Illinois State 28, Northern Illinois 24 · Box Score

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Final · Week 2 · Sat, Sep 12, 2026

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Illinois State

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

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Team stats

Illinois StateFCS		NIU
19	First downs	20
254	Total yards	308
153	Passing yards	196
21-27	Comp-Att	23-30
5.7	Yards per pass	6.5
101	Rushing yards	112
36	Rushes	36
2.8	Yards per rush	3.1
9-14	3rd down	6-14
0-0	4th down	1-2
6-77	Penalties-yards	9-85
2	Turnovers	2
0	Fumbles lost	0
2	Interceptions thrown	2
31:16	Time of possession	28:44
3	Sacks	3
8	Tackles for loss	5
1	QB hurries	0
0	Passes defended	1
1	Defensive TDs	1
16	Kick return yards	19
—	Punt return yards	59
2	Passing TDs	1
1	Rushing TDs	1
4	Kicking points	6

Advanced stats

Illinois StateFCS		NIU
-0.03	EPA per play	-0.08
41%	Success rate	47%
1.03	Explosiveness	0.79
+0.04	Rushing EPA per play	-0.01
42%	Rushing success rate	56%
+0.05	Passing EPA per play	+0.01
41%	Passing success rate	41%
46%	Standard downs success	60%
30%	Passing downs success	0%
2.85	Line yards per rush	2.93
0.82	Second-level yards	0.97
0.21	Open-field yards	0.56
12%	Stuff rate	19%
100%	Power success	56%
15%	Havoc caused	13%
4	Scoring chances	6
5.25	Points per chance	4.00
Own 27	Avg. starting field position	Own 31
4	Explosive plays	2
67%	Postgame win expectancy	33%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q112:41
FCS
Illinois StateINT TD
Jack Oliver 39 Yd Interception Return (Michael Cosentino Kick)
7-0
Q16:27
FCS
Illinois StateTD
(06:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 C.Kwiatkowski rush right for 14 yards gain to the NIU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:27. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner broke the plane". CALL UPHELD #80 M.Cosentino kick attempt good (H: #41 H.Futch, LS: #13 A.Herrera)
Drive: 9 plays, 57 yds
14-0
Q214:52
FCS
Illinois StateTD
(14:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 G.Roy pass complete short left to #4 D.Lord caught at NIU00, for 6 yards to the NIU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 14:52 #80 M.Cosentino kick attempt good (H: #41 H.Futch, LS: #13 A.Herrera)
Drive: 10 plays, 60 yds
21-0
Q212:39
Northern IllinoisINT TD
(12:46) No Huddle-Shotgun #8 B.Pellant pass intercepted by #30 A.Ellis at ISU30 #30 A.Ellis return 30 yards to the ISU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:39 #33 J.Schlenhardt kick attempt good (H: #36 J.Ference, LS: #43 J.Evans)
21-7
Q26:32
Northern IllinoisFG
(06:34) #33 J.Schlenhardt field goal attempt from 40 yards GOOD (H: #36 J.Ference, LS: #43 J.Evans), clock 06:32
Drive: 9 plays, 38 yds
21-10
Q20:00
Northern IllinoisTD
DeAree Rogers 2 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)
Drive: 13 plays, 65 yds
21-17
Q414:09
Northern IllinoisPUNT
Drive: 3 plays, 7 yds
21-24
Q411:37
FCS
Illinois StateINT
Drive: 6 plays, 42 yds
21-17
Q47:24
Northern IllinoisTD
(07:27) No Huddle-Shotgun #45 T.Johnson Jr. rush right for 1 yard gain to the ISU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:24 PENALTY ISU Offside declined #33 J.Schlenhardt kick attempt good (H: #36 J.Ference, LS: #43 J.Evans)
Drive: 8 plays, 78 yds
21-24
Q41:53
FCS
Illinois StateTD
(01:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #12 G.Roy pass complete short right to #13 A.Herrera caught at NIU13, for 16 yards to the NIU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:53, 1ST DOWN #80 M.Cosentino kick attempt good (H: #41 H.Futch, LS: #13 A.Herrera)
Drive: 11 plays, 75 yds
28-24

Score shown Illinois State-NIU.

Player stats

Passing

Player	QBR	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int
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

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
Gage Roy	4	-18	-4.5	0	3
Team	2	-4	-2.0	0	0

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

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
Manuel 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

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	TD
Jack Oliver	1	0	1
Doreon Dubose	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Michael Cosentino	0/0	0.0	0	4/4	4

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Hayden Futch	4	182	45.5	0	0	54
Team	1	16	16.0	0	0	16

Kick returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Chris Taylor	1	16	16.0	16	0