The math doesn't add up. NIU had 391 yards of total offense. The Huskies ran 92 total plays. They didn’t turn the ball over. And they scored six points and lost 13-6 to Toledo, falling to 4-3 overall and 1-2 in the Mid-American Conference.
Despite almost 400 yards of total offense, the NIU football team couldn't find the end zone and lost at home to Toledo 13-6 on homecoming.
The Rockets are coming off a 30-15 loss at Buffalo while the NIU Huskies won 17-7 at Bowling Green. Kickoff is 2:30 p.m. Saturday on ESPN+. Here are three things to know about the game.
Northern Illinois University hosted the Homecoming Block Party: Down Home in Downtown DeKalb Thursday as homecoming festivities continue ahead of Saturday’s game against Toledo.
Josh Holst had a big play for a tide-turning touchdown. Skyler Gill-Howard had too many tide-turning defensive plays to list here. And the NIU football team had a tide-turning win to climb out of the MAC cellar.
NIU trailed in the fourth quarter, but pulled out a victory Saturday at Bowling Green, moving to 1-1 in the MAC behind a stifling defensive performance.
What happens if Antario Brown isn't available? Will the offense stop turning the ball over? What's the defense's reaction to being the second-best team nationally on third-down defense? We look at three key storylines heading into Saturday's NIU game against Bowling Green.
Antario Brown went down with an injury in the second quarter, with Gavin Williams and Jaylen Poe taking over the NIU ground attack. And after trailing by six at halftime with 118 yards on the ground, the Huskies pulled out a 34-20 win behind 249 second-half rushing yards.
After a lightning-fast start to the game that put the Huskies up seven after 50 seconds when they didn't even start with the ball, NIU faded later in the first half against UMass. But in the second half, the team found some consistency and came back for a win.