College Football
BOXSCORE
Western Michigan 29, Northern Illinois 26
Saturday, September 6, 2008 7:00 PM
Location - Waldo Stadium
Attendance - 26262
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northern Illinois 7 3 3 13 26
Western Michigan 7 7 0 15 29
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:33
Northern Illinois   TD  Western Michigan 0 - Northern Illinois 7
Me'co Brown 26 yd. run (Mike Salerno kick)
1st Quarter - 3:02
Western Michigan   TD  Western Michigan 7 - Northern Illinois 7
Jamarko Simmons 26 yd. pass from Tim Hiller (John Potter kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:54
Western Michigan   TD  Western Michigan 14 - Northern Illinois 7
Brandon West 7 yd. pass from Tim Hiller (John Potter kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:16
Northern Illinois   FG  Western Michigan 14 - Northern Illinois 10
Mike Salerno 20 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:17
Northern Illinois   FG  Western Michigan 14 - Northern Illinois 13
Mike Salerno 39 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:17
Northern Illinois   TD  Western Michigan 14 - Northern Illinois 19
DeMarcus Grady 3 yd. run (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 10:05
Western Michigan   TD  Western Michigan 22 - Northern Illinois 19
Tim Hiller 5 yd. run (Juan Nunez pass from Tim Hiller)
4th Quarter - 6:59
Western Michigan   TD  Western Michigan 29 - Northern Illinois 19
Austin Pritchard 1 yd. pass from Tim Hiller (John Potter kick)
4th Quarter - 0:40
Northern Illinois   TD  Western Michigan 29 - Northern Illinois 26
Greg Turner 16 yd. pass from Dan Nicholson (Mike Salerno kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northern Illinois Western Michigan
W/L 0 - 2 - 0 1 - 1 - 0
Conference 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Northern Illinois Western Michigan
Score 26 29
1st Downs 23 19
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-15
47% 		3-for-10
30%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-3
33% 		1-for-2
50%
Total Yards 439 384
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 44-142 32-198
Average/Rush 3.2 6.2
Passing
Comp-Att 18-33 21-30
Passing Yards 297 186
Average/Pass Play 8.0 6.2
Penalties-Yards 7-60 5-45
Fumbles-Lost 0-1 0-2
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 34:20 25:40
PLAYER STATS
Northern Illinois (0 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Nicholson 16/29 239 1 1
C. Harnish 2/4 58 0 0
Western Michigan (1 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Hiller 21/30 186 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Brown 13 54 4.2 1
D. Grady 7 43 6.1 1
R. Crider 6 22 3.7 0
D. Nicholson 9 21 2.3 0
C. Harnish 3 9 3.0 0
J. Anderson 4 4 1.0 0
A. Dittbenner 1 -9 -9.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
B. West 25 175 7.0 0
G. Thompson 1 12 12.0 0
T. Hiller 3 11 3.7 1
K. Elsworth 2 2 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
N. Palmer 4 78 19.5 0
M. Perez 6 77 12.8 0
M. Simon 1 45 45.0 0
K. Skarb 1 24 24.0 0
L. Cox 2 21 10.5 0
G. Turner 1 16 16.0 1
B. Beal 1 15 15.0 0
M. Brown 1 13 13.0 0
R. Cunningham 1 8 8.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Simmons 8 102 12.8 1
J. Nunez 4 32 8.0 0
S. Julien 4 27 6.8 0
B. Ledbetter 2 15 7.5 0
B. West 2 9 4.5 1
A. Pritchard 1 1 1.0 1