GOLDEN GOPHER FOOTBALL

Minnesota 31, Northern Illinois 27

HHH Metrodome - Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 30, 2008

Scoreboard 1 2 3 4 Final
Northern Illinois 0 10 10 7 27
Minnesota 7 3 14 7 31

SCORING SUMMARY

First Quarter
MN 6:03 Decker 8 pass from Weber (Monroe kick)
 
Second Quarter
NIU 10:45 Anderson 2 run (Salerno kick)
MN 6:02 Monroe 40 FG
NIU 0:55 Salerno 39 FG
 
Third Quarter
MN 11:25 Simmons 53 pass from Weber (Monroe kick)
NIU 8:27 Salerno 49 FG
MN 8:07 Bennett 61 run (Monroe kick)
NIU 6:59 Palmer 91 pass from Harnish (Salerno kick)
 
Fourth Quarter
NIU 8:09 Palmer 52 pass from Harnish (Salerno kick)
MN 0:22 Bennett 1 run (Monroe kick)

 

 

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Minnesota Northern Illinois
First Downs 18 15
Rushing Yards 127 72
Passing Yards 298 326
Net Yards 425 398
Comp/Att/Int 24/37/0 17/30/0
Punts/Avg 6/36.0 6/40.7
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
Penalties/Yds 3/20 2/14
Time of Possession 30:11 29:49
Attendance 44,029

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING Att Yds TD
Minnesota
Duane Bennett 18 92 2
Adam Weber 12 30 0
DeLeon Eskridge 1 5 0
Northern Illinois
Justin Anderson 13 34 1
Montell Clanton 5 17 0
Me'co Brown 4 11 0
Chandler Harnish 8 10 0
Ricky Crider 1 0 0

PASSING Cmp Att Yds TD Int
Minnesota
Adam Weber 24 37 298 2 0
Northern Illinois
Chandler Harnish 17 29 326 2 0
Team 0 1 0 0 0

RECEIVING No. Yds TD
Minnesota
Eric Decker 10 89 1
Jack Simmons 3 77 1
Nick Tow-Arnett 4 66 0
Duane Bennett 4 25 0
Ralph Spry 2 25 0
Ben Kuznia 1 16 0
Northern Illinois
Nathan Palmer 3 170 2
Matt Simon 3 49 0
Reed Cunningham 2 35 0
Ricky Crider 2 30 0
Britt Davis 4 24 0
Kyle Skarb 2 13 0
Landon Cox 1 5 0