Nov 5, 2009 - 11:03 PM
0 shoutsDEKALB, Ill.(AP) -- Tommy Davis returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown, and Chad Spann ran for a career-high 174 yards and two scores to help Northern Illinois rout winless Eastern Michigan 50-6 on Thursday night.
The Huskies (6-3, 4-1 Mid-American) won their third straight games, scoring on five straight possessions to take a 37-6 halftime lead.
Spann had scoring runs of 65 and 79 yards in the first half, and DeMarcus Grady threw 30- and 31-yard touchdown passes to Landon Cox. Grady passed for 119 yards, ran for 104 and had a 5-yard scoring run in the third quarter.
Eastern Michigan (0-9, 0-5) twice drove inside the Northern Illinois 5 in the first quarter, but reached Huskies territory just once the rest of the way.
Dwayne Priest ran for 75 yards for the Eagles.
From the Bleachers
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EASTERN MICHIGAN: 6
NORTHERN ILLINOIS: 50
Final
Nov 5 10:44 PM -
NCAAF
FG NORTHN ILLINOIS
MIKE SALERNO 22 YD
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 50 7:25 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Nov 5 10:24 PM -
EASTERN MICHIGAN: 6
NORTHERN ILLINOIS: 47
End of 3rd
Nov 5 10:04 PM -
NCAAF
TD NORTHN ILLINOIS
DEMARCUS GRADY 5 YD RUN
(MIKE SALERNO KICK)
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 47 2:37 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Nov 5 9:54 PM -
NCAAF
FG NORTHN ILLINOIS
MIKE SALERNO 36 YD
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 40 8:20 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Nov 5 9:39 PM -
EASTERN MICHIGAN: 6
NORTHERN ILLINOIS: 37
Halftime
Nov 5 9:09 PM -
NCAAF
TD NORTHN ILLINOIS
LANDON COX 31 YD PASS FROM DEMARCUS GRADY
(MIKE SALERNO KICK)
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 37 0:37 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 5 8:59 PM -
NCAAF
TD NORTHN ILLINOIS
CHAD SPANN 79 YD RUN
(MIKE SALERNO KICK)
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 30 6:43 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 5 8:49 PM -
NCAAF
FG NORTHN ILLINOIS
MIKE SALERNO 26 YD
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 23 10:46 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 5 8:34 PM -
EASTERN MICHIGAN: 6
NORTHERN ILLINOIS: 20
End of 1st
Nov 5 8:24 PM -
NCAAF
TD NORTHN ILLINOIS
CHAD SPANN 65 YD RUN
(MIKE SALERNO KICK)
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 20 1:39 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 5 8:19 PM -
NCAAF
FG EASTRN MICHIGAN
JOE CARITHERS 20 YD
EASTRN MICHIGAN 6
NORTHN ILLINOIS 13 1:56 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 5 8:14 PM -
NCAAF
TD NORTHN ILLINOIS
LANDON COX 30 YD PASS FROM DEMARCUS GRADY
(MIKE SALERNO KICK)
EASTRN MICHIGAN 3
NORTHN ILLINOIS 13 7:26 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 5 7:59 PM -
NCAAF
FG EASTRN MICHIGAN
JOE CARITHERS 21 YD
EASTRN MICHIGAN 3
NORTHN ILLINOIS 6 10:45 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 5 7:54 PM -
NCAAF
EASTRN MICHIGAN 0
NORTHN ILLINOIS 6 14:46 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 5 7:39 PM
