Northern Illinois (4-3, 1-2) had a 391-285 advantage in total yards but was 4 for 19 on third down and 2 of 8 on fourth.
Alan Richter and Jerjuan Newton connected on a 52-yard pass for the game's only touchdown and Toledo defeated Northern Illinois 13-6 on Saturday.Richter's pass to Newton gave the Rockets a 7-3 lead midway through the second quarter and after the Huskies followed with a field goal the Rockets led 7-6 at halftime."I thought we played extremely hard, I thought it was an evenly matched football game," NIU head coach Thomas Hammock said according to NIU Athletics.
To hold a team to 13 points, they gave us a chance to win, we just didn’t score enough on offense to get it done. It was a tough football game both ways and they made one more play than we did."Toledo's Dylan Cunanan kicked two field goals of less than 30 yards for the only scoring of the second half.Northern Illinois had a 391-285 advantage in total yards but was 4 for 19 on third down and 2 of 8 on fourth. Toledo was 2 of 15 on third and 0 for 2 on fourth.
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