Ohio Runs By NIU 48-21

Jimmy Doles

21

NIU
NIU

1-6 , 0-3

48

Winner

Ohio
OHI

4-3 , 2-1

21

48

Winner

Score By Quarters

Team	1st	2nd	third	4th	F
NIU NIU	0	8	6	7	21
OHI Ohio	14	7	13	14	48

Game Recap: Football | October 18

DeAree Rogers Goes Over 100 Yards Receiving As Huskies Score Season-High Points

ATHENS, Ohio – The Northern Illinois University soccer workforce couldn’t overcome the Ohio Bobcats’ dashing assault Saturday afternoon in a 48-21 loss at Peden Stadium.

“Obviously credit Ohio, they were better in all three phases,” mentioned head coach Thomas Hammock. “We’ve got to find a way to play better. I thought we did some good things offensively in the second half. We need to play faster to get more plays off. Ohio had a really good plan offensively and ran downhill.”

Ohio (4-3, 2-1 MAC) ran for 333 yards and had over 500 yards of whole offense on the day. The Huskies’ 21 factors have been a season-high on 293 yards of offense.

NIU (1-6, 0-3 MAC) threw for a season-high 161 yards on Saturday as Josh Holst (Marengo, Ill./Marengo) had two landing passes. Holst was 21-for-29 passing within the recreation, the second-most completions in his profession. Junior vast receiver DeAree Rogers (Lexington, S.C./Lenoir-Rhyne) tied a season-high with seven receptions and had a season-high 107 yards.

The Bobcats took management early, forcing NIU right into a three-and-out on its first possession. Chase Hendricks then returned a punt 53 yards to the NIU 14 yardline and two performs later Sieh Bangura scored on a two-yard landing run to place the Bobcats up 7-0 2:13 into the sport. Ohio took a 14-0 lead with 4:53 to go within the first quarter when quarterback Parker Navarro’s nine-yard landing run capped an 11-play, 91-yard drive. Bangura made it 21-0 early within the second quarter, scoring his second dashing landing with 12:13 to go.

Dev’ion Reynolds (Zion, Ill./Carmel Catholic) gave the Huskies a spark with a 67-yard kickoff return to the Ohio 20 yardline. After a third-down conversion on a 10-yard reception by Jake Appleget (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska), Holst hit redshirt-freshman Devon Akers (Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny) for a seven-yard landing cross on Akers’ first profession reception on the 10:08 mark. The Huskies then went for a two-point conversion and bought the factors on a Holst display cross to George Dimopoulos (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) to make the rating 21-8. The NIU protection bought two stops late within the quarter, forcing an Ohio punt from the Huskies’ 36 and getting an interception as freshman James Finley IV (Portage, Ind./Andrean) picked off Navarro in the long run zone with 0:11 left within the first half.

The Bobcats took a 27-8 lead early within the third quarter on a 66-yard Duncan Brune landing run, however missed the additional level. Ohio led 34-8 when Holst threw his second landing cross of the sport, a 50-yard strike up the sideline to Rogers that made the rating 34-14 with 6:04 to play within the quarter. The cross was the longest of the season for NIU.

“We played faster and with more urgency in the second half,” Hammock mentioned. “We called plays at the line of scrimmage which is what we need to do to pick up the tempo and let our guys play.”

Ohio responded with a one-yard Bangura landing run on the primary play of the fourth quarter to go up 41-14. NIU then drove 75 yards on eight performs with Chavon Wright (Opa Locka, Fla./Charleston) punching in a one-yard landing run to make it 41-21 with 12:08 to play within the recreation. Holst mixed with Rogers on two passes for 41 yards, together with a 22-yard throw to the Ohio one yardline, and likewise ran for twenty-four yards.

Bangura had 147 dashing yards on 22 carries and three touchdowns whereas Brune added 126 yards and two scores. Navarro had 248 yards of whole offense with 205 by way of the air. Defensively, Quinn Urwiler (Mooseheart, Ill./North Dakota) led all gamers with 12 tackles as Jasper Beeler (Farmington, Mich./Saginaw Valley State) and Marc Pretto (Montclair, N.J./Fordham) each had eight.

NIU returns to Huskie Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 25 to tackle the Ball State Cardinals for the Bronze Stalk trophy. Kickoff is at 2:30 p.m. with the sport broadcast on ESPN+ and regionally on 94-9 WDKB. Tickets for all remaining NIU house soccer video games are on sale now. Purchase tickets for the 2025 NIU Football season anytime on-line at NIUHuskies.com/tickets. For extra data, name the NIU Ticket Office at 815-753-PACK (7225) weekdays between 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. or e mail [email protected].

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