Northwestern Beats Central Michigan in GameAbove Sports activities Bowl

[ad_1] Preston Stone threw three landing passes, and Northwestern turned 4 turnovers into touchdowns and beat Central Michigan 34-7 within the GameAbove Sports activities Bowl at Ford Subject on Friday.

The Wildcats (7-6) prolonged their bowl sport successful streak to 6. They have not misplaced within the postseason since a 45-6 loss to Pittsburgh within the 2015 Outback Bowl.

Central Michigan (7-6) is 0-3 towards the Huge Ten in bowl video games, with all three losses coming at Ford Subject. The Chippewas misplaced 51-48 to Purdue within the 2007 Motor Metropolis Bowl and 21-14 to Minnesota within the 2015 Fast Lane Bowl.

Central Michigan had the primary scoring alternative of the sport after stopping Northwestern on 4th-and-1 on the Wildcats 34, however Cade Graham missed a 43-yard subject aim try.

The sport was nonetheless scoreless halfway by means of the second quarter, however Braden Turner intercepted Angel Flores' go on the Central Michigan 29. Three performs later, Stone threw a 23-yard landing go to Griffin Wilde to present the Wildcats a 7-0 lead.

Joe Labas, the opposite half of Central Michigan's quarterbacking duo, fumbled on the primary play after the kickoff to present Northwestern the ball on the Chippewas 18. Caleb Komolafe scored on a 2-yard run to place Northwestern forward 14-0.

Flores fumbled on first down, giving Central Michigan turnovers on three straight performs. Stone hit Lawson Albright for a 23-yard landing on the following play — Northwestern's third landing in a span of three:02.

Flores fumbled for the second time on Central Michigan's first drive of the second half and Turner returned it 47 yards for a landing. Jack Olson missed the additional level to go away the rating at 27-0. Stone hit Wilde for an additional landing within the quarter to make it 34-0.

Central Michigan prevented the shutout when Labas hit Brock Townsend for a 3-yard landing go with 6:11 to play.

Takeaways Central Michigan: The Chippewas turned the ball over 4 instances — three fumbles and an interception — in a span of 12 performs spanning the second and third quarters. They solely picked up one first down in that sequence.

Northwestern: The Wildcats scored 4 touchdowns with a mean drive size of 17.5 yards, together with Turner's fumble-return landing. Their two longest drives within the first half — 48 and 44 yards — each led to punts.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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