Bowling Green Loses First Game
Michael Turner rushed for 192 yards and Josh Haldi threw two touchdown passes as Northern Illinois handed No. 20 Bowling Green its first defeat of the season Saturday, 26-17.
The Falcons, 8-1 overall and 5-1 in the Mid-American Conference, had won 11 in a row dating to last season and entered the day as one of only four Division I-A teams without a loss this season.
Northern Illinois (7-3, 6-0) beat a ranked team for only the second time in 22 games.
Bowling Green had been averaging 47 points a game.
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