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	12	375	4,514	806	5.6	2,409	541	4.5	2,105	265	7.9	224	119	89	89	62	606
Team Rank		45th	71st	104th	28th	35th	35th	31st	94th	107th	20th	86th	35th	97th	97th	13th	29th
Opponent	12	298	4,641		5.3	1,582	447	3.5	3,059	428	7.1	230	79	132	132	76	698
Opponent Rank		39th	58th		66th	28th	20th	37th	93rd	83rd	73rd	31st	16th	88th	88th	84th	67th
Net		+77	-127	+806	+0.3	+827	+94	+0.9	-954	-163	+0.8	-6	+40	-43	-43	-14	-92
Net Rank		41st	72nd	104th	47th	23rd	22nd	29th	103rd	108th	36th	66th	21st	104th	104th	25th	36th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	12	130	254	51.2	21.2	2,027	8.0	168.9	15	6	133.0	5.9	2.4
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	3	4	8	50.0	2.7	56	7.0	18.7	1	1	125.1	12.5	12.5
Jimmy Erwin J. Erwin	12	1	1	100.0	0.1	22	22.0	1.8	0	0	284.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	338	28.2	1,915	5.7	159.6	19	348	2,015
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	12	59	4.9	-90	-1.5	-7.5	0
A.J. Harris	5	45	9.0	171	3.8	34.2	1	47	196
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	1	38	38.0	172	4.5	172.0	2	40	179
Adrian Davis A. Davis	5	25	5.0	81	3.2	16.2	0
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	12	13	1.1	135	10.4	11.3	1	53	918
Robert Wallace R. Wallace	2	6	3.0	6	1.0	3.0	0	7	18
Jeremy Pugh J. Pugh	3	4	1.3	4	1.0	1.3	0
Shatone Powers S. Powers	7	3	0.4	21	7.0	3.0	0	10	96
Jimmy Erwin J. Erwin	12	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	1
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	3	1	0.3	-8	-8.0	-2.7	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	12	40	3.3	783	19.6	65.3	5	53	918
Sam Hurd S. Hurd	9	22	2.4	512	23.3	56.9	3
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	12	20	1.7	235	11.8	19.6	6
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	10	0.8	100	10.0	8.3	0	348	2,015
Brad Cieslak B. Cieslak	8	10	1.3	70	7.0	8.8	0
Keith Perry K. Perry	7	9	1.3	167	18.6	23.9	0
Shatone Powers S. Powers	7	7	1.0	75	10.7	10.7	2	10	96
David McDermott D. McDermott	4	6	1.5	68	11.3	17.0	0
P.J. Fleck	1	3	3.0	29	9.7	29.0	0
A.J. Harris	5	2	0.4	25	12.5	5.0	0	47	196
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	1	2	2.0	7	3.5	7.0	0	40	179
Mike Archie M. Archie	2	2	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0
Rob Lee R. Lee	1	1	1.0	22	22.0	22.0	0
Robert Wallace R. Wallace	2	1	0.5	12	12.0	6.0	0	7	18

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Randee Drew R. Drew	11	7	103	14.7
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	7	5	4	0.8
Justin Dole J. Dole	3	3	23	7.7
Akil Grant A. Grant	3	2	41	20.5
Kursten Strothman K. Strothman	3	2	6	3
Mike Spacucello M. Spacucello	3	1	3	3
Nick Duffy N. Duffy	1	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	19	0	20			0	120
Steve Azar S. Azar	12			0	18	41	0	95
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	12	1	5	9			0	54
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	12		6	6			0	36
Sam Hurd S. Hurd	9		3	3			0	18
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	1	2	0	2			0	12
Shatone Powers S. Powers	7	0	2	2			0	12
Jimmy Erwin J. Erwin	12	1		1			0	6
A.J. Harris	5	1	0	1			0	6
Deon Smith D. Smith	1			1			0	6
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	7			1			0	6
Keith Perry K. Perry	7		0	0			1	2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	12	8	147	18.4	0	21	477	22.7	3
Randee Drew R. Drew	11	15	392	26.1	0
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	10	269	26.9	1
Shatone Powers S. Powers	7	5	79	15.8	0
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	7					3	27	9.0	0
Mike Spacucello M. Spacucello	3	3	18	6.0	0
Jeremy Pugh J. Pugh	3	1	16	16.0	0
Kursten Strothman K. Strothman	3					1	11	11.0	0
P.J. Fleck	1					1	10	10.0	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	12	18	25	72.0						41	43	95.3	95

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jimmy Erwin J. Erwin	12	63	2,412	38.3
	Steve Azar S. Azar	12	1	24	24.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
4	Florida International	3	3	.500
5	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
6	Missouri State	2	4	.333
7	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
8	Delaware	2	4	.333
9	Kennesaw State	1	5	.167
10	Sam Houston	1	5	.167

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333