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 | |  | | Northern Illinois (2-1) | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 | | Purdue (1-2) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Purdue: Aaron Valentin 62 yd punt return (Carson Wiggs kick) | | | Northern Illinois: Chad Spann 1 yd run (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Northern Illinois: Me'co Brown 67 yd run (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Northern Illinois: Reed Cunningham 10 yd pass from Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Northern Illinois: Chad Spann 11 yd run (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Purdue: Joey Elliott 58 yd run (Carson Wiggs kick) | | | Purdue: Joey Elliott 6 yd run (Carson Wiggs kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Purdue | Northern Illinois | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 14 | 23 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 335 | 454 | | Total Plays | 56 | 83 | | Average Gain | 6 | 5.5 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 147 | 280 | | Rushes | 23 | 57 | | Average per rush | 6.4 | 4.9 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 188 | 174 | | Completions-attempted | 20-33 | 15-26 | | Sacked | 0 | 1 | | Yards Lost | 0 | -8 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 3 | 2 | | Interceptions | 0 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 3 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 3 | 6 | | Penalty Yards | 20 | 51 | | Time of Possesion | 18:20 | 41:40 | | Punts | 6 | 7 | | Punt Average | 47.5 | 40 | | Return Yards | 167 | 71 |
| Passing | | Purdue | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Joey Elliott | 20 | 31 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | | | Team | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Northern Illinois | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Chandler Harnish | 15 | 26 | 174 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | |
| Rushing | | Purdue | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Joey Elliott | 6 | 68 | 2 | 11.3 | | | Ralph Bolden | 12 | 64 | 0 | 5.3 | | | Jaycen Taylor | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4.5 | | | Aaron Valentin | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Royce Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Jared Crank | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Me'co Brown | 26 | 150 | 1 | 5.8 | | | Chad Spann | 18 | 80 | 2 | 4.4 | | | Chandler Harnish | 11 | 35 | 0 | 3.2 | | | Justin Anderson | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Nathan Palmer | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | |
| Receiving | | Purdue | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Kyle Adams | 5 | 42 | 0 | 8.4 | | | Aaron Valentin | 5 | 39 | 0 | 7.8 | | | Keith Smith | 5 | 37 | 0 | 7.4 | | | Ralph Bolden | 4 | 62 | 0 | 15.5 | | | Keith Carlos | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Marcus Lewis | 4 | 49 | 0 | 12.3 | | | Kyle Skarb | 2 | 46 | 0 | 23.0 | | | Me'co Brown | 2 | 22 | 0 | 11.0 | | | Nathan Palmer | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8.5 | | | Landon Cox | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8.5 | | | Reed Cunningham | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | | | Perez Ashford | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Martel Moore | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | |
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