Northwestern 49, Minnesota 48
October 13, 2007 - Ryan Field - Evanston, IL
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Northwestern 49, Minnesota 48 October 13, 2007 - Ryan Field - Evanston, IL |
NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL --- --- --- --- -- ----- MINNESOTA 0 21 14 0 13 48 NORTHWESTERN 7 7 7 14 14 49 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST QTR: NORW - TD, BRANDON ROBERSON 1 YD RUN (AMADO VILLAREAL KICK), 6:25 2ND QTR: MINN - TD, MARCUS SHERELS 21 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK), 6:57 MINN - TD, AMIR PINNIX 9 YD RUN (JOEL MONROE KICK), 2:50 NORW - TD, TONJUA JONES 28 YD PASS FROM C.J. BACHER (AMADO VILLAREAL KICK), 1:23 MINN - TD, ERNIE WHEELWRIGHT 26 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK), :02 3RD QTR: MINN - TD, ERIC DECKER 20 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK), 14:20 MINN - TD, ERNIE WHEELWRIGHT 28 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK), 6:18 NORW - TD, ROSS LANE 8 YD PASS FROM C.J. BACHER (AMADO VILLAREAL KICK), 1:33 4TH QTR: NORW - TD, C.J. BACHER 6 YD RUN (AMADO VILLAREAL KICK), 10:31 NORW - TD, ERIC PETERMAN 4 YD PASS FROM C.J. BACHER (AMADO VILLAREAL KICK), :08 OVERTIME: MINN - TD, ERNIE WHEELWRIGHT 21 YD PASS FROM ADAM WEBER (JOEL MONROE KICK) NORW - TD, ROSS LANE 5 YD PASS FROM C.J. BACHER (AMADO VILLAREAL KICK) NORW - TD, BRANDON ROBERSON 6 YD RUN (AMADO VILLAREAL KICK) MINN - TD, ADAM WEBER 3 YD RUN (PASS FAILED)
Extended BoxNCAAF 1 2 3 4 OT F - - - - -- -- Minnesota 0 21 14 0 13 48 Northwestern 7 7 7 14 14 49 FINAL
Northwestern-Roberson 1 run (Villareal kick) Minnesota-Sherels 24 pass from Weber (Monroe kick) Minnesota-Pinnix 9 run (Monroe kick) Northwestern-T Jones 28 pass from Bacher (Villareal kick) Minnesota-Wheelwright 26 pass from Weber (Monroe kick) Minnesota-Decker 20 pass from Weber (Monroe kick) Minnesota-Wheelwright 28 pass from Weber (Monroe kick) Northwestern-Lane 8 pass from Bacher (Villareal kick) Northwestern-Bacher 6 run (Villareal kick) Northwestern-Peterman 4 pass from Bacher (Villareal kick) Minnesota-Wheelwright 21 pass from Weber (Monroe kick) Northwestern-Lane 5 pass from Bacher (Villareal kick) Northwestern-Roberson 6 run (Villareal kick) Minnesota-Weber 3 run (pass failed)
Minnesota Northwestern First downs 26 28 Rushed-yards 44-239 28-119 Passing yards 341 470 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 0-0 Return yards 25 11 Passes 25-38-2 41-59-0 Punts 4-50.2 5-43.8 Fumbles-lost 3-0 2-1 Penalties-yards 7-51 2-15 Time of possession 27:57 32:03
Individual Statistics RUSHING: Minnesota-J Thomas 22-101, Weber 13-89, Pinnix 4-56, Spry 1-5, Valentine 2-4. Northwestern-Conteh 14-83, Bacher 7-29, Roberson 4-16, Yarbrough 1-2, Peterman 1-1, R Ward 1-0.
PASSING: Minnesota-Weber 25-38-2-341. Northwestern-Bacher 41-58-0-470, Peterman 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Minnesota-Wheelwright 7-116, Decker 5-44, Spry 5-23, Herndon 3-78, Simmons 2-43, Sherels 1-21, Tow-Arnett 1-9, J Thomas 1-7. Northwestern-Peterman 12-114, Lane 9-108, Conteh 6-68, K Thompson 5-60, R Ward 2-18, Dunsmore 2-16, Yarbrough 2-7, Roberson 1-47, T Jones 1-28, Woodsum 1-4.
Att: 23,314
Game StoryEVANSTON, Ill. (AP) -- Brandon Roberson ran 6 yards for a touchdown in the second overtime and Northwestern stopped a 2-point conversion attempt by Minnesota for a 49-48 victory Saturday. The Wildcats (4-3, 2-2) trailed 35-14 in the second half and tied the game on C.J. Bacher's 8-yard, fourth-down TD pass to Eric Peterman with eight seconds left in regulation, forcing a second straight overtime for Northwestern, which beat Michigan State 48-41 last week. After Roberson's TD run and a conversion by Amado Villarreal put Northwestern up by seven, Minnesota quarterback Adam Weber made a nice fake and ran in for a 3-yard TD to bring the Gophers (1-6, 0-4) within a point. Coach Tim Brewster then decided to go for two points and the win. After a Northwestern timeout, Weber rolled right but got pressure from Adam Kadela and John Gill and his hurried throw went into the ground, ending the game and setting off a celebration for Northwestern. Minnesota has lost five straight. Weber hit Ernie Wheelwright with a 21-yard touchdown pass in the first overtime to put the Gophers ahead. Bacher responded, connecting with Ross Lane on a 10-yard pass on a fourth-and-4 to keep the Wildcats in the game. Two plays later, he passed to Lane for a 5-yard TD. In a matchup of spread offenses, Weber finished with five TD passes, three to Wheelwright. The Gophers scored on five straight possessions to build the three-touchdown lead they couldn't hold. Weber, a redshirt freshman, completed 25-of-38 for 341 yards with two interceptions. He also ran for 89 yards. Bacher, who passed for five TDs and a school-record 520 yards last week against Michigan State, completed 41-of-58 for 470 yards and four TDs. He hit an 8-yarder to Lane in the third quarter, a score set up by Malcolm Arrington's interception of Weber. With Northwestern trailing 35-21, Weber was picked off again, this time by Corey Wootton on a tipped pass on the first play of the final quarter. Northwestern moved in again as Bacher carried in for a 6-yard TD on a fourth-and-2. That made it 35-28 with 10:31 to go. Minnesota had a chance to make it a 10-point game with 1:59 left but Joel Monroe missed a 44-yard field goal attempt and the Wildcats had a final chance, going 73 yards to tie. The Gophers, who'd been stopped inches from the goal line twice by a Northwestern goal line stand in the first quarter, surprised the Wildcats with three TDs in the second. Wheelwright made a outstretched catch of Weber's 26-yard pass with two seconds second to go in the half for a TD that put the Gophers ahead 21-14. When Northwestern tried a pooch kick to start the second half it went out of bounds on the 49 and the Gophers moved in with a three-play drive that started when Amir Pinnix ran 37 yards on the first scrimmage play of the half. Weber passed to Eric Decker for a 20-yard TD less than a minute into the half and the Gophers were up 28-14. And Wheelwright wasn't finished. He took another pass from Weber, broke a tackle and sprinted in for a 28-yard score to make it 35-14 with 6:18 left in the third. Villarreal missed a pair of field goals from 21 and 36 yards. Northwestern took an early 7-0 lead with a nine-play 67-yard drive that featured a 47-yard screen pass from Bacher to Roberson, who made two nifty moves to get to the Gophers' 2. Robertson then carried in from the 1 on second down.