Huskies can’t catch Chippewas

By The Associated Press

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – Dan LeFevour threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns in his final home game to lead Central Michigan to a 45-31 win over Northern Illinois on Saturday.

Bryan Anderson caught three passes for the Chippewas (10-2, 8-0 Mid-Amercian Conference) to set an NCAA all-divisions record with at least one reception in 52 straight games. The previous record of 51 was held by Tauren Henderson of Texas Tech and Michael Larkin of Miami of Ohio.

Bryan Schroeder rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on nine carries for Central Michigan and also had a 13-yard touchdown reception on a screen pass from LeFevour in the first quarter to open the scoring.

Chandler Harnish was 17-for-28 passing for 206 yards with two TDs and two INTs for the Huskies (7-5, 5-3), and he also ran for 46 yards. Chad Spann rushed 15 times for 76 yards and a TD.

Trailing 31-10 entering the fourth quarter, NIU scored three touchdowns over the final 15 minutes. Patrick George started the late rally with an 80-yard interception return for a score just over two minutes into the period, then Spann added a 6-yard TD run four minutes later.

Harnish closed the game’s scoring with a 7-yard scoring pass to Marcus Lewis with 2:03 to play.