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 | |  | | Northern Illinois (5-4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | Iowa (6-3) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
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| Scoring Summary | | 1st Quarter | | | 7:46 | Iowa: TD, A Young 7 YD RUN (K Schlicher KICK) | | | 2nd Quarter | | | 13:36 | Iowa: FG, K Schlicher 38 YD | | | 0:18 | Iowa: TD, D Douglas 6 YD PASS FROM J Christensen (K Schlicher KICK) | | | 4th Quarter | | | 14:57 | Iowa: TD, G Wolfe 1 YD RUN (C Nendick KICK) | | | 8:40 | Iowa: TD, B Davis 25 YD PASS FROM P Horvath (C Nendick KICK) | | | 3:56 | Iowa: TD, S Chandler 10 YD PASS FROM J Christensen (K Schlicher KICK) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Iowa | Northern Illinois | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 13 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 405 | 196 | | Total Plays | 73 | 56 | | Average Gain | 5.5 | 3.5 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 149 | 73 | | Rushes | 43 | 26 | | Average per rush | 3.5 | 2.8 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 256 | 123 | | Completions-attempted | 19-30 | 15-30 | | Sacked | | | | Yards Lost | | | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 3 | 3 | | Interceptions | 1 | 2 | | Fumbles Lost | 2 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 6 | 4 | | Penalty Yards | 64 | 30 | | Time of Possesion | 34:11 | 25:49 | | Punts | 2 | 5 | | Punt Average | 38.5 | 38.4 | | Return Yards | 19 | 3 |
| Passing | | Iowa | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Jake Christensen | 19 | 30 | 256 | | 1 | 8.5 | | | Northern Illinois | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Phil Horvath | 15 | 30 | 123 | | 2 | 4.1 | |
| Rushing | | Iowa | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Albert Young | 25 | 124 | | 5.0 | | | - Team | 2 | 0 | | 0.0 | | | Damian Sims | 7 | 29 | | 4.1 | | | Jake Christensen | 9 | -4 | | -0.4 | | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Garrett Wolfe | 22 | 66 | | 3.0 | | | Phil Horvath | 4 | 7 | | 1.8 | |
| Receiving | | Iowa | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Andy Brodell | 3 | 64 | | 21.3 | | | Trey Stross | 1 | 47 | | 47.0 | | | Albert Young | 3 | 23 | | 7.7 | | | Tony Moeaki | 1 | 13 | | 13.0 | | | Scott Chandler | 5 | 63 | | 12.6 | | | Herb Grigsby | 2 | 23 | | 11.5 | | | Dominique Douglas | 3 | 20 | | 6.7 | | | Tom Busch | 1 | 3 | | 3.0 | | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Britt Davis | 3 | 38 | | 12.7 | | | Garrett Wolfe | 3 | 28 | | 9.3 | | | Brandon Davis | 4 | 17 | | 4.3 | | | Marcus Perez | 2 | 14 | | 7.0 | | | Matt Simon | 1 | 11 | | 11.0 | | | Greg Turner | 1 | 11 | | 11.0 | | | Jarret Carter | 1 | 4 | | 4.0 | |
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