N. Illinois 50, E. Michigan 6

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	9	21
Total Yards	182	537
Passing	82	119
Rushing	100	418
Penalties	4-45	3-30
3rd Down Conversions	4-14	7-12
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	25:56	34:04

Air/Ground Leaders
Eastern Michigan Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Gillett 2/12 49 0 0 McMahon 3/10 33 0 1	Northern Illinois Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Grady 4/5 119 2 1 Morris 0/2 0 0 0
Eastern Michigan Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Priest 17 75 0 36 Gillett 4 36 0 19	Northern Illinois Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Spann 11 174 2 79 Grady 10 104 1 61
Eastern Michigan Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Thomas 1 48 0 48 Thayer 1 18 0 18	Northern Illinois Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Cox 3 84 2 31 Clark 1 35 0 35

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				EMU	NIU
	TD	14:46	Tommy Davis 86 Yd Kickoff Return (Pat Blocked)	0	6
	FG	10:45	Joe Carithers 21 Yd	3	6
	TD	07:26	Landon Cox 30 Yd Pass From DeMarcus Grady (Mike Salerno Kick)	3	13
	FG	01:56	Joe Carithers 20 Yd	6	13
	TD	01:39	Chad Spann 65 Yd Run (Mike Salerno Kick)	6	20
SECOND QUARTER				EMU	NIU
	FG	10:46	Mike Salerno 26 Yd	6	23
	TD	06:43	Chad Spann 79 Yd Run (Mike Salerno Kick)	6	30
	TD	00:47	Landon Cox 31 Yd Pass From DeMarcus Grady (Mike Salerno Kick)	6	37
THIRD QUARTER				EMU	NIU
	FG	08:20	Mike Salerno 36 Yd	6	40
	TD	02:37	DeMarcus Grady 5 Yd Run (Mike Salerno Kick)	6	47
FOURTH QUARTER				EMU	NIU
	FG	07:25	Mike Salerno 22 Yd	6	50

DEKALB, Ill. -- Tommy Davis returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown, and Chad Spann ran for a career-high 174 yards and two scores to help Northern Illinois rout winless Eastern Michigan 50-6 on Thursday night.

The Huskies (6-3, 4-1 Mid-American) won their third straight games, scoring on five straight possessions to take a 37-6 halftime lead.

Spann had scoring runs of 65 and 79 yards in the first half, and DeMarcus Grady threw 30- and 31-yard touchdown passes to Landon Cox. Grady passed for 119 yards, ran for 104 and had a 5-yard scoring run in the third quarter.

Eastern Michigan (0-9, 0-5) twice drove inside the Northern Illinois 5 in the first quarter, but reached Huskies territory just once the rest of the way.

Dwayne Priest ran for 75 yards for the Eagles.