FINAL SCORE
Illinois State Redbirds at Northern Illinois Huskies game details
Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Huskie Stadium · Attendance 17,582
Put the final score in perspective.
Illinois State finished 4 points ahead. The teams combined for 52 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Illinois State 21, Northern Illinois 17. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Northern Illinois outscored its opponent in 1 and Illinois State in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Illinois State | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
 Northern Illinois | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 19 | 20 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 9-14 | 6-15 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| Total Yards | 254 | 308 |
| Passing | 153 | 196 |
| Comp/Att | 21/27 | 23/30 |
| Yards per pass | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| Rushing | 101 | 112 |
| Rushing Attempts | 36 | 36 |
| Yards per rush | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Penalties | 6-77 | 9-85 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 2 | 2 |
| Possession | 31:16 | 28:44 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Illinois State Redbirds
passing
| Gage Roy | 20/23 | 146 | 6.3 | 2 | 0 | -- |
| Chase Kwiatkowski | 1/1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| Beckham Pellant | 0/2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| Dylan Lord | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | -- |
rushing
| Victor Dawson | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 0 | 11 |
| Seth Glatz | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Chase Kwiatkowski | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 1 | 14 |
| Tyler Lofton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Roy | 4 | -18 | -4.5 | 0 | 3 |
receiving
| Dylan Lord | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 1 | 16 |
| Stevan Gavric | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 20 |
| Luke Mailander | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 11 |
| Alex Herrera | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 16 |
| Mar'Quan Gary | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Victor Dawson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Max Ziebarth | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Seth Glatz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
defensive
| Mason Kaplan | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tye Niekamp | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Coleman | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nio Espinoza | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Shavion Brown | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Harman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doreon Dubose | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Corona | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Oduma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Mueller | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Niekamp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Logan Jellison | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Oliver | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aden Cannon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valentino Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Boals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javien Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Crandall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| Jack Oliver | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Doreon Dubose | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Chris Taylor | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
kicking
| Michael Cosentino | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 |
punting
| Hayden Futch | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
| Team | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Northern Illinois Huskies
passing
| Taron Dickens | 22/27 | 193 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 41.6 |
| Jalen Macon | 1/3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
rushing
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 22 | 83 | 3.8 | 1 | 14 |
| Elijah Porter | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Jaiduan Cranford | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Jalen Macon | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Taron Dickens | 5 | -16 | -3.2 | 0 | 5 |
receiving
| DeAree Rogers | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 1 | 15 |
| La'Don Bryant | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 36 |
| George Dimopoulos | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 15 |
| Jason Fowler | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Telly Johnson Jr. | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Elijah Porter | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Glen Weber | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
defensive
| Jack Murray | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Jones | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyon Conyers | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jashawn Nelson | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Warren | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Armstrong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay'shon Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrel Canion | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yassine Falke | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Scarlett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amari Washington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fawzy Omotoso | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Lindo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Champ Smith III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Kerperin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob McGhee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Bellamy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JT King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andruw Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
interceptions
| Andruw Ellis | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Yassine Falke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Cam Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
puntReturns
| DeAree Rogers | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 26 | 0 |
kicking
| JJ Schlenhardt | 1/1 | 100.0 | 40 | 3/3 | 6 |
punting
| Jake Ference | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 12:41 | Jack Oliver 39 Yd Interception Return (Michael Cosentino Kick) | 7 – 0 |
| 1 | 6:27 | Chase Kwiatkowski 14 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick) | 14 – 0 |
| 2 | 14:52 | Dylan Lord 6 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick) | 21 – 0 |
| 2 | 12:39 | Andruw Ellis 30 Yd Interception Return (JJ Schlenhardt Kick) | 21 – 7 |
| 2 | 6:32 | JJ Schlenhardt 40 Yd Field Goal | 21 – 10 |
| 2 | 0:00 | DeAree Rogers 2 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (JJ Schlenhardt Kick) | 21 – 17 |
| 4 | 7:24 | Telly Johnson Jr. 1 Yd Run (JJ Schlenhardt Kick) | 21 – 24 |
| 4 | 1:53 | Alex Herrera 16 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick) | 28 – 24 |
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