NCAAF Game Recap - Eastern Illinois at Northern Illinois
Sat Sep 9, 2017 3:30 PM EDT

Fres
10
Bama
41
F
Okla
31
OSU
16
F
Aub
6
Clem
14
F
Pitt
14
PSU
33
F
Stan
24
USC
42
F
Mont
7
Wash
63
F
Cin
14
Mich
36
F
FlAtl
14
Wisc
31
F
OkSt
44
SoAl
7
F
Chat
10
LSU
45
F
UGA
20
ND
19
F
Lou
47
UNC
35
F
Del
0
VaTec
27
F
UNCC
7
K St
55
F
Boise
44
WaSt
47
F(2OT)
TCU
28
Ark
7
F
InSt
7
Tenn
42
F
SamHu
44
PVAM
31
F
IdSt
13
UtSt
51
F
AlcSt
10
FLInt
17
F
Ohio
21
Purd
44
F
Buff
17
Army
21
F
UT-M
23
Miss
45
F
Iowa
44
IASt
41
F OT
ECU
20
WVU
56
F
Tows
17
MD
63
F
E Ky
16
KY
27
F
NW
17
Duke
41
F
JacSt
10
GATec
37
F
Wake
34
BC
10
F
TxSt
3
Colo
37
F
UAB
31
Ball
51
F
E Il
10
NIU
38
F
Sav
7
App
54
F
Tul
21
Navy
23
F
APSU
10
MiaOH
31
F
How
31
Kent
38
F
Abil
10
ColSt
38
F
SJSU
0
Tex
56
F
Ind
34
UVA
17
F
Vill
13
Temp
16
F
MidTN
30
Syr
23
F
E Mi
16
Rut
13
F
WestMI
14
MSU
28
F
OD
17
UMass
7
F
GWebb
0
Wyo
27
F
AlaAM
0
Vand
42
F
ULLaf
42
Tuls
66
F
C Mi
45
Kans
27
F
UNH
22
GaSo
12
F
Neb
35
Oreg
42
F
Hawaii
23
UCLA
56
F
Web
20
Cal
33
F
Mor
17
Lib
58
F
AlaSt
7
Troy
34
F
Marsh
20
NCSt
37
F
(N/A)
10
JMU
52
F
SD
35
BGSU
27
F
ArkPB
3
Akr
52
F
Toled
37
NEV
24
F
UNLV
44
Idaho
16
F
Nich
14
TxAM
24
F
Sou
0
SMiss
45
F
NorTx
32
SMU
54
F
SCar
31
MIZ
13
F
MissSt
57
LT
21
F
NMS
30
NM
28
F
Rice
31
UTEP
14
F
W Ky
7
Ill
20
F
UTSA
17
Bayl
10
F
MIN
48
OreSt
14
F
Utah
19
BYU
13
F
Hou
19
Ariz
16
F
SDSU
30
AzSt
20
F
MiaFL
ArkSt
Canc
NoCol
Fla
Canc
ULMon
FlaSt
PPD
SoFL
UConn
PPD
Mem
UCF
PPD

Northern Illinois 38, Eastern Illinois 10

Sep 9, 2017, 3:30 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Eastern Illinois (1-1)

3

0

0

7

10

Northern Illinois (1-1)

7

24

7

0

38

Northern Illinois rolls to 38-10 win over Eastern Illinois
Sat Sep 9, 2017 7:34 PM

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Daniel Santacaterina threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns to lead Northern Illinois to a 38-10 win over Eastern Illinois on Saturday.

Marcus Jones ran in two more scores, both set up by first-half interceptions, as Northern Illinois (1-1) dominated on defense, holding its in-state FCS rival to just 60 yards rushing and 187 overall.

Santacaterina finished 23 of 34 with one interception. He connected with Spencer Tears on a 39-yard touchdown throw for the first points of the game and later found Christian Blake for an 18-yard TD pass and then Shane Wimann on a 1-yard scoring toss.

Eastern Illinois (1-1) got a short field goal from Nick Wilson in the first quarter and a touchdown from Sotty Gilkey Jr. on a 1-yard run midway through the fourth.

Two key Panther drives in the first half were halted by interceptions that the Huskies quickly turned into points. Mycial Allen picked off EIU's Mitch Kimble and returned it 17 yards to the Eastern Illinois 11 at the end of the first and Mykelti Williams intercepted a Kimble pass late in the second, returning it 10 yards to EIU 30.

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Passing

E Il Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
M. Kimble 29 14 48.3 0 127 21 2 31.8
S. Gilkey Jr. 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 39.6
NIU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
D. Santacaterina 34 23 67.6 3 252 41 1 106.5
M. Childers 1 1 100.0 0 17 17 0 118.8

Rushing

E Il Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
I. Johnson 11 24 2.2 10 0
S. Gilkey Jr. 8 20 2.5 6 1
NIU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. Huff 11 88 8.0 21 0
M. Jones 12 63 5.3 23 2

Receiving

E Il Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
D. Turner 2 35 17.5 21 0
A. Hollins 4 29 7.3 12 0
NIU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
D. Brown 7 88 12.6 41 0
S. Tears 4 61 15.3 39 1

Fumbles

E Il F FL
M. Kimble 1 1
I. Johnson 1 0
NIU F FL
M. Childers 1 1
C. Beebe 1 1

Returning

E Il KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
T. Mitchell 3 14.7 0 19 0 0 0
D. McCullough 1 16.0 0 16 0 0 0
NIU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
C. Blake 3 22.7 0 34 0 0 0
C. Beebe 0 0 0 3 0.3 0 1

Punting

E Il Punt Yds Avg LgPu
C. Edwards 7 280 40.0 52
NIU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
M. Ference 4 165 41.3 42

Takeaways

E Il Int Yds InTD
J. Caputo 1 14 0
NIU Int Yds InTD
M. Williams 1 10 0
M. Allen 1 17 0

Team Stats Comparison

E Il NIU
Points For 10 38
Total Yards 187 499
Rushing Yards 60 230
Passing Yards 127 269
Passing Completions / Attempts 14/32 24/35
Turnovers 3 3
Interceptions Thrown 2 1
Fumbles - Lost 2/1 2/2
First Downs 16 26
Penalties - Yards 8/75 15/194
Time Of Possession 24:24 36:36
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 5/17 10/17
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/1 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 7/40 4/41

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter E Il NIU
NIU 07:03 TD Spencer Tears 39 yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Christian Hagan kick) 0 7
E Il 12:09 FG Nick Wilson 20 yd FG 3 7
2nd Quarter E Il NIU
NIU 00:09 TD Marcus Jones 4 yd run (Christian Hagan kick) 3 14
NIU 09:49 TD Christian Blake 18 yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Christian Hagan kick) 3 21
NIU 11:55 TD Marcus Jones 1 yd run (Christian Hagan kick) 3 28
NIU 14:08 FG Christian Hagan 20 yd FG 3 31
3rd Quarter E Il NIU
NIU 13:26 TD Shane Wimann 1 yd pass from Daniel Santacaterina (Christian Hagan kick) 3 38
4th Quarter E Il NIU
E Il 06:59 TD Scotty Gilkey Jr 1 yd run (Nick Wilson kick) 10 38

Game Information

Stadium: Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 16,722
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