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Minnesota 31, Northern Illinois 27

8/30/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football

Northern Illinois vs Minnesota (Aug 30, 2008)

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

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northern Illinois vs Minnesota (Aug 30, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Northern Illinois (0-1) vs. Minnesota (1-0)

Date: Aug 30, 2008 Site: Minneapolis, Minn. Stadium: Metrodome Attendance: 44029

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Northern Illinois 0 10 10 7 27
Minnesota 7 3 14 7 31

SCORING SUMMARY NIU -MINN
1st 06:03 MINN Decker, Eric 8 yd pass from Weber, Adam (Monroe, Joel kick)
18 plays, 90 yards, TOP 8:57 0 - 7
2nd 10:45 NIU ANDERSON, Just. 2 yd run (SALERNO, Mike kick)
9 plays, 74 yards, TOP 4:54 7 - 7
06:02 MINN Monroe, Joel 40 yd field goal
7 plays, 26 yards, TOP 2:29 7 - 10
00:55 NIU SALERNO, Mike 39 yd field goal
4 plays, 5 yards, TOP 1:45 10 - 10
3rd 11:25 MINN Simmons, Jack 53 yd pass from Weber, Adam (Monroe, Joel kick)
3 plays, 64 yards, TOP 1:17 10 - 17
08:27 NIU SALERNO, Mike 49 yd field goal
8 plays, 40 yards, TOP 2:58 13 - 17
08:07 MINN Bennett, Duane 61 yd run (Monroe, Joel kick)
1 play, 61 yards, TOP 0:20 13 - 24
06:59 NIU PALMER, Nathan 91 yd pass from HARNISH, Chand. (SALERNO, Mike kick)
3 plays, 91 yards, TOP 1:08 20 - 24
4th 08:09 NIU PALMER, Nathan 52 yd pass from HARNISH, Chand. (SALERNO, Mike kick)
6 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:03 27 - 24
00:22 MINN Bennett, Duane 1 yd run (Monroe, Joel kick)
10 plays, 74 yards, TOP 4:53 27 - 31

Kickoff time: 6:03 pm End of Game: 9:13 Total elapsed time: 3:10
Referee: Mike Cannon Umpire: Fred Bryan Linesman: Jeff Meslow Line judge: Rick Kruger Back judge: Steve Thielen Field judge: Matt Kukar Side judge: Jon Lucivansky
Temperature: Wind: Weather: Indoors

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northern Illinois vs Minnesota (Aug 30, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Team Totals NIU MINN
FIRST DOWNS 15 18
Rushing 5 6
Passing 10 12
Penalty 0 0
NET YARDS RUSHING 72 127
Rushing Attempts 31 31
Average Per Rush 2.3 4.1
Rushing Touchdowns 1 2
Yards Gained Rushing 99 155
Yards Lost Rushing 27 28
NET YARDS PASSING 326 298
Completions-Attempts-Int 17-30-0 24-37-0
Average Per Attempt 10.9 8.1
Average Per Completion 19.2 12.4
Passing Touchdowns 2 2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 398 425
Total offense plays 61 68
Average Gain Per Play 6.5 6.2
Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards 2-14 3-20
PUNTS-YARDS 6-244 6-216
Average Yards Per Punt 40.7 36.0
Net Yards Per Punt 40.7 27.8
Inside 20 1 1
50+ Yards 0 2
Touchbacks 0 2
Fair catch 5 1
KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-370 6-385
Average Yards Per Kickoff 61.7 64.2
Net Yards Per Kickoff 38.0 48.2
Touchbacks 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-9-0 0-0-0
Average Per Return 9.0 0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-96-0 5-142-0
Average Per Return 19.2 28.4
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 29:49 30:11
1st Quarter 4:39 10:21
2nd Quarter 9:31 5:29
3rd Quarter 10:20 4:40
4th Quarter 5:19 9:41
Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 5 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-20 2-16
PAT Kicks 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 2-2 1-1

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northern Illinois vs Minnesota (Aug 30, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Northern Illinois
Minnesota
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
ANDERSON, Just. 13 38 4 34 1 12 2.6
CLANTON, M. 5 19 2 17 0 15 3.4
BROWN, Me'co 4 12 1 11 0 9 2.8
HARNISH, Chand. 8 30 20 10 0 13 1.2
CRIDER, Ricky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Totals... 31 99 27 72 1 15 2.3
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Bennett, Duane 18 98 6 92 2 61 5.1
Weber, Adam 12 52 22 30 0 14 2.5
Eskridge, DeLeon 1 5 0 5 0 5 5.0
Totals... 31 155 28 127 2 61 4.1
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
HARNISH, Chand. 17-29-0 326 2 91 2
TEAM 0-1-0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 17-30-0 326 2 91 2
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Weber, Adam 24-37-0 298 2 53 2
Totals... 24-37-0 298 2 53 2
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
DAVIS, Britt 4 24 0 11
PALMER, Nathan 3 170 2 91
SIMON, Matt 3 49 0 26
CUNNINGHAM, R. 2 35 0 18
CRIDER, Ricky 2 30 0 18
SKARB, Kyle 2 13 0 9
COX, Landon 1 5 0 5
Totals... 17 326 2 91
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Decker, Eric 10 89 1 28
Tow-Arnett, Nick 4 66 0 23
Bennett, Duane 4 25 0 18
Simmons, Jack 3 77 1 53
Spry, Ralph 2 25 0 16
Kuznia, Ben 1 16 0 16
Totals... 24 298 2 53
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
DITTBENNER, A. 6 244 40.7 46 1 0
Totals... 6 244 40.7 46 1 0
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Kucek, Justin 5 216 43.2 54 1 2
TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
Totals... 6 216 36.0 54 1 2
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
SPANN, Chad 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BROWN, Me'co 0 0 0 5 96 23 0 0 0
Totals... 1 9 0 5 96 23 0 0 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Stoudermire, Troy 0 0 0 2 74 39 0 0 0
Thomas, Jay 0 0 0 3 68 35 0 0 0
Totals... 0 0 0 5 142 39 0 0 0
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
PALMER, Nathan 0 170 0 0 0 170
BROWN, Me'co 11 0 96 0 0 107
SIMON, Matt 0 49 0 0 0 49
CUNNINGHAM, R. 0 35 0 0 0 35
ANDERSON, Just. 34 0 0 0 0 34
CRIDER, Ricky 0 30 0 0 0 30
DAVIS, Britt 0 24 0 0 0 24
CLANTON, M. 17 0 0 0 0 17
SKARB, Kyle 0 13 0 0 0 13
HARNISH, Chand. 10 0 0 0 0 10
SPANN, Chad 0 0 0 9 0 9
COX, Landon 0 5 0 0 0 5
Totals... 72 326 96 9 0 503
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Bennett, Duane 92 25 0 0 0 117
Decker, Eric 0 89 0 0 0 89
Simmons, Jack 0 77 0 0 0 77
Stoudermire, Troy 0 0 74 0 0 74
Thomas, Jay 0 0 68 0 0 68
Tow-Arnett, Nick 0 66 0 0 0 66
Weber, Adam 30 0 0 0 0 30
Spry, Ralph 0 25 0 0 0 25
Kuznia, Ben 0 16 0 0 0 16
Eskridge, DeLeon 5 0 0 0 0 5
Totals... 127 298 142 0 0 567
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
SALERNO, Mike 2nd 00:55 39 yards Good
SALERNO, Mike 3rd 08:27 49 yards Good
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Monroe, Joel 2nd 06:02 40 yards Good
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
SALERNO, Mike 6 370 0 0 61.7
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Monroe, Joel 6 385 0 1 64.2
FUMBLES: Northern Illinois-CLANTON, M. 1-1. Minnesota-Spry, Ralph 1-1.

Drive Chart

Drive Chart (Final)
2008 Golden Gopher Football
Northern Illinois vs Minnesota (Aug 30, 2008 at Minneapolis, Minn.)

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP RZ
NIU 1st N21 05:58 Kickoff N41 02:03 Punt 6-20 3:55
NIU 1st N26 00:39 Punt M00 10:45 * TOUCHDOWN 9-74 4:54 #
NIU 2nd N27 10:17 Punt N49 08:31 Fumble 4-22 1:46
NIU 2nd N24 05:56 Kickoff N27 04:17 Punt 3-3 1:39
NIU 2nd M27 02:40 Punt M22 00:55 * FIELD GOAL 4-5 1:45
NIU 3rd N23 15:00 Kickoff N23 12:42 Punt 3-0 2:18
NIU 3rd N28 11:25 Kickoff M32 08:27 * FIELD GOAL 8-40 2:58
NIU 3rd N09 08:07 Kickoff M00 06:59 * TOUCHDOWN 3-91 1:08
NIU 3rd N08 05:21 Punt N33 01:25 Punt 6-25 3:56
NIU 4th N20 15:00 Punt N22 13:07 Punt 3-2 1:53
NIU 4th N20 10:12 Punt M00 08:09 * TOUCHDOWN 6-80 2:03
NIU 4th N38 06:16 Fumble N39 05:15 Punt 3-1 1:01
NIU 4th N40 00:22 Kickoff M30 00:00 End of half 5-30 0:22
MINN 1st M10 15:00 Kickoff N00 06:03 * TOUCHDOWN 18-90 8:57 #
MINN 1st M17 02:03 Punt M23 00:39 Punt 3-6 1:24
MINN 2nd M37 10:36 Kickoff M46 10:17 Punt 3-9 0:19
MINN 2nd N49 08:31 Fumble N23 06:02 * FIELD GOAL 7-26 2:29
MINN 2nd M34 04:17 Punt M36 02:40 Punt 3-2 1:37
MINN 2nd M16 00:52 Kickoff M21 00:00 End of half 2-5 0:52
MINN 3rd M36 12:42 Punt N00 11:25 * TOUCHDOWN 3-64 1:17
MINN 3rd M39 08:27 Kickoff N00 08:07 * TOUCHDOWN 1-61 0:20
MINN 3rd M45 06:59 Kickoff N47 05:21 Punt 3-8 1:38
MINN 3rd M26 01:25 Punt M46 15:00 Punt 4-20 1:25
MINN 4th M32 13:07 Punt N45 10:12 Punt 6-23 2:55
MINN 4th M35 08:09 Kickoff N38 06:16 Fumble 6-27 1:53
MINN 4th M26 05:15 Punt N00 00:22 * TOUCHDOWN 10-74 4:53 #

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
Northern Illinois Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total
Time of possession 04:39 09:31 10:20 05:19 14:10 15:39 29:49
3rd Down Conversions 1/2 2/4 1/4 2/4 3/6 3/8 6/14
Average field position N23 N41 N17 N29 N34 N23 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 10:21 05:29 04:40 09:41 15:50 14:21 30:11
3rd Down Conversions 4/5 0/3 0/1 1/5 4/8 1/6 5/14
Average field position M13 M34 M36 M31 M27 M34 M31
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/2 0/0 2/2 2/2
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
MINN 1st M10 15:00 Kickoff N00 06:03 * TOUCHDOWN 18-90 8:57 #
NIU 1st N21 05:58 Kickoff N41 02:03 Punt 6-20 3:55
MINN 1st M17 02:03 Punt M23 00:39 Punt 3-6 1:24
NIU 1st N26 00:39 Punt M00 10:45 * TOUCHDOWN 9-74 4:54 #
MINN 2nd M37 10:36 Kickoff M46 10:17 Punt 3-9 0:19
NIU 2nd N27 10:17 Punt N49 08:31 Fumble 4-22 1:46
MINN 2nd N49 08:31 Fumble N23 06:02 * FIELD GOAL 7-26 2:29
NIU 2nd N24 05:56 Kickoff N27 04:17 Punt 3-3 1:39
MINN 2nd M34 04:17 Punt M36 02:40 Punt 3-2 1:37
NIU 2nd M27 02:40 Punt M22 00:55 * FIELD GOAL 4-5 1:45

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