Western Michigan at Northern Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Western Michigan | 7 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 42 | |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 8:32 | Western Michigan touchdown. Brett Borske 1 Yd pass from Kaleb Eleby (Parker Sampson Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:36 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Clint Ratkovich 96 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick) |
| 10:19 | Western Michigan touchdown. Skyy Moore 50 Yd pass from Kaleb Eleby (Parker Sampson Kick) |
| 8:42 | Western Michigan touchdown. Skyy Moore 6 Yd pass from Kaleb Eleby (Parker Sampson Kick) |
| 1:25 | Western Michigan touchdown. Skyy Moore 29 Yd pass from Kaleb Eleby (Parker Sampson Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 0:10 | Western Michigan touchdown. Skyy Moore 12 Yd pass from Kaleb Eleby (Parker Sampson Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 14:53 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Antario Brown 44 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick) |
| 10:06 | Western Michigan touchdown. Sean Tyler 12 Yd Run (Parker Sampson Kick) |
| 8:21 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Antario Brown 41 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Total first downs | 29 | 9 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 7 |
| Third downs converted | 9 | 0 |
| Third down percentage | 64 % | 0 % |
| Fourth down | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 3 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 1 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 33 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Total yards | 636 | 291 |
| Total rushing yards | 298 | 0 |
| Total passing yards | 338 | 23 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 41:58 | 18:02 |
| Rushing | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 50 | 268 |
| Total rushing yards | 298 | 0 |
| Average yards per rush | 6.0 | 9.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Passing | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 26 | 10 |
| Passes completed | 21 | 4 |
| Average yards per completion | 13.0 | 2.3 |
| Passing touchdowns | 5 | 0 |
| Penalties | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 2 |
| Penalty yards | 30 | 20 |
| Turnovers | Western Michigan | Northern Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Sean Tyler | 17 | 115 | 6.8 | 1 | 23 | ||||
| Mareyohn Hrabowski | 10 | 77 | 7.7 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| La'Darius Jefferson | 10 | 70 | 7.0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Jaxson Kincaide | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Corey Crooms | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Kaleb Eleby | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jay Ducker | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 0 | 47 | ||||
| Clint Ratkovich | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 1 | 96 | ||||
| Antario Brown | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 2 | 44 | ||||
| Ethan Hampton | 5 | -10 | -2.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Kaleb Eleby | 26 | 21 | 81 % | 338 | 13.0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Northern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Ethan Hampton | 10 | 4 | 40 % | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Skyy Moore | 12 | 206 | 17.2 | 4 | 50 | ||||
| Corey Crooms | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Jaylen Hall | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 38 | ||||
| Brett Borske | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Miles Joiner | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Tristen Tewes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Trayvon Rudolph | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Harrison Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ryan Selig | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Zahir Abdus-Salaam | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Erin Collins | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ethan Hampton | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Drew Cassens | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Messiah Travis | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| A.J. Thomas | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zaire Barnes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ali Fayad | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braden Fiske | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ryan Selig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Therran Coleman | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marshawn Kneeland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Holley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Corvin Moment | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andre Carter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delano Ware | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Stuckey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Boone Bonnema | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Giacomo Iraci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Sambucci | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quinton Cannon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Moertl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| CJ Brown | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Javaughn Byrd | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jashon Prophete | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daveren Rayner | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Rattin | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kennedy | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raishein Thomas | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Demond Taylor Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Deveaux Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devonte O'Malley | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Hansen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillon Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Gandy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pierce Oppong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaden Dolphin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cade Haberman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Dozier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Louis Frye | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brock Lampe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Earl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Ester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Sean Tyler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Skyy Moore | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Zahir Abdus-Salaam | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Mason Blakemore | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Clint Ratkovich | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Drew Cassens | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Tristen Tewes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Bryce Nunnelly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Trayvon Rudolph | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Parker Sampson | 0/0 | 0 | 6/6 | 6 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| John Richardson | 0/1 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Western Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Nick Mihalic | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | |||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Matt Ference | 5 | 242 | 48.4 | 1 | 2 | 58 | |||
Last updated on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 3:47 AM.