Kent State Golden Flashes

5-7

YES!

Kent State Golden Flashes beat the Northern Illinois Huskies

5-7 35 – 31

3-9

Final · Fri, Nov 28

Game Details

Huskie Stadium (Dekalb) · 3,090 fans · CBSSN

Highlights

Garcia has career-high 151 rushing yards, scores winning TD in Kent State's 35-31 win over NIU

Gavin Garcia rushed for a career-high 151 yards and the game-winning score as Kent State rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat Northern Illinois, 35-31 on Friday in the season finale for both teams.

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1:17 Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Northern Illinois Huskies: Full Highlights

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Huskie Stadium · Dekalb

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
KENT	3	14	3	15	35
NIU	7	14	0	10	31

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Game Leaders

Kent State Golden Flashes

Dru DeShields · 11/22, 207 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Gavin Garcia · 24 CAR, 151 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Da'Shawn Martin · 3 REC, 91 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Tevin Tucker · 10Tackles

Northern Illinois Huskies

Jalen Macon · 5/10, 27 YDSPassing Yards
Chavon Wright · 30 CAR, 185 YDS, 2 TDRushing Yards
Jason Fowler · 2 REC, 14 YDSReceiving Yards
Reggie Jean · 1Sacks
Quinn Urwiler · 12Tackles

2026 Mid-American Conference Standings

Team
Eastern Michigan
Toledo
Central Michigan
Ohio
Western Michigan
Bowling Green
Massachusetts
Kent State
Buffalo
Miami (OH)
Akron
Ball State
Sacramento State

2026 Mountain West Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota State
New Mexico
San José State
UNLV
Air Force
Wyoming
Northern Illinois
Nevada
UTEP
Hawai'i

Scoring

Q4 4:11

TD Gavin Garcia 26 Yd Run (Will Hryszko Kick)35–31

Q4 10:23

TD Cade Wolford 31 Yd Run (Dru DeShields Pass to Dashawn Martin for Two-Point Conversion)28–31

Q4 13:52

TD Chavon Wright 1 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick)20–31

Q4 14:16

FG Andrew Glass 33 Yd Field Goal 20–24

Q3 6:20

FG Will Hryszko 28 Yd Field Goal 20–21

Q2 0:47

TD Jalen Macon 9 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick)17–21

Q2 4:15

TD Dashawn Martin 17 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick)17–14

Q2 7:20

TD Chavon Wright 38 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick)10–14

Q2 12:17

TD Terik Mulder 5 Yd pass from Dru DeShields (Will Hryszko Kick)10–7

Q1 2:12

TD Jalen Macon 2 Yd Run (Andrew Glass Kick)3–7

Q1 8:49

FG Will Hryszko 34 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

Kent State Golden FlashesNorthern Illinois Huskies

Offense

438 Total Yards 334

207 Passing Yards 27

231 Rushing Yards 307

20 First Downs 21

Efficiency

3-9 3rd Down 6-12

2-3 4th Down 1-2

11/22 Completions 5/10

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 1

3-20 Penalties 3-32

28:09 Possession 31:51

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Dru DeShields	11/22	207	9.4	2	1	43.6
Team	11/22	207	9.4	2	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Gavin Garcia	24	151	6.3	1	29
Cade Wolford	2	52	26.0	1	31
Jordan Nubin	5	25	5.0	0	10
Jahzae Kimbrough	1	2	2.0	0	2
Dru DeShields	3	2	0.7	0	5
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	36	231	6.4	2	31

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Da'Shawn Martin	3	91	30.3	1	59
Wayne Harris	3	46	15.3	0	37
Cade Wolford	1	44	44.0	0	44
Ardell Banks	2	16	8.0	0	12
Terik Mulder	1	5	5.0	1	5
Jahzae Kimbrough	1	5	5.0	0	5
Team	11	207	18.8	2	59

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Da'Shawn Martin	1	1	0
Dru DeShields	1	0	0
Trey Rubinstein	0	0	1
Team	2	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD
Tevin Tucker	10	6	0	0
Sayed Abuhamdeh	10	5	0	0
Mason Woods	6	4	1.5	0
Nylan Brown	5	4	0	0
Thomas Aden	5	3	1	0
Trey Rubinstein	4	4	0	0
Jamond Mathis	4	2	0	0
Joel Boamah	3	3	1	0
Jaihien Roy	3	3	1	0
Derrick Jackson III	3	2	0	0
Terrell Miller	3	1	0	1
Amon Williams	2	1	0	0
Mason Maddox	2	1	0	0
Canaan Williams	2	1	0	0
Joel Cordoba	2	1	0.5	0
Jelani Davis	2	0	0	0
Gavin Garcia	1	1	0	0
Angelo Stockstill	1	1	0	0
Josue Cordoba	1	1	0	0
DJ Barnes	1	1	1	0
Brodyn Bishop	1	1	0	0
Martell Buchanan	1	1	0	0
Antonio Bottiggi	1	1	0	0
Darian Blachewicz	1	0	0	0
Team	74	48	6	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Cade Wolford	1	19	19.0	19
Christian Berry	2	17	8.5	10
Team	3	36	12.0	19

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Will Hryszko	2/2	100.0	34	3/3	9
Team	2/2	100.0	34	3/3	9

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Jalen Macon	5/10	27	2.7	0	0	28.1
Team	5/10	27	2.7	0	0	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chavon Wright	30	185	6.2	2	38
Jalen Macon	17	65	3.8	2	13
Telly Johnson Jr.	8	36	4.5	0	17
Elijah Porter	2	14	7.0	0	7
DeAree Rogers	1	7	7.0	0	7
Team	58	307	5.3	4	38

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
Jason Fowler	2	14	7.0	7
DeAree Rogers	2	12	6.0	7
Telly Johnson Jr.	1	1	1.0	1
Team	5	27	5.4	7

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Jalen Macon	1	1	0
Taylor Powell	0	0	1
Team	1	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Quinn Urwiler	12	5	0	0.5	0	0
Jasper Beeler	8	4	0	0	0	0
Taylor Powell	6	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob Finley	5	3	0	0	2	0
Mark Hensley	4	1	0	0.5	0	0
Muhammad Jammeh	3	2	0	0	0	0
Marc Pretto	3	2	0	1	0	0
Filip Maciorowski	3	1	0	0	0	0
James Finley IV	3	1	0	0	2	0
Reggie Jean	2	2	1	1	0	0
Jashawn Nelson	2	2	0	0	0	0
Donte Harrison	2	2	0	0	1	0
Jalonnie Williams	2	1	0	0	0	0
Lance Ingold	1	1	0	0	0	1
Elijah Porter	1	1	0	0	0	0
Landon Tate	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dasean Dixon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Broderick Windham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay'shon Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	60	30	1	3	5	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Quinn Urwiler	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Elijah Porter	2	44	22.0	24
Dev'ion Reynolds	1	16	16.0	16
Team	3	60	20.0	24

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Andrew Glass	1/1	100.0	33	4/4	7
Team	1/1	100.0	33	4/4	7

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Ference	3	130	43.3	1	1	54
Team	3	130	43.3	1	1	54

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