2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Texas Bowl, L 17–21 vs. Syracuse
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	Legends Division
2013 record	8–5 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jerry Kill (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Limegrover (3rd year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (3rd year)
Home stadium	TCF Bank Stadium (Capacity: 50,805)

2013 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
No. 3 Michigan State x$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Iowa		5	–	3					8	–	5
Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Minnesota		4	–	4					8	–	5
Michigan		3	–	5					7	–	6
Northwestern		1	–	7					5	–	7
Leaders Division
No. 12 Ohio State x%		8	–	0					12	–	2
No. 22 Wisconsin		6	–	2					9	–	4
Penn State*		4	–	4					7	–	5
Indiana		3	–	5					5	–	7
Illinois		1	–	7					4	–	8
Purdue		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Michigan State 34, Ohio State 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Before the season

The Gophers had their first, full intrasquad scrimmage during the Spring Game under Kill's tenure; his previous two Spring Games had been limited in scope. The game attracted 8,400 fans, the largest attendance for a Gophers Spring Game since Lou Holtz coached the team in the mid-1980s.^[1]

The 2013 Minnesota Spring Game had the highest attendance since the 1980s.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	6:00 PM	UNLV*		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 51–23	44,217
September 7	7:00 PM	at New Mexico State*		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM		W 44–21	16,418
September 14	11:00 AM	Western Illinois*		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	W 29–12	42,127
September 21	11:00 AM	San Jose State*		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN2	W 43–24	45,647
September 28	2:30 PM	Iowa		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Battle for the Floyd of Rosedale)	ABC/ESPN2	L 7–23	51,382
October 5	2:30 PM	at No. 17 Michigan		Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Battle for the Little Brown Jug)	ABC/ESPN2	L 13–42	111,079
October 19	11:00 AM	at Northwestern		Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPN2	W 20–17	36,578
October 26	11:00 AM	No. 21 Nebraska		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	ESPN	W 34–23	49,995
November 2	2:30 PM	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	BTN	W 42–39	44,625
November 9	11:00 AM	Penn State		TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Battle for the Governor's Victory Bell)	ESPN2	W 24–10	48,123
November 23	2:30 PM	No. 17 Wisconsin	No. 23	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPN	L 7–20	53,090
November 30	11:00 AM	at No. 11 Michigan State		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 3–14	71,418
December 27	5:00 PM	vs. Syracuse*		Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (Texas Bowl)	ESPN	L 17–21	32,327
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

• Source: Schedule

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
Coaches'	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	25	23	RV	RV	RV	NR
Harris	Not released							NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	NR	RV	RV	Not released
BCS	Not released								NR	NR	NR	NR	25	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Roster

2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Maye, K.J.K.J. Maye So QB 3 Foreman, DexterDexter Foreman  So QB 5 Streveler, ChrisChris Streveler Fr QB 6 Jones, DonovahnDonovahn Jones Fr QB 7 Leidner, MitchMitch Leidner  Fr WR 8 Wilson, CameronCameron Wilson  Jr QB 9 Nelson, PhilipPhilip Nelson So WR 11 Carter, EricEric Carter Fr WR 12 McDonald, AndreAndre McDonald So WR 14 Fruechte, IsaacIsaac Fruechte Jr QB 15 Rhoda, ConorConor Rhoda Fr WR 16 Harbison, JamelJamel Harbison  Fr WR 17 Hutton, LoganLogan Hutton  Jr WR 18 Engel, DerrickDerrick Engel  Sr QB 19 Conway, MichaelMichael Conway Fr RB 20 Kirkwood, DonnellDonnell Kirkwood  Jr RB 21 Gillum, JamesJames Gillum Sr WR 22 Borchardt, JeffJeff Borchardt Fr WR 23 Sardinha, E.J.E.J. Sardinha  Fr WR 24 Marmer, AaronAaron Marmer  So RB 25 Wright, DevonDevon Wright  Jr WR 26 Smith, BrianBrian Smith Fr RB 27 Cobb, DavidDavid Cobb So FB 30 Henry, MikeMike Henry  Sr RB 31 Banham, ColeCole Banham  Jr RB 32 Edwards, BerkleyBerkley Edwards Fr RB 35 Williams, RodrickRodrick Williams So TE 39 Wozniak, NateNate Wozniak Fr RB 42 Harper, JoJuanJoJuan Harper  So FB 43 Hartmann, TylerTyler Hartmann  Fr TE 44 Mezzenga, GabeGabe Mezzenga  Jr TE 45 Hart, NickNick Hart Fr TE 47 Bisch, AlexAlex Bisch  Jr OG 52 Epping, ZacZac Epping  Jr OG 53 Olson, TommyTommy Olson Jr OT 58 Olson, EdEd Olson  Sr OL 60 Leidner, MattMatt Leidner Fr OC 62 Mottla, ZachZach Mottla  Sr OL 63 Christenson, JonJon Christenson  So OG 64 Bak, CalebCaleb Bak  Jr OL 65 Campion, JoshJosh Campion  So OL 66 McAvoy, LukeLuke McAvoy  So OC 67 Bobek, BrianBrian Bobek Jr OL 68 Hayes, IssacIssac Hayes  Fr OL 70 Fahning, ChadChad Fahning Fr OL 71 McAvoy, KyleKyle McAvoy  So OL 73 Bjorklund, JoeJoe Bjorklund  So OL 74 Lenkiewicz, MarekMarek Lenkiewicz  Jr OL 75 Heifort, ErnieErnie Heifort  So OL 76 Mayes, AlexAlex Mayes Fr OL 77 Bush, FosterFoster Bush  So OT 78 Lauer, BenBen Lauer  Fr OT 79 Pirsig, JonahJonah Pirsig  Fr WR 80 Crawford-Tufts, DevinDevin Crawford-Tufts Jr TE 81 Anyanwu, DukeDuke Anyanwu  Fr WR 82 Wolitarsky, DrewDrew Wolitarsky Fr TE 83 Goodger, DrewDrew Goodger Jr WR 84 Keise, VictorVictor Keise  Sr TE 85 Plsek, LincolnLincoln Plsek So TE 86 Alipate, MosesMoses Alipate  Sr TE 87 Ngekia, SahrSahr Ngekia  Sr TE 88 Williams, MaxxMaxx Williams  Fr WR 89 Holcomb, BenBen Holcomb  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 Beal, BrendanBrendan Beal  Sr DB 2 Thompson, CedricCedric Thompson Jr DB 3 Shabazz, MartezMartez Shabazz Sr LB 5 Wilson, DamienDamien Wilson Jr DB 6 Levine, GraysonGrayson Levine Jr DB 7 Travis, DamariusDamarius Travis So DB 8 McGhee, DaletaviousDaletavious McGhee Fr LB 9 Manuel, JamesJames Manuel Sr DB 11 Johnson, AntonioAntonio Johnson So DB 13 Wells, DerrickDerrick Wells Jr DB 15 Jones, MarcusMarcus Jones Jr DB 16 Montgomery, StevenSteven Montgomery  So LB 18 Westerhaus, PeterPeter Westerhaus  So DB 19 Dicke, CedricCedric Dicke  Fr DB 21 Vereen, BrockBrock Vereen Sr DB 22 Baltazar, JeremyJeremy Baltazar Sr LB 26 Campbell, De'VondreDe'Vondre Campbell  So DB 28 Myrick, JalenJalen Myrick Fr DB 29 Boddy, BrieanBriean Boddy Jr LB 30 Wipson, ChrisChris Wipson Fr DB 31 Murray, EricEric Murray So DB 33 McKelvey, JohnJohn McKelvey  Fr LB 34 Matilus, JephteJephte Matilus  So LB 35 Schultz, DominicDominic Schultz  So DB 36 Johnson, CavonteCavonte Johnson  Fr DB 37 Roundtree, AaronAaron Roundtree So LB 38 Laster, De'NiroDe'Niro Laster Fr DB 40 Starks, AlexanderAlexander Starks Fr DB 45 Ayinde, AdekunleAdekunle Ayinde Fr DT 46 Botticelli, CameronCameron Botticelli  Jr DE 49 Salzwedel, OwenOwen Salzwedel Fr LB 50 Lynn, JackJack Lynn  Fr DT 52 Timms, YoshoubYoshoub Timms  Fr DE 55 Cockran, ThierenThieren Cockran  So LB 56 Rallis, NickNick Rallis  Fr LB 57 Hill, AaronAaron Hill  Sr LB 59 Dixon, RayRay Dixon Fr DL 69 Ndondo-Lane, RobertRobert Ndondo-Lane Jr DT 90 Peppers, DemarisDemaris Peppers Fr DE 91 Keith, AlexAlex Keith So DT 92 Johnson, RolandRoland Johnson Sr DE 93 Perry, BenBen Perry  Jr DT 94 Legania, HaroldHarold Legania  Jr DL 95 Ekpe, HendrickHendrick Ekpe Fr DT 96 Hinojosa, JordanJordan Hinojosa So DT 97 Ekpe, ScottScott Ekpe So DE 98 Amaefula, MichaelMichael Amaefula Jr DT 99 Hageman, Ra'ShedeRa'Shede Hageman  Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 24 Fodness, KyleKyle Fodness  Fr K 28 Santoso, RyanRyan Santoso Fr K 33 Harte, AndrewAndrew Harte Fr K 36 Hawthorne, ChrisChris Hawthorne Sr P 37 Mortell, PeterPeter Mortell  So LS 40 Hartman, JaredJared Hartman  So P 41 Oreske, DanDan Oreske  Sr K 42 Juenemann, JustinJustin Juenemann Fr LS 48 Filkins, JakeJake Filkins Sr P 94 Eldred, ChristianChristian Eldred Jr LS 96 Ramlet, DaveDave Ramlet  Jr	Head coach Jerry Kill Coordinators/assistant coaches Matt Limegrover (Offensive coordinator) Tracy Claeys (Defensive coordinator) Bill Miller (Assistant Head Coach / Linebackers) Brian Anderson (Running Backs) Jeff Phelps (Defensive Line) Pat Poore (Wide Receivers) Rob Reeves (H-Backs / Tight Ends) Jay Sawvel (Defensive Backs / Special Teams) Jim Zebrowski (Quarterbacks) [2] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: November 19, 2012

Game notes

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	6	7	3	7	23
Golden Gophers	3	13	14	21	51

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	3	24	3	14	44
Aggies	0	7	7	7	21

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leathernecks	6	0	6	0	12
Golden Gophers	0	7	8	14	29

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	0	17	0	7	24
Golden Gophers	7	13	9	14	43

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	3	14	3	3	23
Golden Gophers	0	0	7	0	7

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	7	0	3	3	13
#17 Wolverines	7	7	14	14	42

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	7	7	6	20
Wildcats	7	0	0	10	17

Nebraska

The game was Minnesota's first win against Nebraska since a 26-14 victory on September 24, 1960.

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Cornhuskers	10	3	7	3	23
Golden Gophers	7	10	10	7	34

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	7	21	7	7	42
Hoosiers	10	3	7	19	39

Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Nittany Lions	7	3	0	0	10
Golden Gophers	10	14	0	0	24

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Badgers	3	10	7	0	20
#23 Golden Gophers	0	7	0	0	7

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	3	0	0	3
#11 Spartans	7	0	7	0	14

Syracuse (Texas Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	0	7	7	7	21
Golden Gophers	0	3	0	14	17

References

1. Hartman, Sid (April 29, 2013). "Hartman: Solid Pitching Helps Twins Make Strides". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
2. "2012 Minnesota Football Roster". University of Minnesota Athletic Department. Retrieved November 19, 2012.

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