Final

Northwestern 42
(1-0, 1-0 away)

Syracuse 41
(0-1, 0-1 home)
Coverage: ESPN2
12:00 PM ET, September 1, 2012
Carrier Dome, SYRACUSE, NY
1st Quarter Play by Play | ||||
| Syracuse at 15:00 | NW | SYR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Norton kickoff for 65 yards for a touchback. | 0 | 0 | ||
| Northwestern at 14:45 | NW | SYR | ||
| 1st and 10 at NW 25 | Venric Mark rush for no gain to the Nwest 25. | 0 | 0 | |
| 2nd and 10 at NW 25 | Kain Colter pass complete to Demetrius Fields for 21 yards to the Nwest 46 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 46 | Kain Colter rush for a loss of 4 yards to the Nwest 42. | |||
| 2nd and 14 at NW 42 | Venric Mark rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Nwest 41. | |||
| 3rd and 15 at NW 41 | NORTHWESTERN penalty 5 yard False Start accepted. | |||
| 3rd and 20 at NW 36 | Kain Colter pass incomplete to Rashad Lawrence. | |||
| 4th and 20 at NW 36 | Tyler Scott rush for a loss of 5 yards to the Nwest 31. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NORTHWSTRN drive: 6 plays 6 yards, 02:18 NORTHWSTRN DOWNS | ||||
| Syracuse at 12:42 | NW | SYR | ||
| 1st and 10 at NW 31 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Beckett Wales for 17 yards to the Nwest 14 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st and 10 at NW 14 | Jerome Smith rush for 3 yards to the Nwest 11. | |||
| 2nd and 7 at NW 11 | Jerome Smith rush for 4 yards to the Nwest 7. | |||
| 3rd and 3 at NW 7 | Ryan Nassib rush for 2 yards to the Nwest 5. | |||
| 4th and 1 at NW 5 | Ross Krautman 22 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 | 3 | |
| Ryan Norton kickoff for 59 yards returned by Venric Mark for no gain to the Nwest 6. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: SYRACUSE drive: 5 plays 26 yards, 01:55 SYRACUSE FG | ||||
| Northwestern at 10:47 | NW | SYR | ||
| 1st and 10 at NW 6 | Kain Colter rush for 19 yards to the Nwest 25 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st and 10 at NW 25 | Kain Colter pass complete to Christian Jones for 6 yards to the Nwest 31. | |||
| 2nd and 4 at NW 31 | Kain Colter pass complete to Christian Jones for 14 yards to the Nwest 45 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 45 | Treyvon Green rush for no gain to the Nwest 45. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at NW 45 | Venric Mark rush for 5 yards to the 50 yard line. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at SYR 50 | Kain Colter rush for 7 yards to the Syrac 43 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at SYR 43 | Kain Colter rush for no gain to the Syrac 43. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at SYR 43 | Kain Colter sacked by Cameron Lynch for a loss of 7 yards to the 50 yard line. | |||
| 3rd and 17 at SYR 50 | Kain Colter pass complete to Venric Mark for a loss of 5 yards to the Nwest 45. | |||
| 4th and 22 at NW 45 | Brandon Williams punt for 32 yards, fair catch by Ritchy Desir at the Syrac 23. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NORTHWSTRN drive: 9 plays 39 yards, 04:39 NORTHWSTRN PUNT | ||||
| Syracuse at 6:08 | NW | SYR | ||
| 1st and 10 at SYR 23 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Jarrod West for 14 yards to the Syrac 37 for a 1ST down. | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st and 10 at SYR 37 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Marcus Sales for 11 yards to the Syrac 48 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at SYR 48 | Ryan Nassib rush for no gain to the Syrac 48. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at SYR 48 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Prince-Tyson Gulley for 2 yards to the 50 yard line. | |||
| 3rd and 8 at SYR 50 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Jerome Smith for 34 yards to the Nwest 16 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 16 | Ryan Nassib pass incomplete to Jarrod West. | |||
| 2nd and 10 at NW 16 | Ryan Nassib pass incomplete to Prince-Tyson Gulley. | |||
| 3rd and 10 at NW 16 | Ryan Nassib pass incomplete to Christopher Clark. | |||
| 4th and 10 at NW 16 | Ross Krautman 33 yard field goal GOOD. | 0 | 6 | |
| Ryan Norton kickoff for 65 yards for a touchback. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: SYRACUSE drive: 9 plays 61 yards, 02:11 SYRACUSE FG | ||||
| Northwestern at 3:57 | NW | SYR | ||
| 1st and 10 at NW 25 | Kain Colter pass incomplete to Venric Mark. | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd and 10 at NW 25 | Venric Mark rush for 5 yards to the Nwest 30. | |||
| 3rd and 5 at NW 30 | Kain Colter pass complete to Tony Jones for 18 yards to the Nwest 48 for a 1ST down. | |||
| 1st and 10 at NW 48 | Mike Trumpy rush for 2 yards to the 50 yard line. | |||
| 2nd and 8 at SYR 50 | Kain Colter pass incomplete to Tony Jones. | |||
| 3rd and 8 at SYR 50 | Kain Colter rush for 2 yards to the Syrac 48. | |||
| 4th and 6 at SYR 48 | Brandon Williams punt for 31 yards, punt out-of-bounds at the Syrac 17. | |||
| DRIVE TOTALS: NORTHWSTRN drive: 6 plays 27 yards, 02:00 NORTHWSTRN PUNT | ||||
| Syracuse at 1:57 | NW | SYR | ||
| 1st and 10 at SYR 17 | Jerome Smith rush for 2 yards to the Syrac 19. | 0 | 6 | |
| 2nd and 8 at SYR 19 | Ryan Nassib pass incomplete to Christopher Clark. | |||
| 3rd and 8 at SYR 19 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Jerome Smith for 5 yards to the Syrac 24. | |||
| 4th and 3 at SYR 24 | Jonathan Fisher punt for 58 yards, returned by Venric Mark for 82 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. | 6 | 6 | |
| DRIVE TOTALS: SYRACUSE drive: 3 plays 7 yards, 01:34 SYRACUSE PUNT | ||||
| Northwestern at 1:57 | NW | SYR | ||
| Jeff Budzien extra point GOOD. | 7 | 6 | ||
| Steve Flaherty kickoff for 65 yards returned by Jeremiah Kobena for 18 yards to the Syrac 18. | ||||
| DRIVE TOTALS: SYRACUSE drive: 3 plays 7 yards, 01:34 SYRACUSE PUNT | ||||
| Syracuse at 0:23 | NW | SYR | ||
| 1st and 10 at SYR 18 | SYRACUSE penalty 5 yard False Start accepted. | 7 | 6 | |
| 1st and 15 at SYR 13 | Ryan Nassib pass complete to Christopher Clark for 9 yards to the Syrac 22. | |||
| 2nd and 6 at SYR 22 | SYRACUSE penalty 5 yard False Start accepted. | |||
| End of 1st Quarter | ||||


