Illinois State Redbirds vs Northern Iowa Panthers

College Football

Illinois St

4-1

21-28

Final

Northern Iowa

2-2

UNI-Dome

Drive chart

Drives

End of Game
Touchdown
Punt
Downs
Missed FG
Punt

Team	1	2	3	4	T
ILST	7	0	7	7	21
UNI	7	14	7	0	28

Who won: Northern Iowa 28-21

The Northern Iowa Panthers beat the Illinois State Redbirds 28-21 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at UNI-Dome. The Northern Iowa outscored the Illinois St 14-0 in the 2nd quarter. Jaxon Dailey led the Northern Iowa in passing yards (13/17, 217 YDS, 2 TD). Gage Roy led the Illinois St in passing yards (24/39, 193 YDS, 2 TD).

ILST

UNI

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Jaxon Dailey	13/17	217	12.8	2	0

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Xavier Terrell	8	80	10.0	1	43
Jaxon Dailey	10	44	4.4	1	28
Ben Gordon	4	41	10.3	0	27
Christian Collins	5	23	4.6	0	12
Taj Hughes	1	7	7.0	0	7
Michael Bormann	4	5	1.3	0	4
Team	2	-1	-0.5	0	0

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Taj Hughes	3	80	26.7	0	68
Jaiden Ellis-Lahey	1	50	50.0	0	50
Kaleb Diers	2	39	19.5	0	22
Kai Black	2	25	12.5	1	18
Ben Gordon	2	13	6.5	0	8
Ayden Price	1	6	6.0	1	6
Xavier Terrell	1	4	4.0	0	4
Zach Mehmert	1	0	0.0	0	0

Fumbles	FUM	LOST	REC
Ben Gordon	1	0	0
CJ Wade	0	0	1

Defensive	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HUR
John Powers	12	1	0	1	0
Isaiah Pinks	8	6	0	1	0
Jordan McClom	8	2	0	0	0
Anthony Isley	7	2	0	0	0
Kolben Miller	7	1	0	0	1
Mekhi Toms	6	5	0	0	0
Braden McShane	6	1	0	1	0
Jaylen Pettus	4	1	0.5	0	0
Axel Ramazani	3	1	0.5	0	0
AJ Vaughn	3	1	0	0	0
Jackson Stortz	3	0	0.5	0	0
Aidan Salow	3	0	0	0	0
Josiah Young	2	2	0	2	0
Tyson Cooreman	2	1	0	0	0
Franz Reisz	2	0	0.5	0	1
Gene Blalock	1	0	0	0	0
CJ Wade	1	0	0	0	0
Max Bartachek	1	0	0	0	0
Elijah Hoyt	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Kuennen	0	0	0	0	1