College Football
BOXSCORE
Northern Illinois 28, Purdue 21
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 19, 2009
Where: Ross Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana
Attendance: 53240
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northern Illinois 0 21 7 0 28
Purdue 7 0 7 7 21
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:19
Purdue   TD  Purdue 7 - Northern Illinois 0
Aaron Valentin 62 yd. punt return (Carson Wiggs kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:34
Northern Illinois   TD  Purdue 7 - Northern Illinois 7
Reed Cunningham 10 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Ryan Salerno kick)
2nd Quarter - 8:21
Northern Illinois   TD  Purdue 7 - Northern Illinois 14
Me'co Brown 67 yd. run (Ryan Salerno kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:33
Northern Illinois   TD  Purdue 7 - Northern Illinois 21
Chad Spann 1 yd. run (Ryan Salerno kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:24
Purdue   TD  Purdue 14 - Northern Illinois 21
Joey Elliott 58 yd. run (Carson Wiggs kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:43
Northern Illinois   TD  Purdue 14 - Northern Illinois 28
Chad Spann 11 yd. run (Ryan Salerno kick)
4th Quarter - 5:42
Purdue   TD  Purdue 21 - Northern Illinois 28
Joey Elliott 6 yd. run (Carson Wiggs kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northern Illinois Purdue
W/L 2 - 1 - 0 1 - 2 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Northern Illinois Purdue
Score 28 21
1st Downs 23 14
3rd Down Efficiency 8-for-19
42% 		5-for-14
36%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-1
100% 		0-for-2
0%
Total Yards 454 335
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 57-280 23-147
Average/Rush 4.9 6.4
Passing
Comp-Att 15-26 20-33
Passing Yards 174 188
Average/Pass Play 6.4 5.7
Penalties-Yards 6-51 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-3
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 41:40 18:20
PLAYER STATS
Northern Illinois (2 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Harnish 15/26 174 1 1
Purdue (1 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Elliott 20/31 188 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Brown 26 150 5.8 1
C. Spann 18 80 4.4 2
C. Harnish 11 35 3.2 0
J. Anderson 1 11 11.0 0
N. Palmer 1 4 4.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Elliott 6 68 11.3 2
R. Bolden 12 64 5.3 0
J. Taylor 2 9 4.5 0
A. Valentin 1 7 7.0 0
R. Adams 1 0 0.0 0
J. Crank 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Lewis 4 49 12.2 0
K. Skarb 2 46 23.0 0
M. Brown 2 22 11.0 0
L. Cox 2 17 8.5 0
N. Palmer 2 17 8.5 0
R. Cunningham 1 10 10.0 1
P. Ashford 1 7 7.0 0
M. Moore 1 6 6.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
R. Bolden 4 62 15.5 0
K. Adams 5 42 8.4 0
A. Valentin 5 39 7.8 0
K. Smith 5 37 7.4 0
K. Carlos 1 8 8.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Werner 1 1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Kerrigan 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Hanson 6 1
T. Wilson 6 2
C. Smith 4 2
P. Schiller 3 0
D. Bryant 3 0
P. George 3 1
S. Progar 2 0
K. Skarb 1 0
M. Lepper 1 0
B. Bice 1 0
D. Pirkle 1 0
T. Davis 1 0
M. Lewis 1 0
M. Sobol 1 0
A. Baxter 1 2
A. Kube 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Williams 7 4
J. Werner 6 2
R. Adams 4 0
D. Pender 4 0
D. Mclean 4 2
C. Carlino 4 6
M. Neal 3 1
G. Gooden 3 2
R. Kerrigan 2 0
J. Holland 2 4
B. Taylor 1 0
A. Moret 1 0
A. Higgs 1 1
A. Wolf 1 1
D. Beckford 1 3
K. Short 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
T. Wilson 1.0 2.0
D. Pirkle 1.0 2.0
D. Bryant 1.0 1.0
S. Progar 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Werner 2.0 3.0
R. Kerrigan 1.0 8.0
M. Neal 1.0 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles