Indiana vs. Northwestern


Extended Box Game Story
Nov 02, 2002
  1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL
Indiana 6 9 7 15 37
Northwestern 13 0 21 7 41
 
Scoring
INDIANA Y Washington 2 YD RUN (PAT FAILED)  
NORTHWSTRN J Wright 5 YD RUN (PAT FAILED)  
NORTHWSTRN J Wright 12 YD RUN (D Wasielewski KICK)  
INDIANA Y Washington 2 YD RUN (PAT FAILED)  
INDIANA B Robertson 43 YD  
NORTHWSTRN J Wright 10 YD RUN (B Huffman KICK)  
NORTHWSTRN J Schweighardt 6 YD PASS FROM B Basanez (B Huffman KICK)  
INDIANA C Taylor 26 YD RUN (B Robertson KICK)  
NORTHWSTRN N Herron 3 YD RUN (B Huffman KICK)  
INDIANA H Jones 9 YD FUMBLE RETURN (B Robertson KICK)  
INDIANA Y Washington 1 YD RUN (G Hamdan PASS TO Y Washington FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION)  
NORTHWSTRN J Wright 7 YD RUN (B Huffman KICK)  
 
Team Statistics Indiana Northwestern
First downs 20 22
Rushes-Yards 56 - 232 40 - 263
Passing yards 150 233
Sacked-Yards lost 1 - 2 0 - 0
Return yards 24 14
Passes 13 - 21 - 1 18 - 28 - 0
Punts-Average 4 - 38.5 3 - 37.7
Pumbles-Lost 0 - 0 2 - 2
Penalties-Yards 2 - 10 6 - 45
Time of Possession 35:24 24:36
 
Player Statistics
 
Passing
Indiana Cmp Att Yds Int
Hamdan, Gibran 13 21 150 1
 
Northwestern Cmp Att Yds Int
Basanez, Brett 18 27 233 0
Jenkins, Derell 0 1 0 0
 
Rushing
Indiana Att Yds
Washington, Yamar 31 130
Taylor, Chris 21 102
Halterman, Aaron 1 3
Hamdan, Gibran 3 -3
 
Northwestern Att Yds
Wright, Jason 23 219
Herron, Noah 7 45
Jenkins, Derell 4 27
Aikens, Ashton 1 2
Team, - 1 -13
Basanez, Brett 4 -17
 
Receiving
Indiana Att Yds
Halterman, Aaron 4 54
Roby, Courtney 3 39
Johnson, Glenn 2 26
Pannozzo, John 1 21
Anthony, Stephen 1 7
Washington, Yamar 2 3
 
Northwestern Att Yds
Wright, Jason 3 59
Philmore, Mark 4 40
Herron, Noah 1 33
Patrick, Kunle 2 32
Horn, Brandon 2 23
Schweighardt, Jon 2 15
Aikens, Ashton 2 14
Jordan, Roger 1 9
Backes, Jeff 1 8
Game Story

EVANSTON, Illinois (Ticker) -- Jason Wright rushed for a career-high 219 yards and scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 2:17 left as Northwestern snapped a five-game losing streak with a 41-37 Big Ten Conference victory over Indiana. Wright's seven-yard run put Northwestern (3-7, 1-5 Big Ten) in front to stay after a bad punt set up the Wildcats at the Indiana 44-yard line. Northwestern got a boost from the return of quarterback Brett Basanez, who played with a broken bone in his left leg and passed for 233 yards and a touchdown. But it was Wright who did most of the damage as the Wildcats ended a 10-game Big Ten losing streak. He carried 23 times and became the eighth player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. A three-yard TD run by Noah Herron capped a 21-point third quarter and gave Northwestern a 34-22 lead. But linebacker Herana-Daze Jones returned a fumble by Basanez nine yards for a touchdown and another fumble by Basanez led to a one-yard TD by Yamar Washington as the Hoosiers (3-6, 1-4) went ahead, 37-34. Washington carried 31 times for 130 yards against the nation's worst defense, but Indiana went down to its sixth straight road loss.