College Football
BOXSCORE
Northern Illinois 41, Ball State 38
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Where: Huskie Stadium, DeKalb, Illinois
Attendance: 12391
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Ball State 14 10 7 7 38
Northern Illinois 0 14 14 13 41
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:21
Ball State   TD  Northern Illinois 0 - Ball State 7
Keith Wenning 3 yd. run (Steven Schott kick)
1st Quarter - 2:10
Ball State   TD  Northern Illinois 0 - Ball State 14
Joshua Howard 92 yd. fumble recovery (Steven Schott kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:48
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 7 - Ball State 14
Martel Moore 15 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Mathew Sims kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:28
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 14 - Ball State 14
Jasmin Hopkins 3 yd. run (Mathew Sims kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:37
Ball State   TD  Northern Illinois 14 - Ball State 21
Jamill Smith 38 yd. pass from Keith Wenning (Steven Schott kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:33
Ball State   FG  Northern Illinois 14 - Ball State 24
Steven Schott 40 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:19
Ball State   TD  Northern Illinois 14 - Ball State 31
Jack Tomlinson 3 yd. pass from Keith Wenning (Steven Schott kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:27
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 21 - Ball State 31
Chandler Harnish 49 yd. run (Mathew Sims kick)
3rd Quarter - 3:16
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 28 - Ball State 31
Jasmin Hopkins 11 yd. run (Mathew Sims kick)
4th Quarter - 14:12
Northern Illinois   TD  Northern Illinois 35 - Ball State 31
Nathan Palmer 27 yd. pass from Chandler Harnish (Mathew Sims kick)
4th Quarter - 11:00
Ball State   TD  Northern Illinois 35 - Ball State 38
Dwayne Donigan 7 yd. run (Steven Schott kick)
4th Quarter - 2:46
Northern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 38 - Ball State 38
Mathew Sims 23 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:08
Northern Illinois   FG  Northern Illinois 41 - Ball State 38
Mathew Sims 34 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Ball State Northern Illinois
W/L 6 - 5 - 0 8 - 3 - 0
Conference 4 - 3 - 0 6 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Ball State Northern Illinois
Score 38 41
1st Downs 18 43
3rd Down Efficiency 3-for-14
21% 		7-for-14
50%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-3
67% 		0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 398 710
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 26-153 58-372
Average/Rush 5.9 6.4
Passing
Comp-Att 23-43 26-37
Passing Yards 245 338
Average/Pass Play 5.7 8.7
Penalties-Yards 4-40 9-107
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 23:30 36:30
PLAYER STATS
Ball State (6 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Wenning 23/43 245 2 0
Northern Illinois (8 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Harnish 26/36 338 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
S. Kovanda 1 68 68.0 0
J. Edwards 14 45 3.2 0
D. Donigan 5 22 4.4 1
K. Wenning 6 18 3.0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Harnish 28 181 6.5 1
J. Hopkins 18 122 6.8 2
T. Lewis 2 35 17.5 0
A. Daniels 4 27 6.8 0
J. Lynch 1 14 14.0 0
N. Palmer 2 13 6.5 0
C. Bell 1 -4 -4.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Smith 4 63 15.8 1
B. Orsbon 5 55 11.0 0
T. Gibson 4 52 13.0 0
J. Tomlinson 4 27 6.8 1
W. Snead 2 22 11.0 0
Z. Fakes 1 17 17.0 0
J. Edwards 2 10 5.0 0
D. Schneider 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Moore 6 120 20.0 1
N. Palmer 8 95 11.9 1
W. Clark 3 30 10.0 0
P. Ashford 3 26 8.7 0
D. Brown 2 21 10.5 0
J. Wells 1 18 18.0 0
A. Johnson 1 15 15.0 0
J. Hopkins 1 7 7.0 0
L. Eakes 1 6 6.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. Puthoff 1.0 8.0
A. Dehaney 0.5 5.0
N. Ollie 0.5 4.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
A. Dehaney 9 4
T. Freeman 8 10
S. Baker 6 5
J. Garrett 5 1
A. Dawson 4 1
A. Morris 4 1
J. Howard 4 4
A. Morris 4 5
A. Puthoff 3 2
B. Jones 2 0
J. Boyd 2 0
R. Hartke 2 2
D. Schneider 1 0
C. Calloway 1 0
K. Hoke 1 0
D. Jarrett 1 0
T. Martin 1 0
N. Miles 1 2
J. Cruz 0 1
P. Dudley 0 1
C. Ryan 0 1
N. Ollie 0 1
J. Cox 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Faustin 4 0
J. Delegal 4 1
S. Evans 3 0
D. Durante 3 2
S. Progar 3 2
M. Hayes 2 0
T. Davis 2 1
P. Schiller 2 7
F. Boenzi 1 0
B. Winkel 1 0
D. Brown 1 0
R. Melvin 1 1
A. Wells 1 1
J. Ward 1 1
N. Jefferson 1 3
R. Newcomb 1 3
J. Meehan 0 1
M. Santacaterina 0 3
A. Baxter 0 4
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
A. Puthoff 2.0 12.0
D. Jarrett 1.0 4.0
A. Morris 1.0 3.0
A. Dehaney 0.5 5.0
N. Ollie 0.5 4.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
F. Boenzi 1.0 3.0
A. Wells 1.0 1.0
D. Durante 1.0 1.0
M. Santacaterina 0.5 1.0
P. Schiller 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Orsbon 1
J. Smith 1
Fumbles
  NO.
N. Palmer 1
C. Harnish 2