Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	294	3,702	799	4.6	2,380	598	4.0	1,322	201	6.6
Team Rank		28th	65th	47th	71st	25th	12th	41st	94th	91st	64th
Opponent	11	190	3,205		4.4	1,490	421	3.5	1,715	303	5.7
Opponent Rank		33rd	14th		22nd	31st	13th	44th	20th	53rd	6th
Net		+104	+497	+799	+0.2	+890	+177	+0.4	-393	-102	+0.9
Net Rank		32nd	37th	47th	47th	24th	9th	41st	75th	89th	30th

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Tim Tyrrell T. Tyrrell	11	91	189	48.1	17.2	1,260	6.7	114.5	8	5	112.8	4.2	2.6
	Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	11	6	12	50.0	1.1	62	5.2	5.6	1	1	104.2	8.3	8.3

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Darryl Richardson D. Richardson	11	235	21.4	1,204	5.1	109.5	10	246	1,246
Tim Tyrrell T. Tyrrell	11	166	15.1	539	3.2	49.0	7
Lou Wicks L. Wicks	11	84	7.6	307	3.7	27.9	4	98	472
Joe Law J. Law	11	43	3.9	120	2.8	10.9	3	44	130
Joel Kinkade J. Kinkade	11	25	2.3	83	3.3	7.5	0	28	104
Ricky Mitchell R. Mitchell	11	20	1.8	62	3.1	5.6	0	21	56
Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	11	17	1.5	35	2.1	3.2	0
Carl Aikens C. Aikens	11	3	0.3	42	14.0	3.8	1	26	518
Curt Pardridge C. Pardridge	11	2	0.2	-2	-1.0	-0.2	0	13	234
Greg Spicher G. Spicher	11	2	0.2	-6	-3.0	-0.5	0	6	61
Todd Van Keppel T. Van Keppel	11	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Reggie Sims R. Sims	11	27	2.5	279	10.3	25.4	1
Carl Aikens C. Aikens	11	23	2.1	476	20.7	43.3	2	26	518
Lou Wicks L. Wicks	11	14	1.3	165	11.8	15.0	2	98	472
Curt Pardridge C. Pardridge	11	11	1.0	236	21.5	21.5	3	13	234
Darryl Richardson D. Richardson	11	11	1.0	42	3.8	3.8	0	246	1,246
Greg Spicher G. Spicher	11	4	0.4	67	16.8	6.1	0	6	61
Joel Kinkade J. Kinkade	11	3	0.3	21	7.0	1.9	1	28	104
Joe Law J. Law	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0	44	130
Ricky Mitchell R. Mitchell	11	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0	21	56

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Jeff Sanders J. Sanders	11	6	82	13.7	0
Steve Hirsch S. Hirsch	11	4	54	13.5	1
Lee Hicks L. Hicks	11	3	17	5.7	0
Rick Considine R. Considine	11	3	14	4.7	0
Rich Burns R. Burns	11	2	81	40.5	0
Vernon Sims V. Sims	11	1	6	6	0
Gary Schlinger G. Schlinger	11	1	3	3	0
Rob Wicinski R. Wicinski	11	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tim Tyrrell T. Tyrrell	11	7		15			90
Vince Scott V. Scott	11				17	29	80
Darryl Richardson D. Richardson	11	10	0	10			60
Lou Wicks L. Wicks	11	4	2	6			36
Carl Aikens C. Aikens	11	1	2	3			18
Joe Law J. Law	11	3	0	3			18
Curt Pardridge C. Pardridge	11	0	3	3			18
Steve Hirsch S. Hirsch	11			1			6
Joel Kinkade J. Kinkade	11	0	1	1			6
Reggie Sims R. Sims	11		1	1			6
Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	11	0		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jeff Sanders J. Sanders	11	10	224	22.4	0	20	180	9.0	0
Ricky Mitchell R. Mitchell	11	12	247	20.6	0
Steve Hirsch S. Hirsch	11					4	77	19.3	0
Joe Law J. Law	11	4	60	15.0	0
Darryl Richardson D. Richardson	11	2	22	11.0	0
Tom Leonard T. Leonard	11	1	7	7.0	0
Rich Burns R. Burns	11					1	5	5.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Vince Scott V. Scott	11	17	20	85.0						29	31	93.5	80

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Todd Van Keppel T. Van Keppel	11	57	2,311	40.5

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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