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Illinois State vs Northern Illinois

Final · Week 3 · Sat Sep 12 · 7:00 PM ET · Huskie Stadium

Illinois State RedbirdsIllinois State3-0

FinalSep 12, 2026

Northern Illinois HuskiesNorthern Illinois0-2

StreamMW+

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

ILST−148

NIU+124

Spread

ILST −2.5−120

NIU +2.5+100

Total O/U

Over 47.5−115

Under 47.5−105

Spread: Illinois State −2.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 47.5 (52 points).

Recap

Illinois State beat Northern Illinois 28-24 at Huskie Stadium in Dekalb on Sep 12, 2026 to move to 3-0.

The go-ahead score came with 1:53 left in the fourth quarter: Alex Herrera 16 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick). Illinois State won despite being outgained 308-254 in total yards.

Score by quarter

Illinois State Redbirds and Northern Illinois Huskies, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
ILST	14	7	0	7	28
NIU	0	17	0	7	24

Scoring plays

First Quarter

ILSTTouchdown · 12:41Jack Oliver 39 Yd Interception Return (Michael Cosentino Kick)7-0
ILSTTouchdown · 6:27Chase Kwiatkowski 14 Yd Run (Michael Cosentino Kick)14-0

Second Quarter

ILSTTouchdown · 14:52Dylan Lord 6 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick)21-0
NIUTouchdown · 12:39Andruw Ellis 30 Yd Interception Return (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)21-7
NIUField Goal · 6:32JJ Schlenhardt 40 Yd Field Goal21-10
NIUTouchdown · 0:00DeAree Rogers 2 Yd pass from Taron Dickens (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)21-17

Fourth Quarter

NIUTouchdown · 7:24Telly Johnson Jr. 1 Yd Run (JJ Schlenhardt Kick)21-24
ILSTTouchdown · 1:53Alex Herrera 16 Yd pass from Gage Roy (Michael Cosentino Kick)28-24

Team stats

ILSTNIU

1st Downs: 19; 20
Total Yards: 254; 308
Passing: 153; 196
Rushing: 101; 112
3rd down efficiency: 9-14; 6-15
Turnovers: 2; 2
Possession: 31:16; 28:44

Top performers

Illinois State RedbirdsNorthern Illinois Huskies

Passing

Gage Roy20/23, 146 YDS, 2 TD

Taron Dickens22/27, 193 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Victor Dawson12 CAR, 46 YDS

Telly Johnson Jr.22 CAR, 83 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving

Dylan Lord8 REC, 62 YDS, 1 TD

DeAree Rogers11 REC, 74 YDS, 1 TD

Sacks

Tye Niekamp2

Avery Jones2

Tackles

Mason Kaplan12

Jack Murray12

Player stats

Illinois State · 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	--

Illinois State · 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

Illinois State · 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

Illinois State · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL
Mason Kaplan	12	1	0	0.5
Tye Niekamp	11	4	2	3
Jordan Coleman	9	3	0	0
Nio Espinoza	6	3	0	0.5
La'Shavion Brown	6	1	0	0
Ben Harman	6	0	0	0.5
Doreon Dubose	5	3	0	0
Anthony Corona	5	1	1	1.5

Illinois State · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Jack Oliver	1	0	1
Doreon Dubose	1	0	0

Illinois State · Kick returns

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

Illinois State · Kicking

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

Illinois State · 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

Northern Illinois · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Taron Dickens	22/27	193	7.1	1	1	41.6
Jalen Macon	1/3	3	1.0	0	1	0.0

Northern Illinois · 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

Northern Illinois · 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

Northern Illinois · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL
Jack Murray	12	3	0	0
Avery Jones	8	8	2	2
Kyon Conyers	8	6	0	0
Jashawn Nelson	8	3	0.5	0.5
Aaron Warren	6	3	0	1
Malik Armstrong	4	2	0	0
Jay'shon Thomas	3	0	0.5	0.5
Montrel Canion	3	0	0	0

Northern Illinois · Interceptions

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

Northern Illinois · Kick returns

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

Northern Illinois · Punt returns

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

Northern Illinois · Kicking

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

Northern Illinois · Punting

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

Game info

VenueHuskie Stadium, Dekalb, IL

Attendance17,582

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