Game Summary - Northwestern vs. Minnesota Game Date: 11/01/08 Report Date: 11/03/08

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Score by Quarters

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minnesota	0	17	0	0	17
Northwestern	10	7	0	7	24

Attendance: 54122

Game Length:

Northwestern

Time of Posession: 26:52
First Downs: Rush: 9 Pass: 7 Penalty: 0 Total: 16
Penalties: Number: 2 Yards: 20
Fumbles: Number: 1 Lost: 0
Third Downs: Attempted: 10 Converted: 2
Fourth Downs: Attempted: 0 Converted: 0

Minnesota

Time of Posession: 33:08
First Downs: Rush: Pass: Penalty: 1 Total: 20
Penalties: Number: 5 Yards: 40
Fumbles: Number: 2 Lost: 1
Third Downs: Attempted: 18 Converted: 8
Fourth Downs: Attempted: 1 Converted: 0

PASSING:

#	Player	Att	Comp	Int	Yards	TD	Conv	Passing Efficiency
13	Mike Kafka	16	12	2	143	2		166.3
	Totals	16	12	2	143	2

#	Player	Att	Comp	Int	Yards	TD	Passing Efficiency
8	Adam Weber	51	31	1	327	1	117.2
41	Justin Kucek	1	1	0	0	0	100
	Totals	52	32	1	327	1

RUSHING:

#	Player	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Long
10	Eric Peterman	1	0	7	-7	-7	0
13	Mike Kafka	27	243	26	217	8	53
29	Omar Conteh	12	31	19	12	1	9
198	Team	1	0	2	-2	-2	0
	Totals	41	274	54	220

#	Player	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Long
8	Adam Weber	16	81	28	53	3.3	19
23	DeLeon Eskridge	9	21	6	15	1.7	8
	Totals	25	102	34	68

RECEIVING:

#	Player	No	Yds	TD	Avg	Long
8	Rasheed Ward	1	17	0	17	17
9	Ross Lane	1	7	0	7	7
10	Eric Peterman	2	44	0	22	32
11	Jeremy Ebert	3	48	1	16	36
12	Andrew Brewer	1	14	0	14	14
29	Omar Conteh	3	11	0	3.7	7
89	Josh Rooks	1	2	1	2	2
	Totals	12	143	2

#	Player	No	Yds	TD	Avg	Long
1S	Jack Simmons	6	37	0	6.2	8
2A	Brandon Green	5	37	0	7.4	11
7	Eric Decker	7	62	1	8.9	24
8	Adam Weber	0	7	0		0
16	Ben Kuznia	7	98	0	14	22
23	DeLeon Eskridge	3	23	0	7.7	10
29	Shady Salamon	1	6	0	6	6
30	Lee Campbell	1	0	0	0	0
48	Nick Tow-Arnett	2	57	0	28.5	31
	Totals	32	327	1

PUNTING:

#	Player	No	Yds	Average	Inside 20	Touchbacks
1	Stefan Demos	6	257	42.8	3	1
	Totals	6	257

#	Player	No	Yds	Average	Inside 20	Touchbacks
41	Justin Kucek	7	301	43	0	1
	Totals	7	301

RETURNS:

#	Player	Kickoff			Punt
		No	Yds	TD	No	Yds	TD
4	Brendan Smith				3	15	0
25	Stephen Simmons	3	68	0
51	Bryce McNaul	1	6	0
	Totals	4	74	0	3	15	0

		Kickoff			Punt
#	Player	No	Yds	TD	No	Yds	TD
11	Troy Stoudermire	3	53	0
20	Jay Thomas	1	14	0
24	Marcus Sherels				1	13	0
	Totals	4	67	0	1	13	0

SCORING:

#	Player	TD	Off Kicks		Off R/P		Def Kicks		Def R/P		Field Goals		Pts
			Att	Made	Att	Made	Att	Made	Att	Made	Att	Made
4	Brendan Smith	1											6
11	Jeremy Ebert	1											6
89	Josh Rooks	1											6
96	Amado Villarreal		3	3	0	0					2	1	6
	Totals	3	3	3	0	0					2	1	24

#	Player	TD	Off Kicks		Off R/P		Def Kicks		Def R/P		Field Goals		Pts
			Att	Made	Att	Made	Att	Made	Att	Made	Att	Made
7	Eric Decker	1											6
15	Traye Simmons	1											6
36	Joel Monroe		2	2	0	0					2	1	5
	Totals	2	2	2	0	0					2	1	17

TACKLES:

#	Player	Solo	Assist
4	Brendan Smith	5	1
16	David Oredugba	1	0
17	Brad Phillips	6	2
24	Sherrick McManis	7	1
26	Jordan Mabin	1	0
36	Prince Kwateng	5	2
38	Brian Peters	5	0
39	Jacob Schmidt	1	1
57	Nate Williams	6	2
70	John Gill	4	1
75	Al Netter	1	0
86	Phil Brunner	1	0
87	Jeravin Matthews	1	1
95	Kevin Mims	2	3
98	Corbin Bryant	3	0
99	Corey Wootton	1	0
	Totals	50	14

#	Player	Solo	Assist
1	Tramaine Brock	2	1
1S	Jack Simmons	1	0
2	Ryan Collado	1	0
15	Traye Simmons	3	2
21	Simoni Lawrence	7	2
24	Marcus Sherels	1	1
27	Kyle Theret	3	2
28	Kevin Mannion	3	2
30	Lee Campbell	6	2
32	Nathan Triplett	1	2
35	Jon Hoese	1	0
44	Deon Hightower	2	2
56	Steve Davis	1	2
82	Johnny Johnson	1	0
91	Willie VanDeSteeg	4	0
93	Derrick Onwuachi	1	0
98	Eric Small	2	1
99	Garrett Brown	3	1
	Totals	43	20

TACKLES FOR LOSS:

		Tackles for Loss			Sacks
#	Player	Solo	Assist	Yards	Solo	Assist	Yards
17	Brad Phillips	0	1	1
57	Nate Williams	1	0	11	1	0	11
70	John Gill	1	0	2
95	Kevin Mims	1	1	3
98	Corbin Bryant	1	0	1
99	Corey Wootton	1	0	11	1	0	11
	Totals	5	2	29			22

		Tackles for Loss			Sacks
#	Player	Solo	Assist	Yards	Solo	Assist	Yards
15	Traye Simmons	1	0	1
21	Simoni Lawrence	0	1	4
27	Kyle Theret	0	1	1
28	Kevin Mannion	2	0	10
30	Lee Campbell	0	1	3
44	Deon Hightower	1	1	9
56	Steve Davis	0	1	0
91	Willie VanDeSteeg	3	0	8	1	0	6
98	Eric Small	1	1	12	1	0	10
99	Garrett Brown	1	0	1
	Totals	9	6	49			16

PASS DEFENSE:

		Interceptions			Pass
#	Player	No	Yards	TD	Breakups
4	Brendan Smith	1	48	1
36	Prince Kwateng				1
99	Corey Wootton				1
	Totals		1	48	1	2

		Interceptions			Pass
#	Player	No	Yards	TD	Breakups
15	Traye Simmons	2	58	1
	Totals	2	58	1

FUMBLES:

		Fumble Returns			Forced
#	Player	No	Yards	TD	Fumbles
17	Brad Phillips				1
	Totals				1

		Fumble Returns			Forced
#	Player	No	Yards	TD	Fumbles
	Totals

STARTERS:

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OTHER PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT STATS:

#	Player
2	Lee Coleman
5	Sidney Stewart
6	Charles Brown
7	Jeff Yarbrough
20	Scott Concannon
21	Mike Bolden
31	Mike Dinard
32	David Arnold
35	Ben Johnson
37	Todd Dockery
41	Quentin Davie
42	Kevin Watt
44	Mark Woodsum
62	Keegan Kennedy
64	Doug Bartels
65	Ben Burkett
66	Mike Boyle
67	Marshall Thomas
76	Desmond Taylor
78	Kurt Mattes
79	Adam Hahn
80	Brendan Mitchell
85	Zeke Markshausen
94	Vince Browne
97	Kyle Daley

#	Player
1A	Brodrick Smith
9	Gary Tinsley
9A	David Pittman
9G	Curtis Hughes
25	Tim Dandridge
26	Mike Rallis
33	Rex Sharpe
45	Thomas Hennessey
47	Ryan Coleman
52	Jeff Tow-Arnett
53	D.J. Burris
59	Steve Moore
60	Ryan Wynn
61	Trey Davis
68	Jewhan Edwards
73	Jason Meinke
76	Dominic Alford
78	Ryan Orton
83	Da'Jon McKnight
85	Eric Lair
89	Barrett Moen
92	William Brody
96	Brandon Kirksey