2012 DISCOVER ORANGE BOWL - Northern Illinois Huskies vs. Florida State Seminoles - NCAA College Football - ESPN

2012 Orange Bowl

BOWL OVERVIEW

It was over when ... Florida State's Xavier Rhodes forced a fumble from Da'Ron Brown on a second-down run with 11:15 left. Northern Illinois was driving in hopes of cutting FSU's lead to seven.

Gameball goes to ... Lonnie Pryor. The senior fullback opened the scoring with a 60-yard scoring run -- the longest of his career -- and put the icing on the cake with his 37-yard TD.

Stat of the game ... 44: Jordan Lynch entered the game as one of the most dynamic offensive players in college football, but the junior quarterback finished with just 44 yards rushing on 23 carries.

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INDIVIDUAL TEAM LEADERS

Northern Illinois Passing

NAME	CMP%	YDS	TD	INT
J. Lynch	60.2	3138	25	6
M. McIntosh	53.8	57	1	0

Northern Illinois Rushing

NAME	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Lynch	294	1815	6.2	19
L. Settle	101	453	4.5	5

Northern Illinois Receiving

NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Moore	75	1083	14.4	13
T. Lewis	48	539	11.2	5

Florida State Passing

NAME	CMP%	YDS	TD	INT
E. Manuel	68.0	3392	23	10
C. Trickett	64.7	272	0	0

Florida State Rushing

NAME	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD
C. Thompson	91	687	7.5	5
D. Freeman	111	660	5.9	8

Florida State Receiving

NAME	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Greene	57	741	13.0	6
K. Shaw	33	532	16.1	3

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Final

10

Northern Illinois

(12-2, 8-0 MAC)

31

(12-2, 7-1 ACC)