Ferris State 55, Northern Michigan 9

Saturday at Superior Dome, Marquette

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Score by quarters:

Ferris State 7 20 21 7 — 55

Northern Michigan 0 2 0 7 — 9

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First quarter

FSU — Sefa Saipala 56 fumble return (Mitchell Middleton kick) 8:06

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Second quarter

FSU — Trinidad Chambliss 1 run (Middleton kick) 7:42

NMU — Safety, Vince Mafrtin blocks punt out of end zone 4:48

FSU — Brady Rose 11 run (Middleton kick) 3:56

FSU — Chambliss 4 run (kick failed) 0:59

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Third quarter

FSU — Kannon Katzer 66 run (Middleton kick) 14:33

FSU — Chase Carter 28 run (Middleton kick) 6:34

FSU — James Coby 34 run (Middleton kick) 2:59

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Fourth quarter

FSU — Tae Boyd 35 pass from Carter (Middleton kick) 8:12

NMU — Michael Love 78 pass from Jake Bilitz (Michael Karlen kick) 6:35

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Game statistics

First downs — Ferris St. 20, NMU 10

Total plays-net yards — Ferris St. 60-507, NMU 52-246

Rushes-yards — Ferris St. 42-325 (Katzer 5-126, Carter 5-57), NMU 42-122 (Jahi Wood 15-48, Bilitz 7-39, Martin 6-13, Nico Lukkarinen 8-9)

Comp-Att-Int-Yards — Ferris St. 9-18-0-182 (Chambliss 7-15-0-141, Carter 1-2-0-35, LeeShaun Mumpfield 1-1-0-6), NMU 4-10-0-124 (Bilitz 2-8-0-105, Aidan Hoard 2-2-0-19)

Top receivers — Ferris St., Taariik Brett 1-53, Rose 1-48, Boyd 1-35, Jeremiah Lee 2-17; NMU, Love 2-92, Sam Peiffer 2-32

Punts-average — Ferris St. 1-0, NMU 6-33.8

Fumbles-lost — Ferris St. 2-1, NMU 5-2

Penalties-yards — Ferris St. 4-30, NMU 5-35

Time of possession — Ferris St. 29:20, NMU 30:40