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ESPN » All Sports » College Football

Minnesota 35, Northwestern 24

Recap Box Score Play-by-Play Drives Conversation

		1	2	3	4	T
	MINN (3-1)	7	7	7	14	35
	NW (2-2)	3	7	14	0	24

Final

12:00 PM ET, September 26, 2009

Ryan Field

EVANSTON, IL

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MINN	NW
	TD	12:49	Duane Bennett 1 Yd Run (Eric Ellestad Kick)	7	0
	FG	04:03	Stefan Demos 26 Yd	7	3
SECOND QUARTER				MINN	NW
	TD	07:44	Duane Bennett 3 Yd Run (Eric Ellestad Kick)	14	3
	TD	04:27	Arby Fields 2 Yd Run (Stefan Demos Kick)	14	10
THIRD QUARTER				MINN	NW
	TD	07:16	Eric Decker 16 Yd Pass From Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad Kick)	21	10
	TD	04:43	Andrew Brewer 24 Yd Pass From Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos Kick)	21	17
	TD	00:06	Brendan Mitchell 13 Yd Pass From Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos Kick)	21	24
FOURTH QUARTER				MINN	NW
	TD	08:35	Duane Bennett 4 Yd Run (Eric Ellestad Kick)	28	24
	TD	01:43	Eric Decker 1 Yd Pass From Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad Kick)	35	24

Team Stat Comparison

1st Downs	22	23
3rd down efficiency	8-14	9-17
4th down efficiency	0-2	1-1
Total Yards	352	373
Passing	186	309
Comp-Att	15-26	32-47
Yards per pass	7.2	6.6
Rushing	166	64
Rushing Attempts	42	29
Yards per rush	4.0	2.2
Penalties	1-14	3-15
Turnovers	1	3
Fumbles lost	0	2
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Possession	31:45	28:15

Minnesota Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
A. Weber	15/26	186	7.2	2	1
Team	15/26	186	7.2	2	1

Northwestern Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
M. Kafka	32/47	309	6.6	2	1
Team	32/47	309	6.6	2	1

Minnesota Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
D. Bennett	21	89	4.2	3	13
M. Gray	5	33	6.6	0	18
K. Whaley	5	31	6.2	0	11
J. Hoese	2	15	7.5	0	8
D. Eskridge	1	2	2.0	0	2
A. Weber	5	-1	-0.2	0	3
-. Team	3	-3	-1.0	0	0
Team	42	166	4.0	3	18

Northwestern Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
A. Fields	9	43	4.8	1	17
J. Schmidt	6	20	3.3	0	5
J. Matthews	2	14	7.0	0	7
M. Kafka	12	-13	-1.1	0	7
Team	29	64	2.2	1	17

Minnesota Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
E. Decker	8	84	10.5	2	21
N. Tow-Arnett	5	65	13.0	0	20
B. Green	2	37	18.5	0	27
Team	15	186	12.4	2	27

Northwestern Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
Z. Markshausen	6	70	11.7	0	22
A. Brewer	3	44	14.7	1	24
S. Stewart	5	43	8.6	0	16
D. Fields	4	43	10.8	0	14
B. Mitchell	4	38	9.5	1	13
D. Dunsmore	4	37	9.3	0	18
A. Fields	2	12	6.0	0	6
J. Ebert	1	12	12.0	0	12
J. Schmidt	3	10	3.3	0	8
Team	32	309	9.7	2	24

Minnesota Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
K. Royston	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Northwestern Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
S. McManis	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Minnesota Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
T. Stoudermire Jr.	4	111	27.8	37
H. Carpenter	1	20	20.0	20
Team	5	131	26.2	37

Northwestern Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
J. Matthews	5	94	18.8	22
S. Concannon	1	0	0.0	0
Team	6	94	15.7	22

Minnesota Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
B. Allen	1	22	22.0	22
Team	1	22	22.0	22

Northwestern Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
B. Smith	2	8	4.0	7
Team	2	8	4.0	7

Minnesota Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
E. Ellestad	0/0	0.0	--	5/5	5
Team	0/0	0.0	--	5/5	5

Northwestern Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
S. Demos	1/1	100.0	26	3/3	6
Team	1/1	100.0	26	3/3	6

Minnesota Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
B. Haudan	4	161	40.3	0	1	44
Team	4	161	40.3	0	1	44

Northwestern Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
S. Demos	4	163	40.8	0	1	44
Team	4	163	40.8	0	1	44

ATTENDANCE: 22,091

College Football Scores

Other Scores:

Saturday, September 26th

Iowa	21	Final
5 Penn State	10

Illinois	0	Final
13 Ohio State	30

Indiana	33	Final
23 Michigan	36

Minnesota	35	Final
Northwestern	24

Michigan State	30	Final
Wisconsin	38

Notre Dame	24	Final
Purdue	21