Northern Illinois Huskies @ Georgia State Panthers — Sep 26, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 September 26, 2026
Huskies Northern Illinois NIU 0-3, 0-3 Away
14
Final
35
Georgia State Panthers Georgia St. GAST 2-1, 1-0 Home
1 2 3 4 T
NIU 7 7 0 0 14
GAST 7 14 14 0 35
Top Performers
Passing Yards
T.
T. Dickens WR NIU
320 PASS
C.
C. Brown QB GAST
148 PASS
Rushing Yards
T.
T. Johnson ATH NIU
85 RUSH
L.
L. McCrary Jr. RB GAST
111 RUSH
Receiving Yards
D.
D. Rogers WR NIU
107 REC
R.
R. Dorsey WR GAST
114 REC
Passing
Northern Illinois
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
T. Dickens 28/42 320 1 0 6 97.3
Georgia St.
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
C. Brown 14/21 148 2 1 0 98.9
D. Riles 1/1 50 1 0 0 158.3
Rushing
Northern Illinois
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
T. Dickens 9 -26 -2.9 0 7
J. Cranford 3 43 14.3 0 26
E. Porter 4 10 2.5 0 5
T. Johnson 15 85 5.7 1 23
Georgia St.
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
C. Brown 2 18 9.0 0 13
L. McCrary Jr. 21 111 5.3 1 30
I. Stone 1 10 10.0 0 10
Q. Wiggins 8 6 0.8 0 4
S. Hart 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
A. Pereira 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
Northern Illinois
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
D. Rogers 9 13 107 11.9 1 25 0
L. Bryant 6 11 70 11.7 0 25 0
C. Thompson 5 7 46 9.2 0 16 0
E. Porter 2 2 20 10.0 0 14 0
T. Johnson 3 3 26 8.7 0 17 0
G. Dimopoulos 3 3 51 17.0 0 36 0
K. McInerney 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
J. Fowler 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
Z. McKinney 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
L. Russo 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
Georgia St.
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
A. McBride 2 2 12 6.0 1 7 0
L. McCrary Jr. 1 1 9 9.0 0 9 0
D. Riles 3 3 15 5.0 0 14 0
I. Stone 1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0
R. Dorsey 5 9 114 22.8 2 50 0
D. Avery 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
K. Washington 1 2 21 21.0 0 21 0
O. Dupree 1 1 11 11.0 0 11 0
S. Hart 1 1 12 12.0 0 12 0
Defense
Northern Illinois
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
K. Sneed 5 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
B. Kerperin 11 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. Thomas 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Conyers 6 4 2 0 1 1 41 1 0
A. Jones 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Walker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Murray 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Warren 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Reynold 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
M. Canion 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Y. Falke 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Bradley 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Mau 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
F. Omotoso 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C. Smith III 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Armstrong 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. McGhee 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. King 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia St.
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
J. Rhodes-Nelson 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
D. Faria 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. McCrary 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Mullings 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
C. Owens 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Hood 6 4 2 0.5 1 0 0 0 0
K. Butler 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Walker 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Mittman 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Walker 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Reeder 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
A. Vaughns 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Kramer 2 0 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
D. Johnson 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Norwood 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
D. Maxey 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
X. Esqillion 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
D. Lee 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Berte 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Bolton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Northern Illinois
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
J. Schlenhardt 0/1 2/2 2 0
Georgia St.
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
S. Layous 0/0 5/5 5 0
Returns
Northern Illinois
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
E. Porter 2 20 10.0 0 24 0
D. Reynold 1 19 19.0 0 19 0
Georgia St.
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
I. Stone 1 100 100.0 1 100 0
X. Butler 1 17 17.0 0 17 0
C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Northern Illinois
Georgia St.
432 Total Yards 342
24 First Downs 17
15 Passing 10
7 Rushing 6
1 Penalty 2
3/13 3rd Down Eff. 6/12
320 Passing Yards 198
112 Rushing Yards 144
2 Turnovers 2
3-35 Penalties 5-53
33:11 Possession 26:49
1/4 Red Zone 3/3
Play-by-Play
Q3 0 - 14 14 - 35
14 - 35 1:25
S. Layous XP
14 - 34 1:25
R. Dorsey TD
14 - 28 6:25
S. Layous XP
14 - 27 6:25
L. McCrary Jr. TD
Q2 7 - 14 14 - 21
14 - 21 12:08
S. Layous XP
14 - 20 12:08
I. Stone TD
XP J. Schlenhardt
14 - 14 12:21
TD D. Rogers
13 - 14 12:21
7 - 14 13:55
S. Layous XP
7 - 13 13:55
R. Dorsey TD
Q1 7 - 7 7 - 7
XP J. Schlenhardt
7 - 7 1:58
TD T. Johnson
6 - 7 1:58
0 - 7 14:00
S. Layous XP
0 - 6 14:00
A. McBride TD
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: GAST +21 Times Tied: 2
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
September 26, 2026
Time
6:00 pm
Duration
1h 0m