Bears Taste Big 10: Lose To Wildcats 35-21

The Maine football team went to Big 10 country and outgained Northwestern 379-373 but came up short on the scoreboard 35-21. The Black Bears(3-1) take their first loss of the season and now it is on to CAA conference play.

QB Marcus Wasilewski went 25 for 40 with 237 yards and two touchdowns. Maine's defense held the top-20 FBS Wildcats to a season low in points and passing yards.

Northwestern running back Mike Trumpy led the Wildcat ground attack with 101 and a TD on 17 carries. The Wildcats gained 289 yards on the ground.

Northwestern is 4-0 and gets Ohio State in its next game.

Maine's first CAA conference game is next - at Richmond.

Maine

Northwestern

RUSHING	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Nigel Jones	16	74	1	73	1	13	4.6
Marcus Wasilewski	9	43	24	19	0	15	2.1
John Ebeling	2	9	0	9	0	6	4.5
Rickey Stevens	2	8	0	8	0	5	4.0
TEAM	1	0	2	-2	0	0	-2.0
Totals...	30	134	27	107	1	15	3.6

RUSHING	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Trumpy, Mike	17	101	7	94	1	28	5.5
Buckley, Stephen	7	53	0	53	0	25	7.6
Green, Treyvon	9	51	0	51	0	16	5.7
Colter, Kain	12	66	28	38	1	17	3.2
Siemian, Trevor	2	11	0	11	0	8	5.5
Long, Warren	2	7	3	4	0	7	2.0
Totals...	49	289	38	251	2	28	5.1

PASSING	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Marcus Wasilewski	25-40-2	237	2	59	2
Daniel Collins	4-6-0	35	0	12	0
John Ebeling	0-1-0	0	0	0	0
Totals...	29-47-2	272	2	59	2

PASSING	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Colter, Kain	5-9-1	85	1	27	2
Siemian, Trevor	5-8-0	37	0	18	0
Totals...	10-17-1	122	1	27	2

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Justin Perillo	8	81	1	21
Derrick Johnson	7	90	0	59
John Ebeling	5	44	1	19
Damarr Aultman	5	22	0	12
Jordan Dunn	1	22	0	22
Sean Reuss	1	5	0	5
Arthur Williams	1	4	0	4
Rickey Stevens	1	4	0	4
Totals...	29	272	2	59

RECEIVING	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Jones, Tony	6	69	1	27
Jones, Christian	2	34	0	23
Prater, Kyle	1	18	0	18
Vitale, Dan	1	1	0	1
Totals...	10	122	1	27

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