Northern Illinois |
VS |
Minnesota |
7:00 PM (CT), Big Ten Network
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Minneapolis, MN
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Minnesota | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| SCORING SUMMARY | |||||
| QUARTER 1 | Northern Illinois | Minnesota | |||
| Minnesota | TD | 6:03 | ERIC DECKER 8 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK) 18 plays 90 yards |
0 | 7 |
| QUARTER 2 | Northern Illinois | Minnesota | |||
| Northern Illinois | TD | 10:45 | JUSTIN ANDERSON 2 YD RUN (MIKE SALERNO KICK) 9 plays 74 yards |
7 | 7 |
| Minnesota | FG | 6:02 | JOEL MONROE 40 YD FG 7 plays 26 yards |
7 | 10 |
| Northern Illinois | FG | 0:55 | MIKE SALERNO 39 YD FG 4 plays 5 yards |
10 | 10 |
| QUARTER 3 | Northern Illinois | Minnesota | |||
| Minnesota | TD | 11:25 | JACK SIMMONS 53 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK) 3 plays 64 yards |
10 | 17 |
| Northern Illinois | FG | 8:27 | MIKE SALERNO 49 YD FG 8 plays 40 yards |
13 | 17 |
| Minnesota | TD | 8:07 | DUANE BENNETT 61 YD RUN (JOEL MONROE KICK) 1 plays 61 yards |
13 | 24 |
| Northern Illinois | TD | 6:59 | NATHAN PALMER 91 YD PASS FROM CHANDLER HARNISH (MIKE SALERNO KICK) 3 plays 91 yards |
20 | 24 |
| QUARTER 4 | Northern Illinois | Minnesota | |||
| Northern Illinois | TD | 8:09 | NATHAN PALMER 52 YD PASS FROM CHANDLER HARNISH (MIKE SALERNO KICK) 6 plays 80 yards |
27 | 24 |
| Minnesota | TD | 0:22 | DUANE BENNETT 1 YD RUN (JOEL MONROE KICK) 10 plays 74 yards |
27 | 31 |
| TEAM COMPARISON | |||
| Northern Illinois | Minnesota | ||
| First Downs | 15 | 18 | |
| Passing | 10 | 12 | |
| Rushing | 5 | 6 | |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 | |
| Third Down Efficiency | 6-14 | 5-14 | |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 0-0 | 2-2 | |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 398 | 425 | |
| Total Plays | 61 | 68 | |
| Average Gain Per Play | 6.5 | 6.3 | |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 72 | 127 | |
| Rushes | 31 | 31 | |
| Average Per Rush | 2.3 | 4.1 | |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 326 | 298 | |
| Completion-Attempts | 17-30 | 24-37 | |
| Yards Per Pass Play | 10.9 | 8.1 | |
| Times Sacked | 2 | 2 | |
| Yards Lost to Sacks | -16 | -20 | |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 | |
| PUNTS | 6 | 6 | |
| Average Punt | 40.7 | 36.0 | |
| PENALTIES | 2 | 3 | |
| Penalty Yards | 14 | 20 | |
| FUMBLES | 1 | 1 | |
| Fumbles Lost | 1 | 1 | |
| Passing |
| Northern Illinois | Comp | Att | Yds | Pct | Y/A | Sack | YdsL | TD | Int | Rating |
| Chandler Harnish | 17 | 29 | 326 | 58.6 | 11.2 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 175.8 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Minnesota | Comp | Att | Yds | Pct | Y/A | Sack | YdsL | TD | Int | Rating |
| Adam Weber | 24 | 37 | 298 | 64.9 | 8.1 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 150.4 |
| Rushing |
| Northern Illinois | Rush | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FumL |
| Montell Clanton | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Me'co Brown | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Justin Anderson | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 12 | 1 | - |
| Chandler Harnish | 8 | 10 | 1.2 | 13 | 0 | - |
| Ricky Crider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Minnesota | Rush | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FumL |
| Duane Bennett | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 61 | 2 | - |
| DeLeon Eskridge | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Adam Weber | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 14 | 0 | - |
| Receiving |
| Northern Illinois | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FumL |
| Nathan Palmer | 3 | 170 | 56.7 | 91 | 2 | - |
| Reed Cunningham | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 | - |
| Matt Simon | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 | - |
| Ricky Crider | 2 | 30 | 15 | 18 | 0 | - |
| Kyle Skarb | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 | - |
| Britt Davis | 4 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 0 | - |
| Landon Cox | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Minnesota | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FumL |
| Jack Simmons | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 53 | 1 | - |
| Nick Tow-Arnett | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 | - |
| Ben Kuznia | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | - |
| Ralph Spry | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Decker | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 28 | 1 | - |
| Duane Bennett | 4 | 25 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 | - |
| Punting |
| Northern Illinois | Punt | Avg | Lng | Blk | I20 | TB | Yds |
| Andy Dittbenner | 6 | 40.7 | 46 | 244 | |||
| Minnesota | Punt | Avg | Lng | Blk | I20 | TB | Yds |
| Justin Kucek | 5 | 43.2 | 54 | 216 | |||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kick/Punt Return |
| Northern Illinois | PR | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | KR | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
| Me'co Brown | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Minnesota | PR | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | KR | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
| Jay Thomas | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Troy Stoudermire | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 74 | 37 | 39 | 0 |
| Statistical information ©2009 STATS LLC - All Rights Reserved. |  |
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