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NIU HUSKIES FOOTBALL 2015
UNLV vs. NIU - Sept. 5, 2015
Huskie Stadium – DeKalb, Illinois

***NIU won its season opener for the third straight season. The Huskies have won four of their last five season openers.

***NIU is 5-0 versus UNLV all-time and is 10-9 versus teams from the Mountain West Conference.

***NIU has won 31 of its last 32 games at Huskie Stadium.

***North Dakota transfer Kenny Golladay made a major impact in his first game after sitting out the 2014 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Golladay caught nine passes for 213 yards, including catches of 41 and 48 yards. His 213 receiving yards were the most by a Huskie receiver since Martel Moore’s 224 yards versus Arkansas State in the 2012 GoDaddy Bowl on Jan. 8.

***Golladay’s 213 yards are tied for the sixth-most by an NIU receiver in a single game and are the most by a receiver making his NIU debut.

***Huskie tight ends scored NIU’s first two touchdowns of the season on a 16-yard catch and run by Shane Wimann and a 16-yard shovel pass to Desroy Maxwell. During the entire 2014 season, NIU tight ends scored one touchdown (a reception by Luke Eakes in the MAC Championship game).

***Drew Hare had a career high 360 passing yards, the most by a Huskie since Jordan Lynch threw for 407 yards versus Toledo on Nov. 14, 2012. His 360 yards are the eighth-highest single game total in school history.

***Junior tailback Joel Bouagnon recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game with 152 yards on 21 carries. Bouagnon’s 100-yard day was the first by a Huskie back since Cameron Stingily’s 116 yard day versus Bowling Green in the MAC Championship game and is the most since Drew Hare rushed for 180 yards versus Ball State last season.

***Christian Hagan’s 48 yard field goal in the first quarter was the longest of his career. His previous long field goal was 40 yards versus Western Michigan in 2014.

***Sophomore Shawun Lurry recorded his first career interception in the first quarter.

***Players making their first career starts for NIU: WR Kenny Golladay, OT Max Scharping, LB Renard Cheren, LT Levon Myers,

*** True freshmen who saw action: 58 Josh Corcoran

***Other players who saw their first action: LB Renard Cheren, LB Juwuan Johnson, DT Ruben Dunbar, DL Herlandez Corley, OT Max Scharping, WR Kenny Golladay, P Jake Ambrose, CB Tifonte Hunt, DT Russell Chambers

***Middle linebacker Boomer Mays accounted for a career-high 13 tackles, 10 solo, to lead the Huskie defense. His previous high of 11 occurred against Toledo on Nov. 13, 2013.

***The NIU offense had six plays of 25-yards or longer, including five through the air. The Huskies longest plays of the day were catches by wide receiver Kenny Golladay, who twice went 48 yards on passes from Drew Hare, once in the third quarter and again in the fourth. Joel Bouagnon was the lone rusher to surpass 25 yards, scampering for a 29-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

***The Huskies were 4-for-4 inside the red zone tonight, accounting for three touchdowns and one field goal.