Northern Illinois Huskies

Past match

Illinois State Redbirds won.

Northern Illinois Huskies lost to the Illinois State Redbirds

3-0 28 – 24

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Final · Sat, Sep 12

Game Details

Huskie Stadium (Dekalb) · 17,582 fans · Mountain West Plus

Recap

Roy throws late TD pass, lifts FCS-member Illinois State past Northern Illinois 28-24

Gage Roy threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Alex Herrera with 1:53 remaining, and FCS-member Illinois State beat Northern Illinois 28-24 on Saturday night.

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Huskie Stadium · Dekalb

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ILST	14	7	0	7	28
NIU	0	17	0	7	24

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Game Leaders

Illinois State Redbirds

Gage Roy · 20/23, 146 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Victor Dawson · 12 CAR, 46 YDSRushing Yards
Dylan Lord · 8 REC, 62 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Tye Niekamp · 2Sacks
Mason Kaplan · 12Tackles

Northern Illinois Huskies

Taron Dickens · 22/27, 193 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Telly Johnson Jr. · 22 CAR, 83 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
DeAree Rogers · 11 REC, 74 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Avery Jones · 2Sacks
Jack Murray · 12Tackles

2026 Missouri Valley Football Conference Standings

Team
North Dakota
South Dakota State
Northern Iowa
Youngstown State
South Dakota
Southern Illinois
Illinois State
Indiana State
Murray State

2026 Mountain West Conference Standings

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

Scoring

Q4 1:53

TD Alex Herrera 16 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick)28–24

Q4 7:24

TD Telly Johnson Jr. 1 Yd Run (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)21–24

Q2 0:00

TD DeAree Rogers 2 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)21–17

Q2 6:32

FG JJ Schlenhardt 40 Yd Field Goal 21–10

Q2 12:39

TD Andruw Ellis 30 Yd Interception Return (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)21–7

Q2 14:52

TD Dylan Lord 6 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick)21–0

Q1 6:27

TD Chase Kwiatkowski 14 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick)14–0

Q1 12:41

TD Jack Oliver 39 Yd Interception Return (Michael Cosentino Kick)7–0

Team Stats

Illinois State RedbirdsNorthern Illinois Huskies

Offense

254 Total Yards 308

153 Passing Yards 196

101 Rushing Yards 112

19 First Downs 20

Efficiency

9-14 3rd Down 6-15

0-0 4th Down 1-2

21/27 Completions 23/30

Turnovers & Clock

2 Turnovers 2

6-77 Penalties 9-85

31:16 Possession 28:44

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
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	--
Team	21/27	153	5.7	2	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
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
Team	36	101	2.8	1	14

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
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
Team	21	153	7.3	2	20

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	QB HUR	TD
Mason Kaplan	12	1	0	0.5	0	0
Tye Niekamp	11	4	2	3	0	0
Jordan Coleman	9	3	0	0	0	0
Nio Espinoza	6	3	0	0.5	0	0
La'Shavion Brown	6	1	0	0	0	0
Ben Harman	6	0	0	0.5	0	0
Doreon Dubose	5	3	0	0	0	0
Anthony Corona	5	1	1	1.5	0	0
Solomon Oduma	5	1	0	0	0	0
Wyatt Mueller	5	1	0	0	0	0
Dexter Niekamp	5	0	0	0.5	1	0
Logan Jellison	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Oliver	3	2	0	0	0	1
Aden Cannon	3	0	0	0	0	0
Valentino Garcia	3	0	0	1	0	0
Wyatt Boals	2	0	0	0.5	0	0
Travis Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ben Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Javien Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Crandall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	93	23	3	8	1	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	TD
Jack Oliver	1	1
Doreon Dubose	1	0
Team	2	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chris Taylor	1	16	16.0	16	0
Team	1	16	16.0	16	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Michael Cosentino	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4
Team	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Hayden Futch	4	182	45.5	54
Team	1	16	16.0	16
Team	5	198	39.6	54

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Taron Dickens	22/27	193	7.1	1	1	41.7
Jalen Macon	1/3	3	1.0	0	1	0.0
Team	23/30	196	6.5	1	2	--

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
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
Team	36	112	3.1	1	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
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
Team	23	196	8.5	1	36

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	TD
Jack Murray	12	3	0	0	0	0
Avery Jones	8	8	2	2	0	0
Kyon Conyers	8	6	0	0	0	0
Jashawn Nelson	8	3	0.5	0.5	0	0
Aaron Warren	6	3	0	1	0	0
Malik Armstrong	4	2	0	0	0	0
Jay'shon Thomas	3	0	0.5	0.5	0	0
Montrel Canion	3	0	0	0	0	0
Yassine Falke	2	2	0	0	0	0
Matthew Scarlett	2	1	0	0	0	0
Amari Washington	2	1	0	0	0	0
Fawzy Omotoso	1	1	0	1	0	0
Liam Lindo	1	1	0	0	0	0
Champ Smith III	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brady Kerperin	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jacob McGhee	1	1	0	0	0	0
Marshall Washington	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jordan Bellamy	1	0	0	0	0	0
JT King	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andruw Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	66	34	3	5	1	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Andruw Ellis	1	30	1
Yassine Falke	1	0	0
Team	2	30	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Cam Thompson	1	19	19.0	19	0
Team	1	19	19.0	19	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
DeAree Rogers	4	59	14.8	26	0
Team	4	59	14.8	26	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
JJ Schlenhardt	1/1	100.0	40	3/3	6
Team	1/1	100.0	40	3/3	6

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Jake Ference	5	217	43.4	2	0	55
Team	5	217	43.4	2	0	55

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