Minnesota 20 - Northwestern 17 - 19Oct2013

Game played in Evanston, IL. 12:00 p.m. EDT start.

Kill looks on as Minnesota tops Northwestern 20-17

Ailing head coach Jerry Kill watched from a private box as Minnesota turned two second half turnovers into scores en route to a 20-17 Big Ten victory over Northwestern Saturday afternoon.

Stats

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• 2:46 Northwestern N.W. TD Stephen Buckley rushed up the middle for 3 yard gain (Jeff Budzien made PAT) MINN 0 - N.W. 7

2nd Quarter

• 7:55 Minnesota MINN TD Philip Nelson passed to Derrick Engel down the middle for 29 yard gain (Chris Hawthorne made PAT) MINN 7 - N.W. 7

3rd Quarter

• 1:57 Minnesota MINN TD James Manuel intercepted Trevor Siemian for 24 yards (Chris Hawthorne made PAT) MINN 14 - N.W. 7

4th Quarter

• 15:00 Minnesota MINN FG Chris Hawthorne kicked a 34-yard field goal MINN 17 - N.W. 7
• 11:17 Northwestern N.W. FG Jeff Budzien kicked a 35-yard field goal MINN 17 - N.W. 10
• 7:05 Minnesota MINN FG Chris Hawthorne kicked a 38-yard field goal MINN 20 - N.W. 10
• 2:45 Northwestern N.W. TD Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones to the right for 10 yard gain (Jeff Budzien made PAT) MINN 20 - N.W. 17

Minnesota Passing

-	Comp	Att	Yds	Pct	Y/A	Sack	YdsL	TD	Int	QBRat
Philip Nelson	8	11	112	72.7	10.2	1	8	1	0	188.3
Mitch Leidner	1	3	11	33.3	3.7	2	14	0	0	64.1

Minnesota Rushing

-	Rush	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
David Cobb	20	103	5.2	24	0
Philip Nelson	9	27	3.0	7	0
Donnell Kirkwood	10	26	2.6	9	0
Mitch Leidner	7	26	3.7	10	0
Derrick Engel	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0

Minnesota Receiving

-	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Derrick Engel	2	42	21.0	29	1
Drew Wolitarsky	2	28	14.0	17	0
Mike Henry	2	21	10.5	14	0
David Cobb	1	21	21.0	21	0
Isaac Fruechte	1	8	8.0	8	0
Donnell Kirkwood	1	3	3.0	3	0

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Kicking
Minnesota
XPM XPA FGM FGA Long Pct
Chris Hawthorne 2 2 2 3 38 66.7

Punting
Minnesota
Punt Avg Long
Peter Mortell 7 47.7 0

Returns
Minnesota
KR Yds Avg Long TD PR Yds Avg Long TD
Antonio Johnson 4 23 5.8 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Marcus Jones 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Derrick Engel 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 9 3.0 10 0
KJ Maye 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0

Team Stats
Minn N.W.
First Downs 17 22
Total Yards 299 327
Turnovers 0 3
First Downs 17 22
Passes for First 7 13
Rushes for First 10 7
Penalties for First 0 2
Third Down Efficiency 4-13 6-16
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0 2-2
Total Yards 299 327
Total Plays 63 72
Avg Gain Per Play 4.7 4.5
Net Yards Rushing 176 93
Rushes 49 26
Yards Per Rush 3.6 3.6
Net Yards Passing 123 234
Comp-Att 9-14 25-46
Yards Per Pass 8.8 5.1
Times Sacked 2 3
Yds Lost To Sacks -12 -22
Interceptions 0 2
Punts 7 6
Punt Average 0.0 0.0
Penalties 9 4
Penalty Yards 89 25
Fumbles 2 1
Fumbles Lost 0 1

Play by Play

Northwestern

15:00 1st & 10, N.W.20
Northwestern kicked off, Antonio Johnson returned kickoff for 23 yards

Minnesota

15:00 1st & 10, MINN22
Mitch Leidner incomplete pass to the right

14:55 2nd & 10, MINN22
David Cobb rushed to the right for 4 yard gain. David Cobb fumbled

14:48 3rd & 7, MINN25
Minnesota committed 5 yard penalty
14:26 3rd & 12, MINN20
Mitch Leidner rushed to the right for 10 yard gain
14:03 4th & 2, MINN30
Minnesota committed 5 yard penalty
13:45 4th & 7, MINN25
Peter Mortell punted, no return
NorthwesternNorthwestern
12:48 1st & 10, N.W.37
Trevor Siemian passed to Dan Vitale to the right for 3 yard gain
12:30 2nd & 7, N.W.40
Treyvon Green rushed to the left for 5 yard gain
12:15 3rd & 2, N.W.45
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the left
11:55 4th & 2, N.W.45
Brandon Williams punted, no return
MinnesotaMinnesota
11:37 1st & 10, MINN10
David Cobb rushed to the right for no gain
11:26 2nd & 10, MINN10
Mitch Leidner passed to Drew Wolitarsky to the left for 11 yard gain
11:15 1st & 10, MINN21
Mitch Leidner incomplete pass down the middle
10:40 2nd & 10, MINN21
David Cobb rushed to the right for 2 yard gain
10:11 3rd & 8, MINN23
Mitch Leidner sacked by Ifeadi Odenigbo for 5 yard loss
10:00 4th & 13, MINN18
Peter Mortell punted. Tony Jones returned punt for 3 yards
NorthwesternNorthwestern
9:30 1st & 10, N.W.31
Treyvon Green rushed to the left for 10 yard gain
8:47 1st & 10, N.W.44
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
8:40 2nd & 10, N.W.43
Trevor Siemian sacked by James Manuel for 9 yard loss
8:27 3rd & 19, N.W.34
Trevor Siemian passed to Mike Trumpy to the right for 14 yard gain
8:15 4th & 5, N.W.48
Brandon Williams punted. Derrick Engel returned punt for 10 yards
MinnesotaMinnesota
7:30 1st & 10, MINN15
David Cobb rushed to the left for 3 yard gain
7:09 2nd & 7, MINN28
Mitch Leidner rushed to the right for 1 yard gain
7:00 3rd & 6, MINN29
Donnell Kirkwood rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain
6:20 4th & 5, MINN30
Peter Mortell punted. Tony Jones returned punt for no gain
NorthwesternNorthwestern
5:50 1st & 10, N.W.26
Stephen Buckley rushed to the right for 7 yard gain
5:05 2nd & 3, N.W.35
Mike Trumpy rushed to the right for 2 yard gain
5:00 3rd & 1, N.W.37
Northwestern committed 5 yard penalty
4:20 3rd & 6, N.W.32
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones down the middle for 9 yard gain
3:58 1st & 10, N.W.41
Stephen Buckley rushed to the left for 33 yard gain
3:45 1st & 10, MINN26
Trevor Siemian passed to Christian Jones to the right for 12 yard gain
3:15 1st & 10, MINN14
Stephen Buckley rushed to the right for 11 yard gain
2:46 1st & 3, MINN3
Stephen Buckley rushed up the middle for 3 yard touchdown. Jeff Budzien made PAT
1:53 1st & 1, MINN1
Northwestern kicked off, Antonio Johnson returned kickoff for no gain
MinnesotaMinnesota
1:53 1st & 10, MINN25
Mitch Leidner rushed to the right for 10 yard gain
1:53 1st & 10, MINN35
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the right for 2 yard loss
1:46 2nd & 12, MINN33
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the left for 1 yard loss
1:04 3rd & 13, MINN32
Mitch Leidner rushed to the right for 9 yard gain
2nd Quarter
MinnesotaMinnesota
15:00 4th & 4, MINN41
Peter Mortell punted. Tony Jones returned punt for no gain
NorthwesternNorthwestern
15:00 1st & 10, N.W.8
Treyvon Green rushed to the left for 1 yard gain
14:51 2nd & 9, N.W.9
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the left
14:45 3rd & 9, N.W.9
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones to the right for 11 yard gain
14:28 1st & 10, N.W.20
Trevor Siemian passed to Mike Trumpy to the right for 10 yard gain
14:20 1st & 10, N.W.30
Mike Trumpy rushed up the middle for 7 yard gain
13:57 2nd & 3, N.W.37
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass down the middle
13:40 3rd & 3, N.W.37
Trevor Siemian passed to Cameron Dickerson to the left for 4 yard gain
13:09 1st & 10, N.W.41
Treyvon Green rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain
12:51 2nd & 8, N.W.43
Minnesota committed 15 yard penalty
12:37 1st & 10, MINN42
Treyvon Green rushed to the left for 7 yard gain
12:37 2nd & 3, MINN35
Treyvon Green rushed to the left for 2 yard loss
12:10 3rd & 5, MINN37
Trevor Siemian rushed to the left for 2 yard loss
11:40 4th & 7, MINN39
Brandon Williams punted. Derrick Engel returned punt for no gain
Minnesota
11:00 1st & 10, MINN18
David Cobb rushed to the left for 7 yard gain
10:34 2nd & 3, MINN25
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the right for 5 yard gain
10:30 1st & 10, MINN30
Philip Nelson passed to Mike Henry to the left for 7 yard gain
9:50 2nd & 3, MINN37
Philip Nelson rushed to the left for 4 yard gain
9:05 1st & 10, MINN41
Philip Nelson incomplete pass down the middle
8:36 2nd & 10, MINN41
Philip Nelson passed to David Cobb down the middle for 21 yard gain
8:08 1st & 10, N.W.38
David Cobb rushed up the middle for 9 yard gain
7:55 2nd & 1, N.W.29
Philip Nelson passed to Derrick Engel down the middle for 29 yard touchdown. Chris Hawthorne made PAT
6:48 1st & 1, N.W.1
Minnesota kicked off, touchback
Northwestern
6:48 1st & 10, N.W.25
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the left
6:48 2nd & 10, N.W.25
Stephen Buckley rushed to the right for 3 yard gain
6:42 3rd & 7, N.W.28
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones down the middle for 24 yard gain
6:30 1st & 10, MINN48
Stephen Buckley rushed to the left for no gain
6:05 2nd & 10, MINN48
Ra'Shede Hageman intercepted Trevor Siemian for 20 yards. Minnesota committed 15 yard penalty
Minnesota
5:50 1st & 10, MINN36
Derrick Engel rushed to the left for 2 yard loss
5:08 2nd & 12, MINN34
David Cobb rushed to the left for 7 yard gain
4:45 3rd & 5, MINN41
Philip Nelson sacked by Deonte Gibson for 8 yard loss
2:52 4th & 13, MINN33
Peter Mortell punted. Tony Jones returned punt for 13 yards
Northwestern
2:52 1st & 10, N.W.10
Stephen Buckley rushed to the left for no gain
2:40 2nd & 10, N.W.23
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the left
2:30 3rd & 10, N.W.23
Mike Trumpy rushed to the left for 5 yard loss
1:52 4th & 15, N.W.18
Brandon Williams punted. KJ Maye returned punt for no gain
Minnesota
1:52 1st & 10, 50
David Cobb rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain
1:44 2nd & 9, N.W.48
David Cobb rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
1:35 3rd & 7, N.W.46
Philip Nelson passed to Drew Wolitarsky down the middle for 17 yard gain
1:15 1st & 10, N.W.29
Philip Nelson rushed to the right for 3 yard loss
0:53 2nd & 13, N.W.32
Philip Nelson rushed up the middle for 5 yard gain
0:01 3rd & 8, N.W.27
Chris Hawthorne missed a 44-yard field goal
3rd Quarter
Minnesota
15:00 1st & 10, MINN27
Minnesota kicked off, Matthew Harris returned kickoff for 27 yards. Northwestern committed 10 yard penalty
Northwestern
15:00 1st & 10, N.W.13
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones to the right for 7 yard gain
14:54 2nd & 3, N.W.20
Trevor Siemian passed to Christian Jones down the middle for 10 yard gain
14:45 1st & 10, N.W.30
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones to the left for 7 yard gain
14:30 2nd & 3, N.W.37
Treyvon Green rushed to the right for 5 yard gain
13:55 1st & 10, N.W.42
Treyvon Green rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain
13:34 2nd & 6, N.W.46
Trevor Siemian rushed to the right for no gain
13:15 3rd & 6, N.W.46
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the left
12:50 4th & 6, N.W.46
Brandon Williams punted. Marcus Jones returned punt for no gain. Marcus Jones fumbled. Maxx Williams recovered fumble
Minnesota
12:18 1st & 10, MINN15
David Cobb rushed up the middle for 24 yard gain
12:08 1st & 10, MINN39
Mitch Leidner sacked by Tyler Scott for 9 yard loss
12:00 2nd & 19, MINN30
Minnesota committed 5 yard penalty
11:20 2nd & 24, MINN25
David Cobb rushed to the left for no gain
10:40 3rd & 24, MINN25
Mitch Leidner rushed to the left for 10 yard gain
10:23 4th & 14, MINN35
Peter Mortell punted. Tony Jones returned punt for no gain
Northwestern
9:45 1st & 10, N.W.22
Stephen Buckley rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain
9:04 2nd & 9, N.W.23
Trevor Siemian passed to Christian Jones down the middle for 6 yard gain
8:45 3rd & 3, N.W.29
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass down the middle
8:20 4th & 3, N.W.29
Brandon Williams punted. Derrick Engel returned punt for 1 yard loss
Minnesota
8:02 1st & 10, MINN31
David Cobb rushed up the middle for 13 yard gain
7:52 1st & 10, MINN41
David Cobb rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
7:43 2nd & 8, MINN43
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the left for 2 yard gain
7:12 3rd & 6, MINN45
Philip Nelson passed to Isaac Fruechte down the middle for 8 yard gain
6:45 1st & 10, N.W.47
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the left for 6 yard gain
6:15 2nd & 4, N.W.41
Philip Nelson rushed to the right for 4 yard gain
5:35 1st & 10, N.W.37
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the left for 1 yard gain
4:50 2nd & 9, N.W.36
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the right for 2 yard gain
4:15 3rd & 7, N.W.34
Philip Nelson passed to Donnell Kirkwood to the right for 3 yard gain
3:35 4th & 4, N.W.31
Minnesota committed 15 yard penalty
2:50 4th & 19, N.W.46
Peter Mortell punted. Tony Jones returned punt for no gain
Northwestern
2:16 1st & 10, N.W.12
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones to the right for 7 yard gain
1:57 2nd & 3, N.W.19
James Manuel intercepted Trevor Siemian for 24 yard touchdown. Chris Hawthorne made PAT
Minnesota
1:22 1st & 1, N.W.1
Minnesota kicked off, Matthew Harris returned kickoff for no gain
Northwestern
1:22 1st & 10, N.W.25
Trevor Siemian sacked by Theiren Cockran for 3 yard loss. Trevor Siemian fumbled. Theiren Cockran recovered fumble
Minnesota
1:22 1st & 10, N.W.23
David Cobb rushed up the middle for 1 yard loss
1:13 2nd & 11, N.W.24
Philip Nelson incomplete pass down the middle
0:50 3rd & 11, N.W.24
Philip Nelson rushed to the right for 7 yard gain
4th Quarter
Minnesota
15:00 4th & 4, N.W.17
Chris Hawthorne kicked a 34-yard field goal
14:55 1st & 1, N.W.1
Minnesota kicked off, Matthew Harris returned kickoff for no gain
Northwestern
14:55 1st & 10, N.W.25
Stephen Buckley rushed up the middle for no gain
14:55 2nd & 10, N.W.25
Trevor Siemian passed to Dan Vitale to the right for 6 yard gain
14:45 3rd & 4, N.W.31
Trevor Siemian passed to Rashad Lawrence to the left for 16 yard gain
14:30 1st & 10, N.W.47
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
13:43 2nd & 10, N.W.47
Trevor Siemian passed to Christian Jones to the right for 13 yard gain
13:31 1st & 10, MINN40
Tony Jones rushed to the right for 11 yard gain
13:23 1st & 10, MINN29
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
13:15 2nd & 10, MINN29
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones to the left for 9 yard gain
12:25 3rd & 1, MINN20
Treyvon Green rushed to the right for 2 yard gain
11:58 1st & 10, MINN18
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
11:22 2nd & 10, MINN18
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
11:22 3rd & 10, MINN18
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the left
11:17 4th & 10, MINN18
Jeff Budzien kicked a 35-yard field goal
11:09 1st & 1, MINN1
Northwestern kicked off, Antonio Johnson returned kickoff for no gain
Minnesota
11:09 1st & 10, MINN25
Philip Nelson passed to Mike Henry to the right for 14 yard gain. Minnesota committed 10 yard penalty
11:09 1st & 10, MINN29
David Cobb rushed to the right for 15 yard gain
11:00 1st & 10, MINN44
Philip Nelson rushed up the middle for 7 yard gain
10:30 2nd & 3, N.W.49
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the right for 9 yard gain
9:50 1st & 10, N.W.40
Donnell Kirkwood rushed to the left for 3 yard gain
9:20 2nd & 7, N.W.37
Philip Nelson incomplete pass down the middle
8:42 3rd & 7, N.W.37
Philip Nelson passed to Derrick Engel to the right for 13 yard gain
8:11 1st & 10, N.W.24
David Cobb rushed to the right for 1 yard loss
8:05 2nd & 11, N.W.25
David Cobb rushed to the left for no gain
7:30 3rd & 11, N.W.25
Philip Nelson rushed to the right for 4 yard gain
7:05 4th & 7, N.W.21
Chris Hawthorne kicked a 38-yard field goal
5:24 1st & 1, N.W.1
Minnesota kicked off, Matthew Harris returned kickoff for no gain
Northwestern
5:24 1st & 10, N.W.25
Minnesota committed 5 yard penalty
5:24 1st & 5, N.W.30
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the left
5:24 2nd & 5, N.W.30
Trevor Siemian passed to Mike Trumpy to the left for 4 yard loss
5:19 3rd & 9, N.W.26
Northwestern committed 5 yard penalty
5:04 3rd & 14, N.W.21
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass down the middle
4:50 4th & 14, N.W.21
Minnesota committed 14 yard penalty
4:36 1st & 10, N.W.35
Trevor Siemian passed to Kyle Prater to the left for 7 yard gain
4:31 2nd & 3, N.W.42
Trevor Siemian passed to Cameron Dickerson to the right for 24 yard gain
4:20 1st & 10, MINN34
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
4:10 2nd & 10, MINN34
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
3:58 3rd & 10, MINN34
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
3:55 4th & 10, MINN34
Trevor Siemian passed to Christian Jones down the middle for 12 yard gain
3:50 1st & 10, MINN22
Northwestern committed 5 yard penalty
3:42 1st & 15, MINN27
Trevor Siemian passed to Dan Vitale down the middle for 4 yard gain
3:30 2nd & 11, MINN23
Trevor Siemian incomplete pass to the right
3:14 3rd & 11, MINN23
Trevor Siemian passed to Treyvon Green to the right for 8 yard gain
3:04 4th & 3, MINN15
Trevor Siemian passed to Mike Trumpy down the middle for 5 yard gain
2:45 1st & 10, MINN10
Trevor Siemian passed to Tony Jones to the right for 10 yard touchdown. Jeff Budzien made PAT
2:07 1st & 1, MINN1
Northwestern kicked off, Antonio Johnson returned kickoff for no gain
Minnesota
2:07 1st & 10, N.W.43
David Cobb rushed up the middle for 12 yard gain
2:07 1st & 10, N.W.31
David Cobb rushed to the right for 4 yard gain
1:22 2nd & 6, N.W.27
David Cobb rushed up the middle for no gain

1:18 3rd & 7, N.W.27
Philip Nelson rushed to the right for 7 yard gain

1:12 1st & 10, N.W.20
Player rushed up the middle for 2 yard loss
1:12 2nd & 12, N.W.22
Player rushed up the middle for 2 yard loss
Game over

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