Kent State at Northern Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Kent State | 3 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 35 | |
| Northern Illinois | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 8:49 | Kent State field goal. Will Hryszko 34 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:12 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Jalen Macon 2 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:17 | Kent State touchdown. Terik Mulder 5 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick) |
| 7:20 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Chavon Wright 38 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick) |
| 4:15 | Kent State touchdown. Dashawn Martin 17 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick) |
| 0:47 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Jalen Macon 9 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 6:20 | Kent State field goal. Will Hryszko 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 14:16 | Northern Illinois field goal. Andrew Glass 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 13:52 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Chavon Wright 1 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick) |
| 10:23 | Kent State touchdown. Cade Wolford 31 Yd Run (Dru DeShields Pass to Dashawn Martin for Two-Point Conversion) |
| 4:11 | Kent State touchdown. Gavin Garcia 26 Yd Run (Will Hryszko Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Total first downs | 20 | 21 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 9 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 33 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Total yards | 438 | 334 |
| Total rushing yards | 231 | 307 |
| Total passing yards | 207 | 27 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 28:09 | 31:51 |
| Rushing | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 36 | 58 |
| Total rushing yards | 231 | 307 |
| Average yards per rush | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Passing | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 9.4 | 2.7 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 3 |
| Penalty yards | 20 | 32 |
| Turnovers | Kent State | Northern Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Kent State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Gavin Garcia | 24 | 151 | 6.3 | 1 | 29 | ||||
| Cade Wolford | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| Jordan Nubin | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Jahzae Kimbrough | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dru DeShields | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Chavon Wright | 30 | 185 | 6.2 | 2 | 38 | ||||
| Jalen Macon | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 2 | 13 | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Elijah Porter | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Kent State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Dru DeShields | 22 | 11 | 50 % | 207 | 9.4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Northern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Jalen Macon | 10 | 5 | 50 % | 27 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Kent State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Dashawn Martin | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 1 | 59 | ||||
| Wayne Harris | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 37 | ||||
| Cade Wolford | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | 44 | ||||
| Ardell Banks | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Terik Mulder | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Jahzae Kimbrough | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jason Fowler | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Kent State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Dashawn Martin | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Dru DeShields | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Trey Rubinstein | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jalen Macon | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Taylor Powell | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Quinton Urwiler | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Kent State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Tevin Tucker | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sayed Abuhamdeh | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mason Woods | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nylan Brown | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Aden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trey Rubinstein | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jamond Mathis | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joel Boamah | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaihien Roy | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Jackson III | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrell Miller | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amon Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mason Maddox | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Canaan Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joel Cordoba | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jelani Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gavin Garcia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Stockstill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josue Cordoba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ Barnes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brodyn Bishop | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Martell Buchanan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antonio Bottiggi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darian Blachewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Quinton Urwiler | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jasper Beeler | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Taylor Powell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Finley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Hensley | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Muhammad Jammeh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marc Pretto | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Filip Maciorowski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Finley IV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reggie Jean | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kimar Nelson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donte Harrison | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalonnie Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lance Ingold | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Porter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Landon Tate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dasean Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Broderick Windham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay'shon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Cade Wolford | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Christian Berry | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Elijah Porter | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Dev'ion Reynolds | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 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 | |||||
| Will Hryszko | 2/2 | 34 | 3/3 | 9 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Andrew Glass | 1/1 | 33 | 4/4 | 7 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Kent State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jake Ference | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 1 | |||||
Last updated on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 6:20 AM.