2 0

KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-129 7-466

   Average Yards Per Kickoff 64.5 66.6

   Net Yards Per Kickoff 46.0 48.9

   Touchbacks 0 1

Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-18-0 1-34-0

   Average Per Return 18.0 34.0

Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 6-104-0 2-37-0

   Average Per Return 17.3 18.5

Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-0-0 4-107-1

Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0

Miscellaneous Yards 0 0

Possession Time 26:45 33:15

   1st Quarter 8:24 6:36

   2nd Quarter 7:06 7:54

   3rd Quarter 4:35 10:25

   4th Quarter 6:40 8:20

Third-Down Conversions 3 of 14 3 of 7

Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 0 of 0

Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-5

Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-8

PAT Kicks 0-0 4-5

Field Goals 1-1 1-2

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Florida Atlantic (1-3) vs. Minnesota (4-0)

Date: Sep 20, 2008 • Site: Minneapolis, Minn. • Stadium: HHH Metrodome • Attendance: 41003

Score by Quarters	1	2	3	4	Score
Florida Atlantic	0	3	0	0	3
Minnesota	10	6	7	14	37

SCORING SUMMARY				FAU -MINN
1st	12:29	MINN	Salamon, Shady 3 yd run (Monroe, Joel kick)
			4 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:11	0 - 7
	08:27	MINN	Monroe, Joel 34 yd field goal
			8 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:55	0 - 10
2nd	14:51	FAU	Leroy, Warley 35 yd field goal
			7 plays, 46 yards, TOP 2:09	3 - 10
	04:58	MINN	Decker, Eric 31 yd pass from Weber, Adam (Monroe, Joel kick failed)
			5 plays, 71 yards, TOP 2:11	3 - 16
3rd	05:32	MINN	Eskridge, DeLeon 1 yd run (Monroe, Joel kick)
			6 plays, 41 yards, TOP 2:54	3 - 23
4th	12:37	MINN	Eskridge, DeLeon 1 yd run (Monroe, Joel kick)
			8 plays, 42 yards, TOP 4:23	3 - 30
	09:47	MINN	Lawrence, Simoni 50 yd interception return (Monroe, Joel kick)
				3 - 37

Kickoff time: 11:03 am • End of Game: 2:00 • Total elapsed time: 2:57
Referee: Matt Loeffler • Umpire: Stan Weihe • Linesman: Scott Peterson • Line judge: Bryan Borill • Back judge: Donnie Aultman • Field judge: DuVal West • Side judge: Wayne Rundell •
Temperature: • Wind: • Weather: Dome

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Florida Atlantic vs Minnesota (Sep 20, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)