Tracy’s trick-play TD pass to Virgil helps Miami (OH) beat N. Illinois 20-9
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! OXFORD, Ohio — 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 beat Northern Illinois 20-9. 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 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.