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Ross Bowers

Northern Illinois

Career Stats

SeasonTMGPCMPATTPCTATT/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%LNGSCKSCKYRUSH YDSRUSH TDFUMLOST
2015
CAL
1
2016
CAL
1
2
0
2017
CAL
12
272
461
59.0
38.4
3,039
6.6
253.3
18
12
122.1
3.9
2.6
75
34
231
-142
3
9
4
2018
CAL
1
8
17
47.1
17.0
56
3.3
56.0
0
0
74.7
0.0
0.0
19
2
13
-7
0
2019
NIU
9
166
287
57.8
31.9
2,130
7.4
236.7
7
8
122.7
2.4
2.8
74
18
142
-111
1
5
1
2020
NIU
6
123
212
58.0
35.3
1,365
6.4
227.5
10
2
125.8
4.7
0.9
47
12
79
-59
0
2
1
Total3056997758.232.66,5906.7219.73522122.23.62.37566465-3174166

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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

153rd

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

1,613

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,519

Jackson

Tayven Jackson

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
Rush Yards Leaders

652

Cook

Cam Cook

644

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

600

Baugh

Jadan Baugh
Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

603

Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez

585

Legree

Jesse Legree
Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

14

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

14

Heintschel

Mason Heintschel
Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

11

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

204.6

Hoover

Josh Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Gunner Stockton
Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

Colin Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

Daeden Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Florida

53.5

Miami

51.8

Georgia

51.4

Alabama

49.6

Oregon

47.5

Ohio State

45.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

8.0

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3

Duke

11.0

New Mexico

11.5
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Memphis

541.2

Florida

532.8

North Texas

524.6

Texas State

523.3
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

355.7

Air Force

297.3

West Virginia

294.0

UCLA

281.5

Texas State

281.3

Navy

277.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Ohio State

365.3

Oregon State

365.0

Miami

361.3

Oregon

346.5

SMU

346.0

North Texas

340.0
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

18.0

Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Delaware

17.0

SMU

17.0

Alabama

16.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
5
0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
4
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
5
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
4
1
.800
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
2
.600
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
4
1
.800
6
Ohio State Ohio State
3
1
.750
7
Oregon Oregon
3
1
.750
8
Wisconsin Wisconsin
4
1
.800
9
USC USC
4
1
.800
10
Northwestern Northwestern
3
1
.750
11
Michigan Michigan
3
2
.600
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Illinois Illinois
2
2
.500
14
Maryland Maryland
2
2
.500
15
Michigan State Michigan State
2
3
.400
16
Purdue Purdue
1
3
.250
17
Rutgers Rutgers
1
3
.250
18
Penn State Penn State
3
2
.600
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
2
.600
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Arizona Arizona
3
1
.750
10
Houston Houston
4
1
.800
11
Kansas State Kansas State
3
1
.750
12
West Virginia West Virginia
3
2
.600
13
Colorado Colorado
2
2
.500
14
Iowa State Iowa State
3
2
.600
15
TCU TCU
2
2
.500
16
Kansas Kansas
2
2
.500
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Liberty Liberty
4
1
.800
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
3
New Mexico State New Mexico State
2
3
.400
4
Florida International Florida International
2
2
.500
5
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
3
.250
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
3
.250
7
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
8
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
3
.400
9
Delaware Delaware
2
3
.400
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
4
.200
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
4
1
.800
5
Buffalo Buffalo
2
3
.400
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
3
2
.600
10
Akron Akron
1
3
.250
11
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
4
.000
12
Ball State Ball State
1
4
.200
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
4
.200
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
5
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
3
.400
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
5
0
1.000
2
Miami Miami
4
0
1.000
3
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
4
Duke Duke
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Virginia
3
1
.750
6
Wake Forest Wake Forest
4
1
.800
7
Louisville Louisville
2
2
.500
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
1
.800
9
SMU SMU
4
1
.800
10
California California
2
2
.500
11
Stanford Stanford
2
3
.400
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
2
.500
13
Boston College Boston College
2
3
.400
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
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
4
1
.800
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
5
.000
12
Tulsa Tulsa
3
2
.600
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
3
.250
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
3
1
.750
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
WOF WOF
@
KENT KENT
15-36
Sat
9/12
ASU ASU
@
TXAM TXAM
20-48
Sat
9/12
HOW HOW
@
IND IND
0-55
Sat
9/12
WSU WSU
@
KSU KSU
7-34
Sat
9/12
OKLA OKLA
@
MICH MICH
10-17

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
10/3
ORST ORST
@
CSU CSU
6:00 PM
Sat
10/3
TXSO TXSO
@
FAU FAU
6:00 PM
Sat
10/3
ARK ARK
@
TXAM TXAM
7:00 PM
Sat
10/3
ULM ULM
@
USA USA
7:00 PM
Sat
10/3
BYU BYU
@
TCU TCU
7:00 PM