Toledo at Northern Illinois

Tuesday, November 9, 2004

Toledo beat Northern Illinois 31–⁠17. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Toledo led the series 26–⁠6.

AwayToledo9–⁠4 in 2004
31
HomeNorthern Illinois9–⁠3 in 2004
17

FinalTV: ESPN2Attendance 27,719

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Toledo01410731
Northern Illinois1070017

Standouts

Player stats

Toledo

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Bruce Gradkowski28/3729701
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Scooter McDougle28133217
Jalen Parmele1260217
Bruce Gradkowski932010
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Chris Holmes973015
Terrance Hudson141041
Steve Odom53308
Scooter McDougle42709
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Nigel Morris100

Northern Illinois

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Josh Haldi10/229511
RushingCarYdsTDLong
A.J. Harris1695029
Dan Sheldon1808
Adrian Davis2111
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Dan Sheldon342030
Shatone Powers227118
Jake Nordin31108
Brad Cieslak110010
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Lionel Hickenbottom140

From CollegeFootballData’s box score. Names lead to each player’s page. ★ a career high on file.

Team stats

ToledoNorthern Illinois
512Total yards180
297Passing yards113
215Rushing yards85
8.0Yards per pass4.3
4.0Yards per rush3.7
30First downs10
12–⁠19Third downs2–⁠10
2–⁠3Fourth downs1–⁠2
1Turnovers1
0–⁠0Penalties0–⁠0
25:11Possession11:37

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northern Illinois 65% to win. Toledo pulled the upset.

Toledo leads 36–⁠17 in 53 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Toledo 42, Northern Illinois 3
2024Toledo 13, Northern Illinois 6
2023Toledo 35, Northern Illinois 33
2022Toledo 52, Northern Illinois 32
2021Northern Illinois 22, Toledo 20
2020Toledo 41, Northern Illinois 24

Around this game

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