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threats in the passing game and its offen- sive line is riddled with injury right now, affecting everything it does. Meanwhile, the Gophers present a defensive matchup Purdue will want to run against. The Boilermakers are coming off a rushing yards and at least two rushing touchdowns in each of its conference games thus far. The Gopher defense is much better Minnesota has allowed 180 or more solid showing, relatively speaking, in the running game against Ohio State. Minnesota just got rolled over by Wisconsin the same way Purdue did two weeks ago. The Badgers ran for 337 yards and five touchdowns. PURDUE BOILERMAKERS ROSTER No. Name ............ Pos. 1 Normondo Harris . . . . . . CB 2 Frankie Williams....... CB 2 Jonathan Curry........ FB 3 Carlos Carvajal ........ TE 4 O.J. Ross............. WR 4 Taylor Richards ......... S 5 Antwon Higgs......... LB 6 Gary Bush ........... WR 7 E.J. Johnson ........... S 7 Robert Gregory........ RB 8 Raheem Mostert ..... WR 9 Anthony Brown ....... CB 9 Robert Marve . . . . . . . . . QB 10 Sean Robinson ........ LB 11 Akeem Hunt .......... RB 12 Austin Appleby........ QB 12 Tommie Thomas...... WR 13 Antavian Edison ...... WR 14 Bilal Marshall ......... QB 15 Rob Henry............ QB 16 Dolapo Macarthy . . . . . WR 17 Charles Torwudzo..... WR 17 Austin Parker ......... QB 18 Nnamdi Ezenwa....... LB 18 Cameron Posey....... WR 19 Caleb TerBush ......... QB 19 Aloyis Gray .......... WR 20 Gavin Roberts......... RB 21 Ricardo Allen ......... CB 22 Ishmael Aristide....... RB 23 Ralph Bolden ......... RB 24 Akeem Shavers........ RB 25 Brandon Cottom....... RB 26 Antoine Lewis......... CB 27 Evan Feichter .......... S 28 Josh Johnson ......... CB 29 Chris Quinn ............ S 29 Jimmy Herman........ LB 30 Thomas Meadows ...... K 31 Armstead Williams..... LB 32 Evan Pulliam.......... LB 33 Danny Anthrop....... WR 34 Max Charlot ........... S 35 Stephen Yang ......... CB 36 Zack Heiniger ......... LB 37 Paul Griggs ............ K 38 Landau Lang.......... CB 39 Joe Gilliam ........... LB 40 Collin Link ............ LB 40 Derek Jackson......... FB 41 Tylor Foster ........... RB 42 Andy Garcia........... LB 42 Cody Webster .......... P 43 Sam McCartney ........ K 44 Landon Feichter ........ S 45 Will Lucas ............ LB 46 Kurt Freytag .......... FB 47 Ruben Ibarra.......... LB 48 Jules Williams......... LB 50 Jesse Schmitt ......... LS 51 Justin Kitchens ........ OT 52 Henry Lorenzen ........ C 53 John Bednar .......... LS 54 Jack DeBoef ..........OG 55 Brandon Taylor ........ DT 56 Eric McDaniel .........OG 57 Robert Kugler ....... C/OG 58 Robert Maci .......... LB 59 Cody Davis............OG 60 Chuck Ayres........... OT 61 Ryan Isaac............ DE 63 Patrick Bade .......... OT 64 Kevin Pamphile ....... OT 66 Cameron Cermin ......OG 67 Peters Drey ...........OG 69 Kendrick Adams ....... DT 70 Jordan Roos ..........OG 71 Devin Smith ..........OG 72 Jason King............OG 73 J.J. Prince ............ OT 75 Josh Davis ............ OT 76 Rick Schmeig .......... C 77 Joey Warburg ......... OT 78 Trevor Foy ............ OT 80 Zack Sigman......... WR 80 Kingsley Ike .......... DE 81 Sterling Carter ........ TE 82 Crosby Wright......... TE 83 B.J. Knauf ........... WR 84 Eric Mebane .......... DE 84 Justin Sinz............ TE 85 Ryan Morris........... TE 86 Gabe Holmes ......... TE 87 Shane Mikesky . . . . . . . WR 88 Jordan Woods........ WR 89 Jalani Phillips . . . . . . . . . DE 90 Bruce Gaston ......... DT 91 Greg Latta ............ DE 92 Ryan Watson.......... DT 93 Kawann Short......... DT 95 Will Schott ........... DE 96 Ryan DeBusk.......... DE 97 Michael Rouse III ...... DT 99 Ryan Russell .......... DE equipped to defend the pass, with a cou- ple formidable pass-rushers in D.L. Wilhite (5.5 sacks) and Ra'Shede Hageman (4.0) and a solid secondary. Minnesota's sixth nationally in pass non-conference wins Minnesota al- ready had locked up. Part of the reason Minnesota's pass D looks so stifling is because opponents have had success running the ball. "They're very aggressive and some- times they overplay things, defense, allowing just 154.4 passing yards per game. It's yielded only four passing touchdowns this season, two of which came in the final minutes of back Akeem Shavers said. "I just feel like we're going to have to try to use their momentum and their aggressiveness against them." This past weekend, Purdue ap- " running No. Name ............ Pos. 1 Brendan Beal ......... LB 1 Brandon Green....... WR 2 Troy Stoudermire ...... DB 3 Martez Shabazz ....... DB 3 Dexter Foreman ....... QB 4 Keanon Cooper ........ LB 4 KJ Maye............. ATH 5 MarQueis Gray .... QB/WR 6 Grayson Levine........ DB 7 Mitch Leidner ......... QB 7 Damarius Travis ....... DB 8 Cameron Wilson...... WR 8 Spencer Reeves ....... LB 9 Philip Nelson ......... QB 9 James Manuel ........ LB 11 Antonio Johnson ...... DB 11 Max Shortell .......... QB 12 Andre McDonald ..... WR 13 Derrick Wells.......... DB 14 Isaac Fruechte........ WR 14 Connor Cosgrove ..... WR 15 Marcus Jones ........ WR 16 Jamel Harbison ...... WR 16 Steven Montgomery ... DB 17 Nick Rallis ............ LB 17 C.J. Cesario .......... WR 18 Derrick Engel ........ WR 18 Peter Westerhaus...... LB 19 Cedric Dicke .......... DB 19 Kendall-Gregory-McGhee TE 20 Donnell Kirkwood ..... RB 21 James Gillum ......... RB 21 Brock Vereen.......... DB 22 Jeremy Baltazar ....... DB 23 Michael Carter ........ DB 23 Edward (EJ) Sardinha . WR 24 Matt Kloss........... WR 24 Kyle Fodness........... K 25 Devon Wright . . . . . . . . . RB 26 Mike Rallis............ LB 27 Cedric Thompson ...... DB 27 David Cobb ........... RB 28 Moses Alipate......... TE 28 Kenny Watkins ........ DB 29 Briean Boddy ......... DB 30 Mike Henry ........... FB 31 Cole Banham ......... RB 31 Eric Murray ........... DB 32 Lamonte Edwards ..... LB 33 John McKelvey ....... ATH 34 Jephte Matilus ........ LB 35 Dominic Schultz ....... LB 35 Rodrick Williams Jr. .... RB 36 Cavonte Johnson ...... DB 36 Chris Hawthorne ....... K 38 Peter Mortell .......... P 38 Dan Orseske ........... P 38 Christian Eldred ........ P 38 David Schwerman ...... K proached the running game with more of a "downhill" approach, as coordinator Gary Nord put it, lining up frequently in the I-formation and often using multiple backs and multiple tight ends. You could see the same this weekend. "I hope we will, working for us and it helped open up our pass- ing game, to where they balance each other out. If they're worried about our run and we can hit a couple play actions off that, I think we'll be OK. " Shavers said, "because it's " j MINNESOTA GOLDEN GOPHERS ROSTER 39 Jordan Wettstein ....... K 39 Duke Anyanwu....... ATH 40 Jared Hartman . . . . . . . . LS 40 Nathan Tow-Arnett .... DB 42 JoJuan Harper......... RB 42 Gavin Bronson ........ DL 43 Ryan Grant ........... LB 44 Gabe Mezzenga ....... TE 45 Ben Holcomb ......... DB 46 Cameron Botticelli ..... DL 47 Alex Bisch ............ TE 47 Quinn Bauducco....... LB 48 Jake Filkins ........... LS 49 Matt Garin............ DE 50 Jack Lynn............. LB 52 Zac Epping ........... OL 52 Yoshoub Timms ....... DT 53 Tommy Olson ......... OL 55 Thieren Cockran ....... DE 57 Aaron Hill ............ LB 58 Ed Olson ............. OL 59 Joey Balthazor ........ LB 60 Augustine Pupungatoa . OL 62 Eric Jacques........... DL 62 Zach Mottla........... OL 63 Jon Christenson ....... OL 64 Caleb Bak ............ OL 65 Josh Campion......... OL 66 Luke McAvoy.......... OL 67 Brian Bobek ........... C 68 Isaac Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . OL 69 Tyler Hartmann ....... DL 71 Kyle McAvoy .......... OL 73 Joe Bjorklund ......... OL 74 Marek Lenkiewicz ..... OL 75 Ernie Heifort .......... OL 76 Jimmy Gjere .......... OL 77 Foster Bush........... OL 78 Ben Lauer ............. T 79 Jonah Pirsig ........... T 80 Devin Crawford-Tufts.. WR 81 John Rabe ............ TE 82 A.J. Barker........... WR 83 Drew Goodger ........ TE 84 Victor Keise .......... WR 85 Lincoln Plsek......... ATH 86 Malcolm Moulton .... WR 87 Sahr Ngekia .......... TE 88 Maxx Williams ........ TE 89 Logan Hutton ........ WR 90 Jackson Miller......... DE 91 Alex Keith ............ DE 92 Roland Johnson ....... DT 93 Ben Perry ............ DE 94 Harold Legania........ DL 95 D.L. Wilhite ........... DE 96 Dave Ramlet .......... LS 97 Scott Ekpe............ DT 98 Michael Amaefula ..... DE 99 Ra'Shede Hageman .... DE GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 8 • 8