DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Leighton Settle ran for 152 yards and three touchdowns, and Northern Illinois ran its home winning streak to 18 games Saturday with a 55-24 victory over Central Michigan in both teams' Mid-American Conference opener.
Settle opened the scoring with an 11-yard run in the first quarter before adding a 6-yard TD in the second. In the fourth, he ran 46 yards down the sideline to help seal the victory for the Huskies (4-1), who closed the game on a 31-3 run.
Jordan Lynch threw for 215 yards and a touchdown and added 144 yards rushing, and he and Keith Harris Jr. each scored on the ground. Mathew Sims kicked two field goals and ran 14 yards for a score on a fake field-goal attempt.
Ryan Radcliff threw for 332 yards and two touchdowns, including a 92-yarder to Titus Davis, for the Chippewas (2-2), and Zurlon Tipton added a rushing score.
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| Scoring Summary |
| NILL | Leighton Settle 11 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Martel Moore 14 yd pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) |
| CMICH | Zurlon Tipton 37 yd pass from Ryan Radcliff (David Harman kick) |
| NILL | Mathew Sims 43 yd FG |
| NILL | Leighton Settle 6 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| CMICH | Zurlon Tipton 13 yd run (David Harman kick) |
| CMICH | Titus Davis 92 yd pass from Ryan Radcliff (David Harman kick) |
| NILL | Mathew Sims 20 yd FG |
| NILL | Jordan Lynch 9 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| CMICH | David Harman 42 yd FG |
| NILL | Mathew Sims 7 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Leighton Settle 46 yd run (Tyler Wedel kick) |
| NILL | Keith Harris 4 yd run (Tyler Wedel kick) |
| Team Stats | ||
| CMICH | NILL | |
| First Downs | 20 | 32 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 7-15 | 8-16 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 71-462 | 88-622 |
| Rushes-Yds | 31-130 | 55-407 |
| Passing Yds | 332 | 215 |
| Kick Return Yds | 109 | 81 |
| Punt Return Yds | 1 | 50 |
| Passes | 20-40-1 | 14-33-0 |
| Punts | 4-184 | 3-128 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Penalties-Yds | 6-51 | 5-49 |
| Time of Poss. | 32:9 | 27:51 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| CMICH: Zurlon Tipton 15-66, Anthony Garland 9-54, Ryan Radcliff 1-6, Tyler Lombardo 1-4, Cody Kater 1-1, Saylor Lavallii 4--1 |
| NILL: Leighton Settle 23-152, Jordan Lynch 21-144, Keith Harris 6-66, Akeem Daniels 2-22, Ryan Neir 1-17, Mathew Sims 1-7, Tommylee Lewis 1--1 |
| PASSING |
| CMICH: Ryan Radcliff 20-39-332-1, Cody Kater 0-1-0-0 |
| NILL: Jordan Lynch 14-32-215-0, Perez Ashford 0-1-0-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| CMICH: Cody Wilson 8-111, Zurlon Tipton 3-41, Courtney Williams 2-43, Titus Davis 1-92, Tyler Lombardo 1-11, Mike Kinville 1-9, Deon Butler 1-9, Caleb Southworth 1-7, Saylor Lavallii 1-6, Anthony Garland 1-3 |
| NILL: Perez Ashford 5-64, Martel Moore 3-45, Jamison Wells 2-24, Luke Eakes 1-43, Tommylee Lewis 1-28, Tim Semisch 1-7, Leighton Settle 1-4 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Central Michigan | 4th Mid American West | 4-4 | 7-6 |
| Northern Illinois | 1st Mid American West | 9-0 | 12-2 |
