northern illinois football

	TEAM	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG
1	Northern Illinois	1966	1	0	1	0	7	7.0	26	26.0
2	Northern Illinois	1967	4	0	4	0	17	4.3	104	26.0
3	Northern Illinois	1968	10	2	8	0	154	15.4	258	25.8
4	Northern Illinois	1969	10	3	7	0	191	19.1	284	28.4
5	Northern Illinois	1970	10	3	7	0	168	16.8	281	28.1
6	Northern Illinois	1971	11	5	5	1	202	18.4	232	21.1
7	Northern Illinois	1972	11	7	4	0	198	18.0	141	12.8
8	Northern Illinois	1973	11	6	5	0	327	29.7	270	24.5
9	Northern Illinois	1974	11	4	7	0	186	16.9	261	23.7
10	Northern Illinois	1975	11	3	8	0	193	17.5	230	20.9
11	Northern Illinois	1976	11	1	10	0	56	5.1	366	33.3
12	Northern Illinois	1977	11	3	8	0	138	12.5	249	22.6
13	Northern Illinois	1978	11	5	6	0	232	21.1	284	25.8
14	Northern Illinois	1979	11	5	5	1	177	16.1	206	18.7
15	Northern Illinois	1980	11	7	4	0	216	19.6	175	15.9
16	Northern Illinois	1981	11	3	8	0	160	14.5	217	19.7
17	Northern Illinois	1982	10	5	5	0	137	13.7	136	13.6
18	Northern Illinois	1983	11	9	2	0	294	26.7	190	17.3
19	Northern Illinois	1984	11	4	6	1	153	13.9	188	17.1
20	Northern Illinois	1985	11	4	7	0	174	15.8	259	23.5
21	Northern Illinois	1986	11	2	9	0	144	13.1	308	28.0
22	Northern Illinois	1987	11	5	5	1	305	27.7	262	23.8
23	Northern Illinois	1988	11	7	4	0	155	14.1	185	16.8
24	Northern Illinois	1989	11	9	2	0	344	31.3	269	24.5
25	Northern Illinois	1990	11	6	5	0	333	30.3	260	23.6
	Average		8.9	4.3	4.6	0.1	212.7	23.8	221.3	24.7
	Total		680	323	353	4	16,162	23.8	16,815	24.7

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

689

Holst

RUSH

875

Wright

REC

506

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

17.1

144th

OPP PPG

24.3

73rd

RUSH YDS/G

186.1

39th

PASS YDS/G

98.8

204th

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8
10	Ball State	3-5	4-8
11	Bowling Green	2-6	4-8
12	Northern Illinois	2-6	3-9
13	UMass	0-8	0-12

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	NIU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	ILST	@	NIU	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	NIU	@	ARIZ	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	NIU	@	GAST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	AFA	@	NIU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Kent State

5 - 7

Final

Northern Illinois

3 - 9

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167