Week 11 Review
Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-4) at #18 Indiana Hoosiers (7-1)
coaches poll: Indiana #18, Minnesota #65
the betting man says: Indiana by 19
attendance: 40,800 (52,400)
weather: 45 degrees and stormy
TV coverage: TV5
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Pre-exisiting Injuries
WR Russ Sailer out torn calf muscle 8 weeks
LB Winfred Prescott question. stretched knee ligament 7 weeks
WR J.B. Blades quest severe wrist sprain 3 weeks
LB Barry Fleming probable pulled quad muscle 1 week
QB Devin Spellman probable strained quad muscle 1 week
the game
With Wisconsin still on our schedule, this is a must win for playoff consideration.
On our opening drive, two nice passes from Devin Spellman moved us. A 20 yard toss to WR Jimmy Parr and a 19 yarder to Deion Erickson helped us snag the games opening score, a Norman Lofton field goal. 3-0. It was a sloppily played first quarter, highlighted by both teams throwing interceptions at their opponents 1 yard line.
Early in the second quarter, Devin Spellman found Jimmy Parr for a 13 yard touchdown. 10-0.
While it was 10-0 at the half, Spellman had thrown 3 interceptions, and we were letting a really bad team hang around.
The second half was equally poorly played, and we let Minnesota pull to within 3 with 5 minutes remaining. A Deion Erickson reverse run for a 3 yard touchdown sealed the game. This was by no means the bounce-back game we had hoped for after last week's crushing loss to Northwestern.
Final Score: Indiana 20, Minnesota 10
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Stat Rundown
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
20 Konrad 20 34 1.7 15 0 9 0
6 Spellman 7 -34 -4.8 0 0 2 5
39 Lyle 3 5 1.6 8 0 2 0
8 Erickson 1 3 3.0 3 1 0 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
6 Spellman 41 22 319 7.7 36 1 4
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
20 Konrad 5 54 10.8 23 24 0
8 Erickson 4 75 18.7 22 36 0
84 Parr 4 50 12.5 38 20 1
86 DeLay 4 77 19.2 20 29 0
83 Hemingway 3 48 16.0 14 20 0
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
77 Humphrey 6 2 1.5 0 0 0
56 Shanahan 5 3 1.5 0 0 0
34 Jarvis 5 0 0.0 1 0 0
95 Slay 4 1 1.0 0 0 0
43 Graham 3 2 0.0 0 0 0
52 Whalen 3 0 0.0 0 0 0
96 Cox 2 0 1.0 0 0 0
Player of the Week Nominees
none
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Injury Report
WR Russ Sailer out torn calf muscle 7 weeks
LB Winfred Prescott question. stretched knee ligament 6 weeks
WR J.B. Blades probable severe wrist sprain 1 week
DT Rico Nason out seperated shoulder 9 weeks
Recruiting
our potential recruits are now abandoning us. It'll probably be an 11 or 12 scholarship class. Time to start hunting for walk-ons!
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commitments! blue color indicates new committment
- OLB Robert Jeans - #20 OLB, #363 player nationally. scouted 75-
- C Mitchell Godfrey - #7 Center, #122 player nationally. scouted 85+
- QB Kurt Vallery - #2 QB, #2 player nationally. scouted 99-
- S Chad Dorrough - #13 safety, #328 player nationally. scouted 84+
- DE Donnell Horoszowski - #11 DE, #74 player nationally. scouted 73-
- K Howard Cash - #18 kicker, #565 player nationally. scouted 85++
- G Gilbert Alston - #30 Guard, #323 nationally. scouted 86--
- RB Eugene England - #36 RB, #471 nationally. scouted 71
rejections! red color indicates new rejection
DE James Ronk Texas
WR Jim Sherman Vanderbilt
DT Geoff Thorkelson Idaho
P Gerald Stills Louisiana Tech
G Mitchell Blankenhorn Ball State
DE Jamie Spragins Arkansas
RB Wes Walker Iowa State
QB Marc Davis Iowa State
LB Buddy Beaudry Michigan State
DT Freddie Clement Southern California
CB Byron Hannam Clemson
P J.B. McClintock Arkansas State
RB Luther Rose Ball State
CB Corey Ackerman Kentucky
DE Rich Markley Wisconsin
DE Leonard Maxwell Northwestern
FB Lamont McConnell Virginia
DT Vince Amaya Cincinnati
DE Cedric Estell Wisconsin
OT George Ball Michigan State
WR Louis Reier Virginia Tech
DT Archie Lavan Marshall
Week 11 Results
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#3 Wisconsin 42, OHIO STATE 0
#8 NORTHWESTERN 37, Michigan State 7
#19 INDIANA 20, Minnesota 10
PENN STATE 23, Illinois 20
Iowa 31, PURDUE 21
Overall Conference
School W L PF PA W L
Wisconsin 9 0 396 40 6 0
Northwestern 8 1 313 152 5 1
Indiana 8 1 274 142 5 1
Minnesota 4 5 169 201 4 3
Michigan State 6 3 260 179 3 3
Penn State 3 5 169 173 3 3
Iowa 5 5 197 231 3 4
Michigan 4 4 161 204 2 4
Ohio State 3 6 133 284 1 5
Purdue 2 7 131 296 1 5
Illinois 1 8 121 265 1 5
This is Spellman's second terrible performance against an inferior opponent. Allen Salinas will get the start against the seemingly unbeatable Wisconsin. Hopefully Purdue can shock Northwestern, we can beat Wisconsin, and ride to a magical conference title.
