Third Quarter
Bacher found Rasheed Ward for a 46-yard touchdown pass on the first drive of the second half. However, NU's extra point attempt bounced off the right upright, making the score 16-10 NU. Danario Alexander gave Mizzou its first lead of the game with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Daniel with about 7 minutes left in the third. Missouri kicked another field goal later in the quarter. With 31 seconds left in the quarter, Bacher found Ross Lane in the back of the endzone to give Northwestern a 23-20 lead.
Read more about this topic: 2008 Alamo Bowl
Famous quotes containing the word quarter:
“I have started to say
“A quarter of a century”
Or “thirty years back”
About my own life.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“American family life has never been particularly idyllic. In the nineteenth century, nearly a quarter of all children experienced the death of one of their parents.... Not until the sixties did the chief cause of separation of parents shift from death to divorce.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)