Both the NIU and San Diego State offenses struggled throughout the game Saturday, but the Aztecs got a late field goal to knock off the Huskies, 6-3.

NIU finished with 179 yards of total offense while the Aztecs managed 266.

Here are five takeaways from the game.

San Diego State gets good field position, winning field goal as time expires

The Aztecs took over their final drive at the NIU 44 with 1:44. Lucky Sutton broke off a 13-yard run on first down. A facemask on the Huskies moved the Aztecs down to the NIU 18 with 1:10 left.

The defense got a stop on third and 3 with 51 seconds left, but were offside on the play, allowing SDSU to run the clock down before trying the field goal. Without the penalty, NIU would have had about 40 seconds to attempt a comeback.

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