Minnesota 31, Northern Illinois 20
Sept. 24, 1988
Metrodome (40,007)
| Scoreboard |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Final |
| Northern Illinois |
3 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
20 |
| Minnesota |
0 |
17 |
0 |
14 |
31 |
| Scoring Summary |
NIU |
UM |
| 1st Qtr |
NIU-9:19-Ivanic 22 FG |
3 |
0 |
| 2nd Qtr |
UM-14:57-Berglund 23 FG |
3 |
3 |
| |
UM-13:13-Gaiters 79 punt return (Berglund kick) |
3 |
10 |
| |
NIU-10:32-Royster 35 pass from Taylor (Ivanic kick) |
10 |
10 |
| |
NIU-5:24-Taylor 9 run (Ivanic kick) |
17 |
10 |
| |
UM-2:02-Bruce 27 pass from Schaffner (Berglund kick) |
17 |
17 |
| 3rd Qtr |
NIU-8:36-Ivanic 30 FG |
20 |
17 |
| 4th Qtr |
UM-5:44-Gaiters 3 pass from Schaffner (Berglund kick) |
20 |
24 |
| |
UM-0:48-Schaffner 2 run (Berglund kick) |
20 |
31 |
| |
Northern Illinois |
Minnesota |
| First Downs |
20 |
16 |
| Rushing Yards |
64/267 |
43/133 |
| Passing Yards |
73 |
136 |
| Net Yards |
340 |
269 |
| Att/Comp/Int |
10/3/1 |
19/12/0 |
| Punts/Avg |
6/34.5 |
6/44.8 |
| Fumbles/Lost |
2/1 |
1/0 |
| Penalties/Yards |
5/50 |
5/50 |
| Possession Time |
33:03 |
26:57 |
Rushing |
| UM |
D. Thompson - 25/102 yards |
| NIU |
Dach - 34/167 yards |
| Passing |
| UM |
Schaffner - 10/7/0, 72 yards, 2 TDs |
| |
Holt - 9/5/0, 64 yards |
| NIU |
Taylor - 10/3/1, 73 yards, 1 TD |
| Receiving |
| UM |
Bruce - 4/61 yards, 1 TD |
| |
Gaiters - 3/37 yards, 1 TD |
| NIU |
Royster - 2/51 yards, 1 TD |