Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	153	3,006	744	4.0	1,121	433	2.6	1,885	311	6.1
Team Rank		101st	98th	92nd	96th	93rd	84th	97th	56th	37th	79th
Opponent	11	188	3,463		4.3	1,589	528	3.0	1,874	270	6.9
Opponent Rank		25th	27th		21st	28th	83rd	18th	45th	28th	70th
Net		-35	-457	+744	-0.3	-468	-95	-0.4	+11	+41	-0.9
Net Rank		74th	75th	92nd	70th	79th	86th	75th	46th	29th	80th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Pete Genatempo P. Genatempo	11	94	171	55.0	15.5	916	5.4	83.3	5	11	96.8	2.9	6.4
Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	7	62	132	47.0	18.9	938	7.1	134.0	7	8	112.0	5.3	6.1
Brent Eskoff B. Eskoff	9	4	8	50.0	0.9	31	3.9	3.4	0	1	57.6	0.0	12.5

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Pete Roth P. Roth	9	137	15.2	557	4.1	61.9	4	161	712
Darryl Richardson D. Richardson	11	98	8.9	242	2.5	22.0	0	116	299
Joel Kinkade J. Kinkade	10	60	6.0	199	3.3	19.9	1	64	235
Ricky Mitchell R. Mitchell	11	55	5.0	208	3.8	18.9	0	64	235
Pete Genatempo P. Genatempo	11	37	3.4	-119	-3.2	-10.8	0
Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	7	29	4.1	-1	0.0	-0.1	0
Jim Kleinz J. Kleinz	6	6	1.0	31	5.2	5.2	0	7	32
Kent Iwema K. Iwema	4	4	1.0	14	3.5	3.5	0
Curt Pardridge C. Pardridge	11	2	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0	22	305
Virgil Gerin V. Gerin	11	2	0.2	-12	-6.0	-1.1	0	6	34
Brent Eskoff B. Eskoff	9	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.7	0
Carl Aikens C. Aikens	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	37	762
Darren Monnett D. Monnett	3	1	0.3	-12	-12.0	-4.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Reggie Sims R. Sims	11	39	3.5	475	12.2	43.2	1
Carl Aikens C. Aikens	11	36	3.3	758	21.1	68.9	6	37	762
Pete Roth P. Roth	9	24	2.7	155	6.5	17.2	0	161	712
Curt Pardridge C. Pardridge	11	20	1.8	301	15.1	27.4	2	22	305
Darryl Richardson D. Richardson	11	18	1.6	57	3.2	5.2	0	116	299
Ricky Mitchell R. Mitchell	11	9	0.8	27	3.0	2.5	0	64	235
Steve Quinlan S. Quinlan	11	5	0.5	29	5.8	2.6	2
Virgil Gerin V. Gerin	11	4	0.4	46	11.5	4.2	1	6	34
Joel Kinkade J. Kinkade	10	4	0.4	36	9.0	3.6	0	64	235
Jim Kleinz J. Kleinz	6	1	0.2	1	1.0	0.2	0	7	32

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Rastee Oce R. Oce	11	3	66	22
Clarence Vaughn C. Vaughn	11	3	37	12.3
Lee Hicks L. Hicks	10	3	31	10.3
Rich Tremblay R. Tremblay	11	1	28	28
Steve Kmiec S. Kmiec	11	1	3	3
Gary Schlinger G. Schlinger	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Darryl Taylor D. Taylor	7	0		7			42
Carl Aikens C. Aikens	11	0	6	6			36
Bob Forester B. Forester	11				7	10	31
Pete Genatempo P. Genatempo	11	0		5			30
Pete Roth P. Roth	9	4	0	4			24
Curt Pardridge C. Pardridge	11	0	2	2			12
Steve Quinlan S. Quinlan	11		2	2			12
Darren Monnett D. Monnett	3	0		0	1	5	8
Virgil Gerin V. Gerin	11	0	1	1			6
Joel Kinkade J. Kinkade	10	1	0	1			6
Reggie Sims R. Sims	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG
Rich Tremblay R. Tremblay	11					21	125	6.0
Ricky Mitchell R. Mitchell	11	13	297	22.8	0
Curt Pardridge C. Pardridge	11	9	136	15.1	0
Lee Hicks L. Hicks	10					7	44	6.3
Pete Roth P. Roth	9	4	67	16.8	0
Darryl Richardson D. Richardson	11	1	34	34.0	0
Dan Graham D. Graham	5	1	17	17.0	0
Gary Schlinger G. Schlinger	11					1	8	8.0
Reggie Sims R. Sims	11	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
	Bob Forester B. Forester	11	7	16	43.8						10	10	100.0	31
	Darren Monnett D. Monnett	3	1	2	50.0						5	5	100.0	8

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Todd Van Keppel T. Van Keppel	10	67	2,798	41.8
	Darren Monnett D. Monnett	3	7	212	30.3

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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

12.2

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	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

	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