College Football
BOXSCORE
Minnesota 31, Northern Illinois 27
Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:00 PM
Location - Metrodome
Attendance - 44029
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northern Illinois 0 10 10 7 27
Minnesota 7 3 14 7 31
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:03
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 7 - Northern Illinois 0
Eric Decker 8 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Joel Monroe kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:45
Northern Illinois   TD  Minnesota 7 - Northern Illinois 7
Justin Anderson 2 yd. run (Mike Salerno kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:02
Minnesota   FG  Minnesota 10 - Northern Illinois 7
Joel Monroe 40 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:55
Northern Illinois   FG  Minnesota 10 - Northern Illinois 10
Mike Salerno 39 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:25
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 17 - Northern Illinois 10
Jack Simmons 53 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Joel Monroe kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:27
Northern Illinois   FG  Minnesota 17 - Northern Illinois 13
Mike Salerno 49 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 8:07
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 24 - Northern Illinois 13
Duane Bennett 61 yd. run (Joel Monroe kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:59
Northern Illinois   TD  Minnesota 24 - Northern Illinois 20
Nathan Palmer 91 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno kick)
4th Quarter - 8:09
Northern Illinois   TD  Minnesota 24 - Northern Illinois 27
Nathan Palmer 52 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno kick)
4th Quarter - 0:22
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 31 - Northern Illinois 27
Duane Bennett 1 yd. run (Joel Monroe kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northern Illinois Minnesota
W/L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Northern Illinois Minnesota
Score 27 31
1st Downs 15 18
3rd Down Efficiency 6-for-14
43% 		5-for-14
36%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0% 		2-for-2
100%
Total Yards 398 425
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 31-72 31-127
Average/Rush 2.3 4.1
Passing
Comp-Att 17-30 24-37
Passing Yards 326 298
Average/Pass Play 10.2 7.6
Penalties-Yards 2-14 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 0-1 0-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 29:49 30:11
PLAYER STATS
Northern Illinois (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Harnish 17/29 326 2 0
Minnesota (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Weber 24/37 298 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Anderson 13 34 2.6 1
M. Clanton 5 17 3.4 0
M. Brown 4 11 2.8 0
C. Harnish 8 10 1.2 0
R. Crider 1 0 0.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Bennett 18 92 5.1 2
A. Weber 12 30 2.5 0
D. Eskridge 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
N. Palmer 3 170 56.7 2
M. Simon 3 49 16.3 0
R. Cunningham 2 35 17.5 0
R. Crider 2 30 15.0 0
B. Davis 4 24 6.0 0
K. Skarb 2 13 6.5 0
L. Cox 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
E. Decker 10 89 8.9 1
J. Simmons 3 77 25.7 1
N. Tow-Arnett 4 66 16.5 0
D. Bennett 4 25 6.2 0
R. Spry 2 25 12.5 0
B. Kuznia 1 16 16.0 0