Week 2 · 2026
Illinois State at Northern Illinois
Sat 09/12/2026 07:00 PMHuskie Stadium
80°Clear11 mph NW · 68% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
Illinois State
28
3–0
Northern Illinois
24
0–2
Attendance
—
not yet reported
Illinois StateILST
Northern IllinoisNIU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Gage Roy | 20/23 | 146 | 6.3 | 2 | 0 | -- |
| ILST | Chase Kwiatkowski | 1/1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| ILST | Beckham Pellant | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| ILST | Dylan Lord | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| NIU | Taron Dickens | 22/27 | 193 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 31.7 |
| NIU | Jalen Macon | 1/3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | -- |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Victor Dawson | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 |
| ILST | Seth Glatz | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 |
| ILST | Chase Kwiatkowski | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 1 | 14 |
| ILST | Tyler Lofton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| ILST | Gage Roy | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 | 3 |
| NIU | Telly Johnson Jr. | 22 | 83 | 3.8 | 1 | 14 |
| NIU | Elijah Porter | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 18 |
| NIU | Jaidaun Cranford | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| NIU | Jalen Macon | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
| NIU | Taron Dickens | 5 | -16 | -3.2 | 0 | 5 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Dylan Lord | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 1 | 16 |
| ILST | Stevan Gavric | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 20 |
| ILST | Luke Mailander | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 |
| ILST | Alex Herrera | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 16 |
| ILST | Mar'Quan Gary | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| ILST | Victor Dawson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| ILST | Max Ziebarth | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 |
| ILST | Seth Glatz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | DeAree Rogers | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 1 | 15 |
| NIU | La'Don Bryant | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 36 |
| NIU | George Dimopoulos | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 |
| NIU | Jason Fowler | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 18 |
| NIU | Telly Johnson Jr. | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 |
| NIU | Elijah Porter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 |
| NIU | Glen Weber | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Mason Kaplan | 12 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Tye Niekamp | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Jordan Coleman | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Ben Harman | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | La'Shavion Brown | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Nio Espinoza | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Anthony Corona | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Dexter Niekamp | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Doreon Dubose | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Solomon Oduma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Wyatt Mueller | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Aden Cannon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Jack Oliver | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ILST | Logan Jellison | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Valentino Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Wyatt Boals | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Ben Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Javien Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Josh Crandall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Travis Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jack Murray | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Kimar Nelson | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Avery Jones | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Kyon Conyers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Aaron Warren | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Malik Armstrong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Amari Washington | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jay'shon Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Matthew Scarlett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Yassine Falke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Brady Kerperin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Champ Smith III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Fawzy Omotoso | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | JT King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jacob McGhee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Jordan Bellamy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Liam Lindo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Marshall Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NIU | Montrel Canion | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIU | Andruw Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Doreon Dubose | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Jack Oliver | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| NIU | Andruw Ellis | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| NIU | Yassine Falke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Michael Cosentino | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
| NIU | JJ Schlenhardt | 1/1 | 100.0 | 40 | 3/3 | 6 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Hayden Futch | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| NIU | Jake Ference | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Chris Taylor | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| NIU | Cam Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIU | DeAree Rogers | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 26 |
Previous 6 meetings vs. Team
Northern Illinois 5–1 vs Illinois State
- 2019 · wk 1Illinois State 10 @ Northern Illinois 24
- 2000 · wk 3Illinois State 0 @ Northern Illinois 52
- 1992 · wk 3Illinois State 19 @ Northern Illinois 26
- 1991 · wk 12Illinois State 24 @ Northern Illinois 27
- 1981 · wk 4Illinois State 7 @ Northern Illinois 40
- 1980 · wk 7Illinois State 28 @ Northern Illinois 18
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