DE KALB, Ill. -- Jordan Lynch threw for 407 yards and three touchdowns Wednesday night and
Lynch also ran for 162 yards for the Huskies (10-1, 7-0), who extended the longest home winning streak in Division I to 21 games. The defending MAC champions won their 10th straight game and wrapped up the West Division title to advance to the conference championship Nov. 30 in Detroit.
Toledo (8-3, 5-2) led 14-7 at halftime, but 18 seconds into the third quarter Lynch hooked up with Martel Moore for a 74-yard touchdown pass, their second scoring connection of the game. NIU went ahead 21-14 on Lynch's 6-yard TD pass to Ashford Perez.
The Rockets trailed 31-14 but got within seven points after Jeremiah Detmer's 34-yard field goal with 5:57 left. The Huskies picked up three first downs and ran out the clock.
Moore had 153 yards receiving for NIU. Terrance Owens threw for 265 yards and ran for a score for Toledo.
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| Scoring Summary |
| TOLEDO | David Fluellen 1 yd run (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| NILL | Martel Moore 5 yd pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) |
| TOLEDO | Terrance Owens 1 yd run (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| NILL | Martel Moore 73 yd pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Perez Ashford 6 yd pass from Jordan Lynch (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Akeem Daniels 6 yd run (Mathew Sims kick) |
| NILL | Mathew Sims 43 yd FG |
| TOLEDO | Cassius McDowell 5 yd run (Jeremiah Detmer kick) |
| TOLEDO | Jeremiah Detmer 34 yd FG |
| Team Stats | ||
| TOLEDO | NILL | |
| First Downs | 25 | 28 |
| Third Down Efficiency | 3-8 | 6-12 |
| Fourth Down Efficiency | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Plays-Net Yards | 71-396 | 78-596 |
| Rushes-Yds | 38-131 | 42-189 |
| Passing Yds | 265 | 407 |
| Kick Return Yds | 62 | 46 |
| Punt Return Yds | 0 | 6 |
| Passes | 22-33-3 | 25-36-1 |
| Punts | 2-72 | 3-128 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Penalties-Yds | 3-30 | 5-56 |
| Time of Poss. | 30:2 | 29:58 |
| Individual Stats |
| RUSHING |
| TOLEDO: David Fluellen 22-79, Terrance Owens 12-51, Cassius McDowell 3-16, Team 1--15 |
| NILL: Jordan Lynch 30-162, Akeem Daniels 8-31, Tommylee Lewis 1-2, Da'Ron Brown 1--2, Team 2--4 |
| PASSING |
| TOLEDO: Terrance Owens 22-32-265-3, Dwight Macon 0-1-0-0 |
| NILL: Jordan Lynch 25-36-407-1 |
| RECEIVING |
| TOLEDO: Bernard Reedy 10-131, David Fluellen 6-55, Cordale Scott 2-21, Alonzo Russell 1-20, Justin Olack 1-16, James Green 1-13, Dwight Macon 1-9 |
| NILL: Martel Moore 7-153, Tommylee Lewis 6-65, Perez Ashford 5-70, Akeem Daniels 3-21, Luke Eakes 1-46, Jason Schepler 1-23, Da'Ron Brown 1-17, Jamison Wells 1-12 |
| Standings | |||
| Team | Standings | Conference | Overall |
| Toledo | 2nd Mid American West | 6-2 | 9-4 |
| Northern Illinois | 1st Mid American West | 9-0 | 12-2 |
