Regular Season Week 12: Buckeyes at Golden Gophers
November 24, 1940 34° Huntington Bank Stadium
Attendance: 40,900 (81%)
Buckeyes 14 10 7 3 - 34
Golden Gophers 7 0 0 0 - 7
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 1-5-MIN 5 (7:54) 28-Fred Sauer ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Easterly. MIN 0 OSt 7
(Qtr 1) Golden Gophers: 1-2-OSt 2 (4:49) 22-Willie Stoltzfus ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-William Colella. MIN 7 OSt 7
(Qtr 1) Buckeyes: 2-11-OSt 24 (4:12) 8-William Stinson pass complete to 19-Russel Mikell for 76 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Easterly. MIN 7 OSt 14
(Qtr 2) Buckeyes: 1-9-MIN 9 (10:03) 27-Byron Veith ran to MIN 0 for 9 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Easterly. MIN 7 OSt 21
(Qtr 2) Buckeyes: 4-6-MIN 27 (0:59) 3-John Easterly 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 7 OSt 24
(Qtr 3) Buckeyes: 2-5-MIN 5 (5:43) 28-Fred Sauer ran for 5 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-John Easterly. MIN 7 OSt 31
(Qtr 4) Buckeyes: 4-1-MIN 23 (4:22) 3-John Easterly 41 yard field goal is GOOD. MIN 7 OSt 34
Team Statistics
Golden Gophers Buckeyes
First Downs 8 17
- Rushing 3 12
- Passing 4 4
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 213 401
- Offensive Plays 48 65
- Yards Per Play 4.44 6.17
Net Rushing Yards 138 237
- Rushing Attempts 27 50
- Yards Per Rush 5.11 4.74
Net Passing Yards 75 164
- Att/Comp/Int 18 / 14 / 0 15 / 12 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 97 164
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 22 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.57 10.93
- Yards Per Completion 6.93 13.67
Fumbles/Lost 2 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 10 7 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.3 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 3 / 25 4 / 35
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 5 / 44
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 36 1 / 36
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 3 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 29
Time of Possession 23:41 36:18
Drive Charts
Golden Gophers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:41 2:05 OWN 15 3 9 Punt
1 7:50 3:03 OWN 25 5 75 Touchdown
1 4:02 1:35 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 0:20 1:15 OWN 26 3 5 Punt
2 9:58 2:18 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
2 4:23 2:04 OWN 17 3 0 Punt
2 0:56 0:56 OWN 25 4 40 Missed FG
3 15:00 2:08 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 5:39 2:58 OWN 25 6 32 Punt
3 0:28 1:11 OWN 40 3 8 Fumble
4 12:07 2:22 OWN 20 5 11 Punt
4 4:18 1:12 OWN 38 4 21 Punt
4 0:34 0:34 OWN 20 2 14 Game
Buckeyes
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:19 OWN 33 3 0 Punt
1 10:36 2:46 OWN 36 6 64 Touchdown
1 4:46 0:44 OWN 25 2 75 Touchdown
1 2:27 2:06 OWN 17 3 8 Punt
2 14:05 4:07 OWN 27 8 73 Touchdown
2 7:40 3:16 OWN 26 6 15 Punt
2 2:20 1:24 OWN 43 7 30 Field Goal
3 12:52 7:13 OWN 38 12 62 Touchdown
3 2:40 2:12 OWN 3 3 5 Punt
4 14:17 2:11 OWN 47 3 6 Punt
4 9:45 5:27 OWN 31 8 46 Field Goal
4 3:06 2:33 OWN 20 4 13 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#39 Robert Brown 20 126 6.30 58 4 0
#4 Charlie Sheehan 1 8 8.00 8 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 5 2 0.40 6 0 0
#22 Willie Stoltzfus 1 2 2.00 2 0 1
Buckeyes
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#29 Stanley Galicia 31 131 4.23 21 6 0
#28 Fred Sauer 16 74 4.63 16 5 2
#27 Byron Veith 3 32 10.67 14 1 1
Passing Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Charlie Sheehan 18 14 97 3 / 22 0 18 0 89.12
Buckeyes
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 William Stinson 15 12 164 0 / 0 1 76 0 134.44
Receiving Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#39 Robert Brown 5 40 8.00 18 0
#12 Thomas Baker 3 33 11.00 15 0
#16 Melvin Walters 2 8 4.00 4 0
#40 Frank Garza 1 5 5.00 5 0
#13 Scott Coghill 1 4 4.00 4 0
#87 Norman Allsup 1 4 4.00 4 0
#22 Willie Stoltzfus 1 3 3.00 3 0
Buckeyes
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 Russel Mikell 3 88 29.33 76 1
#28 Fred Sauer 3 52 17.33 28 0
#88 Brendon Dingman 4 24 6.00 8 0
#18 Shawn Collins 1 2 2.00 2 0
#29 Stanley Galicia 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0
Blocking Stats
Golden Gophers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#73 Ralph Prim 32 32 2 1
#76 James Barnhart 32 28 1 2
#74 Matthew Jarrett 32 29 0 2
#81 Jason West 5 6 0 0
#62 Gregory Wood 31 29 0 0
#46 William Boyce 9 17 0 2
#87 Norman Allsup 3 25 0 1
#40 Frank Garza 3 6 0 1
#55 Ivory Li 21 31 0 3
#12 Thomas Baker 0 7 0 1
#98 Dustin McNamara 11 2 0 0
#57 Gus Flores 11 1 0 0
#16 Melvin Walters 0 11 0 1
#39 Robert Brown 0 3 0 0
#13 Scott Coghill 0 13 0 0
#60 Kevin Sutton 0 1 0 0
#90 Kenneth Espinoza 2 3 0 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 2 2 0 0
#78 Paul McGee 5 1 0 0
#22 Willie Stoltzfus 0 1 0 0
#53 Robert Hudson 0 1 0 0
#42 Carl Doughty 0 1 0 0
#26 Wayne Small 0 1 0 0
#92 Rick Lance 0 1 0 0
#52 Edward Vang 0 1 0 0
Buckeyes
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#45 Thomas Stebbins 7 2 0 0
#78 Ronald Schmidt 0 3 0 1
#39 Adam Kendrick 0 4 0 0
#22 Eric Peterson 0 3 0 0
#43 Kerry Moore 0 2 0 0
#49 Linwood Meade 6 1 0 0
#18 Shawn Collins 0 24 0 0
#48 Clarence Morton 0 3 0 0
#37 Michael Long 0 2 0 0
#23 David Morris 0 1 0 0
#61 Marlin Austin 26 50 0 5
#68 Albert Corker 27 53 0 2
#69 Kenneth Beach 19 22 0 4
#88 Brendon Dingman 1 39 0 1
#62 Shawn Maggi 27 46 0 1
#57 Larry Bell 24 50 0 6
#31 Kevin Knox 4 27 0 2
#85 Joseph Eliason 0 14 0 1
#28 Fred Sauer 2 0 0 0
#63 James Abner 17 24 0 1
#59 James Thompson 14 8 0 0
#27 Byron Veith 0 11 0 0
#17 Roger Wood 0 21 0 1
#19 Russel Mikell 0 24 0 2
#75 David Turpin 6 0 0 0
#29 Stanley Galicia 3 5 0 1
#14 Jacob Bromley 0 2 0 0
#15 Frederick Thrush 0 4 0 0
#79 James Greene 0 1 0 0
#21 Forrest Bernard 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Buckeyes
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#4 Charlie Sheehan 1 0 0 0
#40 Frank Garza 1 0 0 0
Buckeyes
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#76 Luis McRae 0 0 1 0
#33 Jeff Polson 0 1 0 0
#71 Robert Neill 0 0 1 0
Punting
Golden Gophers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#10 Clayton Jones 9 423 47.00 40.33 58 2
Buckeyes
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Frederick Husk 6 289 48.17 44.83 52 2
Kicking
Golden Gophers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 William Colella 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 1 / 1
Buckeyes
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#3 John Easterly 2 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 45 4 / 4
Punt Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Buckeyes
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 Roger Wood 5 44 8.8 14 0
Kick Return
Golden Gophers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#12 Thomas Baker 1 36 36.0 0
Buckeyes
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#17 Roger Wood 1 36 36.0 0
Defensive Stats
Golden Gophers
Name Tackles Sacks
#99 William Grant 10 0
#42 Carl Doughty 7 0
#97 Wayne Parks 6 0
#37 Mohammad Gonzalez 6 0
#30 John Richardson 5 0
#50 Charles Rotella 4 0
#78 Paul McGee 4 0
#81 Jason West 4 0
#70 Vincent Ozment 4 0
#39 Joseph Whitten 3 0
#53 Robert Hudson 3 0
#97 Erik Moore 3 0
#68 Michael Hernandez 2 0
#3 William Colella 1 0
#47 John Reed 1 0
#76 James Barnhart 1 0
Buckeyes
Name Tackles Sacks
#21 Forrest Bernard 9 0
#49 Linwood Meade 5 0
#39 Adam Kendrick 5 0
#44 Samuel Holmes 5 0
#33 Jeff Polson 3 0
#38 Robert Adams 3 0
#73 Ernest Boyer 2 0
#71 Robert Neill 2 0
#76 Luis McRae 1 2
#79 James Greene 1 1
#23 David Morris 1 0
#22 Eric Peterson 1 0
#42 Matthew Collins 1 0
#45 Thomas Stebbins 1 0