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Iowa State starts off the 2010 season with a close win over Northern Illinois

(Ames, IA)

Week 1	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Final
Iowa State	0	7	0	14	0	21
Northern Illinois	0	7	7	0	0	14

It shouldn't have been as difficult as it was, but the Iowa State Cyclones managed to pull off an opening day victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies in an error-filled game that depended on which team would capitalize the most on the other's mistakes.

Sophomore quarterback Jerome Tiller fumbled twice and threw an interception, but also managed to toss two TDs of his own in holding off the Huskies. 

(Leonard Johnson intercepts a pass and returns it for a touchdown)

Junior CB Leonard Johnson opened the scoring with a 55 yard interception return for a touchdown, but then contributed to the Huskies tying the game with a fumble of his own on a punt return, which was returned by MLB Cameron Stingily 18 yards for a touchdown. It was tied 7-7 at the half.

(Leonard Johnson fumbles the punt return, costing the Cyclones a touchdown)

The Huskies scored on a 50 yard pass play from Chandler Harnish to Martel Moore, making it 14-7. The Cyclone offense was stymied in the third quarter, but Tiller redeemed himself for his fumbles by throwing back to back TDs to TE Collin Franklin (7 yards) and WR Jake Williams (40 yards). RB Alexander Robinson was able to run for two first downs to run out the clock.

(Bailey Johnson crushes Husky QB Chandler Harnish for a sack)

There has been some controversy over Coach Roy's decision to start Tiller in place of Arnaud, and it was beginning to look like the decision would backfire.

"I had faith in him all the way," Roy said of his young speedster. "I knew he'd be able to pull it out."

The Cyclones start the season 1-0, and head to Iowa City for a showdown with the #9 Iowa Hawkeyes, bitter rivals for many years.

"I"m looking foward to it," Tiller said, when asked about the big game coming up.


Statistics

Iowa State:

Passing	ATT	Comp	Yards	TD	Int
Jerome Tiller	22	11	155	2	1

Rushing	ATT	Yards	TD	Long
Alexander Robinson	20	80	0	15
Jerome Tiller	9	0	0	16
Josh Lenz	1	-2	0	0

Receiving	Catches	Yards	TD	Long
Jake Williams	2	78	1	40
Josh Lenz	2	22	0	19
Alexander Robinson	2	19	0	14
Darius Reynolds	2	18	0	16
Collin Franklin	2	9	1	7
Darius Darks	1	9	0	9

Defense	Tackles	Sacks	INTs	FF
Kurt Hammerschmidt	3	0	0	0
Terran Benton	2	0	0	0
Patrick Neal	3	2	0	0
Michael OConnell	3	0	0	0
Bailey Johnson	1	1	0	0
David Sims	2	0	0	0
Rashawn Parker	1	0	0	0
Matt Taufoou	2	0	0	0
Jake Knott	2	0	0	0
A J Klein	3	0	0	0
Darius Darks	2	0	0	0
Leonard Johnson	1	0	1	0
Kevin Hamlin	1	0	0	0
Austin Alburtis	4	1	0	0
Jeremy Reeves	1	0	0	0
Anthony Young	1	0	0	0

Blocking	Pancakes	Sacks Allowed
Kelechi Osemele	0	1
Ben Lamaak	0	1

Kicking	FGA	FGs	XPA	XPs	Long	Points
Grant Mahoney	0	0	2	1	0	1

Kick Returns	Returns	Avg	Long	TDs
Jansen Watson	1	17	17	0

Punt Returns	Returns	Avg	Long	TDs
Leonard Johnson	7	10	18	0

Northern Illinois:

Passing	ATT	Comp	Yards	TD	Int
Chandler Harnish	17	7	132	1	1

Rushing	ATT	Yards	TD	Long
Chad Spann	14	38	0	10
Ricky Crider	1	3	0	3
Chandler Harnish	6	-20	0	3

Receiving	Catches	Yards	TD	Long
Martel Moore	1	50	1	50
Adam Coleman	2	30	0	25
Kyle Skarb	2	26	0	13
Landon Cox	1	13	0	13
Willie Clark	1	13	0	13

Defense	Tackles	Sacks	INTs	FF
Alan Baxter	4	1	0	2
Jordan Delegal	2	0	0	0
Sean Progar	3	1	0	0
Jody Van Laanen	1	0	0	0
D J Pirkle	3	0	0	0
Jamaal Bass	1	0	0	0
Rashaan Melvin	3	0	0	1
Tracy Wilson	5	0	0	0
Brian Lawson	3	1	0	0
Pat Schiller	4	0	0	0
Patrick George	2	0	1	0
Cameron Stingily	1	0	0	0
Chris Smith	1	0	0	0
Alex Kube	4	1	0	0
Kiaree Daniels	1	0	0	0
Mike Sobol	1	0	0	0
Tommy Davis	1	0	0	0

Blocking	Pancakes	Sacks Allowed
Scott Wedige	0	1
Joe Pawlak	0	1
Adam Kiel	0	2

Kicking	FGA	FGs	XPA	XPs	Long	Points
Ryan Fillingim	0	0	2	2	0	2

Kick Returns	Returns	Avg	Long	TDs
Chris Smith	3	21	24	0
Ricky Crider	1	18	18	0

Punt Returns	Returns	Avg	Long	TDs
Chris Smith	1	1	1	0