N. Illinois 27, Miami (Ohio) 22

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	14	21
Total Yards	262	337
Passing	60	348
Rushing	202	-11
Penalties	7-67	6-50
3rd Down Conversions	5-11	4-13
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	1	0
Possession	27:21	32:39

Air/Ground Leaders
Northern Illinois Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Grady 6/10 60 0 0	Miami (OH) Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Dysert 27/37 348 3 0 Team 0/1 0 0 0
Northern Illinois Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Spann 21 156 2 42 Grady 10 55 0 33	Miami (OH) Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Lawson 9 26 0 7 Robinson 1 4 0 4
Northern Illinois Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Cox 2 37 0 33 Moore 3 17 0 7	Miami (OH) Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Robinson 7 123 2 24 Lawson 6 78 0 20

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NIU	M-OH
	TD	08:01	Chad Spann 42 Yd Run (Mike Salerno Kick)	7	0
	FG	05:05	Mike Salerno 44 Yd	10	0
	TD	02:42	Perez Ashford 44 Yd Punt Return (Mike Salerno Kick)	17	0
SECOND QUARTER				NIU	M-OH
	TD	00:35	Armand Robinson 14 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Trevor Cook Kick)	17	7
FOURTH QUARTER				NIU	M-OH
	FG	12:49	Trevor Cook 32 Yd	17	10
	FG	06:14	Mike Salerno 25 Yd	20	10
	TD	01:58	Jamal Rogers 4 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert (Pat Blocked)	20	16
	TD	00:58	Chad Spann 40 Yd Run (Mike Salerno Kick)	27	16
	TD	00:00	Armand Robinson 24 Yd Pass From Zac Dysert	27	22

OXFORD, Ohio -- Chad Spann had two long touchdown runs to lead Northern Illinois to a 27-22 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday.

Spann, who had 156 yards on 21 carries, opened the scoring on a 42-yard run with 8:01 left in the first quarter. Spann also had the last TD for Northern Illinois (4-3, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) on a 40-yard run for a 27-16 lead with 58 seconds left to play.

The Huskies, who had 202 rushing yards, limited the RedHawks on the ground to minus-11 yards.

The Northern Illinois defense, led by Jake Coffman with 2.5 sacks for a loss of 20 yards, sacked Miami quarterback Zac Dysert eight times for a total loss of 66 yards.

Despite the sacks, Dysert had a career-high 348 yards and three touchdowns on 27-of-37 passing for the RedHawks (0-8, 0-4).

Armand Robinson had seven catches for 123 yards and a touchdown for Miami.