Air Force vs. Northern Illinois (Oct 10, 2026)

Passing Matchup

Liam Szarka

AFA QB #9

Taron Dickens

NIU QB #5

214

Pass Yds

837

1

Pass TD

3

2

Int

2

Rushing Matchup

Liam Szarka

AFA QB #9

Telly Johnson Jr.

NIU RB #45

310

Rush Yds

253

4.6

Yds/Rush

4.4

5

Rush TD

2

Receiving Matchup

Simon Kibbee

AFA TE #80

DeAree Rogers

NIU WR #1

4

Rec

31

80

Rec Yds

252

0

Rec TD

2

AFA

Team Stats

NIU

34.0

PPG

13.8

23.7

Opp PPG

36.3

1,291

Total Yds

1,201

290

Pass Yds

884

1,001

Rush Yds

317

2026 Mountain West

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

AFA

Last 5

NIU

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Sat, Sep 5

Game Info

October 10, 2026

CBS Sports Network

Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium

DeKalb, Illinois

Team Leaders

PASS

214

Szarka

RUSH

310

Szarka

REC

80

Long

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Liam Szarka L. Szarka	3	13	27	48.1	9.0	214	7.9	71.3	1	2	112.1	3.7	7.4	35	2	14
Evan Medders E. Medders	2	3	6	50.0	3.0	47	7.8	23.5	1	0	170.8	16.7	0.0	20	0	0
Mason Hayes M. Hayes	3	1	1	100.0	0.3	29	29.0	9.7	1	0	673.6	100.0	0.0	29	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Liam Szarka L. Szarka	3	67	22.3	310	4.6	103.3	5	32	67	310
Rocco Conti R. Conti	3	25	8.3	160	6.4	53.3	1	23	27	181
Kemper Hodges K. Hodges	3	22	7.3	144	6.5	48.0	2	34	22	144
Owen Allen O. Allen	3	34	11.3	120	3.5	40.0	0	14	34	120
Evan Medders E. Medders	2	13	6.5	79	6.1	39.5	1	13	13	79
Gage LaDue G. LaDue	3	8	2.7	49	6.1	16.3	0	13	8	49
Matt Long M. Long	3	7	2.3	41	5.9	13.7	0	11	11	121
Luke Rauh L. Rauh	1	2	2.0	19	9.5	19.0	0	17	2	19
Keegan Sack K. Sack	3	3	1.0	13	4.3	4.3	0	7	3	13
Mason Hayes M. Hayes	3	1	0.3	12	12.0	4.0	0	12	2	13
Howard Fisher IV H. Fisher IV	1	2	2.0	9	4.5	9.0	0	5	2	9
Owen Chambers O. Chambers	1	1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0	9	1	9
Jalen Rashad Turner J. Rashad Turner	1	1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0	9	1	9
Mason Lowe M. Lowe	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	7	1	7
Oswaldo Morales O. Morales	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	7	1	7
Price Davis P. Davis	1	1	1.0	5	5.0	5.0	0	5	1	5
Omari Elias O. Elias	1	2	2.0	4	2.0	4.0	0	2	2	4
Sylas Maiava-Alaimalo S. Maiava-Alaimalo	3	1	0.3	4	4.0	1.3	0	4	3	38

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Simon Kibbee S. Kibbee	3	4	5	1.3	80	20.0	26.7	0	34	4	80
Matt Long M. Long	3	4	7	1.3	80	20.0	26.7	2	35	11	121
Adam Hrynciw A. Hrynciw	3	3	7	1.0	63	21.0	21.0	1	29	3	63
Sylas Maiava-Alaimalo S. Maiava-Alaimalo	3	2	4	0.7	34	17.0	11.3	0	26	3	38
Rocco Conti R. Conti	3	2	4	0.7	21	10.5	7.0	0	21	27	181
Grant Wayne G. Wayne	2	1	1	0.5	11	11.0	5.5	0	11	1	11
Mason Hayes M. Hayes	3	1	1	0.3	1	1.0	0.3	0	1	2	13

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Blake Fletcher B. Fletcher	3	10	11	21	1	1.0	1	1	85	85	1	85
Dallas Daley D. Daley	3	5	5	10	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Korey Johnson K. Johnson	3	4	2	6	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Alexander Perez A. Perez	3	3	3	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Cade Paterson C. Paterson	3	5	0	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Max Mustell M. Mustell	3	4	0	4	2	1.0	1	1	26	26	0	26
Roger Jones Jr. R. Jones Jr.	3	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ehimen Oyamendan E. Oyamendan	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jaylin Reese J. Reese	3	2	2	4	1	1.5	0	0	0		0	0
Isaac Hubert I. Hubert	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Noah Daniels N. Daniels	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Andrew Tillett A. Tillett	2	1	2	3	0	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Jayden Oquendo J. Oquendo	2	0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Mikey Inweh M. Inweh	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Muhammad Alcine M. Alcine	2	1	1	2	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Chaz Barnett C. Barnett	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Antonio Menard A. Menard	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jordan Elie-Stuart J. Elie-Stuart	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Gage LaDue G. LaDue	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Nick Beckwith N. Beckwith	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brody Bujnoch B. Bujnoch	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Vinnie Canosa V. Canosa	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Grady Forsythe G. Forsythe	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brody Whitson B. Whitson	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0

Team Leaders

PASS

837

Dickens

RUSH

253

Johnson

REC

252

Rogers

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Taron Dickens T. Dickens	4	84	120	70.0	30.0	837	7.0	209.3	3	2	133.5	2.5	1.7	52	14	94
Brady Davidson B. Davidson	1	4	6	66.7	6.0	27	4.5	27.0	0	0	104.5	0.0	0.0	20	0	0
Jalen Macon J. Macon	3	5	13	38.5	4.3	20	1.5	6.7	0	1	36.0	0.0	7.7	9	3	20

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Telly Johnson Jr. T. Johnson Jr.	4	57	14.3	253	4.4	63.3	2	23	65	294
Elijah Porter E. Porter	4	16	4.0	59	3.7	14.8	1	18	21	83
Jaiduan Cranford J. Cranford	4	8	2.0	59	7.4	14.8	0	26	8	59
Triston White T. White	3	2	0.7	2	1.0	0.7	0	1	2	2
Cam Thompson C. Thompson	4	1	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	10	108
Jalen Macon J. Macon	3	10	3.3	-1	-0.1	-0.3	0	6	10	-1
Taron Dickens T. Dickens	4	27	6.8	-52	-1.9	-13.0	0	11	27	-52

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
DeAree Rogers D. Rogers	4	31	42	7.8	252	8.1	63.0	2	25	31	252
La'Don Bryant L. Bryant	4	14	24	3.5	185	13.2	46.3	0	36	14	185
Cam Thompson C. Thompson	4	9	15	2.3	108	12.0	27.0	1	52	10	108
George Dimopoulos G. Dimopoulos	4	6	8	1.5	77	12.8	19.3	0	36	6	77
Kelan McInerney K. McInerney	4	4	7	1.0	60	15.0	15.0	0	22	4	60
Rickey Taylor Jr. R. Taylor Jr.	1	5	7	5.0	57	11.4	57.0	0	21	5	57
Telly Johnson Jr. T. Johnson Jr.	4	8	9	2.0	41	5.1	10.3	0	17	65	294
Jason Fowler J. Fowler	4	3	6	0.8	25	8.3	6.3	0	18	3	25
Elijah Porter E. Porter	4	5	5	1.3	24	4.8	6.0	0	14	21	83
Zaire McKinney Z. McKinney	2	2	3	1.0	17	8.5	8.5	0	12	2	17
Glen Weber G. Weber	2	3	3	1.5	15	5.0	7.5	0	6	3	15
Liam Russo L. Russo	3	2	3	0.7	15	7.5	5.0	0	8	2	15
Joe Stein J. Stein	4	1	1	0.3	8	8.0	2.0	0	8	1	8

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Jashawn Nelson J. Nelson	4	15	11	26	2	1.5	0	0	0		0	0
Kyon Conyers K. Conyers	4	14	12	26	1	0.0	1	1	41	41	0	41
Jack Murray J. Murray	4	10	16	26	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Avery Jones A. Jones	4	15	5	20	2	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brady Kerperin B. Kerperin	4	5	15	20	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Malik Armstrong M. Armstrong	4	8	7	15	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Aaron Warren A. Warren	4	8	6	14	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Yassine Falke Y. Falke	4	6	7	13	1	0.0	3	3	35	11.7	0	35
Jay'shon Thomas J. Thomas	4	6	7	13	1	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Marshall Washington M. Washington	4	5	5	10	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Liam Lindo L. Lindo	4	8	1	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kole Sneed K. Sneed	4	4	3	7	2	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Montrel Canion M. Canion	4	1	6	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Matthew Scarlett M. Scarlett	4	3	3	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Romelo Walker R. Walker	2	3	3	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Cooper Mau C. Mau	4	1	5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Amari Washington A. Washington	4	1	5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jacob McGhee J. McGhee	4	3	2	5	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Dev'ion Reynolds D. Reynolds	2	4	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
James Bradley J. Bradley	3	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Fawzy Omotoso F. Omotoso	4	3	1	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Andruw Ellis A. Ellis	4	2	2	4	0	0.0	1	1	30	30	1	30
Jordan Bellamy J. Bellamy	4	1	2	3	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
JT King	4	0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Champ Smith III C. Smith III	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brady Davidson B. Davidson	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
George Dimopoulos G. Dimopoulos	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Trey Porter T. Porter	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Elijah Porter E. Porter	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Broderick Windham B. Windham	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Micah Cook M. Cook	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0

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