| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Quarter |
| Southern Ill Field Goal - 23-yarder by Kyle Dougherty. 6:15 Remaining. |
| Northern Iowa Touchdown - 34-yard pass from Zach Davis to Montari Leonard. (Billy Hallgren kick). 3:49 Remaining. |
| Southern Ill Touchdown - 1-yard pass from Paul McIntosh to Jeff Evans. (Kyle Dougherty kick). 2:32 Remaining. |
| 2nd Quarter |
| Southern Ill Touchdown - 20-yard run by Paul McIntosh. (Kyle Dougherty kick). 10:47 Remaining. |
| Southern Ill Touchdown - 36-yard interception return by Luke Thuston. (Kyle Dougherty kick). 9:48 Remaining. |
| Northern Iowa Touchdown - 19-yard run by Carlos Anderson. (Billy Hallgren kick). 7:03 Remaining. |
| Southern Ill Touchdown - 15-yard pass from Chris Dieker to Kyle Harruff. (Kyle Dougherty kick). 0:19 Remaining. |
| 3rd Quarter |
| Northern Iowa Touchdown - 46-yard run by Tirrell Rennie. (Billy Hallgren kick). 11:34 Remaining. |
| Northern Iowa Touchdown - 8-yard pass from Tirrell Rennie to Schuylar Oordt. (Billy Hallgren kick). 7:13 Remaining. |
| 4th Quarter |
| Northern Iowa Touchdown - 1-yard run by Tirrell Rennie. (Billy Hallgren kick). 9:55 Remaining. |
| Northern Iowa Field Goal - 44-yarder by Billy Hallgren. 4:36 Remaining. |
| Southern Ill Touchdown - 3-yard run by Chris Dieker. (Kyle Dougherty kick). 1:11 Remaining. |
| Overtime |
| Southern Ill Touchdown - 7-yard pass from Chris Dieker to Jeff Evans. (Kyle Dougherty kick). Remaining. |
| Final Team Statistics |
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| | Northern Iowa | Southern Ill |
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| TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 18 |
| By Rushing | 15 | 6 |
| By Passing | 6 | 11 |
| By Penalty | 0 | 1 |
| THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 7-12-58.0 | 7-13-54.0 |
| FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY | 1-2-50 | 1-2-50 |
| TOTAL NET YARDS | 463 | 414 |
| Total Off. Plays (inc. times thrown passing) | 69 | 66 |
| Avg. gain per offensive play | 6.7 | 6.3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 325 | 85 |
| Total Rushing Plays | 46 | 38 |
| Avg. gain per rushing play | 7.1 | 2.2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 138 | 329 |
| Times Thrown - yards lost attempting to pass | 2-9 | 3-16 |
| PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED | 23-9-3 | 28-21-1 |
| Avg. gain per pass play (inc. # thrown passing) | 6.0 | 11.8 |
| PUNTS Number and average | 1-41.0 | 4-28.2 |
| TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) | 6 | 67 |
| No. and Yards Punt Returns | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| No. and Yards Kickoff Returns | 7-121 | 7-167 |
| No. and Yards Interception Returns | 1-4 | 3-41 |
| PENALTIES No. and Yards | 9-75 | 5-51 |
| FUMBLES No. and Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| TOUCHDOWNS | 5 | 6 |
| Rushing | 3 | 2 |
| Passing | 2 | 3 |
| EXTRA POINTS Made-Attempts | 5-5 | 6-6 |
| FIELD GOALS Made-Attempts | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| SAFETIES | 0 | 0 |
| FINAL SCORE | 38 | 45 |
| TIME OF POSSESSION | 30:00 | 30:00 |
| Final Individual Statistics |
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| Northern Iowa | Southern Ill |
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| PASSING | ATT | CP | YDS | SK | TD | LG | IN |
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| T.Rennie | 16 | 8 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1 | | Z.Davis | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2 | | Total | 23 | 9 | 138 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 3 |
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| INTERCEPTIONS | ATT | YDS | LG | TD |
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| L.Fort | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
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| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| K.Bernard | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 1 | 41 | | | | | | | | | | Total | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 1 | 41 |
| | PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | IN20 | LG |
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| A.Pucylowski | 3 | 113 | 37.7 | 3 | 40 | | TEAM | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 3 | 40 |
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| | PUNT RETURNS | NO | YDS | LG | TD |
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| | | | | | | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| B.Hallgren | 1/2 | 50.0 | 44 | 5/5 | 8 | | Total | 1/2 | 50.0 | 44 | 5/5 | 8 |
| | KICKING | FG | PCT | LG | XP | PTS |
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| K.Dougherty | 1/1 | 100.0 | 23 | 6/6 | 9 | | Total | 1/1 | 100.0 | 23 | 6/6 | 9 |
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