Northern Illinois at Buffalo 2015

Drive chart

Northern Illinois Buffalo bar spans the drive · tick marks the start

OWN G255025END ZONE

8 pl · 60 yd · 2:55

0–3

PUNT

3 pl · 8 yd · 1:15

0–3

PUNT

3 pl · -3 yd · 1:23

0–3

11 pl · 59 yd · 3:24

7–3

MISSED FG

6 pl · 41 yd · 1:33

7–3

4 pl · 76 yd · 1:09

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · 8 yd · 1:59

14–3

PUNT

3 pl · 1 yd · 0:54

14–3

INT

1 pl · 0 yd · 0:07

14–3

PUNT

7 pl · 17 yd · 2:40

14–3

INT

2 pl · 2 yd · 0:43

14–3

11 pl · 77 yd · 3:33

21–3

MISSED FG

10 pl · 58 yd · 5:01

21–3

10 pl · 80 yd · 3:14

28–3

END OF HALF

1 pl · -1 yd · 0:10

28–3

FUMBLE

8 pl · 39 yd · 3:02

28–3

10 pl · 67 yd · 4:33

28–10

10 pl · 34 yd · 3:33

31–10

5 pl · 78 yd · 2:08

31–16

INT TD

10 pl · 42 yd · 3:17

31–23

2 pl · 67 yd · 0:41

38–23

ON DOWNS

9 pl · 51 yd · 3:29

38–23

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 1:23

38–23

5 pl · 57 yd · 1:08

38–30

PUNT

4 pl · 19 yd · 1:46

38–30

PUNT

3 pl · -14 yd · 1:46

38–30

4 pl · 5 yd · 0:24

41–30

INT

7 pl · 35 yd · 1:13

41–30

END OF GAME

3 pl · -3 yd · 1:37

41–30

29 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

3	takeaways	2
3	three-and-outs forced	3
4 of 14	scoring drives allowed	7 of 15

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

2 of 2	field goals	1 of 3
5	punts	3
27.6	punt average	35.7
0	punts inside the 20	0
182	return yards	101
own 39	average drive start	own 28

Northern Illinois

K	Christian Hagan	2/2 FG · long 47 · 5/5 XP
P	Jacob Ambrose	5 punts · 27.6 avg
KR	Aregeros Turner	5 ret · 152 yds · long 58
KR	D.J. Brown	1 ret · 19 yds · long 19
PR	Chad Beebe	2 ret · 11 yds · long 6

Buffalo

K	Adam Mitcheson	1/3 FG · long 26 · 3/4 XP
P	Tyler Grassman	3 punts · 35.7 avg
KR	Jordan Johnson	3 ret · 58 yds · long 28
KR	Devin Campbell	2 ret · 30 yds · long 18
KR	Anthone Taylor	1 ret · 13 yds · long 13

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	Buffalo 23 – 20 Northern Illinois
2021	Northern Illinois 33 – 27 Buffalo
2020	Buffalo 49 – 30 Northern Illinois
2018	Northern Illinois 30 – 29 Buffalo
2017	Northern Illinois 14 – 13 Buffalo
2016	Buffalo 7 – 44 Northern Illinois
2012	Buffalo 3 – 45 Northern Illinois
2011	Northern Illinois 31 – 30 Buffalo

Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.