GOLDEN GOPHER FOOTBALL

Minnesota 24, Penn State 23

Beaver Stadium - State College, Pennsylvania
November 6, 1999

Scoreboard 1 2 3 4 Final
Minnesota 3 6 6 9 24
Penn State 7 7 3 6 23

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter
PSU 10:26 Cerimele 5 run (Forney kick)
MN 4:59 Nystrom 27 FG
 
Second Quarter
MN 13:47 R. Johnson 25 pass from Cockerham (Nystrom kick failed)
PSU 3:59 B. Johnson 17 pass from Thompson (Forney kick)
 
Third Quarter
PSU 5:19 Forney 20 FG
MN 2:16 Cockerham 3 run (Cockerham pass failed)
 
Fourth Quarter
PSU 14:17 Forney 44 FG
MN 11:25 Hamner 49 pass from Cockerham (Cockerham pass failed)
PSU 9:12 Forney 44 FG
MN 0:00 Nystrom 32 FG

 

 

Game notes:

Penn State was undefeated and ranked #2 when this game took place. It was our first ever win over Penn State

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Minnesota Penn State
First Downs 17 21
Rushing Yards 114 176
Passing Yards 277 184
Net Yards 391 360
Comp/Att/Int 14/24/0 14/30/0
Punts/Avg 7/37.3 7/35.0
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
Penalties/Yds 1/15 5/34
Time of Possession 32:57 27:03
Attendance 96,753

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING Att Yds TD
Minnesota
Thomas Hamner 38 96 0
Billy Cockerham 12 44 1
Byron Evans 1 1 0
Ron Johnson 1 -27 0
Penn State
Eric McCoo 16 107 0
Larry Johnson 3 37 0
Cordell Mitchell 6 26 0
Mike Cerimele 3 9 1
Kevin Thompson 1 4 0
A. Harris 3 0 0
K. Watson 1 -1 0
Rashard Casey 6 -6 0

PASSING Cmp Att Yds TD Int
Minnesota
Billy Cockerham 14 24 277 2 0
Penn State
Kevin Thompson 12 27 158 1 0
Rashard Casey 2 3 26 0 0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
Minnesota
Ron Johnson 3 91 1
Thomas Hamner 3 58 1
Alex Hass 1 49 0
Arland Bruce 4 36 0
Luke Leverson 2 24 0
Zach Vevea 1 19 0
Penn State
Gilmore 1 35 0
Chafie Fields 3 33 0
Eddie Drummond 2 29 0
Corey Jones 2 25 0
B. Johnson 1 17 0
Eric McCoo 1 15 0
Larry Johnson 1 13 0
A. Harris 1 11 0
Mike Cerimele 1 11 0
K. Watson 1 -5 0