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NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL 2012

2012 Record ..................................................................................................2-12011 Record .................................................................................................. 11-3MAC (Regular Season) Record/Finish ................................ 7-1/1st WestHead Coach ...............................................................................Dave DoerenRecord at NIU/Years ....................................................................... 13-4/2ndCareer Record/Years ...................................................................... 13-4/2ndAlma Mater/Year ........................................................................ Drake/1994Basic Offense/Defense ..........................................................Multiple/4-3First Year of Football .............................................................................. 1899All-Time Record ..........................................................................525-464-51Last 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)

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 & Results Day, Date Opponent (TV) Time (CT)

Sat., Sept. 1 IOWA - at Soldier Field (ESPNU) L, 18-17

Sat., Sept. 8 UT MARTIN (ESPN3) W, 35-7

Sat., Sept. 15 at Army (CBS Sports Network) W, 41-40

Sat., Sept. 22 KANSAS (ESPN3) 2:30 p.m.

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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Sept. 22, 2012 | 2:30 p.m. (CT) | ESPN3 | DeKalb, Ill. |Huskie Stadium | 24,000

Kansas (1-2) at Northern Illinois (2-1)

The Top Ten• Northern Illinois plays host to Kansas in the Huskies’

final non-conference game of 2012. • The Huskies are 2-1 after picking up a 41-40 road win at

Army last Saturday.• Northern Illinois has won 16 straight games at Huskie Stadium, dating back

to a 34-31 loss to Idaho on Sept. 26, 2009. • NIU head coach Dave Doeren, a Kansas native who coached at KU from

2002-05, is 13-4 in his second season at the helm of the NIU program.• NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch threw four touchdown passes and scored on

an 88-yard run while amassing 467 yards of total offense in the Army win. • Carrying on the line of NIU dual threat quarterbacks started by current

Indianapolis Colts’ QB Chandler Harnish, Lynch ranks in the Top 30 in the country in rushing, passing efficiency, total offense and scoring

• Kansas’ D.J. Brashear caught a six-yard pass from Jordan Webb with nine seconds on the clock to give KU a 45-42 victory over Northern Illinois in Lawrence on Sept. 10, 2011.

• Northern Illinois has gained 609 total yards rushing (533 net) and 610 pass-ing in its three games so far this year.

• Over the last 10 years, Northern Illinois is the winningest program in the Mid-American Conference (80-50, a 61.5 winning percentage) and leads all Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the state of Illinois since 2002.

• The Huskies are one of 10 FBS programs to win at least 11 games in each of the last two years after winning its first MAC Championship in 28 years and the GoDaddy.com Bowl last season,

4GAME

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:

11 .............seasons with 6 or more wins6 ...................................bowl appearances3 .................. MAC Championship games8 ............. 1st or 2nd place in MAC West3 ........................................... head coaches

QuotingDave Doeren on playing at home

“We’ve played well on the road of late, but we practice in Huskie Stadium every day. It’s so familiar to our guys. There are some things that happen, wind-wise, that are unique at times that our guys are able to handle maybe better than someone that hasn’t been in that environ-ment. We’ve definitely for three seasons now taken advantage of understanding that we need to protect our home.”

HOME STRETCH: Northern Illinois begins a stretch of three home games in four weeks when the Huskies play host to the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday at Huskie Stadium. NIU, which is 1-1 in home games this season after falling to Iowa at Chi-cago’s Soldier Field in the season opener and defeating UT Martin the following week, plays seven home games in 2012.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Northern Illinois will host its third set of “hawks” when the Kansas Jayhawks come to town Saturday. NIU has already faced the Iowa Hawkeyes and the UT Martin Skyhawks this season, but will not take on the Miami Redhawks. In all, the Huskies’ 2012 slate features five “bird” teams as NIU visits the Cardinals (Ball State) and Eagles (Eastern Michigan) in MAC play.

DOWN TO THE WIRE: If the previous two games in the NIU-Kansas series are any indication, Saturday’s game will come down to the final play. Both previous games in the series have been decided by three points. A year ago, Kansas’ D.J. Beshears nudged across the goal line with nine seconds to play to give

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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 Staff

KU a 45-42 victory. The contest featured 996 yards of total offense 12 touchdowns (six by each team) and 15 kickoffs. In the first meeting in 1983, NIU kicker Vince Scott booted a 26-yard field goal with eight seconds on the clock to give the Huskies a 37-34 victory.

BIG 12 BATTLES: North-ern Illinois is 4-11 all-time against teams that make up the current Big 12 Conference. NIU has

faced six Big 12 teams. In addition to the 1-1 mark versus Kansas, the Huskies are 2-4 versus Kansas State, 1-3 all-time versus Iowa State, and have a 0-1 record against Oklahoma State, West Virginia and TCU. NIU has never faced Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas, or Texas Tech.

RECENTLY: NIU raised its record to 2-1 with a hard-fought, 41-40 victory over Army at West Point last Saturday. NIU’s Jordan Lynch hit Martel Moore with an eight-yard touchdown pass with 4:19 to play for the winning score, and Boomer Mays tackled Army QB Trent Steelman for a two-yard loss on fourth-and-three with 1:47 remaining to se-cure the win.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: With a 41-11 mark at Hus-kie Stadium since 2003, NIU has raised its all-time record in the facility to 147-97-2 for a .602 win-ning percentage all-time.

Defensive Coord./Safeties ............Jay NiemannCo-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line/ .....Recruiting Coord. .............................Ryan Nielsen Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line ...................................................................................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

The Huskies...At Huskie Stadium ...........................147-97-2At Huskie Stadium* ................................ 41-11Consecutive Huskie Stadium Wins ........ 16Last Huskie Stadium Loss ...........vs. Idaho.....................................Sept. 26, 2009 (34-31) Versus Kansas ............................................... 1-1Versus Big 12 Conference ....................... 4-9Vs. Non-Conference Opponents* ...... 18-19Dave Doeren at NIU ................................. 13-4Doeren at home (incl. Soldier Field) ....7-2Doeren versus Kansas .............................. 0-1

*Over last 10 seasons (since 2003)



2012 Record ................................................................................................... 1-22012 BIg 12 Record .......................................................................................0-1Head Coach ........................................ Charlie Weis (Notre Dame/1978)Record at Kansas/Years ...................................................................... 1-2/1stCareer Record/Years ..................................................................... 36-29/6thLocation ............................................................................. Lawrence, KansasEnrollment .............................................................................................30,004Conference ..............................................................................................BIg XIIColors ................................................................................. Crimson and BlueStadium ..............................................Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium Surface/Capacity .........................................................FieldTurf/50,071Superintendent ................................................Dr. Bernadette Gray-LittleAthletic Director ...........................................................Dr. Sheahon ZengerAthletics Website ....................................................www.kuathletics.comTwitter/Facebook .........@KUAthletics/University of Kansas Athletics Ticket Information .............. 785-864-3141 or 800-34-HAWKS (42957)

JAYHAWKS’ FACTS

NIU-KANSAS SERIES HISTORY

2012 Kansas Schedule & Results Day, Date Opponent (TV) Time (CT)/Result

Sat., Sept. 1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 31-17

Sat., Sept. 8 RICE (FSN) L, 24-25

Sat., Sept. 15 TCU* (FX) L, 6-20

Sat., Sept. 22 at Northern Illinois (ESPN3) 2:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 6 at Kansas State* TBA

Sat., Oct. 13 OKLAHOMA STATE* TBA

Sat., Oct. 20 at Oklahoma* TBA

Sat., Oct. 27 TEXAS* TBA

Sat., Nov. 3 at Baylor* TBA

Sat., Nov. 10 at Texas Tech* TBA

Sat., Nov. 17 IOWA STATE* TBA

Sat., Dec. 1 at West VIrginia^ TBA

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

Winning Ways

NIU’s Huskie Stadium winning percentage of .788 since 2002 ranks the Huskies in the Top 20 in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

HAPPY AT HOME: NIU extended its school-record winning streak at Huskie Stadium to 16 games with its win over UT Martin. The Huskies have not lost a game in DeKalb since Sept. 26, 2009 when NIU dropped a 34-31 deci-sion to Idaho. Northern Illinois has won 12 straight Mid-Ameri-can Conference games at home,

dating to a 33-30 overtime loss to Central Michigan on Nov. 12, 2008.

STAFF TRANSITION: On Sept. 3, Northern Illinois announced that first-year of-fensive coordinator Mike Dunbar’s duties would be reassigned in order to allow him to focus on his battle with cancer. Assistant coach Rod Carey assumed game-planning and play-calling duties for the Huskie offense, which includes three coaches with backgrounds as offensive coordinators—Carey, quarterbacks coach Bob Cole and running backs coach Mike Uremovich. Joe Tripodi, a third-year graduate assistant who coaches the Huskie tight ends and fullbacks, be-comes a full-time assistant and takes on recruiting duties. Dunbar remains on staff and will attend practices and meetings when he can.

SON OF THE SUNFLOWER STATE: For the second straight season, Northern Il-linois Head Coach Dave Doeren leads his Huskies against his home state school, as well as the school where he previously coached. Doeren served as lineback-ers coach and recruiting coordinator at KU from 2002-04 under head coach Mark Mangino, and added co-defensive coordinator duties in 2005. Doeren’s ties to the state go even deeper as he grew up in the Kansas City suburbs and attended Bishop Miege High School in Shawnee Mission.

FAVORITE SON: The Huskie coaching staff features a KU fan favorite in lineback-ers coach Kevin Kane, who played linebacker for the Jayhawks, and Dave Doeren, for four years (2002-05) before beginning his coaching career as a student as-sistant at KU in 2006 and ’07. Kane, a Rockhurst High School (Kansas City) prod-uct, is fondly remembered for his interception return for a touchdown versus Ne-braska in 2005 that helped the Jayhawks’ break Nebraska’s 36-game series winning streak. He won the Nolan Cromwell Award for Leadership as a junior and served as a team captain his senior season.

WAYWARD SONS?: The Hus-kie roster includes four Kansas natives - tight end Luke Eakes (St. Marys), offensive lineman Logan Pegram (Silver Lake), linebacker Boomer Mays (Law-rence) and defensive end Matthew Baltimore (Overland Park) - and three more players from the Kansas City area with Missouri addresses in defensive end Donovan Gordon and line-backer Videl Nelson (Kansas City), and defensive end Joe Windsor (Kearney). Eakes, who won 14 letters in five sports at

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

Team Record Win %NORTHERN ILLINOIS 80-50 61.5Bowling Green 68-50 57.6Toledo 72-56 56.3Ohio 63-65 49.2Central Michigan 62-65 48.8Miami 61-67 47.7Western Michigan 58-66 46.8Ball State 54-70 43.5Akron 44-79 35.8Kent State 43-77 35.8Eastern Michigan 30-91 24.8Buffalo 29-91 24.2

Notre Dame 75-53 58.6Northwestern 65-63 50.8Illinois 41-77 34.7

Overall ...........................................................................................Series tied 1-1At Lawrence ...............................................................................Series Tied 1-1In DeKalb ........................................................................................................0-0Streak .................................................................................................... Kansas, 1Series History: ................................. Sept. 3, 1983; NIU 37, at Kansas 34 ......................................................Sept. 10, 2011; at Kansas 45, NIU 42

THE LAST TIME (Sept. 10, 2011) Kansas’ D.J. Brashears caught a six-yard pass from Jordan Webb and nudged across the goal line in front of two Northern Illinois defenders with nine second to play, giving the Jayhawks a 45-42 victory at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.

Northern Illinois got an outstanding performance from the Huskie offense, led by quarterback Chandler Harnish who threw for two scores and ran for three. He com-pleted 27-of-33 passes for 315 yards and gained 89 yards on 11 carries. His favorite target was Nathan Palmer, who made a career-best nine catches for 86 yards.

Tailback Jasmin Hopkins (47 yards on 13 carries) gave the Huskies a 42-38 lead with 5:03 left in the game on a one-yard run that completed an 11-play, 85-yard drive.

A 51-yard kickoff return by Brashears put KU into Huskie territory to start its final drive. Kansas converted twice on fourth down, including on the final play.

Kansas finished the game with 32 first downs and 534 yards of total offense on 90 plays, while converting 13-of-18 third downs. Webb, who finished the game 21-of-30 for 281 yards and three TDs, found a wide open Kale Pick for a 36-yard scoring strike with 17 seconds left in the half to tie the game at 21 at halftime.

Kansas Athletics CommunicationsName ..............................................................................Contact InformationKaty Lonergan (Director of FB Communications) [email protected]................................................................................................... 785-864-7314 (office)Mike Cummings (Asst. Director) .......................................................mtc@ku.edu...................................................................................................785-864-3575 (office)



COVERING THE HUSKIESDAVE DOEREN ON THE MAC COACHES’ TELECONFERENCE

• Mondays from 8:46-8:54 a.m. (Central)• Sept. 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• Sept. 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

• Contact the NIU or MAC Office to obtain login information

NIU & MAC 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) MAC MEDIA & PUBLIC RELATIONSKen Mather, Assistant Commissioner [email protected] Guy, Director of Communications ..................jguy@mac-sports.com................................216-566-4622; @MACSports, @JGuyMAC, @KMather_MAC

St. Marys, is starting as a sophomore while Windsor and Mays have seen signifi-cant time. Mays earned his first career start last week at linebacker. Pegram was slated to be NIU’s lone returning starter on the offensive line before breaking his leg during preseason practices.

KANSAS JC CONNECTION: The Huskies’ roster includes two seniors who played junior college football in Kansas in tailback Jamal Womble, and defensive back Demetrius Stone. Womble, a second-year Huskie who came to NIU from Hutchin-son CC is part of the running back corps, while Stone has spent three seasons at Northern Illinois after playing one year at Coffeyville CC. Stone has 13 tackles and a pass break-up on the season.

QUICK STUDY: In just his third career start, NIU quarterback Jordan Lynch (Chica-go, Ill.) added his name to the Huskie record books by passing for 342 yards - the seventh-most in school history - and rushing for 125 to total 467 all-purpose yards - the third-most all-time. Lynch was named the MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after completing 18-of-27 passes for four touchdowns. His 125 rushing yards on 13 carries included an 88-yard touchdown run. Lynch threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Martel Moore with 4:19 to play and also threw a career-long 69-yard touch-down pass to Tom-mylee Lewis.

LINEBACKER, TAIL-BACK, QUARTER-BACK: Quarterback Jordan Lynch, who Dave Doeren described in the preseason as “a linebacker” playing quarterback, has run like a tailback in 2012 with a pair of 100-yard rushing games and five rushing touchdowns. Versus Iowa, Lynch gained 119 yards on 18 carries, highlighted by a 73-yard touchdown run. At Army, Lynch went for 125 yards on 13 carries with an 88-yard score to average 9.6 yards per rush. Lynch now has four career 100-yard rushing games.

TRIPLE THREAT: NIU’s Jordan Lynch goes into the Kansas game ranked in the Top 30 in the NCAA in four different categories.

Category Rank AverageTotal Offense 19th 304.67Scoring T24th 10.00Passing Efficiency 29th 156.97Rushing 30th 101.33

SIDELINE TO SIDELINE: Huskie senior linebacker Tyrone Clark made a team-high 17 tackles Saturday at Army with 10 solo stops and three tackles for loss. Clark’s 17 tackles are the most by a Huskie player since Tim McCarthy had 17 tackles versus Ball State on Oct. 29, 2005. The last player to make more than 17 tackles in a game was Brian Atkinson, who had 22 stops versus Eastern Michigan on Nov. 20, 2004. Clark leads NIU with 19 solo stops and is second in tackles for loss with four and in total tackles with 31.

STILL SPECTACULAR: In many way, NIU receiver Martel Moore (San Antonio, Tex-as) was the difference in the Huskies’ win over Army as he caught seven passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 4:19 to play. Moore and Lynch connected five times for 93 yards in the second half, and he caught passes of 27, 28 and eight yards on the final drive. The senior recorded his fifth career 100-yard receiving day.

SeniorityNorthern Illinois’ 16-man senior class includes only two players (Logan Pegram, Victor Jacques) originally signed as scholarship players in 2008 and includes just six fifth-year players. The seniors entered 2012 with 29 career wins (2009-11) and now need five victories to break the 2011 seniors’ mark of 35 wins to 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; #out with injury

HUSKIE OPPONENTS’ UPDATEOpponent (Record) Last Week Next

IOWA (2-1) W, 27-16 vs. Northern Iowa vs. Central Michigan, 11 am

UT MARTIN (2-1) W, 23-6 vs. S’eastern Louisiana at Austin Peay, 6 pm

Army (0-2) L, 41-40 vs. NIU at Wake Forest, 11:30 am

KANSAS (1-2, 0-1) L, 20-6 vs. TCU at Northern Illinois, 2:30 pm

CENTRAL MICHIGAN (1-1) Idle at Iowa, 11 am

Ball State (2-1, 1-0) W, 41-39 at Indiana vs. USF, 3:30 pm

BUFFALO (1-1) W, 56-34 vs. Morgan State vs. Kent State#, 6 pm

Akron (1-2) W, 66-6 vs. Morgan State at Tennessee, 6:30 pm

Western Michigan (1-2) L, 28-23 at Minnesota vs. Connecticut, 1 pm

MASSACHUSETTS (0-3) L, 63-13 at Michigan at Miami (Ohio), 11 am

TOLEDO (2-1, 1-0) W, 27-15 vs. Bowling Green vs. Coastal Carolina, 6 pm

Eastern Michigan (0-3, 0-1) L, 54-16 at Purdue at Michigan State, 2:30 pm

Times listed are Central. Home opponents listed in All Caps. #Weds, 9/19



HUSKIE MULTIMEDIANIU VS. KANSAS TV BROADCAST

• NIU’s game versus Kansas can be seen live online exclusively on ESPN3.com

• Jim Barbar will handle play-by-play with John Bunting along-side as color analyst.

NIU VS. KANSAS 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

• The NIU-Kansas game will air on the Score (670 AM)• 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)• Sept. 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 be live each week at Cabana Charley’s on Peace Rd. in Sycamore, Ill.

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

Athletics • Airs Saturday at 7:30 a.m. on WSCR 670 AM in 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 and NIU Weekly• 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

Huskies in the NFLFour former Northern Illinois players are on NFL active rosters in 2012, including 2011 MAC Vern Smith Award Winner and National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Chandler Harnish. The complete list.

Atlanta Falcons....................................Michael Turner, RB, San Diego Chargers ............................... Larry English, LBDallas Cowboys ............................................Doug Free, OT Indianapolis Colts..........................Chandler Harnish, QB

Four Huskies have been signed to practice squads for 2012: Atlanta Falcons ........................................... Pat Schiller, LBSan Francisco 49ers .........................Nathan Palmer, WRNew York Giants ...................................Scott Wedige, OL Tennessee Titans ..................................Tracy Wilson, DB

ONLY WAY TO GET IT: Northern Illinois went into the season opener versus Iowa with the least experi-enced offensive line in the country as every player in the Huskies’ front five made his first career start at Sol-dier Field. Versus Iowa, NIU lined up with center Andrew Ness, guards Aidan Conlon and Tyler Pitt and tackles Matt Krempel and Tyler Loos. Since that game, NIU has

welcomed guard Jared Volk back from an offseason knee injury. He started two games a year ago and has stepped into the starting five, while Ryan Brown has started the last two games at tackle in place of Krempel.

NARROW MARGINS: Over the last two seasons, more than half - nine - of North-ern Illinois’ 17 games have been decided by seven points or less, including two one-point games in 2012. NIU is 6-3 overall in the close games, with six wins in its last seven close contests. This year, the Huskies are 1-1 in one-point games, falling 18-17 versus Iowa and winning 41-40 at Army.

NEW NAMES: Twenty-three players who had never seen action for Northern Il-linois prior to this season have suited up and played for the Huskies in 2012. Here is the list by category. Starters indicated by (*).True Freshmen (6): WR Jacob Brinlee, LB Mike Cotton, DE Perez Ford, TB Keith

Harris, Jr., TE Desroy Maxwell, CB Marlon Moore. Redshirt Freshmen (10): WR Juwan Brescacin, OG Aidan Conlon*, OG Matt Killian,

LB Rasheen Lemon, CB Paris Logan, LB Boomer Mays*, QB Matt McIntosh, S Tre’ Moore, C Andrew Ness*, WR Angelo Sebastiano.

Newcomers (2): DT Ken Bishop*, TB Giorgio Bowers.First Action (5): DT Donovan Gordon, LB Ryan Gorrell, DE Daniel Green, OT Tyler

Loos*, OL Wes Ott

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.

WATCH LISTER: For the second consecutive season, Huskie DE Sean Progar was named to the preseason watch list for the Rotary Lombardi Award, presented to the nation’s top lineman/linebacker. NIU’s most experienced returning player with 37 starts in 43 career games, Progar has 135 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss and 15.5 quarterback sacks in his NIU career.

SERVICE MAN: Tight end Jason Schepler, who has been recognized by Huskie coaches as one of the team’s offensive players of the week in each of the last two weeks, is one of 117 nominees for the 2012 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team®. Schepler tallies at least 14 hours of community service projects per se-mester. A member of NIU’s Leadership Council, he also excels in the classroom, maintaining a 3.85 grade point average in electrical engineering.

NEXT: Northern Illinois opens Mid-American Conference play versus Central Michigan at Huskie Stadium next Saturday, Sept. 29 at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN3.

Northern Illinois has had a back post a 1,000 yard rushing 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

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1,000-Yard Rushers


Huskie Highlighters#36 TYRONE CLARK, OLB, Sr., 5-10, 220, St. Louis, Mo.Made a career high 17 tackles, 10 solo, with three tackles for loss at Army... Second on

the team with 31 tackles, 19 solo, and four TFLs... Named NIU’s Defensive Skill Player of

the Week with 11 tackles, a tackle for loss and a pass break up vs. Iowa... 2010 starter

back after sitting out 2011.

#10 TOMMYLEE LEWIS, WR/KR, Soph., 5-7, 155, Riviera Beach, Fla.Scored two touchdowns at Army, on a 21-yard end around and a career-long 69-yard

catch... Finished with two catches for 79 yards and added a 28-yard kickoff return...

Caught four passes for 52 yards vs. UT Martin... Has seven catches for 133 yards and six

kickoff returns for 121 yards on the year.

#6 JORDAN LYNCH, QB, Jr., 6-0, 216, Chicago, Ill.MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for career high 342 yards and

four TDs on 19-of-27 passing at Army... Ran for 125 yards on 13 carries with an 88-yard

touchdown run... Responsible for 10 touchdown on the season - five rushing and five

passing... Huskies’ leading rusher with 304 yards on 42 carries to average 7.2 yards/

rush... Has completed 43-of-68 passes (63.2%) for 610 yards, five TDs and two INTs... Hit

19-of-25 passes for 214 yards and a TD vs. UT Martin, and rushed for three touchdowns...

Ran for 119 yards on 18 carries with a 73-yard TD run vs. Iowa... Tallied four career 100-

yard rushing games.

#11 RASHAAN MELVIN, CB, Sr., 6-2, 193, Waukegan, Ill.NIU’s top cornerback has 13 tackles, nine solo, in 2012... Second on the team with four

pass break-ups... Made six stops and broke up two passes vs. UT Martin... Made four

stops and broke up two passes vs. Iowa... In 32 games, has 129 career tackles, 87 solo,

five INTs and 20 PBUs... Collected three INTs and broke up nine as a junior.

#1 MARTEL MOORE, WR, Sr., 6-0, 183, San Antonio, TexasNIU’s leading receiver with 15 catches for 229 yards, an average of 15.3 yards/catch...

Led NIU with seven catches for 134 yards and two TDs at Army... Scored the Huskies’

last two touchdowns and had four catches of 27 yards or more... Caught five passes for

56 yards vs. UT Martin with a 31-yard touchdown pass... Has 118 career catches for 1,690

receiving yards and 14 TDs in 43 games with five 100-yard receiving games.

#95 SEAN PROGAR, DE, Sr., 6-2, 254, Glenview, Ill.Made a season-high eight tackles at Army... Totaled 14 tackles, 1.5 for loss, with a sack

in 2012... Named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week with a sack and four tackles

versus Iowa... 2012 Rotary Lombardi Award watch-lister... Has 135 career tackles... His

16.5 career QB sacks are 6th all-time at NIU... Leads all NIU players with 37 career starts.

#87 JASON SCHEPLER, TE, Sr., 6-2, 274, Sycamore, Ill.Named one of NIU’s Offensive Players of the Week in each of the last two games... Top

blocking tight end makes the Huskie run game go... Team leader missed 2011 due to a

knee injury... Caught 8 passes for 93 yards as the Huskies’ starter in 2010... Nominee for

the 2012 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for his community service.

#23 LEIGHTON SETTLE, TB, Jr., 5-9, 199, Madison, Wis.In his first career start vs. UT Martin, gained 106 yards on 21 carries to average 5.0 yards

per rush... Did not have a run longer than 13 yards but only lost one yard... Has 158 rush-

ing yards on 36 carries on the season... A year ago, gained 84 yards on 16 carries in 10

games with a long rush of 48 yards.

#15 JIMMIE WARD, S, Jr., 5-11, 192, Mobile, Ala.Huskies leading tackler, with 33, is ranked tied for 15th in the nation in tackles... Also

leads NIU in pass break-ups... Made 11 stops, six solo, at Army... Named MAC West Defen-

sive Player of the Week with 10 tackles, five solo, two pass break-ups and an intercep-

tion vs. UT Martin... NIU’s leading tackler vs. Iowa with 12, two pass break-ups... Second

team All-MAC in 2011... Has blocked 4 punts in his Huskie career.


HUSKIE AWARDS & HONORSSEAN PROGAR, DE

• Rotary Lombardi Award Preseason Watch List• MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (Iowa)

JIMMIE WARD, S• MAC West Defensive Player of the Week (UT Martin)

JORDAN LYNCH, QB• MAC West Offensive Player of the Week (Army)• Capital One Cup Impact Performer of the Week (Army)• Manning Award Star of the Week (Army)

JASON SCHEPLER, TE• Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Nominee• Airs Saturday at 7:30 a.m. on WSCR 670 AM in Chicago


Team & Individual Statistics

CHICAGO - Iowa scored its only touchdown of the game on a 23-yard run by Damon Bullock with 2:15 to play, lifting the Hawkeyes to an 18-17 victory over Northern Illinois in front of a crowd of 52,117 at Soldier Field.

Northern Illinois used the running of first-time starting quarterback Jordan Lynch and a stifling defensive effort to build a 17-9 lead with 9:43 to play in the third quarter. Lynch finished with 119 yards on 18 carries, and the NIU defense came up with six sacks for 57 yards, but the Huskies fell just short of extend-ing its nine-game win streak.

The Huskie defense held Iowa to 268 yards and sacked the Hawkeyes’ quar-terback six times, led by Joe Windsor with two.

Trailing by five, 17-12, Iowa pinned the Huskies back on their own 1-yard line on a John Wienke punt. On the ensuing possession, the Huskies failed to gain any yardage, forcing Ryan Neir to punt the ball back to Iowa from the back of his own end zone. Neir’s punt was returned by Micah Hyde 11 yards to the NIU 24 with 3:41 remaining.

After picking up just one yard on the first two plays, Bullock found a hole off left-tackle and raced to the end zone, giving the Hawkeyes their only lead of the game. He finished the contest with 150 yards on 30 carries.

Iowa opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 34-yard field goal from Mike Meyer on the game’s opening drive. The Hawkeyes covered 14 plays and 58 yards before stalling in Huskie territory.

The Huskies drove into Hawkeye territory and were knocking on the door of the end zone as the first quarter came to a close. With his first collegiate carry on the first play of the second quarter, freshman running back Keith Harris Jr. scored on a seven-yard run, giving NIU a 7-3 lead.

Iowa trimmed the NIU lead to one, 7-6, on a 29-yard field goal by Meyer with 4:23 to play in the second quarter after a drive stalled at the NIU 11-yard line.Meyer finished the day four-of-five on field goal attempts.

The Huskies responded with a field goal of their own as Mathew Sims split the uprights from 28 yards to give NIU a 10-6 lead heading into the intermission.

The Hawkeyes forced the only turnover of the contest to open the second half as Lynch fumbled and Carl Davis recovered for Iowa on the NIU 14. Iowa had first-and-goal from the Huskie three but was turned back by the NIU defense, forcing a 22-yard Meyer field goal to trim the Huskie advantage to 10-9.

Lynch and the Huskies answered when the quarterback broke into the open and went 73 yards for a score, giving NIU a 17-9 lead.

On its first drive of the fourth quarter, Iowa again reached Huskie territory, advancing to the 26-yard line before a sack forced Meyer to attempt a 50-yard field goal, which he made to cut the UI deficit to 17-12.

IOWA .....................NIUFirst Downs (R-P) 23 (18-3) ................. 12 (7-3)Rushes-Net Yards 49-139 ...................36-147Passing Yards 129 ...........................54Passes (C-A-I) 21-33-0 ....................6-16-0Plays-Total Yards 82-268 ..................52-201Fumbles-Lost 2-0 ...........................2-1Penalties-Yards 3-30 ........................5-21Kickoff Returns-Yds 3-53 .......................3-62Punt Returns-Yds 2-21 ...........................1-53rd Down Conversions 8-18 ........................6-154th Down Conversions 1-1 ...........................0-1Punts-Average 4-41.8 ....................6-37.7Possession Time 38:42 ........................21:18Sacks By-Yards 2-12 .......................6-57

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalIowa 3 3 3 9 - 18Northern Illinois 0 10 7 0 - 17

SCORING SUMMARYIOWA - Meyer 34 FG, 1st 8:08 (14-58, 6:52)NIU- Harris 7 run (Sims kick), 2nd 14:55 (11-61, 4:26)IOWA - Meyer 29 FG, 2nd 4:23 (11-47, 4:04)NIU - Sims 28 FG, 2nd 1:16 (10-64, 3:07)IOWA - Meyer 22 FG, 3rd 10:59 (8-11, 3:10)NIU - Lynch 73 run (Sims kick), 3rd 9:43 (3-75, 1:16)IOWA - Meyer 50 FG, 4th 9:33 (10-31, 5:08)IOWA - Bullock 23 run (Vandenberg pass failed), 4th 2:15 (3-24, 1:26)

Rushing - IOWA: Bullock 30-150, Garmon 4-8, Weisman 2-8, Team 1-(-2), Vandenberg 12-(-25). NIU: Lynch 18-119, Settle 10-33, Harris 2-11, Womble 3-5, Daniels 1-5, Lewis 1-(-2), Team 1-(-24).

Passing - IOWA: Vandenberg 21-33-0, 129. NIU: Lynch 6-16-0, 54.

Receiving - IOWA: Martin-Manley 6-31, Davis 5-41, Bullock 3-26, Fiedorowicz 3-21, Derby 2-10, Shumpert 2-0. NIU: Moore 3-39, Settle 1-14, Lewis 1-2, Daniels 1-(-2).

Tackles - IOWA: Morris 8, Hitchens 8. NIU: Ward 12, Clark 11, Durante 10.

GAME 1 IOWA 18, NIU 17Sept. 1, 2012 | 2:30 p.m. (CT) | ESPNU

Chicago, Ill.| Soldier Field | 52,117


DeKALB, Ill. - Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch and running back Leighton Settle powered the Huskies (1-1) to a 35-7 win over UT Martin Sat-urday night at Huskie Stadium. The duo combined for 166 rushing yards on 32 carries for three touchdowns as both averaged over five yards per carry against the Skyhawks (1-1) for NIU’s first win of 2012.

After a tough loss at Soldier Field against Iowa last weekend, Lynch and the Huskies put on an impressive display in front of the home crowd as NIU won its 16th straight game at Huskie Stadium, dating back to 2009.

Lynch put together his best career passing day, establishing career highs of 19 completions, 25 attempts and 214 yards. The redshirt junior threw for a TD as well, connecting on a 31-yard pass down the middle to senior wide receiver Martel Moore to put NIU up 14-0 with 14:55 left in the second quarter after forcing the Skyhawks into a three-and-out. The only blemish on the day was his first career interception. Lynch also added 60 yards on 11 carries on the ground, and finished with three rushing scores.

Despite three Lynch TDs, the ground attack was anchored by Settle, who rushed 21 times for 106 yards to notch his first career 100-yard game.

The Huskie defense made several key stops and plays to hold UTM to just one touchdown, which came early in the fourth quarter. The first big stand came after a 13-play, 66-yard drive that took over five minutes of clock time in the first quarter. The Skyhawks worked the ball to the Huskie nine-yard line, but NIU’s defense stood tall forcing a 21-yard field goal attempt by Cody Sandlin that sailed wide right.

The second impactful play for the defense came after Lynch’s interception. The Skyhawks drove to the NIU redzone again and had first-and-goal from the NIU 10-yard line. Once again, the Huskies forced another short field goal. This time, the UTM snap for a 27-yard field was botched and Tyrone Clark recovered.

Lynch then guided the Huskies on a 15-play, 83-yard drive that lasted over 5:30 and scored on a one-yard run. The score put NIU ahead 21-0 with 3:51 left in the first half, and the Huskies didn’t look back.

In the second half, Lynch added a pair of rushing scores - breaking free on a 32-yard run up the middle and powering for a four-yard score.

Defensively, safety Jimmie Ward led NIU with 10 tackles, two pass break-ups and an interception, the Huskies’ first of the season. Northern Illinois held UTM to 63 rushing yards on 33 attempts. UTM receiver Quentin Sims caught 10 passes for 152 yards in the game, but was held to 46 receiving yards on five catches in the second half.

UTM .....................NIUFirst Downs (R-P) 17 (6-9) ...............26 (11-13)Rushes-Net Yards 33-63 ...................49-213Passing Yards 283 ..........................214Passes (C-A-I) 20-36-1 ...................19-26-1Plays-Total Yards 69-346 .................75-427Fumbles-Lost 3-2 .............................1-1Penalties-Yards 6-45 ......................3-40Kickoff Returns-Yds 4-83 ........................2-41Punt Returns-Yds 1-(-2) ........................4-103rd Down Conversions 5-16 .........................8-134th Down Conversions 1-3 .............................1-1Punts-Average 6-36.8 ...................3-42.3Possession Time 30:12 .....................29:48Sacks By-Yards 3-10 ......................... 1-10

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalUT Martin 0 0 0 7 - 7Northern Illinois 7 14 7 7 - 35

SCORING SUMMARYNIU - Womble 2 run (Sims kick), 1st 8:59 (9-79, 3:00)NIU- Moore 31 pass from Lynch (Sims kick), 2nd 14:55 (1-31, 0:05)NIU - Lynch 1 run (Sims kick), 2nd 3:51 (15-83, 5:32)NIU - Lynch 32 run (Sims kick), 3rd 2:57 (8-80, 2:53)UTM - Jordan 7 pass from Carr (Sandlin kick), 4th 14:09 (10-75, 3:48)NIU - Lynch 4 run (Sims kick), 4th 9:26 (9-39, 4:43)

Rushing - UTM: McNeil 12-61, McNair 9-13, Garland 3-4, Barksdale 5-3, Barfield 1-(-2), Satterfield 1-(-7), Carr 2-(-9). NIU: Settle 21-106, Lynch 11-60, McIntosh 6-20, Lewis 1-17, Womble 5-7, Daniels 1-3, Harris 3-2, Team 1-(-2).

Passing - UTM: Carr 19-35-1, 264; McNair 1-1-0, 19. NIU: Lynch 19-25-1, 214; McIntosh 0-1-0, 0.

Receiving - UTM: Sims 10-152, Jordan 2-59, McNair 2-8, Carr 1-19, Barfield 1-15, Barksdale 1-11, Garland 1-10, Thompson 1-7, McNeil 1-2. NIU: Moore 5-56, Lewis 4-52, Brown 3-32, Ashford 2-18, Eakes 1-32, Wells 1-14, Sebastiano 1-12, Daniels 1-1, Settle 1-(-3).

Tackles - UTM: Johnson 13, Flenorl 8. NIU: Ward 10, Durante 8.

GAME 2 NIU 35, UT MARTIN 7Sept. 8, 2012 | 6 p.m. (CT) | ESPN3

DeKalb, Ill.| Huskie Stadium | 16,010




West Point, N.Y. - The Northern Illinois defense made the stop it needed to make when freshman linebacker Boomer Mays tackled Army quarterback Trent Steelman for a two-yard loss on fourth and three with 1:47 to play, securing the Huskies’ 41-40 victory over the Black Knights at MIchie Stadium.

Mays’ stop came after NIU took the lead with 4:29 in the game on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Lynch to Martel Moore. The touchdown pass was one of four on the day for Lynch, who threw for a career-high 342 yards on 18-of-27 passing and added 125 rushing yards on 13 carries.

Moore finished with seven catches for 134 yards and two touchdowns and Tommylee Lewis scored on a 69-yard touchdown as well as a 21-yard run.

The Northern Illinois defense struggled to stop a potent Army rushing attack as the Black Knights ran for 486 rushing yards on 86 carries and six touch-downs. Three players – Raymond Maples, Larry Dixon and Trent Steelman ran for more than 100 yards each as they tallied 159, 136 and 116 yards, respectively.

Army scored on its first possession as Maples ran for a 22-yard touchdown, before the Huskies answered with an eight-play, 70-yard drive. Lynch lofted a pass to 6-8 Tim Semisch in the back of the end zone for NIU’s first score.

NIU collected the next two touchdowns to take a 21-7 lead. Lynch got a block on the edge and ran 88 yards. After the Huskie defense stopped Army on fourth and seven on the NIU 38, Northern Illinois needed just three plays to score again as Lewis scored on the end-around.

After Army responded with the first of Dixon’s three TDs, NIU used its quick strike offense again with Lynch hitting Lewis for 69 yards and a 28-13 Huskie lead. Army closed the gap to 28-19 just before halftime.

On its first possession of the second half, Army ground out an eight-play, 68-yard scoring drive. Steelman scored on a 25-yard rush and the PAT narrowed the Huskies’ lead to 28-26. NIU then drove to the Army four-yard line, but when Lynch appeared to reach the ball over the goal line, it was called a fumble in the end zone and Army took over on the NIU 20.

Army took advantage, once again pounding out a 12-play, 80-yard drive ex-clusively on the ground. Dixon scored again and when Steelman’s two-point conversion attempt was true, the Huskies trailed 34-28.

Two possessions later, the Huskies responded when Lynch connected with Moore on a 31-yard fade. After Sims’ PAT, NIU led 35-34.

Army was forced to punt, but Lynch fumbled on a handoff and Army recovered at the Huskie 15-yard line. One play later, Steelman ran in for the score and the Black Knights took a 40-35 lead with 8:55 to play.

NIU ................ARMYFirst Downs (R-P) 19 (6-12) ..............30 (28-1)Rushes-Net Yards 26-173 .................86-486Passing Yards 342 ..............................8Passes (C-A-I) 18-27-1 ......................1-4-0Plays-Total Yards 53-515 .................90-494Fumbles-Lost 2-2- .........................3-0Penalties-Yards 4-49 .......................5-35Kickoff Returns-Yds 4-72 ......................4-80Punt Returns-Yds 1-17 .........................0-03rd Down Conversions 8-9 .........................9-174th Down Conversions 0-0 ..........................3-5Punts-Average 1-43.0 ....................3-37.7Possession Time 17:27 .....................42:33Sacks By-Yards 2-8 .........................0-0

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNorthern Illinois 14 14 0 13 - 41Army 7 12 15 6 - 40

SCORING SUMMARYARMY - Maples 22 run (Grochowski kick), 1st 10:25 (10-75, 4:35)NIU- Semisch 2 pass from Lynch (Sims kick), 1st 7:22 (8-70, 2:55)NIU - Lynch 88 run (Sims kick), 1st 0:23 (4-98, 1:19)NIU - Lewis 21 run (Sims kick), 2nd 8:55 (3-55, 0:52)ARMY - Dixon 3 run (Grochowski kick failed), 2nd 4:16 (10-73, 4:29)NIU - Lewis 69 pass from Lynch (Sims kick), 2nd 3:40 (2-75, 0:36)ARMY - Dixon 13 run (Maples rush failed), 2nd 0:12 (13-77, 3:22)ARMY - Steelman 25 run (Grochowski kick), 3rd 9:53 (8-68, 3:47)ARMY - Dixon 4 run (Laird pass from Steelman), 3rd 2:23 (12-80, 6:05)NIU - Moore 31 pass from Lynch (Sims kick), 4th 13:25 (5-50, 1:05)ARMY - Steelman 15 run (Dixon rush failed), 4th 8:55 (1-15, 0:06)NIU - Moore 8 pass from Lynch (Lynch pass failed), 4th 4:29 (13-72, 4:19)

Rushing - NIU: Lynch 13-125, Lewis 1-21, Settle 5-19, Daniels 4-14 Team 3-(-6); ARMY: Maples 23-159, Dixon 28-136, Steelman 27-116, Baggett 3-38, Crucitti 3-27, Fraser 2-10.

Passing - NIU: Lynch 18-27-1, 342; ARMY: Steelman 1-3-0, 8; Team 0-1-0, 0.

Receiving - NIU: Moore 7-134, Ashford 4-69, Lewis 2-79, Wells 2-14, Eakes 1-38, Brown 1-6, Semisch 1-2; ARMY: Williams 1-8.

Tackles - NIU: Clark 17, Ward 11, Bass 10; ARMY: Bacon 9, Combs 5, Ugenyi 4.

GAME 3 NIU 41, ARMY 40Sept. 15, 2012 | Noon (ET) | CBS Sports Network

West Point, N.Y.| Michie Stadium | 30,176



RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Lng Avg/GLYNCH, Jordan 3 42 340 36 304 7.2 5 88 101.3SETTLE, Leighton 3 36 160 2 158 4.4 0 13 52.7LEWIS, Tommylee 3 3 38 2 36 12.0 1 21 12.0DANIELS, Akeem 3 6 22 0 22 3.7 0 7 7.3MCINTOSH, Matt 1 6 21 1 20 3.3 0 6 20.0HARRIS, Keith 2 5 15 2 13 2.6 1 7 6.5WOMBLE, Jamal 3 8 13 1 12 1.5 1 3 4.0TEAM 3 5 0 32 -32 -6.4 0 0 -10.7Total.......... 3 111 609 76 533 4.8 8 88 177.7Opponents...... 3 168 804 116 688 4.1 7 28 229.3

PASSING G Effic. C-A-I Pct. Yds TD Lng Avg/GLYNCH, Jordan 3 156.97 43-68-2 63.2 610 5 69 203.3MCINTOSH, Matt 1 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0Total.......... 3 154.70 43-69-2 62.3 610 5 69 203.3Opponents...... 3 107.64 42-73-1 57.5 420 1 52 140.0

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GMOORE, Martel 3 15 229 15.3 3 33 76.3LEWIS, Tommylee 3 7 133 19.0 1 69 44.3ASHFORD, Perez 3 6 87 14.5 0 44 29.0BROWN, Da’Ron 3 4 38 9.5 0 13 12.7WELLS, Jamison 3 3 28 9.3 0 14 9.3EAKES, Luke 3 2 70 35.0 0 38 23.3SETTLE, Leighton 3 2 11 5.5 0 14 3.7DANIELS, Akeem 3 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0SEBASTIANO, Angelo 2 1 12 12.0 0 12 6.0SEMISCH, Tim 3 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.7Total.......... 3 43 610 14.2 5 69 203.3Opponents...... 3 42 420 10.0 1 52 140.0

TOTALOFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GLYNCH, Jordan 3 110 304 610 914 304.7SETTLE, Leighton 3 36 158 0 158 52.7LEWIS, Tommylee 3 3 36 0 36 12.0DANIELS, Akeem 3 6 22 0 22 7.3MCINTOSH, Matt 1 7 20 0 20 20.0HARRIS, Keith 2 5 13 0 13 6.5WOMBLE, Jamal 3 8 12 0 12 4.0TEAM 3 5 -32 0 -32 -10.7Total.......... 3 180 533 610 1143 381.0Opponents...... 3 241 688 420 1108 369.3

PUNTRETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongASHFORD, Perez 5 28 5.6 0 17SEBASTIANO, Angelo 1 4 4.0 0 4Total.......... 6 32 5.3 0 17Opponents...... 3 19 6.3 0 11

KICKRETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongLEWIS, Tommylee 6 121 20.2 0 28ASHFORD, Perez 1 24 24.0 0 24STERLING, Rob 1 13 13.0 0 13EAKES, Luke 1 17 17.0 0 17Total.......... 9 175 19.4 0 28Opponents...... 11 216 19.6 0 28

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongWARD, Jimmie 1 18 18.0 0 18Total.......... 1 18 18.0 0 18Opponents...... 2 1 0.5 0 1

FUMBLERETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongTotal.......... 0 0 0.0 0 0Opponents...... 0 0 0.0 0 0

NIU OPPSCORING 93 65 Points Per Game 31.0 21.7FIRST DOWNS 57 70 Rushing 24 52 Passing 28 13 Penalty 5 5RUSHING YARDAGE 533 688 Yards gained rushing 609 804 Yards lost rushing 76 116 Rushing Attempts 111 168 Average Per Rush 4.8 4.1 Average Per Game 177.7 229.3 TDs Rushing 8 7PASSING YARDAGE 610 420 Comp-Att-Int 43-69-2 42-73-1 Average Per Pass 8.8 5.8 Average Per Catch 14.2 10.0 Average Per Game 203.3 140.0 TDs Passing 5 1TOTAL OFFENSE 1143 1108 Total Plays 180 241 Average Per Play 6.3 4.6 Average Per Game 381.0 369.3KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 9-175 11-216PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 6-32 3-19INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-18 2-1KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.4 19.6PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.3 6.3INT RETURN AVERAGE 18.0 0.5FUMBLES-LOST 5-4 8-2PENALTIES-Yards 12-110 14-110 Average Per Game 36.7 36.7PUNTS-Yards 10-396 13-501 Average Per Punt 39.6 38.5 Net punt average 37.7 36.1KICKOFFS-Yards 17-1067 15-896 Average Per Kick 62.8 59.7 Net kick average 52.8 38.1TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 22:51 37:093RD-DOWN Conversions 22/37 22/51 3rd-Down Pct 59% 43%4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/2 5/9 4th-Down Pct 50% 56%SACKS BY-Yards 9-75 5-22MISC YARDS 0 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 13 8FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 1-2 4-6ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (7-10) 70% (8-12) 67%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (6-10) 60% (5-12) 42%PAT-ATTEMPTS (12-12) 100% (3-4) 75%ATTENDANCE 16010 30176 Games/Avg Per Game 1/16010 1/30176 Neutral Site Games 1/52117

SCOREBYQUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalNorthernIllinois 21 38 14 20 93Opponents 10 15 18 22 65

TEAM STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2012 FOOTBALL STATISTICS


ALLPURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GLYNCH, Jordan 3 304 0 0 0 0 304 101.3LEWIS, Tommylee 3 36 133 0 121 0 290 96.7MOORE, Martel 3 0 229 0 0 0 229 76.3SETTLE, Leighton 3 158 11 0 0 0 169 56.3ASHFORD, Perez 3 0 87 28 24 0 139 46.3EAKES, Luke 3 0 70 0 17 0 87 29.0BROWN, Da’Ron 3 0 38 0 0 0 38 12.7WELLS, Jamison 3 0 28 0 0 0 28 9.3DANIELS, Akeem 3 22 0 0 0 0 22 7.3MCINTOSH, Matt 1 20 0 0 0 0 20 20.0WARD, Jimmie 3 0 0 0 0 18 18 6.0SEBASTIANO, Angelo 2 0 12 4 0 0 16 8.0STERLING, Rob 3 0 0 0 13 0 13 4.3HARRIS, Keith 2 13 0 0 0 0 13 6.5WOMBLE, Jamal 3 12 0 0 0 0 12 4.0SEMISCH, Tim 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.7TEAM 3 -32 0 0 0 0 -32 -10.7Total.......... 3 533 610 32 175 18 1368 456.0Opponents...... 3 688 420 19 216 1 1344 448.0

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg BlkSIMS, Mathew 1-2 50.0 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 28 0

FGSEQUENCE NorthernIllinois OpponentsIowa (28) (34),40,(29),(22),(50)UT Martin (21) (21)at Army - -Kansas Central Michigan at Ball State Buffaloat Akronat Western MichiganMassachusettsToledoat Eastern Michigan

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdNEIR, Ryan 10 396 39.6 49 0 5 4 0Total.......... 10 396 39.6 49 0 5 4 0Opponents...... 13 501 38.5 51 0 5 2 0

No. LongNIU 16 88TD,LynchatArmy,9/15 Rushing 3 88TD,LynchatArmy,9/15 Lynch 3 73 TD, Lynch vs. Iowa, 9/1

Passing 11 69TD,LynchtoLewisatArmy,9/15 by Lynch 11 69 TD, Lynch to Lewis at Army, 9/15 to Ashford 1 44, from Lynch at Army, 9/15 to Eakes 2 38, from Lynch at Army, 9/15 to Lewis 2 69 TD, from Lynch at Army, 9/15 to Moore 6 33, from Lynch at Army, 9/15

Returns 2 28KOR,LewisatArmy,9/15 Lewis 2 28 KOR, at Army, 9/15

OPPONENT 5 52,CarrtoJordan,UTMartin,9/8 Rushing 0 Passing 3 52, Carr to Jordan, UT Martin, 9/8 Returns 2 28 KOR, Barksdale vs. UT Martin, 9/8 * 25 Yards or Longer

2012 Long Plays


|-------------PATs------------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts.LYNCH,Jordan 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 30MOORE,Martel 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18SIMS,Mathew 0 1-2 12-12 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15LEWIS,Tommylee 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12HARRIS,Keith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6WOMBLE,Jamal 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 6Total.......... 13 1-2 12-12 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 93Opponents...... 8 4-6 3-4 0-2 1 1-2 0 0 65

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnWEDEL, Tyler 17 1067 62.8 6 0 Total.......... 17 1067 62.8 6 0 216 41.2 23Opponents...... 15 896 59.7 6 0 175 38.1 26



|---------Tackles---------| |-Sacks-| |---PassDef---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH FR-Yds FF Kick Safety

15 WARD, Jimmie 3 18 15 33 0.5-0 . 1-18 5 . . . . .

36 CLARK, Tyrone 3 19 12 31 4.0-5 . . 1 . 1-0 . . .

21 DURANTE, Duchane 3 15 9 24 1.5-2 . . . . . 2 . .

6 BASS, Jamal 3 13 9 22 . . . . . . 1 . .

99 JEFFERSON, Nabal 3 9 9 18 . . . 1 . . . . .

90 BAXTER, Alan 3 7 9 16 5.0-26 3.0-20 . . . . . . .

95 PROGAR, Sean 3 6 8 14 1.5-14 1.0-12 . . . . . . .

11 MELVIN, Rashaan 3 9 4 13 . . . 4 . . . . .

19 STONE, Demetrius 3 8 5 13 . . . 1 . . . . .

97 WINDSOR, Joe 3 6 5 11 2.0-19 2.0-19 . . . . . . .

28 FAUSTIN, Jhony 3 7 3 10 . . . . . . 1 . .

40 JACQUES, Victor 1 4 5 9 0.5-4 0.5-4 . . . . . . .

93 BISHOP, Ken 3 5 3 8 0.5-3 0.5-3 . . . . . . .

45 MAYS, Boomer 3 5 2 7 2.0-3 . . . . . . . .

91 WELLS, Anthony 3 4 2 6 1.0-7 1.0-7 . . . . . . .

52 SANTACATERINA 3 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .

2 EVANS, Sean 3 1 3 4 1.5-11 1.0-10 . . . . . . .

9B LEMON, Rasheen 3 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .

94 GORDON, Donovan 3 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .

24 WARE, Dominique 3 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .

44 FORD, Perez 3 1 1 2 1.0-2 . . . . . . . .

29 LOGAN, Paris 3 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .

58 COTTON, Mike 2 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .

42 STINGILY, Cameron 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

46 RAINEY, George 2 1 . 1 1.0-1 . . 1 . . . . .

14 STEPHEN, Courtney 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

49 MEEHAN, Jason 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

56 GREEN, Daniel 1 1 . 1 1.0-4 . . . . . . . .

26 WEDEL, Tyler 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

7 ASHFORD, Perez 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . 1 . .

17 HAYES, Marckie 2 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

TM TEAM 3 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . .

Total.......... 3 154 114 268 23-101 9-75 1-18 13 . 2-0 5 . .

Opponents...... 3 117 64 181 17.0-44 5-22 2-1 6 . 4-0 4 . .

Iowa UTMartin Army Kansas C.Michigan BallSt. Buffalo Akron W.Michigan Toledo E.MichiganOff.Lineman Conlon Loos ScheplerOff.Skill Lynch Schepler MooreDef.Scout Hazelett/ Thomas/ Hazelett O’Neal JonesSpecialTeams Lemon Ford Wedel/ FordDef.Lineman Progar Baxter JeffersonDef.Skill Clark Ward BaxterOff.Scout Myers/ Tennenbaum/ Taylor Striedl SpencerSpecialTeams Spencer Hazelett FlemingScoutSelected by the Huskie coaching staff.

NIU Players of the Week


NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2012 PARTICIPATIONNo. Name GP/GS Iowa UTM Army Kansas CMU BallSt. Buffalo Akron WMU UMass Toledo EMU

51 ANDERSON, Zach 1/- - X -7 ASHFORD, Perez 3/1 WR X X6 BASS, Jamal 3/3 OLB OLB LB90 BAXTER, Alan 3/3 DE DE DE93 BISHOP, Ken 3/2 DT DT X25 BOWERS, Giorgio 3/- X X X82 BRESCACIN, Juwan 1/- - X -86 BRINLEE, Jacob 2/- - X X4 BROWN, Da’Ron 3/1 X X WR78 BROWN, Ryan 3/2 X LT RT36 CLARK, Tyrone 3/3 OLB MLB LB61 CONLON, Aidan 3/3 LG RG RG58 COTTON, Mike 2/- - X X3 DANIELS, Akeem 3/- X X X21 DURANTE, Duchane 3/3 SS SS SS83 EAKES, Luke 3/3 TE TE TE2 EVANS, Sean 3/- X X X28 FAUSTIN, Jhony 3/1 X X CB44 FORD, Perez 3/- X X X59 GEGNER, Mike 1/- - - X94 GORDON, Donovan 3/- X X X50 GORRELL, Ryan 1/- - - X56 GREEN, Daniel 1/- - X -20 HARRIS, Keith 2/1 X RB -17 HAYES, Marckie 2/- - X X40 JACQUES, Victor 1/1 MLB - -99 JEFFERSON, Nabal 3/3 DT DT DT73 KILLIAN, Matt 3/- X X X79 KREMPEL, Matt 3/2 RT RT X9 LEMON, Rasheen 3/- X X X10 LEWIS, Tommylee 3/1 WR X X29 LOGAN, Paris 3/- X X X75 LOOS, Tyler 3/2 LT X LT6 LYNCH, Jordan 3/3 QB QB QB37 MAXWELL, Desroy 3/- X X X84 MAYER, Brian 3/- X X X45 MAYS, Boomer 3/1 X X LB9 MCINTOSH, Matt 1/- - X -49 MEEHAN, Jason 3/- X X X11 MELVIN, Rashaan 3/3 CB CB CB30 MOORE, Marlon 3/- X X X1 MOORE, Martel 3/1 WR X X33 MOORE, Tre 1/- - X -18 NEIR, Ryan 3/- X X X55 NESS, Andrew 3/3 C C C65 OTT, Wes 1/- - X -67 PITT, Tyler 3/1 RG X X95 PROGAR, Sean 3/3 DE DE DE46 RAINEY, George 2/- - X X52 SANTACATERINA, Michael 3/1 X OLB XX87 SCHEPLER, Jason 3/2 X TE TE85 SEBASTIANO, Angelo 2/- - X X88 SEMISCH, Tim 3/1 X X TE23 SETTLE, Leighton 3/2 X RB RB99 SIMS, Mathew 3/- X X X34 SPENCER, James 2/- - X X14 STEPHEN, Courtney 1/- X - -47 STERLING, Rob 3/- X X X42 STINGILY, Cameron 2/- X X -19 STONE, Demetrius 3/3 CB CB CB77 VOLK, Jared 2/2 - LG LG15 WARD, Jimmie 3/3 FS FS LB24 WARE, Dominique 3/- X X X26 WEDEL, Tyler 3/- X X X91 WELLS, Anthony 3/- X X X22 WELLS, Jamison 3/1 X WR X97 WINDSOR, Joe 3/- X X X27 WINKEL, Bobby 1/- - X -5 WOMBLE, Jamal 3/1 RB X X

X-indicates played; letters indicate position started H- indicates served as holder on FGs and PATs only


---1stDowns--- Rushing ---------Passing--------- TotalOff. Punts Fum Penalties 3rd TimeofGame Score Total R-P-Pen No-Yds-TD C-A-I Yds TD Pl-Yds No-Avg No-L No-Yds Downs Poss

NIU 17 12 7-3-2 36-147-2 6-16-0 54 0 52-201 2-37.7 2-1 5-21 6-of-15 21:18vs. Iowa 18 23 18-3-2 49-139-1 21-33-0 129 0 82-268 4-41.8 2-0 3-30 8-of-18 38:42

NIU 35 26 11-13-2 49-213-4 19-26-1 214 1 75-427 3-42.3 1-1 3-40 8-of-13 29:48VS. UT Martin 7 17 6-9-2 33-63-0 20-36-1 283 1 69-346 6-36.8 3-2 6-45 5-of-16 30:12

NIU 41 19 6-12-1 26-173-2 18-27-1 342 4 53-515 1-43.0 2-2 4-49 8-of-9 17:27at Army 40 30 30-28-1 86-486-6 1-4-0 8 0 90-494 3-37.3 3-0 5-35 9-of-17 42:33 NIU vs. Kansas

NIU vs. C. Michigan

NIU at Ball State

NIU vs. Buffalo NIU at Akron NIU at W. Michigan

NIU vs Massachusetts

NIU vs Toledo

NIU at E. Michigan

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2012 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

TEAM Average NCAA MACRushing Offense 177.67 54 5Passing Offense 203.33 94 9Total Offense 381.00 76 7Scoring Offense 31.00 56 5Rushing Defense 229.33 112 10Pass Efficiency Defense 107.61 31 1Total Defense 369.33 58 4Scoring Defense 21.67 49 2Net Punting 37.70 56 4Punt Returns 5.33 88 10Kickoff Returns 19.44 79 8Turnover Margin -1.00 T-94 8Pass Defense 140.00 7 1Passing Efficiency 154.68 31 2Sacks 3.00 15 2Tackles for Loss 7.67 23 2Sacks Allowed 1.67 T-52 5Tackles for Loss Allowed 5.67 T-68 9Fewest Penalties 4.00 T-11 3Fewest Yards Penalized 36.67 T-27 4Punt Ret. Yardage Defense 6.33 T-53 6 Kickoff Ret. Yardage Defense 19.64 52 5Third Down Conversion Pct. 59.46 5 1

TEAM Average NCAA MACThird Down Conv. Pct. Defense 43.14 84 5Fourth Down Conversion Pct. 50.00 T-53 T-6Fourth Down Conv. Pct. Defense 55.56 T-82 10Time of Possession 22:51 118 13

INDIVIDUAL Average NCAA MACJordan Lynch, Rushing 101.33 30 5Jordan Lynch, Passing Efficiency 156.97 29 2Jordan Lynch, Total Offense 304.67 19 2Martel Moore, Receptions per Game 5.00 T-82 T-12Martel Moore, Receiving Yards per Game 76.33 T-55 6Jimmie Ward, Interceptions .33 T-69 T-8Perez Ashford, Punt Returns 5.60 T-61 7Tommylee Lewis, Kickoff Returns 20.17 64 6Mathew Sims, Field Goals .33 T-91 10Jordan Lynch, Scoring 10.00 T-24 T-4Alan Baxter, Sacks 1.00 T-18 T-15Joe Windsor, Sacks .67 T-58 T-7Jimmie Ward, Tackles 11.00 T-15 T-3Dechane Durante, Tackles 8.00 T-95 T-11Alan Baxter, Tackles for Loss 1.67 T-27 4Tyrone Clark, Tackles for Loss 1.33 T-54 6

NIU in the 2012 NCAA and MAC Rankings


RUSHINGNo-Yds Iowa UTM Army Kansas CMU BSU Buffalo Akron WMU UMass Toledo EMUDaniels, Akeem 1-5 1-3 4-14

Harris Jr., Keith 2-11, TD 3-2 DNP

Lewis, Tommylee 1- (-2) 1-17 1-21, TD

Lynch, Jordan 18-119, TD 11-60, 13-125,

3TD TD

McIntosh, Matt 0-0 6-20 DNP

Settle, Leighton 10-33 21-106 5-19

Womble, Jamal 3-5 5-7, TD 0-0

RECEIVINGNo-Yds Iowa UTM Army Kansas CMU BSU Buffalo Akron WMU UMass Toledo EMUAshford, Perez 0-0 2-18 4-69

Brown, Da’Ron 0-0 3-32 1-6

Daniels, Akeem 1-(-1) 1-1 DNP

Eakes, Luke 0-0 1-32 1-38

Lewis, Tommylee 1-2 4-52 2-79, TD

Moore, Martel 3-39 5-56, TD 7-134, 2TD

Sebastiano,Angelo 0-0 1-12 0-0

Semisch,Tim DNP DNP 1-2,TD

Settle, Leighton 1-14 1-(-3) DNP

Wells,Jamison 0-0 1-14 2-14

PASSINGC-A,Yds Iowa UTM Army Kansas CMU BSU Buffalo Akron WMU UMass Toledo EMULynch, Jordan 6-16, 54 19-25, 214 18-27, INT TD 4TDMcIntosh, Matt DNP 0-1, 0

PUNTINGNo-Avg,In20 Iowa UTM Army Kansas CMU BSU Buffalo Akron WMU UMass Toledo EMU

Neir, Ryan 6-37.7, 1 3-42.3, 3 1-43


Career Games Played/StartedName Pos. Cl. GP/GSZach Anderson DT Jr.-RS 9/0Perez Ashford WR Sr. 42/11Jamaal Bass LB So.-RS 14/13Matt Battaglia OL Sr. 9/0Alan Baxter DE Sr. 41/13Ken Bishop DT Jr. 3/2Giorgio Bowers TB So.-RS 3/0Juwan Brescacin WR Fr.-RS 1/0Jacob Brinlee WR Fr. 2/0Da’Ron Brown WR So.-RS 17/6Ryan Brown OT So.-RS 13/2Tyrone Clark LB Sr. 25/18Aidan Conlon OG Fr.-RS 3/3Mike Cotton LB Fr. 2/0Akeem Daniels WR Jr. 28/3Dechane Durante D So.-RS 17/12Luke Eakes TE So.-RS 17/7Sean Evans DB Jr.-RS 19/0Jhony Faustin CB Sr. 17/11Perez Ford DE Fr. 3/0Mike Gegner C So.-RS 6/0Donovan Gordon DT So.-RS 3/0Ryan Gorrell LB So.-RS 1/0Daniel Green DE Sr.-RS 1/0

Name Pos. Cl. GP/GSKeith Harris, Jr. TB Fr. 2/1Marckie Hayes DB So.-RS 16/0Victor Jacques LB Sr.-RS 25/1Nabal Jefferson DT Sr. 42/14Matt Killian OG Fr.-RS 3/0Matt Krempel OL Jr.-RS 21/2Rasheen Lemon LB Fr.-RS 3/0Tommylee Lewis WR So. 14/2Paris Logan DB Fr.-RS 3/0Tyler Loos OT So.-RS 3/2Jordan Lynch QB Jr.-RS 25/3Desroy Maxwell TE Fr. 3/0Brian Mayer DS So.-RS 17/--Boomer Mays LB Fr.-RS 3/1Matt McIntosh QB Fr.-RS 0/1Jason Meehan DE So. 17/0Rashaan Melvin CB Sr.-RS 32/18Marlon Moore CB Fr. 3/0Martel Moore WR Sr. 43/26Tre Moore S Fr.-RS 1/0Ryan Neir P Sr.-RS 17/--Andrew Ness C Fr.-RS 3/3Stephen O’Neal DE Jr.-RS 25/0Wes Ott OL So.-RS 1/0

Name Pos. Cl. GP/GSLogan Pegram OL Sr.-RS 35/22Tyler Pitt OL So.-RS 17/1Sean Progar DE Sr.-RS 43/37George Rainey LB Jr.-RS 25/0Angelo Sebastiano WR Fr.-RS 2/0Mike Santacaterina LB So.-RS 14/5Jason Schepler TE Sr.-RS 38/16Tim Semisch TE So.-RS 14/3Leighton Settle TB Jr. 13/2Mathew Sims K Jr. 22/--James Spencer RB So.-RS 7/0Courtney Stephen S Sr.-RS 7/0Rob Sterling FB So. 13/1Cameron Stingily TB So.-RS 7/0Demetrius Stone DB Sr. 28/10Jared Volk OL Jr.-RS 25/4Jimmie Ward DB Jr. 31/15Dominique Ware CB Jr.-RS 25/2Tyler Wedel K So. 17/--Anthony Wells DE Jr.-RS 21/3Jamison Wells WR Jr.-RS 19/1Joe Windsor DE Jr. 30/2Bobby Winkel LB So.-RS 7/0Jamal Womble TB Sr. 15/1


DEFENSESolo-Asst-Total Iowa UTM Army Kansas CMU BSU Buffalo Akron WMU UMass Toledo EMUAshford, Perez DNP DNP 1-0-1Bass, Jamal 4-2-6 3-3-6, FF 6-4-10Baxter, Alan 2-1-3, SK, 1-5-6, SK, 4-3-7, SK TFL 2 TFLBishop, Ken 2-1-3, 2-2-4 1-0-1 0.5 TFL, 0.5 SKClark, Tyrone 6-5-11, 3-0-3, 10-7-17 TFL, FR PBUCotton, Mike DNP 0-1-1 1-0-1Durante, Dechane 10-0-10, 2-6-8, 3-3-6 2 FF 1.5 TFLEvans, Sean 1-1-2, SK, 0-1-1 0-1-1 1.5 TFLFaustin, Jhony 3-0-3 2-0-2, FF 2-3-5Ford, Perez DNP 1-1-2, TFL 0-0-0Gordon,Donovan DNP DNP 2-1-3Green, Daniel DNP 1-0-1, TFL DNPHayes, Marckie DNP DNP 1-0-1, SKJacques, Victor 4-5-9, DNP 0.5 SK, 0.5 TFLJefferson, Nabal 4-3-7, 0-3-3 5-3-8 PBULemon, Rasheen 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-0-0Logan, Paris 0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0Mays, Boomer DNP DNP 5-2-7Meehan, Jason 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0Melvin, Rashaan 3-1-4 4-2-6, 2-1-3 2 PBU 2 PBUProgar, Sean 3-1-4, SK 0-2-2, 3-5-8 TFL 0.5 TFLRainey, George DNP 1-0-1, TFL, 0-0-0 PBU Santacaterina, Michael DNP DNP 1-0-1Stephen, Courtney 1-0-1 DNP DNPStingily, Cameron 0-0-0 1-0-1 DNPStone, Demetrius 3-0-3, 3-2-5 2-3-5 PBU Ward, Jimmie 7-5-12, 5-5-10, 6-5-11 0.5 TFL, INT, PBU 2 PBU 2 PBU Ware, Dominique 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-0-0Wedel,Tyler DNP DNP 1-0-1Wells, Anthony 3-0-3 0-2-2 1-0-1Windsor, Joe 2-2-4, 2 SK, 1-2-3 3-1-4 2 TFL



THE LAST TIMEANORTHERNILLINOISTEAMRECORDEDASHUTOUT– at Eastern Michigan, 37-0 (9-27-08)25FIRSTDOWNS– 43 vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)30FIRSTDOWNS– 43 vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)35FIRSTDOWNS– 43 vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)40FIRSTDOWNS– 43 vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)SCORED40ORMOREPOINTS– 41 at Army (9-15-12)SCORED45ORMOREPOINTS– 45 at Bowling Green (11-8-11)SCORED50ORMOREPOINTS– 63 at Toledo (11-1-11)SCORED60ORMOREPOINTS– 63 at Toledo (11-1-11)500ORMOREYARDSOFTOTALOFFENSE– 515 at Army (9-15-12600ORMOREYARDSOFTOTALOFFENSE– 710 vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)700ORMOREYARDSOFTOTALOFFENSE– 710 vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)300ORMOREYARDSRUSHING– 372 vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)400ORMOREYARDSRUSHING– 494 vs. W. Michigan (10-15-11)DIDNOTCOMMITATURNOVER– vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)HADASUCCESSFULON-SIDEKICK– at C. Michigan, Wedel kick/Faustin recovery (10-1-11)HAD40MINUTESTIMEOFPOSSESSION– at Purdue, 41:40 (9-19-09)HELDOPPONENTTO50YARDSORLESSRUSHING– vs. Arkansas State, 28 yards (1-8-12)HELDOPPONENTTONEGATIVEYARDSRUSHING– at Miami, -11 yards (10-24-09)HELDOPPONENTTO100YARDSORLESSPASSING– vs. Kent State, 63 yards (10-8-11)HELDOPPONENTTO200YARDSORLESSTOTALOFFENSE – vs. Kent State, 64 yards (10-8-11)HELDOPPONENTTO150YARDSORLESSTOTALOFFENSE– vs. Kent State, 64 yards (10-8-11)HELDOPPONENTTO100YARDSORLESSTOTALOFFENSE – vs. Kent State, 64 yards (10-8-11)HELDANOPPONENTWITHOUTATOUCHDOWN– at Eastern Michigan, 71-3 (11-26-10)WASINVOLVEDINANOVERTIMEGAME–vs. C. Michigan, 11-12-08

ANOPPONENTHAD35MINUTESOFPOSSESSION– Army 42:33 (9-15-12)RETURNEDAKICKOFFFORATOUCHDOWN – Philip Livas (97 yards) of Louisiana Tech, Independence Bowl (12-28-08)RETURNEDAPUNTFORATOUCHDOWN– LaVon Brazill (91 yards) of Ohio (11-21-09)RETURNEDANINTERCEPTIONFORATOUCHDOWN– Gordon DuBois (27 yards) of Buffalo (10-16-10)RETURNEDAFUMBLEFORATOUCHDOWN– Joshua Howard (92 yards) of Ball St. (11-15-11)SCOREDASAFETY– W. Michigan (NIU punter tackled in end zone) (10-15-11)BLOCKEDAPUNT– Chris Anderson of North Dakota (9-11-10)BLOCKEDAPUNTFORATOUCHDOWN– Ellis Hobbs (block) / LaMarcus Hicks (recovered ball in end zone) of Iowa State (9-18-04)BLOCKEDAFIELDGOAL– Courtney Lester of Buffalo (10-22-11)BLOCKEDAPATKICK – Kevin Hess of Cal Poly (9-24-11)MISSEDAPATKICK(notblocked)– Peter Fardon of Buffalo (10-22-11)SHUTOUTTHEHUSKIES– Navy 16, Northern Illinois 0 (11-25-08)PASSEDFOR300ORMOREYARDS– Austin Dantin (322) of Toledo (11-1-11)PASSEDFOR400ORMOREYARDS– Chazz Anderson (404) of Buffalo (10-22-11)RUSHEDFOR100ORMOREYARDS– Raymond Maples (159), Larry Dixon (136), Trent Steelman (116) of Army (9-15-12)RUSHEDFOR200ORMOREYARDS– Mike Ford (207) of South Florida (1-3-10)HADARUSHOF60YARDSORLONGER– Bryan Schroeder (80) of C. Michigan (11-27-09)TWOORMOREPLAYERSRUSHEDFOR100YARDS – Raymond Maples (159), Larry Dixon (136), Trent Steelman (116) of Army (9-15-12)HAD10ORMORERECEPTIONS– Quentin Sims (10) of UT Martin (9-8-12)HAD100ORMORERECEIVINGYARDS – Quentin Sims (152) of UT Martin (9-8-12)HAD200ORMORERECEIVINGYARDS– Travis Shelton (204) of Temple (10-21-06)


ANORTHERNILLINOISPLAYERRETURNEDOPENINGKICKOFFFORATD– at Toledo, Tommylee Lewis, 100 yards (11-1-11)RETURNEDAKICKOFFFORATOUCHDOWN– Tommylee Lewis (95 yards) at Toledo (11-1-11)RETURNEDTWOKICKOFFSFORATOUCHDOWN– Tommylee Lewis (100 & 95 yards) at Toledo (11-1-11)RETURNEDAPUNTFORATOUCHDOWN– Perez Ashford (44 yards) at Miami (10-24-09)RETURNEDAFUMBLEFORATOUCHDOWN– Craig Rusch (60 yards) at Kent State (11-18-08)SCOREDASAFETY– Sean Progar (tackled RB in end zone) vs. Eastern Michigan (11-25-11)RETURNEDANINTERCEPTIONFORATOUCHDOWN– Dechane Durante (36 yards) vs. Arkansas State (1-8-12)ANON-QBTHREWATOUCHDOWNPASS– Jasmin Hopkins (19 yards to Landon Cox) at Illinois (9-18-10)BLOCKEDAPUNT– Dechane Durante vs. Kent State (10-8-11)BLOCKEDTWOPUNTSINAGAME– Jordan Delegal (2) at Ball St. (11-20-10)BLOCKEDAPUNTFORATOUCHDOWN– Jimmie Ward (block) / Courtney Stephen (14-yard return) vs. Army (9-3-11)BLOCKEDAFIELDGOAL– Ron Newcomb vs. Kent State (10-8-11)BLOCKEDAPATKICK– Mike Krause vs. Miami (12-3-10)CONVERTEDAFAKEFGFORATOUCHDOWN– Jimmy Erwin (8-yard rush) vs. C. Michigan (10-19-02)MISSEDAPATKICK(notblocked)– Mathew Sims vs. Ohio (12-2-11)CONVERTEDATWO-POINTATTEMPT– Nathan Palmer (pass from Chandler Harnish) at C. Michigan (10-1-11)PASSEDFOR300ORMOREYARDS– Jordan Lynch (342) at Army (9-15-12)PASSEDFOR400ORMOREYARDS– Phil Horvath (486) at Akron (9-24-05) - NIU RECORDRUSHEDFOR100ORMOREYARDS– Jordan Lynch (125) at Army (9-15-12)RUSHEDFOR200ORMOREYARDS– Chandler Harnish (229) vs. W. Michigan (10-15-11)HADARUSHOF60YARDSORLONGER– Jordan Lynch (88) at Army (9-15-12)TWOPLAYERSRUSHEDFOR100YARDSINTHESAMEGAME– Chandler Harnish (181) and Jasmin Hopkins (122) vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)HAD10ORMORERECEPTIONS– Landon Cox (11) at Ohio (11-21-09) HAD100ORMORERECEIVINGYARDS– Martel Moore (134) at Army (9-15-12)HAD200ORMORERECEIVINGYARDS– Martel Moore (224) vs. Arkansas State (1-8-12)HAD200RUSHINGAND200PASSINGYARDS– Chandler Harnish (229 rushing/203 passing) vs. W. Michigan (10-15-11)HAD100RUSHINGAND100RECEIVINGYARDS– Garrett Wolfe (171 rushing/114 receiving) at Ohio State (9-2-06)CAUGHTTWORECEIVINGTOUCHDOWNPASSES– Martel Moore (2) at Army (9-15-12)SCOREDTHREETOUCHDOWNS– Jordan Lynch (3 rushing) vs. UT Martin (9-8-12)HADTWOINTERCEPTIONSINAGAME– Tyrone Clark vs. C. Michigan (10-23-10)RETURNEDAFUMBLEFORATOUCHDOWN–Nabal Jefferson (25 yards) vs. Kent State (10-8-11)RUSHEDFOR150YARDSINAGAME – Chandler Harnish (181 yards) vs. Ball St. (11-15-11)QBRUSHEDFOR150YARDS– Chandler Harnish (148 yards) vs. Eastern Michigan (11-25-11)RUSHEDFOR100YARDSINFOURCONSECUTIVEGAMES– Chandler Harnish at Toledo (133), at Bowling Green (151), vs. Ball St. (181), vs. E. Michigan (148), 2011RUSHEDFOR2ORMORETDSINTHREECONSECUTIVEGAMES – Chad Spann vs. Toledo (3), at Ball St. (3), at Eastern Michigan (2), 2010SCOREDARUSHINGANDRECEIVINGTDINAGAME– Tommylee Lewis at Army (9-15-12)HADA70-YARDRUN– Jordan Lynch (88 yards) at Army (9-15-12)HADAN80-YARDRUN– Jordan Lynch (88 yards) at Army (9-15-12)KICKEDAFGOR50ORMOREYARDS– Michael Cklamovski (51 yards) vs. Fresno State (12-17-10)SCORED15ORMOREPOINTSKICKING – Mat Sims (16) vs. Kent State (10-8-11)KICKEDFOURORMOREFIELDGOALSINAGAME– Mat Sims (4) vs. Kent State (10-8-11)THREWFIVETDSINAGAME– Chandler Harnish (6) at Toledo (11-1-11)THREWSIXTDSINAGAME– Chandler Harnish (6) at Toledo (11-1-11)CAUGHTTHREETDRECEPTIONSINAGAME– Nathan Palmer (3) at Toledo (11-1-11)RUSHEDFORFOURTOUCHDOWNSINAGAME– Garrett Wolfe (4) vs. Indiana State (9-30-06)COMPLETEDA60-YARDPASS– Jordan Lynch (69 yards) to Tommylee Lewis at Army (9-15-12)COMPLETEDA70-YARDPASS– Chandler Harnish (79 yards) to Akeem Daniels at Bowling Green (11-8-11)COMPLETED AN 80-YARD PASS – Chandler Harnish (91 yards) to Nathan Palmer at Minnesota (8-30-08)

THE LAST TIME


MOSTPOINTS,GAMENorthern Illinois .....41, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................40, by Army (9/15)

MOSTPOINTS,QUARTERNorthern Illinois .....14, Three timesOpponent .................15, 3rd Q. by Army (9/15)

MOSTPOINTS,HALFNorthern Illinois .....28, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................21, 2nd by Army (9/15)

MOSTFIRSTDOWNSNorthern Illinois .....26, vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opponent .................30 by Army (9/15/12)

MOSTRUSHINGYARDSNorthern Illinois .....213, vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opponent .................486, by Army (9/15)

MOSTRUSHINGATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois .....49, vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opponent .................86, by Army (9/15)

MOSTPASSINGYARDSNorthern Illinois .....342, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................283, by UT Martin (9/8)

MOSTPASSATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois .....27, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................36, by UT Martin (9/8)

MOSTPASSCOMPLETIONSNorthern Illinois .....19, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................21, by UT Martin (9/8)

MOSTSACKS(BYDEFENSE)Northern Illinois .....6, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................3, by UT Martin (9/8)

MOSTTOTALNETYARDSNorthern Illinois .....515, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................494, by Army (9/15)

MOSTPENALTIESNorthern Illinois .....5, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................6, by UT Martin (9/8)

MOSTTURNOVERSNorthern Illinois .....3, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................3, by UT Martin (9/8)

MOSTTIMEOFPOSSESSIONNorthern Illinois .....29:48, vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opponent .................42:33, by Army (9/15/12)

FEWESTPOINTS,GAMENorthern Illinois .....17, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................7, by UT Martin (9/8)

FEWESTPOINTS,HALFNorthern Illinois .....10, 1st vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................0, 1st by UT Martin (9/8)

FEWESTFIRSTDOWNSNorthern Illinois .....12, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................17, by Ball State (11/20)

FEWESTRUSHINGYARDSNorthern Illinois .....147, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................63, by UT Martin (9/8)

FEWESTRUSHINGATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois .....26, at Army (9/15)Opponent .................33, by UT Martin (9/8)

FEWESTPASSINGYARDSNorthern Illinois .....54, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................8, by Army (9/15)

FEWESTPASSATTEMPTSNorthern Illinois .....16, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................4, by Army (9/15)

FEWESTPASSCOMPLETIONSNorthern Illinois .....6, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................1, by Army (9/15/12)

FEWESTSACKS(BYDEFENSE)Northern Illinois .....1, vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opponent .................0, by Army (9/15)

FEWESTTOTALNETYARDSNorthern Illinois .....201, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................268, by Iowa (9/1)

FEWESTPENALTIESNorthern Illinois .....3, vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opponent .................3, by Iowa (9/1)

FEWESTTURNOVERSNorthern Illinois .....1, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opponent .................0, by Iowa (9/1)

LEASTTIMEOFPOSSESSIONNorthern Illinois .....17:27 at Army (9/15)Opponent .................30:12, by UT Martin (9/8)

RUSHINGYARDS(NET)NIU ............. 125, Jordan Lynch, at Army (9/15)Opp. .......... 159, Raymond Maples, Army (9/15)

RUSHINGATTEMPTSNIU ............. 21, Leighton Settle vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opp. .......... 30, Damon Bullock, Army (9/15)

RUSHINGTOUCHDOWNSNIU ............. 3, Jordan Lynch vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opp. .......... 3, Larry Dixon, Army (9/15)

PASSINGYARDSNIU ............. 342, Jordan Lynch at Army (9/15)Opp. .......... 264, Derek Carr, UT Martin (9/8)

PASSATTEMPTSNIU ............. 27, Jordan Lynch at Army (9/15)Opp. .......... 35, Derek Carr, UT Martin (9/8)

PASSCOMPLETIONSNIU ............. 19, Jordan Lynch vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opp. .......... 21, James Vandenberg, Iowa (9/1)

COMPLETIONPERCENTAGENIU ............. 76.0 (29-25), Lynch vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opp. .......... 63.6 (21-33), James Vandenberg, Iowa (9/1)

TOUCHDOWNPASSESNIU ............. 4, Jordan Lynch at Army (9/15)Opp. .......... 1, Derek Carr, UT Martin (9/8)

MOSTRECEPTIONSNIU ............. 7, Martel Moore at Army (9/15)Opp. .......... 10, Quinton Sims, UT Martin (9/8)

RECEIVINGYARDSNIU ............. 134, Martel Moore at Army (9/15)Opp. ........... 152, Quinton Sims, UT Martin (9/8)

TOUCHDOWNCATCHESNIU ............. 2 Martel Moore at Army (9/15)Opp. .......... 1, Corey Jordan, UT Martin (9/8)

TOUCHDOWNSNIU ............. 3 Jordan Lynch vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opp. .......... 3, Larry Dixon, Army (9/15)

SACKSNIU ............. 2, Joe Windsor, vs. Iowa (9/1)Opp. .......... 1, by five players

TACKLESFORLOSSNIU ............. 2, Joe Windsor, vs. Iowa (9/1) 2, Alan Baxter, vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opp. .......... 2, Montori Hughes, UT Martin (9/8)

INTERCEPTIONSNIU ............. 1, by Jimmie Ward vs. UT Martin (9/8)Opp. .......... 1, by two players

TEAM HIGHS TEAM LOWS INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2012 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


NORTHERN ILLINOIS 2012 DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE DEFENSE

SPECIALISTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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