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Rick Bridges

Northern Illinois

Career Stats

SeasonTMGPCMPATTPCTATT/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%LNGSCKSCKYRUSH YDSRUSH TDFUMLOST
1979
NIU
11
23
59
39.0
5.4
280
4.7
25.5
1
1
81.1
1.7
1.7
264
3
1980
NIU
11
23
38
60.5
3.5
338
8.9
30.7
1
1
138.7
2.6
2.6
218
5
1981
NIU
10
49
104
47.1
10.4
636
6.1
63.6
4
7
97.7
3.8
6.7
196
2
1982
NIU
7
24
62
38.7
8.9
360
5.8
51.4
0
2
81.0
0.0
3.2
88
1
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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

837

Dickens

Taron Dickens

RUSH

253

Johnson

Telly Johnson Jr.

REC

252

Rogers

DeAree 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
TEAMCONFOVERALL
6
San Jose State San Jose State
0-0
2-2
7
UTEP UTEP
0-0
1-3
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0-0
0-4
9
Nevada Nevada
0-1
1-3
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
0-2
1-3
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/10
AFA AFA
@
NIU NIU
7:30 PM
Sat
10/17
NIU NIU
@
WYO WYO
3:30 PM
Sat
10/24
HAW HAW
@
NIU NIU
3:30 PM
Sat
10/31
NIU NIU
@
UNLV UNLV
10:30 PM
Sat
11/7
NIU NIU
@
SJSU SJSU
4:00 PM
Last Game
NIU Northern Illinois

0 - 4

14

Final

35

GAST Georgia State

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,519

Jackson

Tayven Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

592

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

585

Legree

Jesse Legree

564

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Heintschel

Mason Heintschel

14

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

9

Hawkins

Michael Hawkins Jr.

9

Knight

Wayne Knight
Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

KJ Duff

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

7

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

Darian Mensah

209.1

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover
Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

54.8

Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Alabama

48.0

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Notre Dame

8.3

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3

Duke

11.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

North Texas

524.6
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Navy

333.7

Air Force

333.7

West Virginia

294.8

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

392.5

Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Oregon

346.5

North Texas

340.0
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

18.0

Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Delaware

17.0

Texas

15.0

Nebraska

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
4
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
0
1.000
5
Texas Texas
4
0
1.000
6
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
1
.750
7
Auburn Auburn
3
1
.750
8
Kentucky Kentucky
3
1
.750
9
LSU LSU
3
1
.750
10
Missouri Missouri
3
1
.750
11
Tennessee Tennessee
3
1
.750
12
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
1
.750
13
Arkansas Arkansas
2
2
.500
14
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
2
.500
15
South Carolina South Carolina
2
2
.500
16
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
2
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
2
Fresno State Fresno State
3
1
.750
3
Colorado State Colorado State
2
2
.500
4
Oregon State Oregon State
2
2
.500
5
Texas State Texas State
2
2
.500
6
San Diego State San Diego State
1
3
.250
7
Utah State Utah State
1
3
.250
8
Washington State Washington State
1
3
.250
Big 10WLPCT
1
UCLA UCLA
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
4
0
1.000
4
Nebraska Nebraska
4
0
1.000
5
Minnesota Minnesota
3
1
.750
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
3
1
.750
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Michigan Michigan
3
1
.750
11
Penn State Penn State
3
2
.600
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
3
1
.750
14
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
15
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
16
Michigan State Michigan State
2
2
.500
17
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
18
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
Big 12WLPCT
1
Cincinnati Cincinnati
4
0
1.000
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
3
Utah Utah
4
0
1.000
4
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
5
Baylor Baylor
3
1
.750
6
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
3
1
.750
7
UCF UCF
3
1
.750
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
3
1
.750
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
1
.750
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
2
2
.500
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
UMass UMass
4
0
1.000
2
Kent State Kent State
2
2
.500
3
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
2
3
.400
4
Toledo Toledo
3
1
.750
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
2
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
2
.500
7
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
2
2
.500
8
Ohio Ohio
2
2
.500
9
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
2
.500
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
3
.250
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
2
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
3
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
4
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
1
.800
6
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
7
Wake Forest Wake Forest
3
1
.750
8
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
9
SMU SMU
3
1
.750
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
2
.500
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Boston College Boston College
2
2
.500
14
Florida State Florida State
2
2
.500
15
NC State NC State
2
2
.500
16
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
3
.250
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
4
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
2
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
4
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3
1
.750
3
North Texas North Texas
3
2
.600
4
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
5
Army Army
2
1
.667
6
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
10
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
12
Tulsa Tulsa
3
2
.600
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
3
.400
3
Liberty Liberty
4
1
.800
4
Delaware Delaware
2
3
.400
5
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
6
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
7
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
4
.200
10
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
2
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
James Madison James Madison
4
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
3
1
.750
3
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
1
.750
4
South Alabama South Alabama
2
2
.500
5
Georgia State Georgia State
3
1
.750
6
Marshall Marshall
3
1
.750
7
Arkansas State Arkansas State
2
2
.500
8
Troy Troy
2
2
.500
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
3
.250
10
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
11
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
3
.250
12
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
3
.250
13
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
3
.250
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
4
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
2
2
.500
3
Wyoming Wyoming
2
2
.500
4
Air Force Air Force
2
1
.667
5
New Mexico New Mexico
3
1
.750
6
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
7
UTEP UTEP
1
3
.250
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
4
.000
9
Nevada Nevada
1
3
.250
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
3
.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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

Schedule

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