| TEAM | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | FINAL |
| Northern Illinois (3-5) | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 |
Temple (3-5) | 7 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 37
Team Statistics | NIU | TEMP
First Downs | 19 | 25
Rushing | 9 | 9
Passing | 10 | 13
Penalty | 0 | 3
3rd-down Efficiency | 5-15 | 5-13
4th-down Efficiency | 0-1 | 0-0
Total Net Yards | 530 | 489
Total plays | 74 | 72
Average gain | 7.2 | 6.8
Net Yards Rushing | 145 | 149
Rushes | 38 | 39
Average per rush | 3.8 | 3.8
Net Yards Passing | 385 | 340
Completed-attempted | 23-34 | 14-31
Yards per pass | 11.3 | 11
Sacked-yards lost | 2-6 | 2-11
Had intercepted | 1 | 4
Punts-average | 5-36 | 5-37
Return Yardage | 163 | 177
Punts-returns | 3-36 | 1-4
Kickoffs-returns | 5-111 | 7-163
Interceptions-returns | 4-16 | 1-10
Penalties-yards | 9-75 | 4-30
Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-0
Touchdowns | 4 | 4
Rushing | 0 | 1
Passing | 4 | 3
Extra Points | 4-4 | 2-2
Field Goals | 2-4 | 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency | 3-4-75% | 5-6-83.3%
Time Of Possession | 30:38 | 29:22
First Quarter
NIU | TD | 14:10 | 7-0 | Tyler Dennis 77 YD Pass from Ivan Hawthorne (Dave Jacobs Kick).
TEMP | TD | 11:39 | 7-7 | Scott Naylor 3 YD Run (Johnathon Miles Kick).
NIU | TD | 08:59 | 14-7 | Aaron Toth 38 YD Pass from Ivan Hawthorne (Dave Jacobs Kick).
Second Quarter
TEMP | FG | 10:17 | 14-10 | Johnathon Miles 26 YD
NIU | TD | 07:23 | 21-10 | Jamil Cornell 48 YD Pass from Ivan Hawthorne (Dave Jacobs Kick).
TEMP | TD | 01:30 | 21-17 | Ben McKinney 3 YD Pass from Dylan McDonald (Johnathon Miles Kick).
NIU | TD | 00:50 | 28-17 | Bradley Elias 3 YD Pass from Ivan Hawthorne (Dave Jacobs Kick).
TEMP | FG | 00:00 | 28-20 | Johnathon Miles 25 YD
Third Quarter
TEMP | TD | 09:20 | 28-26 | Ashley Selby 45 YD Pass from Dylan McDonald (2 Pts Failed)
Fourth Quarter
NIU | FG | 13:58 | 31-26 | Dave Jacobs 37 YD
TEMP | FG | 08:54 | 31-29 | Johnathon Miles 37 YD
NIU | FG | 04:56 | 34-29 | Dave Jacobs 30 YD
TEMP | TD | 00:39 | 37-34 | Emmett Stone 71 YD Pass from Dylan McDonald (2 Pts - Scott Naylor Run)
NIU PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB I. Hawthorne | 16/19 | 310 | 4 | 0 | 77 | 0-0
QB J. Winfield | 7/15 | 75 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 2-6
TEMP PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB D. McDonald | 14/31 | 340 | 3 | 4 | 71 | 2-11
NIU RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB B. Walker | 23 | 92 | 4.00 | 0 | 25
RB J. Elliot | 6 | 34 | 5.67 | 0 | 13
QB I. Hawthorne | 4 | 10 | 2.50 | 0 | 7
FB M. Rosenthal | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 0 | 10
QB J. Winfield | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 0 | 6
TEMP RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB S. Naylor | 22 | 102 | 4.64 | 1 | 23
RB A. Kinney | 12 | 55 | 4.58 | 0 | 18
FB N. McKeon | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 3
WR B. McKinney | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1
QB D. McDonald | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0
NIU RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR T. Dennis | 8 | 5 | 141 | 28.20 | 36 | 1 | 77 | 0
WR J. Cornell | 10 | 6 | 112 | 18.67 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 0
WR B. Washington | 6 | 5 | 73 | 14.60 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0
WR A. Toth | 2 | 2 | 42 | 21.00 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0
TE B. Elias | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0
RB B. Walker | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0
RB J. Elliot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
TEMP RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR E. Stone | 10 | 5 | 175 | 35.00 | 42 | 1 | 71 | 0
WR B. McKinney | 11 | 6 | 87 | 14.50 | 32 | 1 | 36 | 2
TE A. Selby | 5 | 2 | 63 | 31.50 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 0
RB S. Naylor | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15.00 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0
RB A. Kinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
WR B. Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
NIU O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OT B. Boykin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
OG J. Lott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG Z. Church | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
TE B. Elias | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
C A. Staley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT C. Slack | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
TEMP O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OG D. Challenger | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0
OT B. Fox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OG J. Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
TE A. Selby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
NIU FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
QB I. Hawthorne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
WR B. Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT B. Boykin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
TEMP FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
WR B. McKinney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
QB D. McDonald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
OT B. Fox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
FS D. Bullitt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
NIU KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K D. Jacobs | 2/4 | 37 | 4/4 | 10
TEMP KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K J. Miles | 3/3 | 37 | 2/2 | 11
NIU PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P J. Leonard | 5 | 36.00 | 35.20 | 0 | 0 | 57
TEMP PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P J. Stokley | 5 | 37.00 | 29.80 | 0 | 0 | 41
NIU KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
WR B. Washington | 4 | 24.50 | 0 | 35
OLB M. Phillips | 1 | 13.00 | 0 | 13
TEMP KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
WR A. Childress | 1 | 25.00 | 0 | 25
WR B. McKinney | 5 | 23.00 | 0 | 35
WR K. Hale | 1 | 23.00 | 0 | 23
NIU PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
WR A. Toth | 1 | 18.00 | 0 | 18 | 0
WR J. Cornell | 2 | 9.00 | 0 | 11 | 2
TEMP PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
SS B. Wallace | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 4 | 0
NIU DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
ILB O. Hager | 7-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
FS J. Burnett | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1
ILB G. Witten | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB H. Baker | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT T. Pace | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB J. Addison | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
CB O. Scroggins | 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE J. Hawkins | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0
SS K. Brothers | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB M. McKie | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
DE C. Boswell | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB A. Haskell | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS C. Parnell | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS R. Harrison | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
TEMP DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
OLB M. Johnson | 7-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
CB E. Brown | 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
SS W. Leslie | 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
FS D. Todd | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
ILB T. Harley | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS D. Bullitt | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
ILB T. Rider | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB A. Aguilar | 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT G. Connors | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT T. Campbell | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB J. Lavery | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB Z. Enis | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
CB I. Wesley | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
Player of the Game
| Ivan Hawthorne, Quarterback
CP/AT | Yards | TD | INT | RUSH
16/19 | 310 | 4 | 0 | 10
Game Information
Attendance: 40,569
Temperature: 71
Weather: Overcast