Holy Cross at Northern Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Holy Cross | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 | |
| Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 4:00 | Northern Illinois field goal. Andrew Glass 20 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 3:22 | Holy Cross field goal. Luis Palenzuela 33 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:10 | Northern Illinois field goal. Andrew Glass 39 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 10:34 | Holy Cross touchdown. Blake Youngblood 16 Yd pass from Cal Swanson (Luis Palenzuela Kick) |
| 10:21 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Dev'ion Reynolds 96 Yd Kickoff Return (Andrew Glass PAT failed) |
| 4:15 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Chavon Wright 2 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick) |
| 4:03 | Holy Cross touchdown. Alijah Cason 97 Yd Kickoff Return (Luis Palenzuela Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Total first downs | 11 | 17 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 17 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 25 % | 29 % |
| Fourth down | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Total yards | 218 | 289 |
| Total rushing yards | 63 | 180 |
| Total passing yards | 155 | 109 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 26:34 | 33:26 |
| Rushing | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 25 | 46 |
| Total rushing yards | 63 | 180 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 1 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 5 | 48 |
| Turnovers | Holy Cross | Northern Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Cal Swanson | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Jayden Clerveaux | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Alijah Cason | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Joseph Williams | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Sam Slade | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nyeoti Punni | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Chavon Wright | 11 | 77 | 7.0 | 1 | 45 | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 21 | 67 | 3.2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Jaylen Poe | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Jackson Proctor | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Josh Holst | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ross Pedro | 1 | -32 | -32.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cal Swanson | 29 | 17 | 59 % | 155 | 5.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Northern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Josh Holst | 18 | 12 | 67 % | 101 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jackson Proctor | 6 | 2 | 33 % | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Max Mosey | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| Charly Mullaly | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Blake Youngblood | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Alijah Cason | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Nathan Schillinger | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Joseph Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Sam Slade | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Jaylen Poe | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jake Appleget | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Ross Pedro | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Carlo Crocetti | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Muhammed Jammeh | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Cam Santee | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Bestpitch | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lathan Croley | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sam Boyer | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garrett Baldwin | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eli Thompson | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Ross | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Adam Due | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ross Dansdill | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Colin Reynolds | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Townsend | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carlo Crocetti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donovan Comestro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brice Stevenson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jovan George | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caiden Newsome | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Pritchard-Sewell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cam Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Will Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alijah Cason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Northern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Quinn Urwiler | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Muhammed Jammeh | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ty Myles | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Filip Maciorowski | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donte Harrison | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marc Pretto | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalonnie Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dasean Dixon | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roy Williams | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Finley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dev'ion Reynolds | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mark Hensley | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trey Porter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Taylor Powell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Porter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Lynch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jasper Beeler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay'shon Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Alijah Cason | 3 | 187 | 62.3 | 97 | 0 | ||||
| Carlo Crocetti | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Bestpitch | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Dev'ion Reynolds | 4 | 139 | 34.8 | 96 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Adam Due | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Luis Palenzuela | 1/3 | 33 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Andrew Glass | 2/2 | 39 | 1/2 | 7 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Holy Cross | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Ethan Moss | 4 | 131 | 32.8 | 0 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Danny Vuckovic | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Saturday, September 6, 2025 7:04 PM.