Northwestern Wildcats vs Minnesota Golden Gophers Match Player Stats On Oct 11, 2014

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 11, 2014

Minnesota 24, Northwestern 17: Jalen Myrick snapped a tie with a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown with 7:19 remaining and the Golden Gophers edged the visiting Wildcats in a Big Ten contest.

Mitch Leidner completed 10-of-15 passes for 153 yards while running for a pair of scores and David Cobb rushed for 97 yards to become the 14th Minnesota player to reach 2,000 in his career. The Golden Gophers (5-1, 2-0 Big Ten) stopped Northwestern on fourth down at the Minnesota 33 with 1:35 left and held on from there.

Trevor Siemian went 32-of-50 through the air for 269 yards and a touchdown for the Wildcats (3-3, 2-1), who saw their three-game winning streak come to an end. Freshman Justin Jackson ran for 106 yards and caught a touchdown pass for Northwestern.

The Wildcats went 97 yards in 13 plays, aided by a roughing-the-passer call, and Siemian snuck in from to 2 to forge a 17-17 tie with 7:32 left in the game. Myrick, a sophomore defensive back, took the ensuing kickoff up the middle and slanted toward the left sideline before beating everyone to the end zone.

Leidner capped an 11-play drive with a 1-yard run to open the scoring before Northwestern countered with a 16-play drive, ending on an 11-yard strike from Siemian to Jackson early in the second quarter. Leidnerกฏs 52-yard pass to Maxx Williams set up the quarterbackกฏs second 1-yard TD dive as Minnesota led 14-10 at the half.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Minnesota is 5-1 for the first time since 2008 and 2-0 in the Big Ten for the first time since 2004. กญ Siemian became the ninth Northwestern QB to throw for at least 5,000 yards. The senior has 5,040. กญ Coach Jerry Kill is 22-0 when leading or tied at halftime with Minnesota.