Northwestern is focused on goals bigger than bowl games after Saturday's 42-14 romp over Rutgers. Here are @M_Shelton33's takeaways from Ryan Field. on3.com/sites/wildcat-report…

Aidan Chiles scored five touchdowns and Caleb Komolafe ran for 150 yards and another score as No. 24 Northwestern led wire-to-wire to drill Rutgers, 42-14. The Cats are bowl-eligible after their sixth win in seven games. My story. on3.com/sites/wildcat-report…

NORTHWESTERN 42, RUTGERS 14. FINAL. Northwestern is bowl-eligible with its sixth win in seven games this season.

Marchiol is in the game at QB for Northwestern.

That was easy. Aidan Chiles runs right on a QB keeper and takes it 37 yards for a touchdown. NU 42, RU 14

Touchdown, Chiles to Wilde. Northwestern 35, Rutgers 14. That conld conclude the competitive portion of our game with 10: 32 to go.

This was looking like a laugher just a few minutes ago, but Rutgers is within two scores at 28-14 as the fourth quarter starts. No reason to panic, but like the Ball State game, the Cats took their foot off of their opponent's throat.

And boom, Antwan Raymond scores on a 46-yard run. Tackling and run fits are gonna be a focus for the defense after this one. That's the third 30-plus yard run by Rutgers in the third quarter.

There it is, Aidan Chiles's first interception of the season. It comes in the second half of the seventh game, and he has 19 total touchdowns to offset it.

Aschenfelder had no chance on that play, as McKinzie came free on a blitz and decked him.

That's Sean Aschenfelder in the game at QB for Rutgers.

That was a LONG run by Thevenin. Brought down by the turf monster.

Montae Pate picks off AJ Surace for his first interception of the year.

Rutgers hit a FG on the last play, but Northwestern dominated the first half. Cats 28, Knights 6

Komolafe stays inbounds and takes it into the end zone for a 33-yard TD. Photos: @JBenderWI

The Beast has 121 yards on six carries, for a robust 20.2 yards per carry average.

Komolafe with his third big run of the first half, going 33 yards for a TD. NU 28 RU 3

Northwestern is once again behind the chains in the Rutgers' 30-40 zone. They came up empty on their last two drives into RU territory. It's second-and-16. We'll see if they can get a score out of this drive before the half.

Chiles can really sling it on the dead run, can't he? Wow.

Great punt by Niki Dugandzic, caught at the Rutgers 6 by...Griffin Wilde! The dude catches everything.