Pre-Season Week 2: Blue Devils at Golden Gophers
August 26, 1939 72° Huntington Bank Stadium
Attendance: 28,266 (56%)
Blue Devils 0 6 0 0 - 6
Golden Gophers 7 0 14 14 - 35
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Golden Gophers: 2-18-DUK 31 (6:09) 32-Kenneth Boggs ran for 31 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 7 DUK 0
(Qtr 2) Blue Devils: 4-4-MIN 7 (12:20) 12-Marlin Lancaster 24 yard field goal is GOOD. DUK 54-Peter Tews was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIN 7 DUK 3
(Qtr 2) Blue Devils: 1-10-MIN 15 (0:03) 12-Marlin Lancaster 32 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 7 DUK 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Gophers: 2-10-DUK 15 (14:07) 25-Joshua Beardsley ran for 15 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 14 DUK 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Gophers: 3-6-DUK 21 (4:08) 40-Frank Garza ran for 21 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 21 DUK 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 3-5-DUK 44 (15:00) 6-William Walker pass complete to 12-Thomas Baker for 44 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 28 DUK 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 2-2-DUK 2 (8:14) 40-Frank Garza ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 35 DUK 6
Team Statistics
Golden Gophers Blue Devils
First Downs 10 10
- Rushing 7 6
- Passing 3 4
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 304 132
- Offensive Plays 61 54
- Yards Per Play 4.98 2.44
Net Rushing Yards 202 100
- Rushing Attempts 39 23
- Yards Per Rush 5.18 4.35
Net Passing Yards 102 32
- Att/Comp/Int 21 / 14 / 0 26 / 13 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 110 79
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 8 5 / 47
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.64 1.03
- Yards Per Completion 7.86 6.08
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 1 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 15 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.8 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 2 / 15
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 11 3 / 20
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 12 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 43 OWN 22
Time of Possession 34:58 25:02
Drive Charts
Golden Gophers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:31 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 13:06 2:00 OWN 17 3 5 Punt
1 9:43 3:40 OPP 47 7 47 Touchdown
2 12:17 2:04 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 8:03 6:11 OWN 11 9 31 Punt
3 14:09 0:08 OPP 15 2 15 Touchdown
3 12:04 2:27 OWN 40 6 16 Punt
3 8:07 4:05 OWN 46 8 54 Touchdown
3 2:20 2:26 OWN 39 5 61 Touchdown
4 12:41 2:08 OWN 20 3 9 Punt
4 10:29 2:18 OPP 23 4 23 Touchdown
4 7:16 2:06 OWN 39 3 -4 Punt
4 3:57 2:43 OWN 42 4 12 Punt
4 1:11 1:11 OPP 12 2 6 Game
Blue Devils
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:29 0:23 OWN 23 3 -7 Punt
1 11:06 1:24 OWN 30 4 15 Interception
1 6:02 8:45 OWN 25 15 68 Field Goal
2 10:13 2:10 OWN 29 3 10 Punt
2 1:52 1:52 OWN 23 6 62 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:51 OWN 25 3 -9 Interception
3 14:02 1:58 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 9:37 1:29 OWN 11 3 5 Punt
3 4:02 1:42 OWN 25 3 1 Punt
4 14:54 2:13 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 10:33 0:04 OWN 16 1 0 Interception
4 8:11 0:55 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
4 5:10 1:13 OWN 22 3 -9 Punt
4 1:14 0:03 OWN 10 1 0 Interception
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#25 Joshua Beardsley 15 100 6.67 15 4 1
#32 Kenneth Boggs 10 52 5.20 31 1 1
#40 Frank Garza 12 44 3.67 21 1 2
#46 William Boyce 2 6 3.00 4 0 0
Blue Devils
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Eric Olson 9 53 5.89 11 3 0
#38 Gene Archie 10 24 2.40 11 2 0
#35 Earl Lee 3 21 7.00 15 1 0
#9 Phillip Thomas 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Passing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 William Walker 10 5 64 0 / 0 1 44 0 103.75
#4 Charlie Sheehan 11 9 46 1 / 8 0 12 0 84.09
Blue Devils
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Stephen Nichols 15 9 69 0 / 0 0 27 1 43.47
#9 Phillip Thomas 11 4 10 5 / 47 0 8 3 5.30
Receiving Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Thomas Baker 3 53 17.67 44 1
#25 Joshua Beardsley 5 32 6.40 12 0
#89 Thomas Colbert 2 12 6.00 7 0
#32 Kenneth Boggs 2 8 4.00 4 0
#46 William Boyce 2 5 2.50 5 0
Blue Devils
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#84 Michael Morrison 2 31 15.50 27 0
#80 Gregory Robles 2 18 9.00 10 0
#19 Jeff Brown 3 17 5.67 10 0
#81 Oscar Smalls 1 8 8.00 8 0
#27 Gary Brownlee 1 2 2.00 2 0
#38 Gene Archie 3 2 0.67 3 0
#43 Eric Olson 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blocking Stats
Golden Gophers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#73 Ralph Prim 17 16 1 1
#60 Kevin Sutton 12 16 0 0
#56 George Sommers 14 13 0 1
#19 Manuel Morris 0 26 0 0
#89 Thomas Colbert 0 11 0 0
#62 Gregory Wood 17 13 0 0
#12 Thomas Baker 0 26 0 0
#16 Melvin Walters 0 8 0 1
#61 Joseph Heller 23 39 0 4
#46 William Boyce 23 32 0 3
#32 Kenneth Boggs 6 3 0 0
#57 Gus Flores 32 36 0 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 11 6 0 1
#68 Michael Hernandez 5 0 0 0
#81 Jason West 10 31 0 2
#78 Paul McGee 2 0 0 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 0 1 0 0
#58 Buddy Zink 0 1 0 0
#51 Earl Riley 1 2 0 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 0 4 0 1
#25 Joshua Beardsley 4 1 0 0
#30 Johnny Coleman 13 20 0 3
#13 Scott Coghill 0 19 0 1
#96 Kurt Harrison 1 1 0 0
#94 Bradley Hanks 8 3 0 0
#97 Wayne Parks 1 0 0 0
#92 Rick Lance 2 2 0 0
#49 Timothy Dombrowski 6 12 0 1
#62 John Martens 10 29 0 3
#99 William Grant 8 2 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 4 1 0 0
#88 Willie Suarez 5 14 0 0
#39 Robert Brown 2 1 0 0
#33 Lawrence McLaughlin 0 1 0 0
#61 Glenn Hancock 0 2 0 0
#30 John Richardson 0 1 0 0
#50 Charles Rotella 0 1 0 1
#85 Grant Austin 0 2 0 0
Blue Devils
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#65 Kenneth Flores 24 10 2 3
#63 Milton Klein 24 9 2 4
#51 Raymond Young 19 20 0 1
#54 Peter Tews 14 13 0 0
#70 Sean Hartwell 15 18 0 0
#65 Ryan Phillips 19 19 0 1
#55 David Dean 38 19 0 0
#38 Gene Archie 7 4 0 0
#43 Eric Olson 4 3 0 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 4 0 0 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 9 0 0 0
#74 Juan Meade 10 1 0 0
#71 Marvin Carvalho 29 17 0 3
#27 Gary Brownlee 15 13 0 0
#84 Michael Morrison 2 14 0 0
#81 Oscar Smalls 3 17 0 2
#35 Earl Lee 6 6 0 0
#80 Gregory Robles 0 8 0 0
#10 Denny Baker 0 7 0 1
#19 Jeff Brown 0 5 0 1
#15 James Collins 0 2 0 0
#64 Walter Jones 2 1 0 0
#88 Joseph Barnes 3 0 0 0
#93 Zachery True 0 1 0 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 0 1 0 0
#83 Julius Cox 8 6 0 2
#89 Brian Bruno 2 5 0 0
#72 Christopher Conant 3 0 0 0
#97 Tom Hinton 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#12 Thomas Baker 1 8 8.00 0
#37 Mohammad Gonzalez 1 2 2.00 0
#50 Charles Rotella 1 2 2.00 0
#99 William Grant 1 0 0.00 0
Blue Devils
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#6 William Walker 1 0 0 0
#33 Lawrence McLaughlin 0 0 1 0
#62 John Martens 0 1 0 0
Blue Devils
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#38 Gene Archie 1 0 0 0
#63 Milton Klein 0 1 0 0
Punting
Golden Gophers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Clayton Jones 8 352 44.00 42.00 55 3
Blue Devils
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Jonathan Sharpe 8 385 48.13 47.00 67 3
Kicking
Golden Gophers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 William Colella 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 5 / 5
Blue Devils
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Marlin Lancaster 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 32 0 / 0
Punt Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#25 Joshua Beardsley 1 11 11.0 11 0
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Jeff Brown 3 20 6.7 10 0
Kick Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Tackles Sacks
#58 Buddy Zink 5 0
#99 William Grant 5 0
#30 John Richardson 5 0
#37 Mohammad Gonzalez 4 0
#42 Carl Doughty 3 0
#33 Lawrence McLaughlin 3 0
#61 Glenn Hancock 3 3
#97 Wayne Parks 2 0
#78 Paul McGee 2 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 2 0
#92 Rick Lance 2 2
#51 Earl Riley 2 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 2 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 1 0
#96 Kurt Harrison 1 0
#61 Joseph Heller 1 0
#50 Charles Rotella 1 0
Blue Devils
Name Tackles Sacks
#26 Christopher Taylor 6 0
#96 Pedro Ladner 5 0
#21 Bradford Shaw 5 0
#52 Jeremy Bove 4 0
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 3 0
#58 John Ditch 3 0
#74 Juan Meade 3 0
#98 Leon Morris 3 0
#60 Vincent Everly 2 1
#92 William Charland 2 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 2 0
#36 Jason Cauley 2 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 2 0
#71 Timothy Dion 2 0
#38 Gene Archie 2 0
#73 Thomas Brown 2 0
#19 Jeff Brown 1 0
#15 James Collins 1 0
#93 Zachery True 1 0
#55 Harvey Burkett 1 0
#65 Myles Williamson 1 0
#72 Christopher Conant 1 0
#97 Tom Hinton 1 0