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Dan Nicholson

Overall

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	FUM	LOST
Career	28	319	544	58.6	19.4	3,669	6.7	131.0	24	25	120.7	4.4	4.6				-215	2

Location

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	FUM	LOST
Home	11	132	208	63.5	18.9	1,399	6.7	127.2	10	12	124.3	4.8	5.8				-28	0
Road	17	180	319	56.4	18.8	2,160	6.8	127.1	13	13	118.6	4.1	4.1				-158	2

Result

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	15	145	221	65.6	14.7	1,809	8.2	120.6	16	11	148.3	7.2	5.0				-37	2
Losses	13	167	306	54.6	23.5	1,750	5.7	134.6	7	14	101.0	2.3	4.6				-149	0

Month

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD
September	11	135	221	61.1	20.1	1,478	6.7	134.4	9	12	119.8	4.1	5.4	-35	0
October	7	53	98	54.1	14.0	538	5.5	76.9	3	4	102.1	3.1	4.1	-44	0
November	8	111	173	64.2	21.6	1,353	7.8	169.1	10	8	139.7	5.8	4.6	-30	2
December	2	13	35	37.1	17.5	190	5.4	95.0	1	1	86.5	2.9	2.9	-77	0

Conference

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD
Big 10	3	36	63	57.1	21.0	265	4.2	88.3	0	4	79.8	0.0	6.3	-56	0
Independent	1	9	14	64.3	14.0	124	8.9	124.0	2	1	171.5	14.3	7.1	-3	0
Mid-American	17	211	355	59.4	20.9	2,538	7.1	149.3	16	13	127.0	4.5	3.7	-70	2
Mountain West	1	6	18	33.3	18.0	80	4.4	80.0	0	1	59.6	0.0	5.6	-48	0
Southeastern	1	10	15	66.7	15.0	79	5.3	79.0	0	1	97.6	0.0	6.7	1	0
Western Athletic	1	10	17	58.8	17.0	168	9.9	168.0	2	1	168.9	11.8	5.9	-3	0

Opponent

	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD
AKR	1	7	17	41.2	17.0	110	6.5	110.0	1	0	114.9	5.9	0.0	-29	0
CMU	3	51	86	59.3	28.7	729	8.5	243.0	4	4	136.6	4.7	4.7	-24	1
EMU	3	55	80	68.8	26.7	513	6.4	171.0	4	4	129.1	5.0	5.0	-4	0
IDHO	1	10	17	58.8	17.0	168	9.9	168.0	2	1	168.9	11.8	5.9	-3	0
INST	2	7	14	50.0	7.0	52	3.7	26.0	1	1	90.5	7.1	7.1	6	0
IOWA	1	26	42	61.9	42.0	214	5.1	214.0	0	3	90.4	0.0	7.1	-31	0
KENT	3	23	32	71.9	10.7	310	9.7	103.3	2	2	161.4	6.3	6.3	9	0
OSU	1	1	4	25.0	4.0	7	1.8	7.0	0	0	39.7	0.0	0.0	-8	0
SIU	1	21	27	77.8	27.0	223	8.3	223.0	2	3	149.4	7.4	11.1	-13	0
TCU	1	6	18	33.3	18.0	80	4.4	80.0	0	1	59.6	0.0	5.6	-48	0
TEM	2	21	39	53.8	19.5	225	5.8	112.5	2	1	114.1	5.1	2.6	-18	0
TENN	1	10	15	66.7	15.0	79	5.3	79.0	0	1	97.6	0.0	6.7	1	0
TNTC	1	2	4	50.0	4.0	30	7.5	30.0	0	0	113.0	0.0	0.0
TOL	3	39	73	53.4	24.3	376	5.2	125.3	3	2	104.8	4.1	2.7	-28	1
UCF	1
WIS	1	9	17	52.9	17.0	44	2.6	44.0	0	1	62.9	0.0	5.9	-17	0
WMU	2	24	42	57.1	21.0	399	9.5	199.5	2	1	147.9	4.8	2.4	21	0

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

837

Dickens

RUSH

253

Johnson

REC

252

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

13.8

163rd

OPP PPG

36.3

155th

RUSH YDS/G

79.3

185th

PASS YDS/G

221.0

94th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	San Jose State	0-0	2-2
7	UTEP	0-0	1-3
8	Northern Illinois	0-0	0-4
9	Nevada	0-1	1-3
10	Hawai'i	0-2	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	AFA	@	NIU	7:30 PM
Sat 10/17	NIU	@	WYO	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HAW	@	NIU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/31	NIU	@	UNLV	10:30 PM
Sat 11/7	NIU	@	SJSU	4:00 PM

Last Game

Northern Illinois

0 - 4

Final

Georgia State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Heintschel

14

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

9.0

9.8

10.3

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

346.5

340.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Michigan	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Illinois	2	2	.500
14	Maryland	2	2	.500
15	Michigan State	2	2	.500
16	Purdue	1	3	.250
17	Rutgers	1	3	.250
18	Penn State	3	2	.600

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
2	Miami	4	0	1.000
3	Clemson	3	1	.750
4	Duke	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia	3	1	.750
6	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
7	Louisville	2	2	.500
8	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	North Texas	3	2	.600
4	UAB	2	2	.500
5	Army	2	1	.667
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	Tulane	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Charlotte	0	4	.000
12	Tulsa	3	2	.600
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	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

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36
Sat 9/12	ASU	@	TXAM	20-48

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MEM	@	CHAR	11:00 AM
Sat 10/3	SYR	@	CONN	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MTU	@	KU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	STAN	@	WAKE	12:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	12:00 PM

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592

617

585

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9

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7.5

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