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

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 November 21, 2026
Huskies Northern Illinois NIU 0-6, 0-4 Away
November 21, 2026 9:00 pm
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North Dakota State Bison NDSU 5-2, 3-0 Home
Key Players
Northern Illinois
TD
T. Dickens WR
1171 PASS
30 RUSH
0 REC
DR
D. Rogers WR
0 PASS
0 RUSH
463 REC
TJ
T. Johnson ATH
0 PASS
419 RUSH
36 REC
North Dakota State Bison
NH
N. Hayes QB
1260 PASS
209 RUSH
0 REC
JW
J. Williams WR
0 PASS
54 RUSH
465 REC
MM
M. Mitchell RB
0 PASS
342 RUSH
16 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Northern Illinois
North Dakota State Bison
Scoring 0–3
13.7 133rd
Points
65th 26.3
40.3 136th
Opp Points
6th 14.3
-26.6 136th
Point Diff
20th 12.0
Offense 1–5
300.7 123rd
Total Yds
93rd 344.4
202.5 92nd
Pass Yds
110th 180.6
98.2 124th
Rush Yds
55th 163.9
16.3 124th
1st Downs
97th 18.3
27.0 133rd
3rd Down%
74th 38.7
50.0 137th
Red Zone%
35th 89.5
Kicking & Discipline 2–2
57.1 123rd
FG%
43rd 83.3
1.7 116th
Turnovers
53rd 1.1
5.0 23rd
Penalties
89th 7.1
48.5 38th
Penalty Yds
88th 61.7
Recent Form
Northern Illinois
L vs HAW 21-56
L @ WYO 23-41
L vs AF 7-28
L @ GAST 14-35
L @ ARIZ 17-42
North Dakota State Bison
L @ NM 16-21
W vs NEV 31-17
L @ UNLV 7-13
W vs WYO 28-0
W @ CSUS 31-10
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