Illinois State at Northern Illinois
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Illinois State | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 | |
| Northern Illinois | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 12:41 | Illinois State INT. J. Macon pass intercepted, for a TD |
| 6:27 | Illinois State touchdown. C. Kwiatkowski run for 14 yds, for a TD (M. Cosentino KICK) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:52 | Illinois State touchdown. G. Roy pass to D. Lord for 6 yds, for a TD (M. Cosentino KICK) |
| 12:39 | Northern Illinois touchdown. B. Pellant pass intercepted, A. Ellis return for 30 yds, for a TD (JJ Schlenhardt KICK) |
| 6:32 | Northern Illinois field goal. JJ Schlenhardt 40 yd FG GOOD |
| 0:01 | Northern Illinois touchdown. T. Dickens pass to D. Rogers for 2 yds, for a TD (JJ Schlenhardt KICK) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 7:24 | Northern Illinois touchdown. T. Johnson Jr. run for 1 yd, for a TD (JJ Schlenhardt KICK) |
| 1:53 | Illinois State touchdown. G. Roy pass to A. Herrera for 16 yds, for a TD (M. Cosentino KICK) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Total first downs | 19 | 20 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 14 |
| Third downs converted | 9 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 64 % | 43 % |
| Fourth down | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Total yards | 254 | 308 |
| Total rushing yards | 101 | 112 |
| Total passing yards | 153 | 196 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 31:16 | 28:44 |
| Rushing | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Total rushing plays | 36 | 36 |
| Total rushing yards | 101 | 112 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| Passing touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 9 |
| Penalty yards | 77 | 85 |
| Turnovers | Illinois State | Northern Illinois |
| Passes intercepted | 2 | 2 |
| Interception returns | 2 | 2 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Victor Dawson | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Seth Glatz | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Chase Kwiatkowski | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Tyler Lofton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gage Roy | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 22 | 83 | 3.8 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Elijah Porter | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Jaidaun Cranford | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Jalen Macon | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Taron Dickens | 5 | -16 | -3.2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Gage Roy | 23 | 20 | 87 % | 146 | 6.3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chase Kwiatkowski | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beckham Pellant | 2 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dylan Lord | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Northern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Taron Dickens | 27 | 22 | 81 % | 193 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jalen Macon | 3 | 1 | 33 % | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Dylan Lord | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Stevan Gavric | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Luke Mailander | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Alex Herrera | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Mar'Quan Gary | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Victor Dawson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Max Ziebarth | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Seth Glatz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| La'Don Bryant | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| George Dimopoulos | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Jason Fowler | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Elijah Porter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Glen Weber | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Doreon Dubose | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Andruw Ellis | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||||||
| Yassine Falke | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Mason Kaplan | 12 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tye Niekamp | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Coleman | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nio Espinoza | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| La'Shavion Brown | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Harman | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doreon Dubose | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Corona | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Solomon Oduma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wyatt Mueller | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dexter Niekamp | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Logan Jellison | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Oliver | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aden Cannon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Valentino Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wyatt Boals | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travis Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Javien Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Crandall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jack Murray | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jashawn Nelson | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Avery Jones | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyon Conyers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Warren | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malik Armstrong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Amari Washington | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay'shon Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Yassine Falke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Matthew Scarlett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fawzy Omotoso | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Liam Lindo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Champ Smith III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brady Kerperin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob McGhee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marshall Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Bellamy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montrel Canion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JT King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andruw Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Chris Taylor | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Cam Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Illinois State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Michael Cosentino | 0/0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| JJ Schlenhardt | 1/1 | 40 | 3/3 | 6 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Illinois State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Hayden Futch | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | |||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jake Ference | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 2 | |||||
Last updated on Saturday, September 12, 2026 11:10 PM.