Week 4 · 2026
Illinois State at Northern Iowa
Sat 09/26/2026 05:00 PMUNI-DomeConference
Played indoors — conditions are not a factor.
Illinois State
21
7–2
Northern Iowa
28
4–4
Attendance
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not yet reported
Illinois StateILST
Northern IowaUNI
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Gage Roy | 24/39 | 193 | 4.9 | 2 | 0 |
| ILST | Beckham Pellant | 6/8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Jaxon Dailey | 13/17 | 217 | 12.8 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Tyler Lofton | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 0 | 13 |
| ILST | Chase Kwiatkowski | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 14 |
| ILST | Anthony Hall | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 15 |
| ILST | Victor Dawson | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 1 | 9 |
| ILST | Beckham Pellant | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 |
| ILST | Gage Roy | 3 | -11 | -3.7 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Xavier Terrell | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 1 | 43 |
| UNI | Jaxon Dailey | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 1 | 28 |
| UNI | Ben Gordon | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | 27 |
| UNI | Christian Collins | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 12 |
| UNI | Taj Hughes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| UNI | Michael Bormann | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Dylan Lord | 12 | 88 | 7.3 | 1 | 19 |
| ILST | Alex Herrera | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | 26 |
| ILST | Ethan Loss | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 17 |
| ILST | Tyler Lofton | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 10 |
| ILST | Stevan Gavric | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 |
| ILST | Mar'Quan Gary | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 |
| ILST | Andrew Rockford | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| ILST | Anthony Hall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| ILST | Ian Willis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| ILST | Victor Dawson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| UNI | Taj Hughes | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 68 |
| UNI | Jaiden Ellis-Lahey | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 0 | 50 |
| UNI | Kaleb Diers | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 22 |
| UNI | Kai Black | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 18 |
| UNI | Ben Gordon | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 |
| UNI | Ayden Price | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 |
| UNI | Xavier Terrell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| UNI | Zach Mehmert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Beckham Pellant | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| ILST | Gage Roy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Mar'Quan Gary | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Ben Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | CJ Wade | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Tye Niekamp | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Jordan Coleman | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Key Crowell | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Nio Espinoza | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Solomon Oduma | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Dexter Niekamp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Doreon Dubose | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Travis Jones | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ILST | Mason Kaplan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | La'Shavion Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Wyatt Boals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Ben Harman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Jack Oliver | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Logan Jellison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ILST | Valentino Garcia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | John Powers | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UNI | Isaiah Pinks | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UNI | Jordan McClom | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Anthony Isley | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Kolben Miller | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Braden McShane | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UNI | Mekhi Toms | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Jaylen Pettus | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | AJ Vaughn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Aidan Salow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Axel Ramazani | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Jackson Stortz | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Franz Reisz | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Josiah Young | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| UNI | Tyson Cooreman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | CJ Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Elijah Hoyt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Gene Blalock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Max Bartachek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNI | Ryan Kuennen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Michael Cosentino | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
| UNI | Max Bartachek | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Hayden Futch | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| UNI | Logan Gregory | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Chris Taylor | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 37 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILST | Dylan Lord | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| UNI | Sutton Koller | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Illinois State
Northern Iowa 4–6 vs Illinois State
- 2025 · wk 10Northern Iowa 16 @ Illinois State 31
- 2024 · wk 11Illinois State 31 @ Northern Iowa 9
- 2023 · wk 9Northern Iowa 24 @ Illinois State 21
- 2022 · wk 6Illinois State 23 @ Northern Iowa 21
- 2021 · wk 10Northern Iowa 10 @ Illinois State 17
- 2019 · wk 10Northern Iowa 27 @ Illinois State 10
- 2018 · wk 10Illinois State 16 @ Northern Iowa 26
- 2015 · wk 5Northern Iowa 13 @ Illinois State 21
- 2014 · wk 15Northern Iowa 21 @ Illinois State 41
- 2014 · wk 10Illinois State 28 @ Northern Iowa 42
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