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
Northern Illinois (1 - 0)
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
  Tk Ast
J. Byrd 5 2
D. Rayner 4 10
J. Gandy 3 1
C. Brown 3 5
N. Rattin 2 2
K. Pugh 2 6
J. Dolphin 2 7
E. Rogers 1 0
D. Shinhoster 1 0
F. McCray 1 0
P. Oppong 1 1
Q. Urwiler 1 1
R. Thomas 1 4
M. Jammeh 1 4
I. Green-May 0 1
C. Haberman 0 1
I. Davis 0 2
J. Ester 0 2
D. O'Malley 0 2
M. Kennedy 0 3
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