And Casady had a few weapons that drove defenses to the brink of insanity, such as quarterback Ethan Hamilton, who threw for more than 400 yards and accounted for nine touchdowns in a rout of Meeker.

Ethan Hamilton's 32-yard touchdown pass to Grayson Barnes stretched the Northern Illinois lead to 23-16 with 5:32 to play before halftime. Hamilton was 9-of-16 passing for 105 yards for Northern ...

Northern Illinois shut out Akron in the second half in a 29-16 victory on Wednesday at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

Johnson had 104 yards rushing on 21 carries. Williams ran nine times for 101 yards that included a 71-yard touchdown run that ended the scoring with 7:56 remaining.