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Game Results

	Date		Opponent		Score	Overall Record	Conference Record	Time	Attend
	Aug 30, 2012	at	UNLV	WO	30-27	1-0-0	0-0-0	3h 34m	16013
	Sep 08, 2012		NEW HAMPSHIRE	W	44-7	2-0-0	0-0-0	2:58	47022
	Sep 15, 2012		WESTERN MICHIGAN	W	28-23	3-0-0	0-0-0	3:26	44921
	Sep 22, 2012		SYRACUSE	W	17-10	4-0-0	0-0-0	3:09	50805
*	Sep 29, 2012	at	Iowa Hawkeyes	L	13-31	4-1-0	0-1-0	3:15	70585
*	Oct 13, 2012		NORTHWESTERN	L	13-21	4-2-0	0-2-0	3:06	49651
*	Oct 20, 2012	at	Wisconsin	L	13-38	4-3-0	0-3-0	3:08	80587
*	Oct 27, 2012		PURDUE	W	44-28	5-3-0	1-3-0	3:35	41062
*	Nov 03, 2012		MICHIGAN	L	13-35	5-4-0	1-4-0	3:09	48801
*	Nov 10, 2012	at	Illinois	W	17-3	6-4-0	2-4-0	3:00	46912
*	Nov 17, 2012	at	#16 Nebraska	L	14-38	6-5-0	2-5-0	3:14	85330
*	Nov 24, 2012		MICHIGAN STATE	L	10-26	6-6-0	2-6-0	3:05	44194
%	Dec 28, 2012	vs	Texas Tech	L	31-34	6-7-0	2-6-0	3:47	50386

* indicates conference game

Team Game-by-Game

TEAM STATISTICS

		Rushing				Receiving				Passing				Kick Ret				Punt Ret				tot
Date	Opponent	no.	yds	td	lg	no.	yds	td	lg	c-a-i	yds	td	lg	no.	yds	td	lg	no.	yds	td	lg	off
Aug 30, 2012	at UNLV	46	209	1	18	17	269	2	40	17-30-1	269	2	40	4	59	0	23	3	13	0	9	478
Sep 08, 2012	NEW HAMPSHIRE	52	240	3	75	11	172	3	33	11-14-0	172	3	33	2	74	0	48	3	47	0	19	412
Sep 15, 2012	WESTERN MICHIGAN	43	180	0	26	13	217	4	53	13-24-1	217	4	53	3	57	0	22	1	0	0	0	397
Sep 22, 2012	SYRACUSE	41	106	2	13	16	231	0	40	16-30-0	231	0	40	2	31	0	18	1	-3	0	0	337
Sep 29, 2012	at Iowa Hawkeyes	32	102	0	12	20	197	2	27	20-33-3	197	2	27	3	26	0	16	4	30	0	12	299
Oct 13, 2012	NORTHWESTERN	42	158	1	25	16	169	0	23	16-30-1	169	0	23	4	47	0	18	6	37	0	27	327
Oct 20, 2012	at Wisconsin	30	96	0	17	13	149	2	19	13-24-2	149	2	19	2	55	0	28	2	20	0	14	245
Oct 27, 2012	PURDUE	41	212	1	25	15	246	3	63	15-22-0	246	3	63	4	70	0	28	3	38	0	21	458
Nov 03, 2012	MICHIGAN	38	128	0	12	14	147	1	32	14-31-0	147	1	32	5	127	0	45	0	0	0	0	275
Nov 10, 2012	at Illinois	50	231	2	38	9	78	0	16	9-15-0	78	0	16	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	19	309
Nov 17, 2012	at Nebraska	29	87	2	14	10	90	0	26	10-28-2	90	0	26	1	28	0	28	3	18	0	22	177
Nov 24, 2012	MICHIGAN STATE	19	4	0	5	13	92	0	23	13-30-4	92	0	23	6	145	0	46	1	19	0	19	96
Dec 28, 2012	vs Texas Tech	54	222	2	26	8	146	2	42	8-19-1	146	2	42	5	123	0	37	2	6	0	6	368
Minnesota		517	1975	14	75	175	2203	19	63	175-330-15	2203	19	63	41	842	0	48	31	229	0	27	4178
Opponent		478	2236	22	48	231	2426	15	49	231-404-13	2426	15	49	28	566	1	99	21	142	0	44	4662

Games played: 13
Avg per rush: 3.8
Avg per catch: 12.6
Pass efficiency: 119.02
Kick ret avg: 20.5
Punt ret avg: 7.4
All purpose avg/game: 413.4
Total offense avg/gm: 321.4

		Tackles					Sacks		Fumble			Int			pass	blkd	PAT	PAT
Date	Opponent	solo	ast	total	tfl	yds	no.	yds	ff	fr	yds	no.	yds	qbh	brup	kick	kicks	rush	rcv	saf	pts
Aug 30, 2012	at UNLV	36	32	68	6.0	19	2.0	13	0	0	0	3	-2	0	6	0	3-3	0	0	0	30
Sep 08, 2012	NEW HAMPSHIRE	42	20	62	9.0	44	4.0	32	1	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	6-6	0	0	1	44
Sep 15, 2012	WESTERN MICHIGAN	53	20	73	4.0	11	2.0	8	0	0	0	1	18	0	8	0	4-4	0	0	0	28
Sep 22, 2012	SYRACUSE	42	26	68	5.0	21	3.0	16	2	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	2-2	0	0	0	17
Sep 29, 2012	at Iowa Hawkeyes	30	24	54	2.0	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1-1	0	0	0	13
Oct 13, 2012	NORTHWESTERN	32	22	54	6.0	20	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1-1	0	0	0	13
Oct 20, 2012	at Wisconsin	44	24	68	6.0	33	2.0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1-2	0	0	0	13
Oct 27, 2012	PURDUE	41	26	67	5.0	21	3.0	18	1	0	0	1	43	0	10	0	5-5	0	0	0	44
Nov 03, 2012	MICHIGAN	31	40	71	4.0	27	3.0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1-1	0	0	0	13
Nov 10, 2012	at Illinois	36	30	66	6.0	23	2.0	15	1	2	12	0	0	1	2	0	2-2	0	0	0	17
Nov 17, 2012	at Nebraska	43	36	79	4.0	18	2.0	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	2-2	0	0	0	14
Nov 24, 2012	MICHIGAN STATE	49	28	77	6.0	22	2.0	17	1	0	0	2	63	0	3	0	1-1	0	0	0	10
Dec 28, 2012	vs Texas Tech	35	42	77	2.0	6	1.0	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	7	1	4-4	0	0	0	31
Minnesota		514	370	884	65.0	269	26.0	176	10	7	15	13	125	2	57	1	33-34	0	0	1	287
Opponent		479	448	927	59.0	243	21.0	162	12	7	6	15	238	5	38	0	39-39	0	0	0	321

		Punting									Field Goals			Kickoffs
Date	Opponent	no.	yds	avg	long	blkd	tb	fc	50+	in20	m-a	long	blkd	no.	yds	avg	tb	ob
Aug 30, 2012	at UNLV	7	246	35.1	47	0	1	3	0	2	3-4	32	0	4	244	61.0	2	0
Sep 08, 2012	NEW HAMPSHIRE	4	168	42.0	52	0	0	3	1	1	0-1	0	0	7	441	63.0	4	0
Sep 15, 2012	WESTERN MICHIGAN	4	118	29.5	35	0	0	2	0	1	0-1	0	0	5	301	60.2	2	0
Sep 22, 2012	SYRACUSE	5	188	37.6	51	0	0	2	1	1	1-3	43	0	4	247	61.8	1	0
Sep 29, 2012	at Iowa Hawkeyes	6	267	44.5	51	0	0	1	1	2	0-0	0	0	2	130	65.0	2	0
Oct 13, 2012	NORTHWESTERN	3	114	38.0	44	0	0	1	0	1	2-2	38	0	4	249	62.2	2	0
Oct 20, 2012	at Wisconsin	7	252	36.0	46	0	0	4	0	0	0-1	0	0	2	118	59.0	1	0
Oct 27, 2012	PURDUE	3	94	31.3	48	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	44	0	8	518	64.8	4	0
Nov 03, 2012	MICHIGAN	3	127	42.3	52	0	0	1	1	3	2-3	26	0	3	195	65.0	1	0
Nov 10, 2012	at Illinois	6	260	43.3	63	0	3	1	1	2	1-1	20	0	4	225	56.2	2	0
Nov 17, 2012	at Nebraska	11	385	35.0	46	0	1	3	0	4	0-0	0	0	3	184	61.3	2	0
Nov 24, 2012	MICHIGAN STATE	6	266	44.3	52	0	0	1	2	3	1-1	48	0	3	191	63.7	1	0
Dec 28, 2012	vs Texas Tech	4	132	33.0	36	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	41	0	6	384	64.0	3	0
Minnesota		69	2617	37.9	63	0	5	22	7	22	14-22	48	0	55	3427	62.3	27	0
Opponent		67	2646	39.5	64	0	6	9	10	20	14-17	48	1	64	3877	60.6	20	2

Opponent Game-by-Game

OPPONENT STATISTICS

		Rushing				Receiving				Passing				Kick Ret				Punt Ret				tot
Date	Opponent	no.	yds	td	lg	no.	yds	td	lg	c-a-i	yds	td	lg	no.	yds	td	lg	no.	yds	td	lg	off
Aug 30, 2012	at UNLV	37	159	2	25	16	116	1	20	16-35-3	116	1	20	2	22	0	13	1	8	0	8	275
Sep 08, 2012	NEW HAMPSHIRE	32	68	1	27	19	163	0	25	19-36-1	163	0	25	3	75	0	35	0	0	0	0	231
Sep 15, 2012	WESTERN MICHIGAN	38	165	2	22	24	209	1	19	24-44-1	209	1	19	3	60	0	22	0	0	0	0	374
Sep 22, 2012	SYRACUSE	33	122	0	26	21	228	1	24	21-31-2	228	1	24	3	34	0	15	2	3	0	3	350
Sep 29, 2012	at Iowa Hawkeyes	25	182	2	44	18	192	1	47	18-31-0	192	1	47	0	0	0	0	4	35	0	27	374
Oct 13, 2012	NORTHWESTERN	34	208	3	48	11	67	0	12	11-17-0	67	0	12	2	32	0	18	1	0	0	0	275
Oct 20, 2012	at Wisconsin	54	337	5	48	7	106	0	42	7-15-0	106	0	42	1	9	0	9	1	0	0	0	443
Oct 27, 2012	PURDUE	34	183	0	40	21	198	4	31	21-43-1	198	4	31	4	74	0	24	0	0	0	0	381
Nov 03, 2012	MICHIGAN	41	155	3	41	12	234	2	47	12-18-1	234	2	47	2	39	0	21	2	3	0	10	389
Nov 10, 2012	at Illinois	35	101	0	16	15	175	0	49	15-25-0	175	0	49	2	44	0	43	1	2	0	2	276
Nov 17, 2012	at Nebraska	47	133	2	23	22	311	2	36	22-33-0	311	2	36	1	23	0	23	3	7	0	5	444
Nov 24, 2012	MICHIGAN STATE	44	278	1	40	13	143	1	41	13-29-2	143	1	41	2	35	0	18	4	66	0	44	421
Dec 28, 2012	vs Texas Tech	24	145	1	21	32	284	2	35	32-47-2	284	2	35	3	119	1	99	2	18	0	11	429
Opponent totals		478	2236	22	48	231	2426	15	49	231-404-13	2426	15	49	28	566	1	99	21	142	0	44	4662
Minnesota		517	1975	14	75	175	2203	19	63	175-330-15	2203	19	63	41	842	0	48	31	229	0	27	4178

Games played: 13
Avg per rush: 4.7
Avg per catch: 10.5
Pass efficiency: 113.44
Kick ret avg: 20.2
Punt ret avg: 6.8
All purpose avg/game: 431.4
Total offense avg/gm: 358.6

		Tackles					Sacks		Fumble			Int			pass	blkd	PAT	PAT
Date	Opponent	solo	ast	total	tfl	yds	no.	yds	ff	fr	yds	no.	yds	qbh	brup	kick	kicks	rush	rcv	saf	pts
Aug 30, 2012	at UNLV	46	38	84	3.0	17	1.0	7	1	1	0	1	44	0	3	0	3-3	0	0	0	27
Sep 08, 2012	NEW HAMPSHIRE	48	22	70	5.0	21	3.0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0	0	0	7
Sep 15, 2012	WESTERN MICHIGAN	36	36	72	6.0	21	1.0	8	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	2-2	0	0	0	23
Sep 22, 2012	SYRACUSE	45	22	67	4.0	16	2.0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1-1	0	0	0	10
Sep 29, 2012	at Iowa Hawkeyes	32	46	78	3.0	17	2.0	15	1	1	0	3	68	1	4	0	4-4	0	0	0	31
Oct 13, 2012	NORTHWESTERN	49	24	73	6.0	32	3.0	27	3	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	3-3	0	0	0	21
Oct 20, 2012	at Wisconsin	28	28	56	3.0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	5-5	0	0	0	38
Oct 27, 2012	PURDUE	44	22	66	3.0	7	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4-4	0	0	0	28
Nov 03, 2012	MICHIGAN	38	34	72	7.0	19	1.0	4	2	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	5-5	0	0	0	35
Nov 10, 2012	at Illinois	31	54	85	5.0	19	2.0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0	0	0	3
Nov 17, 2012	at Nebraska	20	38	58	3.0	12	1.0	10	0	0	0	2	48	1	6	0	5-5	0	0	0	38
Nov 24, 2012	MICHIGAN STATE	30	20	50	7.0	32	2.0	23	2	0	0	4	35	0	3	0	2-2	0	0	0	26
Dec 28, 2012	vs Texas Tech	32	64	96	4.0	27	3.0	24	0	0	0	1	39	1	1	0	4-4	0	0	0	34
Opponent totals		479	448	927	59.0	243	21.0	162	12	7	6	15	238	5	38	0	39-39	0	0	0	321
Minnesota		514	370	884	65.0	269	26.0	176	10	7	15	13	125	2	57	1	33-34	0	0	1	287

		Punting									Field Goals			Kickoffs
Date	Opponent	no.	yds	avg	long	blkd	tb	fc	50+	in20	m-a	long	blkd	no.	yds	avg	tb	ob
Aug 30, 2012	at UNLV	7	346	49.4	58	0	2	0	3	2	2-2	39	0	4	223	55.8	0	0
Sep 08, 2012	NEW HAMPSHIRE	5	201	40.2	50	0	1	1	1	1	0-0	0	0	3	200	66.7	0	0
Sep 15, 2012	WESTERN MICHIGAN	5	172	34.4	45	0	0	3	0	1	1-2	35	0	5	299	59.8	2	0
Sep 22, 2012	SYRACUSE	5	195	39.0	48	0	0	2	0	2	1-1	33	0	2	129	64.5	0	0
Sep 29, 2012	at Iowa Hawkeyes	6	219	36.5	43	0	0	1	0	3	1-1	44	0	6	378	63.0	3	0
Oct 13, 2012	NORTHWESTERN	7	261	37.3	44	0	0	1	0	2	0-0	0	0	4	217	54.2	0	0
Oct 20, 2012	at Wisconsin	5	179	35.8	49	0	1	1	0	4	1-1	33	0	7	442	63.1	4	1
Oct 27, 2012	PURDUE	6	239	39.8	53	0	1	0	1	0	0-0	0	0	5	255	51.0	1	0
Nov 03, 2012	MICHIGAN	3	88	29.3	40	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	6	355	59.2	1	0
Nov 10, 2012	at Illinois	6	249	41.5	64	0	0	0	1	2	1-1	20	0	2	130	65.0	2	0
Nov 17, 2012	at Nebraska	6	256	42.7	57	0	1	0	2	1	1-1	39	0	7	454	64.9	6	0
Nov 24, 2012	MICHIGAN STATE	3	130	43.3	56	0	0	0	2	1	4-5	48	0	7	443	63.3	0	1
Dec 28, 2012	vs Texas Tech	3	111	37.0	46	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	28	1	6	352	58.7	1	0
Opponent totals		67	2646	39.5	64	0	6	9	10	20	14-17	48	1	64	3877	60.6	20	2
Minnesota		69	2617	37.9	63	0	5	22	7	22	14-22	48	0	55	3427	62.3	27	0

Team Game-by-Game Comparison

FIRST DOWNS

RUSHING

PASSING

TOTAL OFFENSE

Return

Turn-

Opponent

Score

Total

Rush

Pass

Pen

Att-Yards

Comp-Att-Int

Yards

Plays-Yards

Yards

Overs

UNLV

30-27

22/18

10/8

9/7

3/3

46-209 /

37-159

17-30-1 /

16-35-3

269/116

76-478 /

72-275

70/74

2/3

NEW HAMPSHIRE

44-7

20/14

10/4

9/9

1/1

52-240 /

32-68

11-14-0 /

19-36-1

172/163

66-412 /

68-231

124/75

1/2

WESTERN MICHIGAN

28-23

19/21

9/10

9/9

1/2

43-180 /

38-165

13-24-1 /

24-44-1

217/209

67-397 /

82-374

75/63

2/1

SYRACUSE

17-10

20/21

6/5

11/13

3/3

41-106 /

33-122

16-30-0 /

21-31-2

231/228

71-337 /

64-350

31/37

0/4

Iowa Hawkeyes

13-31

15/15

5/7

9/7

1/1

32-102 /

25-182

20-33-3 /

18-31-0

197/192

65-299 /

56-374

56/103

4/0

NORTHWESTERN

13-21

21/13

9/8

10/2

2/3

42-158 /

34-208

16-30-1 /

11-17-0

169/67

72-327 /

51-275

84/32

3/0

Wisconsin

13-38

12/24

3/19

9/4

0/1

30-96 /

54-337

13-24-2 /

7-15-0

149/106

54-245 /

69-443

75/10

2/0

PURDUE

44-28

20/21

12/10

7/10

1/1

41-212 /

34-183

15-22-0 /

21-43-1

246/198

63-458 /

77-381

151/74

0/1

MICHIGAN

13-35

21/18

8/8

9/7

4/3

38-128 /

41-155

14-31-0 /

12-18-1

147/234

69-275 /

59-389

127/48

1/1

Illinois

17-3

18/13

14/6

4/7

0/0

50-231 /

35-101

9-15-0 /

15-25-0

78/175

65-309 /

60-276

16/46

0/2

Nebraska

14-38

11/25

3/7

5/15

3/3

29-87 /

47-133

10-28-2 /

22-33-0

90/311

57-177 /

80-444

46/78

2/2

MICHIGAN STATE

10-26

7/21

0/13

6/8

1/0

19-4 /

44-278

13-30-4 /

13-29-2

92/143

49-96 /

73-421

227/136

4/2

Texas Tech

31-34

23/23

16/9

5/11

2/3

54-222 /

24-145

8-19-1 /

32-47-2

146/284

73-368 /

71-429

129/176

1/2

Totals

287-321

229/247

105/114

102/109

22/24

517-1975 /

478-2236

175-330-15 /

231-404-13

2203/2426

847-4178 /

882-4662

1211/952

22/20

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

3rd Down

4th Down

Time of

TOP

Avg

Punting

Penalties

Conversions

Possession

Margin

Yards/Rush

Yards/Pass

Yards/Play

Number-Avg

Number-Yds

UNLV

3-15 /

6-17

0-0 /

1-1

32:59 / 27:01

5:58

4.5 / 4.3

9.0/3.3

6.3/3.8

7-35.1 /

7-49.4

11-86 /

7-54

NEW HAMPSHIRE

11-17 /

5-16

1-1 /

0-4

34:54 / 25:06

9:48

4.6 / 2.1

12.3/4.5

6.2/3.4

4-42.0 /

5-40.2

3-33 /

5-45

WESTERN MICHIGAN

5-11 /

8-19

0-1 /

1-2

32:08 / 27:52

4:16

4.2 / 4.3

9.0/4.8

5.9/4.6

4-29.5 /

5-34.4

9-56 /

8-82

SYRACUSE

6-15 /

4-13

0-0 /

1-1

33:38 / 26:22

7:16

2.6 / 3.7

7.7/7.4

4.7/5.5

5-37.6 /

5-39.0

8-63 /

10-79

Iowa Hawkeyes

6-15 /

5-12

1-2 /

0-0

32:05 / 27:55

4:10

3.2 / 7.3

6.0/6.2

4.6/6.7

6-44.5 /

6-36.5

4-29 /

8-56

NORTHWESTERN

5-14 /

1-9

0-3 /

0-1

33:57 / 26:03

7:54

3.8 / 6.1

5.6/3.9

4.5/5.4

3-38.0 /

7-37.3

9-82 /

11-93

Wisconsin

1-10 /

8-15

1-1 /

0-1

25:04 / 34:56

-9:52

3.2 / 6.2

6.2/7.1

4.5/6.4

7-36.0 /

5-35.8

3-30 /

2-20

PURDUE

6-13 /

9-18

1-1 /

1-2

29:47 / 30:13

-0:26

5.2 / 5.4

11.2/4.6

7.3/4.9

3-31.3 /

6-39.8

8-51 /

8-64

MICHIGAN

4-14 /

7-12

2-4 /

1-2

30:52 / 29:08

1:44

3.4 / 3.8

4.7/13.0

4.0/6.6

3-42.3 /

3-29.3

9-68 /

7-69

Illinois

3-12 /

4-14

1-2 /

0-1

34:26 / 25:34

8:52

4.6 / 2.9

5.2/7.0

4.8/4.6

6-43.3 /

6-41.5

5-24 /

6-45

Nebraska

1-13 /

7-15

0-0 /

0-0

25:09 / 34:51

-9:42

3.0 / 2.8

3.2/9.4

3.1/5.6

11-35.0 /

6-42.7

4-37 /

5-47

MICHIGAN STATE

5-14 /

7-15

0-0 /

0-0

22:23 / 37:37

-15:14

0.2 / 6.3

3.1/4.9

2.0/5.8

6-44.3 /

3-43.3

1-10 /

5-45

Texas Tech

9-16 /

8-14

0-1 /

1-1

36:18 / 23:42

12:36

4.1 / 6.0

7.7/6.0

5.0/6.0

4-33.0 /

3-37.0

7-84 /

13-135

Totals

65-179 /

79-189

7-16 /

6-16

403:40 / 376:20

27:20

3.8 / 4.7

6.7 / 6.0

4.9 / 5.3

69-37.9 /

67-39.5

81-653 /

95-834

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

Game Superlatives

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes	28	Kirkwood, D. vs Syracuse (Sep 22, 2012)
		Kirkwood, D. at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Yards Rushing	152	Kirkwood, D. at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
TD Rushes	2	Gray, MarQueis vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
		Kirkwood, D. vs Syracuse (Sep 22, 2012)
		Kirkwood, D. at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
		Gray, MarQueis at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Long Rush	75	Gray, MarQueis vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
Pass attempts	33	Shortell, Max at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
Pass completions	20	Shortell, Max at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
Yards Passing	269	Gray, MarQueis at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
TD Passes	3	Shortell, Max vs Western Michigan (Sep 15, 2012)
		Nelson, Philip vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Long Pass	63	Nelson, Philip vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Receptions	5	Barker, A.J. vs Western Michigan (Sep 15, 2012)
		Barker, A.J. at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
		Barker, A.J. vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Yards Receiving	135	Barker, A.J. vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
TD Receptions	3	Barker, A.J. vs Western Michigan (Sep 15, 2012)
Long Reception	63	Barker, A.J. vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Field Goals	3	Wettstein, J. at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
		Wettstein, J. vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Long Field Goal	48	Wettstein, J. vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Punts	11	Eldred, C. at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Punting Avg	44.5	Eldred, C. at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
Long Punt	63	Eldred, C. at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Punts inside 20	4	Eldred, C. at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Long Punt Return	27	Carter, Michael vs Northwestern (Oct 13, 2012)
Long Kickoff Return	48	Stoudermire, T. vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
Tackles	12	Wells, Derrick vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Sacks	2.0	Hageman,RaShede vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
Tackles For Loss	2.5	Wilhite, DL vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
		Cooper, Keanon vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Interceptions	2	Wells, Derrick at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
		Carter, Michael vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes	54	vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Yards Rushing	240	vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
Yards Per Rush	5.2	vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
TD Rushes	3	vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
Pass attempts	33	at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
Pass completions	20	at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
Yards Passing	269	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Yards Per Pass	12.3	vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
TD Passes	4	vs Western Michigan (Sep 15, 2012)
Total Plays	76	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Total Offense	478	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Yards Per Play	7.3	vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Points	44	vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
		vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Sacks By	4	vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
First Downs	23	vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Penalties	11	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Penalty Yards	86	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Turnovers	4	at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
		vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Interceptions By	3	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Punts	11	at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Punting Avg	44.5	at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
Long Punt	63	at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Punts inside 20	4	at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Long Punt Return	27	vs Northwestern (Oct 13, 2012)

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes	35	Bell, Le'Veon, vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Yards Rushing	266	Bell, Le'Veon, vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
TD Rushes	3	White, James, at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
Long Rush	48	Mark, Venric, vs Northwestern (Oct 13, 2012)
		White, James, at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
Pass attempts	45	Doege, Seth, vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Pass completions	31	Doege, Seth, vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Yards Passing	308	Martinez, T., at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
TD Passes	2	Marve, Robert, vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
		Gardner, Devin, vs Michigan (Nov 03, 2012)
		Martinez, T., at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Long Pass	49	Scheelhaase, N, at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Receptions	11	Moore, Darrin, vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Yards Receiving	136	Bell, Kenny, at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
TD Receptions	2	Bell, Kenny, at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Long Reception	49	Harris, Spencer, at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Field Goals	4	Conroy, Dan, vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Long Field Goal	48	Conroy, Dan, vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Punts	7	LANSFORD, Chase, at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
		Williams, B., vs Northwestern (Oct 13, 2012)
Punting Avg	49.4	LANSFORD, Chase, at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Long Punt	64	DuVernois, J., at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Punts inside 20	4	Meyer, Drew, at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
Long Punt Return	44	Sims, Andre, vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Long Kickoff Return	99	Grant, Jakeem, vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Tackles	15	Monheim, Mason, at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Sacks	2.0	Evans, Matt, vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
		Scott, Tyler, vs Northwestern (Oct 13, 2012)
Tackles For Loss	3.0	Ryan, Jake, vs Michigan (Nov 03, 2012)
Interceptions	2	Adams, Johnny, vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes	54	at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
Yards Rushing	337	at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
Yards Per Rush	7.3	at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
TD Rushes	5	at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
Pass attempts	47	vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Pass completions	32	vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Yards Passing	311	at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Yards Per Pass	13.0	vs Michigan (Nov 03, 2012)
TD Passes	4	vs Purdue (Oct 27, 2012)
Total Plays	82	vs Western Michigan (Sep 15, 2012)
Total Offense	444	at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Yards Per Play	6.7	at Iowa Hawkeyes (Sep 29, 2012)
Points	38	at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
		at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Sacks By	3	vs New Hampshire (Sep 08, 2012)
		vs Northwestern (Oct 13, 2012)
		vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
First Downs	25	at Nebraska (Nov 17, 2012)
Penalties	13	vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Penalty Yards	135	vs Texas Tech (Dec 28, 2012)
Turnovers	4	vs Syracuse (Sep 22, 2012)
Interceptions By	4	vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)
Punts	7	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
		vs Northwestern (Oct 13, 2012)
Punting Avg	49.4	at UNLV (Aug 30, 2012)
Long Punt	64	at Illinois (Nov 10, 2012)
Punts inside 20	4	at Wisconsin (Oct 20, 2012)
Long Punt Return	44	vs Michigan State (Nov 24, 2012)

Red-Zone Results

Minnesota Inside Opponent Red-Zone

				times	times	points		rush	pass	FGs	Failed to score in RZ
date	opponent		score	in RZ	scored	scored	TDs	TDs	TDs	made	FGA	downs	int.	fumb	half	game
Aug 30	at UNLV	W	30-27	6	4	16	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 08	New Hampshire	W	44-7	4	4	28	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 15	Western Michigan	W	28-23	3	3	21	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 22	Syracuse	W	17-10	4	2	14	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	at Iowa Hawkeyes	L	13-31	2	2	13	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	Northwestern	L	13-21	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 20	at Wisconsin	L	13-38	2	2	13	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 27	Purdue	W	44-28	3	2	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nov 03	Michigan	L	13-35	4	3	13	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 10	at Illinois	W	17-3	3	3	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	at Nebraska	L	14-38	2	2	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 24	Michigan State	L	10-26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dec 28	vs Texas Tech	L	31-34	5	5	31	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS			40	33	193	24	12	12	9	3	2	1	0	1	0
	33 of 40 (82.5%)

Opponents Inside Minnesota Red-Zone

				times	times	points		rush	pass	FGs	Failed to score in RZ
date	opponent		score	in RZ	scored	scored	TDs	TDs	TDs	made	FGA	downs	int.	fumb	half	game
Aug 30	at UNLV	W	30-27	3	2	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sep 08	New Hampshire	W	44-7	2	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 15	Western Michigan	W	28-23	4	4	23	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 22	Syracuse	W	17-10	3	2	10	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Sep 29	at Iowa Hawkeyes	L	13-31	2	2	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 13	Northwestern	L	13-21	1	1	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 20	at Wisconsin	L	13-38	3	3	17	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 27	Purdue	W	44-28	3	3	21	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 03	Michigan	L	13-35	3	3	21	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 10	at Illinois	W	17-3	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nov 17	at Nebraska	L	14-38	3	2	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nov 24	Michigan State	L	10-26	3	2	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dec 28	vs Texas Tech	L	31-34	5	4	20	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS			37	30	177	22	15	7	8	1	1	1	0	4	0
	30 of 37 (81.1%)

By-Quarter Statistics

                                                        3rd-Down Conversions

 Date     Opponent                   Score     Overall       1st Qtr       2nd Qtr       3rd Qtr       4th Qtr       OT  Qtr
 Aug 30   at UNLV................ W  30-27    3-15  20.0%   1-4   25.0%   0-2    0.0%   1-3   33.3%   1-5   20.0%   0-1    0.0%
 Sep 08   New Hampshire.......... W  44-7    11-17  64.7%   0-3    0.0%   3-4   75.0%   4-5   80.0%   4-5   80.0%
 Sep 15   Western Michigan....... W  28-23    5-11  45.5%   3-5   60.0%   1-2   50.0%   1-2   50.0%   0-2    0.0%
 Sep 22   Syracuse............... W  17-10    6-15  40.0%   1-2   50.0%   2-6   33.3%   2-3   66.7%   1-4   25.0%
*Sep 29   at Iowa Hawkeyes....... L  13-31    6-15  40.0%   1-3   33.3%   0-3    0.0%   2-4   50.0%   3-5   60.0%
*Oct 13   Northwestern........... L  13-21    5-14  35.7%   3-4   75.0%   0-3    0.0%   1-3   33.3%   1-4   25.0%
*Oct 20   at Wisconsin........... L  13-38    1-10  10.0%   0-3    0.0%   0-3    0.0%   1-3   33.3%   0-1    0.0%
*Oct 27   Purdue................. W  44-28    6-13  46.2%   2-4   50.0%   2-3   66.7%   1-3   33.3%   1-3   33.3%
*Nov 03   Michigan............... L  13-35    4-14  28.6%   1-4   25.0%   1-3   33.3%   2-4   50.0%   0-3    0.0%
*Nov 10   at Illinois............ W  17-3     3-12  25.0%   0-3    0.0%   1-3   33.3%   0-2    0.0%   2-4   50.0%
*Nov 17   at Nebraska............ L  14-38    1-13   7.7%   0-3    0.0%   0-3    0.0%   0-3    0.0%   1-4   25.0%
*Nov 24   Michigan State......... L  10-26    5-14  35.7%   2-5   40.0%   0-3    0.0%   2-4   50.0%   1-2   50.0%
 Dec 28   vs Texas Tech.......... L  31-34    9-16  56.2%   2-3   66.7%   2-3   66.7%   4-5   80.0%   1-5   20.0%
          Minnesota                          65-179 36.3%  16-46  34.8%  12-41  29.3%  21-44  47.7%  16-47  34.0%   0-1    0.0%
          Opponents                          79-189 41.8%   7-32  21.9%  30-57  52.6%  20-49  40.8%  21-49  42.9%   1-2   50.0%


                                                        4th-Down Conversions

 Date     Opponent                   Score     Overall       1st Qtr       2nd Qtr       3rd Qtr       4th Qtr       OT  Qtr
 Aug 30   at UNLV................ W  30-27    0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%
 Sep 08   New Hampshire.......... W  44-7     1-1  100.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   1-1  100.0%   0-0    0.0%
 Sep 15   Western Michigan....... W  28-23    0-1    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-1    0.0%
 Sep 22   Syracuse............... W  17-10    0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%
*Sep 29   at Iowa Hawkeyes....... L  13-31    1-2   50.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   1-1  100.0%   0-1    0.0%
*Oct 13   Northwestern........... L  13-21    0-3    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-1    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-2    0.0%
*Oct 20   at Wisconsin........... L  13-38    1-1  100.0%   0-0    0.0%   1-1  100.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%
*Oct 27   Purdue................. W  44-28    1-1  100.0%   1-1  100.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%
*Nov 03   Michigan............... L  13-35    2-4   50.0%   0-1    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   1-2   50.0%   1-1  100.0%
*Nov 10   at Illinois............ W  17-3     1-2   50.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   1-1  100.0%   0-1    0.0%
*Nov 17   at Nebraska............ L  14-38    0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%
*Nov 24   Michigan State......... L  10-26    0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%
 Dec 28   vs Texas Tech.......... L  31-34    0-1    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-0    0.0%   0-1    0.0%   0-0    0.0%
          Minnesota                           7-16  43.8%   1-2   50.0%   1-2   50.0%   4-6   66.7%   1-6   16.7%   0-0    0.0%
          Opponents                           6-16  37.5%   0-2    0.0%   2-4   50.0%   1-1  100.0%   2-8   25.0%   1-1  100.0%


                                                         Time of Possession

 Date     Opponent                   Score     Overall       1st Qtr       2nd Qtr       3rd Qtr       4th Qtr       OT  Qtr
 Aug 30   at UNLV................ W  30-27       32:59          9:19          6:41          8:07          8:52          0:00
 Sep 08   New Hampshire.......... W  44-7        34:54          6:58          7:02          8:24         12:30
 Sep 15   Western Michigan....... W  28-23       32:08          8:43          6:13          6:46         10:26
 Sep 22   Syracuse............... W  17-10       33:38          7:10         10:15          7:45          8:28
*Sep 29   at Iowa Hawkeyes....... L  13-31       32:05          5:33          5:25         10:13         10:54
*Oct 13   Northwestern........... L  13-21       33:57         10:53          9:13          6:55          6:56
*Oct 20   at Wisconsin........... L  13-38       25:04          7:36          6:48          7:38          3:02
*Oct 27   Purdue................. W  44-28       29:47          9:08          8:05          3:31          9:03
*Nov 03   Michigan............... L  13-35       30:52         11:14          2:50         10:27          6:21
*Nov 10   at Illinois............ W  17-3        34:26          9:36          6:32          8:44          9:34
*Nov 17   at Nebraska............ L  14-38       25:09          7:01          5:00          6:46          6:22
*Nov 24   Michigan State......... L  10-26       22:23          8:06          4:59          5:38          3:40
 Dec 28   vs Texas Tech.......... L  31-34       36:18         13:01          6:48          8:27          8:02
          Minnesota                   Total     403:40        114:18         85:51         99:21        104:10          0:00
                                       Avg.      31:03          8:47          6:36          7:38          8:00          0:00
          Opponents                   Total     376:20         80:42        109:09         95:39         90:50          0:00
                                       Avg.      28:56          6:12          8:23          7:21          6:59          0:00