Tulsa 38, Northern Illinois 35
Associated Press
TULSA, Okla. - Davis Brin threw four touchdown passes, Steven Anderson scored on a 1-yard run in the closing seconds and Tulsa blew a 17-point lead before the Golden Hurricane beat Northern Illinois 38-35.
Rocky Lombardi threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Cole Tucker on the first play of the fourth quarter that gave the Huskies (1-1) their first lead at 28-24. Davis, on fourth-and-goal, answered with a 1-yard scoring strike to Keylon Stokes with 10:36 left but Lombardi added a 1-yard TD run to make it 35-31 with 5:57 to play.
Anderson was stopped for a 1-yard loss on fourth-and-1 from the NIU 46 but the Huskies failed to convert on fourth down a few plays later and Tulsa (1-1) took possession at its own 48 with 1:54 to go. Brin threw an incomplete pass and then was sacked by Michael Kennedy for a 4-yard loss before he hit Malachi Jones on third-and-14 for a 24-yard gain and then, a play later, connected with Stokes for a 31 yards before Anderson's touchdown capped the scoring with 58 seconds remaining.
Lombardi was 18-of-31 passing for 259 yards and three touchdowns with an interception and Tucker finished with seven receptions for 123 yards.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
NIU | Tulsa |
| Tulsa |
TD |
10:13 |
JuanCarlos Santana 14 yd pass from Davis Brin (Zack Long kick) |
0 |
7 |
| Second Quarter |
NIU | Tulsa |
| Tulsa |
FG |
13:02 |
Zack Long 28 yd FG |
0 |
10 |
| Tulsa |
TD |
8:15 |
JuanCarlos Santana 25 yd pass from Davis Brin (Zack Long kick) |
0 |
17 |
| NIU |
TD |
2:17 |
Kacper Rutkiewicz 9 yd pass from Rocky Lombardi (John Richardson kick) |
7 |
17 |
| Tulsa |
TD |
0:49 |
Isaiah Epps 20 yd pass from Davis Brin (Zack Long kick) |
7 |
24 |
| Third Quarter |
NIU | Tulsa |
| NIU |
TD |
11:44 |
Kacper Rutkiewicz 30 yd pass from Rocky Lombardi (John Richardson kick) |
14 |
24 |
| NIU |
TD |
8:54 |
Antario Brown 8 yd run (John Richardson kick) |
21 |
24 |
| Fourth Quarter |
NIU | Tulsa |
| NIU |
TD |
14:50 |
Cole Tucker 33 yd pass from Rocky Lombardi (John Richardson kick) |
28 |
24 |
| Tulsa |
TD |
10:36 |
Keylon Stokes 1 yd pass from Davis Brin (Zack Long kick) |
28 |
31 |
| NIU |
TD |
5:57 |
Rocky Lombardi 1 yd run (John Richardson kick) |
35 |
31 |
| Tulsa |
TD |
0:58 |
Steven Anderson 1 yd run (Zack Long kick) |
35 |
38 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Northern Illinois |
Tulsa |
| First downs |
19 |
23 |
| Rushing |
6 |
6 |
| Passing |
11 |
14 |
| Penalty |
2 |
3 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
7-14, 50% |
6-13, 46% |
| 4th down efficiency |
0-1, 0% |
2-3, 67% |
| Rushes-Yards |
37-126 |
37-107 |
| Passing Yards |
259 |
322 |
| Return Yards |
52 |
66 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
18-31-1 |
19-32-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
0-0 |
2--10 |
| Punts |
4 |
1 |
| Punts-Average |
46.5 |
57 |
| Fumbles Lost |
1-0 |
1-1 |
| Penalties - Yards |
9-84 |
4-56 |
| Time of Possession |
32:00 |
28:00 |
| Northern Illinois Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| R. Lombardi |
18 |
31 |
259 |
3 |
1 |
| Tulsa Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| D. Brin |
19 |
32 |
322 |
4 |
1 |
| Northern Illinois Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| M. Jammeh |
1 |
4 |
| Tulsa Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| T. Davis |
1 |
0 |
| Northern Illinois Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| T. Foley |
4 |
186 |
46.5 |
| Tulsa Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| L. Wilson |
1 |
57 |
57.0 |
| Northern Illinois Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| K. Rutkiewicz |
1 |
3 |
3.0 |
| Tulsa Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| K. Stokes |
4 |
47 |
11.8 |
| Northern Illinois Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| M. Blakemore |
3 |
45 |
15.0 |
| Tulsa Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| Z. Long |
40 |
