College Football
BOXSCORE
Northern Illinois 38, Western Michigan 3
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 3, 2009
Where: Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 17608
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Western Michigan 0 3 0 0 3
Northern Illinois 7 14 10 7 38
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:31
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 7 - Western Michigan 0
Nathan Palmer 33 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:17
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 14 - Western Michigan 0
Chad Spann 20 yd. run (Mike Salerno kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:53
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 21 - Western Michigan 0
Chad Spann 1 yd. run (Mike Salerno kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:13
Western Michigan   FG  Northern Illinois 21 - Western Michigan 3
John Potter 40 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:59
Northern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 24 - Western Michigan 3
Mike Salerno 22 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 13:28
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 31 - Western Michigan 3
Chad Spann 5 yd. run (Mike Salerno kick)
4th Quarter - 14:47
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 38 - Western Michigan 3
Jake Coffman 79 yd. interception return (Mike Salerno kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Western Michigan Northern Illinois
W/L 2 - 3 - 0 3 - 2 - 0
Conference 1 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Western Michigan Northern Illinois
Score 3 38
1st Downs 15 20
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-14
36% 		6-for-14
43%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50% 		1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 251 390
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 23-73 50-255
Average/Rush 3.2 5.1
Passing
Comp-Att 19-37 9-15
Passing Yards 178 135
Average/Pass Play 4.8 9.0
Penalties-Yards 1-9 6-30
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 3 0
Time of Possession 23:07 36:53
PLAYER STATS
Western Michigan (2 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Hiller 18/35 176 0 3
R. Arnheim 1/1 2 0 0
A. Carder 0/1 0 0 0
Northern Illinois (3 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Harnish 9/15 135 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
B. West 14 54 3.9 0
D. Burdi 1 14 14.0 0
A. Winchester 5 7 1.4 0
A. Carder 1 1 1.0 0
A. Ponder 1 0 0.0 0
T. Hiller 1 -3 -3.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Spann 22 132 6.0 3
M. Brown 15 88 5.9 0
D. Grady 3 18 6.0 0
C. Harnish 6 15 2.5 0
J. Anderson 2 6 3.0 0
R. Crider 1 0 0.0 0
R. Morris 1 -4 -4.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. White 6 81 13.5 0
R. Arnheim 5 49 9.8 0
C. Ravenell 3 19 6.3 0
B. West 1 14 14.0 0
A. Ponder 2 10 5.0 0
G. Thompson 1 3 3.0 0
J. Potter 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
N. Palmer 2 41 20.5 1
K. Skarb 1 33 33.0 0
R. Cunningham 1 27 27.0 0
L. Cox 3 14 4.7 0
M. Brown 1 13 13.0 0
M. Lewis 1 7 7.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Coffman 1 79 0
P. George 1 32 0
K. Daniels 1 1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
A. Pritchard 6 4
D. Legrier 5 0
C. Cielenski 4 0
K. Dixson 4 7
F. Bishop 3 0
D. Lewis 3 1
M. Armstrong 3 4
J. Braska 2 1
A. Dorcely 2 3
J. Berry 2 3
A. Ponder 1 0
M. Stevens 1 0
J. White 1 0
C. Pyant 1 0
D. Lawrence 1 2
C. Prom 1 3
Tackles
  TK AST
K. Daniels 4 0
P. George 3 0
P. Schiller 3 1
S. Williamson 3 2
A. Kube 3 2
C. Smith 3 2
T. Wilson 3 4
J. Coffman 2 0
C. Hanson 2 2
J. Delegal 1 0
V. Jacques 1 0
B. Lawson 1 0
S. Progar 1 1
D. Bryant 1 2
M. Sobol 1 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. Cielenski 2.0 3.0
A. Dorcely 1.0 4.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
T. Wilson 1.0 2.0
J. Coffman 1.0 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Burdi 1
T. Hiller 1
A. Winchester 1
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Morris 1