Record: 8-4, .667 W-L% (26th of 116) ▪ Rank: 13th in Final AP Poll
Conference: Big Ten
(Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Tiller (8-4)
PS/G: 31.8 (23rd of 116) ▪ PA/G: 22.2 (41st of 116)
SRS: 9.26 (23rd of 116) ▪ SOS: 2.93 (40th of 116)
Bowl Game: Lost Rose Bowl 34-24 versus Washington
| Passing | Rushing | Total Offense | First Downs | Penalties | Turnovers | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split | G | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | Pass | Rush | Pen | Tot | No. | Yds | Fum | Int | Tot |
| Offense | 11 | 26.5 | 44.5 | 59.7 | 312.5 | 2.4 | 37.7 | 158.6 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 82.2 | 471.2 | 5.7 | 15.5 | 8.7 | 1.6 | 25.8 | 5.5 | 43.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Defense | 11 | 17.8 | 29.7 | 59.9 | 201.4 | 1.2 | 36.6 | 139.1 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 66.4 | 340.5 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 1.0 | 17.9 | 6.6 | 51.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
| Difference | +8.7 | +14.8 | -0.2 | +111.1 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +19.5 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +15.8 | +130.7 | +0.6 | +7.0 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +7.9 | -1.1 | -8.1 | -0.2 | +0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| 1 | Drew Brees | 286 | 473 | 60.5 | 3393 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 24 | 12 | 132.4 |
| 2 | Brandon Hance | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 40 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 129.6 |
| 3 | Vinny Sutherland | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 1 | 0 | 236.0 |
| 4 | Travis Dorsch | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Montrell Lowe | 206 | 919 | 4.5 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 208 | 935 | 4.5 | 6 |
| 2 | Drew Brees | 91 | 546 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 93 | 552 | 5.9 | 6 |
| 3 | Sedrick Brown | 41 | 208 | 5.1 | 0 | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 0 | 51 | 281 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 4 | Steve Ennis | 38 | 82 | 2.2 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 40 | 114 | 2.9 | 8 |
| 5 | Vinny Sutherland | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 1 | 65 | 926 | 14.2 | 11 | 75 | 978 | 13.0 | 12 |
| 6 | Brandon Hance | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Donald Winston | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 18 | 166 | 9.2 | 0 | 20 | 178 | 8.9 | 0 |
| 8 | John Standeford | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 62 | 677 | 10.9 | 6 | 64 | 683 | 10.7 | 6 |
| 9 | Seth Morales | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 33 | 532 | 16.1 | 2 | 34 | 540 | 15.9 | 2 |
| 10 | Tim Stratton | 56 | 579 | 10.3 | 2 | 56 | 579 | 10.3 | 2 | ||||
| 11 | A.T. Simpson | 22 | 243 | 11.0 | 2 | 22 | 243 | 11.0 | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Andre Henderson | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | Keith Dawson | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Pete Lougheed | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 1 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Chris James | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Chris Randolph | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| 1 | Stuart Schweigert | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Akin Ayodele | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | Brady Doe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Joe Odom | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Ralph Turner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Vinny Sutherland | 20 | 467 | 23.4 | 0 | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Clopton | 10 | 234 | 23.4 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | Deaunte Ferrell | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Jacob Rowe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Pete Lougheed | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Donald Winston | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Landon Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Brady Doe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| 1 | Travis Dorsch | 42 | 44 | 95.5 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 75 | 13 | 652 | 50.2 |
| 2 | Scott Kurz | 26 | 927 | 35.7 | |||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| 1 | Travis Dorsch | 42 | 11 | 75 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Vinny Sutherland | 1 | 11 | 12 | 72 | |||||||||
| 3 | Steve Ennis | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Drew Brees | 5 | 1 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 5 | John Standeford | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Montrell Lowe | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 7 | A.T. Simpson | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Tim Stratton | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Seth Morales | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Pete Lougheed | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Chris James | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Ashante Woodyard | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||