Akron 44, Northern Illinois 12
Associated Press
DEKALB, Ill. - Jeff Undercuffler threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns, leading Akron to a 44-12 victory over Northern Illinois.
Akron picked up its first Mid-American Conference win of the season, helped in large part by a 20-point second quarter. Trailing 6-0 through one quarter, the Zips got rolling with Undercuffler touchdown passes of 15 yards to Daniel George and 4 yards to Alex Adams. Cory Smigel had two field goals and the Zips led 20-6 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Adams hauled in a pass that may have been intended for a different receiver and raced mostly untouched to the end zone on a 61-yard play.
In the fourth quarter, Clyde Price had an 8-yard TD run and Tyson Durant returned an interception 76 yards for Akron's final touchdown.
Undercuffler completed 21 of 32 passes with the three touchdowns and he was intercepted once. Cam Wiley added 128 yards rushing and Adams had 150 receiving yards for the Zips (2-9, 1-6).
NIU's Nevan Cremascoli was 14-of-30 passing for 144 yards and was intercepted twice.
John Richardson kicked four field goals for Northern Illinois (3-9, 2-6), all four after the Huskies had reached the red zone. Smigel kicked three field goals for Akron, also from short range.
November 26, 2022
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Akron | NIU |
| NIU |
FG |
6:51 |
John Richardson 22 yd FG |
0 |
3 |
| NIU |
FG |
0:20 |
John Richardson 32 yd FG |
0 |
6 |
| Second Quarter |
Akron | NIU |
| Akron |
FG |
12:22 |
Cory Smigel 33 yd FG |
3 |
6 |
| Akron |
TD |
6:26 |
Daniel George 15 yd pass from Jeff Undercuffler Jr. (Cory Smigel kick) |
10 |
6 |
| Akron |
TD |
3:33 |
Alex Adams 4 yd pass from Jeff Undercuffler Jr. (Cory Smigel kick) |
17 |
6 |
| Akron |
FG |
0:22 |
Cory Smigel 31 yd FG |
20 |
6 |
| Third Quarter |
Akron | NIU |
| Akron |
TD |
10:45 |
Alex Adams 61 yd pass from Jeff Undercuffler Jr. (Cory Smigel kick) |
27 |
6 |
| NIU |
FG |
6:05 |
John Richardson 34 yd FG |
27 |
9 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Akron | NIU |
| Akron |
TD |
14:55 |
Clyde Price III 8 yd run (Cory Smigel kick) |
34 |
9 |
| Akron |
TD |
13:07 |
Tyson Durant 76 yd interception return (Cory Smigel kick) |
41 |
9 |
| Akron |
FG |
7:07 |
Cory Smigel 31 yd FG |
44 |
9 |
| NIU |
FG |
3:28 |
John Richardson 24 yd FG |
44 |
12 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Akron |
Northern Illinois |
| First downs |
29 |
17 |
| Rushing |
12 |
8 |
| Passing |
13 |
8 |
| Penalty |
4 |
1 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
3-9, 33% |
4-18, 22% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
3-3, 100% |
| Rushes-Yards |
37-200 |
38-89 |
| Passing Yards |
312 |
172 |
| Return Yards |
99 |
33 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
21-32-1 |
17-38-2 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--8 |
2--16 |
| Punts |
1 |
6 |
| Punts-Average |
33 |
40.3 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-1 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
8-45 |
7-80 |
| Time of Possession |
30:09 |
29:51 |
| Akron Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| J. Undercuffler Jr. |
21 |
32 |
312 |
3 |
1 |
| Northern Illinois Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| N. Cremascoli |
14 |
30 |
144 |
0 |
2 |
| J. Lynch |
3 |
8 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
| Akron Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| C. Wiley |
24 |
128 |
5.3 |
0 |
| C. Price III |
6 |
45 |
7.5 |
1 |
| C. Kellom |
2 |
27 |
13.5 |
0 |
| B. Hester |
3 |
10 |
3.3 |
0 |
| R. Jankowski |
1 |
-8 |
-8.0 |
0 |
| Northern Illinois Rushing |
| Player |
Carries |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| J. Credle |
13 |
27 |
2.1 |
0 |
| H. Waylee |
8 |
27 |
3.4 |
0 |
| J. Lynch |
9 |
20 |
2.2 |
0 |
| N. Cremascoli |
3 |
5 |
1.7 |
0 |
| K. Pipkin |
1 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
| K. Rutkiewicz |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
| B. Dozier |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
0 |
| Akron Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| A. Adams |
7 |
150 |
21.4 |
2 |
| D. George |
7 |
96 |
13.7 |
1 |
| S. Jacques-Louis |
4 |
37 |
9.3 |
0 |
| T. Grimes Jr. |
1 |
14 |
14.0 |
0 |
| C. Wiley |
1 |
8 |
8.0 |
0 |
| T. Brank |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| Northern Illinois Receiving |
| Player |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
TDs |
| F. McCray |
4 |
52 |
13.0 |
0 |
| S. Thornton |
4 |
47 |
11.8 |
0 |
| C. Tucker |
4 |
33 |
8.3 |
0 |
| K. Rutkiewicz |
2 |
27 |
13.5 |
0 |
| B. Lampe |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
| L. Soraghan |
2 |
6 |
3.0 |
0 |
| Akron Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| T. Durant |
1 |
76 |
| C. Harper |
1 |
1 |
| Northern Illinois Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| J. Gandy |
1 |
0 |
| Akron Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| N. Gettman |
1 |
33 |
33.0 |
| Northern Illinois Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| T. Foley |
6 |
242 |
40.3 |
| Akron Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Hester |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Northern Illinois Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Akron Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Hester |
1 |
22 |
22.0 |
| Northern Illinois Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| B. Dozier |
2 |
33 |
16.5 |
| Akron Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Northern Illinois Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
