NCAAF Game Recap - Northern Illinois at Miami (OH)
Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:30 PM EDT

Tenn
13
Bama
35
F
LSU
36
MissSt
13
F
Clem
45
Lou
10
F
OSU
52
NW
3
F
WVU
14
Okla
52
F
Wisc
23
Ill
24
F
Mich
21
PSU
28
F
Fla
38
SCar
27
F
KY
0
UGA
21
F
Aub
51
Ark
10
F
Oreg
35
Wash
31
F
AzSt
3
Utah
21
F
Boise
25
BYU
28
F
Kans
48
Tex
50
F
Bayl
45
OkSt
27
F
Temp
21
SMU
45
F
MIN
42
Rut
7
F
Tuls
13
Cin
24
F
MIZ
14
Vand
21
F
Purd
20
Iowa
26
F
ULMon
7
App
52
F
SoAl
13
Troy
37
F
ULLaf
37
ArkSt
20
F
UCLA
34
Stan
16
F
Marsh
36
FlAtl
31
F
Pitt
27
Syr
20
F
UNLV
27
Fres
56
F
Kent
38
Ohio
45
F
Hou
24
UConn
17
F
IASt
34
TxTch
24
F
GATec
28
MiaFL
21
F OT
NCSt
24
BC
45
F
C Mi
38
BGSU
20
F
Toled
14
Ball
52
F
NIU
24
MiaOH
27
F
OreSt
21
Cal
17
F
TCU
17
K St
24
F
Nich
0
SamHu
17
F
CoCar
27
GaSo
30
F(2OT)
NM
10
Wyo
23
F
Buff
21
Akr
0
F
JMU
38
W&M
10
F
SoFL
3
Navy
35
F
SMiss
30
LT
45
F
UNC
41
VaTec
43
F(5OT)
Duke
14
UVA
48
F
Ind
34
MD
28
F
SEMO
24
JacSt
21
F
UNCC
14
W Ky
30
F
OD
14
UAB
38
F
MidTN
30
NorTx
33
F
Rice
27
UTSA
31
F
Maine
44
Lib
59
F
WestMI
27
E Mi
34
F
Tul
17
Mem
47
F
ECU
28
UCF
41
F
Colo
10
WaSt
41
F
SDSU
27
SJSU
17
F
Army
21
GASt
28
F
UTEP
17
FLInt
32
F
TxAM
24
Miss
17
F
FlaSt
20
Wake
22
F
Ariz
14
USC
41
F
NEV
10
UtSt
36
F
AF
56
Hawaii
26
F

Oct 19, 2019, 2:30 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Northern Illinois (2-5)

3

7

7

7

24

Miami (OH) (3-4)

0

7

14

6

27

Miami of Ohio holds off Northern Illinois late, 27-24
Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:13 PM

OKFORD, Ohio (AP) Jaylon Bester ran for two touchdowns and Sam Sloman kicked two fourth-quarter field goals that allowed Miami of Ohio to hold off Northern Illinois, 27-24 in a Mid-America Conference battle Saturday afternoon.

Marcus Childers nosed in from a yard out to put Northern Illinois up 10-0 with 3:08 left in the second quarter, but the RedHawks answered with a 10-play, 75-yard drive capped by Bester's 1-yard run to make it 10-7 at intermission.

Miami (3-4, 2-1) took the second-half kick and marched 90 yards in eight plays and scored on a 45-yard pass from Brett Gabbert to James Maye.

Childers and Bester traded third-quarter touchdowns and Miami pushed its lead to 27-17 with just under six minutes to play after Sloman converted from 34- and 37-yards out.

Chiders, who threw for 144 yards on 14-for-23 passing, added a late 10-yard scoring pass to Cole Tucker to set the final score for Northern Illinois (2-5, 1-2).

Passing

NIU Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
M. Childers 23 14 60.9 1 144 38 0 93.4
R. Bowers 12 7 58.3 0 91 39 0 82.3
MiaOH Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
B. Gabbert 28 15 53.6 1 273 45 0 99.3

Rushing

NIU Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
T. Harbison III 26 83 3.2 12 0
M. Childers 9 27 3.0 16 2
MiaOH Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
B. Gabbert 7 42 6.0 31 0
J. Bester 14 32 2.3 12 2

Receiving

NIU Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. Tucker 6 82 13.7 39 1
M. Love 3 60 20.0 38 0
MiaOH Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Walker 7 138 19.7 40 0
J. Maye 2 65 32.5 45 1

Fumbles

MiaOH F FL
J. Bester 1 0

Returning

NIU KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
C. Tucker 0 0 0 1 4.0 0 4
MiaOH KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
M. Thomas 3 44.3 0 86 2 7.5 0 10

Punting

NIU Punt Yds Avg LgPu
M. Ference 5 209 41.8 56
MiaOH Punt Yds Avg LgPu
K. Kramer 5 218 43.6 52

Takeaways

Team Stats Comparison

NIU MiaOH
Points For 24 27
Total Yards 350 344
Rushing Yards 115 71
Passing Yards 235 273
Passing Completions / Attempts 21/35 15/28
Turnovers 0 0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 1/0
First Downs 22 14
Penalties - Yards 1/5 5/33
Time Of Possession 56:56 04:04
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 7/16 7/17
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/2 1/1
Punts - Average Yards 5/42 5/44

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter NIU MiaOH
NIU 14:52 FG John Richardson 25 yd FG 3 0
2nd Quarter NIU MiaOH
NIU 11:52 TD Marcus Childers 1 yd run (John Richardson kick) 10 0
MiaOH 14:24 TD Jaylon Bester 1 yd run (Sam Sloman kick) 10 7
3rd Quarter NIU MiaOH
MiaOH 03:47 TD James Maye 45 yd pass from Brett Gabbert (Sam Sloman kick) 10 14
NIU 08:13 TD Marcus Childers 3 yd run (John Richardson kick) 17 14
MiaOH 11:31 TD Jaylon Bester 1 yd run (Sam Sloman kick) 17 21
4th Quarter NIU MiaOH
MiaOH 00:39 FG Sam Sloman 34 yd FG 17 24
MiaOH 09:03 FG Sam Sloman 37 yd FG 17 27
NIU 12:16 TD Cole Tucker 10 yd pass from Marcus Childers (John Richardson kick) 24 27

Game Information

Stadium: Fred C. Yager Stadium, Oxford, Ohio
Attendance: 11,710
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