OXFORD, Ohio (AP) Javon Tracy had 79 yards receiving on six catches and threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Virgil on Tuesday night to help Miami (OH) beat Northern Illinois 20-9.
Virgil finished with four receptions for 107 yards.
Miami (7-4, 6-1 Mid-American Conference) has won six games in a row.
Dylan Downing scored on a 2-yard run that gave the Redhawks a 7-0 lead with 2:31 left in the first quarter and Dom Dzioban kicked a 22-yard field goal early in the second quarter.
Tracy took a jet sweep to the right and then lofted a pass down the same sideline to Virgil in the end zone to make it 17-0 with 3:50 left in the second quarter.
Kanon Woodill kicked a 47-yard field goal with 4 seconds left in the first half got Northern Illinois (6-5, 3-4) on the scoreboard and Telly Johnson Jr.
ran for a 2-yard TD early in the fourth quarter that made it 17-9 after a failed 2-point conversion.
Dzioban made a 22-yard field goal to cap the scoring with 2:25 to play.
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