Boise State 55, Northern Illinois 7: Poinsettia Bowl statistics

FIRST QUARTER

BSU—Jeremy McNichols 29 run (Tyler Rausa kick), 14:02. Key plays: Quarterback Brett Rypien hit McNichols on a streak down the right side of the field for 39 yards — the first deep ball the Broncos had hit since October. McNichols jogged into the end zone through a mammoth hole on the next play. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, :58. Boise State 7, Northern Illinois 0

BSU—McNichols 4 pass from Rypien (Rausa kick), 7:38. Key plays: Wide receiver Thomas Sperbeck broke a tackle attempt for a 23-yard gain on the first play. McNichols added a 23-yard catch and 11-yard run. The drive was set up by a fumble recovery by linebacker Tyler Gray. Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 2:18. Boise State 14, Northern Illinois 0

BSU—McNichols 1 run (Rausa kick), 3:28. Key plays: Rypien dropped a beautiful throw over an underneath defender to tight end Jake Roh for a 22-yard gain. Wide receiver Shane Williams-Rhodes broke a tackle to gain 21 yards on third-and-3 from the NIU 24-yard line. Drive: 7 plays, 53 yards, 2:36. Boise State 21, Northern Illinois 0

SECOND QUARTER

BSU—Rausa 20 field goal, 9:44. Key plays: Gray stripped wide receiver Aregeros Turner and cornerback Jonathan Moxey recovered on the NIU 15. A holding penalty on first-and-goal at the 5 stalled the drive. Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards, 3:01. Boise State 24, Northern Illinois 0

NIU—Aregeros Turner 96 kickoff return (Christian Hagan kick), 9:32. Boise State 24, Northern Illinois 7

BSU—Chaz Anderson 16 pass from Rypien (Rausa kick), 1:51. Key plays: Defensive end Kamalei Correa stripped quarterback Ryan Graham and Gray crawled to the loose football at the Boise State 40. Williams-Rhodes gained 22 yards on an end-around and McNichols fought and reached to gain a yard on third-and-1. Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards, 3:35. Boise State 31, Northern Illinois 7

THIRD QUARTER

BSU—Rausa 27 field goal, 7:30. Key plays: Williams-Rhodes dominated the drive with a 12-yard catch, a 10-yard run and an 11-yard catch. Drive: 12 plays, 51 yards, 4:49. Boise State 34, Northern Illinois 7

BSU—Alec Dhaenens 18 pass from Rypien (Rausa kick), 3:29. Key plays: Sperbeck and Anderson also had 18-yard catches. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, 2:06. Boise State 41, Northern Illinois 7

FOURTH QUARTER

BSU—Kelsey Young 24 run (Rausa kick), 14:52. Key plays: Rypien hit Williams-Rhodes for 13 yards and McNichols for 18. Drive: 5 plays, 61 yards, 2:07. Boise State 48, Northern Illinois 7

BSU—Tommy Stuart 1 run (Rausa kick), 9:52. Key plays: Ryan Wolpin busted a 49-yard run. Stuart, the backup QB, had a 9-yard run. Drive: 7 plays, 69 yards, 4:06. Boise State 55, Northern Illinois 7

TEAM STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Boise State, McNichols 19-93, Wolpin 14-87, K.Young 10-54, Williams-Rhodes 3-34, Stuart 6-23, Ogle 1-2, Sperbeck 1-1, Rypien 2-(minus 17). Northern Illinois, Bouagnon 8-16, Huff 5-13, Turner 3-9, Golladay 4-6, Graham 10-(minus 49).

PASSING—Boise State, Rypien 29-39-1-377, Williams-Rhodes 0-1-0-0. Northern Illinois, Graham 7-21-0-38.

RECEIVING—Boise State, Williams-Rhodes 8-94, Sperbeck 6-78, McNichols 5-96, Anderson 4-46, Roh 4-38, Dhaenens 1-18, Huff 1-7. Northern Illinois, Brescacin 3-12, Golladay 2-7, Lewis 1-11, Maxwell 1-8.

BSU TACKLES-SACKS—Gray 7-0, Martarano 5-0, Correa 4-2, Horn 3-1.5, Lee 2-1, Hoyte 1-0.5.

This story was originally published December 23, 2015 at 11:39 PM with the headline "Boise State 55, Northern Illinois 7: Poinsettia Bowl statistics."