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Game 11
November 11, 2006
Grand Valley State 47
Northern Michigan 17
Superior Dome
Marquette, Mich.
Attendance - 5,364
TEAM STATISTICS
NM GV
First Downs 19 23
Rushing 6 9
Passing 11 14
Penalty 2 0
Rushing Attempts 22 31
Yards Gained Rushing 87 188
Yards Lost Rushing 51 19
Net Yards Rushing 36 169
Net Yards Passing 340 364
Passes Attempted 46 20
Passes Completed 27 15
Had Intercepted 1 1
Total Offensive Plays 68 51
Total Net Yards 376 533
Avg. Gain Per Play 5.5 10.5
Fumbles: No.-Lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties: No.-Yds. 2-10 6-36
No. of Punts-Yards 4-144 0-0
Avg. Per Punt 36.0 0.0
Punt Returns: No.-Yds 0-0 3-10
Kickoff Returns:No.-Yds 8-146 3-60
Interceptions:No.-Yds 1-0 1-0
Fumble Returns: No.-Yds 0-0 0-0
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 32:16 27:44
3rd Down Conversions 9-17 4-7
4th Down Conversions 0-2 2-2
Sacks By:No.-Yds 1-10 6-38
Scoring 1 2 3 4 TP
Grand Valley State 13 21 7 7 47
Northern Michigan 3 7 0 7 17
First Quarter
GV-Fowler 6 yd pass from Finnerty (Carter kick), 11:45 (6 plays,
71 yards, 3:15) GV 7 - NM 0
NM-Laue 28 yd field goal, 4:17 (13 plays, 70 yards, 7:18) GV 7 -
NM 3
GV-Fowler 20 yd pass from Finnerty (Carter kick failed), 1:11 (7
plays, 50 yards, 3:00) GV 13 - NM 3
Second Quarter
GV-Mathews 20 yd pass from Finnerty (Carter kick), 10:54 (6
plays, 38 yards, 2:24) GV 20 - NM 3
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NM-Raspberry 84 yd pass from Rivera (Laue kick), 6:51 (3 plays,
80 yards, 1:18) GV 20 - NM 10
GV-Mitchell 15 yd pass from Finnerty (Carter kick), 4:58 (4 plays,
52 yards, 1:43) GV 27 - NM 10
GV-Trent 13 yd pass from Finnerty (Carter kick), 1:40 (3 plays, 62
yards, 0:50) GV 33 - NM 10
Third Quarter
GV-Fowler 33 yd pass from Finnerty (Carter kick), 8:44 (8 plays,
88 yards, 4:23) GV 40 - NM 10
Fourth Quarter
GV-Koster 23 yd pass from Iciek (Carter kick), 13:19 (7 plays, 81
yards, 5:06) GV 47 - NM 10
NM-Merckx 5 yd pass from Reed (Laue kick), 1:19 (7 plays, 43
yards, 3:28) GV 47 - NM 17
Marquette, Mich. - Grand Valley State senior quarterback Cullen Finnerty threw five first half touchdowns as the Lakers completed their fifth undefeated regular season (11-
0) in school history and fourth in the last six years with a 47-17 victory at Northern Michigan in the Superior Dome. In addition, GVSU won its 24th straight game, extending
the nation’s longest college football winning streak. Grand Valley State will receive a bye in the first round of the NCAA DII Playoffs that will begin November 18. GVSU
will open the playoffs on Saturday, November 25 at Lubbers Stadium versus an opponent to be determined.
GVSU rolled down the field in on its opening possession as Finnerty completed a six-play, 71-yard drive with a six-yard TD pass to Eric Fowler. Finnerty's TD pass to
Fowler was the first of three to the senior from New Haven, Mich. and first of six overall on the day in a little more than two quarters of action.
Northern Michigan answered with a 13-play, 70-yard drive that resulted in a Jon Laue 28-yard field goal. However, the Lakers drove 50 yards in seven plays and scored
when Finnerty hit Fowler with a 20-yard TD pass and catch. The PAT was missed and the Lakers led 13-3. Tight end John Mathews hauled in a 20-yard TD reception from
Finnerty over the middle to open the second quarter to give Grand Valley a 20-3 lead.
"The Northern Michigan defense gave us great looks in the passing game today and we really did a great job of taking advantage of those opportunities," said head coach
Chuck Martin. "Our offense needed to take some pressure off our defense today because we were missing four starters," added Martin.
Northern Michigan's Greg Raspberry caught a deflected pass from QB Buddy Rivera and scored on an 84-yard pass to close the gap (20-10) on the Lakers.
The Lakers came back quickly as Finnerty led the offense on a 4-play, 52-yard drive that took 1:43 off the clock. Finnerty hit WR Terry Mitchell in the corner of the end
zone with a 15-yard TD pass to give GVSU a 27-10 lead. The Laker defense forced a three and out and Finnerty guided a three-play, 62-yard scoring drive that took just 50
seconds. Finnerty found Antione Trent in the corner of the end zone with a 13-yard touchdown pass and catch to give GVSU a 33-10 lead.
"Cullen (Finnerty) did a nice job of getting the ball down field and giving our receivers a chance to make a play and I was really happy with how our receivers played in
all facets of the game," said Martin.
The Laker offense continued to dominate in the second half, opening with an eight-play, 88-yard drive that ended with Finnerty throwing his sixth TD pass of the day.
Finnerty scrambled to his right and threw a 33-yard scoring pass to Fowler, who caught his third TD pass of the day.
The Laker reserves came in the game at the 3:25 mark of the third quarter and quickly drove 81 yards in seven plays as Brad Iciek hit Mike Koster with a 23-yard TD
pass at the 13:19 mark of the fourth quarter to give GVSU a 47-10 lead. Northern Michigan added a late TD for the final margin of 47-17.
The Laker offense produced 533 total yards, including 364 through the air and 169 on the ground. GVSU averaged 10.5 yards per play. Finnerty completed 13-of-18 passes
for 296 yards and six TDs. His six TDs are a career-high and a Superior Dome single-game record. WR Eric Fowler caught seven passes for a career-high 176 yards and
a career-high three TDs. Mike Koster caught two passes for 68 yards and a TD, while Antione Trent hauled in two passes for 32 yards and a TD. Maurice Gore led the rushing
attack with 58 yards on nine carries, while Astin Martin rushed for 31 yards on seven carries in limited action.
"Our defense did a great job today with a limited number of players due to injury," said Martin. "We gave up one long pass play on a crazy bounce and besides that we
limited Northern to just 292 yards of total offense."
Defensively, Brandon Carr tallied a team-high seven tackles, while brother Tony Carr added five. DT Derrick Jones tallied four tackles, a career-high three QB sacks and
3.5 TFL. The Lakers recorded 10 tackles for loss and six QB sacks on the day. Derek Stansbery picked off a pass in the fourth quarter for GVSU. The Lakers held NMU to
376 yards of total offense, including 36 via the ground.
Northern Michigan
Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Gain Lost Net TD LG
Bossuah 11 52 4 48 0 17
Wells 1 0 4 -4 0 0
Rivera 10 35 43 -8 0 20
Passing Att Comp INT Yds TD LG
Rivera 35 19 0 290 1 84
Reed 11 8 1 50 1 9
Receiving No. Yds TD LG
Nichols 8 63 0 16
Raspberry 6 192 1 84
Wells 3 29 0 12
Merckx 3 15 1 7
Bossuach 3 13 0 9
Ahrndt 2 10 0 6
Schrauben 2 10 0 5
Hughes 1 8 0 8
Punting No. Yds AVG LG In20
Labuz 4 144 36.0 40 1
Returns PR KOR INTR
Nichols - 2-20 -
Wells - 5-114 -
Hoggard - - 1-0
Nelson - 1-12 -
Field Goal Attempts
Laue 1st 4:17 28 yds Good
Defense S-A-T TFL S INT
Bloch 7-5-12 - - -
Holmes 4-1-5 - - -
Grignon 2-2-4 - - -
Nelson 2-2-4 - - -
Grand Valley State
Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Gain Lost Net TD LG
Gore 9 58 0 58 0 20
Martin 7 31 0 31 0 9
Finnerty 5 39 10 29 0 22
Garris 5 29 4 25 0 13
Smolen 1 22 0 22 0 22
Passing Att Comp INT Yds TD LG
Finnerty 18 13 1 296 6 42
Iciek 2 2 0 68 1 45
Receiving No. Yds TD LG
Fowler 7 176 3 42
Koster 2 68 1 45
Trent 2 32 1 19
Garris 1 27 0 27
Smolen 1 26 0 26
Mathews 1 20 1 20
Mitchell 1 15 1 15
Punting No. Yds AVG LG In20
None
Returns PR KOR INTR
Smolen - 2-30 -
Catlin 3-10 - -
Stansbery - - 1-0
Field Goal Attempts
None
Defense S-A-T TFL S INT
B. Carr 7-0-7 - - -
T. Carr 5-0-5 - - -
Beaty 4-1-5 1.0-5 1.0-5 -
Wojciechowski 3-2-5 1.0-1 - -