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Navy at Northern Illinois

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Navy beat Northern Illinois 16–⁠0. It was their second meeting; Navy leads the series 2–⁠0.

AwayNavy8–⁠5 in 2008
16
HomeNorthern Illinois6–⁠7 in 2008
0

Final at Huskie Stadium, DeKalbTV: ESPN2Attendance 17,932

At kickoff
28°F, clear, wind 6 mph from the westWeather: NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database; De Kalb Taylor Municipal Airport (KDKB), 6 km from the stadium

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Navy097016
Northern Illinois00000

Standouts

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Player stats

Navy

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Ricky Dobbs1/13200
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Ricky Dobbs25124119
Eric Kettani1992113
Greg Shinego539015
Bobby Doyle4905
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Greg Shinego132032
InterceptionsIntYdsTD
Rashawn King100
Emmett Merchant1290

Northern Illinois

PassingC/AttYdsTDInt
Chandler Harnish14/2411602
RushingCarYdsTDLong
Chandler Harnish1464012
Ricky Crider1355014
Chad Spann41108
Me’co Brown2505
ReceivingRecYdsTDLong
Marcus Perez436013
Reed Cunningham330014
Britt Davis218014
Greg Turner112012

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

Team stats

NavyNorthern Illinois
294Total yards251
32Passing yards116
262Rushing yards135
16.0Yards per pass4.8
4.8Yards per rush4.1
19First downs18
6–⁠9Third downs4–⁠10
0–⁠0Fourth downs1–⁠4
0Turnovers2
4–⁠37Penalties4–⁠45
18:23Possession18:17

Efficiency

NavyNorthern Illinois
56%Success rate50%
0.13EPA per play−0.08
0.49Explosiveness0.69
0.15Rushing EPA0.07
−0.06Passing EPA−0.29
44%Passing-down success27%
−0.08First-down EPA0.02
0.30Second-down EPA−0.04
0.41Third-down EPA0.21

From CollegeFootballData.com: each offense’s efficiency, and the havoc each defense caused. The better side of each line is bold.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northern Illinois 52% to win. Navy won as Elo’s underdog.

Every drive

Northern Illinois end zoneNavy end zoneQ1 Northern IllinoisInterception, 8 playsQ1 NavyField goal, 18 playsQ2 Northern IllinoisPunt, 8 playsQ2 NavyTouchdown run, 10 playsQ2 Northern IllinoisPunt, 6 playsQ2 NavyEnd of half, 6 playsQ3 NavyPunt, 3 playsQ3 Northern IllinoisInterception, 10 playsQ3 NavyTouchdown run, 10 playsQ3 Northern IllinoisTurnover on downs, 20 playsQ4 NavyPunt, 5 playsQ4 Northern IllinoisTurnover on downs, 7 playsQ4 NavyEnd of game, 4 plays
Solid bars scored; an outline in the other team’s color marks points the defense scored. Northern Illinois drives left to right, Navy right to left.
  1. Q1 Northern IllinoisInterception, 8 plays, 44 yards
  2. Q1 NavyField goal, 18 plays, 46 yards
  3. Q2 Northern IllinoisPunt, 8 plays, 45 yards
  4. Q2 NavyTouchdown run, 10 plays, 38 yards
  5. Q2 Northern IllinoisPunt, 6 plays, 36 yards
  6. Q2 NavyEnd of half, 6 plays, 30 yards
  7. Q3 NavyPunt, 3 plays, 23 yards
  8. Q3 Northern IllinoisInterception, 10 plays, 24 yards
  9. Q3 NavyTouchdown run, 10 plays, −11 yards
  10. Q3 Northern IllinoisTurnover on downs, 20 plays, 24 yards
  11. Q4 NavyPunt, 5 plays, 79 yards
  12. Q4 Northern IllinoisTurnover on downs, 7 plays, 17 yards
  13. Q4 NavyEnd of game, 4 plays, 6 yards

Play by play

1st quarter2 drives, then Tied at 0
Northern Illinois Interception, 8 plays
14:401st & 10 at own 16Ricky Crider rush for 9 yards to the NoIll 25.
14:112nd & 1 at own 25Ricky Crider rush for 2 yards to the NoIll 27 for a 1ST down.
13:371st & 10 at own 27Chandler Harnish pass complete to Reed Cunningham for 12 yards to the NoIll 39 for a 1ST down.
12:531st & 10 at own 39Ricky Crider rush for 13 yards to the Navy 48 for a 1ST down.
12:401st & 10 at opp 48Ricky Crider rush for 4 yards to the Navy 44.
11:462nd & 6 at opp 44Ricky Crider rush for 14 yards to the Navy 30 for a 1ST down.
11:331st & 10 at opp 30Ricky Crider rush for no gain to the Navy 30.
10:552nd & 10 at opp 30Chandler Harnish pass intercepted by Rashawn King at the Navy 9, returned for no gain to the Navy 9.
Navy Field goal, 18 plays
10:551st & 10 at own 9Eric Kettani rush for 1 yard, fumbled, recovered by Navy Ricky Dobbs at the Navy 11.
9:472nd & 8 at own 11Eric Kettani rush for 5 yards to the Navy 16.
9:223rd & 3 at own 16Ricky Dobbs rush for 4 yards to the Navy 20 for a 1ST down.
8:461st & 10 at own 20Eric Kettani rush for 1 yard to the Navy 21.
8:212nd & 9 at own 21Ricky Dobbs rush for 1 yard to the Navy 22.
7:483rd & 8 at own 22Ricky Dobbs rush for 19 yards to the Navy 41 for a 1ST down.
7:121st & 10 at own 41Bobby Doyle rush for 5 yards to the Navy 46.
6:392nd & 5 at own 46Ricky Dobbs rush for 14 yards to the NoIll 40 for a 1ST down.
6:101st & 10 at opp 40Eric Kettani rush for 5 yards to the NoIll 35.
5:452nd & 5 at opp 35Timeout NAVY, clock 5:45.
5:112nd & 5 at opp 35Eric Kettani rush for 5 yards to the NoIll 30 for a 1ST down.
4:301st & 10 at opp 30Eric Kettani rush for 2 yards to the NoIll 28.
3:572nd & 8 at opp 28Greg Shinego rush for 6 yards to the NoIll 22.
3:323rd & 2 at opp 22Ricky Dobbs rush for 3 yards to the NoIll 19 for a 1ST down.
3:001st & 10 at opp 19Timeout NAVY, clock 3:00.
2:431st & 10 at opp 19Eric Kettani rush for 4 yards to the NoIll 15.
1:582nd & 6 at opp 15Dobbs, Ricky rush for 4 yards to the NORTHERNIL11, fumble forced by Kube, Alex, fumble by Dobbs, Ricky recovered by NAVY at NORTHERNIL2, 1ST DOWN NAVY.
1:471st & goal at opp 2Ricky Dobbs rush for a loss of 1 yard to the NoIll 3.
1:052nd & goal at opp 3Bobby Doyle rush for a loss of 2 yards to the NoIll 5.
0:003rd & goal at opp 5Shun White rush for no gain to the NoIll 5.
Q2 14:554th & goal at opp 10Matt Harmon 27 yard field goal GOOD.Navy 3, Northern Illinois 0
Q2 14:55Jon Teague kickoff for 70 yards returned by Ricky Crider for 20 yards to the NoIll 20.
2nd quarter4 drives, then Navy 9, Northern Illinois 0
Northern Illinois Punt, 8 plays
14:221st & 10 at own 20Ricky Crider rush for a loss of 1 yard to the NoIll 19.
13:422nd & 11 at own 19Chandler Harnish pass complete to Marcus Perez for 7 yards to the NoIll 26.
13:223rd & 4 at own 26Chandler Harnish rush for 9 yards to the NoIll 35 for a 1ST down.
12:471st & 10 at own 35Chandler Harnish rush for 4 yards to the NoIll 39.
11:192nd & 6 at own 39Chandler Harnish pass complete to Reed Cunningham for 14 yards to the Navy 47 for a 1ST down.
11:051st & 10 at opp 47Ricky Crider rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Navy 49.
10:262nd & 12 at opp 49Chandler Harnish pass complete to Reed Cunningham for 4 yards to the Navy 45.
10:173rd & 8 at opp 45Chandler Harnish pass incomplete to Greg Turner.
10:114th & 8 at opp 45Andy Dittbenner punt for 30 yards, punt out-of-bounds at the Navy 15.
Navy Touchdown run, 10 plays
10:111st & 10 at own 15Eric Kettani rush for 5 yards to the Navy 20.
9:092nd & 5 at own 20Ricky Dobbs rush for 4 yards to the Navy 24.
8:593rd & 1 at own 24Ricky Dobbs rush for 5 yards to the Navy 29 for a 1ST down.
8:091st & 10 at own 29Eric Kettani rush for 6 yards to the Navy 35.
7:422nd & 4 at own 35Ricky Dobbs rush for 6 yards to the Navy 41 for a 1ST down.
7:231st & 10 at own 41Greg Shinego rush for 15 yards to the NoIll 44 for a 1ST down.
6:461st & 10 at opp 44Ricky Dobbs rush for 8 yards to the NoIll 36.
6:242nd & 2 at opp 36Ricky Dobbs pass complete to Greg Shinego for 32 yards to the NoIll 4 for a 1ST down.
6:101st & goal at opp 4Greg Shinego rush for 3 yards to the NoIll 1.
5:382nd & goal at opp 1Ricky Dobbs rush for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN.Navy 9, Northern Illinois 0
5:38Two-point conversion attempt, Jarod Bryant rush FAILED.
5:38Jon Teague kickoff for 60 yards returned by Ricky Crider for 17 yards to the NoIll 27.
Northern Illinois Punt, 6 plays
5:111st & 10 at own 27Chandler Harnish rush for 7 yards to the NoIll 34.
4:312nd & 3 at own 34Me’co Brown rush for 5 yards to the NoIll 39 for a 1ST down.
4:021st & 10 at own 39Chandler Harnish pass complete to Marcus Perez for 13 yards to the Navy 48 for a 1ST down.
3:361st & 10 at opp 48Me’co Brown rush for no gain to the Navy 48.
2:432nd & 10 at opp 48Chandler Harnish rush for a loss of 1 yard to the Navy 49.
2:163rd & 11 at opp 49Chandler Harnish pass complete to Matt Simon for 4 yards to the Navy 45.
1:314th & 7 at opp 45Andy Dittbenner punt for 32 yards, punt out-of-bounds at the Navy 13.
Navy End of half, 6 plays
1:101st & 10 at own 13Ricky Dobbs rush for 5 yards to the Navy 18.
0:522nd & 5 at own 18Eric Kettani rush for 13 yards to the Navy 31 for a 1ST down.
0:321st & 10 at own 31Ricky Dobbs rush for 8 yards to the Navy 39.
0:322nd & 2 at own 39Timeout NAVY, clock 0:32.
0:242nd & 2 at own 39Ricky Dobbs rush for 2 yards to the Navy 41 for a 1ST down.
0:141st & 10 at own 41Team pass incomplete.
0:142nd & 10 at own 41Eric Kettani rush for 7 yards to the Navy 48.
0:003rd & 3 at own 48Navy penalty 5 yard False Start accepted.
Q3 15:00Mike Salerno kickoff for 63 yards returned by Corey James for 32 yards to the Navy 39.
3rd quarter4 drives, then Navy 16, Northern Illinois 0
Navy Punt, 3 plays
15:001st & 10 at own 39Ricky Dobbs rush for 3 yards to the Navy 42.
13:552nd & 7 at own 42Eric Kettani rush for 5 yards to the Navy 47.
13:473rd & 2 at own 47Ricky Dobbs rush for 1 yard to the Navy 48.
13:074th & 1 at own 48Navy penalty 5 yard Delay of Game accepted.
12:584th & 6 at own 43Kyle Delahooke punt for 45 yards, returned by Greg Turner for no gain to the NoIll 12.
Northern Illinois Interception, 10 plays
12:341st & 10 at own 12Ricky Crider rush for 2 yards to the NoIll 14.
12:112nd & 8 at own 14Chandler Harnish rush for 6 yards to the NoIll 20.
11:073rd & 2 at own 20Chandler Harnish pass complete to Britt Davis for 14 yards to the NoIll 34 for a 1ST down.
10:391st & 10 at own 34Chandler Harnish pass complete to Marcus Perez for 11 yards to the NoIll 45 for a 1ST down.
10:251st & 10 at own 45Chandler Harnish rush for no gain to the NoIll 45.
9:252nd & 10 at own 45Chandler Harnish pass complete to Greg Turner for 12 yards to the Navy 43 for a 1ST down.
8:501st & 10 at opp 43Chad Spann rush for 8 yards to the Navy 35.
7:572nd & 2 at opp 35Chad Spann rush for a loss of 2 yards to the Navy 37.
7:473rd & 4 at opp 37Chandler Harnish pass incomplete to Greg Turner.
7:474th & 4 at opp 37Timeout NORTHERN ILLINOIS, clock 7:47.
7:394th & 4 at opp 37Chandler Harnish pass intercepted by Emmett Merchant at the Navy 35, returned for 29 yards to the NoIll 36.
Navy Touchdown run, 10 plays
7:301st & 10 at opp 36Eric Kettani rush for 3 yards to the NoIll 33.
6:322nd & 7 at opp 33Greg Shinego rush over left end for 6 yards to the NoIll 27.
6:063rd & 1 at opp 27Eric Kettani rush up the middle for 2 yards to the NoIll 25 for a 1ST down.
5:391st & 10 at opp 25Bobby Doyle rush over left end for 3 yards to the NoIll 22.
5:122nd & 7 at opp 22Greg Shinego rush for 9 yards to the NoIll 13 for a 1ST down.
4:351st & 10 at opp 13Ricky Dobbs rush up the middle for 3 yards to the NoIll 10.
4:242nd & 7 at opp 10Eric Kettani rush up the middle for 8 yards to the NoIll 2 for a 1ST down.
3:291st & goal at opp 2Ricky Dobbs rush up the middle for no gain to the NoIll 2.
2:522nd & goal at opp 2Ricky Dobbs rush over right guard for 1 yard to the NoIll 1.
2:213rd & goal at opp 1Eric Kettani rush up the middle for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN.Navy 15, Northern Illinois 0
2:21Matt Harmon extra point GOOD.Navy 16, Northern Illinois 0
2:21Jon Teague kickoff for 67 yards returned by Ricky Crider for 26 yards to the NoIll 29.
Northern Illinois Turnover on downs, 20 plays
2:091st & 10 at own 29Chandler Harnish pass complete to Marcus Perez for 5 yards to the NoIll 34.
1:372nd & 5 at own 34Ricky Crider rush for 7 yards to the NoIll 41 for a 1ST down.
0:591st & 10 at own 41Chandler Harnish pass complete to Connor Flahive for 4 yards to the NoIll 45.
0:452nd & 6 at own 45Chandler Harnish rush for 5 yards to the 50 yard line.
0:003rd & 1 at the 50Ricky Crider rush for 2 yards to the Navy 48 for a 1ST down.
Q4 15:001st & 10 at opp 48Chandler Harnish pass incomplete to Marcus Perez.
Q4 14:352nd & 10 at opp 48Chandler Harnish rush for 7 yards to the Navy 41, Northn Illinois penalty 10 yard Holding accepted.
Q4 14:212nd & 13 at own 49Navy penalty 15 yard Personal Foul accepted, no play.
Q4 14:121st & 10 at opp 36Chandler Harnish rush for 5 yards to the Navy 31.
Q4 13:152nd & 5 at opp 31Chandler Harnish rush for 12 yards to the Navy 19 for a 1ST down.
Q4 12:481st & 10 at opp 19Ricky Crider rush over right end for 4 yards to the Navy 15.
Q4 12:122nd & 6 at opp 15Chandler Harnish rush for 5 yards to the Navy 10.
Q4 11:193rd & 1 at opp 10Chad Spann rush over right guard for no gain to the Navy 10.
Q4 11:064th & 1 at opp 10Timeout NORTHERN ILLINOIS, clock 11:06.
Q4 10:514th & 1 at opp 10Chandler Harnish rush for 2 yards to the Navy 8 for a 1ST down.
Q4 10:481st & 0 at opp 8Northn Illinois penalty 15 yard Illegal Participation accepted, no play.
Q4 10:411st & 0 at opp 23Chandler Harnish deep pass incomplete to Matt Simon.
Q4 10:262nd & 0 at opp 23Navy penalty 12 yard Personal Foul accepted, no play.
Q4 9:451st & 10 at opp 11Chad Spann rush for 5 yards to the Navy 6.
Q4 9:152nd & 5 at opp 6Chandler Harnish rush over right tackle for 1 yard to the Navy 5.
Q4 8:253rd & 4 at opp 5Chandler Harnish scramble for 2 yards to the Navy 3.
Q4 7:584th & 2 at opp 3Timeout NORTHERN ILLINOIS, clock 7:58.
Q4 7:534th & 2 at opp 3Chandler Harnish sideline pass incomplete to Matt Simon.
4th quarter3 drives, then Navy 16, Northern Illinois 0
Navy Punt, 5 plays
7:251st & 10 at own 3Eric Kettani rush up the middle for 4 yards to the Navy 7.
6:592nd & 6 at own 7Ricky Dobbs rush for 11 yards to the Navy 18 for a 1ST down.
6:141st & 10 at own 18Ricky Dobbs rush for 2 yards to the Navy 20.
5:372nd & 8 at own 20Bobby Doyle rush for 3 yards to the Navy 23.
4:553rd & 5 at own 23Eric Kettani rush for 3 yards to the Navy 26.
4:364th & 2 at own 26Timeout NAVY, clock 4:36.
4:284th & 2 at own 26Kyle Delahooke punt for 42 yards, punt out-of-bounds at the NoIll 32.
Northern Illinois Turnover on downs, 7 plays
4:071st & 10 at own 32Chandler Harnish pass complete to Jason Schepler for 9 yards to the NoIll 41.
3:512nd & 1 at own 41Chandler Harnish pass incomplete to Jason Schepler.
3:403rd & 1 at own 41Ricky Crider rush for 1 yard to the NoIll 42 for a 1ST down.
3:301st & 10 at own 42Chandler Harnish sideline pass incomplete to Matt Simon.
3:162nd & 10 at own 42Chandler Harnish pass complete to Britt Davis for 4 yards to the NoIll 46.
2:453rd & 6 at own 46Chandler Harnish pass complete to Willie Clark for 3 yards to the NoIll 49.
2:394th & 3 at own 49Timeout NAVY, clock 2:39.
2:354th & 3 at own 49Chandler Harnish sideline pass incomplete to Britt Davis.
Navy End of game, 4 plays
2:261st & 10 at opp 49Ricky Dobbs rush for 4 yards to the NoIll 45, Northn Illinois penalty 15 yard Personal Foul accepted for a 1ST down.
1:481st & 10 at opp 30Eric Kettani rush up the middle for 10 yards to the NoIll 20 for a 1ST down.
1:141st & 10 at opp 20Eric Kettani rush over left guard for 3 yards to the NoIll 17.
0:432nd & 7 at opp 17Ricky Dobbs rush for 5 yards to the NoIll 12.
0:003rd & 2 at opp 12Northn Illinois penalty 5 yard Offside Defense accepted, no play.

Play-by-play from CollegeFootballData.com, as its scorers wrote it. The clock is the time left in the quarter; the spot is from the side of the team with the ball.

The series

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Navy leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings.

Recent meetings
2008Navy 16, Northern Illinois 0
2007Navy 35, Northern Illinois 24

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