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	386	4,547	858	5.3	1,920	508	3.8	2,627	350	7.5	235	105	108	108	67	615
Team Rank		35th	68th	77th	61st	57th	53rd	67th	68th	83rd	44th	73rd	64th	77th	77th	18th	33rd
Opponent	12	258	4,459		5.2	1,693	469	3.6	2,766	392	7.1	223	96	111	111	83	702
Opponent Rank		26th	43rd		49th	40th	44th	40th	58th	56th	58th	28th	42nd	36th	36th	57th	59th
Net		+128	+88	+858	+0.1	+227	+39	+0.2	-139	-42	+0.4	+12	+9	-3	-3	-16	-87
Net Rank		25th	58th	77th	58th	54th	48th	58th	74th	80th	51st	50th	57th	67th	67th	19th	37th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	12	199	336	59.2	28.0	2,544	7.6	212.0	25	9	142.0	7.4	2.7
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	4	8	13	61.5	3.3	83	6.4	20.8	0	0	115.2	0.0	0.0
P.J. Fleck	12	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	310	25.8	1,648	5.3	137.3	14	329	1,878
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	12	75	6.3	-65	-0.9	-5.4	3
A.J. Harris	10	65	6.5	272	4.2	27.2	2	73	307
Adrian Davis A. Davis	5	24	4.8	76	3.2	15.2	0
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	4	5	1.3	-15	-3.0	-3.8	1
Robert Wallace R. Wallace	2	3	1.5	3	1.0	1.5	0
Jeremy Pugh J. Pugh	4	2	0.5	16	8.0	4.0	0	3	20
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	2	0.5	4	2.0	1.0	0	12	210
P.J. Fleck	12	1	0.1	9	9.0	0.8	0	78	1,037
Brian Atkinson B. Atkinson	3	1	0.3	1	1.0	0.3	0
Shatone Powers S. Powers	10	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	27	316

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
P.J. Fleck	12	77	6.4	1,028	13.4	85.7	6	78	1,037
Sam Hurd S. Hurd	11	29	2.6	438	15.1	39.8	2
Shatone Powers S. Powers	10	26	2.6	317	12.2	31.7	5	27	316
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	19	1.6	230	12.1	19.2	3	329	1,878
Keith Perry K. Perry	6	14	2.3	181	12.9	30.2	2
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	10	2.5	206	20.6	51.5	4	12	210
David McDermott D. McDermott	3	10	3.3	64	6.4	21.3	0
A.J. Harris	10	8	0.8	35	4.4	3.5	0	73	307
Brad Cieslak B. Cieslak	6	6	1.0	77	12.8	12.8	2
Turner Pugh T. Pugh	3	5	1.7	35	7.0	11.7	0
Jarret Carter J. Carter	1	1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0
Jeremy Pugh J. Pugh	4	1	0.3	4	4.0	1.0	0	3	20
Pat Raleigh P. Raleigh	1	1	1.0	3	3.0	3.0	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Randee Drew R. Drew	11	6	81	13.5
Rob Lee R. Lee	4	5	17	3.4
Ray Smith R. Smith	5	3	44	14.7
Adriel Hansbro A. Hansbro	2	2	30	15
Lionel Hickenbottom L. Hickenbottom	5	2	18	9
Brian Atkinson B. Atkinson	3	2	3	1.5
Vinson Reynolds V. Reynolds	2	1	65	65
Jason Hawkins J. Hawkins	2	1	20	20
Akil Grant A. Grant	1	1	8	8

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Steve Azar S. Azar	12			0	21	41	0	104
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	14	3	17			0	102
P.J. Fleck	12	0	6	6			0	36
Shatone Powers S. Powers	10	0	5	5			0	30
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	0	4	4			0	24
Josh Haldi J. Haldi	12	3		3			2	22
Brad Cieslak B. Cieslak	6		2	2			0	12
A.J. Harris	10	2	0	2			0	12
Sam Hurd S. Hurd	11		2	2			0	12
Keith Perry K. Perry	6		2	2			0	12
Devron Francis D. Francis	1			1			0	6
Ryan Gilbert R. Gilbert	4	1		1			0	6
Pat Raleigh P. Raleigh	1		1	1			0	6
Kevin Woods K. Woods	1			0			0	2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Randee Drew R. Drew	11	27	581	21.5	0
P.J. Fleck	12					23	191	8.3	0
Dan Sheldon D. Sheldon	4	1	16	16.0	0	12	150	12.5	0
Lionel Hickenbottom L. Hickenbottom	5	6	104	17.3	0
Jeremy Pugh J. Pugh	4	4	49	12.3	0
Michael Turner M. Turner	12	3	58	19.3	0
Ray Smith R. Smith	5					1	20	20.0	0
A.J. Harris	10	1	8	8.0	0
Jason Hawkins J. Hawkins	2					1	6	6.0	0
Marlon Watson M. Watson	1					1	6	6.0	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	21	26	80.8						41	43	95.3	104

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Anthony Gallagher A. Gallagher	12	63	2,533	40.2
	Steve Azar S. Azar	12	1	19	19.0

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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