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Dan Sheldon

Overall

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Career	32	94		2.9	1,986	21.1	62.1	18		26	0.8	225	8.7	7.0	1		3,477	23

Location

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Home	18	47		2.6	812	17.3	45.1	9		14	0.8	145	10.4	8.1	1		1,720	13
Road	15	47		3.1	1,174	25.0	78.3	9		12	0.8	80	6.7	5.3	0		1,757	10

Result

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	25	66		2.6	1,546	23.4	61.8	17		17	0.7	160	9.4	6.4	1		2,677	21
Losses	8	28		3.5	440	15.7	55.0	1		9	1.1	65	7.2	8.1	0		800	2

Month

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
August	2	6	3.0	100	16.7	50.0	2	1	0.5	11	11.0	5.5	0	153	2
September	11	31	2.8	635	20.5	57.7	5	11	1.0	75	6.8	6.8	0	1,162	6
October	11	35	3.2	832	23.8	75.6	9	7	0.6	100	14.3	9.1	1	1,437	12
November	8	21	2.6	402	19.1	50.3	2	7	0.9	39	5.6	4.9	0	682	3
December	1	1	1.0	17	17.0	17.0	0							43	0

Conference

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
Atlantic Coast	4	11	2.8	175	15.9	43.8	2	4	1.0	6	1.5	1.5	0	281	2
Big 10	1	5	5.0	75	15.0	75.0	0	2	2.0	39	19.5	39.0	0	114	0
Big 12	2	8	4.0	157	19.6	78.5	2	2	1.0	4	2.0	2.0	0	261	2
Independent	1	4	4.0	87	21.8	87.0	0	2	2.0	4	2.0	4.0	0	91	0
Mid-American	20	56	2.8	1,262	22.5	63.1	11	16	0.8	172	10.8	8.6	1	2,273	16
Southeastern	1	2	2.0	49	24.5	49.0	1							81	1
Sun Belt	1	1	1.0	17	17.0	17.0	0							43	0

Opponent

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
AKR	1	8	8.0	103	12.9	103.0	2	1	1.0	31	31.0	31.0	0	215	3
ALA	1	2	2.0	49	24.5	49.0	1							81	1
BALL	3	5	1.7	148	29.6	49.3	1	1	0.3	15	15.0	5.0	0	282	2
BGSU	2	6	3.0	109	18.2	54.5	1	2	1.0	6	3.0	3.0	0	195	1
CMU	3	7	2.3	134	19.1	44.7	1	3	1.0	45	15.0	15.0	1	314	2
EMU	3	6	2.0	197	32.8	65.7	1	2	0.7	15	7.5	5.0	0	246	1
ISU	2	8	4.0	157	19.6	78.5	2	2	1.0	4	2.0	2.0	0	261	2
KENT	1							3	3.0	24	8.0	24.0	0	117	1
M-OH	1	6	6.0	163	27.2	163.0	2							256	2
MD	2	6	3.0	87	14.5	43.5	1	1	0.5	-6	-6.0	-3.0	0	181	1
OHIO	1													0	0
SIU	1	4	4.0	91	22.8	91.0	1							158	1
TNTC	1	3	3.0	73	24.3	73.0	1							155	1
TOL	2	8	4.0	96	12.0	48.0	0	2	1.0	27	13.5	13.5	0	250	1
TROY	1	1	1.0	17	17.0	17.0	0							43	0
UCF	1	2	2.0	64	32.0	64.0	0							98	0
USF	1	4	4.0	87	21.8	87.0	0	2	2.0	4	2.0	4.0	0	91	0
WAKE	2	5	2.5	88	17.6	44.0	1	3	1.5	12	4.0	6.0	0	100	1
WIS	1	5	5.0	75	15.0	75.0	0	2	2.0	39	19.5	39.0	0	114	0
WIU	1													20	0
WMU	2	8	4.0	248	31.0	124.0	3	2	1.0	9	4.5	4.5	0	300	3

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,070

Dickens

RUSH

660

Johnson

REC

783

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

15.6

158th

OPP PPG

35.9

158th

RUSH YDS/G

115.0

144th

PASS YDS/G

211.7

101st

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Nevada	3-3	4-6
7	San Jose State	3-4	5-6
8	Hawai'i	2-5	3-7
9	UTEP	0-6	1-9
10	Northern Illinois	0-6	0-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/21	NIU	@	NDSU	4:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UTEP	@	NIU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Nevada

4 - 6

Final

Northern Illinois

0 - 10

Sat 14 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,239

Mestemaker

3,169

Atkinson

3,150

Fifita

Rush Yards Leaders

1,335

Flora

1,320

Sheppard

1,291

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

1,349

Legree

1,317

Smith

1,045

Hatcher

Pass TD Leaders

30

Mestemaker

29

Mensah

29

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

20

Hawkins

19

Sheppard

18

Gutierrez

Rec TD Leaders

15

Legree

15

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

186.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

179.8

Stockton

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.5

Dean

11.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

44.1

43.9

42.2

41.8

39.7

Opp PPG Rankings

11.7

11.9

12.0

12.5

13.8

14.1

Total Yards Rankings

526.7

520.7

520.1

518.1

512.3

499.2

Rush Yards Rankings

344.0

324.7

298.1

265.6

258.7

240.7

Pass Yards Rankings

373.0

334.9

331.0

328.9

326.2

320.8

Sack Leaders

40.0

39.0

38.0

37.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	9	1	.900
2	San Diego State	5	5	.500
3	Texas State	6	4	.600
4	Oregon State	5	5	.500
5	Utah State	4	6	.400
6	Fresno State	5	5	.500
7	Washington State	2	8	.200
8	Colorado State	3	7	.300

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	1	.900
3	Oregon	7	3	.700
4	Ohio State	7	3	.700
5	Iowa	8	2	.800
6	Wisconsin	6	4	.600
7	USC	7	3	.700
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Penn State	6	4	.600
10	Minnesota	5	5	.500
11	Northwestern	6	4	.600
12	Washington	6	4	.600
13	Nebraska	6	4	.600
14	Maryland	4	6	.400
15	Michigan	5	5	.500
16	Purdue	3	7	.300
17	Michigan State	3	7	.300
18	Rutgers	2	8	.200

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	9	1	.900
2	Alabama	8	2	.800
3	Texas	8	2	.800
4	Tennessee	8	2	.800
5	Kentucky	7	3	.700
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
9	Florida	6	4	.600
10	Auburn	6	4	.600
11	LSU	6	4	.600
12	Missouri	6	4	.600
13	Arkansas	4	6	.400
14	Mississippi State	4	6	.400
15	Texas A&M	4	6	.400
16	Vanderbilt	4	6	.400

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	9	1	.900
2	Jacksonville State	7	3	.700
3	Kennesaw State	4	6	.400
4	Middle Tennessee	5	5	.500
5	Delaware	5	5	.500
6	Western Kentucky	4	6	.400
7	Missouri State	4	6	.400
8	Florida International	4	6	.400
9	New Mexico State	3	7	.300
10	Sam Houston	1	9	.100

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	8	2	.800
2	Georgia Southern	6	4	.600
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	3	.727
5	South Alabama	5	5	.500
6	Appalachian State	6	4	.600
7	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
8	Coastal Carolina	4	6	.400
9	Arkansas State	4	6	.400
10	Georgia State	5	5	.500
11	Troy	4	6	.400
12	Marshall	5	5	.500
13	Southern Miss	3	7	.300
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	9	1	.900
2	Wake Forest	9	1	.900
3	Louisville	7	3	.700
4	SMU	7	3	.700
5	Duke	7	3	.700
6	Clemson	6	4	.600
7	Florida State	5	5	.500
8	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
9	Stanford	5	5	.500
10	Virginia Tech	6	4	.600
11	Virginia	5	5	.500
12	Syracuse	5	5	.500
13	North Carolina	5	5	.500
14	Boston College	4	6	.400
15	NC State	4	6	.400
16	California	3	7	.300
17	Georgia Tech	3	7	.300

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	9	1	.900
2	UConn	5	5	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	8	2	.800
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	North Texas	7	3	.700
4	UAB	6	4	.600
5	East Carolina	6	4	.600
6	Army	5	4	.556
7	Tulsa	6	4	.600
8	Florida Atlantic	6	4	.600
9	Tulane	5	5	.500
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	9	.100
13	Temple	2	8	.200
14	Rice	1	9	.100

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	10	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	9	1	.900
3	BYU	8	2	.800
4	Houston	7	3	.700
5	Baylor	6	4	.600
6	Arizona	7	3	.700
7	Arizona State	6	4	.600
8	Oklahoma State	6	4	.600
9	UCF	5	5	.500
10	Iowa State	5	5	.500
11	TCU	5	5	.500
12	Kansas	4	6	.400
13	West Virginia	5	5	.500
14	Cincinnati	5	5	.500
15	Colorado	4	6	.400
16	Kansas State	4	6	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	Wyoming	7	3	.700
2	New Mexico	8	2	.800
3	North Dakota State	8	2	.800
4	Air Force	8	2	.800
5	UNLV	6	4	.600
6	Nevada	4	6	.400
7	San Jose State	5	6	.455
8	Hawai'i	3	7	.300
9	UTEP	1	9	.100
10	Northern Illinois	0	10	.000

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 10/24	IND	@	MICH	13-6
Sat 10/24	WMU	@	TOL	38-45
Sat 10/24	M-OH	@	CMU	28-27
Sat 10/24	UNT	@	NAVY	49-39
Sat 10/24	BC	@	GT	49-27

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/17	EMU	@	WMU	6:00 PM
Tue 11/17	M-OH	@	KENT	7:00 PM
Tue 11/17	BALL	@	OHIO	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	AKR	@	MASS	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	CMU	@	BUFF	7:30 PM

Dan Sheldon

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660

783

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3,169

3,150

1,335

1,320

1,291

1,349

1,317

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29

29

20

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18

15

15

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186.8

184.5

179.8

14.0

11.5

11.0

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