Toledo 70, N. Illinois 21

 

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	14	35
Total Yards	352	812
Passing	175	430
Rushing	177	382
Penalties	5-27	2-20
3rd Down Conversions	3-11	11-14
4th Down Conversions	0-1	2-2
Turnovers	3	2
Possession	23:03	36:57

Air/Ground Leaders
Northern Illinois Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Nicholson 11/23 155 1 1 Morris 2/4 20 0 0	Toledo Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Opelt 22/28 387 4 0 Lenehan 4/5 43 0 0
Northern Illinois Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Anderson 24 116 1 12 Bryant 6 54 1 38	Toledo Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Collins 15 132 1 53 Parmele 16 106 1 54
Northern Illinois Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Davis 4 81 1 28 Cunningham 4 51 0 17	Toledo Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Moore 7 145 3 33 Williams 5 83 1 35

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				NIU	TOL
	TD	12:43	Nick Moore 33 Yd Pass From Aaron Opelt (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 5 plays, 80 yds, 2:17	0	7
	TD	07:26	Stephen Williams 5 Yd Pass From Aaron Opelt (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 84 yds, 3:20	0	14
	TD	05:04	Nick Moore 33 Yd Pass From Aaron Opelt (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 68 yds, :42	0	21
SECOND QUARTER				NIU	TOL
	TD	13:51	Aaron Opelt 1 Yd Run (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 72 yds, 4:06	0	28
	TD	09:09	Nick Moore 29 Yd Pass From Aaron Opelt (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 52 yds, 1:05	0	35
	TD	06:25	Britt Davis 28 Yd Pass From Dan Nicholson (Chris Nendick Kick) Drive: 6 plays, 62 yds, 2:35	7	35
	TD	02:20	Gordon Warner 9 Yd Run (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 69 yds, 3:58	7	42
THIRD QUARTER				NIU	TOL
	TD	11:42	Justin Anderson 6 Yd Run (Chris Nendick Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 75 yds, 3:16	14	42
	TD	08:55	Jalen Parmele 3 Yd Run (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 9 plays, 80 yds, 2:47	14	49
	TD	05:57	Dajuane Collins 2 Yd Run (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 7 plays, 82 yds, 2:00	14	56
	TD	03:33	Gordon Warner 2 Yd Run (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 8 plays, 31 yds, 2:19	14	63
FOURTH QUARTER				NIU	TOL
	TD	04:32	Gordon Warner 11 Yd Run (Alex Steigerwald Kick) Drive: 11 plays, 80 yds, 5:43	14	70
	TD	03:00	David Bryant 4 Yd Run (Chris Nendick Kick) Drive: 4 plays, 52 yds, 1:23	21	70

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Aaron Opelt threw four touchdown passes, Gordon Warner ran for three more and Toledo piled up a school-record 812 yards of offense in a 70-21 victory over Northern Illinois on Saturday night.

It was the most yards by a Bowl Subdivision team this season.

The Rockets (4-5, 2-3 Mid-American Conference) threw for 430 yards and ran for 382, amassed 35 first downs and averaged almost 9 yards per play.

Opelt completed 22 of 28 passes for 387 yards and touchdowns of 33, 29 and 33 yards to Nick Moore and 5 yards to Stephen Williams.

DaJuane Collins rushed for 132 yards on 15 carries with a touchdown, Jalen Parmele had 106 yards on 16 carries and another touchdown and Warner rushed for 56 yards on 16 carries with touchdown runs of 9, 2 and 11 yards.

Moore had seven catches for 145 yards and the three scores.

For Northern Illinois (1-8, 0-5), Justin Anderson rushed for 116 yards on 24 carries and scored on a 6-yard run.

The Rockets only had to punt once, forced three turnovers and had two of their own.