No. 1 OHIO STATE 20, N. ILLINOIS 13

N. Illinois 7 3 0 3 — 13

Ohio St. 3 7 10 0 — 20

First Quarter

NIU—Turner 5 run (Hagan kick), 12:43.

OSU—FG Willoughby 31, 6:21.

Second Quarter

NIU—FG Hagan 38, 12:20.

OSU—Thomas 23 pass from Barrett (Willoughby kick), 8:21.

Third Quarter

OSU—FG Willoughby 24, 8:27.

OSU—Lee 41 interception return (Willoughby kick), 1:44.

Fourth Quarter

NIU—FG Hagan 31, 7:46.

A—104,095.

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NIU OSU

First downs 10 14

Rushes-yards 43-110 37-162

Passing 80 136

Comp-Att-Int 14-31-2 16-29-3

Return Yards 64 75

Punts-Avg. 10-44.9 6-52.2

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-2

Penalties-Yards 5-31 6-39

Time of Possession 32:26 27:34

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—N. Illinois, Bouagnon 21-78, Hare 13-23, Turner 4-12, Huff 3-5, Lewis 1-0, Ambrose 1-(minus 8). Ohio St., Elliott 23-108, Samuel 3-20, Barrett 3-18, C.Jones 2-11, Miller 4-7, Team 2-(minus 2).

PASSING—N. Illinois, Hare 14-31-2-80. Ohio St., Barrett 11-19-1-97, C.Jones 4-9-2-36, Miller 1-1-0-3.

RECEIVING—N. Illinois, Lewis 4-13, Turner 3-37, Golladay 3-19, Bouagnon 3-8, Maxwell 1-3. Ohio St., Vannett 4-16, Thomas 3-60, Wilson 3-20, Samuel 2-24, Elliott 2-6, C.Smith 1-7, Marshall 1-3.

 

OHIO 35, SE LOUISIANA 14

SE Louisiana 0 0 7 7 — 14

Ohio 7 14 0 14 — 35

First Quarter

Ohio—Patterson 3 run (Yazdani kick), 6:57.

Second Quarter

Ohio—White 10 run (Yazdani kick), 9:40.

Ohio—S.Smith 31 pass from Vick (Yazdani kick), 2:47.

Third Quarter

SELa—Smiley 10 pass from Isom (Tatum kick), 4:15.

Fourth Quarter

SELa—Bossier 38 pass from Isom (Tatum kick), 11:01.

Ohio—White 58 run (Yazdani kick), 10:44.

Ohio—Cope 67 pass from Vick (Yazdani kick), 6:21.

A—22,985.

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SELa Ohio

First downs 19 18

Rushes-yards 40-148 31-115

Passing 174 346

Comp-Att-Int 21-32-0 18-27-1

Return Yards 13 16

Punts-Avg. 7-41.1 6-39.0

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0

Penalties-Yards 8-73 9-94

Time of Possession 32:07 27:53

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—SE Louisiana, Isom 19-65, Sutton 12-36, Bethea 6-23, Smiley 2-22, Acker 1-2. Ohio, White 4-66, Ouellette 9-22, Patterson 4-21, D.Brown 5-18, Windham 1-14, Vick 8-(minus 26).

PASSING—SE Louisiana, Isom 21-31-0-174, Alo 0-1-0-0. Ohio, Vick 17-26-1-327, Windham 1-1-0-19.

RECEIVING—SE Louisiana, Smiley 6-38, Acker 4-33, French 3-26, Bossier 2-44, Sutton 2-7, C.Briggs 1-13, Bethea 1-7, Smith 1-6, J.Bennett 1-0. Ohio, Cope 4-101, S.Smith 4-82, Heitzman 3-76, White 2-50, Brunis 2-19, Walker 1-10, Reid 1-7, Ouellette 1-1.

 

MARSHALL 45, NORFOLK ST. 7

Norfolk St. 7 0 0 0 — 7

Marshall 10 14 14 7 — 45

First Quarter

Norf—G.Johnson 14 pass from Hankerson (Marouf kick), 11:58.

Mar—FG N.Smith 38, 6:36.

Mar—Reaves 13 pass from Litton (N.Smith kick), :04.

Second Quarter

Mar—Reaves 36 pass from Litton (N.Smith kick), 11:14.

Mar—D.Johnson 1 run (N.Smith kick), 4:48.

Third Quarter

Mar—D.Allen 11 pass from Litton (N.Smith kick), 8:28.

Mar—Davis 1 run (N.Smith kick), :23.

Fourth Quarter

Mar—Hunt 25 pass from Litton (N.Smith kick), 9:22.

A—24,114.

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Norf Mar

First downs 11 29

Rushes-yards 35-96 43-216

Passing 95 279

Comp-Att-Int 7-24-1 25-34-1

Return Yards 34 (-1)

Punts-Avg. 11-31.1 4-43.0

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1

Penalties-Yards 4-23 5-60

Time of Possession 28:25 31:35

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Norfolk St., G.Johnson 11-34, Copeland 15-27, Hankerson 6-25, Chung 2-13, Stokes 1-(minus 3). Marshall, D.Johnson 22-122, Pittman 5-32, Davis 8-31, Litton 5-27, Holcombe 3-4.

PASSING—Norfolk St., Hankerson 7-23-1-95, Stokes 0-1-0-0. Marshall, Litton 24-31-0-270, Holcombe 1-3-1-9.

RECEIVING—Norfolk St., G.Johnson 3-65, I.White 3-20, Sangster 1-10. Marshall, Hunt 5-68, Reaves 4-82, D.Allen 4-18, Yurachek 3-33, McManus 3-25, Foster 1-16, D.Johnson 1-9, Mathews 1-9, Pittman 1-8, Byrd 1-6, Beal 1-5.