Pre-Season Week 2: Blue Devils at Golden Gophers
August 31, 1940 72° Huntington Bank Stadium
Attendance: 30,298 (60%)
Blue Devils 3 3 0 0 - 6
Golden Gophers 0 0 7 6 - 13
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Blue Devils: 4-6-MIN 31 (5:20) 12-Lane James 50 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 51-Earl Riley was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIN 0 DUK 3
(Qtr 2) Blue Devils: 4-5-MIN 23 (10:18) 12-Lane James 42 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 0 DUK 6
(Qtr 3) Golden Gophers: 1-3-DUK 3 (8:53) 40-Frank Garza ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 7 DUK 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 4-15-DUK 32 (10:23) 3-William Colella 49 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 10 DUK 6
(Qtr 4) Golden Gophers: 4-5-DUK 14 (1:56) 3-William Colella 32 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 13 DUK 6
Team Statistics
Golden Gophers Blue Devils
First Downs 8 15
- Rushing 3 6
- Passing 1 7
- Penalty 4 2
Total Net Yards 166 245
- Offensive Plays 56 79
- Yards Per Play 2.96 3.10
Net Rushing Yards 76 107
- Rushing Attempts 27 33
- Yards Per Rush 2.81 3.24
Net Passing Yards 90 138
- Att/Comp/Int 27 / 15 / 1 45 / 19 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 107 145
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 17 1 / 7
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.10 3.00
- Yards Per Completion 7.13 7.63
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 15 3 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.1 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 2
Penalties/Yards 6 / 37 4 / 50
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 61 3 / 26
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 26
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 1 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 38 OWN 23
Time of Possession 27:15 32:43
Drive Charts
Golden Gophers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:14 2:05 OPP 45 3 3 Punt
1 7:23 0:05 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
1 5:16 4:10 OWN 25 6 18 Punt
2 10:15 2:06 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 6:40 1:56 OWN 34 3 10 Punt
2 1:45 0:23 OWN 43 3 9 Punt
3 15:00 0:18 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 12:31 2:19 OWN 31 4 14 Punt
3 9:45 0:55 OWN 42 3 58 Touchdown
3 7:45 2:04 OWN 36 3 3 Punt
3 4:50 2:20 OWN 48 3 6 Punt
3 0:48 2:18 OWN 19 5 9 Interception
4 13:18 2:59 OWN 46 9 22 Field Goal
4 7:30 1:41 OWN 20 4 24 Punt
4 2:54 1:02 OPP 19 3 5 Field Goal
4 0:34 0:34 OPP 45 1 0 Game
Blue Devils
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:46 OWN 25 6 11 Interception
1 10:10 2:47 OWN 5 4 16 Punt
1 7:17 2:01 OPP 35 3 4 Field Goal
1 1:06 5:51 OWN 11 9 66 Field Goal
2 8:08 1:28 OWN 29 3 -1 Punt
2 4:44 2:59 OWN 25 8 31 Fumble
2 1:22 1:22 OWN 20 5 23 Half
3 14:42 2:11 OWN 24 3 5 Punt
3 10:12 0:27 OWN 13 3 5 Punt
3 8:50 1:05 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 5:41 0:51 OWN 9 3 3 Punt
3 2:30 1:42 OWN 10 4 30 Punt
4 13:30 0:11 OPP 39 3 0 Missed FG
4 10:19 2:49 OWN 25 7 30 Punt
4 5:50 2:55 OWN 7 6 7 Interception
4 1:53 1:18 OWN 21 9 38 Downs
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Robert Brown 14 32 2.29 13 1 0
#32 Kenneth Boggs 6 24 4.00 7 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 5 15 3.00 11 1 1
#49 Timothy Dombrowski 1 5 5.00 5 0 0
#6 William Walker 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Blue Devils
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#43 Eric Olson 14 72 5.14 16 1 0
#39 Francis Fann 10 29 2.90 10 2 0
#38 Gene Archie 8 8 1.00 7 0 0
#35 Earl Lee 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0
Passing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#6 William Walker 19 9 80 2 / 17 0 38 1 37.17
#4 Charlie Sheehan 8 6 27 0 / 0 0 9 0 78.65
Blue Devils
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#11 Barry Kessler 30 8 78 1 / 7 0 32 1 25.69
#4 Stephen Nichols 15 11 67 0 / 0 0 21 1 54.03
Receiving Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Thomas Baker 3 52 17.33 38 0
#13 Scott Coghill 4 18 4.50 7 0
#39 Robert Brown 3 16 5.33 8 0
#87 Norman Allsup 1 9 9.00 9 0
#49 Timothy Dombrowski 1 7 7.00 7 0
#16 Melvin Walters 1 2 2.00 2 0
#89 Thomas Colbert 1 2 2.00 2 0
#40 Frank Garza 1 1 1.00 1 0
Blue Devils
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Denny Baker 3 47 15.67 32 0
#84 Michael Morrison 3 31 10.33 21 0
#35 Earl Lee 2 17 8.50 13 0
#19 Jeff Brown 1 15 15.00 15 0
#27 Gary Brownlee 2 10 5.00 5 0
#43 Eric Olson 3 9 3.00 4 0
#83 Julius Cox 1 6 6.00 6 0
#39 Francis Fann 2 5 2.50 5 0
#80 Murray Hamilton 1 5 5.00 5 0
#38 Gene Archie 1 0 0.00 0 0
Blocking Stats
Golden Gophers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#61 Joseph Heller 20 17 1 4
#62 John Martens 19 16 1 4
#68 Michael Hernandez 0 2 0 0
#99 William Grant 0 1 0 1
#97 Wayne Parks 0 2 0 0
#73 Ralph Prim 13 13 0 0
#74 Matthew Jarrett 13 18 0 2
#56 George Sommers 13 10 0 1
#62 Gregory Wood 13 10 0 1
#46 William Boyce 13 19 0 0
#87 Norman Allsup 0 11 0 0
#55 Ivory Li 8 12 0 2
#16 Melvin Walters 0 6 0 0
#13 Scott Coghill 0 12 0 0
#98 Dustin McNamara 13 4 0 2
#57 Gus Flores 34 19 0 1
#32 Kenneth Boggs 3 1 0 0
#39 Robert Brown 4 2 0 0
#89 Thomas Colbert 7 20 0 0
#45 Johnny Coleman 3 7 0 1
#19 Manuel Morris 0 6 0 0
#42 Carl Doughty 0 1 0 0
#12 Thomas Baker 0 12 0 1
#51 Earl Riley 2 2 0 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 0 1 0 0
#30 John Richardson 0 3 0 0
#60 Kevin Sutton 19 18 0 1
#76 James Barnhart 27 16 0 0
#64 John Cathcart 6 13 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 5 2 0 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 8 3 0 0
#94 Bradley Hanks 8 1 0 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 0 1 0 0
#52 Edward Vang 0 1 0 0
#47 John Reed 0 1 0 0
#85 Grant Austin 0 3 0 0
#81 Jason West 5 8 0 1
#49 Timothy Dombrowski 3 2 0 0
#92 Rick Lance 0 2 0 0
#22 Willie Stoltzfus 2 0 0 0
#82 Mathew Norris 0 1 0 0
#72 Glenn Hancock 0 1 0 0
#97 Erik Moore 0 1 0 0
Blue Devils
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#38 Gene Archie 8 2 1 1
#70 Sean Hartwell 15 28 0 2
#84 Michael Morrison 2 23 0 1
#75 Jason Gaines 19 22 0 1
#65 Ryan Phillips 53 30 0 1
#55 David Dean 19 26 0 2
#71 Marvin Carvalho 19 28 0 3
#35 Earl Lee 2 13 0 1
#83 Julius Cox 7 23 0 3
#27 Gary Brownlee 9 25 0 0
#68 Dave Wells 40 22 0 0
#10 Denny Baker 0 12 0 0
#19 Jeff Brown 0 15 0 2
#15 James Collins 0 7 0 0
#74 Juan Meade 4 1 0 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 0 1 0 0
#48 James Tyler 0 1 0 0
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 0 1 0 1
#80 Gregory Robles 0 6 0 0
#39 Francis Fann 4 3 0 1
#64 Walter Jones 2 0 0 0
#88 Joseph Barnes 4 4 0 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 9 5 0 1
#98 Timmy Oden 2 3 0 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 0 3 0 0
#97 Tom Hinton 0 3 0 0
#43 Eric Olson 5 2 0 0
#81 Oscar Smalls 11 7 0 0
#58 James Wilson 0 1 0 0
#44 Jeffrey Kane 1 3 0 1
#36 Jason Cauley 0 1 0 0
#63 Milton Klein 37 18 0 1
#65 Kenneth Flores 28 11 0 0
#67 Edwin Bailey 37 15 0 2
#72 Christopher Conant 1 2 0 0
#26 Christopher Taylor 0 2 0 0
#65 Myles Williamson 0 2 0 0
#80 Murray Hamilton 0 1 0 0
#73 Thomas Brown 0 1 0 0
#52 Jeremy Bove 0 1 0 0
#41 Anthony Williams 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#30 John Richardson 1 0 0.00 0
#52 Edward Vang 1 0 0.00 0
Blue Devils
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#41 Anthony Williams 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#32 Kenneth Boggs 1 0 0 0
#6 William Walker 1 0 0 0
#26 Wayne Small 0 1 1 0
#60 Kevin Sutton 0 1 0 0
Blue Devils
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#39 Francis Fann 1 0 0 0
#98 Timmy Oden 0 1 0 0
#26 Christopher Taylor 0 0 1 0
Punting
Golden Gophers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Clayton Jones 10 457 45.70 41.30 52 6
Blue Devils
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Jonathan Sharpe 8 396 49.50 39.75 53 1
Kicking
Golden Gophers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 William Colella 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 49 1 / 1
Blue Devils
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#12 Lane James 2 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 1 50 0 / 0
Punt Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Manuel Morris 5 51 10.2 13 0
#12 Thomas Baker 1 10 10.0 10 0
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 Francis Fann 3 26 8.7 15 0
Kick Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Blue Devils
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#19 Jeff Brown 1 26 26.0 0
Defensive Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Tackles Sacks
#30 John Richardson 9 0
#97 Erik Moore 6 0
#37 Mohammad Gonzalez 5 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 5 0
#51 Earl Riley 4 1
#99 William Grant 4 0
#97 Wayne Parks 3 0
#50 Charles Rotella 3 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 3 0
#42 Carl Doughty 2 0
#92 Rick Lance 2 0
#53 Robert Hudson 2 0
#26 Wayne Small 2 0
#47 John Reed 2 0
#16 Melvin Walters 1 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 1 0
#78 Paul McGee 1 0
#81 Jason West 1 0
#72 Glenn Hancock 1 0
#19 Manuel Morris 1 0
Blue Devils
Name Tackles Sacks
#59 Patrick Havener 5 2
#98 Timmy Oden 4 0
#41 Anthony Williams 4 0
#99 Samuel Trudel 4 0
#71 Timothy Dion 4 0
#29 Kenneth Driscoll 3 0
#26 Christopher Taylor 3 0
#72 Christopher Conant 3 0
#64 Walter Jones 2 0
#58 James Wilson 2 0
#90 Brian Nickelson 2 0
#36 Jason Cauley 2 0
#52 Jeremy Bove 2 0
#44 Jeffrey Kane 2 0
#80 Gregory Robles 1 0
#73 Thomas Brown 1 0
#91 Stewart Hathaway 1 0
#74 Juan Meade 1 0
#83 Julius Cox 1 0
#65 Kenneth Flores 1 0
#97 Tom Hinton 1 0
#66 Derek Green 1 0
#15 James Collins 1 0