University of Minnesota Athletics

Ohio State 34, Minnesota 21

9/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football

Minnesota vs Ohio State (Sep 27, 2008)

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

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary (Final)
2008 Minnesota Football
Minnesota vs #14 Ohio State (Sep 27, 2008 at Columbus, Ohio)

Minnesota (4-1,0-1) vs. Ohio State (4-1,1-0)

Date: Sep 27, 2008 Site: Columbus, Ohio Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 105175

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Minnesota 3 0 3 15 21
Ohio State 7 13 7 7 34

SCORING SUMMARY MINN -OSU
1st 12:47 OSU Pryor, Terrelle 33 yd run (Pretorius, Ryan kick)
5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 2:13 0 - 7
07:01 MINN Monroe, Joel 33 yd field goal
4 plays, 8 yards, TOP 2:38 3 - 7
2nd 09:45 OSU Pretorius, Ryan 22 yd field goal
14 plays, 82 yards, TOP 8:07 3 - 10
04:10 OSU Pretorius, Ryan 44 yd field goal
8 plays, 25 yards, TOP 3:06 3 - 13
00:33 OSU Robiskie, Brian 8 yd pass from Pryor, Terrelle (Pretorius, Ryan kick)
4 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:03 3 - 20
3rd 10:40 MINN Monroe, Joel 28 yd field goal
10 plays, 62 yards, TOP 4:20 6 - 20
07:37 OSU Pryor, Terrelle 1 yd run (Pretorius, Ryan kick)
6 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:56 6 - 27
4th 14:55 OSU Robiskie, Brian 31 yd pass from Boeckman, Todd (Pretorius, Ryan kick)
2 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:36 6 - 34
08:24 MINN Spry, Ralph 3 yd run (Monroe, Joel kick)
15 plays, 69 yards, TOP 6:31 13 - 34
01:13 MINN McKnight, D. 22 yd pass from Weber, Adam (Decker, Eric pass from Maciejowski, M.)
11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:22 21 - 34

Kickoff time: 12:04 End of Game: 3:06 Total elapsed time: 3:02
Referee: Dave Witvoet Umpire: Jeff Carr Linesman: Mike Mahouski Line judge: Rick Kruger Back judge: Robert Smith Jr Field judge: Bobby Sagers Side judge: Terry Anderson Scorer: Paul Hummel
Temperature: 67 Wind: NE 7 Weather: Overcast skies.

Team Statistics

Team Statistics (Final)
2008 Minnesota Football
Minnesota vs #14 Ohio State (Sep 27, 2008 at Columbus, Ohio)

Team Totals MINN OSU
FIRST DOWNS 18 21
Rushing 4 14
Passing 11 6
Penalty 3 1
NET YARDS RUSHING 81 279
Rushing Attempts 28 37
Average Per Rush 2.9 7.5
Rushing Touchdowns 1 2
Yards Gained Rushing 99 291
Yards Lost Rushing 18 12
NET YARDS PASSING 187 135
Completions-Attempts-Int 23-36-1 13-22-0
Average Per Attempt 5.2 6.1
Average Per Completion 8.1 10.4
Passing Touchdowns 1 2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 268 414
Total offense plays 64 59
Average Gain Per Play 4.2 7.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-2 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards 8-54 10-90
PUNTS-YARDS 4-170 2-109
Average Yards Per Punt 42.5 54.5
Net Yards Per Punt 42.5 41.5
Inside 20 1 0
50+ Yards 1 2
Touchbacks 0 0
Fair catch 2 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-268 7-409
Average Yards Per Kickoff 67.0 58.4
Net Yards Per Kickoff 47.2 44.0
Touchbacks 1 3
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-26-0 0-0-0
Average Per Return 13.0 0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-41-0 3-59-0
Average Per Return 13.7 19.7
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-34-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 30:10 29:50
1st Quarter 8:04 6:56
2nd Quarter 4:36 10:24
3rd Quarter 6:37 8:23
4th Quarter 10:53 4:07
Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 5 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 3 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-8 1-5
PAT Kicks 1-1 4-4
Field Goals 2-2 2-3

Individual Statistics

Individual Statistics (Final)
2008 Minnesota Football
Minnesota vs #14 Ohio State (Sep 27, 2008 at Columbus, Ohio)

Minnesota
Ohio State
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Eskridge, D. 18 79 3 76 0 10 4.2
Decker, Eric 1 6 0 6 0 6 6.0
Salamon, Shady 2 4 0 4 0 2 2.0
Spry, Ralph 1 3 0 3 1 3 3.0
Weber, Adam 6 7 15 -8 0 4 -1.3
Totals... 28 99 18 81 1 10 2.9
RUSHING No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Wells, Chris 14 108 2 106 0 28 7.6
Pryor, Terrelle 8 105 8 97 2 38 12.1
Herron, Dan 10 52 2 50 0 26 5.0
Saine, Brandon 3 11 0 11 0 7 3.7
Boeckman, Todd 1 8 0 8 0 8 8.0
Bauserman, Joe 1 7 0 7 0 7 7.0
Totals... 37 291 12 279 2 38 7.5
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Weber, Adam 23-36-1 187 1 22 1
Totals... 23-36-1 187 1 22 1
PASSING Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Pryor, Terrelle 8-13-0 70 1 22 2
Boeckman, Todd 5-9-0 65 1 31 0
Totals... 13-22-0 135 2 31 2
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Eskridge, D. 8 55 0 14
Decker, Eric 5 52 0 21
Kuznia, Ben 4 16 0 6
Simmons, Jack 3 36 0 12
McKnight, D. 1 22 1 22
Spry, Ralph 1 4 0 4
Smith, Brodrick 1 2 0 2
Totals... 23 187 1 22
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Lg
Robiskie, Brian 8 90 2 31
Thomas, Lamaar 2 4 0 3
Hartline, Brian 1 22 0 22
Posey, DeVier 1 11 0 11
Nicol, Rory 1 8 0 8
Totals... 13 135 2 31
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Kucek, Justin 4 170 42.5 51 1 0
Totals... 4 170 42.5 51 1 0
PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Trapasso, A.J. 2 109 54.5 57 0 0
Totals... 2 109 54.5 57 0 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Hughes, Curtis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Stoudermire, T. 0 0 0 2 41 24 0 0 0
Sherels, Marcus 2 26 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals... 2 26 13 3 41 24 0 0 0
Punts Kickoffs Intercept
ALL RETURNS No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Washington, D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 34
Saine, Brandon 0 0 0 3 59 24 0 0 0
Totals... 0 0 0 3 59 24 1 34 34
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Eskridge, D. 76 55 0 0 0 131
Decker, Eric 6 52 0 0 0 58
Stoudermire, T. 0 0 41 0 0 41
Simmons, Jack 0 36 0 0 0 36
Sherels, Marcus 0 0 0 26 0 26
McKnight, D. 0 22 0 0 0 22
Kuznia, Ben 0 16 0 0 0 16
Spry, Ralph 3 4 0 0 0 7
Salamon, Shady 4 0 0 0 0 4
Smith, Brodrick 0 2 0 0 0 2
Weber, Adam -8 0 0 0 0 -8
Totals... 81 187 41 26 0 335
ALL PURPOSE Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Wells, Chris 106 0 0 0 0 106
Pryor, Terrelle 97 0 0 0 0 97
Robiskie, Brian 0 90 0 0 0 90
Saine, Brandon 11 0 59 0 0 70
Herron, Dan 50 0 0 0 0 50
Washington, D 0 0 0 0 34 34
Hartline, Brian 0 22 0 0 0 22
Posey, DeVier 0 11 0 0 0 11
Nicol, Rory 0 8 0 0 0 8
Boeckman, Todd 8 0 0 0 0 8
Bauserman, Joe 7 0 0 0 0 7
Thomas, Lamaar 0 4 0 0 0 4
Totals... 279 135 59 0 34 507
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Monroe, Joel 1st 07:01 33 yards Good
Monroe, Joel 3rd 10:40 28 yards Good
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS
Pretorius, Ryan 2nd 09:45 22 yards Good
Pretorius, Ryan 2nd 04:10 44 yards Good
Pretorius, Ryan 3rd 01:52 43 yards Missed
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Monroe, Joel 4 268 1 0 67.0
KICKOFFS No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Pettrey, Aaron 7 409 3 0 58.4
FUMBLES: Minnesota-Eskridge, D. 1-0; Weber, Adam 1-1; Simmons, Jack 1-1. Ohio State-Wells, Chris 1-1.

Drive Chart

Drive Chart (Final)
2008 Minnesota Football
Minnesota vs #14 Ohio State (Sep 27, 2008 at Columbus, Ohio)

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP RZ
MINN 1st M20 12:47 Kickoff M37 09:47 Punt 6-17 3:00
MINN 1st O24 09:39 Fumble O16 07:01 * FIELD GOAL 4-8 2:38
MINN 1st M38 05:18 Punt O41 02:52 Punt 4-21 2:26
MINN 2nd M40 09:37 Kickoff O37 07:16 Interception 5-23 2:21
MINN 2nd M20 04:10 Kickoff M35 02:36 Fumble 3-15 1:34
MINN 2nd M30 00:30 Kickoff M25 00:00 Punt 2--5 0:30
MINN 3rd M27 15:00 Kickoff O11 10:40 * FIELD GOAL 10-62 4:20
MINN 3rd M20 07:37 Kickoff M20 06:41 Punt 3-0 0:56
MINN 3rd M26 01:52 Missed FG M25 00:31 Fumble 3--1 1:21
MINN 4th M31 14:55 Kickoff O00 08:24 * TOUCHDOWN 15-69 6:31
MINN 4th M20 05:35 Punt O00 01:13 * TOUCHDOWN 11-80 4:22
OSU 1st O25 15:00 Kickoff M00 12:47 * TOUCHDOWN 5-75 2:13
OSU 1st O20 09:47 Punt O24 09:39 Fumble 1-4 0:08
OSU 1st O10 06:56 Kickoff O13 05:18 Punt 3-3 1:38
OSU 1st O14 02:52 Punt M04 09:45 * FIELD GOAL 14-82 8:07
OSU 2nd O48 07:16 Interception M27 04:10 * FIELD GOAL 8-25 3:06
OSU 2nd M35 02:36 Fumble M00 00:33 * TOUCHDOWN 4-35 2:03
OSU 3rd O24 15:00 Punt O24 15:00 Kickoff 0-0 0:00
OSU 3rd O26 10:33 Kickoff M00 07:37 * TOUCHDOWN 6-74 2:56
OSU 3rd O31 06:41 Punt M25 01:52 Missed FG 12-44 4:49
OSU 3rd M25 00:31 Fumble M00 14:55 * TOUCHDOWN 2-25 0:36
OSU 4th O20 08:24 Kickoff O36 05:35 Punt 4-16 2:49
OSU 4th M42 01:13 Kickoff M26 00:00 End of half 3-16 1:13

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
Minnesota Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total
Time of possession 08:04 04:36 06:37 10:53 12:40 17:30 30:10
3rd Down Conversions 1/4 1/3 1/4 1/4 2/7 2/8 4/15
Average field position M44 M30 M24 M25 M37 M24 M31
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/3 0/0 3/3 3/3
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd
Ohio State Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total
Time of possession 06:56 10:24 08:23 04:07 17:20 12:30 29:50
3rd Down Conversions 1/2 2/5 2/3 0/1 3/7 2/4 5/11
Average field position O17 M44 O44 O39 O30 O42 O35
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1
Drive Chart (By Quarter)

Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP RZ
OSU 1st O25 15:00 Kickoff M00 12:47 * TOUCHDOWN 5-75 2:13
MINN 1st M20 12:47 Kickoff M37 09:47 Punt 6-17 3:00
OSU 1st O20 09:47 Punt O24 09:39 Fumble 1-4 0:08
MINN 1st O24 09:39 Fumble O16 07:01 * FIELD GOAL 4-8 2:38
OSU 1st O10 06:56 Kickoff O13 05:18 Punt 3-3 1:38
MINN 1st M38 05:18 Punt O41 02:52 Punt 4-21 2:26
OSU 1st O14 02:52 Punt M04 09:45 * FIELD GOAL 14-82 8:07
MINN 2nd M40 09:37 Kickoff O37 07:16 Interception 5-23 2:21
OSU 2nd O48 07:16 Interception M27 04:10 * FIELD GOAL 8-25 3:06
MINN 2nd M20 04:10 Kickoff M35 02:36

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