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 | |  | | Western Michigan (2-3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | | Northern Illinois (3-2) | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Northern Illinois: Nathan Palmer 33 yd pass from Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Western Michigan: John Potter 40 yd FG | | | Northern Illinois: Chad Spann 1 yd run (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Northern Illinois: Chad Spann 20 yd run (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Northern Illinois: Chad Spann 5 yd run (Mike Salerno kick) | | | Northern Illinois: Mike Salerno 22 yd FG | | | Northern Illinois: Jake Coffman 79 yd interception return (Mike Salerno kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Northern Illinois | Western Michigan | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 15 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 390 | 251 | | Total Plays | 65 | 60 | | Average Gain | 6 | 4.2 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 255 | 73 | | Rushes | 50 | 23 | | Average per rush | 5.1 | 3.2 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 135 | 178 | | Completions-attempted | 9-15 | 19-37 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 0 | 4 | | Interceptions | 0 | 3 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 6 | 1 | | Penalty Yards | 30 | 9 | | Time of Possesion | 36:53 | 23:7 | | Punts | 5 | 6 | | Punt Average | 36.6 | 45.67 | | Return Yards | 66 | 72 |
| Passing | | Northern Illinois | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Chandler Harnish | 9 | 15 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | | | Western Michigan | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Tim Hiller | 18 | 35 | 176 | 0 | 3 | 5.0 | | | Alex Carder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Robert Arnheim | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | |
| Rushing | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Chad Spann | 22 | 132 | 3 | 6.0 | | | Me'co Brown | 15 | 88 | 0 | 5.9 | | | DeMarcus Grady | 3 | 18 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Chandler Harnish | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2.5 | | | Justin Anderson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Ricky Crider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Ryan Morris | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4.0 | | | Western Michigan | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Brandon West | 14 | 54 | 0 | 3.9 | | | Drew Burdi | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | | | Aaron Winchester | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1.4 | | | Alex Carder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | | | Ansel Ponder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Tim Hiller | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3.0 | |
| Receiving | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Landon Cox | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4.7 | | | Nathan Palmer | 2 | 41 | 1 | 20.5 | | | Kyle Skarb | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33.0 | | | Reed Cunningham | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27.0 | | | Me'co Brown | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13.0 | | | Marcus Lewis | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Western Michigan | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jordan White | 6 | 81 | 0 | 13.5 | | | Robert Arnheim | 5 | 49 | 0 | 9.8 | | | Chleb Ravenell | 3 | 19 | 0 | 6.3 | | | Ansel Ponder | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Brandon West | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | | | Glenis Thompson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | | | John Potter | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | |
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