Chiles Accounts for Five Scores as Northwestern Routs Rutgers
Aidan Chiles threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more scores, and Northwestern beat Rutgers 42-14 without ever being behind or tied. Five touchdowns, 47.1 fantasy points, and a stat line with one interception on it that nobody will remember.
The game was close for about nine minutes. Chiles hit Griffin Wilde from 13 yards to open the scoring, Rutgers kicked a 43-yard field goal, and then it got away from them. Chiles ran one yard for a score at 1:32 of the first quarter and threw an eight-yard touchdown to Alex Honig 43 seconds later. That was 21-3 after one quarter. Caleb Komolafe broke a 33-yard run with 1:46 left in the second for a 28-3 lead, and the half ended 28-6 after another Dane Pizzaro field goal.
Rutgers did get something going on the ground. Antwan Raymond ran 46 yards for a touchdown with 0:08 left in the third, and the two-point conversion made it 28-14. Rutgers finished with 244 rushing yards to Northwestern's 285, yet only 100 passing yards, two interceptions and a lost fumble. Three giveaways against a team that scores like this is a recipe. Northwestern answered with a four-yard Chiles touchdown pass to Drew Wagner at 10:32 of the fourth, and Chiles added a 37-yard run at 4:33.
Northwestern is 6-1 and Rutgers falls to 2-5. For fantasy, Chiles had a season-high 47.1, Wilde had nine catches for 133 yards, and Komolafe had 150 rushing yards on 13 carries. Raymond got 150 of his own in a losing cause.