University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, November 10
TCF Bank Stadium
2:30 PM
University of Minnesota
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Purdue
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Game 10: Purdue at Minnesota
11/5/2018 3:30:00 PM | Football
Gophers welcome Boilermakers to TCF Bank Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. game.
FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
1. Minnesota returns home this weekend to play Purdue in its second-to-last home game of the season. The Gophers are 37-33-3 all-time against the Boilermakers and have won four of the last five meetings. Minnesota's four game-winning streak against Purdue came to an end last season when the Boilers prevailed 31-17 at home. However, Minnesota has not lost to Purdue at home (U is 31-12-3 all-time against Purdue at home) since 2007 and is a perfect 4-0 against the Boilers at TCF Bank Stadium (posting wins in 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016).Â
2. In the last 10 quarters, Tanner Morgan has completed 42-of-67 (63 percent) passes for 774 yards and five touchdowns. He threw for 302 yards against Indiana and then for 258 at Illinois making him the first Gopher quarterback since Mitch Leidner in 2015 to throw for 250 yards in consecutive games (Leidner tied Mike Hohensee's 1982 school record with four straight 250-yard games in 2015). Morgan's 86-yard touchdown to Rashod Bateman at Illinois was Minnesota's longest pass since Asad Abdul-Khaliq's school-record 96-yard touchdown to Jared Ellerson at Northwestern on Oct. 4, 2003.
3. Minnesota has 23 receptions of at least 25 yards and receivers Tyler Johnson (11), Rashod Bateman (7), Chris Autman-Bell (3) and Seth Green (1) all have at least one catch of more than 25 yards. Last year, Minnesota had 14 total receptions of 25 yards or more in 12 games. Minnesota had 18 receptions of 25 yards or more in 13 games in 2016 and 25 in 13 games in 2015. Bateman's 86-yard catch at Illinois is the team's longest of the year and longest since 2003 (school record 96 yards, Asad Abdul-Khaliq to Jared Ellerson at Northwestern). Minnesota leads the Big Ten and ranks No. 12 in the nation in yards per completion at 14.66
4. Rashod Bateman could to be the most productive freshman receiver ever at Minnesota. He has 42 catches for 578 yards and six touchdowns (all TDs in B1G play). His 42 catches is a freshman record (broke Ron Johnson's record of 38 set in 1998) and his 578 receiving yards ranks second in school history by a freshman. He needs 77 yards to break Ernie Wheelwright's 2004 record of 654 yards and two more touchdowns to break Wheelwright's record of seven.
5. Minnesota has seen success on both punt teams. The Gophers have blocked two punts this season (Sam Renner and Justus Harris), have returned a punt for a touchdown (Antoine Winfield Jr.) and have allowed only 10 punt return yards all season on eight returns (4th in NCAA, 1st in B1G at 1.25 yards per return). The Gophers are ninth in the NCAA and first in the Big Ten in punt returns as they average 17.90 yards.
1. Minnesota returns home this weekend to play Purdue in its second-to-last home game of the season. The Gophers are 37-33-3 all-time against the Boilermakers and have won four of the last five meetings. Minnesota's four game-winning streak against Purdue came to an end last season when the Boilers prevailed 31-17 at home. However, Minnesota has not lost to Purdue at home (U is 31-12-3 all-time against Purdue at home) since 2007 and is a perfect 4-0 against the Boilers at TCF Bank Stadium (posting wins in 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016).Â
2. In the last 10 quarters, Tanner Morgan has completed 42-of-67 (63 percent) passes for 774 yards and five touchdowns. He threw for 302 yards against Indiana and then for 258 at Illinois making him the first Gopher quarterback since Mitch Leidner in 2015 to throw for 250 yards in consecutive games (Leidner tied Mike Hohensee's 1982 school record with four straight 250-yard games in 2015). Morgan's 86-yard touchdown to Rashod Bateman at Illinois was Minnesota's longest pass since Asad Abdul-Khaliq's school-record 96-yard touchdown to Jared Ellerson at Northwestern on Oct. 4, 2003.
3. Minnesota has 23 receptions of at least 25 yards and receivers Tyler Johnson (11), Rashod Bateman (7), Chris Autman-Bell (3) and Seth Green (1) all have at least one catch of more than 25 yards. Last year, Minnesota had 14 total receptions of 25 yards or more in 12 games. Minnesota had 18 receptions of 25 yards or more in 13 games in 2016 and 25 in 13 games in 2015. Bateman's 86-yard catch at Illinois is the team's longest of the year and longest since 2003 (school record 96 yards, Asad Abdul-Khaliq to Jared Ellerson at Northwestern). Minnesota leads the Big Ten and ranks No. 12 in the nation in yards per completion at 14.66
4. Rashod Bateman could to be the most productive freshman receiver ever at Minnesota. He has 42 catches for 578 yards and six touchdowns (all TDs in B1G play). His 42 catches is a freshman record (broke Ron Johnson's record of 38 set in 1998) and his 578 receiving yards ranks second in school history by a freshman. He needs 77 yards to break Ernie Wheelwright's 2004 record of 654 yards and two more touchdowns to break Wheelwright's record of seven.
5. Minnesota has seen success on both punt teams. The Gophers have blocked two punts this season (Sam Renner and Justus Harris), have returned a punt for a touchdown (Antoine Winfield Jr.) and have allowed only 10 punt return yards all season on eight returns (4th in NCAA, 1st in B1G at 1.25 yards per return). The Gophers are ninth in the NCAA and first in the Big Ten in punt returns as they average 17.90 yards.
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