Week 1 · 2022
Eastern Illinois at Northern Illinois
Thu 09/01/2022 08:00 PMHuskie StadiumNorthern Illinois pregame99% — Pregame win probability: 99% for Northern Illinois. Northern Illinois favored, and won.
70°Cloudy6 mph S · 93% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Eastern Illinois
27
2–9
Northern Illinois
34
3–9
Attendance
10,864
reported
Eastern IllinoisEIU
Northern IllinoisNIU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIU | Jonah O'Brien | 25/34 | 276 | 8.1 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| NIU | Rocky Lombardi | 14/22 | 192 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 67.2 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIU | Markenzy Pierre | 14 | 100 | 7.1 | 0 | 42 |
| EIU | Jaelin Benefield | 10 | 63 | 6.3 | 0 | 19 |
| EIU | Jonah O'Brien | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 7 |
| NIU | Harrison Waylee | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 1 | 54 |
| NIU | Antario Brown | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 1 | 35 |
| NIU | Mason King | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 1 | 19 |
| NIU | Rocky Lombardi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIU | Justin Thomas | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 1 | 42 |
| EIU | Jaelin Benefield | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 1 | 24 |
| EIU | Nile Hill | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 15 |
| EIU | Cooper Willman | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 34 |
| EIU | DeWayne Cooks Jr. | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 11 |
| EIU | Anthony Manaves | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 6 |
| EIU | Jay Vallie | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 8 |
| NIU | Shemar Thornton | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | 38 |
| NIU | Cole Tucker | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 29 |
| NIU | George Gumbs Jr. | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| NIU | Liam Soraghan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 13 |
| NIU | Miles Joiner | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| NIU | Harrison Waylee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIU | Elijawah Tolbert | 11 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Jordan Vincent | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EIU | Colin Bohanek | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Elijah Ball | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Phoenix Porter | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Kaelin Drakeford | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Cameron Leach | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Elijah Benoit | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Nick Coates | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EIU | Tim Varga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EIU | Braylon Willis | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Colby Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Joel Barrows | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Russell Dandy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Alex Oyawale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | DeWayne Cooks Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Diego Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Henry Woods Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Jaron Hacha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Jordan Miles | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Michael Jarosz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Trey Shaw III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EIU | Tyris Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| EIU | Zeke Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Daveren Rayner | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jaden Dolphin | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | CJ Brown | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Kyle Pugh | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | JaVaughn Byrd | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Muhammed Jammeh | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Raishein Thomas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jordan Gandy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Nick Rattin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Michael Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Devonte O'Malley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Ivan Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | James Ester | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Pierce Oppong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Quinn Urwiler | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Cade Haberman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Dayven Shinhoster | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Eric Rogers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Fabian McCray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Izayah Green-May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Eric Rogers | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIU | Stone Galloway | 2/2 | 100.0 | 34 | 3/3 | 9 |
| NIU | John Richardson | 2/3 | 66.7 | 43 | 4/4 | 10 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIU | Trey Wilhoit | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| NIU | Tom Foley | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIU | Jaelin Benefield | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | 18 |
| NIU | Mason King | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 26 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Cole Tucker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
Previous 5 meetings vs. Team
Northern Illinois 4–1 vs Eastern Illinois
- 2017 · wk 2Eastern Illinois 10 @ Northern Illinois 38
- 2013 · wk 4Eastern Illinois 39 @ Northern Illinois 43
- 1998 · wk 4Eastern Illinois 24 @ Northern Illinois 10
- 1994 · wk 5Eastern Illinois 17 @ Northern Illinois 49
- 1990 · wk 2Eastern Illinois 17 @ Northern Illinois 28
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