Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Northern Illinois Huskies

College Football

E Illinois

0-1

27-34

Final

N Illinois

1-0

Huskie Stadium

Drive chart

Drives

End of Game
Missed FG
Touchdown
Field Goal
Touchdown
Field Goal

Team	1	2	3	4	T
EIU	3	3	7	14	27
NIU	7	14	7	6	34

Who won: N Illinois 34-27

The Northern Illinois Huskies beat the Eastern Illinois Panthers 34-27 on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at Huskie Stadium. The N Illinois outscored the E Illinois 14-3 in the 2nd quarter. Rocky Lombardi led the N Illinois in passing yards (14/22, 192 YDS, 1 TD). Jonah O'Brien led the E Illinois in passing yards (25/34, 276 YDS, 3 TD, 2 INT).

EIU

NIU

Player of the game

Jaelin Benefield

EIU · 10 CAR, 63 YDS, 1 REC TD

7.8

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jonah O'Brien7.2	25/34	276	8.1	3	2	--
Team5.5	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	--

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Markenzy Pierre6.7	14	100	7.1	42
Jaelin Benefield7.8	10	63	6.3	19
Jonah O'Brien7.2	6	2	0.3	7

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Justin Thomas7.4	6	83	13.8	1	42
Jaelin Benefield7.8	4	57	14.3	1	24
Nile Hill6.2	4	39	9.8	0	15
Cooper Willman	2	35	17.5	0	34
DeWayne Cooks Jr.6.1	3	32	10.7	0	11
Anthony Manaves6.1	5	22	4.4	0	6
Jay Vallie6.4	1	8	8.0	1	8