Idaho 34, N. Illinois 31

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	18
Total Yards	477	312
Passing	270	184
Rushing	207	128
Penalties	5-54	6-69
3rd Down Conversions	8-13	4-10
4th Down Conversions	0-0	1-1
Turnovers	0	0
Possession	34:13	25:47

Air/Ground Leaders
Idaho Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Enderle 18/23 270 3 0	Northern Illinois Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Harnish 17/23 184 2 0 Team 0/1 0 0 0
Idaho Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Woolridge 19 143 1 42 McCarty 11 52 0 21	Northern Illinois Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Harnish 13 62 0 29 Brown 12 46 1 13
Idaho Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Greenwood 3 67 0 26 McCarty 1 58 1 58	Northern Illinois Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Cox 5 53 1 29 Spann 2 32 0 27

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				IDHO	NIU
	FG	08:57	Mike Salerno 23 Yd	0	3
SECOND QUARTER				IDHO	NIU
	TD	13:07	Daniel Hardy 26 Yd Pass From Nathan Enderle (Trey Farquhar Kick)	7	3
	TD	05:34	Deonte' Jackson 21 Yd Pass From Nathan Enderle (Trey Farquhar Kick)	14	3
	TD	01:50	Willie Clark 7 Yd Pass From Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno Kick)	14	10
	TD	00:47	Princeton McCarty 58 Yd Pass From Nathan Enderle (Trey Farquhar Kick)	21	10
	FG	00:00	Mike Salerno 50 Yd	21	13
THIRD QUARTER				IDHO	NIU
	TD	07:59	DeMaundray Woolridge 1 Yd Run (Trey Farquhar Kick)	28	13
	FG	03:12	Mike Salerno 25 Yd	28	16
FOURTH QUARTER				IDHO	NIU
	FG	14:41	Trey Farquhar 33 Yd	31	16
	FG	11:30	Trey Farquhar 40 Yd	34	16
	TD	08:25	Landon Cox 4 Yd Pass From Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno Kick)	34	23
	TD	05:51	Me'co Brown 1 Yd Run (Me'Co Brown Run For Two-Point Conversion)	34	31

DEKALB, Ill. -- Quarterback Nathan Enderle threw three first-half touchdown passes, but his biggest contribution came late when he helped run down the clock as Idaho slammed the door on a late Northern Illinois comeback to claim a 34-31 non-conference victory Saturday.

The Huskies (2-2) scored twice in less than three minutes to cut the margin to 34-31 with 5:51 to play. But Idaho (3-1) marched back from its own 20 to inside the Northern Illinois 10 to run out the final minutes.

NIU cut the margin to 34-23 with 8:25 to play on Chandler Harnish's 4-yard touchdown pass to Landon Cox.

The Huskies got the ball back four plays later when they blocked a punt inside the Idaho 5-yard line and recovered at the 1. One play later, running back Me?Co Brown ran in for a score and added a two-point conversion.

Enderle then guided the Vandals on an 11-play drive to finish the game.

Idaho claimed a 7-3 lead on a 26-yard second-quarter pass play from Enderle to Daniel Hardy and never trailed again. Enderle also threw second-quarter scoring strikes of 21 yards to Deonte Jackson and 58 yards to Princeton McCarty on the way to a 21-13 halftime lead.

De?Maundray Woolridge added a 1-yard third-quarter touchown run and rushed for a game-high 144 yards on 19 carries. Vandals kicker Trey Farquhar hit second-half field goals of 33 and 40 yards.

The Huskies, playing in their 1,000th intercollegiate football game, led 3-0 after one quarter on Mike Salerno's field goal. Salerno added a 50-yarder as time expired in the first half and added a 25-yarder in the third.

Enderle was 18 of 23 for 270 yards, with Eric Greenwood, Preston Davis and Maurice Shaw catching three passes apiece. Harnish was 17 of 23 for 184 yards, and he rushed for another 62 yards. Cox caught five passes for 53 yards.