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Northwestern-Minnesota Statistics

11/1/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football

Northwestern vs Minnesota (Nov 01, 2008)

  • Scoring Summary
  • Team Statistics
  • Individual Statistics
  • Drive Chart
  • Defensive Statistics
  • Game Participation
  • Play-by-Play

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northwestern vs #20 Minnesota (Nov 01, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Northwestern (7-2,3-2) vs. Minnesota (7-2,3-2)

Date: Nov 01, 2008 Site: Minneapolis, Minn. Stadium: HHH Metrodome Attendance: 54122

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Northwestern 10 7 0 7 24
Minnesota 0 17 0 0 17

SCORING SUMMARY NU -MINN
1st 11:49 NU Ebert, Jeremy 36 yd pass from Kafka, Mike (Villarreal, Amado kick)
7 plays, 78 yards, TOP 3:11 7 - 0
06:55 NU Villarreal, Amado 34 yd field goal
9 plays, 52 yards, TOP 3:25 10 - 0
2nd 14:56 MINN Decker, Eric 7 yd pass from Weber, Adam (Monroe, Joel kick)
7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 1:47 10 - 7
10:07 MINN Simmons, Traye 23 yd interception return (Monroe, Joel kick)
10 - 14
05:33 NU Rooks, Josh 2 yd pass from Kafka, Mike (Villarreal, Amado kick)
2 plays, 55 yards, TOP 0:30 17 - 14
00:36 MINN Monroe, Joel 21 yd field goal
13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 4:57 17 - 17
4th 00:12 NU Smith, Brendan 48 yd interception return (Villarreal, Amado kick)
24 - 17

Kickoff time: 11:02 am End of Game: 2:15 Total elapsed time: 3:13
Referee: Dennis Lipski Umpire: Fred Bryan Linesman: Todd Ransom Line judge: Ron Torbert Field judge: Michael Brown Side judge: Steve Hassel
Temperature: Wind: Weather: Indoors

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northwestern vs #20 Minnesota (Nov 01, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Team Totals NU MINN
FIRST DOWNS 16 20
Rushing 9 8
Passing 7 11
Penalty 0 1
NET YARDS RUSHING 220 68
Rushing Attempts 41 25
Average Per Rush 5.4 2.7
Rushing Touchdowns 0 0
Yards Gained Rushing 274 102
Yards Lost Rushing 54 34
NET YARDS PASSING 143 327
Completions-Attempts-Int 12-16-2 32-52-1
Average Per Attempt 8.9 6.3
Average Per Completion 11.9 10.2
Passing Touchdowns 2 1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 363 395
Total offense plays 57 77
Average Gain Per Play 6.4 5.1
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties: Number-Yards 2-20 5-40
PUNTS-YARDS 6-257 7-301
Average Yards Per Punt 42.8 43.0
Net Yards Per Punt 37.3 38.0
Inside 20 3 0
50+ Yards 1 2
Touchbacks 1 1
Fair catch 1 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-337 4-254
Average Yards Per Kickoff 67.4 63.5
Net Yards Per Kickoff 50.0 45.0
Touchbacks 1 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-15-0 1-13-0
Average Per Return 5.0 13.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-74-0 4-67-0
Average Per Return 18.5 16.8
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-48-1 2-58-1
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 26:52 33:08
1st Quarter 9:15 5:45
2nd Quarter 4:49 10:11
3rd Quarter 4:42 10:18
4th Quarter 8:06 6:54
Third-Down Conversions 2 of 10 8 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-22 2-16
PAT Kicks 3-3 2-2
Field Goals 1-2 1-2

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northwestern vs #20 Minnesota (Nov 01, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Northwestern
Minnesota
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Kafka, Mike 27 243 26 217 0 53 8.0
Conteh, Omar 12 31 19 12 0 9 1.0
TEAM 1 0 2 -2 0 0 -2.0
Peterman, Eric 1 0 7 -7 0 0 -7.0
Totals... 41 274 54 220 0 53 5.4
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Weber, Adam 16 81 28 53 0 19 3.3
Eskridge, DeLeon 9 21 6 15 0 8 1.7
Totals... 25 102 34 68 0 19 2.7
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Kafka, Mike 12-16-2 143 2 36 2
Totals... 12-16-2 143 2 36 2
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Weber, Adam 31-51-1 327 1 31 2
Kucek, Justin 1-1-0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 32-52-1 327 1 31 2
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Ebert, Jeremy 3 48 1 36
Conteh, Omar 3 11 0 7
Peterman, Eric 2 44 0 32
Ward, Rasheed 1 17 0 17
Brewer, Andrew 1 14 0 14
Lane, Ross 1 7 0 7
Rooks, Josh 1 2 1 2
Totals... 12 143 2 36
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Kuznia, Ben 7 98 0 22
Decker, Eric 7 62 1 24
Simmons, Jack 6 37 0 8
Green, Brandon 5 37 0 11
Eskridge, DeLeon 3 23 0 10
Tow-Arnett, Nick 2 57 0 31
Salamon, Shady 1 6 0 6
Campbell, Lee 1 0 0 0
Weber, Adam 0 7 0 0
Totals... 32 327 1 31
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Demos, Stefan 6 257 42.8 55 3 1
Totals... 6 257 42.8 55 3 1
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Kucek, Justin 7 301 43.0 54 0 1
Totals... 7 301 43.0 54 0 1
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Simmons, Stephen 0 0 0 3 68 29 0 0 0
McNaul, Bryce 0 0 0 1 6 6 0 0 0
Smith, Brendan 3 15 10 0 0 0 1 48 48
Totals... 3 15 10 4 74 29 1 48 48
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Stoudermire, Troy 0 0 0 3 53 22 0 0 0
Simmons, Traye 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 58 35
Thomas, Jay 0 0 0 1 14 14 0 0 0
Sherels, Marcus 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 1 13 13 4 67 22 2 58 35
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Kafka, Mike 217 0 0 0 0 217
Simmons, Stephen 0 0 68 0 0 68
Smith, Brendan 0 0 0 15 48 63
Ebert, Jeremy 0 48 0 0 0 48
Peterman, Eric -7 44 0 0 0 37
Conteh, Omar 12 11 0 0 0 23
Ward, Rasheed 0 17 0 0 0 17
Brewer, Andrew 0 14 0 0 0 14
Lane, Ross 0 7 0 0 0 7
McNaul, Bryce 0 0 6 0 0 6
Rooks, Josh 0 2 0 0 0 2
TEAM -2 0 0 0 0 -2
Totals... 220 143 74 15 48 500
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Kuznia, Ben 0 98 0 0 0 98
Decker, Eric 0 62 0 0 0 62
Weber, Adam 53 7 0 0 0 60
Simmons, Traye 0 0 0 0 58 58
Tow-Arnett, Nick 0 57 0 0 0 57
Stoudermire, Troy 0 0 53 0 0 53
Eskridge, DeLeon 15 23 0 0 0 38
Green, Brandon 0 37 0 0 0 37
Simmons, Jack 0 37 0 0 0 37
Thomas, Jay 0 0 14 0 0 14
Sherels, Marcus 0 0 0 13 0 13
Salamon, Shady 0 6 0 0 0 6
Totals... 68 327 67 13 58 533
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Villarreal, Amado 1st 06:55 34 yards Good
Villarreal, Amado 4th 11:36 47 yards Missed
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Monroe, Joel 2nd 00:36 21 yards Good
Monroe, Joel 3rd 02:59 20 yards Missed
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Villarreal, Amado 5 337 1 0 67.4
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Monroe, Joel 4 254 0 0 63.5
FUMBLES: Northwestern-Kafka, Mike 1-0. Minnesota-Weber, Adam 2-1.

Drive Chart

Drive Chart (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northwestern vs #20 Minnesota (Nov 01, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP RZ
NU 1st N22 15:00 Kickoff M00 11:49 * TOUCHDOWN 7-78 3:11
NU 1st N31 10:20 Punt M17 06:55 * FIELD GOAL 9-52 3:25 #
NU 1st N30 04:22 Punt M37 01:43 Punt 5-33 2:39
NU 2nd N21 14:56 Kickoff N25 14:02 Punt 3-4 0:54
NU 2nd N23 10:51 Punt N18 10:07 Interception 2--5 0:44
NU 2nd N34 10:07 Kickoff N28 08:02 Punt 3--6 2:05
NU 2nd N45 06:03 Punt M00 05:33 * TOUCHDOWN 2-55 0:30 #
NU 2nd N23 00:36 Kickoff N21 00:00 End of half 1--2 0:36
NU 3rd N36 13:22 Punt M42 11:06 Punt 5-22 2:16
NU 3rd N20 02:59 Missed FG M39 00:33 Interception 5-41 2:26
NU 4th N31 14:09 Downs M30 11:36 Missed FG 5-39 2:33
NU 4th N20 09:14 Punt M44 04:31 Punt 8-36 4:43
NU 4th N20 01:37 Punt N31 00:47 Punt 4-11 0:50
NU 4th M00 00:12 Interception M00 00:12 * TOUCHDOWN 0-0 0:00
NU 4th M39 00:00 Fumble M39 00:00 End of half 0-0 0:00
MINN 1st M18 11:49 Kickoff M23 10:20 Punt 3-5 1:29
MINN 1st M13 06:55 Kickoff M33 04:22 Punt 6-20 2:33
MINN 1st M20 01:43 Punt N00 14:56 * TOUCHDOWN 7-80 1:47 #
MINN 2nd M42 14:02 Punt M30 10:51 Punt 4--12 3:11
MINN 2nd N00 10:07 Interception N00 10:07 * TOUCHDOWN 0-0 0:00
MINN 2nd M23 08:02 Punt M27 06:03 Punt 3-4 1:59
MINN 2nd M20 05:33 Kickoff N04 00:36 * FIELD GOAL 13-76 4:57 #
MINN 3rd M18 15:00 Kickoff M20 13:22 Punt 3-2 1:38
MINN 3rd M05 11:06 Punt N03 02:59 Missed FG 16-92 8:07 #
MINN 3rd M44 00:33 Interception N31 14:09 Downs 5-25 1:24
MINN 4th M30 11:36 Missed FG M49 09:14 Punt 5-19 2:22
MINN 4th M11 04:31 Punt M47 01:37 Punt 8-36 2:54
MINN 4th M14 00:47 Punt M29 00:12 Interception 5-15 0:35
MINN 4th M21 00:06 Kickoff M39 00:00 Fumble 1-18 0:06

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
Northwestern Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total
Time of possession 09:15 04:49 04:42 08:06 14:04 12:48 26:52
3rd Down Conversions 1/3 0/2 0/1 1/4 1/5 1/5 2/10
Average field position N27 N29 N28 N23 N28 N25 N27
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
Minnesota Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total
Time of possession 05:45 10:11 10:18 06:54 15:56 17:12 33:08
3rd Down Conversions 1/3 3/6 2/4 2/5 4/9 4/9 8/18
Average field position M17 M28 M22 M19 M22 M20 M21
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/1
Drive Chart (By Quarter)

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Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP RZ
NU 1st N22 15:00 Kickoff M00 11:49 * TOUCHDOWN 7-78 3:11
MINN 1st M18 11:49 Kickoff M23 10:20 Punt 3-5 1:29
NU 1st N31 10:20 Punt M17 06:55 * FIELD GOAL 9-52 3:25 #
MINN 1st M13 06:55 Kickoff M33 04:22 Punt 6-20 2:33
NU 1st N30 04:22 Punt M37 01:43 Punt 5-33 2:39
MINN 1st M20 01:43 Punt N00 14:56 * TOUCHDOWN 7-80 1:47 #
NU 2nd N21 14:56 Kickoff N25 14:02 Punt 3-4 0:54
MINN

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