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Northern Illinois beat Eastern Michigan

Northern Illinois2-326
Eastern Michigan2-323Final
Sat, Sep 29 · Rynearson Stadium, Ypsilanti, Mich. · Crowd 14,779 · 62°ESPN+

Records are after this game.

Northern Illinois beat Eastern Michigan 26-23 in 3 overtimes, September 29, 2018.

How the game turned

Northern Illinois aheadEastern Michigan aheadBiggest swingLow: 17%
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OT3 Northern Illinois 26, Eastern Michigan 23

Northern Illinois 100% to win

Harbison 1-yd TD run, Northern Illinois wins it 26-23

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 12:06 · Northern Illinois 0, Eastern Michigan 3Ryland 29-yd field goal, Eastern Michigan goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q2 0:00 · Northern Illinois 13, Eastern Michigan 10Gantz 26-yd field goal, Northern Illinois goes ahead 13-10
  3. 3OT1 · Northern Illinois 13, Eastern Michigan 20Northern Illinois's win chance fell from 50% to 37%.Vann 14-yd TD run, Eastern Michigan goes ahead 20-13
  4. 4OT1 · Northern Illinois 20, Eastern Michigan 20Northern Illinois's win chance rose from 36% to 50%.Childers 11-yd TD pass to Harmston, ties it 20-20
  5. 5OT3 · Northern Illinois 20, Eastern Michigan 23Ryland 42-yd field goal, Eastern Michigan goes ahead 23-20
  6. 6OT3 · Northern Illinois 26, Eastern Michigan 23Northern Illinois's win chance rose from 61% to 100%.Harbison 1-yd TD run, Northern Illinois wins it 26-23

Northern Illinois's lowest chance to win was 17 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

In the third overtime, Northern Illinois's chance to win went from 61 percent to 99 percent when Northern Illinois scored a touchdown.

The score went from Northern Illinois 20, Eastern Michigan 23 to Northern Illinois 26, Eastern Michigan 23.

The play: Harbison 1-yd TD run, Northern Illinois wins it 26-23.

What happened next

  1. Northern Illinois's next game: W 24-16 at Ball State, Oct 6

    7 days later

  2. Eastern Michigan's next game: L 24-27 at Western Michigan, Oct 6

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Sep 29, 2018: Eastern Michigan 45, Northern Illinois 17, Nov 19, 2019

    about 14 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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