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Northern Illinois 59, Eastern Michigan 20: Jordan Lynch does it all vs Eagles

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Jordan Lynch has a Heisman-worthy performance for the NIU Huskies over the EMU Eagles.

By Mike Breese
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Another week, another huge performance by Jordan Lynch.

Fresh off of his 316 rushing yds at Central Michigan last week, Lynch returned home and showed why he is a top Heisman candidate vs the Eastern Michigan Eagles.

Lynch finished the day going 16-20 for 223 yds and 4 TDs passing. 18 car for 99 and a TD rushing. AND 1 REC FOR 17 YDS AND A TD RECEIVING? Yes, let's look back at what happened in this one.

The Huskies got the ball to start the game and made it count with a 13-play grind of a drive that concluded with Lynch tossing a fade pass to Da'Ron Brown to the top-right corner of the endzone and he made the catch with a guy all over him.

The next TD came quick when NIU got the ball again after TommyLee Lewis had a huge 54 rush on a sweep. He finished the drive with a toss to true freshman RB Joel Bouagnon on the left side.

What was next? Fresh off a huge 41-yd punt return by a returning Angelo Sebastiano, Lynch finished the drive with a run for 30 yds to left for yet another TD.

End of the first quarter and the score is 21-3 with 3 Lynch TDs. He wasn't done yet on the day..

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Check this next scoring play out. In adding yet another wrinkle to the offense, Lynch gave the ball to Tommylee and Lewis threw the ball to Lynch on a fake. What an awesome play.

The Huskies went up 34-3 on that last one and would add a field goal before the half.

2nd Half

Would Jordan Lynch sit? Nope, he finished his day with a 28 yd reception to Da'Ron Brown after yet another play-action pass.

Credit everyone on the team for making this type of day happen for Lynch week-in and week-out.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Jordan Lynch joins Ohio State&#39;s Terrelle Pryor (2010) as only FBS players in last 10 seasons w/ 4 Pass TD, 1 Rush TD &amp; 1 Rec TD in a game.</p>&mdash; ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/statuses/394222203702476800">October 26, 2013</a></blockquote>

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NIU is now 8-0 and have won their 24th straight game at Huskie Stadium. Next up is a game at UMass, another down-and-out MAC squad.

Full recap tomorrow/monday.

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