Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	193	3,710	760	4.9	2,137	533	4.0	1,573	227	6.9
Team Rank		79th	57th	81st	49th	73rd	91st	66th	34th	43rd	49th
Opponent	11	230	3,903		5.1	2,784	592	4.7	1,119	176	6.4
Opponent Rank		124th	100th		105th	112th	87th	122nd	44th	32nd	63rd
Net		-37	-193	+760	-0.2	-647	-59	-0.7	+454	+51	+0.6
Net Rank		120th	81st	81st	84th	100th	92nd	97th	27th	37th	52nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Jerry Golsteyn J. Golsteyn	11	117	221	52.9	20.1	1,539	7.0	139.9	8	13	111.6	3.6	5.9
Dave Pienkowski D. Pienkowski	11	0	3	0.0	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vince Smith V. Smith	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	34	34.0	3.1	0	0	385.6	0.0	0.0
Carl Fisher C. Fisher	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0
Greg Whitacre G. Whitacre	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ed Johnson E. Johnson	11	179	16.3	814	4.5	74.0	5	181	820
Vince Smith V. Smith	11	142	12.9	688	4.8	62.5	2	161	856
Carl Fisher C. Fisher	11	76	6.9	348	4.6	31.6	2	84	423
Tim Miller T. Miller	11	55	5.0	191	3.5	17.4	4	56	195
Dave Pienkowski D. Pienkowski	11	47	4.3	141	3.0	12.8	1	54	168
Jerry Golsteyn J. Golsteyn	11	30	2.7	-48	-1.6	-4.4	1
Ken Moore K. Moore	11	2	0.2	2	1.0	0.2	0	32	427
Greg Whitacre G. Whitacre	11	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ken Moore K. Moore	11	30	2.7	425	14.2	38.6	3	32	427
Russ Hill R. Hill	11	24	2.2	425	17.7	38.6	2
Vince Smith V. Smith	11	19	1.7	168	8.8	15.3	1	161	856
James Louis J. Louis	11	14	1.3	275	19.6	25.0	1
Bob Florence B. Florence	11	10	0.9	121	12.1	11.0	1
Carl Fisher C. Fisher	11	8	0.7	75	9.4	6.8	0	84	423
Dave Pienkowski D. Pienkowski	11	7	0.6	27	3.9	2.5	0	54	168
Scott Paplham S. Paplham	11	2	0.2	31	15.5	2.8	0
Ed Johnson E. Johnson	11	2	0.2	6	3.0	0.5	0	181	820
Mike Flatley M. Flatley	11	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.5	0
Tim Miller T. Miller	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	56	195

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Jerry Golsteyn J. Golsteyn	11	1		9	54
Ed Johnson E. Johnson	11	5	0	5	30
Tim Miller T. Miller	11	4	0	4	24
Ken Moore K. Moore	11	0	3	3	18
Vince Smith V. Smith	11	2	1	3	18
Carl Fisher C. Fisher	11	2	0	2	12
Russ Hill R. Hill	11		2	2	12
Bob Florence B. Florence	11		1	1	6
James Louis J. Louis	11		1	1	6
Dave Pienkowski D. Pienkowski	11	1	0	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	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	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333