Minnesota 31,
Oregon 30
December 31, 2003 - Sun Bowl - El Paso, TX
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Minnesota 31,
December 31, 2003 - Sun Bowl - El Paso, TX |
Stay classy, Juarez |
Sun Bowl during Oregon's practice |
The band posing for a picture |
Marching into the Battle of the Bands |
Still marching in... |
Oregon vs. Minnesota |
Battle of the Bands |
Oregon Marching Band |
Interesting uniforms... |
Gophers can climb |
Minnesota band encore |
Minnesota band |
Minnesota clearly wins the Battle |
Me and Sean with Goldy |
Us with Shannon, Sun Bowl Princess |
Goldy in a jam session |
Sean's Killa Vanilla |
Mmm...Wienerschnitzel |
Unattended at Border Blues |
This guy's a little wasted |
Outside the stadium on gameday |
The hero, Rhys Lloyd |
Minnesota section |
Gophers warming up |
Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Laurence Maroney |
All-Big Ten RB Marion Barber III |
Pregame warmups |
Gophers in warmups |
Aaron Hosack |
QB's in warmups |
The band & the M |
Oregon band's O |
Gophers take the field |
Sun Bowl Stadium |
Kellen Clemens leads Oregon's offense |
Thomas Tapeh scores from 7 yards out here |
Asad takes a knee |
CBS sign |
Scoreboard, baby |
Oregon WR Sammie Parker, bowl MVP |
Glen Mason accepts Sun Bowl trophy |
Mason talking to CBS' Jill Arrington |
Asad and Paul Nixon |
Seniors with trophy |
LB Terrence Campbell |
Asad Abdul-Khaliq and me after the game |
Me with Justin Isom |
Where Lloyd's game- winner went through |
Wells Fargo stagecoach |
In front of the scoreboard |
Birthplace of the margarita, Kentucky Club in Juarez |
Inside Kentucky Club |
Mexico-U.S. border |
NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MINNESOTA (20) 0 14 14 3 31 OREGON 0 17 7 6 30 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
2ND QTR: OREG - TD, DANTE ROSARIO 9 YD PASS FROM KELLEN CLEMENS (JARED SIEGEL KICK), 14:06 MINN - TD, THOMAS TAPEH 1 YD RUN (RHYS LLOYD KICK), 9:50 OREG - TD, SAMIE PARKER 18 YD PASS FROM KELLEN CLEMENS (JARED SIEGEL KICK), 8:45 MINN - TD, THOMAS TAPEH 1 YD RUN (RHYS LLOYD KICK), 1:11 OREG - FG, JARED SIEGEL 30 YD, :00 3RD QTR: MINN - TD, THOMAS TAPEH 6 YD RUN (RHYS LLOYD KICK), 8:28 OREG - TD, SAMIE PARKER 40 YD PASS FROM KELLEN CLEMENS (JARED SIEGEL KICK), 3:09 MINN - TD, LAURENCE MARONEY 22 YD RUN (RHYS LLOYD KICK), :14 4TH QTR: OREG - FG, JARED SIEGEL 32 YD, 9:36 OREG - FG, JARED SIEGEL 47 YD, 4:16 MINN - FG, RHYS LLOYD 42 YD, :23
Extended BoxNCAAF 1 2 3 4 F - - - - -- Minnesota 0 14 14 3 31 Oregon 0 17 7 6 30 FINAL
Oregon-Rosario 9 pass from Clemens (Siegel kick) Minnesota-Tapeh 1 run (Lloyd kick) Oregon-Parker 18 pass from Clemens (Siegel kick) Minnesota-Tapeh 1 run (Lloyd kick) Oregon-FG Siegel 30 Minnesota-Tapeh 6 run (Lloyd kick) Oregon-Parker 40 pass from Clemens (Siegel kick) Minnesota-Maroney 22 run (Lloyd kick) Oregon-FG Siegel 32 Oregon-FG Siegel 47 Minnesota-FG Lloyd 42
Minnesota Oregon First downs 23 25 Rushed-yards 55-241 24-77 Passing yards 172 376 Sacked-yards lost 1-6 4-25 Return yards 13 0 Passes 12-21-0 33-44-1 Punts 3-38.7 4-29.0 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 3-19 5-40 Time of possession 31:33 28:27
Individual Statistics RUSHING: Minnesota-Maroney 15-131, Tapeh 13-40, M Barber 16-37, Abdul-Khaliq 9-29, Wallace 1-6. Oregon-Whitehead 6-35, Washington 6-28, Clemens 11-14, Rosario 1-0.
PASSING: Minnesota-Abdul-khaliq 12-21-0-172. Oregon-Clemens 32-42-1-363, Fife 1-1-0-13.
RECEIVING: Minnesota-Hosack 6-107, Patterson 3-33, Posthumus 1-20, Tapeh 2-12. Oregon-Parker 16-200, D Williams 4-49, Whitehead 5-42, Rosario 3-36, Day 3-31, Clemens 1-13, Floberg 1-5.
Att: 49,894
Game StoryEL PASO, Texas (Ticker) -- Minnesota waited nearly a century for a season like this. Rhys Lloyd kicked a 42-yard field goal with 23 seconds remaining as the 20th-ranked Golden Gophers edged Oregon, 31-30, in a wild Sun Bowl to reach 10 wins for the first time since 1905. Minnesota (10-3) overcame a spectacular effort by Oregon wide receiver Samie Parker, who caught a career-high and Sun Bowl-record 16 passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns in his final appearance for the Ducks. "Samie was in a zone today," Ducks coach Mike Bellotti said. Jared Siegel kicked a 47-yard field goal with 4:16 remaining to give Oregon (8-5) a 28-27 lead, but Asad Abdul-Khaliq patiently ran Minnesota's offense, keeping the ball on the ground to get the Golden Gophers into field goal range. With no timeouts remaining and Minnesota scrambling on third down, Oregon coach Mike Bellotti called timeout to ensure his team got back the ball. But the move may have helped the Gophers, who set up the field goal with one more running play. "I was a little shaky when it came down to the last kick, but all I told (Rhys) was to hit it good," Minnesota coach Glen Mason said. "My concern at that point was to keep my team off of the field to avoid a penalty." Oregon's hopes ended when safety Justin Isom intercepted Kellen Clemens on the first play after the kickoff. Clemens completed 32-of-43 passes for 363 yards with three TDs and an interception. "It was a whale of a football game," Bellotti said. Laurence Maroney rushed for 135 yards on 15 carries for Minnesota, which avenged a 1999 Sun Bowl loss to Oregon in which the Ducks rallied for a 24-20 victory. Fullback Thomas Tapeh ran for three TDs for the Golden Gophers. "It was a review of the 1999 game," Mason said. "It was a thorough, enthusiastic game in 1999 when we lost, and the same this year. But we won." Abdul-Khaliq was 12-of-21 for 172 yards. His favorite target was Aaron Hosack, who had six receptions for 105 yards. After a scoreless first quarter, the offense picked up in the second, when the teams combined for 31 points. Siegel's 30-yard field goal as time expired gave the Ducks a 17-14 halftime lead. There were five lead changes in the second half as the offenses continued to dominate.