Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	144	3,404	770	4.4	2,227	611	3.6	1,177	159	7.4
Team Rank		99th	87th	73rd	89th	27th	11th	62nd	95th	99th	34th
Opponent	11	308	3,793		5.3	1,847	438	4.2	1,946	272	7.2
Opponent Rank		84th	50th		79th	53rd	24th	80th	42nd	28th	71st
Net		-164	-389	+770	-0.9	+380	+173	-0.6	-769	-113	+0.2
Net Rank		97th	68th	73rd	91st	37th	12th	73rd	89th	89th	51st

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Marshall Taylor M. Taylor	11	67	130	51.5	11.8	993	7.6	90.3	3	9	109.5	2.3	6.9
	Pete Genatempo P. Genatempo	11	12	29	41.4	2.6	184	6.3	16.7	0	3	74.0	0.0	10.3

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Marshall Taylor M. Taylor	11	177	16.1	426	2.4	38.7	7
Antonio Davis A. Davis	11	141	12.8	648	4.6	58.9	4	144	667
Rodney Taylor R. Taylor	11	101	9.2	548	5.4	49.8	2	117	766
Pete Genatempo P. Genatempo	11	49	4.5	168	3.4	15.3	1
Tim Peshek T. Peshek	11	45	4.1	196	4.4	17.8	1
Keith Hurley K. Hurley	11	42	3.8	73	1.7	6.6	0	52	282
Drake Shead D. Shead	11	33	3.0	144	4.4	13.1	1	46	335
Mike Strasser M. Strasser	11	9	0.8	-1	-0.1	-0.1	0
Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	11	4	0.4	25	6.3	2.3	0	10	128
Mark Locke M. Locke	11	4	0.4	9	2.3	0.8	0
Chris Gholston C. Gholston	11	3	0.3	6	2.0	0.5	0
Kendrick Cross K. Cross	11	3	0.3	-15	-5.0	-1.4	0	9	85

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Virgil Gerin V. Gerin	11	18	1.6	210	11.7	19.1	1
Rodney Taylor R. Taylor	11	16	1.5	218	13.6	19.8	1	117	766
Drake Shead D. Shead	11	13	1.2	191	14.7	17.4	0	46	335
Keith Hurley K. Hurley	11	10	0.9	209	20.9	19.0	0	52	282
Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	11	6	0.5	103	17.2	9.4	0	10	128
Kendrick Cross K. Cross	11	6	0.5	100	16.7	9.1	0	9	85
John McKeel J. McKeel	11	4	0.4	70	17.5	6.4	1
Kent Iwema K. Iwema	11	3	0.3	57	19.0	5.2	0
Antonio Davis A. Davis	11	3	0.3	19	6.3	1.7	0	144	667

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Mike Manson M. Manson	11	2	10	5
Mike Hollingshed M. Hollingshed	11	1	13	13
Rich Tremblay R. Tremblay	11	1	12	12
Clarence Vaughn C. Vaughn	11	1	3	3
Rufus Taylor R. Taylor	11	1	0	0
Mike Higgins M. Higgins	11	1	-4	-4

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Marshall Taylor M. Taylor	11	7		10			60
Eric Nelson E. Nelson	11				5	11	26
Antonio Davis A. Davis	11	4	0	4			24
Rodney Taylor R. Taylor	11	2	1	3			18
Pete Genatempo P. Genatempo	11	1		1			6
Virgil Gerin V. Gerin	11		1	1			6
John McKeel J. McKeel	11		1	1			6
Tim Peshek T. Peshek	11	1		1			6
Drake Shead D. Shead	11	1	0	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Rodney Taylor R. Taylor	11	22	405	18.4	0	17	101	5.9	0
Kendrick Cross K. Cross	11	8	117	14.6	0	1	0	0.0	0
Mike Strasser M. Strasser	11	9	110	12.2	0
Rich Tremblay R. Tremblay	11					8	24	3.0	0
Drake Shead D. Shead	11	7	106	15.1	0
Mark Locke M. Locke	11	2	23	11.5	0
Steve Kmiec S. Kmiec	11	1	6	6.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Eric Nelson E. Nelson	11	5	8	62.5						11	12	91.7	26

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Mike Kent M. Kent	11	60	2,374	39.6
	Eric Nelson E. Nelson	11	2	67	33.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250