Northern Iowa Panthers

2-2

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Northern Iowa Panthers beat the Illinois State Redbirds

4-1 21 – 28

2-2

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

UNI-Dome (Cedar Falls) · 9,016 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Jaxon Dailey's 3 total TDs help UNI beat FCS No. 3 Illinois State 28-21

Jaxon Dailey threw two touchdown passes and added a 28-yard rushing TD to help Northern Iowa beat previously-unbeaten Illinois State 28-21 on Saturday night to snap the Redbirds' 11-game road win streak.

Recap via ESPN

1:18 Illinois State Redbirds vs. Northern Iowa Panthers: Full Highlights

0:23 Jaxon Dailey throws 6-yard TD pass to Ayden Price

0:25 Gage Roy throws 14-yard touchdown

0:26 Jaxon Dailey goes 28-yard on impressive rushing touchdown

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ILST	7	0	7	7	21
UNI	7	14	7	0	28

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Game Leaders

Illinois State Redbirds

Gage Roy · 24/39, 193 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Tyler Lofton · 14 CAR, 72 YDSRushing Yards
Dylan Lord · 12 REC, 88 YDS, 1 TDReceiving Yards
Tye Niekamp · 1Sacks
Tye Niekamp · 9Tackles

Northern Iowa Panthers

Jaxon Dailey · 13/17, 217 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
Xavier Terrell · 8 CAR, 80 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Taj Hughes · 3 REC, 80 YDSReceiving Yards
JP John Powers · 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

Scoring

Q4 2:20

TD Alex Herrera 26 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick)21–28

Q3 5:48

TD Xavier Terrell 43 Yd Run (Max Bartachek Kick)14–28

Q3 7:30

TD Victor Dawson 9 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick)14–21

Q2 4:33

TD Kai Black 7 Yd pass from Jaxon Dailey (Max Bartachek Kick)7–21

Q2 14:11

TD Jaxon Dailey 28 Yd Run (Max Bartachek Kick)7–14

Q1 3:25

TD Dylan Lord 14 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick)7–7

Q1 8:50

TD Ayden Price 6 Yd pass from Jaxon Dailey (Max Bartachek Kick)0–7

Team Stats

Illinois State RedbirdsNorthern Iowa Panthers

Offense

347 Total Yards 416

228 Passing Yards 217

119 Rushing Yards 199

26 First Downs 18

Efficiency

9-17 3rd Down 5-9

1-3 4th Down 0-1

30/47 Completions 13/17

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 0

8-73 Penalties 10-80

30:57 Possession 29:03

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
Gage Roy	24/39	193	4.9	2
Beckham Pellant	6/8	35	4.4	0
Team	30/47	228	4.9	2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Tyler Lofton	14	72	5.1	0	13
Chase Kwiatkowski	4	23	5.8	0	14
Anthony Hall	3	19	6.3	0	15
Victor Dawson	4	13	3.3	1	9
Beckham Pellant	3	3	1.0	0	7
Gage Roy	3	-11	-3.7	0	0
Team	31	119	3.8	1	15

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Dylan Lord	12	88	7.3	1	19
Alex Herrera	3	43	14.3	1	26
Ethan Loss	4	28	7.0	0	17
Tyler Lofton	3	22	7.3	0	10
Stevan Gavric	2	19	9.5	0	11
Mar'Quan Gary	2	11	5.5	0	7
Andrew Rockford	1	5	5.0	0	5
Anthony Hall	1	5	5.0	0	5
Ian Willis	1	4	4.0	0	4
Victor Dawson	1	3	3.0	0	3
Team	30	228	7.6	2	26

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST
Beckham Pellant	1	1
Gage Roy	1	0
Mar'Quan Gary	1	0
Team	3	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Tye Niekamp	9	3	1	1	0
Solomon Oduma	6	3	0	0	0
Key Crowell	6	3	0	0	0
Nio Espinoza	6	3	0	0	0
Jordan Coleman	6	2	0	0	0
Doreon Dubose	4	4	0	0	0
Travis Jones	4	2	0	1	1
Dexter Niekamp	4	0	0	0	0
Mason Kaplan	3	0	0	0	0
La'Shavion Brown	2	2	0	0	0
Wyatt Boals	2	1	0	0	0
Ben Harman	1	1	1	1	0
Valentino Garcia	1	1	0	0	0
Jack Oliver	1	1	0	0	0
Logan Jellison	1	0	0	0	0
Team	56	26	2	3	1

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chris Taylor	3	72	24.0	37	0
Team	3	72	24.0	37	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Dylan Lord	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team	1	10	10.0	10	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Michael Cosentino	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
Team	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Hayden Futch	3	137	45.7	0	1	55
Team	3	137	45.7	0	1	55

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Jaxon Dailey	13/17	217	12.8	2	0
Team	13/17	217	12.8	2	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Xavier Terrell	8	80	10.0	1	43
Jaxon Dailey	10	44	4.4	1	28
Ben Gordon	4	41	10.3	0	27
Christian Collins	5	23	4.6	0	12
Taj Hughes	1	7	7.0	0	7
Michael Bormann	4	5	1.3	0	4
Team	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Team	34	199	5.9	2	43

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Taj Hughes	3	80	26.7	0	68
Jaiden Ellis-Lahey	1	50	50.0	0	50
Kaleb Diers	2	39	19.5	0	22
Kai Black	2	25	12.5	1	18
Ben Gordon	2	13	6.5	0	8
Ayden Price	1	6	6.0	1	6
Xavier Terrell	1	4	4.0	0	4
Zach Mehmert	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	13	217	16.7	2	68

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
Ben Gordon	1	0
CJ Wade	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
John Powers	12	1	0	1	0
Isaiah Pinks	8	6	0	1	0
Jordan McClom	8	2	0	0	0
Anthony Isley	7	2	0	0	0
Kolben Miller	7	1	0	0	1
Mekhi Toms	6	5	0	0	0
Braden McShane	6	1	0	1	0
Jaylen Pettus	4	1	0.5	0	0
Axel Ramazani	3	1	0.5	0	0
AJ Vaughn	3	1	0	0	0
Jackson Stortz	3	0	0.5	0	0
Aidan Salow	3	0	0	0	0
Josiah Young	2	2	0	2	0
Tyson Cooreman	2	1	0	0	0
Franz Reisz	2	0	0.5	0	1
Gene Blalock	1	0	0	0	0
CJ Wade	1	0	0	0	0
Max Bartachek	1	0	0	0	0
Elijah Hoyt	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Kuennen	0	0	0	0	1
Team	80	24	2	5	3

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Sutton Koller	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team	1	5	5.0	5	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Max Bartachek	0/1	0.0	0	4/4	4
Team	0/1	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Logan Gregory	2	69	34.5	0	0	36
Team	2	69	34.5	0	0	36

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