The lead after every score: above the line Buffalo is ahead, below it Northern Illinois. Each dot is a score in the scoring team's colour; hover one. Overtime periods are untimed, so each is drawn the same width.

Scoring summary

1st quarter

10:12

FG Alex McNulty 32 Yd Field Goal 13 plays, 61 yds, 4:48 · from BUF 25

NIU 0–3 BUFF

2nd quarter

8:28

FG John Richardson 30 Yd Field Goal 17 plays, 64 yds, 7:07 · from NIU 24

NIU 3–3 BUFF

5:29

TD Dylan McDuffie 1 Yd Run (Alex McNulty Kick)7 plays, 69 yds, 2:54 · from BUF 31

NIU 3–10 BUFF

5:17

TD Trayvon Rudolph 75 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick)1 play, 75 yds, 0:12 · from NIU 25

NIU 10–10 BUFF

3rd quarter

11:53

TD Antario Brown 47 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick)2 plays, 50 yds, 0:37 · from 50

NIU 17–10 BUFF

7:37

TD Clint Ratkovich 7 Yd Run (John Richardson Kick)5 plays, 61 yds, 2:05 · from NIU 39

NIU 24–10 BUFF

3:06

TD Ron Cook Jr. 22 Yd Run (Alex McNulty Kick)2 plays, 28 yds, 0:31 · from NIU 28

NIU 24–17 BUFF

4th quarter

12:22

TD Ron Cook Jr. 13 Yd pass from Matt Myers (Alex McNulty Kick)9 plays, 80 yds, 3:59 · from BUF 20

NIU 24–24 BUFF

4:58

FG John Richardson 27 Yd Field Goal 14 plays, 66 yds, 7:24 · from NIU 25

NIU 27–24 BUFF

1:10

FG Alex McNulty 55 Yd Field Goal 11 plays, 32 yds, 3:44 · from BUF 31

NIU 27–27 BUFF

OT

TD Clint Ratkovich 25 Yd Run 1 play, 25 yds · from BUF 25

NIU 33–27 BUFF

The pregame line (TDC's for this week's games, the closing betting line for past ones), blended with the score, clock and field position (calibrated on every 2024–25 FBS play). Gold dots mark the biggest swings; hover one.

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