w v ! v w -W -- ,_ 10 - The Michigan Daily - Football Saturday - October 9, 2004 The Michigan Daily - Foc 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. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. So. 6th Sr. Fr. Fr. 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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. 7 7,= 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 Fr. 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Sr. Jr. 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 t 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 - .., ........... ... ............ ............... ..... - - - I - '' 11 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. 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