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#123Northern Illinois
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2015 week 12 · Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 7:00 PM CT · Huskie Stadium · 📺 ESPN2 · 10,194 att · 47.7°F, wind 16.1

Drive chart

Western Michigan Northern Illinois bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
PUNT
9 pl · 28 yd · 2:39
0–0
FG
10 pl · 63 yd · 4:55
3–0
TD
13 pl · 75 yd · 3:40
3–7
PUNT
11 pl · 47 yd · 5:22
3–7
Q2
TD
1 pl · 87 yd · 0:13
3–14
TD
11 pl · 75 yd · 6:15
10–14
PUNT
6 pl · 18 yd · 1:55
10–14
ON DOWNS
11 pl · 51 yd · 4:49
10–14
INT
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:09
10–14
END OF HALF
1 pl · -2 yd · 0:03
10–14
Q3
INT
6 pl · 14 yd · 3:00
10–14
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 9 yd · 1:37
10–14
FG
13 pl · 51 yd · 5:50
13–14
PUNT
9 pl · 31 yd · 2:25
13–14
TD
1 pl · 72 yd · 0:11
19–14
TD
12 pl · 93 yd · 3:43
19–20
Q4
MISSED FG
4 pl · 2 yd · 1:31
19–20
PUNT
6 pl · 6 yd · 2:35
19–20
TD
3 pl · 97 yd · 0:53
19–27
ON DOWNS
11 pl · 61 yd · 5:34
19–27
PUNT
3 pl · 6 yd · 0:28
19–27
ON DOWNS
4 pl · 0 yd · 1:01
19–27
END OF GAME
2 pl · -2 yd · 1:12
19–27
23 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

1takeaways1
1three-and-outs forced0
4 of 12scoring drives allowed4 of 11
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 2field goals0 of 1
2punts4
44.0punt average32.3
0punts inside the 200
20return yards50
own 28average drive startown 26
Western Michigan
K Andrew Haldeman 2/2 FG · long 35 · 1/1 XP
P J. Schroeder 2 punts · 44.0 avg
KR Fabian Johnson 1 ret · 10 yds · long 10
KR Darius Phillips 1 ret · 10 yds · long 10
Northern Illinois
K Christian Hagan 0/1 FG · 3/3 XP
P Ryan Graham 3 punts · 31.7 avg
P Jacob Ambrose 1 punt · 34.0 avg
KR Aregeros Turner 3 ret · 50 yds · long 25
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

2025 Western Michigan 35 – 19 Northern Illinois
2024 Northern Illinois 42 – 28 Western Michigan
2023 Western Michigan 0 – 24 Northern Illinois
2022 Northern Illinois 24 – 21 Western Michigan
2021 Western Michigan 42 – 21 Northern Illinois
2020 Northern Illinois 27 – 30 Western Michigan
2019 Western Michigan 14 – 17 Northern Illinois
2018 Northern Illinois 21 – 28 Western Michigan
Last 8 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