DeKALB, Ill. (AP) - Jordan Lynch ran for a pair of first-half touchdowns and threw two scoring passes in the second half as Northern Illinois rolled to a 45-3 victory over Buffalo on Saturday.
Northern Illinois (6-1, 3-0 Mid-American) got 129 yards on the ground from Lynch, and he completed 13 of 20 passes for 232 yards. Martel Moore caught 8 passes for 133 yards and a TD.
Buffalo (1-5, 0-3) was pressured by the Northern Illinois defense most of the day. Northern Illinois intercepted Alex Zordich on two occasions and sacked him twice.
Devon Hughes caught 9 passes for 105 yards for Buffalo.
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| Scoring Summary |
| NILL | Da'Ron Brown 12 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| BUFF | Patrick Clarke 28 yd FG |
| NILL | Akeem Daniels 1 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Jordan Lynch 4 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Jordan Lynch 4 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Martel Moore 43 yd pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Tommylee Lewis 28 yd pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Mathew Sims 42 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| BUFF | NILL | |
| First Downs | 26 | 21 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 7-19 | 4-14 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-2 | 4-5 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 88-337 | 66-460 |
| Rushes-Yds | 39-74 | 41-219 |
| Passing Yds | 263 | 241 |
| Kick Return Yds | 69 | 0 |
| Punt Return Yds | -10 | 0 |
| Passes | 27-49-2 | 15-25-0 |
| Punts | 7-248 | 3-131 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Penalties-Yds | 7-103 | 7-81 |
| Time of Poss. | 33:2 | 26:58 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| BUFF: Alex Zordich 13-47, Devin Campbell 22-36, Alex Dennison 1-0, Joe Licata 3--9 |
| NILL: Jordan Lynch 15-129, Luke Eakes 1-32, Akeem Daniels 3-15, Keith Harris 7-12, Da'Ron Brown 1-12, Leighton Settle 6-10, Tommylee Lewis 2-4, Matt McIntosh 5-3, Angelo Sebastiano 1-2 |
| PASSING |
| BUFF: Alex Zordich 18-29-177-2, Joe Licata 9-20-86-0 |
| NILL: Jordan Lynch 13-20-232-0, Matt McIntosh 2-5-9-0 |
| RECEIVING |
| BUFF: Devon Hughes 9-105, Alex Neutz 7-81, Rudy Johnson 4-27, John Dunmore 3-34, Devin Campbell 3-9, Jimmy Gordon 1-7 |
| NILL: Martel Moore 8-133, Tommylee Lewis 3-42, Juwan Brescacin 2-24, Luke Eakes 1-45, Jacob Brinlee 1--3 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Buffalo | 4th Mid American East | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Northern Illinois | 1st Mid American West | 9-0 | 12-2 |
