2025 Northern Illinois Huskies through 11/29/2025

Team Statistics
Northern Illinois Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 17.1 24.3
Scoring: Games - Points 12 - 205 12 - 292
First Downs: Total 181 240
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 114 - 55 - 12 118 - 103 - 19
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.48 4.59
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 501 - 2245 - 16 479 - 2200 - 21
Passing: Rating 99.60 120.39
Passing: Yards 1186 2087
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 244 - 129 - 6 - 8 317 - 188 - 9 - 11
Total Offense: Yards / Play 4.61 5.39
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 745 - 3431 796 - 4287
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 9.10 6.85
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 10 - 91 - 0 20 - 137 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 22.88 24.10
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 24 - 549 - 1 20 - 482 - 2
Punting: Yards / Punt 41.25 41.16
Punting: Punts - Yards 61 - 2516 44 - 1811
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 9 - 24 - 0 6 - 43 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 14 - 5 12 - 4
Penalties: Number - Yards 52 - 456 69 - 557
Time of Possession / Game 29:13.42 30:46.58
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 31.79% 43.56%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 173 - 55 163 - 71
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 59.46% 58.33%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 37 - 22 24 - 14
Red Zone: Success % 77.78% 86.96%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 27 - 21 46 - 40
Field Goals: Success % 78.6% 68.2%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 14 - 11 22 - 15
PAT Kicking: Success % 95.2% 97.1%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 21 - 20 34 - 33
2-Point Conversions: Success % 25% 100%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 4 - 1 1 - 1
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
08/30/25 Holy Cross W 19-17 3:22 10,569
09/05/25 @ Maryland L 9-20 3:06 35,331
09/20/25 @ Mississippi State L 10-38 3:07 45,803
09/27/25 San Diego State L 3-6 3:02 13,512
10/04/25 Miami (OH) L 14-25 3:21 13,827
10/11/25 @ Eastern Michigan L 10-16 3:06 15,676
10/18/25 @ Ohio L 21-48 3:10 22,293
10/25/25 Ball State W 21-7 3:04 10,124
11/05/25 @ Toledo L 3-42 3:24 22,128
11/12/25 @ Massachusetts W 45-3 3:01 6,155
11/18/25 Western Michigan L 19-35 3:06 4,734
11/28/25 Kent State L 31-35 3:01 3,090
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 3-9
at Home 2-4
on Road/Neutral Site 1-5
vs. Conference 2-6
vs. Non-Conference 1-3
vs. Ranked (AP) 0-0
vs. Unranked (AP) 3-9
vs. FBS (I-A) 2-9
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 0-5
vs. FBS Non-Winning 2-4
vs. BCS AQ 0-2
vs. BCS non-AQ 2-7
vs. FBS Power 5 0-2
vs. FBS non-Power 5 2-7
in August/September 1-3
in October 1-3
in November 1-3
in December/January 0-0