The Northern Illinois University Huskies turned a season-best three interceptions into touchdowns, scored on a 91-yard kickoff return and used a 21-point third quarter outburst to earn a 42-28 Mid-American Conference win over Western Michigan Wednesday night at Waldo Stadium.
Running backs Gavin Williams and Telly Johnson Jr. each scored twice as the Huskies improved to 5-4 overall, 2-3 in the MAC, while handing the Broncos (5-4, 4-1 MAC) their first league loss.
“We had a great 10 days of preparation, and we talked about ‘let’s be us’ and that was us tonight,” said NIU head coach Thomas Hammock. “We played well enough [to win] in all three phases. We scored 42 points on offense, we had a kickoff return for a touchdown, we had three turnovers on defense, that’s complementary football. [WMU} is the number one offense in the MAC and we outproduced them today. I thought we ran the ball well, I thought our offensive line did a great job changing the line of scrimmage.”…