2008 IN REVIEW 2008 STATISTICS..................................................................................................... 128-131 2008 GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSIVE STATISTICS.......................................................... 132 2008 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATISTICS.......................................................... 133 2008 STARTERS AND SUPERLATIVES......................................................................... 134 2008 HONORS AND AWARDS........................................................................................ 135 2008 GAME RECAPS...............................................................................................136-141
2008 TEAM RESULTS/STATISTICS 2008 RESULTS 9-4 Overall, 5-3 Big Ten
Date Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Dec. 29
Opponent Result SYRACUSE..................................... W, 30-10 at Duke............................................ W, 24-20 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS....................... W, 33-7 OHIO.................................................. W, 16-8 at Iowa............................................. W, 22-17 MICHIGAN STATE.............................L, 37-20 PURDUE.......................................... W, 48-26 at Indiana...........................................L, 21-19 at Minnesota.................................... W, 24-17 OHIO STATE......................................L, 45-10 at Michigan...................................... W, 21-14 ILLINOIS.......................................... W, 27-10 vs. Missouri (Alamo Bowl)........ L, 30-23 (OT)
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TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Att-Comp-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3rd-Down Pct. 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 4th-Down Pct. SACKS BY-YARDS MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games SCORE BY QUARTERS Northwestern Opponents
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NU 317 24.4 263 95 141 27 1,843 2,161 318 491 3.8 141.8 15 2,817 458-279-18 6.2 10.1 216.7 20 4,660 949 4.9 358.5 47-921 23-191 13-116 19.6 8.3 8.9 18-10 61-567 43.6 66-2,532 38.4 34.1 29:49 97/209 46% 2/7 29% 34-235 40 37 20-25 0-0 46-54 (85%) 27-54 (50%) 31-35 (89%) 200,132 7/28,590 1/55,986 1st 59 64
2nd 103 88
3rd 93 59
4th 62 44
OT 0 7
OPP 262 20.2 250 112 121 17 1,643 2,038 395 454 3.6 126.4 15 2,784 472-277-13 5.9 10.1 214.2 13 4,427 926 4.8 340.5 58-1,068 25-240 18-234 18.4 9.6 13.0 21-12 78-688 52.9 69-2,692 39.0 34.5 31:16 68/196 35% 12/27 44% 22-176 14 31 15-24 1-1 33-42 (79%) 20-42 (48%) 29-30 (97%) 286,875 5/57,375
Total 317 262
2008 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Tyrell Sutton Mike Kafka Omar Conteh C.J. Bachér Stephen Simmons Jacob Schmidt Eric Peterman Andrew Brewer Dan Persa Team Totals Opponents
G 9 8 9 11 10 13 13 12 11 8 13 13
Att 184 68 73 84 62 2 5 1 2 10 491 454
PASSING C.J. Bachér Mike Kafka Eric Peterman Kyle Daley Team Totals Opponents
G 11 8 13 13 8 13 13
Effic 116.52 131.13 496.00 0.00 0.00 119.13 111.81
RECEIVING Ross Lane Eric Peterman Rasheed Ward Tyrell Sutton Andrew Brewer Sidney Stewart Jeremy Ebert Omar Conteh Josh Rooks Charles Brown Brendan Mitchell C.J. Bacher Stephen Simmons Zeke Markshausen Totals Opponents PUNTING Stefan Demos Kyle Daley Team Totals Opponents
G 13 13 13 9 12 12 13 9 13 12 12 11 10 9 13 13
No. 64 1 1 66 69
Gain Loss Net 922 32 890 416 95 321 271 36 235 339 109 230 189 11 178 4 0 4 20 16 4 0 0 0 0 2 -2 0 17 -17 2161 318 1843 2038 395 1643
Cmp-Att-Int 245-408-15 32-46-3 2-2-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 279-458-18 277-472-13
No. 60 59 51 35 18 17 15 10 7 2 2 1 1 1 279 277
Yds 640 737 526 305 145 134 161 61 46 14 6 25 11 6 2817 2784
Yds 2,499 33 0 2532 2692
Avg 39.0 33.0 0.0 38.4 39.0
Avg 4.8 4.7 3.2 2.7 2.9 2.0 0.8 0.0 -1.0 -1.7 3.8 3.6
Pct 60.0 69.6 100.0 0.0 0.0 60.9 58.7
Avg 10.7 12.5 10.3 8.7 8.1 7.9 10.7 6.1 6.6 7.0 3.0 25.0 11.0 6.0 10.1 10.1
Long 63 33 0 63 72
TD 6 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 15
Yds 2432 330 55 0 0 2817 2784
TD 3 6 3 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 13
TB 2 0 0 2 6
FC 14 0 0 14 14
Long 66 53 20 27 21 3 15 0 0 0 66 76
Avg/G 98.9 40.1 26.1 20.9 17.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.2 -2.1 141.8 126.4
TD Long Avg/G 17 53 221.1 2 36 41.2 1 30 4.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 20 53 216.7 13 46 214.2
Long 35 53 46 27 19 30 36 21 12 10 5 25 11 6 53 46
I20 26 0 0 26 22
Avg/G 49.2 56.7 40.5 33.9 12.1 11.2 12.4 6.8 3.5 1.2 0.5 2.3 1.1 0.7 216.7 214.2
PUNT RETURNS Brendan Smith Eric Peterman Jacob Schmidt Totals Opponents
No. 15 7 1 23 25
Yds 118 44 29 191 240
Avg 7.9 6.3 29.0 8.3 9.6
INTERCEPTIONS Brad Phillips Jordan Mabin Sherrick McManis Brendan Smith Corey Wootton Vince Browne Brian Peters Totals Opponents
No. 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 13 18
Yds 4 38 0 74 0 0 0 116 234
Avg 1.3 12.7 0.0 37.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.9 13.0
KICK RETURNS Stephen Simmons Jeravin Matthews Jeremy Ebert Sherrick McManis Jordan Mabin Josh Rooks Omar Conteh Mark Woodsum Bryce McNaul Dan Persa Team Totals Opponents
No. 23 6 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 47 58
Yds 509 139 79 57 55 11 47 3 6 15 0 921 1068
FUMBLE RETURNS Brian Peters Totals Opponents
No. 1 1 1
Yds 39 39 4
Avg 22.1 23.2 19.8 19.0 18.3 5.5 23.5 3.0 6.0 15.0 0.0 19.6 18.4
Avg 39.0 39.0 4.0
TD 0 0 0 0 2
Long 51 18 0 51 75
TD 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1
Long 4 38 0 48 0 0 0 48 43
TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long 40 40 27 29 24 11 34 3 6 15 0 40 53
TD 0 0 0
Long 39 39 4
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2008 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SCORING TD FGs Amado Villarreal 0 20-25 Tyrell Sutton 8 0-0 Eric Peterman 6 0-0 C.J. Bacher 3 0-0 Ross Lane 3 0-0 Rasheed Ward 3 0-0 Omar Conteh 3 0-0 Stephen Simmons 2 0-0 Brendan Smith 2 0-0 Jeremy Ebert 2 0-0 Josh Rooks 2 0-0 Mike Kafka 1 0-0 Sidney Stewart 1 0-0 Brendan Mitchell 1 0-0 Team 0 0-0 Kyle Daley 0 0-0 Totals 37 20-25 Opponents 31 15-24
|------ PATs -----| Kick Rush Rcv 30-34 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 1-1 0-0 0 31-35 1-1 0 29-30 0-0 1
FIELD GOALS Amado Villarreal
Pct 01-19 80.0 1-1
ALL-PURPOSE Tyrell Sutton Eric Peterman Stephen Simmons Ross Lane Rasheed Ward Omar Conteh Mike Kafka C.J. Bacher Jeremy Ebert Brendan Smith Andrew Brewer Jeravin Matthews Sidney Stewart Jordan Mabin Josh Rooks Sherrick McManis Jacob Schmidt Charles Brown Dan Persa Zeke Markshausen Brendan Mitchell Bryce McNaul Brad Phillips Mark Woodsum Team Totals Opponents
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FGM-FGA 20-25
G 9 13 10 13 13 9 8 11 13 13 12 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 9 12 5 13 13 8 13 13
Rush 890 4 178 0 0 235 321 230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 -17 1843 1643
Rec PR 305 0 737 44 11 0 640 0 526 0 61 0 0 0 25 0 161 0 0 118 145 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 46 0 0 0 0 29 14 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2817 191 2784 240
Pass DXP 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-1 0 1-1 0
Saf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Points 90 48 36 18 18 18 18 14 12 12 12 6 6 6 2 1 317 262
20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk 11-12 7-9 1-3 0-0 46 1
KOR 0 0 509 0 0 47 0 0 79 0 0 139 0 55 11 57 0 0 15 0 0 6 0 3 0 921 1068
IR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 116 234
Tot 1195 785 698 640 526 343 321 255 240 192 145 139 134 93 57 57 33 14 13 6 6 6 4 3 -17 5888 5969
Avg/G 132.8 60.4 69.8 49.2 40.5 38.1 40.1 23.2 18.5 14.8 12.1 13.9 11.2 7.2 4.4 4.4 2.5 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.2 -2.1 452.9 459.2
TOTAL OFFENSE C.J. Bacher Tyrell Sutton Mike Kafka Omar Conteh Stephen Simmons Eric Peterman Jacob Schmidt Dan Persa Team Totals Opponents FG SEQUENCE Syracuse Duke Southern Illinois Ohio Iowa Michigan State Purdue Indiana Minnesota Ohio State Michigan Illinois Missouri
G 11 9 8 9 10 13 13 11 8 13 13
Plays 492 184 114 73 62 7 2 2 11 949 926
Rush 230 890 321 235 178 4 4 -2 -17 1843 1643
Northwestern — (35) (35),(33),(18),(20) (33),(46),(23) 37,(37),34 (31),(22) (26),(29),25 (25),(26) (34),47 (25) — (28),(24) (21),47
Pass 2432 0 330 0 0 55 0 0 0 2817 2784
Total 2662 890 651 235 178 59 4 -2 -17 4660 4427
Avg/G 242.0 98.9 81.4 26.1 17.8 4.5 0.3 -0.2 -2.1 358.5 340.5
Opponents (36),51 (21),(38) — 42,27,38 (30) (26),(42),(34) (20),(37) 47,51 (21),20 (33) 23 (21) (31),(43),(37),44
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
COREY WOOTTON (center) recorded at least one of every defensive statistic for the second time in his career in 2008.
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2008 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS defense |----Tackles---| G Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds 17 Brad Phillips 13 56 53 109 6.0-23 36 Prince Kwateng 13 54 52 106 5.0-23 4 Brendan Smith 13 50 32 82 3.0-6 24 Sherrick McManis 13 53 14 67 . 57 Nate Williams 12 31 35 66 3.5-17 41 Quentin Davie 13 25 32 57 9.5-45 26 Jordan Mabin 13 32 20 52 2.0-4 46 Malcolm Arrington 7 22 29 51 6.5-24 95 Kevin Mims 13 18 28 46 7.0-32 70 John Gill 12 27 17 44 9.5-44 99 Corey Wootton 13 25 17 42 16.0-86 38 Brian Peters 13 24 11 35 2.0-4 98 Corbin Bryant 11 15 13 28 5.5-19 94 Vince Browne 10 15 11 26 7.5-41 31 Mike Dinard 13 8 15 23 . 67 Marshall Thomas 13 4 8 12 1.0-2 79 Adam Hahn 12 2 9 11 1.0-2 21 Mike Bolden 13 8 2 10 . 87 Jeravin Matthews 10 5 4 9 . 32 David Arnold 10 5 4 9 . 28 Justan Vaughn 2 8 1 9 . 39 Jacob Schmidt 13 5 4 9 . 10 Eric Peterman 13 5 1 6 . 35 Ben Johnson 12 3 3 6 . 16 David Oredugba 13 4 1 5 . 6 Charles Brown 12 2 2 4 . 11 Jeremy Ebert 13 3 . 3 . 90 Jack DiNardo 8 . 3 3 . 20 Scott Concannon 8 1 2 3 . 1 Stefan Demos 13 3 . 3 . 44 Mark Woodsum 13 1 1 2 . 51 Bryce McNaul 5 . 2 2 . 75 Al Netter 13 2 . 2 . 64 Doug Bartels 13 2 . 2 . 29 Omar Conteh 9 1 1 2 . 25 Stephen Simmons 10 1 1 2 . 37 Todd Dockery 10 1 1 2 . 48 Rejaie Johnson 1 1 1 2 1.0-5 34 James Nussbaum 1 . 1 1 . 42 Kevin Watt 13 . 1 1 . 2 Lee Coleman 10 1 . 1 . 86 Phil Brunner 13 1 . 1 . 66 Mike Boyle 12 1 . 1 . 89 Josh Rooks 13 1 . 1 . 5 Sidney Stewart 12 . 1 1 . 18 C.J. Bacher 11 1 . 1 . 8 Rasheed Ward 13 1 . 1 . 9 Ross Lane 13 1 . 1 . 19 Tyrell Sutton 9 1 . 1 . Team 8 . . . . Totals 13 530 433 963 86-377 Opponents 13 511 492 1003 76-297
|-Sacks-| No-Yds 1.5-11 2.5-15 . . 1.0-11 3.5-23 . 1.5-9 3.5-20 4.0-33 10.0-64 . 1.0-11 4.0-31 . . 0.5-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-235 22-176
| ---Pass Def---| Int-Yds BrUp QBH 3-4 6 1 . 2 2 2-74 6 1 2-0 12 . . 2 . . 2 5 3-38 5 . . 1 . . 2 2 . 1 3 1-0 2 7 1-0 1 . . . 1 1-0 . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-116 44 25 18-234 45 35
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|-Fumbles-| Rcv-Yds FF . 2 1-0 1 . . . 1 . . 1-0 . 1-0 2 . . 1-0 1 2-0 1 1-0 1 1-39 1 1-0 1 . 2 . . . . . . . . 2-0 . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-39 14 9-4 13
Blkd Kick Saf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 1 2 .
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2008 GAME-BY-GAME OFFENSIVE STATISTICS RUSHING Player No-Yds/TD SU Tyrell Sutton 184-890/6 21-144/0 Mike Kafka 68-321/1 2-18/0 Omar Conteh 73-235/3 12-71/0 C.J. Bachér 84-230/3 4-19/0 Stephen Simmons 62-178/2 3-17/0 Jacob Schmidt 2-4/0 0-0/0 Eric Peterman 5-4/0 0-0/0 Dan Persa 2-(-2)/0 0-0/0 TOTALS 491-1,843/15 42-269/0
DUKE SIU OHIO IOWA 16-66/2 17-101/3 9-76/0 24-77/0 DNP 2-3/0 DNP DNP 4-5/1 6-24/0 16-35/1 4-1/0 4-15/0 6-21/0 11-37/0 3-15/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP-I DNP-I 0-0/0 1-1/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-15/0 0-0/0 2-(-2)/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 27-77/3 34-148/3 37-147/1 34-106/0
RECEIVING Player No-Yds/TD SU DUKE SIU OHIO Ross Lane 60-640/3 3-40/0 2-46/0 5-49/0 3-18/0 Eric Peterman 59-737/6 1-8/0 2-73/0 4-53/0 7-61/0 Rasheed Ward 51-526/3 3-39/0 5-60/0 3-40/0 1-0/0 Tyrell Sutton 35-305/2 4-41/1 0-0/0 5-16/0 3-27/0 Andrew Brewer 18-145/0 6-48/0 1-16/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Sidney Stewart 17-134/1 1-6/0 1-5/0 3-22/0 2-7/0 Jeremy Ebert 15-161/2 2-21/1 0-0/0 1-4/0 0-0/0 Omar Conteh 10-61/0 0-0/0 3-26/0 1-1/0 0-0/0 Josh Rooks 7-46/2 1-2/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-10/0 Charles Brown 2-14/0 1-4/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-10/0 Brendan Mitchell 2-6/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 C.J. Bachér 1-25/0 0-0/0 1-25/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 Stephen Simmons 1-11/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP-I Zeke Markshausen 1-6/0 1-6/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 TOTALS 279-2,817/20 23-215/3 15-251/0 22-185/0 18-133/0
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PASSING C.J. Bachér Att Comp Int Syracuse 35 23 1 at Duke 31 14 0 Southern Illinois 29 21 0 Ohio 35 18 4 at Iowa 45 28 1 Michigan State 61 34 2 Purdue 33 20 1 at Indiana 34 21 2 at Minnesota Ohio State at Michigan 29 17 2 Illinois 33 22 1 Missouri 43 27 1 TOTALS 408 245 15
Pct .657 .452 .724 .529 .622 .557 .606 .618 DNP-I DNP-I .586 .667 .628 .600
Mike Kafka Att Comp Int Syracuse 0 0 0 at Duke Southern Illinois 2 1 0 Ohio at Iowa Michigan State Purdue 0 0 0 at Indiana 1 1 0 at Minnesota 16 12 2 Ohio State 27 18 1 at Michigan 0 0 0 Illinois 0 0 0 Missouri TOTALS 46 32 3
Pct .000 DNP .500 DNP DNP DNP .000 1.00 .750 .667 .000 .000 DNP .696
IOWA 6-66/0 5-47/2 10-94/1 6-72/0 DNP-I 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-5/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP-I 0-0/0 28-284/3
MSU PUR 23-139/0 18-96/0 DNP 0-0/0 1-5/0 8-49/1 8-32/1 15-41/1 DNP 1-2/0 0-0/0 1-3/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 32-176/1 43-191/2
IND MINN OSU MICH ILL MU 27-77/1 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I 29-114/0 2-(-21)/0 27-217/0 29-83/1 3-20/0 3-1/0 DNP 10-33/0 12-12/0 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I 7-64/1 DNP-I DNP-I 9-(-15)/0 7-34/0 10-(-33)/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 14-34/0 22-56/1 22-69/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-(-7)/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-5/0 1-(-9)/0 0-0/0 DNP DNP 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP 47-152/2 41-220/0 43-117/1 37-59/1 34-109/1 40-72/0
MSU PUR 9-113/0 4-27/0 4-27/0 4-55/1 7-45/1 1-6/0 6-44/0 4-62/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 7-49/0 1-30/1 1-5/0 4-55/0 0-0/0 1-11/0 0-0/0 1-3/0 DNP 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-1/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 34-283/1 21-250/4
IND MINN OSU MICH 5-31/0 1-7/0 4-32/0 7-77/1 4-18/0 2-44/0 6-78/0 5-79/1 4-28/0 1-17/0 2-30/0 2-22/0 2-14/0 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I 2-25/0 1-14/0 3-21/0 0-0/0 1-7/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-8/0 2-24/0 3-48/1 2-4/0 0-0/0 1-7/0 3-11/0 DNP-I DNP-I 1-10/0 1-2/1 1-12/0 1-7/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-5/0 0-0/0 DNP-I DNP-I 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP 0-0/0 22-164/0 12-143/2 18-177/0 17-198/2
Yds 215 226 184 133 284 283 220 155
TD 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 0
Lng 22 45 27 20 35 31 45 19
Sack 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1
Yds 1 0 0 4 0 11 13 1
198 230 304 2,432
2 2 3 17
53 22 46 53
3 0 4 13
22 0 34 86
Yds 0
TD 0
Lng 0
Sack 0
Yds 0
1
0
1
0
0
0 9 143 177 0 0
0 0 2 0 0 0
0 9 36 24 0 0
0 2 2 4 0 0
0 24 16 39 0 0
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ILL MU 6-57/1 5-77/1 8-111/1 7-83/1 5-44/0 7-101/1 DNP-I 5-29/0 2-7/0 3-14/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNP-I DNP-I 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-11/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 22-230/2 27-304/3
2008 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES Brad Phillips Prince Kwateng Brendan Smith Sherrick McManis Nate Williams Quentin Davie Jordan Mabin Malcolm Arrington Kevin Mims John Gill Corey Wootton Brian Peters Corbin Bryant Vince Browne Mike Dinard Marshall Thomas Adam Hahn Mike Bolden David Arnold Jeravin Matthews Jacob Schmidt Justan Vaughn David Oredugba Ben Johnson Eric Peterman Charles Brown Scott Concannon Stefan Demos Jack DiNardo Jeremy Ebert Doug Bartels Al Netter Omar Conteh Todd Dockery Rejaie Johnson Stephen Simmons Mark Woodsum Bryce McNaul C.J. Bachér Mike Boyle Phil Brunner Lee Coleman Ross Lane Josh Rooks Tyrell Sutton Rasheed Ward Sidney Stewart Kevin Watt James Nussbaum Totals PUNTING Stefan Demos Syracuse at Duke Southern Illinois Ohio at Iowa Michigan State Purdue at Indiana at Minnesota Ohio State at Michigan Illinois Missouri Totals Team Totals Opponents
UA-AT 56-53 54-52 50-32 53-14 31-35 25-32 32-20 22-29 18-28 27-17 25-17 24-11 15-13 15-11 8-15 4-8 2-9 8-2 5-4 5-4 5-4 8-1 6-1 3-3 5-1 2-2 1-2 3-0 0-3 3-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 504-375
No. 6 8 3 5 5 2 3 3 6 4 8 5 6 64 66 69
TT 109 106 82 67 66 57 52 51 46 44 42 35 28 26 23 12 11 10 9 9 9 9 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 879
Yds 192 320 135 177 187 93 150 145 257 129 298 188 228 2,499 2,532 2,692
SU 1-4 2-2 3-2 4-0 0-0 5-2 0-1 4-6 0-2 DNP 2-1 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-2 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 4-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 33-28
DUKE 3-4 2-9 5-6 9-1 0-2 1-7 4-1 3-5 2-5 1-0 2-3 1-2 0-1 2-2 2-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 4-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 DNP 45-54
Avg 32.0 40.0 45.0 35.4 37.4 46.5 50.0 48.3 42.8 32.2 37.2 37.6 38.0 39.0 38.4 39.0
SIU 4-3 3-3 7-0 2-1 2-0 4-2 0-0 3-2 0-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 1-1 2-1 2-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 2-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 45-20
Long 42 54 57 41 43 47 52 63 55 42 49 50 44 63 63 72
OHIO 5-3 7-2 3-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 5-2 8-3 1-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-2 5-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 DNP-I 0-1 1-1 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I DNP-I 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 DNP 49-24
IOWA 7-4 2-5 6-2 8-3 0-0 1-2 2-1 2-6 0-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 DNP-I 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 DNP DNP-I DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 40-31
MSU 3-11 4-7 1-4 4-0 0-2 3-3 4-4 3-4 1-3 2-2 0-1 0-1 4-1 1-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 36-48
PUR 5-2 3-3 5-3 4-1 3-1 3-3 4-2 0-3 1-2 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 3-1 1-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 0-0 DNP-I 0-1 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 36-40
TB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 6
FC 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 14 14 14
I20 6 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 26 26 22
Blkd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2
IND 5-3 6-1 3-1 5-1 4-3 1-3 3-2 DNP-I 1-0 6-0 5-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 49-16
MINN 6-2 5-2 5-1 7-1 6-2 0-0 1-0 DNP-I 2-3 4-1 1-0 5-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 DNP-I 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 50-14
OSU 5-5 2-7 2-4 0-1 5-7 3-4 0-4 DNP-I 1-3 1-4 1-2 4-1 0-0 DNP-I 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-1 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 25-48
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MICH 5-2 5-0 3-2 3-0 5-2 0-0 4-0 DNP-I 4-3 5-2 4-2 6-1 2-2 DNP-I 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 53-16
ILL 6-3 6-5 5-0 4-1 4-6 2-2 3-1 DNP-I 3-4 3-2 0-3 2-1 DNP-I DNP-I 0-1 1-0 0-3 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 43-36
MU 1-7 7-6 2-7 0-3 2-10 0-2 1-2 DNP-I 2-0 2-2 1-2 3-2 DNP-I 1-3 0-2 1-3 0-3 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 26-58
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2008 STARTERS AND SUPERLATIVES Offense Opponent Syracuse at Duke Southern Illinois Ohio at Iowa Michigan State Purdue at Indiana at Minnesota Ohio State at Michigan Illinois Missouri
WR Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman Peterman B. Mitchell Peterman Peterman
WR/SB Rooks Brewer Ebert Ebert Ebert Ebert Woodsum Rooks Rooks Rooks Rooks Brewer Brewer
LT Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter Netter
LG Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy
C Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett Burkett
RG Belding Taylor Taylor Belding Bartels Bartels Bartels Bartels Bartels Bartels Bartels Bartels Bartels
RT Taylor Mattes Mattes Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor
Defense Opponent LE DT DT DE OLB MLB OLB Syracuse Mims Bryant Hahn Wootton Kwateng Arrington Davie at Duke Mims Gill Hahn Wootton Kwateng Arrington Davie Southern Illinois Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Arrington Davie Ohio Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Arrington Davie at Iowa Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Arrington Davie Michigan State Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Arrington Davie Purdue Mims Gill Hahn Wootton Kwateng Arrington Davie at Indiana Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Williams Davie at Minnesota Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Williams Phillips Ohio State Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Williams Davie at Michigan Mims Gill Bryant Wootton Kwateng Williams Davie Illinois Mims Gill Hahn Wootton Kwateng Williams Davie Missouri Mims Gill Hahn Wootton Kwateng Williams Phillips
WR Lane Lane Lane Lane Lane Lane Lane Lane Lane Lane Brewer Lane Lane
WR Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Stewart Ward Ward
QB Bachér Bachér Bachér Bachér Bachér Bachér Bachér Bachér Kafka Kafka Bachér Bachér Bachér
RB Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Sutton Conteh Simmons Simmons Simmons Sutton
CB McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis McManis
SS Phillips Phillips Phillips Phillips Phillips Phillips Phillips Phillips Peters Phillips Phillips Phillips Peters
FS Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith Smith
CB Vaughn Vaughn Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin Mabin
2008 NU/Opponent Game Highs Category Northwestern Opponent Points......................................48 vs. Purdue..................................... 45 by Ohio State First Downs.............................27 vs. Michigan State . ...............................28 by Duke Rushing Attempts...................47 at Indiana ........................................46 by Michigan Rushing Yards........................269 vs. Syracuse ............................ 244 by Ohio State Rushing Average....................6.4 vs. Syracuse ....................................6.3 by Purdue Passing Completions..............34 vs. Michigan State . .......................32 by Minnesota Passing Attempts....................61 vs. Michigan State . .......................52 by Minnesota Passing Yards.........................304 vs. Missouri ...............................327 by Minnesota TD Passes..............................4 vs. Purdue......................................... 3 by Ohio State
Category Northwestern Opponent Total Plays.......................... 93 vs. Michigan State...........................................91 by Duke Total Yards......................... 484 vs. Syracuse................................................472 by Duke Sacks by............................ 6-46 vs. Southern Illinois............................. 5-43 by Missouri Turnovers forced................ 5 vs. Iowa and Purdue...............................5 by Ohio, Indiana Penalties............................ 8 vs. Purdue....................................... 10 by Southern Illinois Penalty Yards..................... 85 vs. Ohio State.............................. 105 by Southern Illinois Interceptions by.................. 3 vs. Purdue and Missouri...................................... 4 by Ohio TD Rushes......................... 3 (twice) at Duke, vs. SIU.............................. 3 by Ohio State
2008 NU/opponent Individual Game Highs Category Northwestern Opponent Points . ....................................................18, Tyrell Sutton (Southern Illinois).................................................. 12, Javon Ringer (Michigan State), Brian Robiskie, Chris Wells (OSU) Rushing Attempts.......................................29, Tyrell Sutton (Missouri).......................................................................................................................35, Javon Ringer (Michigan State) Rushing Yards............................................217, Mike Kafka (Minnesota)............................................................................................................................... 168, Kory Sheets (Purdue) Long Rush..................................................66, Tyrell Sutton (Michigan State).......................................................................................................................... 76, Kory Sheets (Purdue) Passing Completions..................................34, C.J. Bachér (Michigan State)..................................................................................................................... 31, Adam Weber (Minnesota) Passing Attempts........................................61, C.J. Bachér (Michigan State)..................................................................................................................... 51, Adam Weber (Minnesota) Passing Yards.............................................304, C.J. Bachér (Missouri)............................................................................................................................ 327, Adam Weber (Minnesota) Long Pass...................................................53, C.J Bachér (Michigan).............................................................................................................................. 46, Terrelle Pryor (Ohio State) Receptions..................................................10, Rasheed Ward (Iowa)......................................................................................................................................11, Johnny Boston (Duke) Receiving Yards..........................................113, Ross Lane (Michigan State)........................................................................................................................ 135, Johnny Boston (Duke)
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2008 HONORS AND AWARDS Colin Armstrong • Academic All-Big Ten C.J. Bachér • Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List • Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Iowa) • Academic All-Big Ten • Team Captain Doug Bartels • Academic All-Big Ten Andrew Brewer • Academic All-Big Ten Vince Browne • ESPN Gameday Helmet Sticker (Ohio) • Sporting News second-team Freshman All-American • Rivals.com second-team Freshman All-American • ESPN.com first-team All-Big Ten Freshman team • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Illinois) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Ohio) Phil Brunner • ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team • ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team • Academic All-Big Ten • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Iowa) • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Ohio State) Corbin Bryant • Academic All-Big Ten • Northwestern Randy Walker Wildcat Warrior Award Ben Burkett • NGN Offensive Newcomer of the Year • ESPN.com first-team All-Big Ten Freshman team • Phil Steele’s third-team all-Freshman selection • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Indiana) Scott Concannon • Academic All-Big Ten Kyle Daley • Academic All-Big Ten Stefan Demos • Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (Syracuse) • Academic All-Big Ten Mike Dinard • Academic All-Big Ten • Northwestern Carnig Minasian Citizenship Award John Gill • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches/media) • Outland Trophy Watch List • Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List • Northwestern Randy Walker Wildcat Warrior Award Adam Hahn • Academic All-Big Ten Mike Kafka • Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Minnesota) • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Minnesota)
Keegan Kennedy • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches/media) • Academic All-Big Ten • Northwestern Randy Walker Wildcat Warrior Award Prince Kwateng • Team Captain • Northwestern’s Billy McKinney Award Ross Lane • Northwestern Thomas Airth Spirit Award • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Michigan) Jordan Mabin • NGN Defensive Newcomer of the Year • Sporting News Freshman All-American • FWAA Freshman All-American • Phil Steele’s first-team all-Freshman selection • Rivals.com second-team Freshman All-American • ESPN.com first-team All-Big Ten Freshman team Zeke Markshausen • Academic All-Big Ten Jeravin Matthews • NGN Special Teams Newcomer of the Year • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Purdue) • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Indiana) Kurt Mattes • Academic All-Big Ten Sherrick McManis • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches/media) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Duke) Bryce McNaul • Academic All-Big Ten Kevin Mims • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Illinois) • Northwestern George W. Ballantine Award • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Minnesota) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Illinois) James Nussbaum • Academic All-Big Ten David Oredugba • Academic All-Big Ten Dan Persa • Academic All-Big Ten Eric Peterman • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches/media) • AFCA Good Works Team • Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Candidate • 2008 Draddy Trophy Semifinalist • ARA Sportsmanship Award winner • Big Ten Sportsmanship Award and Medal of Honor • Academic All-Big Ten • Team Captain • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Purdue) • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Michigan) • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Illinois) Brian Peters • Academic All-Big Ten • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Duke)
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Kyle Petty • Academic All-Big Ten Brad Phillips • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches/media) • Academic All-Big Ten • Northwestern Marcel Price Award • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Iowa) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Michigan State) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Purdue) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Ohio State) • ESPN College Gameday “All-MayDay” team Josh Rooks • Academic All-Big Ten Jacob Schmidt • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (SIU) • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Minnesota) Stephen Simmons • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Syracuse) Brendan Smith • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches/media) • Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (Minnesota) • Team Captain • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Syracuse) • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Illinois) Tyrell Sutton • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches) • Maxwell Award Watch List • Doak Walker Award Candidate • Northwestern Bryan Painter “Ultimate Wildcat” Award • N Club Performance Award • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Michigan State) Desmond Taylor • Academic All-Big Ten Amado Villarreal • All-Big Ten honorable mention (coaches/media) • Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (Ohio) • NU Offensive Player of the Game (SIU) • NU Special Teams Player of the Game (Ohio) Rasheed Ward • Northwestern Rashidi Wheeler Award • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Duke) • NU Offensive Player of the Game (Iowa) • 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl Sportsmanship Award recipient Kevin Watt • Academic All-Big Ten Mark Woodsum • Academic All-Big Ten Corey Wootton • All-Big Ten first team (coaches) • All-Big Ten second team (media) • Northwestern Most Valuable Player • SI.com honorable mention All-America • NU Defensive Player of the Game (SIU) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Indiana) • NU Defensive Player of the Game (Michigan)
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2008 REGULAR-SEASON RECAPS game 1
SYRACUSE Northwestern
10 30
NORTHWESTERN DUKE
24 20
Syracuse took a 10-9 lead early in the second half of Northwestern’s season-opening contest, but the Wildcats came back with 21 unanswered points to whallop the Orange, 30-10. A 1,000-yard rusher as a freshman and sophomore, senior Tyrell Sutton carried 21 times and turned in his 13th 100-yard rushing performance. The native of Akron, Ohio, entered 2008 needing just four rushing yards to reach 3,000 for his career, a total he eclipsed with a six-yard burst on his first carry of the day. He totaled a game-high 185 all-purpose yards. Aug 30, 2008 His fumble on the first play from scrimmage in the at Ryan Field second half gave Syracuse the ball on the Northwestern Attendance: 20,015 9 and set up a 2-yard run by Curtis Brinkley that put the Orange ahead 10-9, but Sutton then caught a 12-yard pass from senior quarterback C.J. Bachér to push the Wildcats back in front, 16-10. Brendan Smith intercepted a pass from Orange quarterback Andrew Robinson and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown that made it 23-10 with 2:13 left in the quarter, then Bachér found sophomore superback Josh Rooks with a 2-yard toss in the fourth that gave the Wildcats their 20-point winning margin. Bachér, who got picked off on the first drive and had two passes broken up on the second, finished the day 23-for-35 through the air for 215 yards, marking the 17th time in his 18-career starts he has thrown for more than 200 yards. The Syracuse backfield found itself under pressure much of the day, facing a defensive attack spearheaded by senior linebacker Malcolm Arrington. Arrington finished with a team-leading 10 tackles, two of which were for a loss. Robinson was called for intentional grounding with Quentin Davie bearing down on him in the end zone for NU’s first points of the season on a second quarter safety.
Senior running back Tyrell Sutton ran for two touchdowns and Northwestern’s defense made two critical fourth-down stops down the stretch, leading the Wildcats to a 24-20 victory over Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C. In a game that featured four lead changes, Northwestern once again managed to win in dramatic fashion. The ’Cats improved to 15-3 in their last 18 games decided by seven points or less. Senior running back Omar Conteh gave Northwestern the lead for good with a 2-yard touchdown run with Sept. 6, 2008 9:04 remaining in the fourth quarter. The TD capped a at Wade Stadium nine-play, 72-yard drive by the Wildcats. NU had trailed, Attendance: 23,614 20-17, in the fourth quarter after Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis scored on a 16-yard run. Sutton’s two touchdowns came on an 18-yard scamper in the first quarter and a 4-yard rush early in the second. His two scores give him sole possession of fourth place on the school’s career rushing touchdowns list (27), passing former Wildcat Noah Herron. The senior carried the ball 16 times against Duke on his way to 66 yards rushing. Northwestern set up Sutton’s second score when, following a muffed punt by Duke, senior wide receiver Eric Peterman took the handoff from quarterback C.J. Bachér only to find a wide open Bachér for a 25-yard completion at the 4-yard line. Bachér finished the game with 226 yards through the air on 14-for-31 passing, marking the 18th time in his 19 career starts he has surpassed the 200-yard plateau. Senior linebacker Prince Kwateng had 11 tackles, a number matched by junior safety Brendan Smith. Cornerback Sherrick McManis tied his career high with 10 total stops, rounding out a trio of Wildcats who finished in double-digits for tackles. NU compiled five tackles-for-loss in the game, including a pair of sacks.
Scoring Summary
Scoring Summary
SYRACUSE NORTHWESTERN
3 0
0 9
7 14
0 7
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10 30
First Quarter: 10:33 SU—Shadle 36 FG Second Quarter: 12:22 NU—TEAM Safety, 3:20 NU—Ebert 16 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick) Third Quarter: 13:22 SU—Brinkley 2 rurn (Shadle kick), 8:14 NU—Sutton 12 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick), 2:13 NU—Smith 26 INT return (Villarreal kick) Fourth Quarter: 8:18 NU—Rooks 2 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick)
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Game Statistics SU NU 11...............................................First Downs.............................................25 30.......................................... Rushing Attempts.........................................42 139.................................... Yards Gained Rushing...................................284 17.........................................Yards Lost Rushing.......................................15 122....................................... Net Yards Rushing......................................269 103........................................Net Yards Passing......................................215 28..........................................Passes Attempted........................................25 14......................................... Passes Completed........................................23 1............................................. Had Intercepted............................................1 58....................................... Total Offensive Plays......................................77 225.......................................... Total Net Yards.........................................484 1-0............................................ Fumbles-Lost.......................................... 1-1 5-36.........................................Penalties-Yards...................................... 6-65 1-1-0..................................Interceptions-Yards-TD............................. 1-26-1 7-330......................................... Punts-Yards....................................... 6-192 47.1......................................... Avg. Yard/Punt........................................32.0 1-4-0...................................Punt Return-Yards-TD................................ 2-6-0 5-99-0...............................Kickoff Return-Yards-TD............................ 2-63-0 28:42......................................Possession Time....................................31:18 3/14................................. Third-Down Conversions................................5/11 1-1...........................................Sacks By-Yards...................................... 2-15 Rushing: SU—Brinkley 9-49 NU—Sutton 21-144
Individual Leaders Passing: SU—Robinson 14-28-103-0 NU—Bachér 23-35-215-3
Receiving: SU—Davis 4-38 NU—Brewer 6-48
NORTHWESTERN DUKE
7 7
10 3
0 3
7 7
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24 20
First Quarter: 9:53 DU—Harris 2 run (Maggio kick); 2:20 NU—Sutton 18 run (Villarreal kick) Second Quarter: 10:16 NU—Sutton 4 run (Villarreal kick); 2:22 DU—Maggio 21 FG; 0:00 NU— Villarreal 35 FG Third Quarter: 5:14 DU—Maggio 38 FG Fourth Quarter: 12:17 DU—Lewis 16 run (Maggio kick); 9:04 NU—Conteh 2 run (Villarreal kick)
Game Statistics NU DU 14...............................................First Downs.............................................28 27.......................................... Rushing Attempts.........................................44 93...................................... Yards Gained Rushing...................................196 16.........................................Yards Lost Rushing.......................................18 77......................................... Net Yards Rushing......................................178 251........................................Net Yards Passing......................................294 33..........................................Passes Attempted........................................47 15......................................... Passes Completed........................................29 0............................................. Had Intercepted............................................0 60....................................... Total Offensive Plays......................................91 328.......................................... Total Net Yards.........................................472 0-0............................................ Fumbles-Lost.......................................... 1-1 4-33.........................................Penalties-Yards...................................... 5-39 0-0-0..................................Interceptions-Yards-TD............................... 0-0-0 8-320......................................... Punts-Yards....................................... 6-161 40.0......................................... Avg. Yard/Punt........................................26.8 2-20-0.................................Punt Return-Yards-TD.............................. 4-31-0 5-89-0...............................Kickoff Return-Yards-TD............................ 3-47-0 20:45......................................Possession Time....................................39:15 4/13................................. Third-Down Conversions................................5/16 Rushing: DU—Harris 18-86 NU—Sutton 16-66
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing: DU—Lewis 24-42-256-0 NU—Bachér 14-31-226-0
Receiving: DU—Williams 11-135 NU—Ward 5-60
2008 REGULAR-SEASON RECAPS game 3
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Northwestern
7 33
game 4
OHIO NORTHWESTERN
8 16
Tyrell Sutton ran for 101 yards and three touchdowns, leading Northwestern to a 33-7 victory over Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) power Southern Illinois at Ryan Field. Sutton had 17 carries and three touchdowns, one in each of the second, third and fourth quarters. NU (3-0) scored 27 unanswered points in a game that was played in a steady rain that closed down a highway north of the city and flooded streets near Ryan Field. Northwestern quarterback C.J. Bachér completed 21 of 29 passes for 184 yards and Amado Villarreal kicked Sept. 13, 2008 a single-game career-best four field goals. He also at Ryan Field scored a single-game career-high 15 points in the game Attendance: 19,062 for NU. The Salukis had a 7-6 lead to end the first quarter after a 19-yard rush by running back Larry Warner as time expired in the period, but the Wildcats took over from there. Sutton scored on a 44-yard cutback run before Villarreal connected on his third field goal of the first half to put Northwestern on top, 16-7, going into the locker room. Northwestern redshirt freshman Jacob Schmidt, a walk-on, blocked a Scott Ravanesi punt in the third quarter and recovered it at the Salukis’ 5-yard line. Villarreal then kicked a 20-yard field goal to make it 26-7. Sutton put the game away in the fourth with his third touchdown run. Southern Illinois gained 11 yards on 12 plays in the third quarter, seven coming on Joe Allaria’s run to end the stanza. Northwestern defensive end Corey Wootton had two of Northwestern’s six sacks and three of its 12 tackles for a loss. NU’s six sacks were the most since it totaled seven against Michigan State in 2001. Southern Illinois came in ranked 13th in the Football Championship Subdivision coaches poll.
Northwestern’s defense came to play against Ohio, holding the Bobcats to a single-game school-record four net rushing yards to help the Wildcats to their first 4-0 start since 1962. Northwestern made 14 tackles for loss including five sacks of Ohio quarterback Boo Jackson, who set an Ohio school record for all-purpose yards the week before against Central Michigan. The Wildcats also blocked two field goals, recovered two fumbles, made two interceptions and broke up six other passes in a 16-8 victory at Ryan Field. Overall, the Bobcats had 14 plays (for 62 yards) of negative yardage. Sept. 20, 2008 Redshirt freshman defensive end Vince Browne at Ryan Field had a huge defensive day, recording seven tackles (four Attendance: 22,069 for loss) including three sacks to go along with a forced fumble, a blocked field goal and a quarterback hurry. Amado Villarreal kicked three first-half field goals and senior running back Omar Conteh found the end zone on a 1-yard touchdown run very late in the second quarter to give the Wildcats a 16-0 lead going into the locker room. Senior Tyrell Sutton had 76 rushing yards on nine attempts in addition to three catches for 27 yards in the first half, but did not return in the second half after sustaining a leg injury. His receiving yardage put him over 1,000 for his career; he is the second student-athlete in school history to have more than 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in a career, joining Ricky Edwards (1979-84). Ohio found the scoreboard late in the third quarter when Jackson’s 12-yard pass to Andrew Mooney followed by a successful two-point conversion cut Northwestern’s lead in half, 16-8. The passing touchdown was the first given up by the Wildcats this season. Browne finished the game with four TFL’s, which included three of NU’s five pass sacks. Northwestern QB C.J. Bachér went 18-for-35 for 133 yards, and ran for another 37, but was picked off four times after not throwing an interception since the first drive of the season against Syracuse. Conteh ran for 35 yards in relief of Sutton.
Scoring Summary
Scoring Summary
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Northwestern
7 6
0 10
0 10
0 7
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7 33
First Quarter: 11:19 NU—Villarreal 35 FG; 2:10 NU—Villarreal 33 FG; 0:00 SIU—Warner 19 run (Dougherty kick) Second Quarter: 11:11 NU—Sutton 44 run (Villarreal kick); 4:51 NU—Villarreal 18 FG Third Quarter: 7:25 NU—Sutton 2 run (Villarreal kick); 2:01 NU—Villarreal 20 FG Fourth Quarter: 12:23 NU—Sutton 15 run (Villarreal kick)
Game Statistics SIU NU 17...............................................First Downs.............................................20 32.......................................... Rushing Attempts.........................................34 150.................................... Yards Gained Rushing...................................153 65.........................................Yards Lost Rushing.........................................5 85......................................... Net Yards Rushing......................................148 178........................................Net Yards Passing......................................185 32..........................................Passes Attempted........................................31 19......................................... Passes Completed........................................22 0............................................. Had Intercepted............................................0 64....................................... Total Offensive Plays......................................65 263.......................................... Total Net Yards.........................................333 1-0............................................ Fumbles-Lost.......................................... 1-0 10-105.....................................Penalties-Yards...................................... 6-61 0-0-0..................................Interceptions-Yards-TD............................... 0-0-0 7-247......................................... Punts-Yards....................................... 3-135 35.3......................................... Avg. Yard/Punt........................................45.0 1-15-0.................................Punt Return-Yards-TD.............................. 4-51-0 6-99-0...............................Kickoff Return-Yards-TD............................ 2-42-0 32:08......................................Possession Time....................................27:52 4/14................................. Third-Down Conversions................................9/16 0-0...........................................Sacks By-Yards...................................... 6-46 Rushing: SIU—Warner 16-58 NU—Sutton 17-101
Individual Leaders Passing: SIU—Dieker 14-22-115-0 NU—Bachér 21-29-184-0
Receiving: SIU—Morris 4-32 NU—Lane 5-39
OHIO NORTHWESTERN
0 6
0 10
8 0
0 0
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8 16
First Quarter: 7:56 NU—Villarreal 33 FG; 1:08 NU—Villarreal 46 FG Second Quarter: 5:33 NU—Villarreal 23 FG; 00:13 NU—Conteh 1 run (Villarreal kick) Third Quarter: 2:08 OHIO—Mooney 12 pass from Jackson (Brazill pass)
GAME STATISTICS OHIO NU 12...............................................First Downs.............................................17 28.......................................... Rushing Attempts.........................................37 57...................................... Yards Gained Rushing...................................160 53.........................................Yards Lost Rushing.......................................13 4........................................... Net Yards Rushing......................................147 228........................................Net Yards Passing......................................133 44..........................................Passes Attempted........................................36 27......................................... Passes Completed........................................18 2............................................. Had Intercepted............................................4 72....................................... Total Offensive Plays......................................73 232.......................................... Total Net Yards.........................................280 4-2............................................ Fumbles-Lost.......................................... 3-1 5-50.........................................Penalties-Yards...................................... 4-31 4-56-0................................Interceptions-Yards-TD............................... 2-0-0 5-191......................................... Punts-Yards....................................... 5-177 38.2......................................... Avg. Yard/Punt........................................35.4 3-32-0.................................Punt Return-Yards-TD................................ 2-2-0 5-67-0...............................Kickoff Return-Yards-TD............................ 2-45-0 34:17......................................Possession Time....................................25:43 5/17................................. Third-Down Conversions................................5/16 1-4...........................................Sacks By-Yards...................................... 5-31 Rushing: NU—Sutton 9-76 OHIO—Harden 9-19
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Individual Leaders Passing: NU—Bachér 18-35-133-4 OHIO—Jackson 27-42-228-2
Receiving: NU—Peterman 7-61 OHIO—Brazill 9-79
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2008 REGULAR-SEASON RECAPS game 5
northwestern iowa
22 17
MICHIGAN STATE NORTHWESTERN
37 20
Senior C.J. Bachér hit Eric Peterman for his third touchdown pass of the game with 7:54 remaining in the fourth quarter at Iowa, completing a 14-point comeback to give Northwestern a 22-17 victory and a 5-0 start to the season. NU trailed the Hawkeyes, 17-3, late in the second quarter when Jeravin Matthews recovered a fumbled punt—the first of two fumble recoveries in the game for the true freshman—to set up a 1-yard touchdown strike from Bachér to senior Rasheed Ward just before the half. After the break, the Wildcats went on a four-play, Sept. 27, 2008 76-yard drive capped by a Bachér-to-Peterman TD toss at Kinnick Stadium to bring NU back within one, 17-16. Bachér finished the Attendance: 70,585 game 28-for-45 for 284 yards and three touchdowns against one interception. Senior Tyrell Sutton had 149 all-purpose yards in the game, including 72 on six catches out of the backfield. Ward had a career-best 10 catches for 94 receiving yards, with his scoring catch the first of his career since snagging one as a freshman in 2005. Peterman finished with two touchdown catches for the initial multi-score game of his career. Northwestern’s defense did not surrender a point in the second half while forcing five turnovers—including four fumbles—in the game. On the game’s final drive, Iowa earned a first-and-goal from the NU 8-yard line, but the ’Cats kept the Hawkeyes from reaching paydirt thanks in part to a fourth-down pass deflection by senior lineman John Gill. Prior to that stand, the Wildcats killed another fourth-quarter Hawkeyes’ drive with back-to-back sacks on second and third down by junior defensive end Corey Wootton and junior safety Brad Phillips. Junior cornerback Sherrick McManis registered a career-best 11 tackles in the game to match Phillips, who also had a career-high 11 stops.
Northwestern running back Tyrell Sutton won the tailback battle with Michigan State’s Javon Ringer, but it was the Spartans who won the game, thanks to three Northwestern turnovers and some excellent MSU special teams play. In a battle involving two top-25 teams (USA Today Coaches’ poll), No. 19 Michigan State scored the first 17 points en route to a 37-20 victory over No. 22 Northwestern in the Wildcats’ Big Ten home opener. The defeat halted Northwestern’s five-game winning streak while extending Spartans’ victory string to six. Oct. 11, 2008 Sutton ran for a game-high 139 yards and averaged a at Ryan Field game-best 6.0 yards per carry while Ringer, a Heisman Attendance: 32,527 Trophy candidate, was limited to 124 yards (on 35 carries) for 3.5 ypc. He did score a pair of TD’s, however. Sutton also finished with a game-high 183 all-purpose yards. Michigan State earned the game’s first 17 points with three first-quarter scores en route to a 24-7 halftime advantage. All three of NU’s turnovers in the game—a fumble and two C.J. Bachér interceptions—came in the first half. Sutton ripped off a career-high 66-yard run in Northwestern’s first drive of the second half. Bachér then hit Rasheed Ward for a 6-yard touchdown pass to make it 24-14. Bachér went 34-for-61 for 283 yards, a TD and two interceptions. His 61 passing attempts marked a career-high and the fourth-highest single-game total in school history. The Wildcats tried an onside kick, but were penalized for interference. That gave the Spartans good field position, which they didn’t waste. Ringer ended the quick drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to keep Michigan State’s lead safe. The two teams then traded a pair of field goals down the stretch. NU kicker Amado Villarreal connected on kicks from 31 and 22 yards to give him 11 made field goals in 13 attempts on the season.
Scoring Summary
Scoring Summary
NORTHWESTERN IOWA
0 3
10 14
6 0
6 0
— —
22 17
First Quarter: 6:06 IOWA—Mossbrucker 30 FG Second Quarter: 13:03 IOWA—Greene 10 run (Mossbrucker kick); 4:01 NU—Villarreal 37 FG; 2:11 IOWA—Brodell 45 pass from Stanzi (Mossbrucker kick); 00:17 NU—Ward 1 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick) Third Quarter: 13:28 NU—Peterman 15 pass from Bachér (kick failed) Fourth Quarter: 7:54 NU—Peterman 3 pass from Bachér (pass failed)
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GAME STATISTICS NU IOWA 22.............................................. First Downs..............................................24 34..........................................Rushing Attempts.........................................31 112....................................Yards Gained Rushing...................................197 6.......................................... Yards Lost Rushing........................................28 106.......................................Net Yards Rushing.......................................169 284.......................................Net Yards Passing.......................................238 45......................................... Passes Attempted.........................................30 28.........................................Passes Completed........................................21 1.............................................Had Intercepted.............................................1 79.......................................Total Offensive Plays.......................................61 390..........................................Total Net Yards.........................................407 0-0............................................Fumbles-Lost........................................... 4-4 7-70........................................ Penalties-Yards....................................... 5-37 1-0-0................................. Interceptions-Yards-TD.............................. 1-21-0 5-187.........................................Punts-Yards........................................ 3-129 37.4.........................................Avg. Yard/Punt.........................................43.0 1-12-0................................Punt Return-Yards-TD................................. 3-1-0 2-41-0.............................. Kickoff Return-Yards-TD............................. 4-64-0 29:53..................................... Possession Time.....................................30:07 9/19.................................Third-Down Conversions...................................3/9 2-18........................................Sacks By-Yards......................................... 0-0 Rushing: NU—Sutton 24-77 IOWA—Greene 21-159
Individual Leaders Passing: NU—Bachér 22-42-289-3 IOWA—Stanzi 21-30-238-1
Receiving: NU—Ward 10-94 IOWA—8-126
MICHIGAN STATE NORTHWESTERN
17 0
7 7
10 10
3 3
— —
37 20
First Quarter: 9:23 MSU—Celek 3 pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick); 5:55 MSU—Swenson 26 FG; 2:34 MSU—Ringer 13 run (Swenson kick) Second Quarter: 13:55 NU—Bachér 4 run (Villarreal kick); 00:53 MSU—Hawken 7 pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) Third Quarter: 13:53 NU—Ward 6 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick); 10:23 MSU—Ringer 1 run (Swenson kick); 6:53 NU—Villarreal 31 FG; 2:18 MSU—Swenson 42 FG Fourth Quarter: 11:53 NU—Villarreal 22 FG; 5:54 MSU—Swenson 34 FG
GAME STATISTICS MSU NU 18............................................... First Downs.............................................27 43...........................................Rushing Attempts........................................32 146.....................................Yards Gained Rushing..................................190 18......................................... Yards Lost Rushing.......................................14 128........................................Net Yards Rushing.....................................176 169........................................ Net Yards Passing.....................................283 20.......................................... Passes Attempted........................................61 14..........................................Passes Completed.......................................34 0.............................................. Had Intercepted...........................................2 63........................................ Total Offensive Plays.....................................93 297...........................................Total Net Yards........................................459 0-0.............................................Fumbles-Lost......................................... 1-1 5-45......................................... Penalties-Yards...................................... 4-40 2-21-0................................ Interceptions-Yards-TD............................... 0-0-0 4-175.......................................... Punts-Yards........................................ 2-93 43.8..........................................Avg. Yard/Punt.......................................46.5 1-20-0................................. Punt Return-Yards-TD............................... 0-0-0 4-117-0............................. Kickoff Return-Yards-TD.......................... 6-131-0 32:21...................................... Possession Time....................................27:39 7/15.................................. Third-Down Conversions.............................15/24 1-11......................................... Sacks By-Yards...................................... 2-15 Rushing: MSU—Ringer 35-124 NU—Sutton 23-139
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INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing: MSU—Hoyer 14-20-169-2 NU—Bachér 34-61-283-1
Receiving: MSU—Cunningham 4-44 NU—Lane 9-113
2008 REGULAR-SEASON RECAPS game 7
PURDUE Northwestern
26 48
game 8
Northwestern INDIANA
19 21
Six different Wildcats found the end zone and Northwestern’s defense forced five turnovers in a dominating 48-26 homecoming victory over Purdue at Ryan Field. Eric Peterman, Sidney Stewart, Brendan Mitchell and Tyrell Sutton all caught touchdown passes, while C.J. Bachér and Omar Conteh ran for scores against the Boilermakers. Amado Villarreal added a pair of field goals to help the ’Cats to a 6-1 start to the season. Purdue scored the first six points on a pair of firstquarter field goals before NU answered with 24 secondquarter points to take a 24-12 halftime lead. Bachér hit Oct. 18, 2008 Peterman on a 45-yard strike before Peterman found at Ryan Field Stewart for a 30-yard touchdown toss on an end around. Attendance: 27.163 The TD pass was the first of Peterman’s career while the scoring catch was a first for Stewart. Villarreal added the first of his two field goals before Bachér connected with Sutton on a nine-yard touchdown pass with 15 seconds remaining in the half. Bachér was 20-of33 with three touchdowns and an interception in the game. Sutton added 158 all-purpose yards—96 on the ground and 62 on four catches. In the third quarter, Villarreal made his second field goal before Bachér hit Mitchell on a 1-yard touchdown pass to give NU a 34-12 lead. The catch was Mitchell’s first of the season and the first of the touchdown variety in his career. A Bachér 1-yard run and a 14yard scamper from Conteh in the fourth quarter put the finishing touches on NU’s scoring. The Wildcats’ defense put the clamps on a Boilermaker comeback attempt, thanks in part to three fourth-quarter turnovers. Sherrick McManis made an interception and forced a fumble, which safety Brian Peters returned 39 yards to set up Conteh’s score. Jordan Mabin also made a pick, returning it 38 yards to the Purdue 1-yard line, where Bachér punched it in three plays later.
Northwestern quarterback C.J. Bachér compiled 219 yards of total offense, including a career-best 64 yards on the ground, and one rushing touchdown at Indiana, but five NU turnovers doomed the ’Cats and spurred IU to a 21-19 win. Senior running back Tyrell Sutton ran for 77 yards and a score for No. 22 Northwestern. The Wildcats defense played well, allowing the Hoosiers to convert on just 5-of-17 third-down attempts (Northwestern was successful on 10-of-19 third-down plays). NU senior defensive tackle John Gill recorded a career-best 3.0 tackles for loss that covered 21 yards, Oct. 25, 2008 including two sacks for 19 yards. Junior defensive end at Memorial Stadium Corey Wootton also had 3.0 tackles for loss including Attendance: 30,698 a sack. Junior safety Brad Phillips led all Wildcats with eight stops on the day. Northwestern got off to a strong start on its first drive of the game with Bachér completing 5-of-7 passes and Sutton rushing the ball eight times for 34 yards as NU moved the ball 90 yards down the field on 20 total plays. Senior place-kicker Amado Villarreal capped the drive with a 25-yard field goal to give the Wildcats a 3-0 lead. After the Hoosiers scored, the Wildcats regained a 9-7 advantage with five minutes left in the second quarter on Sutton’s 1-yard scoring run. It was Sutton’s 37th career touchdown, leaving him just one shy of the Northwestern all-time mark for end zone appearances. Indiana used a trick play to get out to a 21-12 lead in the third quarter. Bachér closed the gap for NU later in the period. After being flushed out of the pocket to his left, he took off for the corner of the end zone, lowered his shoulder and collided with an IU defender on his way across the goal line to bring Northwestern to within two, but that is where the scoring would end.
Scoring Summary
Scoring Summary
PURDUE Northwestern
6 0
6 24
0 10
14 14
— —
26 48
First Quarter: 4:42 PUR—Wiggs 20 FG; 00:28 PUR—Wiggs 37 FG Second Quarter: 13:56 NU—Peterman 45 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick); 10:57 NU—Stewart 30 pass from Peterman (Villarreal kick); 9:54 NU—Villarreal 26 FG; 1:09 PUR—Sheets 2 run (kick failed); 00:15 NU—Sutton 9 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick) Third Quarter: 9:57 NU—Villarreal 29 FG; 1:44 NU—B. Mitchell 1 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick) Fourth Quarter: 14:52 PUR—Orton 32 pass from Painter (Wiggs kick); 7:23 NU—Bachér 1 run (Villarreal kick); 6:21 NU—Conteh 14 run (Daley kick); 6:00 PUR—Sheets 76 run (Wiggs kick)
GAME STATISTICS PUR NU 23..............................................First Downs...............................................23 25.........................................Rushing Attempts..........................................43 188................................... Yards Gained Rushing....................................206 30....................................... Yards Lost Rushing........................................15 158...................................... Net Yards Rushing.......................................191 308...................................... Net Yards Passing.......................................250 51.........................................Passes Attempted..........................................34 31........................................Passes Completed.........................................21 3............................................ Had Intercepted.............................................1 76...................................... Total Offensive Plays.......................................77 466.........................................Total Net Yards..........................................441 2-2........................................... Fumbles-Lost........................................... 2-2 9-69....................................... Penalties-Yards....................................... 8-47 1-4-0.................................Interceptions-Yards-TD............................... 3-38-0 4-153........................................ Punts-Yards........................................ 4-183 38.2........................................ Avg. Yard/Punt.........................................45.8 0-0-0................................. Punt Return-Yards-TD............................... 4-18-0 8-134-0............................Kickoff Return-Yards-TD.............................. 4-76-0 27:48.................................... Possession Time.....................................32:12 3/12................................ Third-Down Conversions.................................6/13 2-13....................................... Sacks By-Yards....................................... 2-16 Rushing: PUR—Sheets 17-168 NU—Sutton 18-96
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing: PUR—Painter 26-41-273-1 NU—Bachér 20-33-220-3
NORTHWESTERN INDIANA
3 7
6 7
10 7
0 0
— —
19 21
First Quarter: 5:48 NU—Villarreal 25 FG; 2:24 IND—Belcher 43 pass from Chappell (Starr kick) Second Quarter: 4:57 NU—Sutton 1 run (kick failed); 0:22 Chappell 3 run (Starr kick) Third Quarter: 6:13 NU—Villarreal 26 FG; 4:28 IND—Doss 28 pass from Evans (Starr kick); 2:27 NU—Bachér 3 run (Villarreal kick)
GAME STATISTICS NU IU 23.............................................. First Downs..............................................17 47..........................................Rushing Attempts.........................................36 188....................................Yards Gained Rushing................................... 111 36........................................ Yards Lost Rushing........................................39 152.......................................Net Yards Rushing.........................................72 164.......................................Net Yards Passing.......................................247 35......................................... Passes Attempted.........................................35 22.........................................Passes Completed........................................22 2.............................................Had Intercepted.............................................0 82.......................................Total Offensive Plays.......................................71 316..........................................Total Net Yards.........................................319 4-3............................................Fumbles-Lost........................................... 0-0 2-30........................................ Penalties-Yards....................................... 8-73 0-0-0................................. Interceptions-Yards-TD.............................. 2-11-0 3-145.........................................Punts-Yards........................................ 6-253 48.3.........................................Avg. Yard/Punt.........................................42.2 2-9-0..................................Punt Return-Yards-TD................................. 0-0-0 2-62-0.............................. Kickoff Return-Yards-TD........................... 5-148-0 30:29..................................... Possession Time.....................................29:31 10/19...............................Third-Down Conversions.................................5/17 3-22........................................Sacks By-Yards....................................... 3-27 Rushing: IND—Payton 11-42 NU—Sutton 27-77
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing: IND—Chappell 21-34-219-1 NU—Bachér 21-34-155-0
Receiving: IND—Doss 8-107 NU—Lane 5-31
Receiving: PUR—Tardy 8-87 NU—Sutton 4-62
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game 9
24 17
Junior Mike Kafka filled in for an injured C.J. Bachér at quarterback, running for 217 yards and throwing for a pair of touchdowns to lead Northwestern past Minnesota, 24-17. Kafka averaged 8.0 yards on 27 carries, including runs of 53, 38, 30 and 28, to establish a Big Ten singlegame rushing record by a quarterback. He was the first Wildcat to reach 200 yards rushing since Tyrell Sutton ran for 212 against Illinois in 2005. Northwestern jumped out to a 10-0 lead in the first quarter thanks to a 36-yard touchdown strike from Kafka Nov. 1, 2008 to freshman Jeremy Ebert on the game’s opening drive. at HHH Metrodome Later in the quarter, senior Amado Villarreal nailed a Attendance: 54,122 34-yard field goal. Minnesota came back to take a 14-10 lead, but Kafka led the ’Cats on a two-play, 55-yard drive comprised of a 53-yard scamper for the quarterback and a two-yard TD toss from Kafka to sophomore superback Josh Rooks. A late field goal by the Gophers knotted the game, 17-17, heading into halftime. Neither team was able to find the end zone on offense in the second half until the game’s final drive. Deep in its own territory with under a minute to go, Minnesota chose to try a long pass down the middle. Senior David Oredugba deflected the Adam Weber offering into the arms of junior Brendan Smith, who ran it back 48 yards to the house to give Northwestern the 24-17 win. Nate Williams and Sherrick McManis paced the Northwestern defense with eight tackles each, while both Williams and Corey Wootton recorded sacks for the Wildcats, who continue to lead the Big Ten in the category.
10 0
7 17
0 0
7 0
— —
24 17
First Quarter: 11:49 NU—Ebert 36 pass from Kafka (Villarreal kick); 6:55 NU—Villarreal 34 FG Second Quarter: 14:56 MINN—Decker 7 pass from Weber (Monroe kick); 10:07 MINN—Simmons 23 INT return (Monroe kick); 5:33 NU—Rooks 2 pass from Kafka (Villarreal kick); 00:36 MINN— Monroe 21 FG Fourth Quarter: 00:12 NU—Smith 48 INT return (Villarreal kick)
GAME STATISTICS NU MINN 16............................................... First Downs.............................................20 41...........................................Rushing Attempts........................................25 274.....................................Yards Gained Rushing..................................102 54......................................... Yards Lost Rushing.......................................34 220........................................Net Yards Rushing.......................................68 143........................................ Net Yards Passing.....................................327 16.......................................... Passes Attempted........................................52 12..........................................Passes Completed.......................................32 2.............................................. Had Intercepted...........................................1 57........................................ Total Offensive Plays.....................................77 363...........................................Total Net Yards........................................395 1-0.............................................Fumbles-Lost......................................... 2-1 2-20......................................... Penalties-Yards...................................... 5-40 1-48-1................................ Interceptions-Yards-TD............................. 2-58-1 6-257.......................................... Punts-Yards...................................... 7-301 42.8..........................................Avg. Yard/Punt.......................................43.0 3-15-0................................. Punt Return-Yards-TD............................. 1-13-0 4-74-0............................... Kickoff Return-Yards-TD............................ 4-67-0 26:52...................................... Possession Time....................................33:08 2/10.....................................3rd Down Conversion..................................8/18 2-22......................................... Sacks By-Yards...................................... 2-16
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Rushing: Passing: NU—Kafka 27-217 NU—Kafka 12-16-143-2 MINN—Weber 16-53 MINN—Weber 31-51-327-1
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OHIO STATE Northwestern
45 10
Northwestern answered an early score from No. 12 Ohio State but the Buckeyes used a big second quarter to pull away from the Wildcats, 45-10. After OSU drove down and scored on its opening drive, NU quarterback Mike Kafka responded with a 13play, 67-yard drive of his own, capping it with a 1-yard plunge into the end zone to knot the game, 7-7. Kafka rushed 10 times on the drive for 35 yards. The Buckeyes then took advantage of a Wildcats’ turnover and eventually built a 24-7 halftime lead. Northwestern came out of the locker room and drove Nov. 8, 2008 72 yards on 10 plays, helped by a 24-yard completion at Ryan Field from Kafka to Rasheed Ward, to cut the Ohio State lead Attendance: 47,130 to 14, 24-10, on a 25-yard Amado Villarreal field goal. That would be all the scoring the Wildcats would be able to do, however, with Ohio State scoring 21 unanswered points to complete its win. Kafka at one point had 126 yards rushing before several sacks brought him back under 100 for the game. He finished with 83 yards on a career-high 29 carries, while completing 18 of 27 passing attempts for 177 yards to total 260 yards of total offense. Sophomore running back Stephen Simmons, starting in place of injured Tyrell Sutton and Omar Conteh, recorded 34 yards on 14 carries. Eric Peterman led NU’s receiving corps with six catches for 78 yards. Nate Williams had a career-high 12 tackles to lead the defense. Scoring Summary OHIO STATE NORTHWESTERN
Scoring Summary Northwestern MINNESOTA
game 10
7 7
17 0
7 3
14 0
— —
45 10
First Quarter: 10:48 OSU—Wells 2 run (Pretorius kick); 4:43 NU—Kafka 1 run (Villarreal kick) Second Quarter: 14:03 OSU—Wells 55 run (Pretorius kick); 10:04 OSU—Pretorius 33 FG; 1:26 OSU—Robiskie 15 pass from Pryor (Pretorius kick) Third Quarter: 11:03 NU—Villarreal 25 FG; 00:34 OSU—Nicol 6 pass from Pryor (Pretorius kick) Fourth Quarter: 7:36 OSU—Robiskie 34 pass from Pryor (Pretorius kick); 00:07 OSU—Herron 16 run (Pretorius kick)
GAME STATISTICS OSU NU 23...............................................First Downs.............................................20 45.......................................... Rushing Attempts.........................................43 275.................................... Yards Gained Rushing...................................165 31.........................................Yards Lost Rushing.......................................48 244....................................... Net Yards Rushing......................................117 197........................................Net Yards Passing......................................177 16..........................................Passes Attempted........................................27 9........................................... Passes Completed........................................18 0............................................. Had Intercepted............................................1 61....................................... Total Offensive Plays......................................70 441.......................................... Total Net Yards.........................................294 0-0............................................ Fumbles-Lost.......................................... 3-2 6-62.........................................Penalties-Yards...................................... 7-85 1-0-0..................................Interceptions-Yards-TD............................... 0-0-0 3-107......................................... Punts-Yards....................................... 4-129 35.7......................................... Avg. Yard/Punt........................................32.2 2-4-0...................................Punt Return-Yards-TD................................ 0-0-0 2-41-0...............................Kickoff Return-Yards-TD.......................... 8-105-0 30:57......................................Possession Time....................................29:03 8/13................................. Third-Down Conversions................................8/15 4-39.........................................Sacks By-Yards........................................ 1-5 Rushing: OSU—Wells 28-140 NU—Kafka 29-83
Receiving: NU—Ebert 3-48 MINN—Kuznia 7-98 Decker 7-62
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Individual Leaders Passing: OSU—Pryor 9-14-197-3 NU—Kafka 18-27-177-0
Receiving: OSU—Robiskie 3-58 NU—Peterman 6-78
2008 REGULAR-SEASON RECAPS game 11
NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
21 14
game 12
ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN
10 27
Northwestern scored on its first two drives of the third quarter while shutting out Michigan for the entire second half to earn a 21-14 win on a day dominated by driving rain and snow. The Wildcats began the scoring in the first quarter when sophomore Stephen Simmons scampered 21 yards to the end zone on a third down play. Michigan would answer with a TD late in the first quarter before returning a blocked punt for a score to take a 14-7 lead into halftime. After the break, Northwestern quarterback C.J. Nov.15, 2008 Bachér led a pair of scoring drives to put the Wildcats at Michigan Stadium back on top for good. First he hit senior Ross Lane for a Attendance: 107,856 17-yard score on third-and-goal. The catch was the first TD reception of the year for Lane. Bachér then capped NU’s next drive with a 53-yard strike to senior Eric Peterman. The play was NU’s longest through the air on the year, and the third-longest reception of Peterman’s career. Meanwhile, the Northwestern defense continued to hold Michigan at bay. The Wildcats forced a pair of turnovers in the game, including a fourth quarter interception in the end zone by redshirt freshman Jordan Mabin. The Wildcats allowed just 83 yards through the air for the Wolverines. Simmons finished the game with 56 yards on 22 carries and a touchdown, while Bachér was 17-of-29 for 198 yards through the air with two TD’s and two interceptions in his first game back after missing two contests with a hamstring injury. Lane led NU with seven catches for 77 yards, while Peterman had five grabs for 79 yards. Five Wildcats led the defense with seven tackles each: Brian Peters, John Gill, Nate Williams, Brad Phillips and Kevin Mims.
Northwestern played its most complete game of the season on Senior Day, winning back the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk from Illinois for the final time after it was announced prior to the game that the trophy would be retired. The Wildcats shut out the Fighting Illini through the first half, taking a 13-0 lead into the locker room on a first-quarter touchdown run by sophomore Stephen Simmons and a second-quarter TD toss from C.J. Bachér to Ross Lane. The quarters were the 19th and 20th shutout periods of the season for the Northwestern defense, which ranked as the fourth most improved unit in the Nov. 22, 2008 nation in 2008. at Ryan Field In the second half, Illinois cut NU’s lead to six with Attendance: 32,166 an early TD before Amado Villarreal nailed the first of his two field goals in the game to stake the Wildcats to a 16-7 lead going into the fourth quarter. An Illini field goal made it a one score game when the Wildcats got a game-changing performance from safety Brendan Smith. Illinois was forced to punt on its next possession, and Smith recorded a career-best 51-yard punt return to set up an 18-yard TD toss from Bachér to Eric Peterman. Simmons rushed into the end zone to complete the two-point conversion to put the game on ice for the Wildcats. Bachér finished 22-of-33 through the air for 230 yards, two scores and a pick. Simmons was NU’s leading rusher with 69 yards and a touchdown on 22 attempts. Prince Kwateng tied his career high with 11 tackles to the lead the Northwestern defense. Defensive end Kevin Mims had a career day on his Senior Day as well, recording 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble. Sherrick McManis snared his second interception of the season in the game.
Scoring Summary
Scoring Summary
NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN
7 7
0 7
14 0
0 0
— —
21 14
First Quarter: 9:40 NU—Simmons 21 run (Villarreal kick); 00:23 MICH—Sheridan 3 run (Lopata kick) Second Quarter: 6:30 MICH—Reyes 3 blocked punt return (Lopata kick) Third Quarter: 11:36 NU—Lane 17 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick); 9:24 NU—Peterman 53 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick)
GAME STATISTICS NU MICH 14.............................................. First Downs..............................................15 37..........................................Rushing Attempts.........................................46 91......................................Yards Gained Rushing...................................190 32........................................ Yards Lost Rushing..........................................9 59.........................................Net Yards Rushing.......................................181 198.......................................Net Yards Passing.........................................83 29......................................... Passes Attempted.........................................36 17.........................................Passes Completed........................................12 2.............................................Had Intercepted.............................................1 66.......................................Total Offensive Plays.......................................82 257..........................................Total Net Yards.........................................264 0-0............................................Fumbles-Lost........................................... 3-1 2-10........................................ Penalties-Yards....................................... 5-52 1-0-0................................. Interceptions-Yards-TD.............................. 2-40-0 9-298.........................................Punts-Yards........................................ 7-239 33.1.........................................Avg. Yard/Punt.........................................34.1 0-0-0..................................Punt Return-Yards-TD............................... 3-35-1 2-31-0.............................. Kickoff Return-Yards-TD............................. 4-93-0 27:19..................................... Possession Time.....................................32:41 6/17.................................Third-Down Conversions.................................5/20 1-1..........................................Sacks By-Yards....................................... 3-22 Rushing: NU—Simmons 22-56 MICH—Brown 23-115
Individual Leaders Passing: NU—Bachér 17-29-198-2 MICH—Sheridan 8-29-61-0
Receiving: NU—Lane 7-77 MICH—Mathews 5-46
ILLINOIS NORTHWESTERN
0 6
0 7
7 3
3 11
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First Quarter: 2:24 NU—Simmons 1 run (kick failed) Second Quarter: 12:07 NU—Lane 14 pass from Bachér (Villarreal kick) Third Quarter: 9:45 ILL—Ford 1 run (Eller kick); 2:41 NU—Villarreal 28 FG Fourth Quarter: 12:24 ILL—Eller 21 FG; 9:08 NU—Peterman 18 pass from Bachér (Simmons rush); 2:44 NU—Villarreal 24 FG
GAME STATISTICS ILL NU 21...............................................First Downs.......................................21 39.......................................... Rushing Attempts...................................34 167.................................... Yards Gained Rushing............................. 113 44.........................................Yards Lost Rushing...................................4 123....................................... Net Yards Rushing................................109 212........................................Net Yards Passing................................230 37..........................................Passes Attempted..................................33 20......................................... Passes Completed..................................22 1............................................. Had Intercepted......................................1 76....................................... Total Offensive Plays................................67 335.......................................... Total Net Yards...................................339 3-1............................................ Fumbles-Lost.....................................1-0 4-48.........................................Penalties-Yards.................................2-28 1-0-0..................................Interceptions-Yards-TD......................... 1-0-0 6-229......................................... Punts-Yards..................................5-188 38.2......................................... Avg. Yard/Punt..................................37.6 2-3-0...................................Punt Return-Yards-TD........................ 2-58-0 4-52-0...............................Kickoff Return-Yards-TD...................... 3-54-0 30:54......................................Possession Time..............................29:06 5/15................................. Third-Down Conversions..........................7/15 0-0...........................................Sacks By-Yards.................................5-28 Rushing: ILL—Williams 25-94 NU—Simmons 22-69
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Individual Leaders Passing: ILL—Williams 20-36-212-0 NU—Bachér 22-33-230-2
Receiving: ILL—Dufrene 6-51 NU—Peterman 8-111
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