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

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