Air Force does not complete a pass, beats Northern Illinois in the Huskies' first Mountain West game

Read the original at Toronto Star ↗
Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-11 · by The Associated Press

Quick Summary

In their first Mountain West Conference game, Northern Illinois lost to Air Force 28-7 on Saturday night in DeKalb, Illinois. Air Force’s offense was led by running backs Evan Medders and Owen Allen, who combined for over 200 yards and four touchdowns. Despite completing no passes, Air Force capitalized on short-yardage runs in the first half and longer runs from both players in the third quarter to secure their win.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

AI analysis runs on qwen2.5:14b, locally

Story summary

On Saturday night, the Air Force Falcons beat Northern Illinois 28-7 in the Huskies' first game in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons' running backs, Evan Medders and Owen Allen, dominated with combined over 200 yards rushing and four touchdowns. Medders had 114 rushing yards while Allen gained 100 yards on the ground. Quarterback Kemper Hodges contributed 52 yards rushing but did not complete any passes. For Northern Illinois, Taron Dickens threw for 140 yards with one interception, and Telly Johnson Jr. scored a touchdown on a 9-yard run. The Falcons improved their record to 4-1, while the Huskies dropped to 0-5 in their first season in the new conference.

Written for “Air Force Beats Northern Illinois Foo…” on 2026-10-11, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

Signals How these are calculated →

Claims extracted
8
claim-shaped sentences
Uncertain
0%
0 of 8 hedged
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Correction & hedging signals
63.0
corrections and hedging in what we collected; not a measure of accuracy
Outlets on this story
1
Sports
Narrative spread
1
articles carrying this framing
Analyzed 2026-10-11 · how these are computed

Story

📰 Air Force Beats Northern Illinois Foo…
Sports · 1 article(s) covering the same event.

How this is being covered How these are calculated →

Article leaning vs. publisher reliability
Source leaning vs. consistency

Compared with similar articles

Nothing to compare against. No article is close enough to this one for the pipeline to have linked or judged the pair.

Publisher

Toronto Star · 6364 article(s) · 20 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 20 correction(s)
2026-10-08
News Clarification for Oct. 8
2026-10-07
Correction
2026-10-05
Entertainment Correction for Oct. 5
2026-10-03
Tennessee's prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike
2026-09-28
Organizations call for Action to End the Deaths of Indigenous People in Custody
2026-09-27
Police memorial recognizes six officers killed in the line of duty in 2026
2026-09-27
UPDATE: WSP to host Power & Energy-focused investor event virtually only
2026-09-26
News Clarification for Sept. 27
2026-09-26
Former federal public servant seeks better pensions for injured workers
2026-09-25
News Corrections for Sept. 25
2026-09-25
She has not been charged. But the Project South allegations have branded her with a 'scarlet letter'
2026-09-24
Correction
2026-09-23
MULTIMEDIA UPDATE: Smith+Nephew launches the new EVOS™ PELVIC Plating System at the 2026 Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA) Annual Meeting, expanding the EVOS Plating Platform for pelvic and acetabular fracture management
2026-09-22
Costa Rican man complained of lack of care for diabetes before his death in ICE custody, family says
2026-09-22
Judges' grilling of accused men leads to sex assault and dangerous driving cases being overturned
2026-09-20
Jura Energy Corporation Provides Clarification Regarding Media Reports Concerning Its Petroleum Rights in Pakistan
2026-09-19
New details emerge about Toronto's guns-for-hire and the 'crash-out mission" that sparked the Project South investigation
2026-09-17
UPDATE: Osisko Critical Minerals Corporation Announces C$100 Million Private Placement of Special Warrants
2026-09-17
Alabama set to execute man for pawn shop killings months after his nitrogen gas execution blocked
2026-09-04
Orca Corrects Q3 Quarterly Dividend Announcement

Who wrote this

The Associated Press
1086 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 Alabama star receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams returned to Saturday night’s game against No. 2 Georgia after leaving with an apparent left leg injury.
🔮 His 5-yard touchdown pass to Marquis Willis gave the Texans, who never trailed, a 30-10 lead early in the third quarter.
🔮 Celebrini got San Jose on the board midway through the third period, but the Sharks could not complete the comeback.
🔮 Elias Saad scored in the 67th minute after Brad Stuver saved but couldn’t corral a shot by Cristian Espinoza for a two-goal advantage.
🔮 A win would have given the Blazers their first three-game winning streak since winning the final two games of 2022, and the 2023 season opener, and their first three-game streak within the same season since 2019.
🔮 A spokesperson for the department said group boycotts among business competitors might violate US law.
🔮 Will Hryszko kicked a short field goal early in the second quarter, and Poulos followed with touchdown passes covering 1 yard to Preston Bowman and 44 yards to Dom Dorwart for a 31-0 lead at halftime.
🔮 Akron (1-5, 0-2) answered when Brayden Roggow connected with Marquese Williams for a 27-yard touchdown with 6:27 remaining.
🔮 The New England Patriots will be without their top performing receiver when they host the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.
🔮 Robinson connected with Patrick Williams II for a 9-yard touchdown to give Grambling the lead for the first time, 28-24 heading to the fourth.
Wire or desk byline, not an individual reporter.
Also by The Associated Press
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.
All 1086 articles by The Associated Press →

Topics

Air Force DEKALB Falcons Ill. Northern Illinois

Subjects

Air Force ORG · 3× Allen PERSON · 2× Medders PERSON · 2× Northern Illinois ORG · 2× DEKALB GPE · 1× Evan Medders PERSON · 1× Falcons ORG · 1× Ill. GPE · 1× Northern Illinois 28-7 ORG · 1× Owen Allen PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Evan Medders and Owen Allen combined for more than 200 yards rushing and four scores for Air Force, and the Falcons beat Northern Illinois 28-7 on Saturday night in the Mountain West Conference inaugural for the Huskies.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-11

Claims (8 extracted, 0 hedged)

Evan Medders and Owen Allen combined for more than 200 yards rushing and four scores for Air Force, and the Falcons beat Northern Illinois 28-7 on Saturday night in the Mountain West Conference inaugural for the Huskies. asserted
Falcons → combine → Huskies
Medders ran 16 times for 114 yards and Allen had 13 carries for 100 yards. asserted
Allen → run → yards
In the third quarter, Allen scored on a 33-yard run and Medders broke loose for a 41-yard touchdown. asserted
Medders → score → touchdown
They each had a short-yardage touchdown run in the first half that gave Air Force (4-1, 2-1) a 14-7 halftime lead. asserted
that → have → lead
Quarterback Kemper Hodges added 52 yards rushing on 11 carries but threw just one pass and it was incomplete. asserted
it → add → pass
Taron Dickens was 13-of-20 passing for 140 yards and threw one interception for Northern Illinois (0-5, 0-1). asserted
Dickens → pass → Illinois
Telly Johnson Jr. had a 9-yard touchdown run and finished with 47 yards rushing. asserted
Jr. → have → yards
Up next Air Force: Hosts UNLV next Saturday. asserted
Force → host → UNLV
💬Give feedback
🕘History 🎫Support