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2015 week 5 · Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 11:00 AM CT · Ryan Field · 📺 BTN · 30,044 att · 52°F, wind 19.7

Drive chart

Minnesota Northwestern bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
PUNT
6 pl · 30 yd · 2:36
0–0
FG
14 pl · 76 yd · 5:03
0–3
ON DOWNS
11 pl · 37 yd · 6:20
0–3
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 1:12
0–3
Q2
INT
3 pl · 2 yd · 1:18
0–3
MISSED FG
7 pl · 19 yd · 3:24
0–3
PUNT
6 pl · 6 yd · 3:12
0–3
PUNT
6 pl · 12 yd · 3:09
0–3
PUNT
3 pl · 6 yd · 2:04
0–3
TD
1 pl · 5 yd · 0:07
0–10
PUNT
3 pl · 6 yd · 0:29
0–10
END OF HALF
2 pl · 2 yd · 1:06
0–10
Q3
FG
19 pl · 69 yd · 8:55
0–13
ON DOWNS
6 pl · 31 yd · 2:01
0–13
TD
6 pl · 68 yd · 2:43
0–20
PUNT
3 pl · -2 yd · 1:31
0–20
Q4
PUNT
6 pl · 27 yd · 2:38
0–20
FUMBLE TD
4 pl · 9 yd · 0:31
0–27
PUNT
4 pl · 1 yd · 1:25
0–27
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 2:08
0–27
ON DOWNS
6 pl · 25 yd · 1:33
0–27
PUNT
3 pl · 1 yd · 2:13
0–27
PUNT
6 pl · 17 yd · 1:29
0–27
PUNT
3 pl · 0 yd · 1:43
0–27
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 0 yd · 1:10
0–27
25 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

0takeaways2
4three-and-outs forced3
4 of 12scoring drives allowed0 of 13
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

—field goals2 of 3
7punts6
42.7punt average39.2
0punts inside the 200
68return yards55
own 26average drive startown 32
Minnesota
P Peter Mortell 7 punts · 42.7 avg
KR Shannon Brooks 2 ret · 47 yds · long 25
KR Tyler Hartmann 2 ret · 21 yds · long 13
Northwestern
K Jack Mitchell 2/3 FG · long 25 · 3/3 XP
P Hunter Niswander 6 punts · 39.2 avg
PR Miles Shuler 1 ret · 55 yds · long 55
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025 Minnesota 35 – 38 Northwestern
2023 Minnesota 34 – 37 Northwestern
2022 Northwestern 3 – 31 Minnesota
2021 Minnesota 41 – 14 Northwestern
2019 Minnesota 38 – 22 Northwestern
2018 Northwestern 24 – 14 Minnesota
2017 Minnesota 0 – 39 Northwestern
2016 Northwestern 12 – 29 Minnesota
Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal