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The game could only have been made worse with an injury.
Northern Illinois, 2-4 entering the game despite being favorites in the MAC, came out firing with a field goal, but Buffalo's reply took them all the way down to inside the Husky 10. However, when an option run turned into a fumble on the pitch, Samuel Hancock took it back 90 yards for a touchdown, putting NIU up 10-0 in the first. They tacked on a field goal not long after, then a TD and FG after an interception made it 23-0 at the half, pleasing the home crowd immensely.
Buffalo finally started to click again in the second half, forcing a 3-and-out and then trampling the Northern Illinois D for a 6-play, 70 yard touchdown drive. Another NIU FG later, however, pushed the deficit to 26-7, and Maurice Gipson, the backup QB who got the start over the struggling Hargrove, just started playing like he didn't care. An interception returned for a touchdown (about time; Gipson threw 7 picks) marked the last of the scoring, bar another FG, and thus the game ended for both of the 4-loss squads, one team with a heap of momentum and the other (now 2-4) thoroughly lambasted.
The final score: 36-7, a score that doesn't nearly depict the massacre that the game really was.
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