FINAL: USF 48, NIU 17. Haiku & Recap

Quinton did a lot.
And if the Bulls play like this,
Syracuse gon’ die.

Quick hitters:

• Quinton Flowers’ final line: 21-33, 350 yards, 4 TD’s, 0 INT’s, 11 carries, 53 yards.
• Q’s 73-yard TD pass to Ryshene Bronson in the 1st quarter was his career long.
• The Bulls finished with 7.4 yards per play, including 9.9 yards per play in the first half.
• Total offense at half: USF 370, NIU 163.
• Darius Tice with his first career 100-yard rushing game: 19 carries, 120 yards, 1 TD.
• NIU averaged just 4.1 yards per play in the first half.
• Auggie Sanchez finished with 13 tackles.
• USF had 31 first downs, NIU 19.
• Four different USF receivers caught a TD: D’Ernest Johnson, Chris Barr, Rodney Adams, and Bronson.
• USF held Huskies and future NFL receiver Kenny Golladay to four catches for 43 yards.
• Neither team had a turnover until Hassan Childs muffed a punt with 4:09 left.
• Rodney Adams has a TD in nine of his last 11 games.
• Our thoughts are with NIU’s Drew Hare, who was carted off with what looked to be a brutal leg injury.

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