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2023 MAC Football Week 6 Game Recap: NIU Huskies 55, Akron Zips 14

The Northern Illinois Huskies looked like a different team today as they bulldozed the Akron Zips by a final score of 55-14. After struggling on offense for the past month or so, the Huskies exploded against the Zips.

It was a stellar offensive performance for the Huskies (2-4, 1-1 MAC), who wracked up 571 yards of offense on just 52 plays - or nearly 11 yards per snap. NIU finished the game with 380 rushing yards and 191 passing yards while holding the Akron Zips (1-5, 0-2 MAC) to just 253 yards on their 75 plays.

Northern had six rushing touchdowns and tallied five scores of 40+ yards, starting with their opening possession, when Rocky Lombardi found Kacper Rutkiewicz for an easy 64-yard touchdown pass.