This is an interesting game with a great comeback. And how often do you see a 22-5 score in football? <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" />
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;"> 1 2 3 4 F
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Northern Illinois 6 16 7 3 32
Eastern Michigan 5 0 7 27 39 </pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">NIU - Finlen 6 run (kick failed), NIU 6-0
EMU - 2 pt defensive conversion by S Russell, NIU 6-2
EMU - FG Starnes 20, NIU 6-5
NIU - Turner 10 run (Azar kick), NIU 13-5
NIU - FG Azar 29, NIU 16-5
NIU - FG Azar 26, NIU 19-5
NIU - FG Azar 29, NIU 22-5
EMU - Watson 44 run (Starnes kick), NIU 22-12
NIU - Turner 64 run (Azar kick), NIU 29-12
NIU - FG Azar 36, 32-12
EMU - Watson 3 run (Starnes kick), NIU 32-19
EMU - Watson 4 run (kick failed), NIU 32-25
EMU - Douglas 8 pass from Church (Starnes kick), 32-32
EMU - Walter 25 pass from Church (Starnes kick), EMU 39-32
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;"> Northern Ill Eastern Mich
First downs 20 28
Rushed-yards 43-278 33-131
Passing yards 144 372
Sacked-yards lost 4-22 1-13
Return yards 106 47
Passes 13-25-2 36-51-0
Punts 5-44.4 7-41.9
Fumbles-lost 4-2 2-1
Penalties-yards 3-45 5-45
Time of possession 26:51 33:09 </pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Northern Ill-Turner 31-230, Finlen 8-31, Lanum 2-14,
Mccareins 1-4, Urban 1-minus 1. Eastern Mich-Watson 19-93, J
White 10-23, Zureki 1-18, I Wells 1-1, Church 2-minus 4.
PASSING: Northern Ill-Finlen 11-19-1-123, Urban 2-5-1-21, Team
0-1-0-0. Eastern Mich-Church 36-50-0-372, Team 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Northern Ill-Perry 7-69, Mccareins 3-46, Rood 2-21,
Reed 1-8. Eastern Mich-Walter 14-199, Christian 10-116, Douglas
4-39, Luna 2-10, Watson 2-2, J White 2-minus 2, Kelly 1-8,
Church 1-0.
Att: 4,592 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[laugh]" title="" src="graemlins/laughing.gif" />
RECAP....
Walter Church threw a pair of
touchdown passes in the final three minutes, capping a furious
rally and giving Eastern Michigan a 39-32 victory over Northern
Illinois in the Mid-American Conference.
Trailing by 20 points in the fourth quarter, Eastern Michigan
(3-7, 2-3 MAC) tied it with 2:58 left on Church's eight-yard
pass to Keijuan Douglas.
The Eagles got the ball again with 1:21 to play and went 59
yards on six plays, capping the scoring on a 25-yard pass from
Church to Kevin Walter with 25 seconds left.
Church completed 36-of-50 passes for 372 yards and two TDs
without throwing an interception as the Eagles turned a 27-point
fourth quarter into their second straight win. They had lost
seven in a row.
Michael Turner rushed 31 times for 230 yards and two scores for
Northern Illinois (5-5, 1-3), which had a 32-12 lead after Steve
Azar's fourth field goal.
Walter finished with 14 catches for 199 yards, Kenny Christian
added 10 receptions for 116 yards and Ashantti Watson carried 19
times for 93 yards and three scores for Eastern Michigan.
The teams combined for 925 total yards.
<small>[ July 01, 2002, 06:48 PM: Message edited by: JoltinJacket ]</small>
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