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 | |  | | Northern Illinois (3-3) | 0 | 28 | 3 | 10 | 41 | | Ball State (2-3) | 2 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 29 |
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| Scoring Summary | | 1st Quarter | | | 3:29 | Ball State: SAFETY, J Haldi TACKLED BY J Williams IN END ZONE | | | 2nd Quarter | | | 14:21 | Northern Illinois: TD, M Dunker 21 YD PASS FROM J Haldi (S Azar KICK) | | | 12:41 | Ball State: TD, M Merriweather 20 YD RUN (T Hill PASS TO J Eckert FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION) | | | 8:58 | Northern Illinois: TD, S Powers 7 YD PASS FROM J Haldi (S Azar KICK) | | | 2:54 | Northern Illinois: TD, S Hurd 36 YD PASS FROM J Haldi (S Azar KICK) | | | 1:29 | Ball State: TD, S Volk 15 YD PASS FROM T Hill (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED) | | | 0:22 | Northern Illinois: TD, M Dunker 18 YD PASS FROM J Haldi (S Azar KICK) | | | 3rd Quarter | | | 9:44 | Ball State: TD, M Merriweather 1 YD RUN (M Langford KICK) | | | 5:13 | Ball State: TD, L Bostic 16 YD PASS FROM T Hill (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED) | | | 2:09 | Northern Illinois: FG, S Azar 47 YD | | | 4th Quarter | | | 4:52 | Northern Illinois: FG, S Azar 22 YD | | | 3:35 | Northern Illinois: TD, D Sheldon 64 YD PUNT RETURN (S Azar KICK) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Ball State | Northern Illinois | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 27 | 17 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 417 | 315 | | Total Plays | 87 | 64 | | Average Gain | 4.8 | 4.9 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 184 | 144 | | Rushes | 41 | 44 | | Average per rush | 4.5 | 3.3 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 233 | 171 | | Completions-attempted | 20-46 | 13-20 | | Sacked | | | | Yards Lost | | | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 4 | 2 | | Interceptions | 4 | 0 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 2 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 7 | 6 | | Penalty Yards | 59 | 98 | | Time of Possesion | 33:20 | 26:40 | | Punts | 5 | 4 | | Punt Average | 37.8 | 38 | | Return Yards | 16 | 160 |
| Passing | | Ball State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Talmadge Hill | 20 | 46 | 233 | | 4 | 5.1 | | | Northern Illinois | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Josh Haldi | 13 | 20 | 171 | | 0 | 8.6 | |
| Rushing | | Ball State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Marcus Merriweather | 25 | 136 | | 5.4 | | | Scott Blair | 4 | 24 | | 6.0 | | | Talmadge Hill | 8 | 22 | | 2.8 | | | Charles Wynn | 2 | 4 | | 2.0 | | | Larry Bostic | 1 | 0 | | 0.0 | | | Ryan Hahaj | 1 | -2 | | -2.0 | | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Michael Turner | 34 | 130 | | 3.8 | | | Adrian Davis | 7 | 20 | | 2.9 | | | - Team | 1 | -2 | | -2.0 | | | Josh Haldi | 2 | -4 | | -2.0 | |
| Receiving | | Ball State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Dante Ridgeway | 7 | 122 | | 17.4 | | | Ryan Hahaj | 3 | 33 | | 11.0 | | | Scott Volk | 2 | 22 | | 11.0 | | | Tim Streit | 2 | 16 | | 8.0 | | | Larry Bostic | 1 | 16 | | 16.0 | | | Mark Franklin | 2 | 11 | | 5.5 | | | Charles Wynn | 1 | 6 | | 6.0 | | | Sean Schembra | 1 | 4 | | 4.0 | | | Marcus Merriweather | 1 | 3 | | 3.0 | | | Northern Illinois | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Matt Dunker | 3 | 48 | | 16.0 | | | Keith Perry | 2 | 39 | | 19.5 | | | Sam Hurd | 1 | 36 | | 36.0 | | | Michael Turner | 2 | 26 | | 13.0 | | | Dan Sheldon | 2 | 11 | | 5.5 | | | Shatone Powers | 1 | 7 | | 7.0 | | | Brad Cieslak | 1 | 2 | | 2.0 | | | Mike Archie | 1 | 2 | | 2.0 | |
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