THURSDAY’S LATE GAME POINSETTIA BOWL UTAH ST. 21, NO. 23 N. ILLINOIS 14 Utah St. ............. 3 3 7 8 - 21 N. Illinois ........... 0 7 0 7 - 14 First Quarter USU-FG Diaz 31, 6:56.
Second Quarter USU-FG Diaz 39, 14:09.
NIU-Lynch 1 run (Sims kick), 8:17.
Third Quarter USU-Swindall 5 pass from Garretson (Diaz kick), 11:57.
Fourth Quarter USU-DeMartino 1 run (Natson pass from Garretson), 4:14.
NIU-Brescacin 15 pass from Lynch (Sims kick), 1:44. Attendance-23,408.
USU NIU First downs 17 19 Rushes-yards .................. 45-168 38-99 Passing ............................... 121 216 Comp-Att-Int .................. 17-28-2 20-35-1 Return Yards ........................ 0 15 Punts-Avg........................ 3-45.0 4-35.5 Fumbles-Lost ..................... 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards ................. 2-20 4-46 Time of Possession ......... 32:21 27:39 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Utah St., DeMartino 23-143, Marshall 6-40, Glover-Wright 1-3, Natson 5-3, Garretson 6-(minus 6), Team 4-(minus 15). N. Illinois, Lynch 18-39, Stingily 11-38, Maxwell 1-10, Spencer 2-6, D.Brown 3-5, Turner 1-1, Lewis 2-0.
PASSING-Utah St., Garretson 17-28-2-121. N. Illinois, Lynch 20-35-1-216.
RECEIVING-Utah St., Butler 4-33, Swindall 4-28, Natson 3-11, Van Leeuwen 2-23, Houston 1-11, DeMartino 1-8, Marshall 1-4, Andersen 1-3. N. Illinois, Lewis 6-55, D.Brown 4-63, Brescacin 3-30, Eakes 3-29, Maxwell 2-23, Spencer 1-10, Stingily 1-6.
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