College Football
BOXSCORE
Northern Illinois 35, Western Michigan 31
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Where: Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 7732
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Western Michigan 7 7 14 3 31
Northern Illinois 14 7 0 14 35
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 12:41
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 7 - Western Michigan 0
Jordan Huff 31 yd. run (Christian Hagan kick)
1st Quarter - 4:18
Western Michigan   TD  Northern Illinois 7 - Western Michigan 7
Keishawn Watson 7 yd. pass from Reece Goddard (Josh Grant kick)
1st Quarter - 2:34
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 14 - Western Michigan 7
Marcus Childers 1 yd. run (Christian Hagan kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:04
Western Michigan   TD  Northern Illinois 14 - Western Michigan 14
Jarvion Franklin 2 yd. run (Josh Grant kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:22
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 21 - Western Michigan 14
Sutton Smith 58 yd. fumble recovery (Christian Hagan kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:06
Western Michigan   TD  Northern Illinois 21 - Western Michigan 21
Reece Goddard 7 yd. run (Josh Grant kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:36
Western Michigan   TD  Northern Illinois 21 - Western Michigan 28
Donnie Ernsberger 13 yd. pass from Reece Goddard (Josh Grant kick)
4th Quarter - 14:04
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 28 - Western Michigan 28
Jordan Huff 14 yd. run (Christian Hagan kick)
4th Quarter - 10:37
Western Michigan   FG  Northern Illinois 28 - Western Michigan 31
Josh Grant 28 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 6:20
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 35 - Western Michigan 31
Mitchell Brinkman 26 yd. pass from Marcus Childers (Christian Hagan kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Western Michigan Northern Illinois
W‑L 6 - 5 - 0 8 - 3 - 0
Conference 4 - 3 - 0 6 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Western Michigan Northern Illinois
Score 31 35
1st Downs 17 17
3rd Down Efficiency 8-for-17
47%		 7-for-12
58%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%		 0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 321 312
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 44-110 49-248
Average/Rush 2.5 5.1
Passing
Comp-Att 15-27 6-11
Passing Yards 211 64
Average/Pass Play 6.6 5.8
Penalties-Yards 3-35 7-65
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-3
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 33:02 26:58
PLAYER STATS
Western Michigan (6 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Goddard 15/27 211 2 0
Northern Illinois (8 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Childers 6/11 64 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Franklin 27 115 4.3 1
D. Eskridge 1 9 9.0 0
R. Davie 2 2 1.0 0
R. Goddard 14 -16 -1.1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Huff 25 185 7.4 2
M. Childers 10 43 4.3 1
T. Harbison 4 19 4.8 0
C. Blake 3 16 5.3 0
M. Jones 4 -9 -2.2 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
T. Arnett 3 93 31.0 0
K. Watson 5 53 10.6 1
D. Ernsberger 5 48 9.6 1
A. Curtis 1 12 12.0 0
R. Davie 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Brinkman 1 26 26.0 1
S. Tears 1 12 12.0 0
S. Wimann 1 12 12.0 0
C. Blake 1 10 10.0 0
D. Crawford 1 3 3.0 0
C. Beebe 1 1 1.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Smith 2.5 12.0
W. Lee 1.0 9.0
A. Schwab 1.0 3.0
B. LeRoy 0.5 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Spillane 6 3
C. Bailey 4 0
D. Phillips 4 0
S. Claiborne 4 2
A. Brown 4 5
M. Rucker 3 0
A. Turner 3 1
A. Grace 2 0
S. Clark 2 1
D. Mitchell 1 0
A. Fayad 1 0
E. Jackson 1 0
N. Matich 1 0
L. Ekwoge 1 0
M. Heimbuch 1 0
S. Beal 1 0
A. Thomas 1 0
E. Assoua 0 1
A. Balabani 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Williams 7 1
J. Johnson 6 1
S. Smith 5 1
B. Jones IV 5 3
A. Jones-Davis 4 0
J. Sanders 4 1
A. Schwab 3 0
W. Lee 2 0
A. Smalls 2 0
B. LeRoy 2 3
J. Heflin 1 0
J. Embry 1 0
L. Deveaux Jr. 1 0
M. Allen 1 0
J. Abresch 1 0
J. Wesley 1 0
M. Olootu Jr. 1 0
M. Kelly 1 0
W. Kramer 1 1
S. Lurry 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
A. Turner 1.0 2.0
R. Spillane 1.0 1.0
E. Assoua 0.5 2.0
S. Claiborne 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
S. Smith 5.5 17.0
W. Lee 1.0 9.0
J. Heflin 1.0 4.0
A. Schwab 1.0 3.0
B. LeRoy 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Goddard 2
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Beebe 1
M. Jones 1
T. Foster 1