Week 1 · 2026
Northern Illinois at Iowa
Sat 09/05/2026 04:15 PMKinnick StadiumIowa pregame98% — Pregame win probability: 98% for Iowa. Iowa favored, and won.
93°Partly Cloudy9 mph ENE · 60% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
Northern Illinois
0
0–2
Iowa
40
2–0
Attendance
—
not yet reported
Northern IllinoisNIU
IowaIOWA
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Taron Dickens | 9/14 | 96 | 6.9 | 0 | 1 |
| NIU | Jalen Macon | 4/10 | 17 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Hank Brown | 12/20 | 129 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 |
| IOWA | Jeremy Hecklinski | 7/16 | 76 | 4.8 | 1 | 1 |
| IOWA | Jimmy Sullivan | 2/4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Telly Johnson Jr. | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| NIU | Jaidaun Cranford | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 |
| NIU | Elijah Porter | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| NIU | Triston White | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| NIU | Cam Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jalen Macon | 8 | -4 | -0.5 | 0 | 6 |
| NIU | Taron Dickens | 6 | -19 | -3.2 | 0 | 2 |
| IOWA | Kamari Moulton | 11 | 183 | 16.6 | 2 | 50 |
| IOWA | Braeden Jackson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 27 |
| IOWA | Jeremy Hecklinski | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| IOWA | Jimmy Sullivan | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| IOWA | Hank Brown | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 |
| IOWA | Tony Diaz | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| IOWA | Nathan McNeil | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 0 | 5 |
| IOWA | Xavier Williams | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 6 |
| IOWA | L.J. Phillips Jr. | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 |
| IOWA | O'Lontae Dean | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| IOWA | Brevin Doll | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Kelan McInerney | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 22 |
| NIU | La'Don Bryant | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 20 |
| NIU | Glen Weber | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 |
| NIU | DeAree Rogers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| NIU | Telly Johnson Jr. | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| NIU | Cam Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Tony Diaz | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 1 | 24 |
| IOWA | DJ Vonnahme | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 16 |
| IOWA | Reece Vander Zee | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| IOWA | Jarriett Buie | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 |
| IOWA | Addison Ostrenga | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 11 |
| IOWA | Xavier Williams | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 8 |
| IOWA | Zach Ortwerth | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Taron Dickens | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| IOWA | Ty Hudkins | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Kimar Nelson | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Jack Murray | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Kyon Conyers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Malik Armstrong | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Romelo Walker | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Cooper Mau | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Avery Jones | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Brady Kerperin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jay'shon Thomas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Matthew Scarlett | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Yassine Falke | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Amari Washington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Fawzy Omotoso | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jacob McGhee | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Liam Lindo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Marshall Washington | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Aaron Warren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Andruw Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Broderick Windham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Dev'ion Reynolds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Elijah Porter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | George Dimopoulos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | James Bradley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Kole Sneed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Micah Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Trey Porter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Cam Buffington | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Bryce Hawthorne | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Julian Manson | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Landyn Van Kekerix | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Zach Lutmer | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IOWA | Ty Hudkins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Anthony Hawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Brice Stevenson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Burke Gautcher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Darion Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Devan Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Jacob Wallace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Jayden Montgomery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Joseph Anderson | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Kahmari Brown | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Nolan DeLong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Alex Mota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Billy Weivoda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Carson Cooney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Chima Chineke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Derek Weisskopf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Deshaun Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IOWA | Drew Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Emmanuel Olagbaju | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Iose Epenesa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Luke Gaffney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Marcello Vitti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Preston Ries | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Rashad Godfrey Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Will Hubert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Xavier Styles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| IOWA | Evan James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Yassine Falke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| IOWA | Deshaun Lee | 1 | 17 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOWA | Caden Buhr | 2/3 | 67.0 | 45 | 4/5 | 10 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Jake Ference | 11 | 460 | 41.8 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| IOWA | Boston Everitt | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 1 | 2 | 49 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | Dev'ion Reynolds | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 16 |
| NIU | Cam Thompson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IOWA | Evan James | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 1 | 77 |
| IOWA | Reece Vander Zee | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 15 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Iowa 9–1 vs Northern Illinois
- 2018 · wk 1Northern Illinois 7 @ Iowa 33
- 2013 · wk 1Northern Illinois 30 @ Iowa 27
- 2012 · wk 1Iowa 18 @ Northern Illinois 17
- 2007 · wk 1Iowa 16 @ Northern Illinois 3
- 2006 · wk 9Northern Illinois 14 @ Iowa 24
- 1999 · wk 4Northern Illinois 0 @ Iowa 24
- 1993 · wk 11Northern Illinois 20 @ Iowa 54
- 1991 · wk 5Northern Illinois 7 @ Iowa 58
- 1986 · wk 4Northern Illinois 3 @ Iowa 57
- 1985 · wk 4Northern Illinois 20 @ Iowa 48
Previous 6 meetings vs. Kirk Ferentz
Northern Illinois 1–5 vs Kirk Ferentz
- 2018 · wk 1Northern Illinois 7 @ Iowa 33
- 2013 · wk 1Northern Illinois 30 @ Iowa 27
- 2012 · wk 1Iowa 18 @ Northern Illinois 17
- 2007 · wk 1Iowa 16 @ Northern Illinois 3
- 2006 · wk 9Northern Illinois 14 @ Iowa 24
- 1999 · wk 4Northern Illinois 0 @ Iowa 24
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