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10 - The Michigan Daily - Football Saturday - October 9, 2004
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Both teams leave
2003 game in past
2004 Michigan roster
By Bob Hunt
Daily Sports Editor
A year has passed, and Minnesota coach Glen
Mason hasn't gotten much from it.
"It's still a game," Mason said. "It's not like
I learned my lesson because I got in a car acci-
dent, didn't have my seat belt (on) and went flying
through the window."
But the significance of Oct. 10, 2003, still lin-
gers in the minds of both Wolverine and Golden
Gopher fans.
Entering the game undefeated, Minnesota dom-
inated from the outset. The Golden Gophers ran
over the Wolverines and put together two punish-
ing scoring drives, going into halftime up 14-0.
With 58 seconds remaining in the third quar-
ter, Minnesota's Thomas Tapeh ran the ball in the
endzone from two yards out. The Golden Gophers
took a 28-7 lead, and the Little Brown Jug was in
their grasp. The Wolverines were about to be 4-3,
and the "Fire-Lloyd-Carr" supporters were light-
ing their torches and getting ready to storm town.
Then came the quarter that changed both teams'
seasons.
Navarre led an 80-yard touchdown drive, corn-
pleting nine-of-10 passes. Michigan cornerback
Jacob Stewart picked off a pass and returned it 34
yards for the score. 28-21. Minnesota fought back,
when quarterback Asad Abdul-Khaliq ran for 52
yards. 35-21. But then Navarre threw a bomb to
Braylon Edwards. 35-28. Chris Perry ran for a 10-
yard score. 35-35.
Minutes later,3then-true freshman Garrett
Rivas kicked a 33-yard field goal. The Wolver-
ines earned a 38-35 victory and the momentum
required to earn their first Rose Bowl trip since
1997. The Golden Gophers, on the other hand,
ended up in the Sun Bowl.
"It's definitely the most thrilling game I've
ever been a part of at any level," Edwards said.
That fourth quarter showed that the 2003 Wol-
verines had a killer instinct, something they later
used to defeat Purdue and Ohio State. Michigan
coach Lloyd Carr, though, put little stock in last
year's game as in relation to Saturday's game.
"You can get distracted by all that other stuff,"
Carr said. "I understand it's a great story, but by
the same token, what's going to help you win?
That's what we've got to deal with."
Just as much will be on the line as the teams
meet today. Once again, Minnesota will come
into the game as the higher-ranked team. Before
last year, the last time Minnesota was ranked
higher was 1960. Minnesota also does not have
Ohio State or Purdue on its schedule. So a victory
would put the Golden Gophers in the driver's seat
to head for Pasadena.
But today, there will be no pregame speeches
about last year.
"Do you really think that I got to remind them
that we blew a 21-point lead against Michigan in
the fourth quarter last year?" Mason said. "That's
not something we're very proud of, but that's not
something that's Michigan's fault. That's our
fault."
Mason said that the Golden Gophers spent as
much time looking at last year's film as they
would against any other team. Mason added that
he doesn't really care about the national recogni-
tion the team would receive if it were to win, or
the prospects of beating Michigan State, Illinois
or Indiana - all inferior teams - over the next
three weeks and being 9-0.
The Gophers won't be looking for revenge
today. They'll be looking for a victory.
"That really sounds goodtuntil the first play
when you get punched in the mouth," Mason
said.
No. Name
1 Braylon Edwards
2 Shawn Crable
2 Mark Spencer
3 Marlin Jackson
3 Ross Ryan
4 Darnell Hood
5 Dave Underwood
6 Prescott Burgess
7 Spencer Brinton
7 Chad Henne
8 Jason Avant
8 Matt Wilde
9 Anton Campbell
10 Troy Nienberg
10 Clayton Richard
12 Landon Smith
12 Matt Gutierrez
13 Jeff Kastl
13 Grant Mason
14 Morgan Trent
15 Chip Cartwright
15 Steve Breaston
16 Adrian Arrington
17 Carl Tabb
18 Jermaine Gonzales
19 Willis Barringer
20 Mike Hart
21 Ryan Mundy
22 Jamar Adams
22 Kyle Plummer
23 Max Martin
Pos.
WR
OLB
P
CB
P
CB
RB
ILB
QB
QB
WR
QB
S
PK
QB
WR
QB
QB
CB
WR
ILB
WR
WR
WR
WR
S
RB
S
S
CB
RB
RB
S
S
RB
_Ht. Wt. Year/Ei,
6-3 208
6-5 233
6-0 220
6-1 196
6-0 210
5-11191
6-0 216
6-3 232
6-5 219
6-2 217
6-1 203
6-2 202
5-11192
6-2 167
6-4 232
5-8 166
6-4 228
6-3 224
6-0 190
6-0 178
6-1 229
6-1 174
6-3 176
6-2 194
6-2 205
6-0 197
5-9 194
6-1 200
6-2 201
5-10162
6-1 201
5-11198
6-4 229
6-0 199
6-0 209
Sr. Sr.
So. Fr.
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Sr. Sr.
So. So.
Jr. Jr.
Sr. Sr.
So. So.
6th Sr.
Fr. Fr.
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So. Fr.
5th Sr.
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64 Grant DeBenedictis OL
65 Leo Henige OL
66 Paul Sarantos DT
67 Matt Lentz OL
68 Patrick Sharrow OL
69 David Schoonover OL
70 Jeremy Ciulla OL
72 Rueben Riley OL
73 Alex Mitchell OL
74 Brett Gallimore OL
75 David Baas OL
76 Mike Kolodziej OL
77 Jake Long OL
78 Gabriel Watson DL
79 Adam Stenavich OL
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TONY DING/Daily
Pierre Woods and Pierre Rembert hold up the Little Brown Jug.
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE
MINNE~SOTA LAST HAD) THE LITTLE
BROWN JUG (Nov. 1986- Nov. 1987):
* Michigan won 155 football games
*Penn State joined the Big Ten -:
Ameirica had four presidets (including two Bushes)
*The Berlin Wall fell
* The Piston,, won three NBA championsip
*Kvit Bacon acted in 35 movies>
* Atari and Nintendo became outdated in the video game world
" Personal cornpuvers'have became comm~ionplace for in the Unti-ed Sae
" Arnold Sd& waxngge' tepped being "The Running Mai" (which debuted the
Friday after Mkichiganes 1987 'victory), and becamec the Governor ofCalikornia.
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80 Alan Branch
80 Chris Matsos
81 Doug Dutch
82 Mike Mandich
84 Kevin Murphy
85 Mike Massey
86 Jim Fisher
88 Tim Massaquoi
89 Tyler Ecker
90 Tim Jamison
91 Rondell Biggs
92 William Paul
93 Alex Ofili
93 Chris Rogers
94 Patrick Massey
94 Matt Studenski
95 Marques Walton
96 Larry Harrison
97 Will Johnson
97 Max Pollock
99 Pierre Woods
DT
WR
WR
TE
TE
TE
TE
WR
TE
OLB
DE
DT
DT
OLB
DL
TE
DT
DT
DT
OLB
OLB
6-5
6-4
6-3
6-6
6-4
6-3
6-4
6-3
6-5
6-4
6-5
6-7
6-7
6-4
6-5
6-6
6-0
5-10
6-3
6-5
6-3
6-5
6-4
6-6
6-3
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-1
6-8
6-3
6-0
6-3
6-4
6-1
6-5
290
326
267
300
303
288
297
311
340
304
323
324
335
333
318
345
208
191
252
256
222
250
247
249
228
264
261
290
249
276
219
301
299
282
217
245
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So. Fr.
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Fr. Fr.
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5th Sr.
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Jr. Jr.
Sr. Jr.
Fr. Fr.
Sr. Jr.
Fr. Fr.
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Fr. Fr.
5th Sr.
Sr. Jr.
Jr. Jr.
Fr. Fr.
Jr. So.
So. Fr.
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Fr. Fr.
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Sr. Jr.
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MIl
PASSING
PlayerC
Henne 83-13
Richard 7-1:
Totals 94-15
RUSHING
Player Att
Hart 79
Jackson 32
Underwood 26
Rembert 8
Martin 7
Totals 196
RECEIVING
Player No.
Edwards 40
Breaston 15
Avant 10
Hart 6
Ecker 5
Gonzales 4
Massaquoi 4
Totals 901
PUNTING
PlayerI
Finley
Totals
KICKOFF RETURNS
Player No.
Breaston 8
Mason 4
Totals 14
PUNT RETURNS
Player No.
Breaston 8
Hall 3
Totals 12
TACKLES
Player
Shazor
Mundy
Reid
McClintock
Manning
Curry
Woodley
Watson
Massey
Hall
Yds
336
90
81
46
21
505
Yds
665
112
126
57
42
62
51
1145
IC
CA
135
-13
158
Key S
Season Averages (NCAA Ranl<
Points
Points Against
Passing Offense
Passing Defense
Rushing Offense
Rushing Defense
Total Offense
Total Defense
Turnover Margin
H I G A N
Yds
1096
3 49
31107
Avg
4.
2.8
3.0
5.8
3.0
2.6
Avg
16.6
7.5
12.6
9.5
8.4
15.5
12.8
12.7
TD
9
0
9
Lg
17
13
12
10
7
17
Lg
69
25
16
33
13
40
21
69
Int
5
0
5
TD
2
2
6
TO
7
1
0
0
1
9
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r
s
r
No. Yds Avg Lg
26 1146 44.1 56
27 1146 42.4 56
24
25
261
271
Jerome Jackson
Ernest Shazor
Mike Carl
Pierre Rembert
Yds Avg Lg
163 20.4 31
146 36.5 97
334 23.9 97
Yds Avg Lg
82 10.2 37
78 26.0 76
177 14.8 76
TO
0
0
0
TD
0
2004 Minnesota roster
Solo Asst Tot
21 7 28
17 6 23
18 4 22
19 3 22
17 3 20
13 5 18
16 1 17
12 5 17
12 3 15
13 2 15
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No. Name Pos.
2 Paris Hamilton WR
3 Bryan Cupito QB
4 Trumaine Banks CB
5 Domonique Sims LB
6 Quentin White SS
7 Jakari Wallace WR
8 Andre Sloan El QB
11 Desi Steib CB
12 Justin Fraley SS
12 Michael Jacobs PK
13 Adam Ernst QB
13 Joe Halama FS
14 John Carlson QB
15 Jamal Harris CB
16 Rhys Lloyd PK
17 Tony Mortensen QB
18 Justin Valentine FB
19 Mike MaciejowskiQB
20 Brandon Owens LB
21 Marion Barber 111 RB
22 Lawrence Maroney RB
23 Dominique Barber DB
24 Gary Russell RB
25 Ukee Dozier CB
26 Hussain Shakir DB
27 Maurice Alexander RB
28 Samad Cain FS
29 Amir Pinnix RB
30 Jon Richmond FS
31 Jason Giannini K
31 Seth Thompson SS
32 Terrance Campbell LB
33 Sam Scroggins TE
Ht. Wt. Year/Elig. 33 Mike Sherels
LB 6-0 230 So. Fr.
6-5
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-5
6-6
6-7
6-7
6-4
6-7
6-4
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-1
6-2
6-3
6-3
6-5
6-6
6-6
6-4
6-4
6-4
6-5
6-4
6-3
6-3
6-5
6-5
6-6
6-3
230
300
285
295
280
285
295
300
295
300
320
240
255
210
200
200
190
215
245
210
270
265
235
255
250
265
275
255
305
240
290
285
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6-3 260 Sr. Jr.
64 Steve Shid