Arizona Wildcats

5thin Big 12 · 2-1

YES!

Arizona Wildcats beat the Northern Illinois Huskies

0-3 17 – 42

2-1

Final · Sat, Sep 19

Game Details

Casino Del Sol Stadium (Tucson) · 40,413 fans · TNT

Recap

Noah Fifita breaks Arizona's all-time passing mark, Wildcats roll over Northern Illinois 42-17

Arizona coach Brent Brennan was not going to let Noah Fifita miss a chance to break the school’s all-time passing mark at home.

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Casino Del Sol Stadium · Tucson

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NIU	10	0	0	7	17
ARIZ	7	21	7	7	42

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Game Leaders

Northern Illinois Huskies

Taron Dickens · 25/37, 228 YDS, 1 TDPassing Yards
Telly Johnson Jr. · 12 CAR, 69 YDSRushing Yards
DeAree Rogers · 10 REC, 68 YDSReceiving Yards
Kole Sneed · 1Sacks
Marshall Washington · 7Tackles

Arizona Wildcats

Noah Fifita · 31/34, 325 YDS, 4 TDPassing Yards
Kedrick Reescano · 8 CAR, 30 YDSRushing Yards
Tre Spivey · 6 REC, 90 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Keytrin Harris · 1Sacks
Cooper Blomstrom · 10Tackles

2026 Mountain West Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota State
New Mexico
San José State
UNLV
Air Force
Wyoming
Northern Illinois
Nevada
UTEP
Hawai'i

2026 Big 12 Conference Standings

Team
Texas Tech
BYU
Baylor
Utah
Oklahoma State
Arizona
Houston
Cincinnati
Iowa State
UCF
Arizona State
Kansas State
Kansas
West Virginia
Colorado
TCU

Scoring

Q4 0:13

TD Elijah Porter 1 Yd Run (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)17–42

Q4 7:54

TD Noah Fifita 30 Yd Run (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)10–42

Q3 9:01

TD Tyler Powell 3 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)10–35

Q2 2:13

TD Caleb Smith 69 Yd Punt Return (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)10–28

Q2 3:54

TD Tre Spivey 10 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)10–21

Q2 11:13

TD Isaiah Mizell 14 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)10–14

Q1 6:01

TD Chris Hunter III 38 Yd pass from Noah Fifita (Michael Salgado-Medina Kick)10–7

Q1 9:07

TD Cam Thompson 52 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)10–0

Q1 11:24

FG JJ Schlenhardt 38 Yd Field Goal 3–0

Team Stats

Northern Illinois HuskiesArizona Wildcats

Offense

341 Total Yards 441

255 Passing Yards 357

86 Rushing Yards 84

20 First Downs 22

Efficiency

6-16 3rd Down 9-11

3-4 4th Down 1-1

29/43 Completions 32/37

Turnovers & Clock

0 Turnovers 1

3-15 Penalties 4-50

29:40 Possession 30:20

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	QBR
Taron Dickens	25/37	228	6.2	1	69.5
Brady Davidson	4/6	27	4.5	0	70.2
Team	29/43	255	5.9	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Telly Johnson Jr.	12	69	5.8	0	20
Taron Dickens	7	9	1.3	0	11
Elijah Porter	4	8	2.0	1	3
Jaiduan Cranford	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	24	86	3.6	1	20

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
DeAree Rogers	10	68	6.8	0	14
Cam Thompson	3	62	20.7	1	52
Rickey Taylor Jr.	5	57	11.4	0	21
La'Don Bryant	2	26	13.0	0	20
Zaire McKinney	2	17	8.5	0	12
Liam Russo	2	15	7.5	0	8
Joe Stein	1	8	8.0	0	8
Kelan McInerney	1	5	5.0	0	5
Telly Johnson Jr.	1	2	2.0	0	2
Jason Fowler	1	0	0.0	0	0
Elijah Porter	1	-5	-5.0	0	0
Team	29	255	8.8	1	52

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL
Jashawn Nelson	7	4	1	1.5
Kyon Conyers	7	4	0	0
Marshall Washington	7	3	0	1
Liam Lindo	5	4	0	0
Jack Murray	5	3	1	1
Jay'shon Thomas	5	3	0	1.5
Yassine Falke	5	1	0	0
Brady Kerperin	5	0	0	0
Malik Armstrong	4	0	0	0
Avery Jones	3	2	0	0
Aaron Warren	3	2	0	0
Andruw Ellis	3	1	0	0
Jordan Bellamy	2	1	1	1
Amari Washington	2	0	0	0
Kole Sneed	1	1	1	1
Montrel Canion	1	0	0	0
JT King	1	0	0	0
Jacob McGhee	1	0	0	0
Team	67	29	4	7

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Yassine Falke	1	35	0
Team	1	35	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
JJ Schlenhardt	1/3	33.0	38	2/2	5
Team	1/3	33.3	38	2/2	5

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Ference	3	109	36.3	0	1	41
Team	3	109	36.3	0	1	41

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Noah Fifita	31/34	325	9.6	4	0	92.3
Sawyer Anderson	1/3	32	10.7	0	1	1.1
Team	32/37	357	9.6	4	1	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kedrick Reescano	8	30	3.8	0	14
Quincy Craig	3	23	7.7	0	14
Sawyer Anderson	2	12	6.0	0	7
Ismail Mahdi	2	9	4.5	0	7
Antwan Roberts Jr.	3	5	1.7	0	3
Noah Fifita	6	4	0.7	1	30
Wesley Yarbrough	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Team	27	84	3.1	1	30

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tre Spivey	6	90	15.0	1	43
Chris Hunter III	5	73	14.6	1	38
Isaiah Mizell	5	49	9.8	1	14
Brandon Phelps	3	45	15.0	0	24
R.J. Mosley	1	32	32.0	0	32
Cole Rusk	3	25	8.3	0	11
Rodney Gallagher III	3	23	7.7	0	21
Tyler Powell	3	11	3.7	1	8
Quincy Craig	1	5	5.0	0	5
Kedrick Reescano	1	3	3.0	0	3
Antwan Roberts Jr.	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	32	357	11.2	4	43

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Caleb Smith	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR	TD
Cooper Blomstrom	10	5	0.5	0.5	0	0	0
Lee Molette III	7	6	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Chapa	4	3	0	0.5	0	0	0
Tyrese Boss	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jay'Vion Cole	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Taye Brown	3	1	0.5	0.5	1	0	0
Max Harris	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Prince Williams	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Myron Robinson	3	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Keytrin Harris	2	2	1	1	0	0	0
Quinn Olson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tre Smith	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Leviticus Su'a	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Malcolm Hartzog Jr.	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dominic Lolesio	2	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dash Fifita	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kaisi Lafitaga	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Savaiinaea	2	0	0	0.5	0	0	0
Victory Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swayde Griffin	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wesley Yarbrough	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daylen Austin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gavin Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jabari Mann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Palu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Moorer Jr.	1	0	0	0.5	0	1	0
Caleb Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	66	32	2	6	2	1	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Caleb Smith	1	23	23.0	23	0
Team	1	23	23.0	23	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Caleb Smith	2	69	34.5	69	1
Team	2	69	34.5	69	1

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Michael Salgado-Medina	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
Team	0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Chase Ridley	1	32	32.0	0	0	32
Team	1	32	32.0	0	0	32

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