{"id":6453,"date":"2016-09-04T04:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyonation.com\/?p=6453"},"modified":"2016-09-04T04:00:37","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T10:00:37","slug":"wyoming-defeats-northern-illinois-triple-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyonation.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/wyoming-defeats-northern-illinois-triple-ot\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming Defeats Northern Illinois in Triple OT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen won the game for Wyoming in triple overtime on Saturday night. Allen rushed from seven yards out to beat Northern Illinois 40-34. (Photo via WyoNation.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

LARAMIE, WY \u2013 The 2016 Wyoming Cowboy football season is underway. The Cowboys season got underway just slightly later than they had anticipated. What was supposed to be an 8:30pm kickoff in Laramie turned into a 10:28pm kickoff due to lightning strikes in the Laramie surrounding area. After the sheets of rain came down the teams came on the field and the 2016 season was underway.<\/p>\n

This game was recorded as the longest game in school history, lasting 4:14, the previous was 2004 versus UNLV that was 4:04.<\/p>\n

With #MACtion coming to Laramie this game figured to potentially be a wild one. The Cowboys were coming off of a 2-10, beating both Nevada schools. Northern Illinois came into the game coming off of an 8-6 season, and a loss to Boise State in the Poinsettia Bowl.<\/p>\n

The scoring started early with Northern Illinois striking first on a 39 yard pass from Drew Hare to Kenny Golladay. The Cowboys responded later in the first quarter with a 35 yard kick by true freshman Cooper Rothe. The field goal was also half of last season\u2019s total made field goals.<\/p>\n

The second quarter started much like the first quarter, with Kenny Golladay scoring another touchdown. This time was Golladay taking a 34 yard run to the house and putting the Huskies up 13-3 early in the second. Brian Hill followed that up with a two yard touchdown to put the Cowboys at a 13-10 disadvantage. The Cowboys will follow up with a 39 yard Cooper Rothe field goal to go into halftime tied at 13-13.<\/p>\n

The third quarter saw the Cowboys take their first lead of the game. Tanner Gentry hauled in a 17 yard pass from Josh Allen to go up 20-13. Northern Illinois responded with again, this time with a familiar target. Kenny Golladay caught a 27 yard pass from Drew Hare to tie the game once again at 20. The Cowboys responded once more, this time Jacob Hollister catching a two yard pass from Allen.<\/p>\n

The fourth quarter didn\u2019t slow down as these teams kept going at each other. With a 1:13 left in the game Northern Illinois converted a fourth down to march down the field and tie the game once again. Shan Wimann caught a Drew Hare pass to send the game to overtime. Cooper Rothe missed a 48 yard field goal that would have won the game in regulation.<\/p>\n

At this point is was past 2:00am and the fans in War Memorial Stadium were still as loud as they were to start the game.<\/p>\n

Overtime didn\u2019t slow these two teams down. In the first overtime Brian Hill punched in a five yard score. Northern Illinois wasn\u2019t ready to go home. The Huskies responded with Drew Hare punching in a one yard score to send the game into triple overtime. In the last overtime Northern Illinois drove the ball to the one yard. Drew Hare had a center exchange fumble and Logan Wilson recovered the ball for Wyoming. The Cowboys took over and won on the legs of Josh Allen. Allen ran on a bootleg and changed course on the field and dove into the endzone to end the game.<\/p>\n

Allen said in post-game that, \u201cI almost died under that pile, but it was great. So worth it.\u201d Allen finished the day by completing 19\/29 passes for 245 yards and two touchdowns. He also had 73 yards rushing and one touchdown. Allen was not sacked on the day.<\/p>\n

Brian Hill had 132 yards and two touchdowns on the day. Shaun Wick finished with 23 yards on seven carries.<\/p>\n

Tanner Gentry and Jake Maulhardt finished the day over 100 yards in receiving, Gentry with 104 and a score. Maulhardt had 106 yards on the day.<\/p>\n

Andrew Wingard finished the game with 12 tackles and one tackle for loss. Following him in leading tacklers was Logan Wilson and DJ May with nine tackles a piece. Wilson had the fumble recovery in overtime to send the Cowboys to victory.<\/p>\n

For Northern Illinois wide receiver Kenny Golladay finished with 144 yards and two touchdowns. He also had 82 yards rushing and a score. Quarterback Drew Hare had 329 yards passing and three scores.<\/p>\n

Next week Wyoming will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to take on the Cornhuskers. Nebraska finished the first week of the season with a 43-10 win over Fresno State. The game next week will kick off at 10:00am Mountain time and will air on ESPN2.<\/p>\n

Attendance for this game was list at 18,483.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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