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| Illinois Survives Upset Bid By NIU |
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Running back Mikel Leshoure rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase added 115 yards and another score to lead the Illini (2-1) past Northern Illinois, 28-22 on Saturday.
Leshoure and Scheelhaase combined for 53 rushing yards on a fourth quarter drive that set up a 32-yard field goal by Derek Dimke that provided the winning points.
It was Leshoure's fourth-straight 100-yard game dating to the end of the 2009 season.
NIU (1-2) was led by quarterback Chandler Harnish's 117 yards rushing and 208 passing. He ran for one touchdown and threw for another.
Illinois offensive lineman Hugh Thornton was hospitalized but able to move his extremities after being carted off the field in the third quarter.
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