Week 1 · 2008
Northern Illinois at Minnesota
Sat 08/30/2008 07:00 PM
Northern Illinois
27
6–7
Minnesota
31
7–6
Attendance
44,029
reported
Northern IllinoisNIU
MinnesotaMINN
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Chandler Harnish | 17/29 | 326 | 11.2 | 2 | 0 | 75.8 |
| MINN | Adam Weber | 24/37 | 298 | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Justin Anderson | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 1 | 12 |
| NIU | Montell Clanton | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 15 |
| NIU | Me'co Brown | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 9 |
| NIU | Chandler Harnish | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | 13 |
| NIU | Ricky Crider | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Duane Bennett | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 2 | 61 |
| MINN | Adam Weber | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | 14 |
| MINN | De'Leon Eskridge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Nathan Palmer | 3 | 170 | 56.7 | 2 | 91 |
| NIU | Matt Simon | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | 26 |
| NIU | Reed Cunningham | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 18 |
| NIU | Ricky Crider | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 18 |
| NIU | Britt Davis | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 11 |
| NIU | Kyle Skarb | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 |
| NIU | Landon Cox | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| MINN | Eric Decker | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 1 | 28 |
| MINN | Jack Simmons | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 1 | 53 |
| MINN | Nick Tow-Arnett | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 23 |
| MINN | Duane Bennett | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 18 |
| MINN | Ralph Spry | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 16 |
| MINN | Ben Kuznia | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Mike Salerno | 2/2 | 100.0 | 49 | 3/3 | 9 |
| MINN | Joel Monroe | 1/1 | 100.0 | 40 | 4/4 | 7 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Andy Dittbenner | 6 | 244 | 40.7 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| MINN | Justin Kucek | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Chad Spann | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| NIU | Me'co Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MINN | Marcus Sherels | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Previous meeting vs. Team
Minnesota 1–0 vs Northern Illinois
- 1988 · wk 5Northern Illinois 20 @ Minnesota 31
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