» Show/Hide Scoreboard for October 21, 2000
| NIL | WMI | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Yards | 355 | 418 |
| Plays | 58 | 81 |
| Yds/Play | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| Passing | 193 | 209 |
| Cmp-Att | 12-20 | 22-35 |
| Yds/Pass | 9.7 | 6.0 |
| Rushing | 162 | 209 |
| Rushes | 38 | 46 |
| Yds/Rush | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| First Downs | 18 | 30 |
| Pass | 9 | 13 |
| Rush | 6 | 14 |
| Penalty | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties | 10 | 7 |
| Yds | 80 | 54 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Fum Lost | 1 | 0 |
| Int Thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| Chris Finlen | Northern Illinois | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 193 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 2 | 1 | 172.7 |
| Craig Harmon | Northern Illinois | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Player | School | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | Rate |
| Jeff Welsh | Western Michigan | 21 | 34 | 61.8 | 207 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 2 | 0 | 132.3 |
| Robert Sanford | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 116.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Thomas Hammock | Northern Illinois | 21 | 148 | 7.0 | 0 | 21 | 148 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Turner | Northern Illinois | 12 | 14 | 1.2 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 1.2 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Finlen | Northern Illinois | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||
| Justin McCareins | Northern Illinois | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 2 | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 2 | ||||
| P.J. Fleck | Northern Illinois | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | ||||
| Keith Perry | Northern Illinois | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||||
| Rushing | Receiving | Scrimmage | |||||||||||
| Player | School | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Robert Sanford | Western Michigan | 32 | 172 | 5.4 | 2 | 32 | 172 | 5.4 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Woods | Western Michigan | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 2 | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 2 | ||||
| Jeff Welsh | Western Michigan | 5 | -12 | -2.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | -10 | -1.7 | 1 |
| K.T. Robinson | Western Michigan | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Neal | Western Michigan | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 0 | ||||
| Mobolaji Afariogun | Western Michigan | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 1 | ||||
| Joshua Bush | Western Michigan | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | ||||
| Corey Alston | Western Michigan | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 1 | ||||
| Marco Wolverton | Western Michigan | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||||
| Antonio Thomas | Western Michigan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Bosworth | Western Michigan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||
| Micah Zuhl | Western Michigan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||
| Tackles | Def Int | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Solo | Ast | Tot | Loss | Sk | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF |
| Ronald Rogers | Western Michigan | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Randee Drew | Northern Illinois | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||||
| Justin McCareins | Northern Illinois | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Kick Ret | Punt Ret | ||||||||
| Player | School | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD |
| Rashad McDade | Western Michigan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | ||||
| Joshua Bush | Western Michigan | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| Steve Azar | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jimmy Erwin | Northern Illinois | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | |||||||
| Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||
| Player | School | XPM | XPA | XP% | FGM | FGA | FG% | Pts | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| Brad Selent | Western Michigan | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 10 | |||
| Matt Steffen | Western Michigan | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | |||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | School | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| Justin McCareins | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Chris Finlen | Northern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Steve Azar | Northern Illinois | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| P.J. Fleck | Northern Illinois | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Touchdowns | Kicking | |||||||||||||
| Player | School | Rush | Rec | Int | FR | PR | KR | Oth | Tot | XPM | FGM | 2PM | Sfty | Pts |
| Robert Sanford | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Charles Woods | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Brad Selent | Western Michigan | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mobolaji Afariogun | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Corey Alston | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Welsh | Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||