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#49Northwestern
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2015 week 2 · Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 3:00 PM CT · Ryan Field · 📺 ESPNN · 29,131 att · 63°F, wind 12.7

Drive chart

Eastern Illinois Northwestern bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
FG
14 pl · 63 yd · 5:19
0–3
PUNT
5 pl · 20 yd · 1:55
0–3
PUNT
3 pl · -1 yd · 0:48
0–3
ON DOWNS
4 pl · -5 yd · 1:22
0–3
TD
10 pl · 51 yd · 3:56
0–10
PUNT
3 pl · 3 yd · 1:01
0–10
FG
9 pl · 43 yd · 3:30
0–13
Q2
PUNT
5 pl · 6 yd · 2:42
0–13
TD
9 pl · 64 yd · 3:15
0–20
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 9 yd · 2:05
0–20
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 9 yd · 1:35
0–20
INT
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:17
0–20
TD
8 pl · 32 yd · 2:02
0–27
END OF HALF
1 pl · 15 yd · 0:13
0–27
Q3
PUNT
6 pl · 38 yd · 3:23
0–27
TD
6 pl · 89 yd · 2:19
0–34
PUNT
6 pl · 27 yd · 3:31
0–34
PUNT
3 pl · 4 yd · 1:30
0–34
INT TD
8 pl · 15 yd · 3:09
0–41
PUNT
3 pl · 1 yd · 1:08
0–41
Q4
FUMBLE
9 pl · 54 yd · 4:42
0–41
PUNT
3 pl · 9 yd · 1:48
0–41
ON DOWNS
12 pl · 74 yd · 8:09
0–41
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0 pl · 0 yd
0–41
24 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

1takeaways2
2three-and-outs forced3
6 of 11scoring drives allowed0 of 13
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

—field goals2 of 2
7punts2
37.7punt average36.5
0punts inside the 200
128return yards22
own 33average drive startown 20
Eastern Illinois
P Mike Bernier 7 punts · 37.7 avg
KR Mike Gunter 1 ret · 8 yds · long 8
KR Devin Church 6 ret · 120 yds · long 36
Northwestern
K Arthur Omilian 1/1 XP
K Jack Mitchell 2/2 FG · long 33 · 4/4 XP
P Hunter Niswander 2 punts · 36.5 avg
KR Solomon Vault 1 ret · 24 yds · long 24
PR Flynn Nagel 2 ret · -2 yds · long 1
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2024 Eastern Illinois 7 – 31 Northwestern
2011 Eastern Illinois 21 – 42 Northwestern
Last 2 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal