Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	11	303	3,746	808	4.6	1,589	466	3.4	2,157	342	6.3	206	89	97	97	65	581
Team Rank		58th	89th	53rd	101st	70th	41st	91st	77th	67th	86th	86th	64th	78th	78th	21st	33rd
Opponent	11	292	4,240		5.1	1,734	463	3.7	2,506	362	6.9	228	104	106	106	80	713
Opponent Rank		67th	68th		57th	68th	75th	51st	71st	67th	63rd	71st	79th	56th	56th	54th	36th
Net		+11	-494	+808	-0.5	-145	+3	-0.3	-349	-20	-0.6	-22	-15	-9	-9	-15	-132
Net Rank		61st	87th	53rd	80th	71st	55th	73rd	85th	70th	78th	85th	82nd	74th	74th	28th	23rd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	166	331	50.2	30.1	2,036	6.2	185.1	14	9	110.3	4.2	2.7
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	2	4	7	57.1	3.5	60	8.6	30.0	0	0	129.1	0.0	0.0
P.J. Fleck	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	61	61.0	5.5	0	0	612.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	11	268	24.4	1,096	4.1	99.6	7	283	1,166
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	92	9.2	395	4.3	39.5	3	102	471
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	86	7.8	106	1.2	9.6	4
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	4	1.0	12	3.0	3.0	0	8	73
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	2	3	1.5	-33	-11.0	-16.5	0
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	2	0.2	45	22.5	4.1	0	40	867
Robert Wallace R. Wallace	1	2	2.0	10	5.0	10.0	0
P.J. Fleck	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	60	732
Keith Perry K. Perry	6	1	0.2	-5	-5.0	-0.8	0	18	212

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
P.J. Fleck	11	59	5.4	732	12.4	66.5	5	60	732
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	38	3.5	822	21.6	74.7	7	40	867
Keith Perry K. Perry	6	17	2.8	217	12.8	36.2	0	18	212
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	8	17	2.1	85	5.0	10.6	1
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	11	15	1.4	70	4.7	6.4	0	283	1,166
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	10	1.0	76	7.6	7.6	0	102	471
Mike Archie M. Archie	2	5	2.5	41	8.2	20.5	0
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	4	1.0	61	15.3	15.3	0	8	73
Kandras Bledsoe K. Bledsoe	2	2	1.0	26	13.0	13.0	0
Turner Pugh T. Pugh	2	2	1.0	23	11.5	11.5	0
Joey Reed J. Reed	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	1
Alan Rood A. Rood	3	1	0.3	1	1.0	0.3	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	4	5	79	15.8	2
Lionel Hickenbottom L. Hickenbottom	4	4	96	24	2
Kursten Strothman K. Strothman	3	1	34	34	0
Akil Grant A. Grant	1	1	18	18	0
Randee Drew R. Drew	7	1	3	3	0
Vinson Reynolds V. Reynolds	1	1	3	3	0
Brian Atkinson B. Atkinson	2	1	0	0	0
Justin Dole J. Dole	1	1	0	0	0
Nick Duffy N. Duffy	1	1	0	0	0
Ryan Laurenti R. Laurenti	1	1	0	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Steve Azar S. Azar	11			0	20	31	0	91
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	0	7	8			0	48
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	11	7	0	7			0	42
P.J. Fleck	11	0	5	5			1	32
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	4		4			0	24
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	3	0	4			0	24
Lionel Hickenbottom L. Hickenbottom	4			2			0	12
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	4			2			0	12
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	8		1	1			0	6
Joey Reed J. Reed	1		1	1			0	6
Mike Spacucello M. Spacucello	4			1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
P.J. Fleck	11	4	86	21.5	0	26	250	9.6	0
Randee Drew R. Drew	7	15	305	20.3	0	5	35	7.0	0
Michael Turner M. Turner	10	9	319	35.4	1
Darrell Hill D. Hill	11	5	171	34.2	1
Mike Spacucello M. Spacucello	4	2	7	3.5	0	1	3	3.0	0
Jason Hawkins J. Hawkins	2	2	21	10.5	0
Alan Rood A. Rood	3	2	6	3.0	0
James Johnson J. Johnson	1	1	11	11.0	0
Kursten Strothman K. Strothman	3					1	11	11.0	0
Brian Atkinson B. Atkinson	2	1	4	4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Steve Azar S. Azar	11	20	26	76.9						31	32	96.9	91

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jimmy Erwin J. Erwin	11	60	2,507	41.8

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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

7.5

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