Northern Illinois team stats
2015 season totals across 14 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Northern Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 6:09:44 | 26:25 | 7:50:16 | 33:35 |
| Offensive plays | 1,047 | 74.8 | 1,131 | 80.8 |
| Total yards | 5,579 | 398.5 | 5,847 | 417.6 |
| Penalties–yards | 80–695 | — | 80–714 | — |
| First downs | 283 | 20.2 | 316 | 22.6 |
| Third down | 84–22437.5% | — | 99–24340.7% | — |
| Fourth down | 17–3351.5% | — | 15–2951.7% | — |
Passing
| Northern Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 240–40459.4% | — | 299–51957.6% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,918 | 208.4 | 3,411 | 243.6 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.2 | — | 6.6 | — |
| Passing TDs | 22 | — | 25 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 22 | — | 9 | — |
Rushing
| Northern Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 643 | 45.9 | 612 | 43.7 |
| Rushing yards | 2,661 | 190.1 | 2,436 | 174.0 |
| Yards per carry | 4.1 | — | 4.0 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 31 | — | 17 | — |
Turnovers
| Northern Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 27 | 1.9 | 29 | 2.1 |
| Fumbles lost | 17 | — | 7 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 22 | — | 9 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Northern Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 10 | — | 22 | — |
| Interception yards | 389 | — | 117 | — |
| Interception TDs | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 7 | — | 17 | — |
Returns
| Northern Illinois | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 55 | — | 59 | — |
| Kick return yards | 1,340 | — | 996 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 24.4 | — | 16.9 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 2 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 21 | — | 16 | — |
| Punt return yards | 148 | — | 113 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 7.0 | — | 7.1 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.