College Football
BOXSCORE
Minnesota 35, Northwestern 24
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 26, 2009
Where: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Attendance: 22091
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Minnesota 7 7 7 14 35
Northwestern 3 7 14 0 24
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:03
Northwestern   FG  Northwestern 3 - Minnesota 0
Stefan Demos 26 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 12:49
Minnesota   TD  Northwestern 3 - Minnesota 7
Duane Bennett 1 yd. run (Eric Ellestad kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:27
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 10 - Minnesota 7
Arby Fields 2 yd. run (Stefan Demos kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:44
Minnesota   TD  Northwestern 10 - Minnesota 14
Duane Bennett 3 yd. run (Eric Ellestad kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:06
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 17 - Minnesota 14
Brendan Mitchell 13 yd. pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:43
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 24 - Minnesota 14
Andrew Brewer 24 yd. pass from Mike Kafka (Stefan Demos kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:16
Minnesota   TD  Northwestern 24 - Minnesota 21
Eric Decker 16 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
4th Quarter - 1:43
Minnesota   TD  Northwestern 24 - Minnesota 28
Eric Decker 1 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
4th Quarter - 8:35
Minnesota   TD  Northwestern 24 - Minnesota 35
Duane Bennett 4 yd. run (Eric Ellestad kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Minnesota Northwestern
W/L 3 - 1 - 0 2 - 2 - 0
Conference 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Minnesota Northwestern
Score 35 24
1st Downs 22 22
3rd Down Efficiency 8-for-14
57% 		9-for-17
53%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-2
0% 		1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 352 373
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 42-166 29-64
Average/Rush 4.0 2.2
Passing
Comp-Att 15-26 32-47
Passing Yards 186 309
Average/Pass Play 6.9 6.1
Penalties-Yards 1-14 3-15
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 31:45 28:15
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota (3 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Weber 15/26 186 2 1
Northwestern (2 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Kafka 32/47 309 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Bennett 21 89 4.2 3
M. Gray 5 33 6.6 0
K. Whaley 5 31 6.2 0
J. Hoese 2 15 7.5 0
D. Eskridge 1 2 2.0 0
A. Weber 5 -1 -0.2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Fields 9 43 4.8 1
J. Schmidt 6 20 3.3 0
J. Matthews 2 14 7.0 0
M. Kafka 12 -13 -1.1 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
E. Decker 8 84 10.5 2
N. Tow-Arnett 5 65 13.0 0
B. Green (MINN) 2 37 18.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
Z. Markshausen 6 70 11.7 0
A. Brewer 3 44 14.7 1
D. Fields 4 43 10.8 0
S. Stewart 5 43 8.6 0
B. Mitchell 4 38 9.5 1
D. Dunsmore 4 37 9.2 0
J. Ebert 1 12 12.0 0
A. Fields 2 12 6.0 0
J. Schmidt 3 10 3.3 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Royston 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
S. McManis 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Small 1.0 12.0
A. Jacobs 1.0 11.0
C. McKinley 1.0 9.0
D. Wilhite 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Bryant 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  TK AST
N. Triplett 8 2
L. Campbell 5 4
S. Lawrence 5 5
D. Onwuachi 4 0
E. Small 4 0
K. Royston 3 2
H. Carpenter 3 3
M. Sherels 3 4
M. Singletary 2 0
C. McKinley 2 1
K. Theret 2 1
G. Brown 1 0
B. Kuznia 1 0
R. Grant (MINN) 1 0
R. Collado 1 0
A. Jacobs 1 0
T. Dandridge 1 0
J. Hoese 1 0
T. Simmons 1 1
D. Wilhite 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
B. Smith 7 3
B. Peters 4 1
Q. Davie 4 5
N. Williams 3 1
J. Mabin 3 2
C. Bryant 2 2
B. Johnson 2 3
S. McManis 2 7
C. Brown 1 0
S. Demos 1 0
D. Dugar 1 0
C. Wootton 1 1
A. Hahn 1 1
B. Phillips 1 6
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
E. Small 1.0 12.0
A. Jacobs 1.0 11.0
C. McKinley 1.0 9.0
D. Wilhite 1.0 7.0
N. Triplett 1.0 2.0
S. Lawrence 0.5 1.0
L. Campbell 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. Bryant 1.0 8.0
A. Hahn 0.5 1.0
B. Johnson 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Kafka 2
B. Smith 1