GOLDEN GOPHER FOOTBALL

Texas Tech 44, Minnesota 41

Insight Bowl - Sun Devil Stadium - Tempe, Arizona
December 29, 2006

Scoreboard 1 2 3 4 OT Final
Texas Tech 0 7 7 24 6 44
Minnesota 14 21 3 0 3 41

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter
MN 9:27 Simmons 2 pass from Cupito (Monroe kick)
MN 6:00 Pinnix 2 run (Monroe kick)
 
Second Quarter
MN 14:52 Valentine 1 run (Monroe kick)
MN 7:42 Wheelwright 14 pass from Cupito (Monroe kick)
TT 4:32 Woods 1 run (Trlica kick)
MN 9:32 Payne 3 pass from Cupito (Monroe kick)
 
Third Quarter
MN 7:47 Monroe 20 FG
TT 4:58 Filani 43 pass from Harrell (Trlica kick)
 
Fourth Quarter
TT 14:56 Johnson 8 pass from Harrell (Trlica kick)
TT 7:49 Harrell 1 run (Trlica kick)
TT 2:39 Woods 1 run (Trlica kick)
TT 0:00 Trlica 52 FG
 
Overtime
MN Monroe 32 FG
TT Woods 3 tun (No kick attempted)

 

 

Game notes:

The Gophers set a record in this game for the biggest lead ever blown in a Bowl game.

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Minnesota Texas Tech
First Downs 25 29
Rushing Yards 195 103
Passing Yards 263 445
Net Yards 458 548
Comp/Att/Int 19/31/1 36/55/1
Punts/Avg 3/43.7 1/46.0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
Penalties/Yds 5/23 4/30
Time of Possession 35:49 24:11
Attendance 48,391

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING Att Yds TD
Minnesota
Amir Pinnix 34 179 1
Jay Thomas 6 21 0
Logan Payne 1 15 0
Justin Valentine 2 4 1
Bryan Cupito 4 -24 0
Texas Tech
Shannon Woods 19 109 3
Graham Harrell 5 -6 1

PASSING Cmp Att Yds TD Int
Minnesota
Bryan Cupito 19 31 263 3 1
Texas Tech
Graham Harrell 36 55 445 2 1

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
Minnesota
Jack Simmons 7 134 1
Ernie Wheelwright 4 45 1
Eric Decker 2 41 0
Logan Payne 3 18 1
Amir Pinnix 2 14 0
Troy Reilly 1 11 0
Texas Tech
Joel Filani 11 162 1
Robert Johnson 9 97 1
Todd Walker 5 68 0
Grant Walker 3 34 0
Eric Morris 2 31 0
Shannon Woods 3 19 0
LA Reed 1 15 0
Edward Britton 1 14 0
Danny Amendola 1 5 0