College Football
BOXSCORE
Northern Illinois 26, Ball State 20
When: 6:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 12, 2009
Where: Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 13305
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Ball State 7 6 0 7 20
Northern Illinois 16 0 10 0 26
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 3:06
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 7 - Ball State 0
Chad Spann 6 yd. run (Mike Salerno kick)
1st Quarter - 6:34
Northern Illinois   S  Northern Illinois 9 - Ball State 0
MiQuale Lewis tackled in end zone by Patrick George for a safety
1st Quarter - 7:26
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 16 - Ball State 0
Preston Williams 9 yd. pass from DeMarcus Grady (Mike Salerno kick)
1st Quarter - 13:05
Ball State   TD  Northern Illinois 16 - Ball State 7
Eric Williams 5 yd. run (Ian McGarvey kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:47
Ball State   FG  Northern Illinois 16 - Ball State 10
Ian McGarvey 30 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 14:51
Ball State   FG  Northern Illinois 16 - Ball State 13
Ian McGarvey 38 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 4:56
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 23 - Ball State 13
Marcus Lewis 6 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Mike Salerno kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:53
Northern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 26 - Ball State 13
Mike Salerno 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:27
Ball State   TD  Northern Illinois 26 - Ball State 20
Daniel Ifft 29 yd. pass from Tanner Justice (Ian McGarvey kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Ball State Northern Illinois
W/L 1 - 9 - 0 7 - 3 - 0
Conference 1 - 5 - 0 5 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Ball State Northern Illinois
Score 20 26
1st Downs 14 14
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-14
50% 		5-for-11
45%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50% 		0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 283 225
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 40-149 37-134
Average/Rush 3.7 3.6
Passing
Comp-Att 11-19 13-14
Passing Yards 134 91
Average/Pass Play 5.8 5.7
Penalties-Yards 9-37 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 30:58 29:02
PLAYER STATS
Ball State (1 - 9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Justice 11/19 134 1 0
Northern Illinois (7 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Harnish 9/9 60 1 0
D. Grady 4/5 31 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Sykes 11 75 6.8 0
M. Lewis 9 68 7.6 0
E. Williams 12 36 3.0 1
T. Justice 8 -12 -1.5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
N. Palmer 3 69 23.0 0
C. Spann 11 63 5.7 1
M. Brown 10 14 1.4 0
D. Grady 6 14 2.3 0
J. Anderson 1 0 0.0 0
C. Harnish 4 -22 -5.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Orsbon 3 41 13.7 0
M. Lewis 3 33 11.0 0
D. Ifft 1 29 29.0 1
Z. Fakes 2 18 9.0 0
T. Gibson 1 9 9.0 0
M. Trempe 1 4 4.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
L. Cox 6 41 6.8 0
M. Lewis 3 18 6.0 1
W. Clark 1 10 10.0 0
P. Williams 1 9 9.0 1
K. Skarb 1 8 8.0 0
M. Brown 1 5 5.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Knipp 1 13 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Eddins 1.0 8.0
A. Morris 0.5 4.0
D. Jones 0.5 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Progar 1.5 15.0
B. Bice 1.0 18.0
J. Delegal 1.0 12.0
P. Schiller 0.5 3.0
Tackles
  TK AST
C. Todd 7 5
B. Crawford 4 1
R. Eddins 2 0
J. Cruz 2 0
J. Pinkston 2 0
D. Duffin 2 2
A. Knipp 2 3
T. Freeman 2 6
K. Burch 1 3
D. Jones 1 5
T. Dixon 1 6
S. Baker 1 7
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Wilson 4 3
P. Schiller 4 8
C. Smith 3 2
C. Hanson 3 6
A. Kube 3 6
P. George 2 1
S. Progar 2 1
M. Sobol 2 2
J. Tranchitella 1 0
J. Kremer 1 0
D. Pirkle 1 0
S. Williamson 1 0
J. Delegal 1 0
T. Davis 1 0
C. Spann 1 0
B. Bice 1 1
A. Baxter 1 1
K. Daniels 1 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
B. Crawford 3.5 12.0
R. Eddins 1.0 8.0
D. Jones 1.0 4.0
S. Baker 1.0 2.0
A. Morris 0.5 4.0
T. Dixon 0.5 2.0
A. Puthoff 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
S. Progar 2.5 18.0
A. Kube 1.5 4.0
B. Bice 1.0 18.0
J. Delegal 1.0 12.0
P. Schiller 1.0 4.0
A. Baxter 1.0 4.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles