NIU Fails To Show Up Against Kent State
The NIU Huskies (2-4, 1-1) was embarrassed by Kent State (2-4, 1-1) Saturday afternoon, as they demolished the Huskies 50-14. Yes, it was that bad.
Coach Dave Doeren did not allow the media into the locker room after the game, but you could tell he wasn’t happy. Crashes were heard outside the locker room door, as well as undecipherable yelling, but the bottom line was, his team stunk it up on the field.
The Huskies turned the ball over 7 times, with 5 interceptions, one being in the 4 being in the red zone. Two fumbles were returned for touchdowns. Four dropped passes didn’t help their effort any either.
NIU needs to step up their game, as they have an even bigger challenge next week as they host Western Michigan (3-3, 1-1).
Game summary and stats can be seen below:
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Kent |
20 |
10 |
13 |
7 |
50 |
NIU |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
|
NIU |
CMU |
Score |
50 |
14 |
First Downs |
16 |
15 |
Total Offense |
384 |
346 |
Rushes - Yards - TD |
36 - 150 - 1 |
26 - 49 - 0 |
Comp - ATT - TD |
15 - 31 - 3 |
21 - 40 - 2 |
Passing Yards |
234 |
297 |
3rd Down Conv |
7 - 16 (43%) |
4 - 13 (30%) |
4th Down Conv |
0 - 0 (0%) |
0 - 0 (0%) |
2 Pt. Conv |
0 - 0 (0%) |
0 - 0 (0%) |
Red Zone - TD - FG |
5 - 2 - 2 (80%) |
4 - 0 - 0 (0%) |
Turnovers |
0 |
7 |
Fumbles |
0 |
5 |
Interceptions |
0 |
2 |
PR Yards |
15 |
8 |
KR Yards |
23 |
142 |
Total Yards |
422 |
496 |
Punts - Average |
4 - 43.5 |
6 - 42.0 |
Penalties - Yards |
4 - 44 |
6 - 40 |
T.O.P. |
13:53 |
18:07 |
Players of the Game
Kent I. Kitchen 3 Tkls, 4 TFL, 3 ATK
NIU N. Jefferson 5 Tkls, 3 TFl, ATK
MAC News of NoteMAC Standings
|
Rank |
Team |
REC |
PCT |
Conf |
PF |
PA |
|
1 |
Ohio |
6-0 |
1.000 |
2-0 |
216 |
93 |
|
2 |
Temple |
4-2 |
0.660 |
3-0 |
181 |
181 |
|
3 |
Miami |
3-2 |
0.600 |
1-0 |
147 |
124 |
|
4 |
Toledo |
2-4 |
0.330 |
1-1 |
141 |
148 |
|
5 |
Kent St |
2-4 |
0.330 |
1-1 |
136 |
141 |
|
6 |
NIU |
2-4 |
0.330 |
1-1 |
114 |
190 |
|
7 |
CMU |
2-4 |
0.330 |
1-1 |
170 |
205 |
|
8 |
WMU |
3-3 |
0.500 |
1-1 |
149 |
153 |
|
9 |
EMU |
3-3 |
0.500 |
1-1 |
147 |
192 |
|
10 |
Ball St |
1-5 |
0.160 |
1-1 |
102 |
195 |
|
11 |
Akron |
1-5 |
0.160 |
0-2 |
91 |
222 |
|
12 |
Buffalo |
0-6 |
0.000 |
0-2 |
57 |
173 |
|
13 |
BGU |
0-6 |
0.000 |
0-2 |
61 |
210 |
NCAA News of Note
-#8 Arkansas falls to #14 following a loss to #21 Auburn, who moves to #18
-#12 Virginia Tech drops to #20 losing 38-28 to #23 Miami, who moves behind Va. Tech to #21
Top 25 after Week 5
Rank |
LW |
Team/Votes |
Wins |
Losses |
1 |
2 |
Oregon (37) |
5 |
|
2 |
1 |
Oklahoma (22) |
5 |
|
3 |
3 |
Stanford (1) |
5 |
|
4 |
5 |
Wisconsin (1) |
5 |
|
5 |
4 |
Boise St |
5 |
|
6 |
6 |
LSU |
5 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
Alabama |
5 |
1 |
8 |
13 |
Notre Dame |
6 |
|
9 |
9 |
Florida St |
4 |
1 |
10 |
10 |
Texas A&M |
4 |
1 |
11 |
11 |
Oklahoma St |
4 |
1 |
12 |
14 |
Michigan St |
4 |
1 |
13 |
15 |
Nebraska |
5 |
1 |
14 |
8 |
Arkansas |
5 |
1 |
15 |
16 |
South Carolina |
5 |
1 |
16 |
17 |
Mississippi St |
5 |
1 |
17 |
18 |
TCU |
5 |
1 |
18 |
21 |
Auburn |
4 |
2 |
19 |
24 |
Illinois |
6 |
|
20 |
12 |
Virginia Tech |
5 |
1 |
21 |
23 |
Miami |
4 |
1 |
22 |
22 |
Missouri |
4 |
1 |
23 |
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Georgia Tech |
6 |
|
24 |
19 |
Florida |
4 |
2 |
25 |
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USC |
4 |
1 |
Others Receiving Votes –
Iowa (104), Colorado (84), Utah (47), Penn State (23),
Clemson (22), Pittsburgh (10), Maryland (3)
Dropped Out –
UCF (#20), Penn State (#23)
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