Northern Illinois at Georgia State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Northern Illinois | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Georgia State | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 14:00 | Georgia State touchdown. Avion McBride 5 Yd pass from Cameran Brown (Samer Layous Kick) |
| 1:58 | Northern Illinois touchdown. Telly Johnson Jr. 14 Yd Run (JJ Schlenhardt Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 13:55 | Georgia State touchdown. Rodshaun Dorsey 18 Yd pass from Cameran Brown (Samer Layous Kick) |
| 12:21 | Northern Illinois touchdown. DeAree Rogers 22 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (JJ Schlenhardt Kick) |
| 12:08 | Georgia State touchdown. Isaiah Stone 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Samer Layous Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 6:25 | Georgia State touchdown. Lanear McCrary Jr. 1 Yd Run (Samer Layous Kick) |
| 1:25 | Georgia State touchdown. Rodshaun Dorsey 50 Yd pass from DJ Riles (Samer Layous Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Total first downs | 24 | 17 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 23 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Total yards | 432 | 342 |
| Total rushing yards | 112 | 144 |
| Total passing yards | 320 | 198 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 33:11 | 26:49 |
| Rushing | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Total rushing plays | 31 | 35 |
| Total rushing yards | 112 | 144 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 7.6 | 9.0 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 53 |
| Turnovers | Northern Illinois | Georgia State |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 15 | 85 | 5.7 | 1 | 23 | ||||
| Jaiduan Cranford | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Elijah Porter | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Taron Dickens | 9 | -26 | -2.9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Georgia State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Lanear McCrary Jr. | 21 | 111 | 5.3 | 1 | 30 | ||||
| Cameran Brown | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Isaiah Stone | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Qwantavius Wiggins | 8 | 6 | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ayden Pereira | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Savion Hart | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Taron Dickens | 42 | 28 | 67 % | 320 | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Georgia State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cameran Brown | 21 | 14 | 67 % | 148 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| DJ Riles | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 50 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| La'Don Bryant | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| George Dimopoulos | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Cam Thompson | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Elijah Porter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Georgia State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Rodshaun Dorsey | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 2 | 50 | ||||
| Kyle Washington | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| DJ Riles | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Avion McBride | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Savion Hart | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Owen Dupree | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Lanear McCrary Jr. | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Isaiah Stone | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Taron Dickens | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Elijah Porter | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Andruw Ellis | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Georgia State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| DJ Riles | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Zach Stair | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Kyon Conyers | 1 | 41 | 0 | ||||||
| Georgia State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Brady Kerperin | 11 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Avery Jones | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyon Conyers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kole Sneed | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montrel Canion | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dev'ion Reynolds | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Bradley | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Warren | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Murray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Yassine Falke | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay'shon Thomas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cooper Mau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malik Armstrong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fawzy Omotoso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob McGhee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Romelo Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Champ Smith III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JT King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Georgia State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Donovan Faria | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coby Owens | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaydon Hood | 6 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deuce Walker | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tre Mittman | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyson McCrary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deuce Lee | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Esqillion | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jonah Reeder | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darius Johnson Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Mullings | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Maxey III | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AJ Vaughns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kelan Butler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Kramer | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Norwood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antonio Wesley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Austin McGee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Toby Bolton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mandjou Berte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Elijah Porter | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Dev'ion Reynolds | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Georgia State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Isaiah Stone | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 100 | 0 | ||||
| Xavier Butler | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| DeAree Rogers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Georgia State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| JJ Schlenhardt | 0/1 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |||||
| Georgia State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Samer Layous | 0/0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Northern Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jake Ference | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 1 | |||||
| Georgia State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Christian Teeter | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 0 | |||||
| Landon Vargas | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Saturday, September 26, 2026 5:43 PM.