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2002 Michigan Wolverines at Minnesota Golden Gophers DVD
2002 NCAA college football regular season DVD
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Michigan (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 13 AP) is slowly forgetting about its lopsided home loss to Iowa two weeks ago and trying to keep focused on the future, which could include a New Year's Day bowl game.

Michigan's Piette Woods blocked a Minnesota punt attempt and the rout was on.

"Our goals are still ahead of us: We want to win out the last four games in November,'' said John Navarre, who passed for 225 yards and two touchdowns in the Wolverines' 41-24 victory over Minnesota on Saturday night.

B.J. Askew ran for 126 yards on just 11 carries for Michigan (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten), which gained 478 total yards and surged ahead with 24 straight points during a seven-minute span in the second half.

The Wolverines, who trail undefeated Iowa and Ohio State in the conference race, had 253 yards rushing.

"When we say we're going to run the ball, that's what we do,'' Askew said. "It's a great win.''

Michigan, which hasn't lost to the Golden Gophers since 1986 and is unbeaten in the Metrodome, hung on to the Little Brown Jug for another year and strengthened its chance of playing in a major bowl game on Jan. 1.

"It's one of the great traditions in college football,'' said Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr. "I'm very proud.''

The Gophers (7-3, 3-3) were in the Top 25 for a week until a 34-3 defeat to Ohio State dropped them from the rankings. They've been bowl-eligible for two weeks, thanks to a soft non-conference schedule, but they'll have a tough time winning another one: They host the Hawkeyes next week, followed by a road game against Wisconsin on Nov. 23.

Wolverines Lose LB Kaufman Michigan lost linebacker Zach Kaufman for the rest of the season because of a knee injury he sustained in the third quarter.

Kaufman, who made three tackles against the Gophers, will be out of Michigan's last two regular-season games and the team's bowl game, coach Lloyd Carr said.

The junior had 43 tackles, five for losses, two sacks and an interception this season. John Spytek will likely start in his place next week when Michigan plays Wisconsin.

"We have two tough teams to play; it doesn't get any easier. We totally have to erase this game,'' said Asad Abdul-Khaliq, who struggled for the second straight week for Minnesota.

He completed 17 of 36 passes for 181 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. Terry Jackson II had 90 yards rushing and a touchdown on 19 carries for the Gophers.

Minnesota coach Glen Mason defended his quarterback.

"He's been under all kinds of criticism,'' Mason said. "I thought it was a courageous performance by the guy. If that's not good enough, then shame on all of us.''

Braylon Edwards caught four passes for 75 yards and a touchdown -- all in the third quarter -- for Michigan.

Abdul-Khaliq tied the game at 17 with two TD passes -- one to Tony Patterson and one to Antoine Burns -- in the first nine minutes of the third quarter. The drives covered 78 and 80 yards, respectively.

"You could feel the momentum going our way,'' Mason said. "I really thought we had a tremendous opportunity there.''

But after a 24-yard field goal by Adam Finley, who missed two, freshman Pierre Woods deflated the Gophers' hopes by blocking Preston Gruening's punt and setting up a one-handed 10-yard TD grab in the corner of the end zone on the next snap to make it 27-17.

"I think that's the biggest play of the game,'' Carr said of the blocked punt.

Askew, and just about everyone else, agreed.

"Anytime you do something special like that, everybody gets hyped and you get that extra enthusiasm,'' said Askew, who scored on TD runs of 4 and 59 yards in the fourth quarter to seal it.

Minnesota got an early break when Mark Losli hit Perry at the line and forced a fumble that strong safety Eli Ward recovered.

But just like the previous week, when a blocked punt gave them the ball deep in Ohio State territory, the Gophers didn't take full advantage of the early turnover. They moved 2 yards in three plays and settled for a 32-yard field goal by Dan Nystrom.

Special teams set up Michigan's first score -- a 10-yard TD pass from Navarre to Bellamy -- when Losli's snap sailed over the helmet of Gruening, who had to scramble back and fall on the ball at his own 14.

Minnesota's biggest first-half gain came on a fake punt -- a 28-yard pass by Gruening to Ward. Two plays later, Abdul-Khaliq threw high to Patterson, and Jon Shaw made a leaping interception in the end zone.

The Gophers, held to 112 total yards last week, were held to 6 yards rushing in the first half.


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