Northern Illinois Huskies @ North Dakota State Bison — Nov 21, 2026

NCAA Division FBSRound 1 November 21, 2026
Huskies Northern Illinois NIU 0-7, 0-5 Away
November 21, 2026 9:00 pm
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North Dakota State Bison NDSU 6-2, 4-0 Home
Key Players
Northern Illinois
TD
T. Dickens WR
1424 PASS
80 RUSH
0 REC
DR
D. Rogers WR
0 PASS
5 RUSH
559 REC
TJ
T. Johnson ATH
0 PASS
491 RUSH
35 REC
North Dakota State Bison
NH
N. Hayes QB
1500 PASS
230 RUSH
0 REC
JW
J. Williams WR
0 PASS
66 RUSH
576 REC
MM
M. Mitchell RB
0 PASS
352 RUSH
14 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Northern Illinois
North Dakota State Bison
Scoring 0–3
15.1 133rd
Points
60th 26.9
39.0 133rd
Opp Points
3rd 13.4
-23.9 137th
Point Diff
17th 13.5
Offense 1–5
328.1 111th
Total Yds
87th 349.0
209.7 83rd
Pass Yds
106th 188.0
118.4 107th
Rush Yds
57th 161.0
17.4 113th
1st Downs
95th 18.4
31.9 119th
3rd Down%
78th 38.3
56.3 136th
Red Zone%
22nd 91.3
Kicking & Discipline 2–2
50.0 129th
FG%
35th 84.6
1.6 110th
Turnovers
41st 1.1
5.0 23rd
Penalties
77th 6.8
48.7 42nd
Penalty Yds
77th 59.0
Recent Form
Northern Illinois
L @ UNLV 24-31
L vs HAW 21-56
L @ WYO 23-41
L vs AF 7-28
L @ GAST 14-35
North Dakota State Bison
W vs UTEP 31-7
L @ NM 16-21
W vs NEV 31-17
L @ UNLV 7-13
W vs WYO 28-0
Form Comparison
Northern Illinois vs North Dakota State Bison
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 21, 2026
Time
9:00 pm