Minnesota Golden Gophers vs Northwestern Wildcats - September 26, 2009 - College Football

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	Minnesota Golden Gophers

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+1.0

	Northwestern Wildcats

-1.0

Saturday, September 26, 2009
11:00AM ET

Ryan Field
Evanston, IL
Attendance: 22,091

	Boxscore		Recap		Spread

Stat
Points	35	24
Plays	68	76
Net Yards	352	373
Yards Avg	5.2	4.9
1st Downs	22	23
1st Downs-Rushing	12	2
1st Downs-Passing	10	20
1st Downs-Penalties	0	1
3rd Downs Made	8	9
3rd Downs Att.	14	17
3rd Down Pct	57.0	53.0
4th Downs Made	0	1
4th Downs Att.	2	1
4th Down Pct	0.0	100.0
Carries	42	29
Rushing Yards	166	64
Rushing Yards Avg	4.0	2.2
Completions	15	32
Passing Att.	26	47
INTs	1	1
Passing Net Yards	186	309
Passing Yards Avg	7.2	6.6
Sacked	1	4
Sack Yds Lost
Punts	4	4
Punt Yards	160	163
Punt Yards Avg	40.2	40.8
Punt Return Att.	1	2
Punt Return Yds	22	8
Kick Return Att.	5	6
Kick Return Yds	131	94
Penalties	1	3
Penalty Yards	14	15
Fumbles	0	0
Fumbles Lost	0	0

Recap: Northwestern vs. Minnesota
Duane Bennett ran for 89 yards and three touchdowns to lead the visiting Minnesota Golden Gophers in a 35-24 comeback win over the Northwestern Wildcats in the Big Ten opener for both schools. Full Story

Minnesota Passing
Player	Rating	C	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int
Adam Weber		15	26	186	0.577		2	1

Northwestern Passing
Player	Rating	C	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int
Mike Kafka		32	47	309	0.681		2	1

Minnesota Rushing
Player	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Duane Bennett	21	89	4.2	13	3
DeLeon Eskridge	1	2	2.0	2	0
MarQueis Gray	5	33	6.6	18	0
Jon Hoese	2	15	7.5	8	0
Adam Weber	5	-1	-0.2	0	0
Kevin Whaley	5	31	6.2	11	0

Northwestern Rushing
Player	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Arby Fields	9	43	4.8	17	1
Mike Kafka	12	-13	-1.1	7	0
Jeravin Matthews	2	14	7.0	7	0
Jacob Schmidt	6	20	3.3	5	0

Minnesota Receiving
Player	Rec	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Eric Decker	8	24	3.0	21	2
Brandon Green	2	37	18.5	27	0
Nick Tow-Arnett	5	65	13.0	20	0

Northwestern Receiving
Player	Rec	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Andrew Brewer	3	44	14.7	24	1
Drake Dunsmore	4	37	9.3	18	0
Jeremy Ebert	1	12	12.0	12	0
Arby Fields	2	12	6.0	6	0
Demetrius Fields	4	43	10.8	14	0
Zeke Markshausen	6	70	11.7	22	0
Brendan Mitchell	4	38	9.5	13	1
Jacob Schmidt	3	10	3.3	8	0
Sidney Stewart	5	43	8.6	16	0

Minnesota Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards	TD

Northwestern Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards	TD

Minnesota Kick Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Hayo Carpenter	1	20	20	0
Troy Stoudermire	4	111	37	0

Northwestern Kick Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Scott Concannon	1	0	0	0
Jeravin Matthews	5	94	22	0

Minnesota Punt Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Bryant Allen	1		22	0

Northwestern Punt Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Brendan Smith	2		7	0

Minnesota Kicking
Player	FG Att	FG Made	Lng	FG Blocked	XP Att	XP Made	XP Blocked
Eric Ellestad					5	5

Northwestern Kicking
Player	FG Att	FG Made	Lng	FG Blocked	XP Att	XP Made	XP Blocked
Stefan Demos	1	1			3	3

Minnesota Punts
Player	Punts	Yards	Long
Blake Haudan	4

Northwestern Punts
Player	Punts	Yards	Long
Stefan Demos	4