Week 2 · 2023
Southern Illinois at Northern Illinois
Sat 09/09/2023 03:30 PMHuskie StadiumNorthern Illinois pregame69% — Pregame win probability: 69% for Northern Illinois. Northern Illinois favored, and lost — Southern Illinois won.
75°Clear0 mph N · 29% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Southern Illinois
14
8–5
Northern Illinois
11
7–6
Attendance
13,114
reported
Southern IllinoisSIU
Northern IllinoisNIU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | Nic Baker | 16/24 | 148 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| NIU | Rocky Lombardi | 23/38 | 297 | 7.8 | 1 | 3 | 17.7 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | Romeir Elliott | 9 | 58 | 6.4 | 1 | 19 |
| SIU | Justin Strong | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 |
| SIU | Jaelin Benefield | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 |
| SIU | Nic Baker | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 1 | 8 |
| NIU | Antario Brown | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 0 | 14 |
| NIU | Gavin Williams | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 |
| NIU | Brock Lampe | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
| NIU | Billy Dozier | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Rocky Lombardi | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 0 | 14 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | Aidan Quinn | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 40 |
| SIU | Vinson Davis III | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 18 |
| SIU | Romeir Elliott | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 15 |
| SIU | Izaiah Hartrup | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 7 |
| SIU | Jaelin Benefield | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| SIU | D'Ante' Cox | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 |
| NIU | Kacper Rutkiewicz | 6 | 139 | 23.2 | 1 | 62 |
| NIU | Chris Carter | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 20 |
| NIU | Gavin Williams | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 7 |
| NIU | Davis Patterson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 11 |
| NIU | Jalen Johnson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 9 |
| NIU | Trayvon Rudolph | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 17 |
| NIU | Grayson Barnes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | PJ Jules | 11 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| SIU | Colin Bohanek | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Tim Varga | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Ubayd Steed | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Devin Cowan | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Dune Smith | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Branson Combs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Dante Cleveland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Iverson Brown | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Kameron Bowdry | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Mark Davis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Desman Hearns | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Peyton Reeves | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Zach Burrola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Dewey Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Jeffrey Wells | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Ross Pedro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | DJ Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Jaden Dolphin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jordan Hansen | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | CJ Brown | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Devin Lafayette | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | George Gumbs Jr. | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jacob Finley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Raishein Thomas | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Roy Williams | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Devonte O'Malley | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | James Ester | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jashon Prophete | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Cyrus McGarrell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | DaRon Gilbert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Davis Patterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Kacper Rutkiewicz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Nate Valcarcel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Tyler Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Demond Taylor Jr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | JaVaughn Byrd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Nevaeh Sanders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | Desman Hearns | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| SIU | Mark Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SIU | Ubayd Steed | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | Jake Baumgarte | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| SIU | Thomas Burks | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| NIU | Jake Seibert | 1/3 | 33.3 | 27 | 0/0 | 3 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | Nathan Torney | 8 | 345 | 43.1 | 1 | 1 | 64 |
| NIU | Tom Foley | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU | Vinson Davis III | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 |
| NIU | Billy Dozier | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Kacper Rutkiewicz | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 19 |
Previous 6 meetings vs. Team
Northern Illinois 5–1 vs Southern Illinois
- 2007 · wk 2Southern Illinois 34 @ Northern Illinois 31
- 2004 · wk 3Southern Illinois 22 @ Northern Illinois 23
- 1993 · wk 6Southern Illinois 15 @ Northern Illinois 45
- 1989 · wk 6Southern Illinois 24 @ Northern Illinois 29
- 1988 · wk 9Northern Illinois 10 @ Southern Illinois 9
- 1980 · wk 6Northern Illinois 20 @ Southern Illinois 17
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