DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Jordan Lynch ran for three touchdowns and threw for another score to lift Northern Illinois to a 35-7 win over Tennessee-Martin on Saturday night.
It was the 16th consecutive home victory for the Huskies (1-1), the defending champions of the Mid-American Conference. NIU lost to Iowa 18-17 last week at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Lynch had a 31-yard TD pass to Martel Moore and ran for scores of 1, 32 and 4 yards.
Jamal Womble scored on a 2-yard run on the Huskies' first drive and Leighton Settle ran for 106 yards for NIU, which led 21-0 at halftime. Lynch finished with 60 yards rushing and 214 yards passing.
Tennessee-Martin scored early in the fourth quarter on Derek Carr's 7-yard pass to Corey Jordan. Quentin Sims caught 10 passes for 152 yards for the Skyhawks (1-1), who won at Memphis last week - their first victory over an FBS school.
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| Scoring Summary |
| NILL | Jamal Womble 2 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Martel Moore 31 yd pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Jordan Lynch 1 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Jordan Lynch 32 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| TNMART | Corey Jordan 7 yd pass from Derek Carr (Cody Sandlin kick) |
| NILL | Jordan Lynch 4 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| TNMART | NILL | |
| First Downs | 17 | 26 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 5-16 | 8-13 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-3 | 1-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 69-346 | 75-427 |
| Rushes-Yds | 33-63 | 49-213 |
| Passing Yds | 283 | 214 |
| Kick Return Yds | 83 | 41 |
| Punt Return Yds | -2 | 10 |
| Passes | 20-36-1 | 19-26-1 |
| Punts | 6-221 | 3-127 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 6-45 | 3-40 |
| Time of Poss. | 30:12 | 29:48 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| TNMART: DJ McNeil 12-61, Jason McNair 9-13, Trent Garland 3-4, Tevin Barksdale 5-3, Kevin Barfield 1--2, James Satterfield 1--7, Derek Carr 2--9 |
| NILL: Leighton Settle 21-106, Jordan Lynch 11-60, Matt McIntosh 6-20, Tommylee Lewis 1-17, Jamal Womble 5-7, Akeem Daniels 1-3, Keith Harris 3-2, Team 1--2 |
| PASSING |
| TNMART: Derek Carr 19-35-264-1, Jason McNair 1-1-19-0 |
| NILL: Jordan Lynch 19-25-214-1, Matt McIntosh 0-1-0-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| TNMART: Quentin Sims 10-152, Corey Jordan 2-59, Jason McNair 2-8, Derek Carr 1-19, Kevin Barfield 1-15, Tevin Barksdale 1-11, Trent Garland 1-10, Chris Thompson 1-7, DJ McNeil 1-2 |
| NILL: Martel Moore 5-56, Tommylee Lewis 4-52, Da'Ron Brown 3-32, Perez Ashford 2-18, Luke Eakes 1-32, Jamison Wells 1-14, Angelo Sebastiano 1-12, Akeem Daniels 1-1, Leighton Settle 1--3 |
