College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Northern Illinois 34, Minnesota 23
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 25, 2010
Where: TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 49368
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northern Illinois 7 13 0 14 34
Minnesota 3 10 3 7 23
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:33
Minnesota   FG  Minnesota 3 - Northern Illinois 0
Eric Ellestad 28 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 3:26
Northern Illinois   TD  Minnesota 3 - Northern Illinois 7
Chad Spann 3 yd. run (Michael Cklamovski kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:24
Northern Illinois   FG  Minnesota 3 - Northern Illinois 10
Michael Cklamovski 21 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 7:18
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 10 - Northern Illinois 10
Da'Jon McKnight 20 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:09
Minnesota   FG  Minnesota 13 - Northern Illinois 10
Eric Ellestad 42 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:37
Northern Illinois   FG  Minnesota 13 - Northern Illinois 13
Michael Cklamovski 35 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:03
Northern Illinois   TD  Minnesota 13 - Northern Illinois 20
Martel Moore 10 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Michael Cklamovski kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:59
Minnesota   FG  Minnesota 16 - Northern Illinois 20
Eric Ellestad 21 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 13:55
Northern Illinois   TD  Minnesota 16 - Northern Illinois 27
Connor Flahive 2 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Michael Cklamovski kick)
4th Quarter - 6:22
Northern Illinois   TD  Minnesota 16 - Northern Illinois 34
Chad Spann 61 yd. run (Michael Cklamovski kick)
4th Quarter - 4:18
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 23 - Northern Illinois 34
MarQueis Gray 29 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northern Illinois Minnesota
W/L 2 - 2 - 0 1 - 3 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Northern Illinois Minnesota
Score 34 23
1st Downs 12 23
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-11
45% 		8-for-18
44%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0% 		1-for-3
33%
Total Yards 379 470
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 27-298 32-97
Average/Rush 11.0 3.0
Passing
Comp-Att 11-17 31-46
Passing Yards 81 373
Average/Pass Play 4.8 8.1
Penalties-Yards 5-45 9-59
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 23:17 36:43
PLAYER STATS
Northern Illinois (2 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Harnish 11/17 81 2 0
Minnesota (1 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Weber 31/46 373 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Spann 15 223 14.9 2
C. Bell 3 36 12.0 0
R. Crider 2 33 16.5 0
C. Harnish 6 7 1.2 0
N. Palmer 1 -1 -1.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Bennett 24 74 3.1 0
D. Kirkwood 5 17 3.4 0
D. Eskridge 1 3 3.0 0
J. Hoese 2 3 1.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Moore 3 24 8.0 1
L. Cox 1 19 19.0 0
W. Clark 2 18 9.0 0
K. Skarb 1 16 16.0 0
C. Flahive 1 2 2.0 1
N. Palmer 1 2 2.0 0
C. Spann 2 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Gray 8 117 14.6 1
E. Lair 7 94 13.4 0
D. McKnight 7 72 10.3 1
B. Allen 3 37 12.3 0
D. Bennett 3 28 9.3 0
J. Hoese 1 12 12.0 0
D. Eskridge 1 8 8.0 0
C. McGarry 1 5 5.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
P. George 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Daniels 7 1
C. Smith 7 2
P. George 5 1
J. Ward 3 0
J. Delegal 3 1
M. Sobol 3 2
D. Butler 3 5
N. Jefferson 2 1
T. Clark 2 4
A. Kube 2 5
B. Lawson 1 0
G. Barnas 1 0
D. Bolding 1 0
D. Pirkle 1 0
J. Coffman 1 1
M. Krause 1 1
S. Progar 1 2
T. Davis 1 6
Tackles
  TK Ast
R. Collado 6 1
K. Theret 6 2
C. Lewis 5 2
J. Edwards 3 0
B. Vereen 3 1
S. Reeves 2 0
G. Tinsley 2 3
K. Cooper 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Coffman 1.0 2.0
S. Progar 1.0 1.0
N. Jefferson 0.5 1.0
A. Baxter 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Tinsley 1.5 4.0
J. Edwards 1.0 3.0
K. Theret 1.0 1.0
B. Kirksey 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Hopkins 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. McKnight 1