Tracy’s trick-play TD pass to Virgil helps Miami (OH) beat N. Illinois 20-9

By The Associated Press

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Javon Tracy had 79 yards receiving on six catches and threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Virgil 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. 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.