Northwestern Wildcats vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers - Box Score - October 02, 2010 - ESPN

Scores

Final

Northwestern 29

(5-0, 1-0 Big Ten)

Minnesota 28

(1-4, 0-1 Big Ten)

Alerts

Coverage: ESPN

12:00 PM ET, October 2, 2010

TCF Bank Stadium, MINNEAPOLIS, MN

	1	2	3	4	T
NW	14	0	6	9	29
MINN	7	14	0	7	28

Top Performers

Passing: D. Persa (NW) - 309 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT

Rushing: D. Eskridge (SJSU) - 22 CAR, 119 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving: J. Ebert (NW) - 7 REC, 105 YDS, 1 TD

Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER				NW	MINN
	TD	12:11	Tony Jones 45 Yd Pass From Dan Persa (Stefan Demos Kick)	7	0
	TD	09:31	Duane Bennett 38 Yd Pass From Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad Kick)	7	7
	TD	07:49	Mike Trumpy 12 Yd Run (Stefan Demos Kick)	14	7
SECOND QUARTER				NW	MINN
	TD	07:30	Eric Lair 8 Yd Pass From Duane Bennett (Eric Ellestad Kick)	14	14
	TD	00:59	DeLeon Eskridge 4 Yd Run (Eric Ellestad Kick)	14	21
THIRD QUARTER				NW	MINN
	TD	11:14	Jacob Schmidt 1 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	20	21
FOURTH QUARTER				NW	MINN
	TD	12:15	Eric Lair 25 Yd Pass From Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad Kick)	20	28
	TD	08:17	Jeremy Ebert 25 Yd Pass From Dan Persa (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	26	28
	FG	02:07	Stefan Demos 27 Yd	29	28

Team Stat Comparison

	NW	MINN
1st Downs	28	19
3rd down efficiency	8-11	3-11
4th down efficiency	0-1	1-2
Total Yards	486	367
Passing	309	202
Comp-Att	23-30	15-24
Yards per pass	10.3	8.4
Rushing	177	165
Rushing Attempts	43	37
Yards per rush	4.1	4.5
Penalties	10-79	6-70
Turnovers	3	1
Fumbles lost	2	0
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Possession	29:41	30:19

Northwestern Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
D. Persa	23/30	309	10.3	2	1
Team	23/30	309	10.3	2	1

Minnesota Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
A. Weber	14/23	194	8.4	2	1
D. Bennett	1/1	8	8.0	1	0
Team	15/24	202	8.4	3	1

Northwestern Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
D. Persa	18	99	5.5	0	22
M. Trumpy	13	53	4.1	1	12
J. Schmidt	8	25	3.1	1	8
V. Mark	1	2	2.0	0	2
A. Smith	2	1	0.5	0	1
-. Team	1	-3	-3.0	0	0
Team	43	177	4.1	2	22

Minnesota Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
D. Eskridge	22	119	5.4	1	12
D. Bennett	12	29	2.4	0	14
A. Weber	3	17	5.7	0	16
Team	37	165	4.5	1	16

Northwestern Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Ebert	7	105	15.0	1	29
T. Jones	4	68	17.0	1	45
C. Brown	2	60	30.0	0	26
S. Stewart	4	35	8.8	0	11
D. Dunsmore	2	17	8.5	0	13
D. Fields	1	11	11.0	0	11
M. Trumpy	2	7	3.5	0	5
J. Schmidt	1	6	6.0	0	6
Team	23	309	13.4	2	45

Minnesota Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
E. Lair	3	75	25.0	2	42
D. McKnight	4	50	12.5	0	27
D. Bennett	1	38	38.0	1	38
J. Hoese	3	17	5.7	0	7
B. Allen	2	14	7.0	0	10
M. Gray	2	8	4.0	0	7
Team	15	202	13.5	3	42

Northwestern Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
B. Johnson	1	9	0
Team	1	9	0

Minnesota Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
M. Carter	1	7	0
Team	1	7	0

Northwestern Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
S. Simmons	2	47	23.5	27
Team	2	47	23.5	27

Minnesota Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
D. Bennett	2	14	7.0	13
T. Stoudermire Jr.	1	27	27.0	14
R. Collado	1	21	21.0	21
D. Eskridge	1	16	16.0	16
Team	5	78	15.6	21

Northwestern Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
S. Demos	1/1	100.0	27	2/3	5
Team	1/1	100.0	27	2/3	5

Minnesota Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
E. Ellestad	0/0	0.0	--	4/4	4
Team	0/0	0.0	--	4/4	4

Northwestern Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
B. Williams	1	42	42.0	0	0	42
Team	1	42	42.0	0	0	42

Minnesota Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
D. Orseske	6	208	34.7	0	1	50
Team	6	208	34.7	0	1	50

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