Kent State at Northern Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Kent State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 23 | |
| Northern Illinois | 10 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 41 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 9:43 | Northern Illinois field goal. John Richardson 37 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:09 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Clint Ratkovich 2 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 8:33 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Rocky Lombardi 1 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 11:38 | Kent State field goal. Andrew Glass 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:55 | Northern Illinois touchdown. CJ Brown 26 Yd Interception Return (John Richardson Kick) |
| 0:27 | Kent State touchdown. Nykeim Johnson 17 Yd pass from Dustin Crum (Andrew Glass Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 10:54 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Rocky Lombardi 5 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick) |
| 6:55 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Rocky Lombardi 2 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick) |
| 4:16 | Kent State touchdown. Collin Schlee 4 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick) |
| 2:01 | Northern Illinois field goal. John Richardson 30 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Kent State touchdown. Luke Floriea 7 Yd pass from Collin Schlee |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Total first downs | 24 | 28 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 9 | 14 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 8 |
| Third down percentage | 44 % | 57 % |
| Fourth down | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 3 | 3 |
| Fourth downs converted | 1 | 3 |
| Fourth down percentage | 33 % | 100 % |
| Offense | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Total yards | 391 | 368 |
| Total rushing yards | 195 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 196 | 102 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 19:59 | 40:01 |
| Rushing | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 36 | 266 |
| Total rushing yards | 195 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 4 |
| Passing | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 26 | 15 |
| Passes completed | 16 | 7 |
| Average yards per completion | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 7 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 73 | 55 |
| Turnovers | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 2 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Kent State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Xavier Williams | 8 | 93 | 11.6 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Dustin Crum | 15 | 68 | 4.5 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Collin Schlee | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Bryan Bradford | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Marquez Cooper | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Ja'Shaun Poke | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Luke Floriea | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jay Ducker | 29 | 146 | 5.0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Antario Brown | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Clint Ratkovich | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Rocky Lombardi | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Mason Blakemore | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Kent State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Dustin Crum | 21 | 11 | 52 % | 128 | 6.1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Collin Schlee | 5 | 5 | 100 % | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Northern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Rocky Lombardi | 15 | 7 | 47 % | 102 | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Kent State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Dante Cephas | 7 | 102 | 14.6 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Keshunn Abram | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Raymond James | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Nykeim Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Ja'Shaun Poke | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Luke Floriea | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Trayvon Rudolph | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Cole Tucker | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Messiah Travis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Mohamed Toure | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Kent State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Mark Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Nico Bolden | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| CJ Brown | 1 | 26 | 1 | ||||||
| Dillon Thomas | 1 | -2 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Kent State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| A.J. Musolino | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dean Clark | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zayin West | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nico Bolden | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marvin Pierre | 9 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mandela Lawrence-Burke | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Saivon Taylor-Davis | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Sherald Jr. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montre Miller | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elvis Hines | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CJ West | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Khalib Johns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richie Carpenter Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Capone Blue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matt Harmon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Heskin Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antoine Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jabbar Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| CJ Brown | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jaden Dolphin | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Muhammed Jammeh | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Rattin | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Javaughn Byrd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Deveaux Jr. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Gandy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillon Thomas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kennedy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raishein Thomas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pierce Oppong | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cade Haberman | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zhamaine March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Demond Taylor Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dayven Shinhoster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeffrey Griffin Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Ester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jashon Prophete | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Devonte O'Malley | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Nykeim Johnson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Ja'Shaun Poke | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Williams | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jay Ducker | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Kent State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Andrew Glass | 1/1 | 41 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| John Richardson | 2/2 | 37 | 5/5 | 11 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Josh Smith | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Matt Ference | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 3:49 AM.