TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL Central Michigan (5-4) 7 14 0 7 0 28 Northern Illinois (3-6) 6 0 8 3 0 17
Team Statistics CMU NIU First Downs 16 18    Rushing 5 6    Passing 10 11    Penalty 1 1 3rd-down Efficiency 10-20 5-17 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-0 Total Net Yards 397 351    Total plays 74 71    Average gain 5.4 4.9 Net Yards Rushing 128 119    Rushes 43 35    Average per rush 3 3.4 Net Yards Passing 269 232    Completed-attempted 16-29 17-34    Yards per pass 9.3 6.8    Sacked-yards lost 2-7 2-20    Had intercepted 1 1 Punts-average 6-41.7 9-39.7 Return Yardage 99 88    Punts-returns 5-47 1-2    Kickoffs-returns 1-35 3-80    Interceptions-returns 1-17 1-6 Penalties-yards 7-55 14-105 Fumbles-lost 3-2 1-1 Touchdowns 4 2    Rushing 0 1    Passing 4 1 Extra Points 4-4 0-1 Field Goals 0-1 1-1 Red Zone Efficiency 1-1-100% 3-3-100% Time Of Possession 30:23 29:37	First Quarter NIU TD 11:36 6-0 Brian Walker 2 YD Run (Dave Jacobs Kick Failed). CMU TD 04:42 7-6 Tom Pitts 1 YD Pass from Christian Cosby (Caleb Jones Kick). Second Quarter CMU TD 14:09 14-6 Brandon Eason 78 YD Pass from Christian Cosby (Caleb Jones Kick). CMU TD 00:17 21-6 Collin Roberts 39 YD Pass from Christian Cosby (Caleb Jones Kick). Third Quarter NIU TD 07:09 21-14 Tyler Dennis 16 YD Pass from James Winfield (2 Pts - Brian Walker Run) Fourth Quarter CMU TD 14:07 28-14 Collin Roberts 35 YD Pass from Christian Cosby (Caleb Jones Kick). NIU FG 01:51 28-17 Dave Jacobs 21 YD
CMU PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB C. Cosby 16/29 269 4 1 78 2-7	NIU PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB J. Winfield 14/30 155 1 1 31 2-20 QB I. Hawthorne 3/4 77 0 0 36 0-0
CMU RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB R. Parker 15 68 4.53 0 29 RB T. Wright 12 46 3.83 0 10 RB J. Carrington 4 13 3.25 0 5 WR B. Eason 1 9 9.00 0 9 FB J. Ramey 2 5 2.50 0 4 RB D. Hope 1 2 2.00 0 2 FB S. Hodson 1 0 0.00 0 0 WR A. Daley 1 -3 -3.00 0 0 QB C. Cosby 4 -5 -1.25 0 0	NIU RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB B. Walker 27 124 4.59 1 46 RB J. Elliot 5 16 3.20 0 15 QB J. Winfield 1 -1 -1.00 0 0
CMU RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR C. Roberts 10 7 132 18.86 14 2 39 0 WR B. Eason 5 2 81 40.50 14 1 78 1 WR A. Daley 5 2 27 13.50 4 0 15 0 TE T. Pitts 6 3 18 6.00 3 1 11 0 WR D. Chase 2 2 11 5.50 1 0 6 0 RB J. Carrington 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	NIU RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR T. Dennis 12 7 111 15.86 30 1 31 0 WR A. Toth 7 3 55 18.33 5 0 36 0 WR B. Washington 7 2 34 17.00 2 0 30 0 RB B. Walker 3 3 18 6.00 12 0 8 0 WR J. Cornell 4 1 8 8.00 2 0 8 0 RB J. Elliot 1 1 6 6.00 6 0 6 0
CMU O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT T. Pierce 0 3 0 1 0 OG M. Muhammed 1 0 1 0 0 OT W. Melvin 0 0 0 1 0 C M. Garland 0 0 1 0 1	NIU O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG Z. Church 2 3 0 0 0 OG D. Markham 0 2 1 0 1 C A. Staley 0 0 1 1 1 OT C. Slack 0 0 0 0 1 OT B. Boykin 0 0 0 1 2
CMU FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS RB J. Carrington 1 0 0 0 WR C. Roberts 1 1 0 0 WR A. Daley 1 1 0 0 DT J. Hurtya 0 0 1 7 OT T. Pierce 0 0 1 0	NIU FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS QB J. Winfield 1 1 0 0 DE J. Hawkins 0 0 1 0 DE C. Boswell 0 0 1 0
CMU KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K C. Jones 0/1 0 4/4 4	NIU KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K D. Jacobs 1/1 21 0/1 3
CMU PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P J. Parker 6 41.70 38.00 2 1 53	NIU PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P J. Leonard 9 39.70 34.40 1 0 52
CMU KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG WR J. Roundtree 1 35.00 0 35	NIU KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG WR B. Washington 3 26.70 0 28
CMU PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB F. Schneider 5 9.40 0 26 1	NIU PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC WR J. Cornell 1 2.00 0 2 2
CMU DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB K. Solomon 4-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 DT R. Knowlton 4-0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 OLB C. Miles 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB F. Morgan 3-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DE R. Hearst 3-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 FS C. Bailey 2-3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 FS B. Elliot 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB J. Bridges 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 SS D. Holloman 2-2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 CB A. Mathews 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE T. Wallace 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB F. Schneider 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CB P. Reid 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	NIU DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD FS J. Burnett 9-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 ILB G. Witten 8-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB O. Hager 8-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 OLB M. Phillips 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 CB H. Baker 3-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 FS C. Parnell 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CB R. French 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB M. McKie 1-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DE M. Gamble 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE J. Hawkins 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB C. James 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE C. Boswell 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Josh Burnett, Free Safety TAK SCK INT PD TD 9 0 0 2 0	Game Information Attendance: 15,831 Temperature: 66 Weather: Overcast