NCAAF Game Recap - Toledo at Northern Illinois
Wed Nov 7, 2018 8:00 PM EST

MissSt
0
Bama
24
F
Clem
27
BC
7
F
FlaSt
13
ND
42
F
Mich
42
Rut
7
F
Aub
10
UGA
27
F
OkSt
47
Okla
48
F
TCU
10
WVU
47
F
OSU
26
MSU
6
F
LSU
24
Ark
17
F
WaSt
31
Colo
7
F
Navy
24
UCF
35
F
KY
7
Tenn
24
F
Lou
23
Syr
54
F
SJSU
24
UtSt
62
F
Tex
41
TxTch
34
F
Fres
17
Boise
24
F
SCar
31
Fla
35
F
Wisc
10
PSU
22
F
Wake
27
NCSt
23
F
Bayl
14
IASt
28
F
SoFL
23
Cin
35
F
Kent
14
Buff
48
F
Ohio
28
MiaOH
30
F
Toled
15
NIU
38
F
Miss
24
TxAM
38
F
Ill
35
Neb
54
F
Vand
28
MIZ
33
F
Tuls
21
Mem
47
F
Kans
17
K St
21
F
BYU
35
UMass
16
F
MD
32
Ind
34
F
Akr
7
E Mi
27
F
SMU
62
UConn
50
F
Lafay
13
Army
31
F
UNC
35
Duke
42
F
Troy
35
GaSo
21
F
UCLA
28
AzSt
31
F
URI
31
JMU
48
F
UNCC
13
Marsh
30
F
JacSt
41
TnSt
14
F
MidTN
48
UTEP
32
F
Lib
24
UVA
45
F
BGSU
24
C Mi
13
F
NM
24
AF
42
F
Abil
17
SamHu
10
F
Purd
10
MIN
41
F
NW
14
Iowa
10
F
VaTec
22
Pitt
52
F
NorTx
31
OD
34
F
App
38
TxSt
7
F
ECU
18
Tul
24
F
ULMon
38
SoAl
10
F
GASt
22
ULLaf
36
F
ArkSt
44
CoCar
16
F
W Ky
15
FlAtl
34
F
Oreg
25
Utah
32
F
FLInt
45
UTSA
7
F
Rice
13
LT
28
F
Temp
59
Hou
49
F
MiaFL
21
GATec
27
F
SMiss
23
UAB
26
F OT
OreSt
17
Stan
48
F
UNLV
27
SDSU
24
F
ColSt
10
NEV
49
F
Cal
15
USC
14
F
WestMI
41
Ball
42
F OT

Nov 7, 2018, 8:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Toledo (5-5)

3

6

0

6

15

Northern Illinois (7-3)

7

10

14

7

38

Northern Illinois wins 6th straight, beats Toledo 38-15
Thu Nov 8, 2018 12:10 AM

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) Marcus Childers ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score to lead Northern Illinois to a 38-15 victory over Toledo on Wednesday night for its sixth straight win.

Tre Harbison ran for 139 yards, and Marcus Jones added 101 yards rushing and a touchdown for Northern Illinois (7-3, 6-0 Mid-American Conference), which snapped a two-game skid against Toledo (5-5, 3-3).

Eli Peters threw for 264 yards and a 23-yard touchdown pass to Jon'Vea Johnson for Toledo. Cody Thompson had eight catches for 110 yards.

Childers threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Corey Lersch in the first quarter and finished 13-of-19 passing for 131 yards. Sutton Smith returned a blocked punt 27 yards into the end zone late in the second quarter to give the Huskies a 17-9 halftime lead.

In the third quarter, Childers bulled in for a touchdown from the 1 and broke loose with a 23-yard touchdown run to stretch the lead to 31-9.

Passing

Toled Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
E. Peters 47 26 55.3 1 264 35 0 78.7
NIU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
M. Childers 19 13 68.4 1 131 33 1 83.4

Rushing

Toled Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
A. Thompkins 12 62 5.2 19 0
B. Koback 11 47 4.3 20 0
NIU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. Harbison III 21 139 6.6 33 0
M. Jones 12 103 8.6 44 1

Receiving

Toled Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. Thompson 8 110 13.8 35 0
J. Johnson 4 54 13.5 23 1
NIU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. Lersch 2 35 17.5 33 1
J. Wesley 2 34 17.0 23 0

Fumbles

Toled F FL
E. Peters 1 0
NIU F FL
J. Wesley 1 1

Returning

Toled KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
R. Jones 3 16.7 0 19 0 0 0
D. Johnson 2 7.5 0 10 0 0 0
NIU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
S. Smith 0 0 0 1 38.0 1 27

Punting

Toled Punt Yds Avg LgPu
B. Flint 5 179 35.8 39
NIU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
M. Ference 3 130 43.3 47

Takeaways

Toled Int Yds InTD
Z. Ford 1 0 0

Team Stats Comparison

Toled NIU
Points For 15 38
Total Yards 431 427
Rushing Yards 167 296
Passing Yards 264 131
Passing Completions / Attempts 26/47 13/19
Turnovers 0 2
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Fumbles - Lost 1/0 1/1
First Downs 24 20
Penalties - Yards 5/30 5/58
Time Of Possession 58:58 02:02
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 11/24 5/12
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 2/4 0/1
Punts - Average Yards 6/30 3/43

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Toled NIU
Toled 05:42 FG Jameson Vest 25 yd FG 3 0
NIU 14:24 TD Corey Lersch 33 yd pass from Marcus Childers (Andrew Gantz kick) 3 7
2nd Quarter Toled NIU
NIU 06:48 FG Andrew Gantz 48 yd FG 3 10
Toled 10:22 TD Jon'Vea Johnson 23 yd pass from Eli Peters (missed kick) 9 10
NIU 13:13 TD Sutton Smith 27 yd blocked punt return (Andrew Gantz kick) 9 17
3rd Quarter Toled NIU
NIU 06:42 TD Marcus Childers 1 yd run (Andrew Gantz kick) 9 24
NIU 14:54 TD Marcus Childers 23 yd run (Andrew Gantz kick) 9 31
4th Quarter Toled NIU
Toled 11:33 TD Shakif Seymour 1 yd run (failed 2pt pass) 15 31
NIU 11:42 TD Marcus Jones 44 yd run (Andrew Gantz kick) 15 38

Game Information

Stadium: Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 5,887
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