Boxscore
Northern Illinois 38,
Arkansas State 20
Sunday, January 8, 2012 9:00 PM
Location - Ladd-Peebles Stadium
Attendance -
38734
Final Scoring Summary
Recap
Senior quarterback Chandler Harnish completed his record-setting career by throwing for 270 yards and two touchdowns to lead Northern Illinois to a 38-20 win over Arkansas State in the Go Daddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala.
Harnish, voted the Most Outstanding Player in the Mid-American Conference after leading the Huskies to the conference title, completed 18 of 36 passes and became the school’s first player to pass for more than 3,000 yards in a season. Harnish threw scoring passes of 9 yards to Perez Ashford and 43 yards to Martel Moore. Ashford had seven catches for 74 yards, while Moore exploded for eight catches for 223 yards.
Northern Illinois (11-3) also scored on a 3-yard run by Jordan Lynch and 1-yard run by Jamal Womble. Mathew Sims added a 22-yard field goal.
Arkansas State (10-3) was unable to hold a 13-0 first-quarter lead thanks largely to five turnovers. The Red Wolves, who had a nine-game winning streak broken, got field goals of 33 and 36 yards from Brian Davis, a 2-yard touchdown run by quarterback Ryan Aplin, and a 17-yard scoring pass from Aplin to Taylor Stockemer.
Aplin, the Sun Belt Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year, completed 30 of 58 passes for 351 yards, but was intercepted three times. The last pick was returned by Dechane Durante for a 36-yard touchdown.
SCORING
Scoring Summary
|
1st Quarter
- 11:22 |
|
Arkansas State |
FG
|
Northern Illinois 0
-
Arkansas State 3
|
|
1st Quarter
- 7:44 |
|
Arkansas State |
FG
|
Northern Illinois 0
-
Arkansas State 6
|
|
1st Quarter
- 5:08 |
|
Arkansas State |
TD
|
Northern Illinois 0
-
Arkansas State 13
|
|
1st Quarter
- 0:49 |
|
Northern Illinois |
TD
|
Northern Illinois 7
-
Arkansas State 13
|
|
2nd Quarter
- 4:49 |
|
Northern Illinois |
TD
|
Northern Illinois 14
-
Arkansas State 13
|
|
2nd Quarter
- 0:00 |
|
Northern Illinois |
TD
|
Northern Illinois 21
-
Arkansas State 13
|
|
3rd Quarter
- 13:30 |
|
Northern Illinois |
TD
|
Northern Illinois 28
-
Arkansas State 13
|
|
4th Quarter
- 13:34 |
|
Northern Illinois |
FG
|
Northern Illinois 31
-
Arkansas State 13
|
|
4th Quarter
- 11:12 |
|
Arkansas State |
TD
|
Northern Illinois 31
-
Arkansas State 20
|
|
4th Quarter
- 8:19 |
|
Northern Illinois |
TD
|
Northern Illinois 38
-
Arkansas State 20
|
TEAMS
Team Records
| |
Arkansas State |
Northern Illinois |
| W/L |
10 - 3 - 0 |
11 - 3 - 0 |
| Conference |
8 - 0 - 0 |
8 - 1 - 0 |
Team Stats
| |
Arkansas State |
Northern Illinois |
| Score |
20 |
38 |
| First Downs |
20 |
17 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
5-for-21
24%
|
2-for-18
11%
|
| 4th Down Efficiency |
2-for-4
50%
|
3-for-3
100%
|
| Total Yards |
381 |
401 |
| Rushing |
| Rushes-Net Yards |
29-28 |
35-59 |
| Average/Rush |
1.0 |
1.7 |
| Passing |
| Comp-Att |
30-58 |
23-42 |
| Passing Yards |
353 |
342 |
| Average/Pass Play |
5.8 |
7.6 |
| Penalties-Yards |
7-58 |
5-50 |
| Fumbles-Lost |
2-2 |
1-0 |
| Interceptions Thrown |
3 |
1 |
| Time of Possession |
27:47 |
32:13 |
PLAYER STATS
| Passing |
| |
COMP/ATT |
YDS |
TD |
INT |
|
R. Aplin
|
30/58 |
353 |
1 |
3 |
| Rushing |
| |
ATT |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
|
D. Lawson |
12 |
25 |
2.1 |
0 |
|
J. Robertson |
3 |
18 |
6.0 |
0 |
|
F. Jackson
|
3 |
12 |
4.0 |
0 |
|
E. Lucas
|
1 |
-10 |
-10.0 |
0 |
|
R. Aplin
|
10 |
-17 |
-1.7 |
1 |
| Rushing |
| |
ATT |
YDS |
AVG |
TD |
|
J. Womble
|
6 |
25 |
4.2 |
1 |
|
J. Hopkins |
9 |
24 |
2.7 |
0 |
|
A. Daniels
|
2 |
11 |
5.5 |
0 |
|
C. Bell |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
|
C. Harnish |
9 |
-3 |
-0.3 |
0 |
|
J. Lynch
|
7 |
-4 |
-0.6 |
1 |