Bowling Green Loses First Game
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From Associated Press
DEKALB, Ill. — 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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