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	409	4,706	813	5.8	2,509	539	4.7	2,197	274	8.0	255	127	101	101	64	582
Team Rank		12th	27th	34th	22nd	14th	14th	21st	73rd	101st	14th	16th	14th	60th	60th	18th	34th
Opponent	11	280	3,969		5.3	1,658	404	4.1	2,311	342	6.8	210	87	106	106	76	723
Opponent Rank		61st	52nd		69th	62nd	36th	74th	50th	51st	58th	53rd	50th	71st	71st	65th	36th
Net		+129	+737	+813	+0.5	+851	+135	+0.6	-114	-68	+1.3	+45	+40	-5	-5	-12	-141
Net Rank		21st	23rd	34th	45th	18th	10th	47th	69th	97th	22nd	18th	14th	71st	71st	27th	18th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	131	231	56.7	21.0	1,857	8.0	168.8	11	9	132.2	4.8	3.9
Dan Urban D. Urban	7	17	33	51.5	4.7	325	9.8	46.4	2	2	142.1	6.1	6.1
Craig Harmon C. Harmon	4	1	5	20.0	1.3	15	3.0	3.8	0	0	45.2	0.0	0.0
P.J. Fleck	6	0	1	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	9	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	9	215	23.9	1,083	5.0	120.3	16	221	1,154
Michael Turner M. Turner	11	200	18.2	983	4.9	89.4	7	204	1,028
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	43	3.9	90	2.1	8.2	5
Jon Lanum J. Lanum	5	41	8.2	179	4.4	35.8	2
Dan Urban D. Urban	7	11	1.6	17	1.5	2.4	4
Justin McCareins J. McCareins	11	8	0.7	73	9.1	6.6	0	74	1,241
Keith Perry K. Perry	10	5	0.5	45	9.0	4.5	0	40	507
Mike Scaramella M. Scaramella	1	4	4.0	15	3.8	15.0	0
Craig Harmon C. Harmon	4	2	0.5	11	5.5	2.8	0
Wyatt Thomas W. Thomas	1	2	2.0	9	4.5	9.0	0
Darrell Hill D. Hill	2	2	1.0	4	2.0	2.0	0	8	89
P.J. Fleck	6	1	0.2	4	4.0	0.7	1	18	150
Alan Rood A. Rood	3	1	0.3	2	2.0	0.7	0	3	23

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Justin McCareins J. McCareins	11	66	6.0	1,168	17.7	106.2	10	74	1,241
Keith Perry K. Perry	10	35	3.5	462	13.2	46.2	1	40	507
P.J. Fleck	6	17	2.8	146	8.6	24.3	0	18	150
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	3	9	3.0	128	14.2	42.7	2
Darrell Hill D. Hill	2	6	3.0	85	14.2	42.5	0	8	89
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	9	6	0.7	71	11.8	7.9	0	221	1,154
Michael Turner M. Turner	11	4	0.4	45	11.3	4.1	0	204	1,028
Alan Rood A. Rood	3	2	0.7	21	10.5	7.0	0	3	23
Joey Reed J. Reed	2	2	1.0	14	7.0	7.0	0
Mike Archie M. Archie	1	1	1.0	42	42.0	42.0	0
Turner Pugh T. Pugh	1	1	1.0	15	15.0	15.0	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Demerist Whitfield D. Whitfield	4	5	108	21.6	1
Vince Thompson V. Thompson	3	5	16	3.2	0
Buster Sampson B. Sampson	2	2	46	23	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Thomas Hammock T. Hammock	9	16	0		16			0	96
Steve Azar S. Azar	9				0	14	38	0	80
Justin McCareins J. McCareins	11	0	10		11			1	68
Michael Turner M. Turner	11	7	0		7			0	42
Chris Finlen C. Finlen	11	5			5			0	30
Dan Urban D. Urban	7	4			4			0	24
Brian Grider B. Grider	3				0	2	9	0	15
Matt Dunker M. Dunker	3		2		2			0	12
Jon Lanum J. Lanum	5	2			2			0	12
P.J. Fleck	6	1	0		1			1	8
Keith Perry K. Perry	10	0	1		1			0	6
Buster Sampson B. Sampson	2				1			0	6
Demerist Whitfield D. Whitfield	4			1	1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Justin McCareins J. McCareins	11	18	411	22.8	0	19	362	19.1	1
P.J. Fleck	6	4	60	15.0	0	9	90	10.0	0
Randee Drew R. Drew	6	12	246	20.5	0
Darrell Hill D. Hill	2	2	70	35.0	0
Alan Rood A. Rood	3	2	24	12.0	0
Demerist Whitfield D. Whitfield	4	1	6	6.0	0	1	3	3.0	0
Jon Pendergrass J. Pendergrass	1					1	23	23.0	0
Akil Grant A. Grant	1					1	21	21.0	0
Justin Dole J. Dole	1					1	19	19.0	0
Justin Taylor J. Taylor	1	1	9	9.0	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	9	14	15	93.3						38	40	95.0	80
	Brian Grider B. Grider	3	2	4	50.0						9	9	100.0	15

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Jimmy Erwin J. Erwin	11	44	1,675	38.1
	Jason Hogrefe J. Hogrefe	1	1	25	25.0

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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