Ferris State 78, Northern Michigan 3

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Saturday at Big Rapids

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Score by quarters:

Northern Michigan 0 3 0 0 — 3

Ferris State 27 28 16 7 — 78

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First quarter

FSU — Mylik Mitchell 15 run (kick failed) 12:51

FSU — Xavier Wade 35 pss from Mitchell (Mitchell Middleton kick) 11:26

FSU — Carson Gulker 2 run (Middleton kick) 7:07

FSU — Wade 38 pass from Mitchell (Middleton kick) 3:06

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Second quarter

FSU — Trinidad Chambliss 25 run (Middleton kick) 13:33

FSU — Emari O’Brien 21 run (Middleton kick) 10:36

FSU — Wade 5 pass from Gulker (Middleton kick) 5:11

NMU — Michael Karlen 42 FG 1:02

FSU — Chambliss 68 run (Middleton kick) 0:18

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Third quarter

FSU — Gulker 4 run (Middleton kick) 12:10

FSU — Safety, NMU player downed in end zone 11:02

FSU — Zamir Lundy-Knighten 6 run (Middleton kick) 0:56

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Fourth quarter

FSU — Trent Hill 2 run (Middleton kick) 2:17

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Game statistics

First downs — NMU 12, Ferris State 33

Total plays-net yards — NMU 67-98, Ferris State 77-705

Rushes-yards — NMU 34-14 (Tyquan Cox 14-27), Ferris State 55-497 (Chambliss 5-125)

Comp-Att-Int-Yards — NMU 13-33-2-84 (Mariano Valenti 11-28-2-67, Jake Bilitz 1-3-0-10, Aidan Hoard 1-2-0-7); Ferris State 15-22-0-208 (Mitchell 6-7-0-139, Chambliss 4-7-0-30, Gulker 3-4-0-22, Demir Ashiru 2-4-0-17)

Top receivers — NMU, KJ King 2-17, Charlie Gerhard 2-17, Cox 1-21; Ferris State, Tyrese Hunt-Thompson 4-44, Wade 3-78

Punts-average — NMU 7-33.1, Ferris State 1-38.0

Fumbles-lost — NMU 1-0, Ferris State 1-0

Penalties-yards — NMU 1-5, Ferris State 15-160

Time of possession — NMU 23:58, Ferris State 36:02