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2011 MAC Champions | Four Consecutive Bowl Trips | Back-to-Back 11-Win Seasons 1

NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL 2012

2011 Record .................................................................................................. 11-3MAC (Regular Season) Record/Finish ................................ 7-1/1st WestHead Coach ...............................................................................Dave DoerenRecord at NIU/Years ........................................................................11-3/OneCareer Record/Years .......................................................................11-3/OneAlma Mater/Year ........................................................................ Drake/1994Basic Offense/Defense ..........................................................Multiple/4-3First Year of Football .............................................................................. 1899All-Time Record .......................................................................... 523-463-51Last Bowl Game ....2012 GoDaddy.com; NIU 38, Arkansas State 20MAC Championship Game Appearances ...... 3 (last, 2011, 23-20 W)Letterwinners Returning/Lost .........................................................49/24Starters Returning .............. 18 (4 offense, 10 defense, 4 specialists)Starters Lost ............................ 11 (7 offense, 4 defense, 0 specialists)

HUSKIE FOOTBALL FACTS

Location ..................................................................................DeKalb, IllinoisFounded ......................................................................................................1895Enrollment ............................................................................................23,850Affiliation ..............................................NCAA Football Bowl SubdivisionConference .............................................. Mid-American (West Division)Colors ..............................................................................Cardinal and BlackNickname ............................................................................................HuskiesStadium ..............................................Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium Surface/Capacity ................................................... FieldTurf /24,000President (Alma Mater, Year) ........Dr. John Peters (John Carroll ‘67)Assoc. VP/Athletic Director ...............................................Jeff Compher Alma Mater, Year ................................................ James Madison ‘80Ticket Information ................................................................ 815-752-6800

NORTHERN ILLINOIS FACTS

2012 NIU Schedule Day, Date Opponent (TV) Time (CT)

Sat., Sept. 1 IOWA - at Soldier Field (ESPNU) 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 8 TENNESSEE-MARTIN (ESPN3) 6 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 15 at Army (CBS Sports Network) 11 a.m.

Sat., Sept. 22 KANSAS (ESPNU/ESPN3) TBA

Sat., Sept. 29 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (ESPN3) 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 6 at Ball State* 2 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 13 BUFFALO* - Homecoming (CSN Chicago) 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 20 at Akron*(ESPN Regional) 11 a.m.

Sat., Oct. 27 at Western Michigan*(ESPN Regional) 11 a.m.

Sat., Nov. 3 MASSACHUSETTS* 2:30 p.m.

Weds., Nov. 14 TOLEDO* (ESPN2/ESPNU) 8 p.m.

Fri., Nov. 23 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPNU/ESPN3) TBA

Fri., Nov. 30 MAC Championship (ESPN2) 6 p.m.

*Mid-American Conference Game; All Times Central.

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NIU HuskiesNorthern Huskie

Sept. 1, 2012 | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU | Chicago, Ill. |Soldier Field | 61,500

Iowa (0-0) at Northern Illinois (0-0)

Ten to Note• Northern Illinois carries the longest Football Bowl

Subdivision (FBS) winning streak in the country (nine games) into its 2012 season opener versus Iowa.

• NIU will play a home game at Chicago’s Soldier Field for the second year in a row and for the third time overall.

• The Huskies are one of 10 FBS programs to win at least 11 games in each of the last two years,

• On defense, NIU has 10 returning starters (9 who started at least 7 games in 2011 and one who started in 2010). By contrast, the Huskies have eight NEW starters on offense in 2011.

• At quarterback, junior Jordan Lynch takes over for Chandler Harnish, a four-year starter who set 30 school records and is the most successful QB in the school’s FBS history (since 1969).

• NIU is 0-7 all-time versus Iowa, including a 16-3 loss to the Hawkeyes at Soldier Field in the 2007 season opener.

• Northern Illinois is 2-3 in its last five games versus Big Ten teams dating back to 2009 with victories at Minnesota (2010) and at Purdue (2009).

• Over the last 10 years, Northern Illinois is the winningest program in the Mid-American Conference (78-49, a 61.4 winning percentage) and leads all Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the state of Illinois since 2002.

• Head coach Dave Doeren enters his second season at the helm of the NIU program after posting the best record by a first-year coach in school history.

• Northern Illinois’ 2011 Mid-American Conference Championship was the school’s first MAC football title in 28 years (since 1983).

1GAME

A Century of SuccessSince 2000, Northern Illinois has become one of the most consistently successful FBS football programs in the country. Over the past 12 years, NIU has:

Seasons with 6 or more wins ............ 11Bowl games .............................................. 6MAC Championship games .................. 3First or second in the MAC West .......8Head Coaches .......................................... 3

Quoting Dave Doeren...on the Huskies’ winning streak

“Early in camp we talked about what we achieved last year and how we did it. We made it pretty clear that none of those things are going to help us win this year other than the experiences we went through and trying to gain wisdom. It’s something you’re proud of, but you acknowledge it’s not going to do anything for you when it comes to winning.”

OPENING DAY: The Huskies play host to Iowa at Soldier Field in Chicago to open the 2012 campaign. It is the second straight season, and third time overall, that NIU has played at the Chicago landmark. Northern Illinois lost to No. 7 Wisconsin last September (49-7) and fell to Iowa, 16-3, on Sept. 1, 2007.

STREAKING: Northern Illinois enters the 2012 season with the longest winning streak in the nation (FBS) after winning its last nine games of 2011, including the MAC Championship game and 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl. NIU’s last loss was to Central Michigan (48-41) on Oct. 1, 2011 in Mt. Pleasant,

BACK-TO-BACK: Northern Illinois is one of 10 FBS programs to win at least 11 games in each of the last two years, joining Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State, Michigan State, TCU, Boise State, Oregon, Stanford, LSU and Alabama. NIU and Stanford are the only teams whose 11-win seasons came under different head coaches.

2 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl Champions | www.NIUHuskies.com

KENNETH AND ELLEN CHESSICK PRACTICE CENTERThis fall, Northern Illinois will begin construction of the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center, an 83,500-square foot facility which will provide a dedicated on-campus indoor practice facility for Huskie student-athletes.

The Chessick Practice Center will house a full-size, 120-yard artificial surface football practice field with buffer space surrounding the field on all sides. It will stand 65-feet tall in the center and 45-feet high at the sidelines. The building will sit in the center of NIU’s athletic foot-print on the west side of campus and will be connected to the Jeffrey and Kimberly Yordon Center by the Barsema Hall of Champions.


In his first season as head coach of the North-ern Illinois University football program, Dave Doeren and his Huskies achieved milestones rarely reached over the course of a career, let alone a single season. Doeren’s first year at the helm of a program saw NIU win the school’s first Mid-American Conference Championship since 1983, triumph in the GoDaddy.com Bowl and close out the year with nine straight victories en route to tying the school record with 11 wins. Doeren became the winningest first-year head coach in school history.

A 17-year collegiate coaching veteran who helped take teams to eight bowl games and

two national championship contests as an assistant coach at Wisconsin (2006-10), Kansas (2002-05), Montana (2000-01), USC (1998-99) and Drake (1995-97), Doeren was named the 21st head football coach in NIU history on Dec. 13, 2010.

Doeren came to NIU after completing his fifth season at Wisconsin in 2010 at the Rose Bowl where the Big Ten champion and 11-2 Badgers met TCU. After spending his first two seasons in Madison as the Badgers’ co-defensive coordinator, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator, he added defensive coordinator duties in January 2008. During Doeren’s time at Wisconsin, the Badgers posted a 49-16 overall record and played in the Champs Sports (twice), Outback and Capital One bowls. At Wisconsin, Doeren’s defenses were consistently ranked in the top 25 in the nation; while there he coached current National Football League defenders Jonathan Casillas (Saints), De-Andre Levy (Lions) and J.J. Watt (Texans).

Doeren arrived at UW after four seasons (2002-05) at the University of Kansas. He was the linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator for three seasons at KU before being promoted to co-defensive coordinator in 2005.

Prior to his time at Kansas, Doeren coached the secondary at NCAA FCS power Montana for two seasons. Montana won the I-AA national champi-onship in 2001 and went 28-3 with two conference titles in his time there.

He started his college coaching career as an assistant at Drake from 1995-97 where he coached linebackers, before becoming defensive coordinator in 1997. A four-year letterwinner at Drake (1990-93), Doeren earned Academic All-America honors as a senior and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in pre-medical biology and a master’s in educational leadership.

NIU Head Coach Dave Doeren

2012 Huskie Coaching StaffOffensive Coordinator ................. Mike Dunbar*Defensive Coord./Safeties ............Jay NiemannCo-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line/ .....Recruiting Coord. .............................Ryan Nielsen Offensive Line/Run-Game Coordinator ................................................................................Rod Carey Wide Receivers ...................... Frisman Jackson*Running Backs/Special Teams Coordinator .......................................................... Mike Uremovich*Tight Ends/Fullbacks ..........................Joe Tripodi Linebackers ...........................................Kevin KaneCornerbacks .................................Richard McNutt Director of Sports Performance .......Brad OhrtAsst. AD/Football Operations ......Matt Lipman

*New to NIU in 2012

HAPPY AT HOME: When Northern Illinois plays host to Tennessee-Mar-tin at Huskie Stadium on Sept. 8, NIU will be look-ing to extend its win-ning streak at Huskie Stadium to 16 games. The Huskies have not lost a game in DeKalb since Sept. 26, 2009 (vs. Idaho). Northern Illinois has won 12 straight Mid-American Conference games at home dating to a 33-30 overtime loss to Central Michigan on Nov. 12, 2008.

THEY’RE BACK: After losing its lone returning offensive lineman to a fractured leg during camp, NIU returns 13 starters on offense and de-fense, including two players (LB Tyrone Clark, TE Jason Schepler) who were starters in 2010 but missed last season. The Huskies have three starters returning on of-fense and 10 on defense.

MOST EXPERIENCED: The Huskies’ 10 returning starters on defense have made 133 total starts with DE Sean Progar’s 34 career starts over the last three seasons top-ping the list, followed by CB Rashaan Melvin and LB Tyrone Clark with 15 starts apiece.

BACK ON O: NIU’s three remaining returning starters on offense have

The Huskies...At Soldier Field ...........................................0-2Vs. the Big Ten .......................................3-35-1In Season Openers .......................... 52-54-2Last Season Opener ........NIU 49, Army 26Dave Doeren at NIU ...................................11-3Doeren vs. the Big Ten ............................. 0-1Doeren vs. Iowa .........................................0-0Last Loss .......... 10/1/11 at Central MichiganLast Home Loss ........9/17/11 vs. Wisconsin ...................................................at Soldier FieldLast Huskie Stadium Loss ...........................................................................9/26/09 vs. Idaho



Overall ........................................................................................ Iowa leads 7-0In Chicago .................................................................................. Iowa leads 1-0At Iowa City .............................................................................. Iowa leads 6-0Streak ........................................................................................................ Iowa, 7Series History: ....................................... Sept. 1, 2007: Iowa 16, NIU 3 (N) 10/28/06: UI 24, NIU 14 (A) ...................... 9/18/99: UI 24, NIU 0 (A) 10/6/1993: UI 54, NIU 20 (A) ......................9/26/91: UI 58, NIU 7 (A) 9/20/86: UI 57, NIU 3 (A) .......................9/20/85: UI 48, NIU 20 (A)

THE LAST TIME (Sept. 1, 2007): Iowa used a stout defense and an efficient ground attack to outlast North-ern Illinois 16-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 61,500 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Iowa running backs Albert Young (145) and Damian Sims (110) each tallied over 100 yards rushing while the Hawkeyes held NIU to 21 yards on the ground. Young put UI on the scoreboard with a seven-yard touchdown run in the second quarter; the PAT was missed. Iowa extended their lead to 13-0 on a five-yard pass from Jake Christensen to Brandon Myers follow-ing an eight-play, 95-yard drive. NIU responded with a 33-yard field goal by Chris Nendick for the Huskies’ lone points on the game. Iowa intercepted three passes in the game, including one inside the Huskies’ 10-yard line. Aside from a 22-yard Iowa field goal, there was little offense in the second half as only one of the teams’ combined 13 possessions ended in a score.

Iowa Athletic CommunicationsName ..............................................................................Contact InformationSteve Roe (FB Primary) .......................................................steve-roe@uiowa.edu......................................................................................................................319-335-9411Matt Weitzel (FB Secondary) ............................ [email protected]

2011 Record .................................................................................................... 7-6Big Ten Record/Finish ......................................................4-4/4th LegendsHead Coach (Alma Mater/Year) ......Kirk Ferentz (Connecticut/1978)Record at Iowa/Years ...................................................................96-66/14thCareer Record/Years .................................................................. 108-87/17thLocation ................................................................................... Iowa City, IowaEnrollment ..............................................................................................30,893Conference ...................................................... Big Ten (Legends Division)Colors .......................................................................................Black and GoldStadium ................................................................................ Kinnick Stadium Surface/Capacity ...................................................... FieldTurf /70,585President ....................................................................................... Sally MasonAthletic Director ............................................................................Gary BartaAthletics Website ............................................www.hawkeyesports.comTwitter/Facebook .......................................................@TheIowaHawkeyes; Ticket Information .............................................................. 1-800 424-2957

HAWKEYES’ FACTS

NIU-IOWA SERIES HISTORY

2012 Iowa Schedule Day, Date Opponent (TV) Time (CT)

Sat., Sept. 1 Northern Illinois - at Soldier Field (ESPNU) 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 8 IOWA STATE (BTN) 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 15 NORTHERN IOWA (BTN) 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 22 CENTRAL MICHIGAN TBA

Sat., Sept. 29 MINNESOTA* TBA

Sat., Oct. 13 at Michigan State* TBA

Sat., Oct. 20 PENN STATE* (BTN) 7 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 27 at Northwestern* 11 a.m.

Sat., Nov. 3 at Indiana* TBA

Sat., Nov. 10 PURDUE* TBA

Sat., Nov. 17 at Michigan* TBA

Fri., Nov. 23 NEBRASKA* (ABC) 11 a.m.

*Big Ten Conference Game; All Times Central.

FBS Top Five in APR (2012)For the second straight year, Northern Illinois ranks among the Top Five Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams in Academic Progress Rate (APR), the primary measurement used by the NCAA to gauge a team’s academic success.

Northwestern ......................................................993Boise State ......................................................... 989Duke. ..................................................................... 989 Ohio State ........................................................... 988 NORTHERN ILLINOIS ................................. 987

Over the last decade (2002-11), Northern Illinois leads all MAC teams and other prominent local schools in wins and winning percentage.

Team Record Win %NORTHERN ILLINOIS 78-49 61.4Toledo 70-55 56.0Bowling Green 67-48 58.3Central Michigan 61-64 48.8Miami 60-65 52.2Ohio 60-65 48.0Western Michigan 57-64 47.1Ball State 52-69 43.0Akron 43-77 35.8Kent State 42-76 35.6Eastern Michigan 30-88 25.4Buffalo 28-90 23.7

Notre Dame 72-53 57.6Northwestern 62-63 49.6Illinois 39-76 33.9

Winning Ways

started 48 total games, led by WR Martel Moore with 25. In addition to WR Perez Ashford’s nine starts, six other players on offense have started at least one game for the Huskies.

WATCH LISTER: For the second consecutive season, Huskie DE Sean Progar was named to the preseason watch list for the Ro-tary Lombardi Award, presented to the top lineman/linebacker in college football. The senior made a career high 52 tackles, 22 solo,

a year ago with 11 tackles for loss and 5.5 quarterback sacks. In 40 career games, Progar has 121 tackles, 29 tackles for loss and 15.5 quarterback sacks.

SERVICE MAN: Tight end Jason Schepler is one of 117 nominees for the 2012 All-state AFCA Good Works Team®. Schepler didn’t let a season-ending injury slow his community involvement as he tallies at least 14 hours of community service projects per semester, A member of NIU’s Leadership Council, he also excels in the classroom, maintaining a 3.85 grade point average in electrical engineering.

NOT AROUND HERE: Chandler Harnish went from setting 30 Northern Illinois re-cords and winning the MAC’s Vern Smith Award as league MVP a year ago to “Mr. Irrelevant” when he was the 253rd and final pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Harnish was selected in the seventh round by his home state Indianapolis Colts. As the last pick, Harnish was feted in California at the annual Mr. Irrelevant festivities.

FIRST TEAMER: Kicker Mathew Sims is the only returning Huskie who was named to the first team All Mid-American Conference squad a year ago. Sims set the school record for kick scoring, PATs made and PATs attempted as a sophomore. He made a pair of game-winning field goals, including one versus Ohio to win the Mid-American Conference Championship on the final play. The Huskies return all of its specialists in 2012.

RECEIVING VOTES: For the second consecutive preseason, Northern Illinois is receiving votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. NIU earned one vote in the AP poll and two points in the USA Today rankings. The Huskies finished 2011 ranked 28th and 26th, respectively by AP and USA Today, the second straight year Northern Illinois ended up in the Top 30. NIU was the only MAC team to earn preseason votes.

IOWANS: While the Huskies do not have any players from Iowa on the roster in 2012, two of the Huskie coaches have ties to the Hawkeye state. NIU head coach Dave Doeren was an Academic All-American at Drake Univer-sity in Des Moines and began his coaching career there in 1995. He was the linebackers’ coach in 1995 and 1996 before becoming defensive coordina-tor in 1997. NIU defensive co-ordinator Jay Niemann, a native of Avoca, Iowa, played at Iowa State (1979-82) and coached in the state from 1989-2007



Career Games Played/StartedName Pos. Cl. GP/GSZach Anderson DT Jr.-RS 8/0Perez Ashford WR Sr. 39/9Jamaal Bass LB So.-RS 11/10Matt Battaglia OL Sr. 9/0Alan Baxter DE Sr. 38/10Da’Ron Brown WR So.-RS 14/5Ryan Brown OT So.-RS 10/0Tyrone Clark LB Sr. 22/15Akeem Daniels WR Jr. 25/3Dechane Durante D So.-RS 14/9Luke Eakes TE So.-RS 14/4Sean Evans DB Jr.-RS 16/0Jhony Faustin CB Sr. 14/10Mike Gegner C So.-RS 4/0Marckie Hayes DB So.-RS 14/0Victor Jacques LB Sr.-RS 24/0

Name Pos. Cl. GP/GSNabal Jefferson DT Sr. 39/11Matt Krempel OL Jr.-RS 18/0Tommylee Lewis WR So. 11/1Jordan Lynch QB Jr.-RS 22/0Brian Mayer DS So.-RS 14/--Jason Meehan DE So. 14/0Rashaan Melvin CB Sr.-RS 29/15Martel Moore WR Sr. 40/25Ryan Neir P Sr.-RS 14/--Stephen O’Neal DE Jr.-RS 25/0Logan Pegram OL Sr.-RS 35/22Tyler Pitt OL So.-RS 14/0Sean Progar DE Sr.-RS 40/34George Rainey LB Jr.-RS 23/0Mike Santacaterina LB So.-RS 11/4Jason Schepler TE Sr.-RS 35/14Tim Semisch TE So.-RS 11/2

Name Pos. Cl. GP/GSLeighton Settle TB Jr. 10/0Mathew Sims K Jr. 19/--James Spencer RB So.-RS 5/0Courtney Stephen S Sr.-RS 6/0Rob Sterling FB/LB So. 10/1Cameron Stingily LB So.-RS 5/0Demetrius Stone S Sr. 25/7Jared Volk OL Jr.-RS 23/2Jimmie Ward DB Jr. 28/12Dominique Ware CB Jr.-RS 22/2Tyler Wedel K So. 14/--Anthony Wells DE Jr.-RS 18/3Jamison Wells WR Jr.-RS 16/0Joe Windsor DE Jr. 27/2Bobby Winkel LB So.-RS 6/0Jamal Womble TB Sr. 12/0

COVERING THE HUSKIESDAVE DOEREN ON THE MAC COACHES’ TELECONFERENCE

• Mondays from 8:46-8:54 a.m. (Central)• Aug. 27; Sept. 3,10, 17, 24; Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19• Replay available Monday pm on www.MAC-sports.com• For complete schedule and media call-in #, contact NIU.

NIU WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE• Tuesdays from 12:15-1 p.m. (Central) - thru October• Aug. 28; Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25; Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Nov. 8, 19• Head Coach Dave Doeren and 3-4 Huskies players• McCareins Auditorium, Yordon Center, DeKalb• Quotes available Tuesday pm on www.NIUHuskies.com• For call-in #, contact NIU.

NIU PLAYER & COACH AVAILABILITY• Huskie players are available for interviews thru Wednesday• NIU will not practice on Mondays; player availability limited• Please provide 24-hour advance notice for phone requests• Contact Donna Turner (for coaches) or Joe Summins (for

players) to arrange interviews (see below)

PRACTICE COVERAGE• NIU practices, held at Huskie Stadium, are open to the media• Confirm times with the Athletics Media Relations Office• Players and coaches will conduct interviews after practice

INFORMATION CENTER, VIDEO & PHOTO REQUESTS• To be added to the NIU Athletics Media Relations e-mail

distribution list (media only), contact Donna Turner • Contact Joe Summins to request photos and/or video• Action shots from every Huskie football game are available

for use by media; contact NIU for the URL• Media can find information on all MAC teams, including

releases, depth charts, league stats, photos and more, online at CollegePressBox.com

• Accredited media should contact the NIU or MAC Media Relations office to obtain login information

NIU Athletics Media RelationsName ..............................................................................Contact InformationDonna Turner, Associate Athletic Director [email protected](FB Primary) ..................................................815-753-9513 (o); 815-793-5474 (c)Joe Summins, Assoc. Media Relations Director .............. [email protected](FB Secondary) ............................................815-753-9539 (o); 630-965-5213 (c)

Northern Illinois has had a back post a 1,000 yard rush-ing season in 12 of the last 13 seasons. A look at the list:

Year Player Games Attempts Yards1999 William Andrews 11 240 1,1272000 Thomas Hammock 9 215 1,0832001 Thomas Hammock 11 268 1,0962002 Michael Turner 12 338 1,9152003 Michael Turner 12 310 1,6482004 Garrett Wolfe 11 256 1,6562005 Garrett Wolfe 9 242 1,5802006 Garrett Wolfe 13 309 1,9282007 Justin Anderson 12 274 1,2452009 Chad Spann 13 179 1,0382010 Chad Spann 14 243 1,2932011 Chandler Harnish# 14 194 1.379#quarterback

1,000-Yard Rushers

at Drake (1989-96), Northern Iowa (1997-2001) and Simpson (2002-07). He was head coach at Simpson and compiled a 32-29 record in six seasons.

YOUNG BUT TAL-ENTED: Northern Illinois’ offensive line will feature five new starters in 2012. Redshirt juniors Jared Volk and Matt Krempel bring the most experience to the group with Volk, who is recovering from a knee injury, the only offensive lineman who has previously started a game. Volk has played in 23 games with two starts (both last year), while Krempel has seen action in 18 games. The Huskies will play, and may start three redshirt freshmen in the middle of the line in Andrew Ness (C), Aidan Conlon and Matthew Killian (G).

NAME CHANGE: Northern Illinois’ 2012 roster includes three (unrelated) Moores and three Browns with DBs Marlon (CB) and Tre’ (S) Moore, expected to see

action this season, not to be confused with receiver Martel. On the offensive line, NIU features both Ryan and Ron, the latter a freshman who was in danger of being mixed up with receiver Da’Ron Brown. That’s because Ron Brown, a Detroit native, came to NIU as Daron Brown. During a photo shoot for freshmen this past June, Daron (OL) decid-ed to avoid confusion, he would be known as simply Ron.

SeniorityNorthern Illinois’ 16-man senior class includes just two players originally signed as scholarship players in 2008 with just six fifth-year Huskies overall. The seniors enter 2012 with 29 career wins (2009-11) and need seven victories to break the 2011 seniors’ mark and become the winningest class in NIU football history.

5th-year seniors: Logan Pegram, Victor Jacques, *Jason Schepler, *Sean Progar, *Rashaan Melvin, *Ryan Neir

Transfers (JC or 4-year): Matt Battaglia, *Daniel Green, *Courtney Stephen, Demetrius Stone, Jamal Womble

4th-year seniors: Perez Ashford, Alan Baxter, Tyrone Clark, Nabal Jefferson, Martel Moore

*originally came to NIU as a walk-on



HUSKIE MULTIMEDIANIU-IOWA ON TELEVISION

• The NIU-Iowa game will be broadcast on ESPNU.• Tom Hart will handle play-by-play with John Congemi along-

side as color analyst.

NIU-IOWA ON RADIO• The Northern Illinois IMG Sports Network broadcast begins

30 minutes before kickoff. • NIU network affiliates in 2012 are: WLBK 1360 AM (DeKalb),

WSCR 670 AM (Chicago), WTJK 1380 AM (Janesville, Wis.) and WYLL 1160 AM (Chicago)* alternate Chicago station

• WYLL 1160 AM is the Chicago station for the NIU-Iowa game• Bill Baker is in his 32nd season as the play-by-play voice of

the Huskies. He is joined by 27-year color analyst Mark Lindo and 6-year sideline reporter Casey Kahler.

“INSIDE HUSKIE FOOTBALL” RADIO SHOW• Thursdays from 7-8 p.m. (Central)• Aug. 30; Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27; Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8, 20• Airs on WLBK 1360 AM (DeKalb), WTJK 1380 AM (Janesville)• NIU Head Coach Dave Doeren, two Huskie players and an

NIU Athletics special guest will join us live each week at Cabana Charley’s on Peace Rd. in Sycamore, Ill.

• The public is invited

NIU WEEKLY RADIO SHOW• Weekly 30 minute show highlighting the best of Huskie

Athletics • Airs Saturday mornings on WSCR 670 AM (Chicago)• Hosted by Andy Garcia and NIU Associate Vice-President/

Director of Athletics Jeff Compher• Features a weekly interview with football head coach Dave

Doeren, other NIU head coaches and the latest Huskie news

HUSKIES ALL-ACCESS• Hear all NIU live radio broadcasts, including football and

basketball games, Inside Huskie Football • Watch live Huskie games, including the UMass football game,

volleyball, soccer, basketball, wrestling and gymnastics• Also see weekly and post-game press conferences, video

features and special events (Signing Day) streamed live.• Cost is $6.95/month or $49.95/year• Go to www.NIUHuskies.com/allaccess

GETTING SOCIAL• On Twitter: @NIUAthletics, @NIUScores, @PrideinthePack • On Facebook: NIU Huskies, Northern Huskie• On YouTube: niuhuskiesdotcom• See NIU Athletics’ social media hub online to see all of our

coaches’ and teams’ Facebook and Twitter accounts

Huskie Highlighters95 SEAN PROGAR, DE, Sr., 6-2, 254, Glenview, Ill.2012 Rotary Lombardi Award watch-lister... has 121 career tackles, 59 solo... 15.5 career

QB sacks are tied for 8th all-time at NIU... Leads all NIU players with 34 career starts

over the last three years... second-team All-MAC a year ago with 5.5 sacks, 11 TFLs...

tackle for loss in the end zone versus Eastern Michigan resulted in an NIU safety...

7 PEREZ ASHFORD, WR, Sr., 5-11, 182, Shaker Heights, OhioEnters 2012 with 76 career catches for 818 yards in 39 games played... second team All-

MAC choice in 2011... tied for team lead in catches with 47... made some of the biggest

catches of the season, including a leaping sideline 27-yard grab in the MAC title game to

set up the game-winning field goal... caught eight passes in the bowl win...

1 MARTEL MOORE, WR, Sr., 6-0, 183, San Antonio, TexasHas a team-leading 103 catches for 1,461 receiving yards and 11 TDs in his 40-game NIU

career... Led the Huskies with three 100-yard receiving games and 747 receiving yards

in 2011... Caught 8 passes for 224 yards in the Huskies’ bowl win, the third-most yards

in NIU history... Tallied 100-yard games vs. Ball State (120) and Central Michigan (130).

36 TYRONE CLARK, OLB, Sr., 5-10, 220, St. Louis, Mo.2010 starter returns after sitting out the 2011 season... made 78 tackles, intecepted a

team-leading four passes and broke up five while starting 14 games in 2010... led NIU

with 12 tackles, 1.5 for loss in the Humanitarian Bowl win... intercepted two passes ver-

sus Central Michigan to earn MAC West Defensive Player of the Week honors.

15 JIMMIE WARD, S, Jr., 5-11, 192, Mobile, Ala.NIU’s top returning tackler made 100 stops as a sophomore to claim second team All-

MAC honors... Had double-digit tackle totals at Kansas, vs. Wisconsin and at Toledo...

His interception vs. Ohio spurred NIU’s comeback in the MAC Championship game... Has

blocked four punts in his career, three as a freshman in 2010...

87 JASON SCHEPLER, TE, Sr., 6-2, 274, Sycamore, Ill.Team leader returns to the field after sitting out 2011 due to a knee injury... served as

the Huskies’ starting tight end in 2010 and caught eight passes for 93 yards... Excellent

blocker was a third team All-MAC choice... Nominee for the 2012 Allstate AFCA Good

Works Team for his community service efforts...

11 RASHAAN MELVIN, CB, Sr., 6-2, 193, Waukegan, Ill.In 29 games, has 117 career tackles, 78 solo, five interceptions and 18 pass break-ups...

broke up nine passes as a junior and ranked fourth on the team in tackles with 78...

led NIU with eight tackles - all solo - versus Arkansas State... intercepted passes ver-

sus Arkansas State, Buffalo and Army... posted two 10-tackle games in 2011...

6 JORDAN LYNCH, QB, Jr., 6-0, 216, Chicago, Ill.Huskies’ starting signal-caller has completed 19-of-26 passes for 179 yards and two

TDs, and run for 608 yards and 6 TDs on 76 carries, in 22 games in 2010-11... played in

13 games a year ago... led NIU to the go-ahead TD in the bowl game, completing 4-of-6

passes for 64 yards with a 41-yd pass... has two 100-yard rushing games

99 MATHEW SIMS, K, Jr., 5-9, 181, Hannibal, Mo.First team All-MAC kicker hit a pair of game-winning field goals in 2011, including a

33-yarder with no time left to win the MAC Championship... also hit the game-winner

with 8 seconds to beat Ball State... Scored 124 points on 20-of-28 FGs and 64-of-66

PATs... made 42 consecutive PATs... 5-of-6 on 3s from inside 30, 12-of-15 inside 40...

10 TOMMYLEE LEWIS, WR/KR, Soph., 5-7, 155, Riviera Beach, Fla.Made immediate impact as a true freshman with two kickoff return TDs, on back-to-

back returns of 100 and 95 yards to start the game at Toledo... third on the team with

829 all-purpose yards, including 755 on 30 kickoff returns for a 25.2 yard average... one

of 13 players in FBS history to return two kickoffs for TDs in one game...

Huskies in the NFLAs of Tuesday, August 28, nine former Northern Illinois players were in NFL training camps. Veterans Michael Turner, Doug Free, Larry English and Tracy Wilson were joined by four members of the 2011 senior class and 2010 grad Landon Cox. Atlanta Falcons ..........................Michael Turner, RB, Pat Schiller, LB*San Diego Chargers ......................................................Larry English, LBDallas Cowboys .................................................................. Doug Free, OT Arizona Cardinals ........................................................ Scott Wedige, C*San Francisco 49ers ..............................................Nathan Palmer, WR* Tennessee Titans ......................................................... Tracy Wilson, DBIndianapolis Colts ..............................................Chandler Harnish, QB*Tampa Bay Buccaneers ...............................................Landon Cox, WR

*Have not played in a regular season NFL game.

www.NIUHuskies.com6Northern Illinois Football 2012

Overall Record: 11-3 (.786) — Home: 6-1 — Away: 3-2 — Neutral: 2-0Mid-American Conference Record: 7-1 (.875) — Home: 4-0 — Away: 3-1

Day, Date Opponent Television Site W/L Score Attend.Sat., Sept. 3 ARMY ESPN3.com DeKALB, Ill. W 49-26 17,003Sat., Sept. 10 at Kansas Fox College Sports Lawrence, Kansas L 42-45 48,084Sat., Sept. 17 WISCONSIN (Soldier Field) ESPN3.com CHICAGO, Ill. L 7-49 41,068Sat., Sept. 24 CAL-POLY DeKALB, Ill. W 47-30 14,321Sat., Oct. 1 at Central Michigan* ESPN3.com Mt. Pleasant, Mich. L 41-48 16,539Sat., Oct. 8 KENT STATE* DeKALB, Ill. W 40-10 14,251Sat., Oct. 15 WESTERN MICHIGAN* - HC Comcast SN Chicago DeKALB, Ill. W 51-22 20,277Sat., Oct. 22 at Buffalo* ESPN Plus/ESPN3.com Buffalo, N.Y. W 31-30 13,370Tues., Nov. 1 at Toledo* ESPN2 Toledo, Ohio W 63-60 19,004Tues., Nov. 8 at Bowling Green*# ESPN2 Bowling Green, Ohio W 45-14 13,752Tues., Nov. 15 BALL STATE* ESPNU DeKALB, Ill. W 41-38 12,391Fri., Nov. 25 EASTERN MICHIGAN* ESPNU DeKALB, Ill. W 18-12 13,012 Marathon MAC Championship Fri., Dec. 2 vs. Ohio (Ford Field) ESPN2 Detroit, Mich. W 23-20 13,052 GoDaddy.com BowlSun., Jan. 8 vs. Arkansas State ESPN Mobile, Ala. W 38-20 38,734 *Mid-American Conference Game. Home games in BOLD, ALL CAPS, played at Huskie Stadium. (HC) Homecoming

NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES 2012 FOOTBALL

2011 results

CHANDLER HARNISH, QBWilliam V. Campbell Trophy FinalistWuerffel Trophy FinalistNational Football Foundation Scholar-AthleteColumbus TD Club Male Athlete of the YearLowe’s Senior CLASS Award Semi inalistHonorable Mention All-American - SI.comMAC Vern Smith Leadership AwardMAC Offensive Player of the YearMAC Player of the Year - Rivals.comMAC Offensive Player of the Year - CFBNews.comAll Mid-American Conference All Mid-American Conference - Rivals.comAll Mid-American Conference - PSAll Mid-American Conference - CFBNews.comAcademic All-MACMost Valuable Player (GoDaddy.com Bowl)MAC West Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Army, Western Michigan, Toledo, Ball State) Rivals.com MAC Player of the Week (vs. Army, Kan-

sas, Western Michigan, Toledo, Ball State)CollegeFootballNews.com MAC Player of the Week

(vs. Kansas, Western Michigan, Toledo)

SCOTT WEDIGE, CSecond Team All-American - CBSSports.comAll Mid-American Conference All Mid-American Conference - Rivals.comAll Mid-American Conference - PSAll Mid-American Conference - CFBNews.com

TREVOR OLSON, OTFourth Team All-American - Phil SteeleAll Mid-American Conference All Mid-American Conference - Rivals.comAll Mid-American Conference - PSAll Mid-American Conference - CFBNews.com

MATHEW SIMS, PKHonorable Mention All-Sophomore - CFBNews.com All Mid-American Conference All Mid-American Conference - CFBNews.comAll Mid-American Conference - PS (2nd)All Mid-American Conference - Rivals.com (2nd)

SEAN PROGAR, DEAll Mid-American Conference (2nd)All Mid-American Conference - PS (2nd)All Mid-American Conference - Rivals.com (2nd)MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (vs. Eastern Michigan)

TOMMYLEE LEWIS, KRAll Mid-American Conference - PSMAC All-Freshman - Rivals.comMAC West Specialist of the Week (vs. Toledo)

JASMIN HOPKINS, TBAll Mid-American Conference (2nd)All Mid-American Conference - PS (2nd)All Mid-American Conference - Rivals.com (2nd)

NATHAN PALMER, WRAll Mid-American Conference (3rd)All Mid-American Conference - PS (3rd)Most Valuable Player - MAC Championship Game

(vs. Ohio)

JIMMIE WARD, SAll Mid-American Conference (2nd)All Mid-American Conference - PS (3rd)

RON NEWCOMB, DTAll Mid-American Conference - PS (2nd)MAC West Def. Player of the Week (vs. Kent State)

JOE PAWLAK, OGAll Mid-American Conference - Rivals.com (2nd)All Mid-American Conference - PS (3rd)Academic All-MAC

PEREZ ASHFORD, WRAll Mid-American Conference (2nd)

PAT SCHILLER, LBAll Mid-American Conference - PS (2nd)

JAMAAL BASS, LBMAC All-Freshman - Rivals.com

DECHANE DURANTE, SMAC All-Freshman - Rivals.comDefensive MVP (GoDaddy.com Bowl)

NABAL JEFFERSON, NGCapital One Academic All-DistrictAcademic All-MACMAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Dec. 5)

RYAN NEIR, PAcademic All-MACSpecial Teams MVP (GoDaddy.com Bowl)MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 30)

MARTEL MOORE, WROffensive MVP (GoDaddy.com Bowl)

KEITH OTIS, OTAcademic All-MAC

MATT CANADA, OFFENSIVE COORDINATORMAC Coordinator of the Year - Rivals.com

2011 HONORS & AWARDS

www.NIUHuskies.com 7 Northern Illinois Football 2012

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Lng Avg/GHARNISH, Chandler 14 194 1510 131 1379 7.1 11 68 98.5HOPKINS, Jasmin 14 187 997 41 956 5.1 15 57 68.3DANIELS, Akeem 14 56 313 10 303 5.4 3 25 21.6LYNCH, Jordan 13 45 267 21 246 5.5 3 66 18.9WOMBLE, Jamal 12 37 134 10 124 3.4 1 19 10.3ASHFORD, Perez 14 10 85 0 85 8.5 0 26 6.1SETTLE, Leighton 10 16 91 7 84 5.2 0 48 8.4LEWIS, Tommylee 11 8 76 2 74 9.2 1 20 6.7PALMER, Nathan 14 6 37 7 30 5.0 0 14 2.1WELLS, Jamison 13 3 21 1 20 6.7 0 16 1.5CLARK, Willie 14 3 18 0 18 6.0 0 8 1.3BELL, Cameron 12 7 22 4 18 2.6 0 7 1.5SPENCER, James 5 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 5 1.4BROWN, Da’Ron 14 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.2NEIR, Ryan 14 2 0 25 -25 -12.5 0 0 -1.8TEAM 10 18 0 44 -44 -2.4 0 0 -4.4Total.......... 14 595 3581 303 3278 5.5 34 68 234.1Opponents...... 14 582 2772 429 2343 4.0 23 68 167.4

PASSING G Effi c. C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Lng Avg/GHARNISH, Chandler 14 153.01 237-384-6 61.7 3216 28 79 229.7LYNCH, Jordan 13 161.22 15-20-0 75.0 166 1 41 12.8TEAM 10 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0ASHFORD, Perez 14 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0NEIR, Ryan 14 133.60 1-1-0 100.0 4 0 4 0.3Total.......... 14 152.24 253-408-6 62.0 3386 29 79 241.9Opponents...... 14 132.26 271-478-13 56.7 3470 29 83 247.9

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GMOORE, Martel 13 47 747 15.9 7 55 57.5PALMER, Nathan 14 47 695 14.8 7 71 49.6ASHFORD, Perez 14 47 530 11.3 3 39 37.9BROWN, Da’Ron 14 24 322 13.4 2 25 23.0CLARK, Willie 14 18 292 16.2 4 56 20.9DANIELS, Akeem 14 15 252 16.8 2 79 18.0WELLS, Jamison 13 14 112 8.0 0 18 8.6JOHNSON, Anthony 11 13 174 13.4 0 25 15.8HOPKINS, Jasmin 14 12 54 4.5 1 10 3.9EAKES, Luke 14 6 49 8.2 1 13 3.5WOMBLE, Jamal 12 2 58 29.0 1 58 4.8GRADY, DeMarcus 14 2 51 25.5 0 27 3.6MCAVOY, Pat 14 2 16 8.0 0 12 1.1SETTLE, Leighton 10 2 14 7.0 0 8 1.4MARKS, Jack 14 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.9SEMISCH, Tim 11 1 7 7.0 1 7 0.6Total.......... 14 253 3386 13.4 29 79 241.9Opponents...... 14 271 3470 12.8 29 83 247.9

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GHARNISH, Chandler 14 578 1379 3216 4595 328.2HOPKINS, Jasmin 14 187 956 0 956 68.3LYNCH, Jordan 13 65 246 166 412 31.7DANIELS, Akeem 14 56 303 0 303 21.6WOMBLE, Jamal 12 37 124 0 124 10.3ASHFORD, Perez 14 11 85 0 85 6.1SETTLE, Leighton 10 16 84 0 84 8.4LEWIS, Tommylee 11 8 74 0 74 6.7PALMER, Nathan 14 6 30 0 30 2.1WELLS, Jamison 13 3 20 0 20 1.5BELL, Cameron 12 7 18 0 18 1.5CLARK, Willie 14 3 18 0 18 1.3SPENCER, James 5 2 7 0 7 1.4BROWN, Da’Ron 14 1 3 0 3 0.2NEIR, Ryan 14 3 -25 4 -21 -1.5TEAM 10 20 -44 0 -44 -4.4Total.......... 14 1003 3278 3386 6664 476.0Opponents...... 14 1060 2343 3470 5813 415.2

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongDAVIS, Tommy 9 53 5.9 0 26ASHFORD, Perez 5 31 6.2 0 33WARD, Jimmie 1 9 9.0 0 0BROWN, Da’Ron 1 0 0.0 0 0STEPHEN, Courtney 0 16 0.0 1 16Total.......... 16 109 6.8 1 33Opponents...... 10 10 1.0 0 13

NIU OPPSCORING 536 424 Points Per Game 38.3 30.3FIRST DOWNS 333 319 Rushing 158 143 Passing 149 152 Penalty 26 24RUSHING YARDAGE 3278 2343 Yards gained rushing 3581 2772 Yards lost rushing 303 429 Rushing Attempts 595 582 Average Per Rush 5.5 4.0 Average Per Game 234.1 167.4 TDs Rushing 34 23PASSING YARDAGE 3386 3470 Comp-Att-Int 253-408-6 271-478-13 Average Per Pass 8.3 7.3 Average Per Catch 13.4 12.8 Average Per Game 241.9 247.9 TDs Passing 29 29TOTAL OFFENSE 6664 5813 Total Plays 1003 1060 Average Per Play 6.6 5.5 Average Per Game 476.0 415.2KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 58-1149 83-1729PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-109 10-10INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-119 6-22KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.8 20.8PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.8 1.0INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.2 3.7FUMBLES-LOST 19-13 19-12PENALTIES-Yards 77-748 86-758 Average Per Game 53.4 54.1PUNTS-Yards 62-2213 61-2378 Average Per Punt 35.7 39.0 Net punt average 35.5 34.9TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 28:45 31:153RD-DOWN Conversions 87/197 84/221 3rd-Down Pct 44% 38%4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/14 19/32 4th-Down Pct 79% 59%SACKS BY-Yards 28-229 12-90MISC YARDS -9 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 68 54FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 20-28 17-24ON-SIDE KICKS 2-4 1-2RED-ZONE SCORES (61-70) 87% (55-62) 89%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (44-70) 63% (40-62) 65%PAT-ATTEMPTS (64-66) 97% (45-47) 96%ATTENDANCE 132323 110749 Games/Avg Per Game 7/18903 5/22150 Neutral Site Games 2/25893

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalNorthern Illinois 100 163 133 140 536Opponents 117 88 76 143 424

TEAM STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 FOOTBALL STATISTICS


FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongJENKINS, Kyle 1 5 5.0 0 5Total.......... 1 5 5.0 0 5Opponents...... 3 135 45.0 2 92

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongLEWIS, Tommylee 30 755 25.2 2 100DAVIS, Tommy 9 145 16.1 0 27ASHFORD, Perez 7 122 17.4 0 25DANIELS, Akeem 4 72 18.0 0 28MCAVOY, Pat 3 10 3.3 0 9STERLING, Rob 1 14 14.0 0 14TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0MEEHAN, Jason 1 0 0.0 0 0WELLS, Jamison 1 13 13.0 0 13SANTACATERINA 1 18 18.0 0 18Total.......... 58 1149 19.8 2 100Opponents...... 83 1729 20.8 0 68

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongDURANTE, Dechane 3 47 15.7 1 36MELVIN, Rashaan 3 -5 -1.7 0 0FAUSTIN, Jhony 2 2 1.0 0 2ANDERSON, Zach 1 2 2.0 0 2STONE, Demetrius 1 29 29.0 0 29JEFFERSON, Nabal 1 25 25.0 1 25WARD, Jimmie 1 0 0.0 0 0SANTACATERINA 1 19 19.0 0 19Total.......... 13 119 9.2 2 36Opponents...... 6 22 3.7 0 12

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnWEDEL, Tyler 86 5223 60.7 6 2 FILLINGIM, Ryan 8 354 44.2 0 0 SIMS, Mathew 1 19 19.0 0 0 Total.......... 95 5596 58.9 6 2 1729 39.4 30Opponents...... 84 5010 59.6 19 3 1149 41.4 28

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdNEIR, Ryan 62 2213 35.7 54 0 36 19 0Total.......... 62 2213 35.7 54 0 36 19 0Opponents...... 61 2378 39.0 73 7 13 20 3

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GHARNISH, Chandler 14 1379 0 0 0 0 1379 98.5HOPKINS, Jasmin 14 956 54 0 0 0 1010 72.1LEWIS, Tommylee 11 74 0 0 755 0 829 75.4ASHFORD, Perez 14 85 530 31 122 0 768 54.9MOORE, Martel 13 0 747 0 0 0 747 57.5PALMER, Nathan 14 30 695 0 0 0 725 51.8DANIELS, Akeem 14 303 252 0 72 0 627 44.8BROWN, Da’Ron 14 3 322 0 0 0 325 23.2CLARK, Willie 14 18 292 0 0 0 310 22.1LYNCH, Jordan 13 246 0 0 0 0 246 18.9DAVIS, Tommy 14 0 0 53 145 0 198 14.1WOMBLE, Jamal 12 124 58 0 0 0 182 15.2JOHNSON, Anthony 11 0 174 0 0 0 174 15.8WELLS, Jamison 13 20 112 0 13 0 145 11.2SETTLE, Leighton 10 84 14 0 0 0 98 9.8GRADY, DeMarcus 14 0 51 0 0 0 51 3.6EAKES, Luke 14 0 49 0 0 0 49 3.5DURANTE, Dechane 14 0 0 0 0 47 47 3.4SANTACATERINA 11 0 0 0 18 19 37 3.4STONE, Demetrius 14 0 0 0 0 29 29 2.1MCAVOY, Pat 14 0 16 0 10 0 26 1.9JEFFERSON, Nabal 14 0 0 0 0 25 25 1.8BELL, Cameron 12 18 0 0 0 0 18 1.5STEPHEN, Courtney 6 0 0 16 0 0 16 2.7STERLING, Rob 10 0 0 0 14 0 14 1.4MARKS, Jack 14 0 13 0 0 0 13 0.9WARD, Jimmie 14 0 0 9 0 0 9 0.6SEMISCH, Tim 11 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.6SPENCER, James 5 7 0 0 0 0 7 1.4FAUSTIN, Jhony 14 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1ANDERSON, Zach 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.0MELVIN, Rashaan 13 0 0 0 0 -5 -5 -0.4NEIR, Ryan 14 -25 0 0 0 0 -25 -1.8TEAM 10 -44 0 0 0 0 -44 -4.4Total.......... 14 3278 3386 109 1149 119 8041 574.4Opponents...... 14 2343 3470 10 1729 22 7574 541.0

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkSIMS, Mathew 20-28 71.4 0-0 5-6 12-15 3-6 0-1 44 3

No. LongNIU 70 100 KOR TD Lewis at Toledo, 11/1

Rushing 21 68 TD, Harnish vs. E. Michigan, 11/25 Ashford 2 26, vs. Cal Poly, 9/24 Daniels 1 25, vs. Kent State, 10/8 Harnish 11 68 TD, vs. E. Michigan, 11/25 Hopkins, Ja. 5 57, vs. Army, 9/3 Lynch 1 66, vs. W. Michigan, 10/15 Settle 1 48, vs. W. Michigan, 10/15

Passing 33 79 TD Harnish to Daniels at BGSU, 11/8 by Harnish 31 79 TD, to Daniels at Bowling Green, 11/8 by Lynch 2 41 to Moore vs. Arkansas State, 1/8 to Ashford 5 39, from Harnish vs. Wisconsin, 9/17 39, from Harnish at Buffalo, 10/22 to Brown 1 25, from Harnish at Toledo, 11/1 to Clark 3 56 TD, from Harnish at Bowling Green, 11/8 to Daniels 3 79 TD, from Harnish at Bowling Green, 11/8 to Grady 1 27, from Harnish at C. Michigan, 10/1 to Johnson 1 25, from Harnish at Bowling Green, 11/8 to Moore 4 55 TD, from Harnish at C. Michigan, 10/1 to Palmer 8 71, from Harnish at Toledo, 11/1 to Womble 1 58 TD, from Harnish vs. Army, 9/3

Returns 16 100 Lewis KOR TD at Toledo, 11/1 Ashford 3 33, PR vs. W. Michigan, 10/15 Daniels 1 28 KOR at Kansas, 9/10 Davis 2 27 KOR at Kansas, 9/10 Jefferson 1 25 INT TD vs. Kent State 10/8 Lewis 8 100 KOR TD at Toledo, 11/1 Stone 1 29 INT vs. W. Michigan, 10/15

OPPONENT 52 92 Fumble TD Howard, Ball State, 11/15 Rushing 9 68, Kovanda, Ball State, 11/15 Passing 20 83 TD Schilz to Jorden, Bowling Green, 11/8 Returns 23 92 Fumble TD Howard, Ball State, 11/15

* 25 Yards or Longer

2011 Long PlaysNORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 FOOTBALL STATISTICS

FG SEQUENCE Northern Illinois Opponents Army - -at Kansas - 49, (27) Wisconsin 42 50Cal Poly (22),(44) 33,(33)at Central Michigan 32,(35),50,(35),(33),(38) (29),(30)Kent State (31),(32),(44),(34) (24),45Western Michigan (30),(36),(25),38 (45),(30),46at Buffalo 41,(40) (31),38at Toledo - (41),(33)at Bowling Green (23) -Ball State (23),(34) (40)Eastern Michigan (39) (20),(23)Ohio (33) (30),(21),36Arkansas State 33,22,(22),42 (32),(36)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate fi eld goal was made.

|------------- PATs ------------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts.SIMS, Mathew 0 20-28 64-66 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 124HOPKINS, Jasmin 16 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 96HARNISH, Chand 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 66PALMER, Nathan 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 44MOORE, Martel 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42DANIELS, Akeem 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30CLARK, Willie 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24LYNCH, Jordan 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18ASHFORD, Perez 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18LEWIS, Tommylee 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18WOMBLE, Jamal 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12BROWN, Da’Ron 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12EAKES, Luke 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6STEPHEN, Courtn 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6JEFFERSON, Naba 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6DURANTE, Dechan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6SEMISCH, Tim 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2Total.......... 68 20-28 64-66 0-0 1 1-2 0 1 536Opponents...... 54 17-24 45-47 1-3 0 0-4 0 1 424


NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 FOOTBALL STATISTICS

DEFENSE |---------Tackles---------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH FR-Yds FF Kick Safety53 SCHILLER, Pat 14 42 73 115 10.0-34 2.0-16 . 6 2 . . . .15 WARD, Jimmie 14 48 52 100 2.5-10 1.0-9 1-0 4 . . 1 1 .29 DELEGAL, Jordan 14 46 36 82 4.5-14 0.5-6 . 5 2 . . . .11 MELVIN, Rashaan 13 54 24 78 1.0-6 . 3--5 9 . . . . .28 FAUSTIN, Jhony 14 47 23 70 . . 2-2 5 . . . . .6 BASS, Jamaal 11 23 39 62 5.5-20 . . 1 1 . . . .21 DURANTE, Dechane 14 34 23 57 4.0-11 0.5-6 3-47 4 . . . 1 .19 STONE, Demetrius 14 35 20 55 . . 1-29 5 2 1-0 . . .95 PROGAR, Sean 13 22 30 52 11.0-56 5.5-42 . 1 9 . 1 . .96 NEWCOMB, Ron 13 23 26 49 12.5-43 4.5-28 . 4 1 1-0 1 1 .90 BAXTER, Alan 13 19 29 48 12.5-73 5.5-52 . 1 4 1-0 1 . .99 JEFFERSON, Nabal 14 17 29 46 5.0-7 . 1-25 . 1 1-0 . . .20 DAVIS, Tommy 14 17 21 38 0.5-2 . . . . . . . .57 JENKINS, Kyle 14 11 18 29 4.5-19 1.5-11 . 2 . 1-5 . . .52 SANTACATERINA 11 9 19 28 1.5-4 0.5-3 1-19 . . . 1 . .49 MEEHAN, Jason 14 12 14 26 3.0-11 0.5-4 . . . 2-0 . . .2 EVANS, Sean 13 17 7 24 1.0-1 . . 5 . . . . .40 JACQUES, Victor 14 7 13 20 0.5-0 . . . . . . . .97 WINDSOR, Joe 13 5 15 20 2.0-2 . . . . 1-0 . . .24 WARE, Dominique 14 11 8 19 . . . . . 2-0 . . .91 WELLS, Anthony 14 10 6 16 5.0-26 2.0-22 . 1 1 . . . .17 HAYES, Marckie 14 7 7 14 . . . . . . 1 . .39 PORTER, Gervais 12 5 8 13 . . . 1 . . . . .98 BOENZI, Frank 12 3 9 12 3.0-9 1.0-1 . 1 1 . . . .69 O’NEAL, Stephen 12 7 5 12 4.5-32 3.0-29 . . 1 . 2 . .4 BROWN, Da’Ron 14 1 10 11 . . . . . . . . .26 WEDEL, Tyler 14 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .10 BARKSDALE, Greg 3 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .14 STEPHEN, Courtney 6 1 3 4 . . . . . . . 1 .30 DANIELS, Akeem 14 3 . 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . .51 ANDERSON, Zach 2 1 2 3 . . 1-2 . . . . . .32 BELL, Cameron 12 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .27 WINKEL, Bobby 6 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .71 WEDIGE, Scott 14 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .41 MCAVOY, Pat 14 1 . 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . .6 LYNCH, Jordan 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .3 GRADY, DeMarcus 14 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .7 ASHFORD, Perez 14 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .22 WELLS, Jamison 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .46 RAINEY, George 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .94 KIEL, Adam 14 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .3 FILLINGIM, Ryan 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .47 STERLING, Rob 10 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .TM TEAM 10 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Total.......... 14 554 580 1134 94-380 28-229 13-119 55 25 12-5 8 4 1 Opponents...... 14 508 614 1122 70.0-235 12-90 6-22 43 10 12-135 12 4 1

Army Kansas UW Cal-Poly C. Michigan Kent St. W. Michigan Buffalo Toledo BGSU Ball St. E. Michigan

Off. Lineman Olson Marks None Wedige Otis Pawlak Pawlak None Entire Unit Eakes Olson/ None MarksOff. Skill Hopkins Harnish None Harnish Hopkins/ Daniels Harnish Hopkins Entire Unit Harnish/ Hopkins Clark Ashford W. Clark Off. Work Team T. Clark T. Clark Green T. Clark Rose/ T. Clark/ Gordon Lemon/ Rainey T. Clark Lloyd Rose Spencer Winkel GreenSpecial Teams Ward Sims Neir Daniels/ Stephen Sims D. Brown Neir Lewis Windsor Sims Neir/ Stephen WedelDef. Lineman Baxter Progar None Newcomb Jenkins Newcomb Schiller Jefferson Entire Unit Newcomb Newomb ProgarDef. Skill Schiller Schiller None Schiller Ward Bass Melvin Durante Entire Unit Santacaterina Evans Melvin

Def. Work Team Gorrell Ness Conlon Logan Hellams Logan Strehl Spencer Brescacin Spencer Ness Logan

Selected by the Huskie coaching staff.

NIU Players of the Week


NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 PARTICIPATIONNo. Name GP/GS Army Kansas UW Cal-Poly CMU Kent St. WMU Buffalo Toledo BGSU Ball St. EMU Ohio Ark. St.

51 ANDERSON, Zach 2/- - - X X - - - - - - - - - -7 ASHFORD, Perez 14/7 X X WR X X WR WR X WR X WR WR X WR1A BARKSDALE, Greg 3/- X X X - - - - - - - - - - -6A BASS, Jamaal 11/10 OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB X OLB OLB - - - OLB OLB66 BATTAGLIA, Matt 9/- X X X X - X X - - X - - X X90 BAXTER, Alan 13/10 X DE - DE DE X X DE DE DE DE DE DE DE32 BELL, Cameron 12/5 FB FB X FB - - X X X X X FB FB X98 BOENZI, Frank 13/- - X X X X X X X X X X X X X4 BROWN, Da’Ron 14/5 X WR X X WR X X X X WR WR X WR X78 BROWN, Ryan 11/- X - X X - X X - X X X X X X10 CLARK, Willie 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X31 COMPHER, C.J. 1/- X - - - - - - - - - - - - -30 DANIELS, Akeem 14/2 X X X X X TB X X X WR X X X X20 DAVIS, Tommy 14/5 SS SS SS SS SS X X X X X X X X X29 DELEGAL, Jordan 14/14 OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB OLB21 DURANTE, Dechane 14/9 X X X X X SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS83 EAKES, Luke 14/4 TE X X TE X X X X X TE X X X TE2 EVANS, Sean 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X28 FAUSTIN, Jhony 14/10 X X X CB X CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB3 FILLINGIM, Ryan 2/- X - - - - - - - X - - - - -59 GEGNER, Michael 5/- X - - - - X X - - X - - - X3 GRADY, DeMarcus 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X12 HARNISH, Chandler 14/14 QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB17 HAYES, Marckie 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X25 HOPKINS, Jasmin 14/13 TB TB TB TB TB X TB TB TB TB TB TB TB TB40 JACQUES, Victor 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X99 JEFFERSON, Nabal 14/11 X X NG X NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG57 JENKINS, Kyle 14/3 X X X X X DE DE X X X X X X DE13 JOHNSON, Anthony 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X - X -94 KIEL, Adam 14/2 TE X X TE X X X X X X X X X X79 KREMPEL, Matt 10/- - - - - X X X X X X X X X X80 LEWIS, Tommylee 11/1 - - - X WR X X X X X X X X X6 LYNCH, Jordan 13/- X - X X X X X X X X X X X X89 MARKS, Jack 14/10 X X TE X TE TE TE TE TE TE X TE TE TE84 MAYER, Brian 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X41 MCAVOY, Pat 14/1 X X X X X X X FB X X X X X X49 MEEHAN, Jason 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X11 MELVIN, Rashaan 13/13 CB - CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB1 MOORE, Martel 13/12 WR WR WR WR X WR WR WR WR - WR WR WR WR18 NEIR, Ryan 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X96 NEWCOMB, Ron 13/12 DT DT X DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT -69 O’NEAL, Stephen 12/- - X X X X X X X X - X X X X62 OLSON, Trevor 14/14 LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT68 OTIS, Keith 14/14 RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT81 PALMER, Nathan 14/5 X WR WR X WR X X X WR X WR X X X72 PAWLAK, Joe 14/14 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG70 PEGRAM, Logan 12/12 LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG - - LG LG67 PITT, Tyler 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X39 PORTER, Gervais 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X - X -95 PROGAR, Sean 13/13 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE -46 RAINEY, George 13/- X X X X X X X - X X X X X X52 SANTACATERINA 11/4 X X - - - X OLB X X OLB OLB OLB X X53 SCHILLER, Pat 14/14 MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB88 SEMISCH, Tim 11/2 X X X X X TE TE X - X X - X -23 SETTLE, Leighton 10/- X - X - X X X X X X - - X X99 SIMS, Mathew 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X34 SPENCER, James 5/- - - - - - X - - - X X - X X14 STEPHEN, Courtney 6/- X X X X X X - - - - - - - -47 STERLING, Rob 10/1 - - - - X X X FB X X X X X X19 STONE, Demetrius 14/7 FS FS FS FS FS X FS X FS X X X X X77 VOLK, Jared 8/2 X - - - - X X - - X LG LG X X15 WARD, Jimmie 14/12 CB CB CB CB CB CB X CB X CB CB CB CB CB24 WARE, Dominique 14/2 CB CB X X X X X X X X X X X X26 WEDEL, Tyler 14/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X71 WEDIGE, Scott 14/14 C C C C C C C C C C C C C C91 WELLS, Anthony 14/3 X DT DT X X X X X X X X X X DT22 WELLS, Jamison 13/- X X X X X X X X X X X - X X97 WINDSOR, Joe 13/2 DE X DE X X X X - X X X X X X27 WINKEL, Bobby 7/- X - - - - X - - - X X X X X5 WOMBLE, Jamal 13/- X X X X - X X X X X X X X X

X-indicates played; letters indicate position started


---1st Downs--- Rushing ---------Passing--------- Total Off. Punts Fum Penalties 3rd Time ofGame Score Total R-P-Pen No-Yds-TD C-A-I Yds TD Pl-Yds No-Avg No-L No-Yds Downs Poss

NIU 49 26 12-12-2 47-289-1 15-24-1 220 5 71-509 2-37.0 1-1 5-40 11-of-13 27:01vs. Army 26 24 19-4-1 63-303-3 7-16-1 106 1 79-409 3-41.7 2-2 6-51 6-of-15 32:59

NIU 42 27 8-17-2 29-147-4 27-33-0 315 2 62-462 2-32.0 0-0 3-35 4-of-8 23:11at Kansas 45 32 17-12-3 60-253-3 21-30-0 281 3 90-534 1-56.0 1-1 9-75 13-of-18 36:49

NIU 7 11 3-8-0 25-64-1 17-27-0 173 0 52-237 9-34.9 0-0 4-35 4-of-13 21:07vs. Wisconsin 49 34 18-15-1 47-266-4 24-34-1 355 3 81-621 1-36.0 0-0 6-45 10-of-14 38:53 NIU 47 33 23-7-3 51-355-4 18-21-0 187 2 72-542 1-38.0 0-0 7-69 9-of-12 30:18vs. Cal-Poly 30 21 16-3-2 60-297-3 6-11-0 75 1 70-369 3-35.0 2-2 7-68 3-of-12 29:42

NIU 41 31 10-17-4 44-217-2 27-51-2 370 2 95-587 3-34.0 1-0 4-32 8-of-20 30:58at C. Michigan 48 19 8-10-1 32-176-2 17-28-0 387 4 60-563 4-36.2 0-0 6-65 5-of-12 29:02

NIU 40 16 11-4-1 43-209-2 15-19-0 135 1 62-344 3-36.3 3-3 8-79 8-of-15 29:18vs. Kent State 10 11 4-4-3 38-1-0 6-24-1 63 0 61-64 7-39.9 4-2 4-34 1-of-15 30:42

NIU 51 30 18-10-2 54-494-6 14-28-1 203 0 82-697 0-0.0 1-1 5-46 7-of-14 29:37vs. W. Michigan 22 21 6-12-3 31-91-0 29-48-2 233 2 79-324 5-48.2 1-0 6-48 6-of-19 30:23 NIU 31 15 6-9-0 47-178-4 11-26-0 150 0 73-328 8-41.4 0-0 7-67 7-of-19 28:43at Buffalo 30 33 10-21-2 38-168-1 35-54-2 404 3 92-572 3-35.7 5-3 7-70 7-of-18 31:17 NIU 63 27 13-10-4 36-267-1 17-26-0 265 6 62-532 4-30.5 1-1 5-46 4-of-10 25:26at Toledo 60 33 15-16-2 53-264-3 21-35-0 325 5 88-589 2-39.5 0-0 9-89 8-of-13 34:34

NIU 45 27 13-12-2 52-283-3 18-28-0 340 3 80-623 5-35.0 0-0 5-55 8-of-15 35:51at Bowling Green 14 14 4-10-0 17-79-0 22-40-0 255 2 57-334 7-46.6 1-1 8-57 2-of-13 24:09

NIU 41 43 20-19-4 58-372-3 26-37-0 338 2 95-710 5-31.2 4-2 9-107 7-of-14 36:30vs Ball State 38 18 5-11-2 26-153-2 23-43-0 245 2 69-398 7-44.0 2-1 4-40 3-of-14 23:30

NIU 18 11 8-3-0 37-188-1 9-20-0 98 1 57-286 7-36.0 1-0 6-50 2-of-13 26:20vs E. Michigan 12 18 10-7-1 48-133-0 11-25-0 147 1 73-280 6-38.7 0-0 2-10 8-of-18 33:40

NIU 23 19 9-9-1 36-155-0 16-26-1 250 3 62-405 5-39.2 4-3 4-30 6-of-13 26:01vs Ohio 20 21 8-11-2 39-130-1 19-32-3 242 1 71-372 4-34.8 1-0 5-45 7-of-18 33:59

NIU 38 17 4-12-1 35-59-2 23-42-1 342 2 77-401 8-35.0 1-0 5-50 2-of-18 32:13vs. Arkansas State 20 20 3-16-1 29-28-1 30-58-3 353 1 87-381 7-28.6 2-2 7-58 5-of-21 27:47

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

TEAM Average NCAA MACRushing Offense 234.14 12 2Passing Offense 241.86 51 7Total Offense 476.00 11 2Scoring Offense 38.29 12 2Rushing Defense 167.36 73 6Pass Ef iciency Defense 132.26 69 8Total Defense 415.21 88 9Scoring Defense 30.29 85 10Net Punting 35.53 81 7Punt Returns 6.81 80 8Kickoff Returns 19.81 100 9Turnover Margin .43 29 4Pass Defense 247.86 89 11Passing Ef iciency 152.23 17 2Sacks 2.00 T-54 4Tackles for Loss 6.71 33 3Sacks Allowed .86 10 2Tackles for Loss Allowed 5.00 T-26 3Fewest Penalties 5.50 46 6Fewest Yards Penalized 53.43 76 7Punt Ret. Yardage Defense 1.00 2 1

TEAM Average NCAA MACKickoff Ret. Yardage Defense 20.83 47 8Third Down Conversion Pct. 44.16 33 4Third Down Conv. Pct. Defense 38.01 47 7Fourth Down Conversion Pct. 78.57 6 1Fourth Down Conv. Pct. Defense 59.38 95 11Time of Possession 28:45 91 12

INDIVIDUAL Average NCAA MACChandler Harnish, Rushing 98.50 25 4Jasmin Hopkins, Rushing 68.29 78 9Chandler Harnish, Passing Ef iciency 153.01 15 2Chandler Harnish, Total Offense 328.21 9 2Rashaan Melvin, Interceptions .23 T-90 T-9Ryan Neir, Punting 35.69 94 11Tommylee Lewis, Kickoff Returns 25.17 34 4Mathew Sims, Field Goals 1.43 21 2Mathew Sims, Scoring 8.86 20 2Jasmin Hopkins, Scoring 6.86 81 9Pat Schiller, Tackles 8.21 T-74 T-10Alan Baxter, Tackles for Loss .96 T-94 T-8Ron Newcomb, Tackles for Loss .96 T-94 T-8

NIU in the 2011 NCAA and MAC Rankings


RUSHINGNo-Yds Army Kansas UW Cal-Poly CMU Kent St. WMU Buffalo Toledo BGSU BSU EMU Ohio Ark.St.Ashford, Perez 0-0 0-0 2-7 1-26 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-19 1-8 1-6 0-0 0-0 1-19 0-0Bell, Cameron 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4 2-7 1-3 0-0 1-(-4) 1-1 0-0 1-7Clark, Willie 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-10 0-0Daniels, Akeem 4-22 0-0 4-23 8-48 5-24 6-58 6-16, 5-12 4-43 3-6 4-27 4-7 2-6 2-11 2 TDHarnish, Chandler 11-84, 11-89, 4- (-2) 13-118, 18-92, 11-65, 14-229 12-67, 16-113 17-151, 28-181, 17-148, 13-31 9-(-3) TD 3 TD TD TD TD TD TD TD TD Hopkins, Jasmin 14-138 13-47, TD 4-7, TD 22-143, 19-95, 10-19 14-91, 18-48, 11-72, 16-59, 18-122, 8-31 11-60 9-24 2 TD TD 3 TD 3 TD TD TD 2TD Lewis, Tommylee DNP DNP DNP 1-9, TD 0-0 1-(-2) 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-11 2-35 1-20 0-0 0-0Lynch, Jordan 1-8 0-0 5-19 1-6 1-3 8-46, TD 10-113, TD 1-4 2-3 6-32 1-14 1-0 1-2 7-(-4), TDSettle, Leighton 6-2 DNP 2-1 DNP 0-0 0-0 4-66 3-14 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Spencer, James DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0 DNP DNP DNP 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Wells, Jamison 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-(-1) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-21 0-0 DNP 0-0 0-0Womble, Jamal 7-37 4-11 4-9 4-6 DNP 5-18 2-(-5) 2-8 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-10 6-25,

TDRECEIVINGNo-Yds Army Kansas UW Cal-Poly CMU Kent St. WMU Buffalo Toledo BGSU BSU EMU Ohio Ark. St.Ashford, Perez 0-0 5-67 6-77 4-47, 8-87 1-11 2-22 2-45 2-11, 2-16 3-26 1-(-4) 3-45 8-80, TD TD TDBrown, Da’Ron 0-0 2-28, 3-46 0-0 5-63 2-25 1-24 0-0 3-56, 3-48 2-21 0-0 2-6 0-0 TD TDClark, Willie 0-0 2-35 1-2 2-17 0-0 2-8 1-6 0-0 1-15, 4-109, 3-30 2-70, 0-0 0-0 TD 2 TD TDDaniels, Akeem 3-26, 3-40 1-1 1-23 0-0 0-0 2-49 0-0 2-20 1-79, 0-0 1-3 0-0 1-1 TD TDEakes, Luke 1-13, 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 1-7 0-0 0-0 1-5 1-13 1-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 TD Grady, DeMarcus 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-24 1-27 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Hopkins, Jasmin 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-5 3-20, 1-1 0-0 1-7 0-0 0-0 1-18 0-0 3-8 2-6 TDJohnson, Anthony 2-32 1-12 0-0 2-18 1-20 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-26 4-51 1-15 0-0 0-0 0-0Marks, Jack 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-13 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0McAvoy, Pat 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-12 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4Moore, Martel 4-46, 4-45, 2-13 2-12 6-130 4-35, 0-0 3-34 1-5 DNP 6-120, 5-29 3-59 8-224, TD TD TD TD TDPalmer, Nathan 1-19, 9-86 2-23 3-27 1-12 2-35 7-89 2-38 4-120, 3-24 8-95, 0-0 4-115 1-12 TD 3 TD TD 2 TDSemisch, Tim 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-7, TD 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Settle, Leighton 0-0 DNP 0-0 DNP 0-0 1-6 0-0 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Wells, Jamison 2-16 1-2 2-11 1-7 1-6 1-7 0-0 1-7 1-7 0-0 1-18 DNP 1-17 2-15Womble, Jamal 2-58, 0-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 TD

PASSINGC-A, Yds Army Kansas UW Cal-Poly CMU Kent St. WMU Buffalo Toledo BGSU BSU EMU Ohio Ark. St.Harnish, Chandler 12-19, 195, 27-33, 14-24, 18-21, 27-50, 12-15, 113 14-27, 11-26, 17-26, 16-26, 26-36, 9-19, 16-26, 18-36, 5 TD, 315, 164 187 370 TD 203, 150 265 294, 338 98 250, 3 TD 274, 2TD, INT 2 TD 2 TD 2 TD INT 6 TD 2 TD 2 TD TD INT INTLynch, Jordan 3-5, 25 DNP 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-4, 22 0-1, 0 0-0 0-0 2-2, 46 0-0 0-1, 0 0-0 4-4, 64 TDAshford, Perez – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0-1Neir, Ryan – – – – – – – – – – – – – 1-1, 4

PUNTINGNo-Avg, In20 Army Kansas UW Cal-Poly CMU Kent St. WMU Buffalo Toldeo BGSU BSU EMU Ohio Ark. St.Neir, Ryan 2-37.0, 1 2-32, 0 9-34.9, 3 1-38.0, 0 3-34.0, 1 3-36.3, 0 0-0.0, 0 8-41.4, 2 4-30.5, 1 5-35.0, 2 5-31.2 7-36.0 5-39.2, 2 8-35.0, 4

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS


DEFENSESolo-Asst-Total Army Kansas UW Cal-Poly CMU Kent St. WMU Buffalo Toledo BGSU BSU EMU Ohio Ark. St.Anderson, Zach DNP DNP 0-2-2, 1-0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP INT Barksdale, Greg 1-3-4 DNP 1-1-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPBass, Jamaal 2-6-8 3-1-4 2-3-5, 1-5-6, 3-7-10, 2-3-5, 3-2-5 2-4-6 0-2-2, DNP DNP DNP 2-5-7, 3-1-4, TFL 0.5 TFL TFL 2 TFL, QBH TFL PBU Baxter, Alan 4-3-7, 3-1-4, DNP 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-2-2, 2-1-3, SK, 2-3-5, 3-3-6, 0-1-1, 0-4-4 1-1-2, 1-4-5, 3-4-7, 2.5 TFL, 2.5 TFL, 0.5 SK, 2 TFL 0.5 TFL, TFL 0.5 TFL SK, 2QBH 1.5 SK, FF, FR QBH, 0.5 TFL, FR QBH TFL 2 TFL 1.5 SK PBUBoenzi, Frank DNP 1-1-2, SK, 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0, 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 0-1-1, 1-0-1, 1-2-3, 0-3-3, 0-0-0 TFL PBU QBH TFL 0.5 TFL 0.5 TFLDavis, Tommy 2-8-10 2-2-4 3-3-6 3-1-4 2-3-5, 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 1-0-1 2-1-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 0.5 TFL Delegal, Jordan 0-4-4, 6-2-8 7-2-9, 3-3-6 2-2-4 2-1-3, 4-3-7 4-4-8, 0-5-5, 0-0-0 4-1-5 6-4-10, 4-1-5, 4-3-7, PBU 2PBU TFL, QBH, 0.5 TFL, TFL, QBH TFL PBU TFL PBU 0.5 SKDurante, Dechane 2-1-3 3-0-3 1-2-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-2-3, 2-4-6, 6-3-9, INT, 7-2-9 3-1-4 3-2-5, 2-3-5, 2-2-4, 1-1-2, PBU, PBU, TFL, TFL, TFL INT INT BK TFL PBU PBU 0.5 SKEvans, Sean 2-0-2, 4-2-6 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-1-4, DNP 0-0-0 3-1-4, 3-0-3 0-0-0, 0-0-0 2-2-4, TFL PBU PBU PBU 2 PBUFaustin, Jhony 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-4-7 3-0-3 2-1-3, 1-7-8, 5-1-6 3-3-6, 4-3-7, 4-0-4 7-1-8 6-3-9, 7-0-7, PBU PBU TFL PBU INT INT, PBUHayes, Marckie 1-3-4 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-2-2 0-0-0 2-0-2, 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 FFJacques, Victor 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-1-3 0-2-2 1-0-1 0-2-2 2-1-3, 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-1-1 0-2-2 0.5 TFLJefferson, Nabal 0-1-1 4-0-4 0-1-1 1-1-2 1-1-2 0-2-2, 0-1-1 0-6-6, 3-3-6, 0-3-3, 1-3-4, 1-2-3, 3-3-6, 3-2-5, TD, TFL, TFL QBH PBU TFL 0.5 TFL 2 TFL INT FR,Jenkins, Kyle 1-3-4 1-0-1, 0-1-1 0-0-0 2-4-6 1-2-3, 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-1-1, 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-2 3-4-7, TFL 1.5 TFL, 0.5 TFL 1.5 TFL, SK, FR 0.5 SKMeehan, Jason 1-2-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-3-6 0-0-0 2-1-3, FR, 1-1-2 1-0-1, 1-1-2 2-1-3, 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-2-3, 0-1-1, FR 0.5 TFL, TFL TFL 0.5 TFL 0.5 SK, Melvin, Rashaan 2-4-6, DNP 7-3-10 7-2-9, 4-1-5 1-0-1 6-2-8, 5-5-10, 3-2-5 2-0-2, 1-1-2, 6-3-9 2-1-3 8-0-8, INT PBU PBU, PBU, PBU, PBU 2 PBU INT, TFL INT, QBH PBUNewcomb, Ron 0-2-2, 2-1-3, 1-1-2 4-1-5, 2-2-4, 5-4-9, 1-0-1, 3-2-5 1-5-6, 1-1-2, 1-3-4, 2-1-3, 0-3-3, DNP 0.5 TFL FR TFL TFL, 4.5 TFL, TFL PBU 1.5 TFL, PBU 2 TFL, TFL, PBU FF, BK SK PBU QBH 2.5 SK SKO’Neal, Stephen DNP 0-0-0 2-3-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1, SK, 1-1-2 0-0-0, 1-0-1, DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1, 1-1-2, SK, FF , TFL QBH TFL SK, TFL 1.5 TFL, FFPorter, Gervais 2-2-4, 0-0-0 0-3-3 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP PBUProgar, Sean 1-3-4 3-7-10, 0-0-0 0-2-2 1-2-3, SK, 4-2-6, 2-1-3, SK 1-2-3, 0-3-3 1-1-2, 3-2-5 3-1-4, 3-4-7, DNP TFL TFL, 2.5 TFL, 2 TFL, 1.5 TFL, 3 QBH 2 TFL, 0.5 TFL 0.5 SK, QBH 2 SK, FF PBU QBH SK 4 QBHSantacaterina, Michael 0-2-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 2-2-4, FF, 0-3-3, 2-2-4 0-1-1 2-3-5 0-3-3 3-2-5, 0-0-0 0-1-1 0.5 TFL, INT 0.5 TFL 0.5 TFL 0.5 SK,Schiller, Pat 4-5-9, 4-4-8, 3-2-5 7-4-11, 1-8-9, 3-3-6, 4-6-10, 4-7-11, 3-8-11, 2-4-6 2-7-9, 2-6-8, 1-4-5 2-5-7 2 TFL 1.5 TFL 1.5 TFL, 0.5 TFL, TFL TFL, SK, 0.5 TFL 2 PBU, PBU 1.5 TFL SK QBH 2 PBU QBH 0.5 TFLStephen, Courtney 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0, 0-0-0 0-1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP PBUStone, Demetrius 4-1-5, 8-2-10, 7-0-7 6-1-7 2-1-3, 0-1-1, 2-2-4, 1-6-7, 5-4-9, 0-0-0, 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 FR PBU PBU PBU PBU PBU QBH QBH INTWard, Jimmie 2-5-7, 6-4-10, 6-5-11 4-3-7, 2-2-4 3-3-6 4-5-9, 4-1-5, 3-10-13 2-3-5 1-1-2, 3-5-8, 4-2-6, 4-3-7 TFL, PBU TFL PBU FF PBU 0.5 TFL, INT BK, SK PBUWare, Dominique 3-2-5 3-0-3 1-2-3 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-3-3 1-0-1, 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 FR Wells, Anthony 2-1-3 2-2-4, 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1, SK 0-0-0 1-0-1, 0-0-0 1-1-2, 0-0-0 1-2-3, 0-0-0 PBU TFL TFL TFL, SK, TFL QBHWindsor, Joe 1-4-5, 1-2-3, 0-1-1 1-4-5 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-2 FR 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 TFL TFL

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS


RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Philip Livas (97 yards) of Louisiana Tech, Independence Bowl (12-28-08)

RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN...LaVon Brazill (91 yards) of Ohio (11-21-09)

RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Gordon DuBois (27 yards) of Buffalo (10-16-10)

RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Joshua Howard (92 yards) of Ball State (11-15-11)

SCORED A SAFETY...W. Michigan (NIU punter tackled in end zone), 10-15-11

BLOCKED A PUNT...Chris Anderson of North Dakota (9-11-10)

BLOCKED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Ellis Hobbs (block) / LaMarcus Hicks (recovered ball in end zone) of Iowa State (9-18-04)

BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL...Courtney Lester of Buffalo (10-22-11)

BLOCKED A PAT KICK...Kevin Hess of Cal Poly (9-24-11)

MISSED A PAT KICK (not blocked)...Peter Fardon of Buffalo (10-22-11)

SHUT OUT THE HUSKIES...Navy 16, Northern Illinois 0 (11-25-08)

PASSED FOR 300 OR MORE YARDS...Austin Dantin (322) of Toledo (11-1-11)

PASSED FOR 400 OR MORE YARDS...Chazz Anderson (404) of Buffalo (10-22-11)

RUSHED FOR 100 OR MORE YARDS...Adonis Thomas (160) of Toledo (11-1-11)

RUSHED FOR 200 OR MORE YARDS...Mike Ford (207) of South Florida (1-3-10)

HAD A RUSH OF 60 YARDS OR LONGER...Bryan Schroeder (80) of Central Michigan (11-27-09)

TWO OR MORE PLAYERS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS...Andre Broadous (103) and Jake Romanelli (101) of Cal Poly (9-24-11)

HAD 10 OR MORE RECEPTIONS...Taylor Stockemer (11) of Arkansas State (1-8-12)

HAD 100 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS...Taylor Stockemer (185) of Arkansas State (1-8-12)

HAD 200 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS...Travis Shelton (204) of Temple (10-21-06)

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RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Tommylee Lewis (95 yards) at Toledo (11-1-10)

RETURNED TWO KICKOFFS FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Tommylee Lewis (100 & 95 yards) at Toledo (11-1-10)

RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Perez Ashford (44 yards) at Miami (10-24-09)

RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Craig Rusch (60 yards) at Kent State (11-18-08)

SCORED A SAFETY...Sean Progar (tackled RB in end zone) vs. Eastern Michigan (11-25-11)

RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Dechane Durante (36 yards) vs. Arkansas State (1-8-12)

A NON-QB THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS...Jasmin Hopkins (19 yards to Landon Cox) at Illinois (9-18-10)

BLOCKED A PUNT...Dechane Durante vs. Kent State (10-8-11)

BLOCKED TWO PUNTS IN A GAME...Jordan Delegal (2) at Ball State (11-20-10)

BLOCKED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Jimmie Ward (block) / Courtney Stephen (14-yard return) vs. Army (9-3-11)

BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL...Ron Newcomb vs. Kent State (10-8-11)

BLOCKED A PAT KICK...Mike Krause vs. Miami (12-3-10)

CONVERTED A FAKE FG FOR A TOUCHDOWN...Jimmy Erwin (8-yard rush) vs. Central Michigan (10-19-02)

MISSED A PAT KICK (not blocked)...Mathew Sims vs. Ohio (12-2-11)

RECORDED A SHUTOUT...at Eastern Michigan, 37-0 (9-27-08)

CONVERTED A TWO-POINT ATTEMPT...Nathan Palmer (pass from Chandler Harnish) at Central Michigan (10-1-11)

PASSED FOR 300 OR MORE YARDS...Chandler Harnish (370) at Central Michigan (10-1-11)

PASSED FOR 400 OR MORE YARDS...Phil Horvath (486) at Akron (9-24-05) - NIU RECORD

RUSHED FOR 100 OR MORE YARDS...Chandler Harnish (148) vs. Eastern Michigan (11-25-11)

RUSHED FOR 200 OR MORE YARDS...Chandler Harnish (229) vs. W. Michigan (10-15-11)

HAD A RUSH OF 60 YARDS OR LONGER...Jasmin Hopkins (74) at Eastern Michigan (11-26-10)

TWO PLAYERS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS IN THE SAME GAME...Chandler Harnish (181) and Jasmin Hopkins (122) vs. Ball State (11-15-11)

HAD 10 OR MORE RECEPTIONS...Landon Cox (11) at Ohio (11-21-09)

HAD 100 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS...Martel Moore (224) vs. Arkansas State (1-8-12)

HAD 200 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS...Martel Moore (224) vs. Arkansas State (1-8-12)

HAD 200 RUSHING AND 200 PASSING YARDS...Chandler Harnish (229 rushing/203 passing) vs. W. Michigan (10-15-11)

HAD 100 RUSHING AND 100 RECEIVING YARDS...Garrett Wolfe (171 rushing/114 receiving) at Ohio State (9-2-06)

CAUGHT TWO RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN PASSES...Willie Clark (2) at Bowling Green (11-8-11)

SCORED THREE TOUCHDOWNS...Nathan Palmer (3 receiving) at Toledo (11-1-11)

HAD TWO INTERCEPTIONS IN A GAME...Tyrone Clark vs. Central Michigan (10-23-10)


MOST POINTS, GAMENorthern Illinois.....63, at Toledo (11/1)Opponent .................60, by Toledo (11/1)

MOST POINTS, QUARTERNorthern Illinois.....24 (3rd), vs. W. Michigan (10/15)Opponent .................22 (4th), by Toledo (11/1)

MOST POINTS, HALFNorthern Illinois .......38 (2nd), vs. W. Michigan (10/15)Opponent .................36 (2nd), by Toledo (11/1)

MOST FIRST DOWNSNorthern Illinois.....43, vs. Ball State (11/15)Opponent .................34, by Wisconsin (9/17)

MOST RUSHING YARDSNorthern Illinois.....494, vs. W. Michigan (10/15)Opponent .................303, by Army (9/3)

MOST RUSHING ATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois.....58, vs. Ball State (11/15)Opponent .................63, by Army (9/3)

MOST PASSING YARDSNorthern Illinois.....370, at C. Michigan (10/1)Opponent .................404, by Buffalo (10/22)

MOST PASS ATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois.....50, at C. Michigan (10/1)Opponent .................58, by Arkansas State (1/8)

MOST PASS COMPLETIONSNorthern Illinois.....27, twice last at CMU (10/1)Opponent .................35, by Buffalo (10/22)

MOST SACKS (BY DEFENSE)Northern Illinois.....7, vs. Kent State (10/8)Opponent .................2, by Ball State (11/15) 2, by C. Michigan (10/1)

MOST PLAYSNorthern Illinois.....95, twice last vs. Ball St. (11/15)Opponent .................92, by Buffalo (10/22)

MOST TOTAL NET YARDSNorthern Illinois.....710, vs. Ball State (11/15)Opponent .................621, by Wisconsin (9/17)

MOST PENALTIES Northern Illinois.....9, vs. Ball State (11/15)Opponent .................9, by Toledo (11/1) 9, by Kansas (9/10)

MOST TURNOVERSNorthern Illinois ......4, vs. Ohio (12/2)Opponent .................5, by Buffalo (10/22)

MOST TIME OF POSSESSIONNorthern Illinois.....36:30 vs. Ball State (11/15)Opponent .................38:53, by Wisconsin (9/17)

FEWEST POINTS, GAMENorthern Illinois.....7, vs. Wisconsin (9/17)Opponent ................. 10, by Kent State (10/8)

FEWEST POINTS, HALFNorthern Illinois.....0, 1st vs. Ohio (12/2) 0, 2nd vs. Wisconsin (9/17)Opponent .................0, 2nd by Ohio (12/2) 0, 2nd by Bowling Green (11/8)

FEWEST FIRST DOWNSNorthern Illinois..... 11, vs. E. Michigan (11/25) 11, vs. Wisconsin (9/17)Opponent ................. 11, by Kent State (10/8)

FEWEST RUSHING YARDSNorthern Illinois.....59, vs. Arkansas State (1/8)Opponent ................. 1, by Kent State (10/8)

FEWEST RUSHING ATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois.....25, vs. Wisconsin (9/17)Opponent ................. 17, by Bowling Green (11/8)

FEWEST PASSING YARDSNorthern Illinois.....98, vs. E. Michigan (11/25)Opponent .................63, by Kent State (10/8)

FEWEST PASS ATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois..... 19, vs. Kent State (10/8)Opponent ................. 11, by Cal Poly (9/24)

FEWEST PASS COMPLETIONSNorthern Illinois.....9, vs. E. Michigan (11/25)Opponent .................6, by Kent State (10/8) 6, by Cal Poly (9/24)

FEWEST SACKS (BY DEFENSE)Northern Illinois.....0 vs three opponentsOpponent .................0, by six opponents

FEWEST TOTAL NET YARDSNorthern Illinois.....237, vs. Wisconsin (9/17)Opponent .................280, by E. Michigan (11/25)

FEWEST PENALTIESNorthern Illinois.....3, at Kansas (9/10)Opponent .................4, by Ball State (11/15) 4, by Kent State (10/8)

FEWEST TURNOVERSNorthern Illinois.....0, vs. fi ve opponentsOpponent .................0, by four opponents

LEAST TIME OF POSSESSIONNorthern Illinois.....21:07, vs. Wisconsin (9/17)Opponent .................23:30, by Ball State (11/15))

RUSHING YARDS (NET)NIU .......... 229, Chandler Harnish vs. WMU (10/15)Opp. .......... 160, Adonis Thomas, Toledo (11/1)

RUSHING ATTEMPTSNIU .......... 28, Chandler Harnish vs. BSU (11/15)Opp. .......... 28, Branden Oliver, Buffalo (10/22)

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNSNIU .......... 3, Jasmin Hopkins at Buffalo (10/22)Opp. .......... 2, by four opponents

PASSING YARDSNIU .......... 370, Chandler Harnish at CMU (10/1)Opp. .......... 404, Chazz Anderson, Buffalo (10/22)

TOTAL OFFENSENIU .......... 519, Chandler Harnish vs. BSU (11/15)Opp. .......... 460, Chazz Anderson, Buffalo (10/22) PASS ATTEMPTSNIU .......... 50, Chandler Harnish at CMU (10/1)Opp. .......... 53, Chazz Anderson, Buffalo (10/22) PASS COMPLETIONSNIU .......... 27, Chandler Harnish at CMU (10/1) 27, Chandler Harnish at Kansas (9/10)Opp. .......... 35, Chazz Anderson, Buffalo (10/22) COMPLETION PERCENTAGENIU ...... 85.7 (18-21), Harnish vs. Cal Poly (9/24)Opp. ...... 71.9 (23-32), Russell Wilson, Wisconsin (9/17)

TOUCHDOWN PASSESNIU .......... 6, Chandler Harnish at Toledo (11/1)Opp. .......... 5, Austin Dantin, Toledo (11/1)

MOST RECEPTIONSNIU .......... 9, Nathan Palmer at Kansas (9/10)Opp. .......... 11, Taylor Stockemer, Arkansas St. (1/8) RECEIVING YARDSNIU .......... 224, Martel Moore vs. Ark. St. (1/8)Opp. ........... 185, Taylor Stockemer, Arkansas St. (1/8)

TOUCHDOWN CATCHES NIU .......... 3, Nathan Palmer at Toledo (11/1)Opp. .......... 5, Eric Page, Toledo (11/1)

TOUCHDOWNSNIU .......... 3, Nathan Palmer at Toledo (11/1) 3, Jasmin Hopkins at Buffalo (10/22)Opp. .......... 5, Eric Page, Toledo (11/1)

SACKSNIU .......... 2, Sean Progar vs. Kent State (10/8)Opp. .......... 1, by seven opponents

TACKLES FOR LOSSNIU .......... 3.5, Ron Newcomb vs. Kent State (10/8)Opp. .......... 3.5, Steve Erzinger, Army (9/3)

INTERCEPTIONSNIU .......... 1, by eight playersOpp. .......... 2 by Jahleel Addae, C. Michigan (10/1)

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2011 HIGHS AND LOWS


NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School) 1 Martel Moore WR 6-0 183 Sr. 3L San Antonio, TX (Earl Warren) 2 Sean Evans CB 5-10 174 Jr.-RS 1L Ft. Walton Beach, FL (Ft. Walton Beach) 3 Akeem Daniels RB 5-7 184 Jr. 2L Kissimmee, FL (Osceola) 4 Da’Ron Brown WR 6-0 194 So.-RS 1L Chicago, IL (Morgan Park) 5 Jamal Womble RB 5-10 246 Sr. 1L Teachey, NC (Buena [Ariz.]/Hutchinson CC) 6 Jamaal Bass LB 5-10 225 So.-RS 1L Miramar, FL (Miramar) 6 Jordan Lynch QB 6-0 216 Jr.-RS 2L Chicago, IL (Mt. Carmel) 7 Perez Ashford WR 5-11 182 Sr. 3L Shaker Heights, OH (Shaker Heights) 8 Ladell Fleming LB 6-0 194 Fr. HS Chicago, IL (Julian) 9 Rasheen Lemon LB 6-0 206 Fr.-RS 1Sq Chicago, IL (Proviso West) 9 Matt McIntosh QB 6-1 197 Fr.-RS 1Sq Evansville, IN (Reitz) 10 Tommylee Lewis WR 5-7 155 So. 1L Riviera Beach, FL (W.T. Dwyer) 11 Rashaan Melvin CB 6-2 193 Sr.-RS 2L Waukegan, IL (Waukegan) 12 Drew Hare QB 6-1 200 Fr. HS O’Fallon, MO (Fort Zumwalt West) 12 Matt Williams QB 6-1 188 Fr. HS Geneva, IL (Geneva) 13 Charlie Miller WR 5-10 176 Fr. HS Vero Beach, FL (Vero Beach) 14 Courtney Stephen S 6-0 194 Sr.-RS 1L Brampton, Ont., Canada (Turner Fenton/Wilfrid Laurier Univ.) 15 Jimmie Ward DB 5-11 192 Jr. 2L Mobile, AL (Davidson) 16 Charles Ivory DB 6-0 161 Fr. HS Vero Beach, FL (Vero Beach) 17 Marckie Hayes CB 5-8 176 So.-RS 1L Sycamore, IL (Sycamore) 18 Ryan Neir P 6-3 208 Sr.-RS 1L Roscoe, IL (Hononegah) 19 Demetrius Stone CB 5-10 203 Sr. 2L Miami, FL (American Senior/Coffeyville CC) 19 Johnny Eagan QB 6-0 200 Fr. HS Wautoma, WI (Wautoma) 20 Keith Harris, Jr. RB 5-8 181 Fr. HS Chicago, IL (Leo) 21 Dechane Durante S 6-2 196 So.-RS 1L Charlotte, NC (Vance) 22 Jamison Wells WR 5-11 193 Jr.-RS 1L Combined Locks, WI (Kimberly) 23 Leighton Settle RB 5-9 199 Jr. 1L Madison, WI (Madison West/Fresno City CC) 24 Dominique Ware S 5-11 180 Jr.-RS 2L Bolingbrook, IL (Plainfield North) 25 Giorgio Bowers RB 5-8 218 So.-RS TR Olympia Fields, IL (Rich Central/Akron) 26 Tyler Wedel P/K 5-11 186 So. 1L McFarland, WI (McFarland) 27 Bobby Winkel LB 6-1 227 So.-RS 1L Batavia, IL (Marmion Academy) 28 Jhony Faustin CB 5-8 174 Jr. 1L Naples, FL (Lely/Ellsworth CC) 29 Paris Logan CB 5-9 179 Fr.-RS 1Sq Columbia, MO (Rock Bridge) 30 Marlon Moore CB 5-9 180 Fr. HS Mobile, Ala. (C.F. Vigor) 31 Anthony Brooks CB 5-11 175 Fr. HS Detroit, MI (Warren Mott) 32 Nate McNeal S 5-10 171 Jr.-RS 1Sq Chicago, IL (Thornwood/Harper College) 33 Tré Moore S 5-9 194 Fr.-RS 1Sq Dayton, OH (Wayne) 34 Conner Gavin S 5-11 197 Fr. HS Chicago, IL (Notre Dame) 34 James Spencer RB 5-8 181 So.-RS 1L Fremont, OH (Ross) 35 Videl Nelson LB 6-0 230 Fr.-RS 1Sq Kansas City, MO (Staley) 36 Tyrone Clark LB 5-10 219 Sr. 2L St. Louis, MO (Mehlville) 37 Desroy Maxwell TE 6-2 245 Fr. HS Evanston, IL (Amundsen) 38 Alex Morrow RB 5-8 194 Fr. HS Streamwood, IL (Streamwood) 39 Mark Strbjak P 6-3 200 Fr. HS Munster, IN (Munster) 40 Victor Jacques LB 5-11 228 Sr.-RS 2L Miami, FL (Christopher Columbus) 41 Cody Hazelett LB 6-2 198 Fr. HS Inver Grove Heights, MN (Simley) 42 Cameron Stingily RB 6-1 244 So.-RS 1L Romeoville, IL (Romeoville) 43 Jess Striedl TE 6-1 221 So.-RS 2Sq St. Charles, IL (St. Charles East) 44 Perez Ford DE 6-0 218 Fr. HS Romeoville, IL (Romeoville) 45 Boomer Mays LB 6-0 230 Fr.-RS 1Sq Lawrence, KS (Eudora) 46 George Rainey DE 6-2 222 Jr.-RS 2L Milwaukee, WI (South Division) 47 Rob Sterling FB 5-10 231 So. 1L Lansing, IL (T.F. South) 48 Ricky Connors FB 6-1 246 So.-RS 2Sq Powder Springs, GA (Harrison) 49 Jason Meehan DE 6-1 241 So. 1L St. Louis, MO (Webster Groves) 50 Ryan Gorrell LB 6-1 225 So.-RS 1Sq Westchester, IL (Montini Catholic/Minnesota State) 51 Zach Anderson DT 6-1 300 Jr.-RS 1L Ladysmith, WI (Ladysmith) 52 Michael Santacaterina LB 5-10 210 So.-RS 1L Geneva, IL (Geneva) 53 Matthew Baltimore DE 6-3 230 Fr. HS Overland Park, KS (Olathe East) 54 Cameron Clinton-Earl DE 6-1 244 Fr.-RS 1Sq Milwaukee, WI (Hamilton) 55 Andrew Ness OL 6-3 286 Fr.-RS 1Sq O’Fallon, MO (Christian Brothers College) 56 Daniel Green DE 6-1 242 Sr.-RS 2Sq Oak Park, IL (Oak Park and River Forest) 57 Cornelius Henry DT 6-0 250 So.-RS WO Chicago, IL (Fenger Academy) 57 Scott Taylor OL 6-2 295 Fr. HS Marengo, IL (Marian Central Catholic) 58 Mike Cotton LB 6-1 224 Fr. HS O’Fallon, IL (O’Fallon Township) 59 Michael Gegner C 6-3 283 So.-RS 1L Indianapolis, IN (Warren Central)


NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School) 61 Aidan Conlon OL 6-3 287 Fr.-RS 1Sq Flossmoor, IL (Homewood-Flossmoor) 62 Patrick Husain OL 6-7 309 Jr. TR Evanston, IL (Evanston Township/Tulane) 63 Larry Lloyd DT 6-0 244 So.-RS 1Sq Chicago, IL (Glenbard East) 64 Sal Arceo OL 6-1 292 Fr. HS Chicago, IL (Mt. Carmel) 65 Wes Ott OL 6-3 281 So.-RS 2Sq Western Springs, IL (Lyons Township) 66 Bobby Ramlet LS 6-3 236 Fr. HS Appleton, WI (Xavier) 66 Matt Battaglia OL 6-3 287 Sr. 2L Chicago, IL (Marist/Harper JC) 67 Tyler Pitt OL 6-5 292 So.-RS 1L McRae, GA (Telfair County) 68 Ron Brown OL 6-3 377 Fr. HS Detroit, MI (Mumford) 69 Corey Thomas DT 6-2 308 Fr. HS Chicago, IL (Lindblom Math & Science Acad.) 70 Logan Pegram OL 6-3 306 Sr.-RS 3L Silver Lake, KS (Silver Lake) 71 Levon Myers OL 6-5 267 Fr. HS Franklin, WI (Franklin) 72 Josh Ruka OL 6-5 296 Fr. HS Greenfield, WI (Greenfield) 73 Matthew Killian OL 6-5 303 Fr.-RS 1Sq O’Fallon, MO (Francis Howell) 74 Dustin Adams OL 6-3 306 Fr. HS Minot, ND (Minot) 75 Tyler Loos OL 6-5 282 So.-RS 2Sq Sterling, IL (Sterling) 76 Brad Steger OL 6-6 346 Fr. HS Rock Island, IL (Rock Island) 77 Jared Volk OL 6-3 315 Jr.-RS 2L Hartland, WI (Arrowhead) 78 Ryan Brown OL 6-6 283 So.-RS 1L Elburn, IL (St. Charles North) 79 Matt Krempel OL 6-5 307 Jr.-RS 2L Columbus, IN (Columbus North) 80 Devonte’ Majors WR 6-1 237 Fr.-RS 1Sq O’Fallon, MO (Fort Zumwalt West) 80 Jordan Gruettner P 5-11 225 Fr. HS Muskego, WI (Muskego) 81 Clayton Glasper WR 6-4 202 Fr. HS Peoria, IL (Richwoods) 82 Juwan Brescacin WR 6-4 219 Fr.-RS 1Sq Mississauga, Ont., Canada [Culver (Ind.) Academy] 83 Luke Eakes TE 6-3 250 So.-RS 1L St. Marys, KS (St. Marys) 84 Brian Mayer LS 6-2 205 So.-RS 1L Orland Park, IL (Carl Sandburg) 84 Kevin Tennenbaum TE 6-3 239 Fr.-RS 1Sq Buffalo Grove, IL (Buffalo Grove) 85 Angelo Sebastiano WR 6-0 205 Fr.-RS 1sq Coconut Creek, FL (North Broward Prep) 86 Jacob Brinlee WR 5-9 185 Fr. WO Lake Zurich, IL (Lake Zurich/Fork Union) 87 Jason Schepler TE 6-2 274 Sr.-RS 3L Sycamore, IL (Sycamore) 88 Tim Semisch TE 6-8 266 So.-RS 1L Omaha, NE (Millard North/Neb.-Omaha) 89 Stephen O’Neal DE 6-3 235 Jr.-RS 2L Park Forest, IL (Rich East) 90 Alan Baxter DE 6-0 240 Sr. 3L Buffalo Grove, IL (Buffalo Grove) 91 Anthony Wells DT 6-3 276 Jr.-RS 2L North Chicago, IL (North Chicago) 92 Mario Jones DT 6-0 275 Fr. HS Chicago, IL (Hubbard) 93 Ken Bishop DT 6-1 308 Jr. JC Lauderhill, FL (Piper/Ellsworth CC) 94 Donovan Gordon DT 6-0 275 So.-RS 1Sq Kansas City, MO (Raytown South/Neb.-Omaha) 95 Sean Progar DE 6-2 254 Sr.-RS 3L Glenview, IL (Glenbrook South) 96 Michael Ippolito DE 6-3 259 Fr. HS Naperville, IL (Neuqua Valley) 97 Joe Windsor DE 6-0 236 Jr. 2L Kearney, MO (Kearney) 98 Lincoln Howard TE 6-5 285 Fr. HS Osceola, WI (Osceola) 99 Mathew Sims K 5-9 181 Jr. 2L Hannibal, MO (Hannibal) 99 Nabal Jefferson DT 6-0 287 Sr. 3L Chicago, IL (Marist)

2012 Huskie Pronunciation GuideName ...........................................................PronunciationSal Arceo .................................................................. are-SAY-ohJamaal Bass ............................................................... juh-MALLMatt Battaglia ................................................Buh-TAG-lee-uhJuwan Brescacin ......................... juh-WAHN bress-cuh-SINDa’Ron Brown .............................................................duh-RONAidan Conlon ..................................................................AY-denDechane Durante ...............................deh-SHON der-RANTJohnny Eagan .................................................. EE-gin (hard G)Luke Eakes ...................................................................... EE-kissJhony Faustin ... Johnny FOW (rhymes with COW)-stinnLadell Fleming ............................................................luh-DELLMichael Gegner ............................. Gehgg-NUR (2 hard Gs)Cody Hazelett .............................................................HAYZ-letMarckie Hayes ............................................................MARK-eeMichael Ippolito .............................................. IPP-oh-LEE-toe Victor Jacques ................................................................... jhock

Name ...........................................................PronunciationNabal Jefferson .........................................................nuh-BALLRasheen Lemon ..................................................... ruh-SHEENTyler Loos ......................................................................... LooseDevonte’ Majors ............................................. duh-VONN-TAYDesroy Maxwell ............................................................DEZ-royBrian Mayer.................................................................... MAY-errJason Meehan ......................................................... MEE-HANNRashaan Melvin .................................................... ruh-SHAWNAlex Morrow ............................................................... MORE-ohLevon Myers ..................................................................LEE-vonRyan Neir ............................................................................ NEARVidel Nelson ................................................................vih-DELLStephen O’Neal .......................................................... STEFF-inLogan Pegram ........................................................... PEE-grumSean Progar .................................................................PRO-garrJosh Ruka ..................................................................... RUKE-uh

Name ...........................................................PronunciationMichael Santacaterina .................san-tuh-CAT-err-EEN-uhAngelo Sebastiano .............................suh-BASS-tee-on-OHTim Semisch ..............................................................SEMM-ishLeighton Settle ........................................................... LATE-unBrad Steger ................................................................STEE-grrrCourtney Stephen .....................................................STEE-vinCameron Stingily .....................................................STING-leeDemetrius Stone ....................................... duh-MEE-tree-USMark Strbjak ..........................................................Strib-EE-ackTyler Wedel ................................................................. WEEDLEJamal Womble ........................................................... juh-MALL

Coaching StaffDave Doeren ................................................................DORE-inRyan Nielsen ............................................................ KNEEL-sinJay Niemann ..............................................................KNEE-minMike Uremovich ....................................... YERR-em-uh-VICH


WR (X) 1 Martel Moore (6-0, 183, Sr.)............................ San Antonio, TX

4 Da’Ron Brown (6-0, 194, So.-R) ............................... Chicago, IL

WR (S) 22 Jamison Wells (5-11, 193, Jr.-R) ..............Combined Locks, WI

85 Angelo Sebastiano (6-0, 205, Fr.-R) ........ Coconut Creek, FL

WR (H) 10 Tommylee Lewis (5-7, 155, So.) ..................Riviera Beach, FL

86 Jacob Brinlee (5-9, 185, Fr.) ................................Lake Zurich, IL

TE (Y) 87 Jason Schepler (6-2, 274, Sr.-R) .......................... Sycamore, IL

37 Desroy Maxwell (6-2, 245, Fr.) ...............................Evanston, IL

LT 75 Tyler Loos (6-5, 282, So.-R) ...................................... Sterling, IL

78 Ryan Brown (6-6, 283, So.-R) ...................................... Elburn, IL

LG 61 Aidan Conlon (6-3, 287, Fr.-R) ..............................Flossmoor, IL

67 Tyler Pitt (6-5, 292, So.-R) ........................................ McRae, GA

C 55 Andrew Ness (6-3, 286, Fr.-R)................................O’Fallon, MO

59 Mike Gegner (6-3, 283, So.-R) .......................... Indianapolis, IN

RG 73 Matthew Killian (6-5, 303, Fr.-R) ..........................O’Fallon, MO

77 Jared Volk (6-3, 315, Jr.-R) ..................................... Hartland, WI

RT 79 Matt Krempel (6-5, 307, Jr.-R) ............................ Columbus, IN

65 Wes Ott (6-3, 281, So.-R) ..........................Western Springs, IL

TE (U) 83 Luke Eakes (6-3, 250, So.-R) ............................... St. Marys, KS

88 Tim Semisch (6-8, 266, So.-R) .................................Omaha, NE WR (Z) 7 Perez Ashford (5-11, 182, Sr.)..................... Shaker Heights, OH

82 Juwan Brescacin (6-4, 219, Fr.-R) .................. Mississauga, ON

QB 6 Jordan Lynch (6-0, 216, Jr.-R) ................................... Chicago, IL

9 Matt McIntosh (6-1, 197, Fr.-R) ...............................Evansville, IN

FB 47 Rob Sterling (5-10, 231, So.) ...................................... Lansing, IL

48 Ricky Connors (6-1, 246, So.-R) ............. Powder Springs, GA

TB 3 Akeem Daniels (5-7, 183, So.) ...........................Kissimmee, FL

23 Leighton Settle (5-9, 199, Jr.) ................................Madison, WI

5 Jamal Womble (5-11, 247, Jr.) ................................ Teachey, NC

42 Cameron Stingily (6-1, 244, So.-R) ....................Romeoville, IL

20 Keith Harris Jr. (5-8, 181, Fr.) ...................................... Chicago, IL

P 18 Ryan Neir (6-3, 208, Sr.-R) .......................................... Roscoe, IL

26 Tyler Wedel (5-11, 186, So.) ...................................McFarland, WI

PK 99 Mathew Sims (5-11, 180, Jr.)................................... Hannibal, MO

26 Tyler Wedel (5-11, 186, So.) ...................................McFarland, WI

KO 26 Tyler Wedel (5-11, 186, So.) ...................................McFarland, WI

HO 18 Ryan Neir (6-3, 208, Sr.-R) .......................................... Roscoe, IL

SN 84 Brian Mayer (6-2, 205, So.-R) .............................Orland Park, IL

PR 7 Perez Ashford (5-11, 182, Sr.)...................... Shaker Heights, OH

10 Tommylee Lewis (5-7, 155, So.) ...................Riviera Beach, FL

KOR 10 Tommylee Lewis (5-7, 155, So.) ...................Riviera Beach, FL

AND 7 Perez Ashford (5-11, 182, Sr.)...................... Shaker Heights, OH

DE 90 Alan Baxter (6-0, 240, Sr.) .............................Buffalo Grove, IL

49 Jason Meehan (6-1, 241, So.).................... Webster Groves, MO

44 Perez Ford (6-0, 218, Fr.) ........................................ Romeoville, IL

DT 93 Ken Bishop (6-1, 308, Jr.) ........................................ Lauderhill, FL

51 Zach Anderson (6-1, 300, Jr.) ..............................Ladysmith, WI

94 Donovan Gordon (6-0, 275, So.-R) ................ Kansas City, MO

DT 99 Nabal Jefferson (6-0, 287, Sr.) ..................................Chicago, IL

91 Anthony Wells (6-3, 276, Jr.-R) .................... North Chicago, IL

56 Daniel Green (6-1, 242, Sr.) .......................................Oak Park, IL

DE 95 Sean Progar (6-2, 254, Sr.-R) ...................................Glenview, IL

97 Joe Windsor (6-0, 236, Jr.) ......................................Kearney, MO

46 George Rainey (6-2, 222, Jr.-R) .......................... Milwaukee, WI

OLB 6 Jamaal Bass (5-10, 225, So.-R) .................................Miramar, FL

9 Rasheen Lemon (6-0, 206, Fr.-R) ............................. Chicago, IL

MLB 40 Victor Jacques (5-11, 228, Sr.-R) ...................................Miami, FL

45 Boomer Mays (6-0, 230, Fr.-R) .............................Lawrence, KS

OLB 36 Tyrone Clark (5-10, 219, Sr.) ....................................St. Louis, MO

52 Michael Santacaterina (5-10, 210, So.-R) ................Geneva, IL

CB 11 Rashaan Melvin (6-2, 193, Sr.-R) ......................... Waukegan, IL

2 Sean Evans (5-10, 174, Jr.-R) ....................Ft. Walton Beach, FL

30 Marlon Moore (5-9, 180, Fr.) ......................................... Mobile, AL

S 21 Dechane Durante (6-2, 196, So.-R) ......................Charlotte, NC

24 Dominique Ware (5-11, 180, Jr.-R)...................... Bolingbrook, IL

S 15 Jimmie Ward (5-11, 192, Jr.)..........................................Mobile, AL

14 Courtney Stephen (6-0, 194, Sr.-R) ....................Brampton, ON

33 Tré Moore (5-9, 194, Fr.-R) ........................................Dayton, OH

CB 19 Demetrius Stone (5-10, 203, Sr.).................................Miami, FL

28 Jhony Faustin (5-8, 174, Jr.) ...........................................Naples, FL

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