Box Score
Box Score (Final)
Northern Illinois vs Vanderbilt (Sep 11, 1999 at Nashville, Tenn.)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Northern Illinois... 21 0 7 3 - 31 Record: (0-1)
Vanderbilt.......... 3 0 14 17 - 34 Record: (1-1,0-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st 10:17 VU - John Markham 49 yd field goal
7 plays, 28 yards, TOP 3:35, NIU 0 - VU 3
06:40 NIU - J. McCareins 38 yd pass from Frisman Jackson (Kent Baker kick)
5 plays, 70 yards, TOP 1:53, NIU 7 - VU 3
01:43 NIU - Ivory Bryant 1 yd run (Kent Baker kick)
7 plays, 34 yards, TOP 3:14, NIU 14 - VU 3
00:03 NIU - D. Whitfield 37 yd blocked punt return (Kent Baker kick)
NIU 21 - VU 3
3rd 11:36 NIU - J. McCareins 61 yd pass from Frisman Jackson (Kent Baker kick)
4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:48, NIU 28 - VU 3
04:57 VU - Tom Simone 3 yd pass from Greg Zolman (John Markham kick)
13 plays, 82 yards, TOP 6:39, NIU 28 - VU 10
02:40 VU - Rodney Williams 30 yd pass from Tavarus Hogans (John Markham kick)
1 play, 30 yards, TOP 0:11, NIU 28 - VU 17
4th 14:07 VU - M.J. Garrett 61 yd pass from Greg Zolman (Greg Zolman pass failed)
6 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:53, NIU 28 - VU 23
10:45 NIU - Kent Baker 42 yd field goal
7 plays, 29 yards, TOP 3:22, NIU 31 - VU 23
03:52 VU - John Markham 22 yd field goal
7 plays, 36 yards, TOP 2:41, NIU 31 - VU 26
01:41 VU - Jimmy Williams 65 yd punt return (Rodney Williams rush)
NIU 31 - VU 34
NIU VU
FIRST DOWNS................... 14 17
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 40-92 35-117
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 212 240
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 31-17-0 36-19-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 71-304 71-357
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 4-51 7-109
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 5-105 4-85
Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-9 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 9-33.4 6-40.3
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 2-1
Penalties-Yards............... 4-34 4-25
Possession Time............... 28:55 31:05
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 1-9 4-26
RUSHING: Northern Illinois-Ivory Bryant 14-41; Frisman Jackson 9-30;
William Andrews 10-29; Chris Finlen 5-4; TM 2-minus 12. Vanderbilt-Jared
McGrath 15-66; Rodney Williams 14-34; Greg Zolman 6-17.
PASSING: Northern Illinois-Frisman Jackson 15-27-0-205; Chris Finlen
2-4-0-7. Vanderbilt-Greg Zolman 18-35-1-210; Tavarus Hogans 1-1-0-30.
RECEIVING: Northern Illinois-J. McCareins 7-147; P.J. Fleck 4-36;
Darrell Hill 3-31; Ivory Bryant 1-1; Devon O'Neal 1-0; William Andrews
1-minus 3. Vanderbilt-Tavarus Hogans 7-80; Rodney Williams 3-51; Elliott
Carson 3-25; Ryan Cuffee 3-18; M.J. Garrett 1-61; Tom Simone 1-3; Dan
Stricker 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS: Northern Illinois-Cameron Saulsby 1-9.
Vanderbilt-None.
Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium Attendance: 28514
Kickoff time: 3:00 pm End of Game: 6:36 pm Total elapsed time: 3:36
Officials: Referee: Steve Landis; Umpire: Ronnie Jones; Linesman: Johnny Crawford;
Line judge: Mickey Haddock; Back judge: Stan Murray; Field judge: Mike Washington;
Side judge: Don Shanks; Scorer: Brent Ross;
Temperature: 88 Wind: Calm Weather: Cloudy
Northern Illinois vs Vanderbilt (Sep 11, 1999 at Nashville, Tenn.)
SACKS (UA-A): Northern Illinois-Anthony Falbo 1-0. Vanderbilt-Tyler
Unzicker 1-0; Doyle Crosby 0-1; Chuck Losey 0-1; Nate Morrow 1-0; Matt
Stewart 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Northern Illinois-Donnavan Carter 5-3; Cameron
Saulsby 5-3; Larry Williams 5-1; Trent Clemen 4-2; Benji Peacock 3-2; Kevin
Selover 2-2; Jon Pendergrass 2-2; Vince Thompson 2-1; Joshua Robinson 2-0;
Sean Hopson 2-0; Lewis Miskowicz 2-0; T. Andrews 2-0; Lamain Rucker 2-0;
Ryan Laurenti 1-1; Joe Hightower 0-2; Anthony Falbo 1-0; D. Whitfield 1-0;
J. Hampton 0-1; Alan Rood 0-1; Jon Lanum 0-1. Vanderbilt-Ainsley Battles
9-1; Jamie Winborn 5-5; Matt Stewart 6-1; Brian Taylor 3-3; Nate Morrow 2-3;
Jimmy Williams 4-0; Lamont Turner 2-2; Harold Lercius 2-2; Steve Rock 3-0;
Tyler Unzicker 2-1; Russ Nicoll 2-1; Wally Conyers 2-0; A. Bradford 2-0;
Elliott Carson 1-0; Andrew Kerr 1-0; Doyle Crosby 0-1; Chuck Losey 0-1;
Jonathan Shaub 0-1.
Northern Illinois vs Vanderbilt (Sep 11, 1999 at Nashville, Tenn.)
Game Starters:
Northern Illinois Vanderbilt
POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE
LT 61 Matt Cockrum WR 7 Tavarus Hogans
LG 59 Kyle Jakubek WR 85 Dan Stricker
C 76 M. Collins RB 2 Rodney Williams
RG 70 Mike Newman TE 80 Elliott Carson
RT 74 Ryan Diem LT 64 Brian Gruber
TE 87 Bob Lesher LG 77 D. Rothenberg
QB 12 Frisman Jackson C 50 Jeff Barnett
TB 4 William Andrews RG 78 M. Saltsman
FB 40 Mike Stack RT 70 Raminte Byndom
WR 85 J. McCareins QB 12 Greg Zolman
WR 14 Darrell Hill TE 84 Tom Simone
POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE
LE 92 Lewis Miskowicz LE 73 Russ Nicoll
DT 95 Darian Tate NT 97 Tyler Unzicker
NT 99 Lamain Rucker RE 54 Chuck Losey
RE 53 Trent Clemen LB 26 Matt Stewart
SLB 44 Cameron Saulsby LB 42 Jamie Winborn
MLB 42 Kevin Selover LB 44 Lamont Turner
WLB 26 Larry Williams LB 40 Nate Morrow
LCB 27 T. Andrews CB 11 Rushen Jones
SS 25 J. Hampton SS 22 Ainsley Battles
FS 2 Donnavan Carter FS 23 Harold Lercius
RCB 3 Benji Peacock CB 9 Jimmy Williams
Player participation:
Northern Illinois: 5-Jon Pendergrass, 7-Jahi Garrett, 8-Chauncy O'Neal, 9-Dan Urban, 17-Vince Thompson, 18-Kent Baker,
19-Chris Finlen, 24-Joe Hightower, 28-Thomas Hammock, 29-D. Whitfield, 35-Jon Lanum, 37-Justin Dole, 38-Ivory Bryant,
41-Alan Rood, 43-Joshua Robinson, 46-Ryan Laurenti, 48-Marlon Rucker, 49-Sean Hopson, 51-Eric Didesch, 68-John Pedersen,
81-Joe Busald, 82-P.J. Fleck, 83-Devon O'Neal, 84-Joey Reed, 86-Matt Dunker, 89-S. Richenberger, 91-Jon Lovrich,
94-Anthony Falbo, 96-Mark Scafidi.
Vanderbilt: 3-Billy Miller, 5-Aaron McWhorter, 14-Brooks Collins, 16-Zach Winkler, 19-John Markham, 20-Mike Martin,
21-Bo Lancaster, 24-M.J. Garrett, 25-E. Robinson, 28-Brian Taylor, 29-Chris Mitacek, 30-Jonathan Shaub, 31-Ryan Cuffee,
32-Justin Giboney, 33-Jared McGrath, 39-David Meadows, 41-A. Bradford, 47-Andrew Kerr, 49-Steve Rock, 52-Ryan McSwain,
53-Mike Adam, 56-Ryan Nungesser, 61-Duncan Cave, 66-Wally Conyers, 72-Jim May, 82-Nezih Hasanoglu, 87-Thomas Gallant,
93-Doyle Crosby, 94-H. Hillenmeyer, 95-Steve Trese, 96-Nick Sterling.