KENT, Ohio – The Kent State football team (5-4, 4-1 MAC) secured a 52-47 victory over Northern Illinois (6-3, 4-1 MAC) on Wednesday night inside Dix Stadium.
The Golden Flashes, rocking brand new powder blue uniforms, beat the Huskies for the first time since 2001 in an action-packed #MACtion matchup.
Northern Illinois launched out of the gates, blazing down the field for a 4-play, 70-yard touchdown drive that took just 1:33 off the clock. Rocky Lombardi hit Trayvon Rudolph for a 36-yard strike to give NIU a 7-0 lead.
Both teams went scoreless for the remainder of the first quarter, but the Flashes exploded for a school-record 31 points in the second quarter.