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Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
11
305
4,420
874
5.1
3,246
701
4.6
1,174
173
6.8
Team Rank
24th
22nd
9th
45th
6th
5th
16th
92nd
91st
53rd
Opponent
11
262
3,690
4.9
1,731
455
3.8
1,959
295
6.6
Opponent Rank
62nd
32nd
47th
45th
24th
54th
42nd
45th
47th
Net
+43
+730
+874
+0.1
+1,515
+246
+0.8
-785
-122
+0.1
Net Rank
40th
27th
9th
43rd
11th
7th
30th
90th
91st
45th

Player Stats

PassingGPCMPATTPCTATT/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%LNGSCKSCKY
Marshall Taylor
M. Taylor
11
76
139
54.7
12.6
1,039
7.5
94.5
4
4
121.2
2.9
2.9
Pete Genatempo
P. Genatempo
11
16
32
50.0
2.9
135
4.2
12.3
0
2
72.9
0.0
6.3
Kent Iwema
K. Iwema
11
0
2
0.0
0.2
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0.0
0.0

RushingGPATTATT/GYDSYPCYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Marshall Taylor
M. Taylor
11
157
14.3
826
5.3
75.1
7
Tim Peshek
T. Peshek
11
129
11.7
593
4.6
53.9
5
130
604
Rodney Taylor
R. Taylor
11
103
9.4
442
4.3
40.2
5
112
542
Keith Hurley
K. Hurley
11
71
6.5
333
4.7
30.3
4
93
626
Kent Iwema
K. Iwema
11
62
5.6
315
5.1
28.6
2
64
377
Pete Genatempo
P. Genatempo
11
60
5.5
207
3.5
18.8
4
Mike Strasser
M. Strasser
11
40
3.6
210
5.3
19.1
3
48
306
Antonio Davis
A. Davis
11
38
3.5
155
4.1
14.1
1
Chris Gholston
C. Gholston
11
18
1.6
63
3.5
5.7
0
23
92
Chris Montgomery
C. Montgomery
11
10
0.9
61
6.1
5.5
0
Drake Shead
D. Shead
11
6
0.5
33
5.5
3.0
0
9
72
Virgil Gerin
V. Gerin
11
3
0.3
15
5.0
1.4
0
31
381
Mark Clancy
M. Clancy
11
2
0.2
-4
-2.0
-0.4
0
11
103
Adam Dach
A. Dach
11
1
0.1
5
5.0
0.5
0
Darren Monnett
D. Monnett
11
1
0.1
-8
-8.0
-0.7
0

ReceivingGPRECTRGREC/GYDSAVGYDS/GTDLNGPLY SCMYDS SCM
Virgil Gerin
V. Gerin
11
28
2.5
366
13.1
33.3
0
31
381
Keith Hurley
K. Hurley
11
22
2.0
293
13.3
26.6
1
93
626
Mark Clancy
M. Clancy
11
9
0.8
107
11.9
9.7
0
11
103
Rodney Taylor
R. Taylor
11
9
0.8
100
11.1
9.1
1
112
542
Mike Strasser
M. Strasser
11
8
0.7
96
12.0
8.7
1
48
306
Kurt Cassidy
K. Cassidy
11
5
0.5
71
14.2
6.5
0
Chris Gholston
C. Gholston
11
5
0.5
29
5.8
2.6
0
23
92
Drake Shead
D. Shead
11
3
0.3
39
13.0
3.5
0
9
72
Kent Iwema
K. Iwema
11
2
0.2
62
31.0
5.6
1
64
377
Tim Peshek
T. Peshek
11
1
0.1
11
11.0
1.0
0
130
604

DefenseGPTKLASTCOMBTFLSCKPDEFINTYDSAVGTDLNG
Randall Townsel
R. Townsel
11
5
19
3.8
0
Rufus Taylor
R. Taylor
11
4
84
21
0
Mike Higgins
M. Higgins
11
4
58
14.5
0
Mike Manson
M. Manson
11
3
56
18.7
0
Kevin Cassidy
K. Cassidy
11
3
0
0
0
Brett Tucker
B. Tucker
11
2
52
26
0
William Ballard
W. Ballard
11
1
14
14
0
Patrick Bryant
P. Bryant
11
1
12
12
0
Tony Savegnago
T. Savegnago
11
1
9
9
0

ScoringGPRUSHRECRETTOTFGMXPMXP2SFTYPTS
John Ivanic
J. Ivanic
11
18
29
83
Marshall Taylor
M. Taylor
11
7
11
66
Rodney Taylor
R. Taylor
11
5
1
7
42
Keith Hurley
K. Hurley
11
4
1
5
30
Tim Peshek
T. Peshek
11
5
0
5
30
Pete Genatempo
P. Genatempo
11
4
4
24
Mike Strasser
M. Strasser
11
3
1
4
24
Kent Iwema
K. Iwema
11
2
1
3
18
Antonio Davis
A. Davis
11
1
1
6

ReturnsGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDKR LNGPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TDPR LNG
Rodney Taylor
R. Taylor
11
9
144
16.0
0
23
282
12.3
1
Drake Shead
D. Shead
11
16
274
17.1
0
Mike Strasser
M. Strasser
11
6
94
15.7
0
Chris Gholston
C. Gholston
11
5
106
21.2
0
Matt Kentner
M. Kentner
11
3
31
10.3
0
James Houston
J. Houston
11
2
29
14.5
0
Phil Bucaro
P. Bucaro
11
2
10
5.0
0
Keith Hurley
K. Hurley
11
1
1
1.0
0

KickingGPFGMFGAFG%FG 1-19FG 20-29FG 30-39FG 40-49FG 50+XPMXPAXP%PTS
John Ivanic
J. Ivanic
11
18
24
75.0
29
29
100.0
83
Eric Nelson
E. Nelson
11
0
1
0.0
0
1
0.0
0

PuntingGPPUNTYDSAVGLNGBLK
Darren Monnett
D. Monnett
11
44
1,678
38.1

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,453

Jennings

Kevin Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson
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

Mensah

Darian Mensah

14

Maiava

Jayden Maiava
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

7.0

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

Pittsburgh

8.5

Miami

9.0

Indiana

9.8

Utah

10.3
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

588.8

SMU

550.8

Oklahoma State

548.3

Mississippi State

533.3

Florida

532.8

Pittsburgh

523.8
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

Pittsburgh

347.3

Oregon

347.0
Sack Leaders
Tennessee

18.0

LSU

18.0

Virginia Tech

17.0

Delaware

15.0

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
1
.750
12
Washington Washington
3
1
.750
13
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
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
4
0
1.000
5
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
4
0
1.000
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
UAB UAB
2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
Tulsa Tulsa
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
3
1
.750
8
East Carolina East Carolina
2
2
.500
9
North Texas North Texas
2
2
.500
10
Tulane Tulane
2
2
.500
11
Rice Rice
1
3
.250
12
Charlotte Charlotte
0
4
.000
13
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
3
2
.600
2
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
3
Delaware Delaware
2
2
.500
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
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
3
.250
8
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
3
.250
9
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
1
3
.250
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
ODU ODU
@
VT VT
21-44
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

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/1
WKU WKU
@
NMSU NMSU
8:00 PM
Thu
10/1
UNT UNT
@
TLSA TLSA
9:00 PM
Fri
10/2
LIB LIB
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PITT PITT
@
VT VT
7:00 PM
Fri
10/2
PSU PSU
@
NW NW
8:00 PM