American college football season
The2014 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented theUniversity of Minnesota in the2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by fourth-year head coachJerry Kill and played their home games atTCF Bank Stadium . They were a member of the West Division of theBig Ten Conference . They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to theCitrus Bowl where they lost toMissouri . It was their first New Year's Day bowl game appearance in 53 years, their previous was the1962 Rose Bowl .
Heading into their fourth off-season,Jerry Kill 's coaching staff at Minnesota suffered their first departure as linebackers and assistant head coachBill Miller accepted the linebackers coach position atFlorida State .[ 1] [ 2]
The Gophers also saw quarterbackPhilip Nelson leave the team, announcing his transfer toRutgers University shortly after the conclusion of the 2013 season.[ 3] Rutgers Scarlet Knights football program on May 14, 2014.[ 4]
College recruiting informationName Hometown School Height Weight 40‡ Commit date Melvin Holland WR Ashburn, VA Briar Woods HS 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 4.5 Jan 27, 2014 Recruit ratings :Scout : Rivals : ESPN : Jeff Jones[ 5] RB Minneapolis, MN Washburn HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 4.7 Feb 2, 2013 Recruit ratings :Scout : Rivals : (80)Connor Mayes[ 5] OL Van Alstyne, TX Van Alstyne HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 335 lb (152 kg) 5.4 Jun 17, 2013 Recruit ratings :Scout : Rivals : ESPN : Overall recruit ranking: Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:
2014 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 K. J. Maye Jr QB 2 Dimonic Roden-McKinzy Fr TE 3 Jerry Gibson Fr WR 4 Donovahn Jones So QB 5 Chris Streveler Fr QB 7 Mitch Leidner So WR 9 Eric Carter Fr WR 12 Will Reger Fr WR 13 Desmond Gant Fr WR 14 Isaac Fruechte Sr WR 14 Connor Cosgrove Sr QB 15 Conor Rhoda Fr RB 16 Jeff Jones Fr WR 17 Logan Hutton Sr QB 18 Jacques Perra Fr WR 19 Michael Conway Fr RB 20 Donnell Kirkwood Sr WR 21 Melvin Holland, Jr. Fr WR 22 Jeff Borchardt Fr WR 23 E. J. Sardinha So RB 24 Rodney Smith Fr WR 25 Devin Wright Sr WR 26 Brian Smith Fr RB 27 David Cobb Sr WR 29 Louis Tuszynski So RB 31 Cole Banham Sr RB 32 Berkey Edwards Fr FB 34 Jephete Matilus Jr RB 35 Rodrick Williams, Jr. Jr FB 41 Miles Thomas Jr FB 43 Tyler Hartmann So RB 37 Josh Parks Fr TE 39 Nate Wozniak Fr RB 44 Jacob Krisch Jr TE 47 Alex Bisch Sr TE 48 Matt Oldenkamp Fr TE 49 Noah Scarver Fr OL 52 Zac Epping Sr OL 53 Luke Rasmussen Fr OL 55 Connor Mayes Fr OL 58 Tommy Olson Sr OL 60 Matt Leidner Fr OL 62 Jared Weyler Fr OL 63 Jon Christenson Jr OL 65 Josh Champion Jr OL 66 Luke McAvoy Jr OL 67 Brian Bobek Jr OL 68 Isaac Hayes So OL 70 Chad Fahning Fr OL 71 Kyle McAvoy Jr OL 73 Joe Bjorklund Jr OL 74 Marek Lenkiewicz Sr OL 75 Ernie Heifort Jr OL 76 Alex Mayes Fr OL 77 Foster Bush Jr OL 78 Ben Lauer So OL 79 Jonah Pirsig So WR 80 Aaron Marmer Jr TE 81 Duke Anyanwu So TE 81 Nick Hart Fr WR 82 Drew Wolitarsky So TE 83 Drew Goodger Sr WR 84 Isaiah Gentry Fr TE 85 Lincoln Plsek Jr TE 86 Brandon Lingen Fr TE 88 Maxx Williams So WR 89 Connor Krizancic Fr
Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 1 De'Niro Laster Fr DB 2 Cedric Thompson Sr DB 3 Derrick Wells Sr LB 5 Damien Wilson Sr DB 6 Grayson Levine Sr DL 9 Alex Keith Jr DB 11 Antonio Johnson Jr DB 15 Marcus Jones Sr DB 16 Steven Montgomery Jr LB 18 Peter Westerhaus Jr LB 19 Cedric Dicke So DT 19 Gary Moore Fr DB 22 Craig James Fr LB 26 De'Vondre Campbell Jr DB 28 Jalen Myrick So DB 29 Briean Boddy-Calhoun Jr LB 30 Chris Wipson Fr DB 31 Eric Murray Jr DB 32 John McKelvey So DB 36 Cavonte Johnson So DB 40 Alexander Starks Fr LB 42 Dominic Schultz Jr DB 45 Adekunle Ayinde Fr DL 46 Cameron Botticelli Sr DB 48 Davis Alexander Fr LB 50 Jack Lynn So DL 52 Yoshoub Timms So DL 55 Theiren Cockran Jr LB 56 Nick Rallis So LB 57 Everett Williams Fr LB 59 Ray Dixon Fr DL 69 Justin Carr Jr DL 87 Gaelin Elmore Fr DL 90 Demaris Peppers Fr DE 91 Julien Kafo Fr DL 92 Robert Nondo-Lay Jr DL 93 Ben Perry Sr DL 94 Harold Legania Sr DL 95 Hendrick Ekpe So DT 96 Steven Richardson Fr DL 97 Scott Ekpe Jr DL 98 Michael Amaefula Sr DE 99 Andrew Stelter Fr
Special teams Pos. # Name Class K/P 18 Ryan Santoso Fr LS 25 Payton Jordahl Fr K 33 Andrew Harte Fr P 34 Logan McElfresh Fr P 37 Peter Mortell Jr K 38 Emmit Carpenter Fr LS 40 Jared Hartmann Jr P 41 Christian Eldred Sr K 42 Justin Juenemann Fr LS 49 Dave Ramlet Sr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Tracy Claeys (associate head coach)Matt Limegrover (assistant head coach / offensive line)Brian Anderson (running backs) Jeff Phelps (defensive line) Pat Poore (wide receivers) Rob Reeves (H-Backs / tight ends) Jay Sawvel (defensive backs / special teams) Mike Sherels (linebackers) Jim Zebrowski (Quarterbacks / passing game coordinator)Ryan Maiuri (graduate assistant)Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance August 28 6:00 pm No. 16(FCS ) Eastern Illinois * BTN W 42–2044,344 September 6 2:30 pm Middle Tennessee * TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN BTN W 35–2447,223 September 13 3:00 pm atTCU * FS1 L 7–3043,958 September 20 3:00 pm San Jose State * TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN BTN W 24–747,739 September 27 2:30 pm atMichigan ABC ,ESPN2 W 30–14102,926 October 11 11:00 am Northwestern TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN BTN W 24–1749,051 October 18 11:00 am Purdue TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN BTN W 39–3851,241 October 25 11:00 am atIllinois ESPNU L 24–2844,437 November 8 11:00 am Iowa TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry ) ESPN2 W 51–1449,680 November 15 11:00 am No. 8Ohio State No. 25 TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN ABC L 24–3145,778 November 22 11:00 am at No. 23Nebraska No. 25 ESPN W 28–2491,186 November 29 2:30 pm at No. 14Wisconsin No. 18 BTN L 24–3480,341 January 1 12:00 pm vs. No. 16Missouri * No. 25 ABC L 17–3348,624
Team 1 2 3 4 Total E. Illinois 0 0 0 20 20 • Minnesota 7 7 7 21 42
Date: August 28Location: TCF Bank Stadium Game start: 7:00TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Glen Mason, Jamie Hersch
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Mid Tennessee 0 0 17 7 24 • Minnesota 7 21 7 0 35
Date: September 6Location: TCF Bank Stadium Game start: 3:30TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Anthony LaPanta, Glen Mason, Jamie Hersch
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 0 0 7 7 • TCU 10 14 6 0 30
Team 1 2 3 4 Total San Jose St 7 0 0 0 7 • Minnesota 10 7 0 7 24
Date: September 20Location: TCF Bank Stadium Game start: 4:00TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Anthony LaPanta, Chuck Long, Jamie Hersch
Team 1 2 3 4 Total • Minnesota 0 10 17 3 30 Michigan 0 7 0 7 14
Date: September 27Location: Michigan Stadium Game start: 3:00Elapsed time: 3:15Game attendance: 102,926Game weather: Sunny; about 75 °F (24 °C); wind 15–20 mph (24–32 km/h) NEReferee: J. McGinnTV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jeannine Edwards
Scoring summary Q2 11:10 MICH Smith 10 yard run (Wile kick) MICH 7–0 Q2 8:00 MINN Leidner 10 yard run (Santoso kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 :00 MINN Santoso 24 yard field goal MINN 10–7 Q3 6:56 MINN Santoso 48 yard field goal MINN 13–7 Q3 6:42 MINN Campbell 30 yard interception return (Santoso kick) MINN 20–7 Q3 2:52 MINN M. Williams 1 yard pass from Leidner (Santoso kick)MINN 27–7 Q4 12:50 MINN Santoso 25 yard field goal MINN 30–7 Q4 7:27 MICH Gardner 3 yard run (Wile kick)MINN 30–14
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 10 0 7 17 • Minnesota 7 7 0 10 24
Date: October 11Location: TCF Bank Stadium Game start: 12:00TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Kevin Kugler, Glen Mason, Lisa Byington
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 14 17 7 0 38 • Minnesota 14 6 16 3 39
Date: October 18Location: TCF Bank Stadium Game start: 12:00TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Eric Collins, Chuck Long, Rebecca Haarlow
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 0 3 21 0 24 • Illinois 14 0 7 7 28
Date: October 25Location: Memorial Stadium Game start: 12:00TV announcers (ESPNU): Clay Matvick, Anthony Becht
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 7 0 0 7 14 • Minnesota 7 28 7 9 51
Date: November 8Location: TCF Bank Stadium Game start: 12:00Elapsed time: 3:19Game attendance: 49,680Game weather: Overcast; 38 °F (3 °C); wind 12 mph (19 km/h) NNEReferee: Shawn SmithTV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway, Paul Carcaterra
Scoring summary Q1 9:13 IOWA Weisman 1 yard run (Koehn kick) IOWA 7–0 Q1 5:38 MINN Maye 9 yard run (Santoso kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 12:59 MINN D. Jones 44 yard pass from Leidner (Santoso kick) MINN 14–7 Q2 6:49 MINN M. Williams 9 yard pass from Leidner (Santoso kick)MINN 21–7 Q2 3:51 MINN Cobb 6 yard run (Santoso kick)MINN 28–7 Q2 :31 MINN M. Williams 4 yard pass from Leidner (Santoso kick) MINN 35–7 Q3 9:13 MINN M. Williams 3 yard pass from Leidner (Santoso kick) MINN 42–7 Q4 11:34 MINN R. Williams 1 yard run (kick failed) MINN 48–7 Q4 6:28 MINN Santoso 35 yard field goal MINN 51–7 Q4 :14 IOWA Stone 24 yard pass from Beathard (Koehn kick) MINN 51–14
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Team 1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 3 7 7 31 Minnesota 0 14 0 10 24
Date: November 15Location: TCF Bank Stadium Game start: 12:00TV announcers (ABC): Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Tom Luginbill
Team 1 2 3 4 Total • Minnesota 7 0 14 7 28 Nebraska 7 14 3 0 24
Date: November 22Location: Memorial Stadium Game start: 12:00TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch, Brian Griese, Tom Luginbill
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 14 3 0 7 24 • Wisconsin 3 10 7 14 34
Date: November 29Location: Camp Randall Stadium Game start: 3:30TV announcers (Big Ten Network): Kevin Kugler, Glen Mason, Lisa Byington
Team 1 2 3 4 Total • Missouri 0 10 9 14 33 Minnesota 7 0 10 0 17
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Players Drafted into the NFL [ edit ] ^ "FSU Hires Bill Miller to FB Staff" .247Sports . RetrievedJuly 29, 2014 .^ Mason, Tyler (March 7, 2014)."Mike Sherels Named Gophers New Linebackers coach" .Fox Sports North . RetrievedJuly 29, 2014 . ^ Fornelli, Tom (January 29, 2014)."Minnesota QB Philip Nelson Transferring to Rutgers" .CBS Sports . RetrievedJuly 29, 2014 . ^ "Rutgers dismisses Philip Nelson" .ESPN . RetrievedJuly 29, 2014 .^a b "GopherHole.com - Unofficial Home of Minnesota Gopher Sports" .GopherHole.com .^ 2014 Minnesota vs. Michigan - Final Stats . Retrieved 2015-Aug-29.^ 2014 Minnesota vs. Iowa - Final Stats . Retrieved 2015-Aug-29.
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