Northern Illinois 27-24 Boston College (Sep 2, 2023) Box Score

Northern Illinois Huskies

1-0, 1-0 away

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
NIU	0	7	7	7	6	27
BC	0	0	7	14	3	24

Boston College Eagles

0-1, 0-1 home

Northern Illinois Passing


Rocky Lombardi#12
Justin Lynch#5
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
13/28	165	5.9	0	52.2
1/1	7	7.0	1	70.2
14/29	172	5.9	1	--

Boston College Passing


Tommy Castellanos#1
Emmett Morehead#14
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
13/28	138	4.9	2	1	53.4
4/10	30	3.0	0	0	16.2
17/38	168	4.4	2	1	--

Northern Illinois Rushing


Gavin Williams#21
Antario Brown#1
Brock Lampe#49
Justin Lynch#5
Kacper Rutkiewicz#8
Rocky Lombardi#12
Billy Dozier#10
Trayvon Rudolph#85
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	61	4.1	0	21
16	53	3.3	1	13
3	14	4.7	1	8
3	12	4.0	0	13
1	9	9.0	0	9
6	7	1.2	1	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	5	1.7	0	6
48	166	3.5	3	21

Boston College Rushing


Tommy Castellanos#1
Patrick Garwo III#24
Alex Broome#20
Kye Robichaux#5
Emmett Morehead#14
Xavier Coleman#7
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	67	7.4	1	29
10	43	4.3	0	12
5	23	4.6	0	7
2	8	4.0	0	5
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	1	1.0	0	1
28	146	5.2	1	29

Northern Illinois Receiving


Chris Carter#11
Kacper Rutkiewicz#8
Grayson Barnes#81
Brock Lampe#49
Trayvon Rudolph#85
Antario Brown#1
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	46	23.0	0	32
5	46	9.2	0	13
2	31	15.5	0	24
2	28	14.0	0	16
2	14	7.0	0	11
1	7	7.0	1	7
14	172	12.3	1	32

Boston College Receiving


Lewis Bond#11
Ryan O'Keefe#4
Jaden Williams#0
Joseph Griffin Jr.#2
Alex Broome#20
Patrick Garwo III#24
Xavier Coleman#7
George Takacs#80
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	40	10.0	1	16
5	38	7.6	0	22
2	35	17.5	1	30
2	23	11.5	0	16
1	20	20.0	0	20
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	2	2.0	0	2
17	168	9.9	2	30

Northern Illinois Fumbles


Rocky Lombardi#12
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Boston College Fumbles


Khris Banks#13
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Northern Illinois Interceptions


JaVaughn Byrd#2
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Boston College Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Boston College Interceptions

Northern Illinois Kick Returns


Trayvon Rudolph#85
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	15	15.0	15	0
1	15	15.0	15	0

Boston College Kick Returns


Ryan O'Keefe#4
Taji Johnson#84
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	49	24.5	26
2	2	1.0	2
4	51	12.8	26

Northern Illinois Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Northern Illinois Punt Returns

Boston College Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Boston College Punt Returns

Northern Illinois Kicking


Jake Seibert#30
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Boston College Kicking


Liam Connor#95
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	39	3/3	6
1/1	100.0	39	3/3	6

Northern Illinois Punting


Tom Foley#98
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	219	36.5	0	3	41
6	219	36.5	0	3	41

Boston College Punting


Sam Candotti#43
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	270	38.6	0	5	43
7	270	38.6	0	5	43

Rocky Lombardi takes it in to seal Northern Illinois' upset win over BC in OT

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0:30

Alumni Stadium (Chestnut Hill, MA)

12:00 PM, September 2, 2023Coverage: ACC Network

Chestnut Hill, MA

Attendance: 30,122

Team	CONF	OVR
Akron	0-0	0-0
Ball State	0-0	0-0
Bowling Green	0-0	0-0
Buffalo	0-0	0-0
Central Michigan	0-0	0-0
Eastern Michigan	0-0	0-0
Kent State	0-0	0-0
Massachusetts	0-0	0-0
Miami (OH)	0-0	0-0
Northern Illinois	0-0	0-0
Ohio	0-0	0-0
Toledo	0-0	0-0
Western Michigan	0-0	0-0

Team	CONF	OVR
Boston College	0-0	0-0
California	0-0	0-0
Clemson	0-0	0-0
Duke	0-0	0-0
Florida State	0-0	0-0
Georgia Tech	0-0	0-0
Louisville	0-0	0-0
Miami	0-0	0-0
NC State	0-0	0-0
North Carolina	0-0	0-0
Pittsburgh	0-0	0-0
SMU	0-0	0-0
Stanford	0-0	0-0
Syracuse	0-0	0-0
Virginia	0-0	0-0
Virginia Tech	0-0	0-0
Wake Forest	0-0	0-0

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CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	61	4.1	0	21
16	53	3.3	1	13
3	14	4.7	1	8
3	12	4.0	0	13
1	9	9.0	0	9
6	7	1.2	1	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	5	1.7	0	6
48	166	3.5	3	21

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	61	4.1	0	21
16	53	3.3	1	13
3	14	4.7	1	8
3	12	4.0	0	13
1	9	9.0	0	9
6	7	1.2	1	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	5	1.7	0	6
48	166	3.5	3	21

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
15	61	4.1	0	21
16	53	3.3	1	13
3	14	4.7	1	8
3	12	4.0	0	13
1	9	9.0	0	9
6	7	1.2	1	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
3	5	1.7	0	6
48	166	3.5	3	21