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<i>Huskie offensive linemen Andrew Ness (55) and Aidan Conlon (61) started their NCAA FBS record 56th, and final, game Wednesday in the Poinsettia Bowl. </i>

Football

NIU Football 2015: Poinsettia Bowl Postgame Notes

Dec. 23, 2015

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***The Northern Illinois University football team fell in a bowl game for the fourth consecutive year, losing to Boise State 55-7 in the 2015 Poinsettia Bowl. The 55 points scored by the Broncos were the most allowed by NIU since the Huskies defeated Toledo 63-60 on Nov. 1, 2011.

***Huskie offensive linemen Aidan Conlon and Andrew Ness started the 56th consecutive games of their careers, adding to their NCAA FBS record for most games started. Conlon and Ness started 14 games per season in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and now 2015 seasons.

***NIU senior wide receiver Tommylee Lewis saw action in the last game of his NIU career after missing the Huskies&#8217; previous four games due to injury. Lewis started the game and extended his streak of consecutive games catching a pass to 37 with a first-quarter reception.

***With a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter, Aregeros Turner scored his second kickoff return touchdown of the season to tie the NIU record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a season (Tommylee Lewis, 2011 and John Spilis, 1968).

***Turner&#8217;s 96-yard kickoff return is the sixth-longest in school history.

***Turner&#8217;s kickoff return touchdown is the first by a Huskie in a bowl game (modern history).

***With 172 kickoff return yards on five attempts on Wednesday, Aregeros Turner added to his NIU school records for kickoff return yards and kickoff return attempts in a season. Turner finished the 2015 season with 1,181 kickoff return yards on 45 returns.

***NIU&#8217;s Mycial Allen recorded the 22nd interception by the Huskie defense this season, and recorded his second interception of the year. NIU&#8217;s 22 interceptions this year are the sixth-most in school history and are the most since the 2003 Huskies picked off 23 passes.

***Boise State&#8217;s 31 first-half points were the most given up by the Huskies in any half (first or second) since Bowling Green scored 31 points in the first half of the 2013 MAC Championship Game.

***Wednesday&#8217;s game marked the final appearance in a Huskie uniform for 13 seniors, including nine who started the Poinsettia Bowl game.

***NIU&#8217;s seven points were the fewest scored by the Huskies since Sept. 10, 2011 when Wisconsin held the Huskies to seven points in a 49-7 loss.

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