Scoring Summary (Final) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio)

Scoring Summary (Final) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) Northern Illinois (0-1) vs. Ohio State (1-0) Date: Sep 2, 2006 Site: Columbus, Ohio Stadium: Ohio Stadium Attendance: 103896 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ----------------- -- -- -- -- ----- Northern Illinois... 0 3 3 6-12 Ohio State... 21 7 0 7-35 Scoring Summary: 1st 08:24 OSU - Ginn, Jr., Ted 5 yd pass from Smith, Troy (Pettrey, Aaron kick) 8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 3:53, NIU 0 - OSU 7 06:38 OSU - Ginn, Jr., Ted 58 yd pass from Smith, Troy (Pettrey, Aaron kick) 1 play, 58 yards, TOP 0:13, NIU 0 - OSU 14 03:15 OSU - Gonzalez, Anthony 15 yd pass from Smith, Troy (Pettrey, Aaron kick) 3 plays, 20 yards, TOP 1:34, NIU 0 - OSU 21 2nd 14:55 OSU - Wells, Chris 8 yd run (Pettrey, Aaron kick) 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 1:11, NIU 0 - OSU 28 06:16 NIU - Nendick, Chris 35 yd field goal 9 plays, 48 yards, TOP 3:05, NIU 3 - OSU 28 3rd 08:39 NIU - Nendick, Chris 37 yd field goal 10 plays, 60 yards, TOP 5:06, NIU 6 - OSU 28 4th 14:58 OSU - Pittman, Antonio 1 yd run (Pettrey, Aaron kick) 6 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:15, NIU 6 - OSU 35 10:27 NIU - Wolfe, Garrett 4 yd pass from Horvath, Phil (Horvath, Phil rush failed) 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 4:31, NIU 12 - OSU 35 Kickoff time: 3:37 pm End of Game: 6:28 Total elapsed time: 2:51 Officials: Referee: Dave Witvoet; Umpire: Jeff Carr; Linesman: Mike Mahouski; Line judge: John Kouris; Back judge: Robert Smith Jr; Field judge: Greg Sujack; Side judge: Rick Ames; Scorer: Paul Hummel; Temperature: 61 Wind: NNW 5mph Weather: Partly Cloudy

Team Statistics (Final) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) NIU OSU FIRST DOWNS... 15 22 Rushing... 9 11 Passing... 5 11 Penalty... 1 0 NET YARDS RUSHING... 151 173 Rushing Attempts... 33 36 Average Per Rush... 4.6 4.8 Yards Gained Rushing... 199 179 Yards Lost Rushing... 48 6 NET YARDS PASSING... 192 315 Completions-Attempts-Int... 16-30-1 20-27-0 Average Per Attempt... 6.4 11.7 Average Per Completion... 12.0 15.8 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS... 343 488 Total offense plays... 63 63 Average Gain Per Play... 5.4 7.7 Fumbles: Number-Lost... 1-0 2-2 Penalties: Number-Yards... 4-35 3-40 PUNTS-YARDS... 6-227 1-43 Average Yards Per Punt... 37.8 43.0 Net Yards Per Punt... 25.3 43.0 Inside 20... 0 0 50+ Yards... 0 0 Touchbacks... 1 0 Fair catch... 0 1 KICKOFFS-YARDS... 4-203 6-378 Average Yards Per Kickoff... 50.8 63.0 Net Yards Per Kickoff... 32.5 42.0 Touchbacks... 0 3 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 0-0-0 3-55-0 Average Per Return... 0.0 18.3 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-66-0 4-73-0 Average Per Return... 22.0 18.2 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 0-0-0 1-49-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards... 0 0 Possession Time... 31:04 28:56 1st Quarter... 8:14 6:46 2nd Quarter... 6:35 8:25 3rd Quarter... 6:50 8:10 4th Quarter... 9:25 5:35 Third-Down Conversions... 1 of 13 6 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions... 3 of 3 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances... 3-4 4-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards... 0-0 4-24 PAT Kicks... 0-0 5-5 Field Goals... 2-2 0-2

Individual Statistics (Final) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) Northern Illinois Ohio State Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Wolfe, Garrett 26 187 16 171 0 51 6.6 Pittman, Antonio 19 111 0 111 1 14 5.8 Clanton, Montell 2 12 3 9 0 12 4.5 Wells, Chris 10 52 2 50 1 12 5.0 Nicholson, Dan 1 0 8-8 0 0-8.0 Wells, Maurice 5 16 1 15 0 7 3.0 Horvath, Phil 4 0 21-21 0 0-5.2 Smith, Troy 1 0 1-1 0 0-1.0 Totals... 33 199 48 151 0 51 4.6 Zwick, Justin 1 0 2-2 0 0-2.0 Totals... 36 179 6 173 2 14 4.8 Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Horvath, Phil 26-15-1 185 1 65 3 Smith, Troy 25-18-0 297 3 58 0 Nicholson, Dan 4-1-0 7 0 7 1 Zwick, Justin 2-2-0 18 0 12 0 Totals... 30-16-1 192 1 65 4 Totals... 27-20-0 315 3 58 0 Receiving No. Yds TD Long Receiving No. Yds TD Long ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Wolfe, Garrett 5 114 1 65 Ginn, Jr., Ted 4 123 2 58 Davis, Britt 5 23 0 9 Gonzalez, Anthony 4 53 1 18 Nordin, Jake 3 37 0 18 Robiskie, Brian 3 32 0 12 Clanton, Montell 2 4 0 4 Small, Ray 3 19 0 8 Carter, Jarret 1 14 0 14 Nicol, Rory 2 14 0 9 Totals... 16 192 1 65 Hartline, Brian 1 32 0 32 Wells, Maurice 1 30 0 30 Dukes, Albert 1 12 0 12 Pittman, Antonio 1 0 0 0 Totals... 20 315 3 58 Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Dittbenner, Andy 6 227 37.8 49 0 1 Trapasso, A. J. 1 43 43.0 43 0 0 Totals... 6 227 37.8 49 0 1 Totals... 1 43 43.0 43 0 0 Punts Kickoffs Intercept Punts Kickoffs Intercept All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg All Returns No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Davis, Britt 0 0 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 Ginn, Jr., Ted 2 44 22 2 25 15 0 0 0 Perez, Marcus 0 0 0 2 47 30 0 0 0 Gonzalez, Anthony 1 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals... 0 0 0 3 66 30 0 0 0 O'Neal, Jamario 0 0 0 2 48 31 0 0 0 Grant, Larry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 49 Totals... 3 55 22 4 73 31 1 49 49 Field goal attempts Field goal attempts ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Nendick, Chris 2nd 06:16 35 yds - Good Pretorius, Ryan 2nd 09:21 51 yds - Missed Nendick, Chris 3rd 08:39 37 yds - Good Pettrey, Aaron 2nd 00:33 44 yds - Missed Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Nendick, Chris 4 203 0 0 50.8 Pettrey, Aaron 4 259 3 0 64.8 Pretorius, Ryan 2 119 0 0 59.5 FUMBLES: Northern Illinois-Horvath, Phil 1-0. Ohio State-Wells, Chris 1-1; Zwick, Justin 1-1.

Defensive Statistics (Final) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) Northern Illinois ## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 Hansbro, Alvah 7 2 9 1.0/1....... 53 Mccarthy, Tim 5 4 9.. 1-0. 1... 12 Hansbro, Adriel 5 3 8.... 1... 24 Pruitt, Bradley 4 2 6 1.0/1....... 35 Utschig, Dustin 3 3 6........ 33 Blalark, Keenan 2 4 6........ 51 English, Larry 3 1 4........ 8 Reiter, Mark 2 1 3.. 1-0..... 4 Bryant, David 2. 2........ 9 Allen, Josh 1 1 2........ 16 Biondi, Luke 1 1 2........ 27 Williamson, Spencer 1 1 2........ 49 Benson, Brad 1 1 2........ 92 Schroeder, Adam. 2 2........ 2 Rice, Melvin. 2 2........ 56 Bice, Brandon 1. 1........ 23 Ibarra, Saul 1. 1........ 21 Anderson, Justin 1. 1........ 34 West, Ken....... 1... Ohio State ## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 32 Mitchell, Brandon 8 2 10 1.0/2....... 1 Freeman, Marcus 4 5 9 0.5/1... 1... 21 Russell, Anderson 4 2 6 1.0/1....... 50 Gholston, Vernon 2 3 5 2.0/11..... 1.5/9. 99 Richardson, Jay 3 1 4 2.5/8..... 1.0/3. 33 Laurinaitis, James 2 2 4........ 14 Smith, Antonio 1 3 4 0.5/3....... 2 Jenkins, Malcolm 2 1 3........ 51 Homan, Ross 2 1 3 1.0/2....... 78 Barrow, Alex 2. 2 1.0/2....... 23 Patterson, Nick 1 1 2........ 3 O'Neal, Jamario 1 1 2 0.5/4..... 0.5/4. 97 Patterson, David 1 1 2 1.0/3....... 2C Washington, Donald 1. 1........ 92 Denlinger, Todd 1. 1 1.0/3....... 8B Wilson, Lawrence 1. 1 1.0/8..... 1.0/8. 52 Kerr, John. 1 1........ 6 Grant, Larry. 1 1... 1-49 1... 90 Pitcock, Quinn. 1 1........

Drive Chart (Final) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NIU 1st N20 15:00 Kickoff N48 12:17 Punt 5-28 2:43 NIU 1st N18 08:24 Kickoff N16 06:51 Punt 3--2 1:33 NIU 1st N10 06:38 Kickoff N09 04:49 Punt 3--1 1:49 NIU 1st N20 03:15 Kickoff O11 01:06 Interception 4-69 2:09# NIU 2nd N31 14:55 Kickoff O49 11:58 Punt 4-20 2:57 NIU 2nd N34 09:21 Missed FG O18 06:16 *FIELD GOAL 9-48 3:05# NIU 2nd N27 00:33 Missed FG N36 00:00 End of half 4-9 0:33 NIU 3rd N20 13:45 Punt O20 08:39 *FIELD GOAL 10-60 5:06# NIU 3rd N05 03:57 Fumble N07 02:13 Punt 3-2 1:44 NIU 4th N29 14:58 Kickoff O00 10:27 *TOUCHDOWN 10-71 4:31# NIU 4th N07 07:53 Fumble N41 02:59 Punt 10-34 4:54 OSU 1st O34 12:17 Punt N00 08:24 *TOUCHDOWN 8-66 3:53# OSU 1st O42 06:51 Punt N00 06:38 *TOUCHDOWN 1-58 0:13 OSU 1st N20 04:49 Punt N00 03:15 *TOUCHDOWN 3-20 1:34# OSU 1st N43 01:06 Interception N00 14:55 *TOUCHDOWN 5-43 1:11# OSU 2nd O20 11:58 Punt N34 09:21 Missed FG 8-46 2:37 OSU 2nd O20 06:16 Kickoff N26 00:33 Missed FG 11-54 5:43 OSU 3rd O35 15:00 Kickoff O37 13:45 Punt 3-2 1:15 OSU 3rd O45 08:39 Kickoff N04 03:57 Fumble 10-51 4:42# OSU 3rd N38 02:13 Punt N00 14:58 *TOUCHDOWN 6-38 2:15# OSU 4th O20 10:27 Kickoff N07 07:53 Fumble 5-73 2:34# OSU 4th O38 02:59 Punt N35 00:00 End of half 5-27 2:59 NIU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total -------------------------------------------------------------------- Time of possession 08:14 06:35 06:50 09:25 14:49 16:15 31:04 3rd Down Conversions 0/3 1/4 0/2 0/4 1/7 0/6 1/13 Avg Field Position N17 N30 N12 N18 N22 N15 N20 4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 0/0 3/3 0/0 3/3 3/3 OSU 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Half Half Total -------------------------------------------------------------------- Time of possession 06:46 08:25 08:10 05:35 15:11 13:45 28:56 3rd Down Conversions 3/3 1/3 0/2 2/2 4/6 2/4 6/10 Avg Field Position N47 O20 O47 O29 O42 O40 O41 4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1

Drive Chart (By Quarter) Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed Team Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NIU 1st N20 15:00 Kickoff N48 12:17 Punt 5-28 2:43 OSU 1st O34 12:17 Punt N00 08:24 *TOUCHDOWN 8-66 3:53# NIU 1st N18 08:24 Kickoff N16 06:51 Punt 3--2 1:33 OSU 1st O42 06:51 Punt N00 06:38 *TOUCHDOWN 1-58 0:13 NIU 1st N10 06:38 Kickoff N09 04:49 Punt 3--1 1:49 OSU 1st N20 04:49 Punt N00 03:15 *TOUCHDOWN 3-20 1:34# NIU 1st N20 03:15 Kickoff O11 01:06 Interception 4-69 2:09# OSU 1st N43 01:06 Interception N00 14:55 *TOUCHDOWN 5-43 1:11# NIU 2nd N31 14:55 Kickoff O49 11:58 Punt 4-20 2:57 OSU 2nd O20 11:58 Punt N34 09:21 Missed FG 8-46 2:37 NIU 2nd N34 09:21 Missed FG O18 06:16 *FIELD GOAL 9-48 3:05# OSU 2nd O20 06:16 Kickoff N26 00:33 Missed FG 11-54 5:43 NIU 2nd N27 00:33 Missed FG N36 00:00 End of half 4-9 0:33 OSU 3rd O35 15:00 Kickoff O37 13:45 Punt 3-2 1:15 NIU 3rd N20 13:45 Punt O20 08:39 *FIELD GOAL 10-60 5:06# OSU 3rd O45 08:39 Kickoff N04 03:57 Fumble 10-51 4:42# NIU 3rd N05 03:57 Fumble N07 02:13 Punt 3-2 1:44 OSU 3rd N38 02:13 Punt N00 14:58 *TOUCHDOWN 6-38 2:15# NIU 4th N29 14:58 Kickoff O00 10:27 *TOUCHDOWN 10-71 4:31# OSU 4th O20 10:27 Kickoff N07 07:53 Fumble 5-73 2:34# NIU 4th N07 07:53 Fumble N41 02:59 Punt 10-34 4:54 OSU 4th O38 02:59 Punt N35 00:00 End of half 5-27 2:59

Participation Report (Final) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) Northern Illinois Ohio State POS ## OFFENSE POS ## OFFENSE LE 34 West, Ken LT 75 Boone, Alex NG 92 Schroeder, Adam LG 68 Schafer, Tim T 69 Krutsch, Alex C 5A Datish, Doug RE 51 English, Larry RG 72 Downing, T. J. LB 53 Mccarthy, Tim RT 74 Barton, Kirk LB 33 Blalark, Keenan TE 9 Hartline, Brian LB 9 Allen, Josh FL 7 Ginn, Jr., Ted CB 11 Hansbro, Alvah QB 10 Smith, Troy S 8 Reiter, Mark FB 80 Robiskie, B S 35 Utschig, Dustin WB 11 Gonzalez, A CB 12 Hansbro, Adriel TB 25 Pittman, A POS ## DEFENSE POS ## DEFENSE WR 14 Carter, Jarret DE 99 Richardson, Jay LT 62 Free, Doug DT 97 Patterson, D LG 70 Acevedo, Chris DT 90 Pitcock, Quinn RG 61 Rogers, Matt DE 50 Gholston, V RT 60 Brost, Jon SLB 1 Freeman, Marcus TE 86 Nordin, Jake MLB 33 Laurinaitis, J QB 3 Horvath, Phil WLB 52 Kerr, John TB 1 Wolfe, Garrett SS 2 Jenkins, M ZB 7 Davis, Britt NB 14 Smith, Antonio TE 87 Davis, Brandon FS 23 Patterson, Nick CB 11 Hansbro, Alvah FS 32 Mitchell, B Northern Illinois: 2-Rice, Melvin, 4-Bryant, David, 5-Perez, Marcus, 16-Biondi, Luke, 17-Turner, Greg, 18-Dittbenner, And, 19-Nicholson, Dan, 20-Clanton, Montel, 21-Anderson, Justi, 23-Ibarra, Saul, 24-Pruitt, Bradley, 25-Nendick, Chris, 26-Hanson, Cory, 27-Williamson, Spe, 32-Fontana, Jeff, 42-Tranchitella, J, 43-Griffin, T.J., 48-O'Brien, Tommy, 49-Benson, Brad, 50-Adamski, Eddie, 56-Bice, Brandon, 59-Skatrud, Kevin, 63-Holycross, Zach, 65-Onyebuagu, Jaso, 85-Simon, Matt, 88-Beal, Brandon, 89-Lewis, Marcus, 95-Oruche, Robert. Ohio State: 0A-Coleman, Kurt, 2C-Washington, D, 3-O'Neal, Jamario, 4-Small, Ray, 5-Dukes, Albert, 6-Grant, Larry, 8B-Wilson, L, 8A-Ballard, Jake, 12-Zwick, Justin, 15-Trapasso, A. J., 16-Robinson, T, 19-Harden, Derek, 20-Pettrey, Aaron, 21-Russell, A, 28-Wells, Chris, 29-Lane, Shaun, 34-Wells, Maurice, 38-Spitler, Austin, 49-Johnson, Dionte, 51-Homan, Ross, 54-Whaley, Tyler, 55-Terry, Curtis, 58-Norman, Drew, 63-Person, Ben, 67-Mitchum, Kyle, 71-Rehring, Steve, 78-Barrow, Alex, 79-Skinner, Jon, 85-Pretorius, Ryan, 87-Smith, Brandon, 88-Nicol, Rory, 89-White, Jr., S, 92-Denlinger, Todd, 93-Abdallah, Nader, 98-Penton, Joel.

Play-by-Play Summary (1st quarter) 2006 Ohio State Football Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) N 1-10 N35 Ohio State wins the coin toss, and defers. NIU to receive. OSU defends North Goal. OSU ball on OSU35. Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 65 yards to the NIU0, touchback. N 1-10 N20 Horvath, Phil sideline pass incomplete to Davis, Britt. N 2-10 N20 Horvath, Phil screen pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 31 yards to the OSU49, 1ST DOWN NIU (Patterson, Nick). N 1-10 O49 Deadball foul, PENALTY NIU illegal procedure 5 yards to the NIU46, NO PLAY. N 1-15 N46 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 1 yard to the NIU47 (Freeman, Marcus). N 2-14 N47 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 9 yards to the OSU44 (Freeman, Marcus;Russell, A). N 3-5 O44 Horvath, Phil sacked for loss of 8 yards to the NIU48 (O'Neal, Jamario;Gholston, V). N 4-13 N48 Dittbenner, And punt 40 yards to the OSU12, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 22 yards to the OSU34 (Biondi, Luke). --------------- 5 plays, 28 yards, TOP 02:43 --------------- O 1-10 O34 O 1-10 O34 O 1-10 N34 O 2-4 N28 O 1-10 N18 O 2-8 N16 O 1-G N07 O 2-G N04 O 3-G N05 OHIO STATE drive start at 12:17 (1st). Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Hartline, Brian for 32 yards to the NIU34, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah). Pittman, A rush over left guard for 6 yards to the NIU28 (Hansbro, Alvah;Blalark, Keenan). Pittman, A rush draw play for 10 yards to the NIU18, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah). Pittman, A rush over left guard for 2 yards to the NIU16 (Benson, Brad). Smith, Troy from shotgun middle pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 9 yards to the NIU7, 1ST DOWN OSU (Blalark, Keenan;Mccarthy, Tim). Pittman, A rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU4 (Reiter, Mark;Hansbro, Adriel). Smith, Troy rush right from shotgun for loss of 1 yard to the NIU5 (Hansbro, Alvah). Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 5 yards to the NIU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:24. Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good. ================================= NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 7 ================================= --------------- 8 plays, 66 yards, TOP 03:53 --------------- Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 64 yards to the NIU1, Perez, Marcus return 17 yards to the NIU18 (O'Neal, Jamario). N 1-10 N18 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 08:24 (1st). N 1-10 N18 Wolfe, Garrett rush draw play for loss of 2 yards to the NIU16 (Mitchell, B). N 2-12 N16 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Davis, Britt. N 3-12 N16 Horvath, Phil from shotgun sideline pass incomplete to Beal, Brandon. N 4-12 N16 Dittbenner, And punt 42 yards to the OSU42, downed. --------------- 3 plays, minus 2 yards, TOP 01:33 --------------- O 1-10 O42 O 1-10 O42 OHIO STATE drive start at 06:51 (1st). Smith, Troy deep in pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 58 yards to the NIU0, 1ST DOWN OSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:38.

Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 14 --------------- 1 plays, 58 yards, TOP 00:13 --------------- Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 65 yards to the NIU0, touchback, PENALTY NIU illegal block (Pruitt, Bradley) 10 yards to the NIU10, 1st and 10, NIU ball on NIU10. N 1-10 N10 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 06:38 (1st). N 1-10 N10 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 2 yards to the NIU8 (Homan, Ross). N 2-12 N08 Horvath, Phil sacked for loss of 5 yards to the NIU3 (Gholston, V). N 3-17 N03 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 6 yards to the NIU9 (Russell, A). N 4-11 N09 Dittbenner, And punt 11 yards to the NIU20, out-of-bounds. --------------- 3 plays, minus 1 yards, TOP 01:49 --------------- O 1-10 N20 O 1-10 N20 O 2-7 N17 O 3-5 N15 OHIO STATE drive start at 04:49 (1st). Pittman, A rush over right guard for 3 yards to the NIU17 (Allen, Josh;Mccarthy, Tim). Pittman, A rush draw play for 2 yards to the NIU15 (English, Larry). Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 15 yards to the NIU0, 1ST DOWN OSU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:15. Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 21 --------------- 3 plays, 20 yards, TOP 01:34 --------------- Pettrey, Aaron kickoff 65 yards to the NIU0, touchback. N 1-10 N20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 03:15 (1st). N 1-10 N20 Horvath, Phil middle pass complete to Davis, Britt for 3 yards to the NIU23 (Freeman, Marcus). N 2-7 N23 Horvath, Phil screen pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 65 yards to the OSU12, 1ST DOWN NIU (Smith, Antonio;Patterson, Nick). N 1-10 O12 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 1 yard to the OSU11 (Mitchell, B). N 2-9 O11 Horvath, Phil middle pass intercepted by Grant, Larry at the OSU8, Grant, Larry return 49 yards to the NIU43. --------------- 4 plays, 69 yards, TOP 02:09 --------------- O 1-10 N43 O 1-10 N43 O 2-10 N43 O 3-7 N40 O 1-G N10 OHIO STATE drive start at 01:06 (1st). Referee Dave Witvoet injured on the play, Helped off the field. Smith, Troy screen pass incomplete (West, Ken). Wells, Maurice rush draw play for 3 yards to the NIU40 (Mccarthy, Tim). Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Wells, Maurice for 30 yards to the NIU10, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah;Pruitt, Bradley). Wells, Chris rush up middle for 2 yards to the NIU8 (Benson, Brad;Mccarthy, Tim). ========END OF 1st QUARTER======== NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 21

Play-by-Play Summary (2nd quarter) O 2-G N08 Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00. O 2-G N08 Wells, Chris rush over right end for 8 yards to the NIU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:55. Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 0, OHIO STATE 28 --------------- 5 plays, 43 yards, TOP 01:11 --------------- Pretorius, Ryan kickoff 64 yards to the NIU1, Perez, Marcus return 30 yards to the NIU31 (Russell, A). N 1-10 N31 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 14:55 (2nd). N 1-10 N31 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 13 yards to the NIU44, 1ST DOWN NIU (Laurinaitis, J). N 1-10 N44 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU47 (Kerr, John;Freeman, Marcus). N 2-7 N47 Horvath, Phil sideline pass complete to Clanton, Montel for no gain to the NIU47 (Pitcock, Quinn;Smith, Antonio). N 3-7 N47 Horvath, Phil middle pass complete to Nordin, Jake for 4 yards to the OSU49 (Freeman, Marcus). N 4-3 O49 Dittbenner, And punt 49 yards to the OSU0, touchback. --------------- 4 plays, 20 yards, TOP 02:57 --------------- O 1-10 O20 O 1-10 O20 O 1-10 O38 O 1-10 O48 OHIO STATE drive start at 11:58 (2nd). Smith, Troy middle pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 18 yards to the OSU38, 1ST DOWN OSU (Allen, Josh). Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Robiskie, B for 10 yards to the OSU48, 1ST DOWN OSU, out-of-bounds. Pittman, A rush over right end for 5 yards to the NIU47 (Utschig, Dustin;Hansbro, Adriel). O 2-5 N47 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Robiskie, B for 12 yards to the NIU35, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Adriel). O 1-10 N35 Smith, Troy middle pass incomplete to Gonzalez, A. O 2-10 N35 O 3-9 N34 O 4-9 N34 Pittman, A rush over left guard for 1 yard to the NIU34 (English, Larry). Smith, Troy sideline pass incomplete to Nicol, Rory, dropped pass. Pretorius, Ryan field goal attempt from 51 MISSED - short, spot at NIU34, clock 09:21. --------------- 8 plays, 46 yards, TOP 05:42 --------------- N 1-10 N34 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 15 yards to the NIU49, 1ST DOWN NIU (Mitchell, B). N 1-10 N49 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 22 yards to the OSU29, 1ST DOWN NIU (Homan, Ross). N 1-10 O29 Horvath, Phil middle pass incomplete to Wolfe, Garrett (Freeman, Marcus). N 2-10 O29 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 2 yards to the OSU31 (Barrow, Alex). N 3-12 O31 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Nordin, Jake for 18 yards to the OSU13, 1ST DOWN NIU (Mitchell, B;Laurinaitis, J). N 1-10 O13 Horvath, Phil crossing pass incomplete to Nordin, Jake, dropped pass. N 2-10 O13 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for loss of 5 yards to the OSU18 (Richardson, Jay). N 3-15 O18 Horvath, Phil pass incomplete. N 4-15 O18 Nendick, Chris field goal attempt from 35 GOOD, clock 06:16. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3, OHIO STATE 28

--------------- 9 plays, 48 yards, TOP 00:00 --------------- Nendick, Chris kickoff 55 yards to the OSU10, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 10 yards to the OSU20 (Ibarra, Saul). O 1-10 O20 OHIO STATE drive start at 06:16 (2nd). O 1-10 O20 Pittman, A rush over right end for 14 yards to the OSU34, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Adriel). O 1-10 O34 Pittman, A rush over left end for 13 yards to the OSU47, 1ST DOWN OSU, out-of-bounds (Hansbro, Alvah). O 1-10 O47 Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 4 yards to the NIU49 (Hansbro, Adriel). O 2-6 N49 Pittman, A rush pitch out left for 10 yards to the NIU39, 1ST DOWN OSU (Pruitt, Bradley;Blalark, Keenan). O 1-10 N39 Wells, Maurice rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU36 (Blalark, Keenan). O 2-7 N36 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Small, Ray for 5 yards to the NIU31 (Mccarthy, Tim). O 3-2 N31 Wells, Chris rush over left tackle for 5 yards to the NIU26, 1ST DOWN OSU (Bice, Brandon). O 1-10 N26 Pittman, A rush over left end for 5 yards to the NIU21, out-of-bounds (Utschig, Dustin), PENALTY OSU holding (Boone, Alex) 10 yards to the NIU36, NO PLAY. O 1-20 N36 Smith, Troy crossing pass complete to Pittman, A for no gain to the NIU36 (Blalark, Keenan). O 2-20 N36 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Robiskie, B for 10 yards to the NIU26 (Hansbro, Adriel). O 3-10 N26 Smith, Troy pass incomplete to Ginn, Jr., Ted. O 4-10 N26 Pettrey, Aaron field goal attempt from 44 MISSED - wide right, spot at NIU27, clock 00:33. --------------- 11 plays, 54 yards, TOP 06:16 --------------- N 1-10 N27 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 12 yards to the NIU39, 1ST DOWN NIU (Freeman, Marcus;Laurinaitis, J). N 1-10 N39 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Wolfe, Garrett. N 2-10 N39 Horvath, Phil middle pass incomplete to Davis, Britt. N 3-10 N39 Horvath, Phil sacked for loss of 3 yards to the NIU36 (Richardson, Jay). N 4-13 N36 End of half, clock 00:00. ========END OF 2nd QUARTER======== NORTHERN ILLINOIS 3, OHIO STATE 28

Quickie Statistics (Halftime) Northern Illinois vs #1 Ohio State (Sep 2, 2006 at Columbus, Ohio) NIU OSU Score... 3 28 FIRST DOWNS... 7 13 RUSHES-YARDS (NET)... 15-43 17-89 PASSING YDS (NET)... 133 208 Passes Att-Comp-Int... 16-7-1 17-13-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS... 31-176 34-297 Fumble Returns-Yards... 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards... 0-0 1-22 Kickoff Returns-Yards... 2-47 1-10 Interception Returns-Yards... 0-0 1-49 Punts (Number-Avg)... 4-35.5 0-0.0 Fumbles-Lost... 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards... 2-15 1-10 Possession Time... 11:11 12:33 Third-Down Conversions... 1 of 7 4 of 6 Fourth-Down Conversions... 0 of 0 0 of 0 Northern Illinois Ohio State Rushing No Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing No Yds TD Lg Avg Wolfe, Garrett 12 59 0 22 4.9 Pittman, Antonio 11 69 0 14 6.3 Horvath, Phil 3-16 0 0-5.3 Wells, Chris 3 15 1 8 5.0 Wells, Maurice 2 6 0 3 3.0 Smith, Troy 1-1 0 0-1.0 Passing AttCmpInt Yds TD Lng Passing AttCmpInt Yds TD Lng Horvath, Phil 16-7-1 133 0 65 Smith, Troy 17-13-0 208 3 58 Receiving No. Yds TD Long Receiving No. Yds TD Long Wolfe, Garrett 3 108 0 65 Ginn, Jr., Ted 3 67 2 58 Nordin, Jake 2 22 0 18 Gonzalez, Anthony 3 42 1 18 Davis, Britt 1 3 0 3 Robiskie, Brian 3 32 0 12 Clanton, Montell 1 0 0 0 Hartline, Brian 1 32 0 32 Punting No. Avg Long I20 Punting No. Avg Long I20 Dittbenner, Andy 4 35.5 49 0 Punt returns No. Yds TD Long Punt returns No. Yds TD Long Ginn, Jr., Ted 1 22 0 22 Kick returns No. Yds TD Long Kick returns No. Yds TD Long Perez, Marcus 2 47 0 30 Ginn, Jr., Ted 1 10 0 10 Team Qtr Time Scoring play Conversion Plays-Yards TOP NIU - OSU ---- --- ---- ------------ ---------- ----------- --- ----------------- OSU 1st 08:24 Ginn, Jr., Ted 5 yd pass from Smith, Troy Pettrey, Aaron kick 8-66 3:53 0-7 OSU 1st 06:38 Ginn, Jr., Ted 58 yd pass from Smith, Troy Pettrey, Aaron kick 1-58 0:13 0-14 OSU 1st 03:15 Gonzalez, A 15 yd pass from Smith, Troy Pettrey, Aaron kick 3-20 1:34 0-21 OSU 2nd 14:55 Wells, Chris 8 yd run Pettrey, Aaron kick 5-43 1:11 0-28 NIU 2nd 06:16 Nendick, Chris 35 yd field goal 9-48 0:00 3-28

Play-by-Play Summary (3rd quarter) Ohio State will receive kickoff NIU to defend South goal. N 4-13 N36 Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, NIU ball on NIU35. --------------- 4 plays, 9 yards, TOP 00:00 --------------- Nendick, Chris kickoff 47 yards to the OSU18, O'Neal, Jamario return 17 yards to the OSU35 (Williamson, Spe). O 1-10 O35 OHIO STATE drive start at 15:00 (3rd). O 1-10 O35 Pittman, A rush up middle for 2 yards to the OSU37 (English, Larry). O 2-8 O37 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass incomplete to Nicol, Rory. O 3-8 O37 Smith, Troy from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Gonzalez, A (Mccarthy, Tim). O 4-8 O37 Trapasso, A. J. punt 43 yards to the NIU20, fair catch by Perez, Marcus. --------------- 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 01:15 --------------- N 1-10 N20 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 13:45 (3rd). N 1-10 N20 Horvath, Phil sideline pass complete to Davis, Britt for 9 yards to the NIU29 (Russell, A). N 2-1 N29 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU32, 1ST DOWN NIU (Freeman, Marcus;Gholston, V). N 1-10 N32 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 9 yards to the NIU41 (Mitchell, B). N 2-1 N41 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right guard for 9 yards to the 50 yardline, 1ST DOWN NIU (Laurinaitis, J). N 1-10 N50 Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 3 yards to the OSU47, out-of-bounds, PENALTY NIU holding 10 yards to the NIU43. N 1-17 N43 1st and 17. N 1-17 N43 Horvath, Phil pass complete to Nordin, Jake for 15 yards to the OSU42 (Mitchell, B). N 2-2 O42 Horvath, Phil pass incomplete, PENALTY OSU roughing passer (Richardson, Jay) 20 yards to the OSU22, 1ST DOWN NIU, NO PLAY. N 1-10 O22 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 8 yards to the OSU14 (Patterson, D;Homan, Ross). N 2-2 O14 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the OSU15 (Freeman, Marcus;Richardson, Jay). N 3-3 O15 Horvath, Phil rush to the OSU17, fumble by Horvath, Phil recovered by NIU Horvath, Phil at OSU20 (Smith, Antonio;Gholston, V). N 4-8 O20 Nendick, Chris field goal attempt from 37 GOOD, clock 08:39. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6, OHIO STATE 28 --------------- 10 plays, 60 yards, TOP 05:06 --------------- Nendick, Chris kickoff 51 yards to the OSU14, O'Neal, Jamario return 31 yards to the OSU45, out-of-bounds (Hansbro, Alvah). O 1-10 O45 OHIO STATE drive start at 08:39 (3rd). O 1-10 O45 Pittman, A rush over right end for 12 yards to the NIU43, 1ST DOWN OSU (Reiter, Mark). O 1-10 N43 Smith, Troy deep pass incomplete to Ginn, Jr., Ted (Hansbro, Adriel). O 2-10 N43 Pittman, A rush for 3 yards to the NIU40 (Hansbro, Adriel;English, Larry). O 3-7 N40 Smith, Troy from shotgun slant pass complete to Nicol, Rory for 5 yards to the NIU35 (Bryant, David). O 4-2 N35 Wells, Chris rush over right tackle for 9 yards to the NIU26, 1ST DOWN OSU (Rice, Melvin;Utschig, Dustin). O 1-10 N26 Wells, Chris rush over right end for 12 yards to the NIU14, 1ST DOWN OSU (Mccarthy, Tim). O 1-10 N14 Wells, Chris rush over left end for 9 yards to the NIU5 (Hansbro, Adriel).

O 2-1 N05 Wells, Chris rush over left end for 3 yards to the NIU2, 1ST DOWN OSU (Rice, Melvin;Utschig, Dustin). O 1-G N02 Wells, Chris rush up middle for no gain to the NIU2 (Mccarthy, Tim;Schroeder, Adam). O 2-G N02 Wells, Chris rush up middle to the NIU2, fumble by Wells, Chris recovered by NIU Reiter, Mark at NIU4. --------------- 10 plays, 51 yards, TOP 04:42 --------------- N 1-10 N04 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 03:57 (3rd). N 1-10 N04 NIU ball on NIU5. N 1-10 N05 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for no gain to the NIU5 (Barrow, Alex). N 2-10 N05 Horvath, Phil sideline pass complete to Davis, Britt for 2 yards to the NIU7 (Mitchell, B;Jenkins, M). N 3-8 N07 Horvath, Phil from shotgun sideline pass incomplete to Davis, Britt. N 4-8 N07 Dittbenner, And punt 42 yards to the NIU49, Gonzalez, A return 11 yards to the NIU38 (Anderson, Justi). --------------- 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 01:44 --------------- O 1-10 N38 OHIO STATE drive start at 02:13 (3rd). O 1-10 N38 Smith, Troy from shotgun sideline pass complete to Gonzalez, A for 11 yards to the NIU27, 1ST DOWN OSU. O 1-10 N27 Smith, Troy sideline pass complete to Small, Ray for 8 yards to the NIU19 (Reiter, Mark). O 2-2 N19 Pittman, A rush up middle for 9 yards to the NIU10, 1ST DOWN OSU (Utschig, Dustin). O 1-G N10 Smith, Troy crossing pass complete to Nicol, Rory for 9 yards to the NIU1 (Bryant, David). O 2-G N01 Pittman, A rush up middle for no gain to the NIU1 (Blalark, Keenan;Schroeder, Adam). ========END OF 3rd QUARTER======== NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6, OHIO STATE 28

Play-by-Play Summary (4th quarter) O 3-G N01 Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00. O 3-G N01 Pittman, A rush over right guard for 1 yard to the NIU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:58. Pettrey, Aaron kick attempt good. NORTHERN ILLINOIS 6, OHIO STATE 35 --------------- 6 plays, 38 yards, TOP 02:15 --------------- N 1-10 N29 N 1-10 N29 N 1-10 O20 Pretorius, Ryan kickoff 55 yards to the NIU10, Davis, Britt return 19 yards to the NIU29 (Smith, Antonio). NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 14:58 (4th). Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 51 yards to the OSU20, 1ST DOWN NIU, out-of-bounds (Mitchell, B). Wolfe, Garrett rush over right end for 8 yards to the OSU12, out-of-bounds (Mitchell, B), PENALTY NIU holding 10 yards to the OSU22. N 1-12 O22 1st and 12. N 1-12 O22 Horvath, Phil from shotgun sideline pass complete to Clanton, Montel for 4 yards to the OSU18, out-of-bounds (Gholston, V). N 2-8 O18 Horvath, Phil pass incomplete. N 3-8 O18 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for loss of 1 yard to the OSU19 (Russell, A), PENALTY NIU holding declined. N 4-9 O19 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Carter, Jarret for 14 N 1-G O05 N 2-G O08 N 3-G O06 yards to the OSU5, 1ST DOWN NIU. Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for loss of 3 yards to the OSU8 (Patterson, D). Horvath, Phil screen pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 2 yards to the OSU6 (Richardson, Jay). Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Davis, Britt for 2 yards to the OSU4 (Jenkins, M). N 4-G O04 Timeout Northern Illinois, clock 10:32. N 4-G O04 Horvath, Phil from shotgun middle pass complete to Wolfe, Garrett for 4 yards to the OSU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:27. Horvath, Phil rush attempt failed. = NORTHERN ILLINOIS 12, OHIO STATE 35 = --------------- 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 04:31 --------------- Nendick, Chris kickoff 50 yards to the OSU15, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 15 yards to the OSU30 (Pruitt, Bradley), PENALTY OSU holding 10 yards to the OSU20, 1st and 10, OSU ball on OSU20. O 1-10 O20 OHIO STATE drive start at 10:27 (4th). O 1-10 O20 Pittman, A rush over right guard for 13 yards to the OSU33, 1ST DOWN OSU (Utschig, Dustin). O 1-10 O33 Pittman, A rush over left end for 2 yards to the OSU35 (Pruitt, Bradley). O 2-8 O35 Smith, Troy deep pass complete to Ginn, Jr., Ted for 56 yards to the NIU9, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah). O 1-G N09 Wells, Chris rush over left guard for 4 yards to the NIU5 (Pruitt, Bradley). Ohio State new Quarterback #12 Justin Zwick O 2-G N05 Zwick, Justin rush to the NIU7, fumble by Zwick, Justin recovered by NIU Mccarthy, Tim at NIU7. --------------- 5 plays, 73 yards, TOP 02:34 ---------------

N 1-10 N07 NORTHERN ILLINOIS drive start at 07:53 (4th). N 1-10 N07 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 14 yards to the NIU21, 1ST DOWN NIU (Jenkins, M). New Quarterback for Northern Illinois (#19) Dan Nicholson N 1-10 N21 Nicholson, Dan sideline pass incomplete to Wolfe, Garrett. N 2-10 N21 Nicholson, Dan middle pass complete to Davis, Britt for 7 yards to the NIU28 (Russell, A;Grant, Larry). N 3-3 N28 Wolfe, Garrett rush over left end for 2 yards to the NIU30 (Mitchell, B). N 4-1 N30 Wolfe, Garrett rush up middle for 10 yards to the NIU40, 1ST DOWN NIU (Freeman, Marcus). N 1-10 N40 Nicholson, Dan from shotgun middle pass incomplete to Davis, Britt (Grant, Larry). N 2-10 N40 Clanton, Montel rush over right end for 12 yards to the OSU48, 1ST DOWN NIU (Washington, D). N 1-10 O48 Nicholson, Dan sideline pass incomplete to Davis, Brandon. N 2-10 O48 Clanton, Montel rush over left guard for loss of 3 yards to the NIU49 (Denlinger, Todd). N 3-13 N49 Nicholson, Dan sacked for loss of 8 yards to the NIU41 (Wilson, L). N 4-21 N41 Dittbenner, And punt 43 yards to the OSU16, Ginn, Jr., Ted return 22 yards to the OSU38 (Williamson, Spe;Biondi, Luke). --------------- 10 plays, 34 yards, TOP 04:54 --------------- O 1-10 O38 OHIO STATE drive start at 02:59 (4th). O 1-10 O38 Wells, Maurice rush over right end for 7 yards to the OSU45 (Utschig, Dustin). O 2-3 O45 Wells, Maurice rush over left guard for loss of 1 yard to the OSU44 (Pruitt, Bradley). O 3-4 O44 Zwick, Justin from shotgun middle pass complete to Dukes, Albert for 12 yards to the NIU44, 1ST DOWN OSU (Hansbro, Alvah). O 1-10 N44 Wells, Maurice rush up middle for 3 yards to the NIU41 (Mccarthy, Tim). O 2-7 N41 Zwick, Justin from shotgun middle pass complete to Small, Ray for 6 yards to the NIU35 (Mccarthy, Tim). O 3-1 N35 End of game, clock 00:00. --------------- 5 plays, 27 yards, TOP 02:59 --------------- ============FINAL SCORE============ NORTHERN ILLINOIS 12, OHIO STATE 35 =