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Recap

Cent. Michigan       6  0  0  0- 6
N. Illinois          7  6 13 14-40

First Quarter
CMU-Turner recovered fumble in end zone (kick failed), 9:44.
NIU-Perry 29 pass from Finlen Azar kick), 6:08.
Second Quarter
NIU-FG Azar 25, 14:12.
NIU-FG Azar 20, 3:14.
Third Quarter
NIU-FG Azar 34, 5:17.
NIU-McCairens 70 punt return (Azar kick), 4:05.
NIU-FG Azar 23, :08.
Fourth Quarter
NIU-Turner 2 run (Azar kick), 7:51.
NIU-McCairens 33 pass from Finlen (Azar kick), 5:48.
A-6,016.

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                         CMU  NIU
First downs                 8      26
Rushes-yards           28-104  64-299
Passing                    65     174
Comp-Att-Int           7-24-0 10-21-1
Return Yards               61     129
Punts-Avg.            10-33.7  3-43.7
Fumbles-Lost              2-1     0-0
Penalties-Yards          3-22    3-35
Time of Possession      20:59   39:01
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cent.Michigan, Webber 22-113, Shepard 1-2, Gooch 1-0, Vickers 4-(minus 11). N.Illinois, Turner 52-281, Lanum 4-11, McCairens 1-10, Perry 1-1, Finlen 6-(minus 4).
PASSING-Cent.Michigan, Vickers 5-17-0-40, Shepard 2-7-0-65. N.Illinois, Finlen 10-19-1-174, Team 0-2-0-0.
RECEIVING-Cent.Michigan, Gooch 2-10, Lewis 1-21, Turner 1-13, Salani 1-12, Webber 1-6, McClure 1-3. N.Illinois, McCairens 6-106, Perry 4-68.