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 | |  | | Minnesota (1-0) | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | | Syracuse (0-1) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Minnesota: Duane Bennett 16 yd run (Eric Ellestad kick) | | | Syracuse: Ryan Lichtenstein 23 yd FG | | | Minnesota: Troy Stoudermire 7 yd pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick) | | | Syracuse: Mike Williams 29 yd pass from Greg Paulus (Ryan Lichtenstein kick) | | | Syracuse: Ryan Lichtenstein 42 yd FG | | | Syracuse: Delone Carter 1 yd run (Ryan Lichtenstein kick) | | | Minnesota: Eric Ellestad 26 yd FG | | | Minnesota: Eric Ellestad 26 yd FG | | | Minnesota: Eric Ellestad 35 yd FG | |
| Team Statistics | | | Syracuse | Minnesota | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 15 | 16 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 257 | 360 | | Total Plays | 65 | 74 | | Average Gain | 4 | 4.9 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 90 | 112 | | Rushes | 34 | 32 | | Average per rush | 2.6 | 3.5 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 167 | 248 | | Completions-attempted | 19-31 | 19-42 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 2 | 2 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 8 | 10 | | Penalty Yards | 68 | 61 | | Time of Possesion | 30:29 | 29:31 | | Punts | 8 | 5 | | Punt Average | 45.88 | 42.6 | | Return Yards | 168 | 167 |
| Passing | | Syracuse | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Greg Paulus (0) | 19 | 31 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 5.4 | | | Minnesota | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Adam Weber (0) | 19 | 42 | 248 | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | |
| Rushing | | Syracuse | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Delone Carter (0) | 23 | 88 | 1 | 3.8 | | | Antwon Bailey (0) | 5 | 31 | 0 | 6.2 | | | Donte Davis (0) | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3.0 | | | Greg Paulus (0) | 4 | -12 | 0 | -3.0 | | | Team (0) | 1 | -14 | 0 | -14.0 | | | Minnesota | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Duane Bennett (0) | 16 | 78 | 1 | 4.9 | | | DeLeon Eskridge (0) | 8 | 29 | 0 | 3.6 | | | Jon Hoese (0) | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Troy Stoudermire (0) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | | | Kevin Whaley (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Adam Weber (0) | 3 | -8 | 0 | -2.7 | |
| Receiving | | Syracuse | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Mike Williams (0) | 7 | 94 | 1 | 13.4 | | | Alec Lemon (0) | 5 | 17 | 0 | 3.4 | | | Mike Owen (0) | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9.0 | | | Nick Provo (0) | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Antwon Bailey (0) | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15.0 | | | Donte Davis (0) | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Lavar Lobdell (0) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Minnesota | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Eric Decker (0) | 9 | 183 | 0 | 20.3 | | | Troy Stoudermire (0) | 4 | 22 | 1 | 5.5 | | | Brandon Green (0) | 3 | 28 | 0 | 9.3 | | | Duane Bennett (0) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | | | Nick Tow-Arnett (0) | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12.0 | |
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