| TEAM | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | FINAL |
| Boston College (1-0) | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
Northern Illinois (0-1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13
Team Statistics | BC | NIU
First Downs | 22 | 12
Rushing | 7 | 3
Passing | 15 | 9
Penalty | 0 | 0
3rd-down Efficiency | 3-12 | 6-19
4th-down Efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0
Total Net Yards | 386 | 221
Total plays | 80 | 80
Average gain | 4.8 | 2.8
Net Yards Rushing | 101 | 68
Rushes | 39 | 37
Average per rush | 2.6 | 1.8
Net Yards Passing | 285 | 153
Completed-attempted | 20-34 | 17-35
Yards per pass | 8.4 | 4.4
Sacked-yards lost | 7-27 | 8-27
Had intercepted | 1 | 2
Punts-average | 6-43.2 | 10-38.1
Return Yardage | 180 | 316
Punts-returns | 8-84 | 3-28
Kickoffs-returns | 2-86 | 7-272
Interceptions-returns | 2-10 | 1-16
Penalties-yards | 3-26 | 7-59
Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-1
Touchdowns | 4 | 1
Rushing | 0 | 0
Passing | 4 | 1
Extra Points | 4-4 | 1-1
Field Goals | 3-4 | 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency | 6-9-66.7% | 3-3-100%
Time Of Possession | 30:26 | 29:34
First Quarter
BC | TD | 11:04 | 7-0 | Jacob Johnstone 3 YD Pass from John Lewis (Tom Suggs Kick).
BC | TD | 03:57 | 14-0 | Tim Harden 1 YD Pass from Mark Hunter (Tom Suggs Kick).
Second Quarter
BC | TD | 08:41 | 21-0 | Keith Manning 21 YD Pass from John Lewis (Tom Suggs Kick).
BC | TD | 01:01 | 28-0 | Casey Williams 68 YD Pass from John Lewis (Tom Suggs Kick).
NIU | TD | 00:42 | 28-7 | Tyler Dennis 1 YD Pass from James Winfield (Dave Jacobs Kick).
Third Quarter
BC | FG | 13:11 | 31-7 | Tom Suggs 38 YD
BC | FG | 09:04 | 34-7 | Tom Suggs 29 YD
Fourth Quarter
NIU | FG | 11:00 | 34-10 | Dave Jacobs 29 YD
NIU | FG | 03:41 | 34-13 | Dave Jacobs 34 YD
BC | FG | 00:56 | 37-13 | Tom Suggs 30 YD
BC PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB J. Lewis | 19/32 | 284 | 3 | 1 | 68 | 6-26
QB M. Hunter | 1/2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-1
NIU PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB I. Hawthorne | 15/33 | 145 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 8-27
QB J. Winfield | 2/2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0-0
BC RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB J. Johnstone | 14 | 70 | 5.00 | 0 | 25
RB H. Edmonds | 12 | 62 | 5.17 | 0 | 18
FB R. Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0
QB J. Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2
QB M. Hunter | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0
QB K. Mandley | 2 | -3 | -1.50 | 0 | 0
NIU RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB B. Walker | 18 | 75 | 4.17 | 0 | 10
QB I. Hawthorne | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 3
RB J. Elliot | 5 | 7 | 1.40 | 0 | 7
FB J. Schofield | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 4
BC RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR C. Williams | 13 | 5 | 95 | 19.00 | 17 | 1 | 68 | 1
WR G. Mortensen | 2 | 2 | 55 | 27.50 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0
WR T. Simpson | 2 | 2 | 46 | 23.00 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0
WR J. Staley | 8 | 4 | 23 | 5.75 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1
WR K. Manning | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11.00 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0
FB R. Griffin | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20.00 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0
RB J. Johnstone | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0
TE T. Harden | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0
NIU RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR A. Toth | 11 | 5 | 67 | 13.40 | 13 | 0 | 38 | 1
WR B. Washington | 8 | 4 | 30 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2
RB B. Walker | 6 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0
WR T. Dennis | 8 | 4 | 28 | 7.00 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1
WR J. Cornell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
TE D. Friedman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
BC O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OT B. Hardin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG G. Murphy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
TE A. Wells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG D. Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
C B. Rossi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
OG B. Saenz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
TE T. Harden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT D. Yazzie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
NIU O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OG Z. Church | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
C R. Turpin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT B. Boykin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT C. Slack | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
OG J. Lott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT R. Roberts | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
TE D. Friedman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
BC FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
WR J. Staley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
DE E. Mejia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7
NIU FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
QB I. Hawthorne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
WR J. Cornell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
FB J. Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG J. Lott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
OLB M. Phillips | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3
TE D. Friedman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
BC KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K T. Suggs | 3/4 | 38 | 4/4 | 13
NIU KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K D. Jacobs | 2/3 | 34 | 1/1 | 7
BC PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P C. Brown | 6 | 43.20 | 38.50 | 2 | 0 | 51
NIU PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P J. Leonard | 10 | 38.10 | 29.70 | 0 | 0 | 53
BC KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
WR C. Williams | 2 | 43.00 | 0 | 45
NIU KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
WR B. Washington | 7 | 38.90 | 0 | 88
BC PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
WR J. Staley | 5 | 12.60 | 0 | 17 | 0
CB L. Grimm | 3 | 7.00 | 0 | 17 | 0
NIU PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
WR J. Cornell | 3 | 9.30 | 0 | 17 | 0
BC DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
OLB J. Duffy | 7-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
ILB A. Grissom | 6-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS S. Healy | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB B. Velasco | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE D. Dorsch | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0
DT D. Brooks | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS B. Dominguez | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
DE B. Jackson | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB K. Stanback | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
DT B. Holthus | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB B. Carson | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
CB T. Hahn | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB L. Grimm | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS L. Fatafehi | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS T. Archuleta | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
TE A. Wells | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
CB W. Treadwell | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
NIU DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
FS J. Burnett | 9-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
ILB O. Hager | 8-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB A. Haskell | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
OLB M. McKie | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS K. Brothers | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB D. Green | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
OLB J. Addison | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB C. James | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT T. Asher | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS R. Harrison | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT T. Pace | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE J. Hawkins | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB G. Witten | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FB J. Schofield | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
FS C. Parnell | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE C. Boswell | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Player of the Game
| Josh Burnett, Free Safety
TAK | SCK | INT | PD | TD
12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0
Game Information
Attendance: 16,251
Temperature: 78
Weather: Light rain