Insight Bowl
Final Score: Texas Tech 44 - Minnesota 41 (OT)
recap by Don Prather
It's mid-third quarter and your team is down by 31 points in a mid-level bowl game, so what do you do? Put things on cruise control, get some of those seniors the opportunity to play in a bowl game and get ready for the off season? Not Mike Leach. Down 38-7 midway through the third quarter and the Red Raiders reeled off 31 unanswered points capped by a career long 52 yard field goal by Alex Trlica as time expired to tie the game at 38 and force overtime.
Then in overtime, the Tech defense held, forcing a field goal kick by the Gophers to make the score 41-38. From there, Graham Harrell lead the Raiders on a short drive and a 3 yard dive into paydirt for the winning score by Shannon Woods to make the final 44-41.
Mike Leach was a bit emotional on the field in the post game interview, "We just kep sluggin' away, uh, kept sluggin' away in the second half. . . Those guys just put in a hell of an effort." This marks the greatest comeback in college bowl game history beating out the 2001 GMAC Bowl when Marshall came back from a 30 point deficit to win 64-61 in double overtime against East Carolina.
Harrell was 36 of 55 for 445 passing yards with 2 TD's and 1 Interception. He also scored on a 1 yard QB sneak while Shannon Woods rushed for 108 yards and 3 TD's on 18 carries. Filani lead the Tech receivers with 11 catches for 162 yards and a TD in his final game for the Raiders.
Friday, December 29th - 7:30 PM Eastern - NFL Network
Minnesota vs. Texas Tech
OUR PICKS
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| TEAM AVERAGES & NCAA RANKS |
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| OFFENSE |
TEAM |
PER GM AVG / NCAA RANK |
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Individual Leaders |
| Total Yards |
MINN |
375.8 / 43rd |
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Minnesota Passing |
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450.1 / 7th |
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CMP% |
YDS |
TD |
INT |
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MINN |
224.8 / 49th |
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C. Cupito |
59.5 |
2556 |
19 |
8 |
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372.8 / 3rd |
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E. Decker |
100.0 |
22 |
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| Rushing Yards |
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151.0 / 45th |
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77.3 / 112th |
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Minnesota Rushing |
| Points Scored |
MINN |
30.3 / 21st |
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CAR |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
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31.5 / 15th |
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A. Pinnix |
218 |
1093 |
5.0 |
9 |
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A. Daniels |
67 |
309 |
4.6 |
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| Schedule Comparison |
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| Minnesota 6-6 |
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Texas Tech 7-5 |
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Minnesota Receiving |
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SMU (W 35-3) |
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REC |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
| @Cal (L 42-17) |
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@UTEP (W 38-35) |
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L. Payne |
56 |
786 |
14.0 |
8 |
| Temple (W 62-0) |
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@TCU (L 12-3) |
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M. Spaeth |
47 |
564 |
12.0 |
4 |
| @Purdue (L 27-21) |
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SE Louisiana (W 62-0) |
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| Michigan (L 28-14) |
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@Tex A&M (W 31-27) |
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Tex Tech Passing |
| Penn State (L 28-27) |
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Missouri (L 38-21) |
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CMP% |
YDS |
TD |
INT |
| @Wisconsin (L 48-12) |
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@Colorado (L 30-6) |
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G. Harrell |
66.9 |
4110 |
36 |
10 |
| ND State (W 10-9) |
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@Iowa St (W 42-26) |
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C. Todd |
71.4 |
241 |
1 |
0 |
| @Ohio St (L 44-0) |
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Texas (L 35-31) |
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| Indiana (W 63-26) |
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Baylor (W 55-21) |
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Tex Tech Rushing |
| @Mich St (W 31-18) |
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@Oklahoma (L 34-24) |
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CAR |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
| Iowa (W 34-24) |
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Oklahoma St (W 30-24) |
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S. Woods |
133 |
817 |
6.1 |
7 |
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B. Batch |
9 |
43 |
4.8 |
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Tex Tech Receiving |
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REC |
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TD |
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J. Filani |
80 |
1138 |
14.2 |
12 |
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R. Johnson |
80 |
774 |
9.7 |
10 |
