College Football
BOXSCORE
Northern Illinois 34, Eastern Illinois 27
When: 8:00 PM   ET ,  Thursday, September 1, 2022
Where: Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 10864
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Eastern Illinois 3 3 7 14 27
Northern Illinois 7 14 7 6 34
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:41
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 7 - Eastern Illinois 0
Harrison Waylee 1 yd. run (John Richardson kick)
1st Quarter - 0:20
Eastern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 7 - Eastern Illinois 3
Stone Galloway 34 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 11:48
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 14 - Eastern Illinois 3
Mason Blakemore 19 yd. run (John Richardson kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:27
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 21 - Eastern Illinois 3
Antario Brown 35 yd. run (John Richardson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:04
Eastern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 21 - Eastern Illinois 6
Stone Galloway 25 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:59
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 28 - Eastern Illinois 6
Liam Soraghan 13 yd. pass from Rocky Lombardi (John Richardson kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:43
Eastern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 28 - Eastern Illinois 13
Jaelin Benefield 24 yd. pass from Jonah O'Brien (Stone Galloway kick)
4th Quarter - 12:15
Northern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 31 - Eastern Illinois 13
John Richardson 43 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:58
Eastern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 31 - Eastern Illinois 20
Justin Thomas 13 yd. pass from Jonah O'Brien (Stone Galloway kick)
4th Quarter - 3:39
Northern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 34 - Eastern Illinois 20
John Richardson 38 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:04
Eastern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 34 - Eastern Illinois 27
Jay Vallie 8 yd. pass from Jonah O'Brien (Stone Galloway kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Eastern Illinois Northern Illinois
W‑L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Eastern Illinois Northern Illinois
Score 27 34
1st Downs 25 19
3rd Down Efficiency 8-for-12
67%
6-for-11
55%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%
0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 441 379
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 30-165 34-187
Average/Rush 5.5 5.5
Passing
Comp-Att 25-35 14-22
Passing Yards 276 192
Average/Pass Play 7.5 8.3
Penalties-Yards 8-70 7-73
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Time of Possession 30:27 29:26
PLAYER STATS
Eastern Illinois (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. O'Brien 25/34 276 3 2
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Lombardi 14/22 192 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Pierre 14 100 7.1 0
J. Benefield 10 63 6.3 0
J. O'Brien 6 2 0.3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
H. Waylee 14 83 5.9 1
A. Brown 13 70 5.4 1
M. Blakemore 5 35 7.0 1
R. Lombardi 1 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Thomas 6 83 13.8 1
J. Benefield 4 57 14.2 1
N. Hill 4 39 9.8 0
C. Willman 2 35 17.5 0
D. Cooks Jr. 3 32 10.7 0
A. Manaves 5 22 4.4 0
J. Vallie 1 8 8.0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
S. Thornton 6 81 13.5 0
C. Tucker 4 67 16.8 0
G. Gumbs 1 13 13.0 0
L. Soraghan 1 13 13.0 1
M. Joiner 1 11 11.0 0
H. Waylee 1 7 7.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
E. Rogers 2 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Ester 0.5 6.0
R. Thomas 0.5 5.0
M. Kennedy 0.5 0.0
J. Dolphin 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
E. Rogers 1.0 1.0
J. Ester 0.5 6.0
R. Thomas 0.5 5.0
J. Gandy 0.5 2.0
I. Green-May 0.5 2.0
C. Haberman 0.5 2.0
D. Rayner 0.5 2.0
M. Kennedy 0.5 0.0
J. Dolphin 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles