Big Third Quarter Powers San Josè State Past NIU

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Northern Illinois University football team erased an early 13-point deficit Saturday afternoon against the San Josè State Spartans at CEFCU Stadium, but two Spartans touchdowns early in the third quarter got the hosts past NIU 30-19.

"It was a tough, hard-fought game that really came down to who made the explosive plays," said head coach

Rob Harley following the game. "Obviously we had a couple catastrophic plays and you're not going to be able to go on the road and beat a good team in our conference doing that. I thought we did some nice things throughout the game and some of those don't show up on the stat sheet."

The Huskies outgained the Spartans on the day with 400…