Box Score (Final)
Penn State vs Minnesota (Oct 10, 1998 at Minneapolis)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Penn State.......... 6 10 8 3 - 27 Record: (4-1,1-1)
Minnesota........... 0 3 7 7 - 17 Record: (3-2,0-2)
Scoring Summary:
1st 08:30 PS - Travis Forney 30 yd field goal, 7 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:10, PS 3 - MN 0
06:50 PS - Travis Forney 27 yd field goal, 4 plays, 4 yards, TOP 0:55, PS 6 - MN 0
2nd 11:48 PS - Travis Forney 50 yd field goal, 4 plays, 3 yards, TOP 0:53, PS 9 - MN 0
08:59 PS - Aaron Harris 3 yd run (Travis Forney kick), 2 plays, 9 yards, TOP 0:51, PS 16 - MN 0
01:48 MN - Adam Bailey 40 yd field goal, 8 plays, 49 yards, TOP 3:13, PS 16 - MN 3
3rd 08:30 MN - Luke Leverson 3 yd pass from Andy Persby (Adam Bailey kick), 7 plays, 44 yards, TOP 2:38, PS 16 - MN 10
04:53 PS - Corey Jones 65 yd pass from Kevin Thompson (C. Mitchell pass), 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:37, PS 24 - MN 10
4th 09:33 PS - Travis Forney 31 yd field goal, 7 plays, 27 yards, TOP 3:24, PS 27 - MN 10
03:56 MN - Luke Leverson 4 yd pass from Billy Cockerham (Adam Bailey kick), 5 plays, 55 yards, TOP 1:37, PS 27 - MN 17
PS MN
FIRST DOWNS................... 22 14
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 49-163 29-90
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 262 134
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 34-18-0 36-15-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 83-425 65-224
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 1-6 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 6-48 1-8
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 1-17 3-56
Interception Returns-Yards.... 2-14 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-39.3 9-34.3
Fumbles-Lost.................. 4-3 3-2
Penalties-Yards............... 7-75 5-43
Possession Time............... 36:11 23:49
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 7-27 1-4
RUSHING: Penn State-C. Mitchell 19-76, Eric McCoo 10-56, Aaron Harris
8-21, Mike Cerimele 5-14, Kevin Thompson 5-0, Omar Easy 1-minus 2, Rashard
Casey 1-minus 2. Minnesota-Thomas Hamner 11-41, Byron Evans 3-27, A.
Henderson 1-26, Billy Cockerham 3-10, Arland Bruce 1-3, Andy Persby 10-minus
17.
PASSING: Penn State-Kevin Thompson 16-32-0-246, Rashard Casey
2-2-0-16. Minnesota-Andy Persby 13-34-2-113, Billy Cockerham 2-2-0-21.
RECEIVING: Penn State-Chafie Fields 4-31, Corey Jones 3-96, Joe
Nastasi 3-63, Cuncho Brown 3-16, Bruce Branch 2-27, Aaron Harris 1-13, Omar
Easy 1-9, Mike Cerimele 1-7. Minnesota-Luke Leverson 8-97, A. Henderson
4-27, Ryan Keller 1-11, Ron Johnson 1-1, Thomas Hamner 1-minus 2.
INTERCEPTIONS: Penn State-Anthony King 1-14, Derek Fox 1-0.
Minnesota-None.
Stadium: Metrodome Attendance: 40546
Kickoff time: 2:38 End of Game: 5:53 Total elapsed time: 3:15
Officials: Referee: B LeMonnier; Umpire: R Haberer; Linesman: D Goettel;
Line judge: T Hofmann; Back judge: T Herbert; Field judge: C Britt;
Side judge: D Rosenbaum;
Temperature: 72 Wind: None Weather: Nice
Penn State vs Minnesota (Oct 10, 1998 at Minneapolis)
SACKS (UA-A): Penn State-Brandon Short 2-2, Mac Morrison 1-1, Brad
Scioli 0-2, Bob Jones 1-0, Courtney Brown 0-1. Minnesota-Antoine Richard
1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Penn State-Brandon Short 8-2, Courtney Brown 3-2, Mac
Morrison 3-1, LaVar Arrington 3-0, David Macklin 3-0, Anthony King 3-0,
Maurice Daniels 2-0, D. Fleischhauer 1-1, Brad Scioli 0-2, Bhawoh Jue 1-0,
Bob Jones 1-0, Marc Kielmeyer 1-0, Derek Fox 1-0, Aaron Gatten 1-0, J.
Kurpeikis 1-0, James Boyd 1-0, Matt Joyner 1-0, Ron Graham 1-0, Askari Adams
0-1, Shawn Lee 0-1. Minnesota-Tyrone Carter 17-4, Parc Williams 9-3, Keith
Dimmy 8-0, Antoine Richard 5-2, Craig Scruggs 6-0, W. Middlebrooks 3-1, Jon
Michals 1-3, Justin Hall 3-0, Sean Hoffman 2-1, Luke Braaten 1-2, Ben Mezera
2-0, Rufus Smith 1-1, Trevis Graham 1-1, John Schlecht 1-1, Curtese Poole
0-2, Ron Johnson 1-0, Tim Grate 1-0, Jason Hagman 1-0, Fred Rodgers 1-0,
Delvin Jones 1-0, Josh Rawlings 0-1.
Penn State vs Minnesota (Oct 10, 1998 at Minneapolis)
Game Starters:
Penn State Minnesota
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
WR 7 Corey Jones WR 89 Ron Johnson
QB 16 Kevin Thompson QB 11 Andy Persby
WR 21 Joe Nastasi TB 12 Thomas Hamner
TB 32 C. Mitchell WR 4 A. Henderson
FB 36 Mike Cerimele WR 7 Luke Leverson
OG 51 Eric Cole OG 66 Ryan Roth
OL 60 Ryan Fagan OT 74 Adam Haayer
OG 67 Kareem McKenzie OT 70 Erik Larson
OT 69 F. Wedderburn OG 78 Jon Albrecht
OT 78 John Blick C 55 Ben Hamilton
TE 82 Cuncho Brown TE 84 Alex Hass
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
DE 86 Courtney Brown LB 97 Ben Mezera
DT 95 D. Fleischhauer DT 93 John Schlecht
DT 96 Bob Jones DT 58 Antoine Richard
LB 43 Brandon Short DE 95 Jon Michals
LB 31 Mac Morrison LB 37 Parc Williams
CB 27 David Macklin LB 45 Sean Hoffman
S 4 Derek Fox SS 22 Tyrone Carter
DE 5 Brad Scioli FS 8 Keith Dimmy
LB 11 LaVar Arrington CB 2 Craig Scruggs
CB 19 Anthony King CB 13 Trevis Graham
S 24 Shawn Lee DE 9 Curtese Poole
Player participation:
Penn State: 1-Bruce Branch, 2-Chafie Fields, 3-Ron Graham, 6-James Boyd, 8-Eric McCoo, 10-Bhawoh Jue, 12-Rashard Casey,
13-Sam Crenshaw, 14-Travis Forney, 17-Chad Kroell, 18-Askari Adams, 20-E. Drummond, 22-Joe Gummo, 25-Aaron Harris,
26-Matt Joyner, 34-Omar Easy, 37-J. Kurpeikis, 40-Aaron Gatten, 41-Pat Pidgeon, 50-Gabe Tincher, 52-Maurice Daniels,
54-Shamar Finney, 55-Greg Ransom, 57-Imani Bell, 58-Eric Sturdifen, 62-Francis Spano, 65-Rich Stankewicz, 68-Jason Bisson,
71-Joe Hartings, 73-Basim Grant, 84-Garrett Watkins, 85-John Gilmore, 87-Brian Brozeski, 89-Tony Stewart, 91-R.J. Luke,
94-Marc Kielmeyer.
Minnesota: 1-Ryan Keller, 5-Billy Cockerham, 16-Mike Harden, 18-Derek Rackley, 19-Adam Bailey, 20-Fred Rodgers, 21-Delvin Jones,
23-Arland Bruce, 25-Brad Prigge, 26-C. Griffin, 28-Tim Grate, 29-Jason Hagman, 35-Ryan Rindels, 36-Byron Evans, 38-Justin Hall,
42-W. Middlebrooks, 46-Rufus Smith, 47-Jim Bean, 48-Astein Osei, 52-Luke Braaten, 68-Derek Burns, 81-Zach Vevea, 82-Bo Wasurick,
83-Spencer Dettman, 86-Grant Carter, 87-Troy Duerr, 92-Dyron Russ, 94-Josh Rawlings, 99-Matt Anderle.
