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Rick Bridges

Northern Illinois

Career Stats

Season	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	FUM	LOST
1979	NIU	11	23	59	39.0	5.4	280	4.7	25.5	1	1	81.1	1.7	1.7				264	3
1980	NIU	11	23	38	60.5	3.5	338	8.9	30.7	1	1	138.7	2.6	2.6				218	5
1981	NIU	10	49	104	47.1	10.4	636	6.1	63.6	4	7	97.7	3.8	6.7				196	2
1982	NIU	7	24	62	38.7	8.9	360	5.8	51.4	0	2	81.0	0.0	3.2				88	1
Total		39	119	263	45.2	6.7	1,614	6.1	41.4	6	11	96.0	2.3	4.2				766	11

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PASS

689

Holst

Josh Holst

RUSH

875

Wright

Chavon Wright

REC

506

Rogers

DeAree Rogers

PPG

17.1

144th

OPP PPG

24.3

73rd

RUSH YDS/G

186.1

39th

PASS YDS/G

98.8

204th

2025 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Eastern Michigan	3-5	4-8
10	Ball State	3-5	4-8
11	Bowling Green	2-6	4-8
12	Northern Illinois	2-6	3-9
13	UMass	0-8	0-12

KENT

5 - 7

35

Final

31

NIU

Northern Illinois

3 - 9

Fri 28 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,129

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

3,683

Minicucci

Nick Minicucci

3,681

Robertson

Sawyer Robertson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,661

Cook

Cam Cook

1,560

Hardy

Ahmad Hardy

1,451

Johnson

Emmett Johnson

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

Danny Scudero

1,276

Bell

Skyler Bell

1,209

Young

Wyatt Young

Pass TD Leaders

33

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

31

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

31

Sayin

Julian Sayin

Rush TD Leaders

23

Hawkins

Caleb Hawkins

21

Lacy

Kewan Lacy

18

Love

Jeremiyah Love

14

Brown

Camden Brown

13

Bell

Skyler Bell

12

Harris

Jackson Harris

QB Rating Leaders

182.1

Sayin

Julian Sayin

181.4

Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza

174.8

Mestemaker

Drew Mestemaker

14.5

Tucker

Nadame Tucker

13.5

Bailey

David Bailey

12.5

Smith

Anthony Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

44.8

42.5

42.0

41.9

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

8.2

10.8

10.9

12.6

13.0

13.3

Total Yards Rankings

504.3

498.0

488.7

482.0

480.3

478.6

Rush Yards Rankings

289.3

269.8

261.4

246.9

245.5

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

323.2

312.4

309.6

307.2

300.5

45.0

43.0

43.0

41.0

40.0

39.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Virginia	10	3	.769
3	Miami	11	2	.846
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	8	4	.667
6	Georgia Tech	9	3	.750
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	5	.583
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	8	4	.667
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Alabama	11	3	.786
3	Ole Miss	12	1	.923
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	9	3	.750
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	2	.833
8	Missouri	8	4	.667
9	Tennessee	8	4	.667
10	LSU	7	5	.583
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	7	.417
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	13	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	1	.923
3	Oregon	12	1	.923
4	Michigan	9	3	.750
5	USC	9	3	.750
6	Iowa	8	4	.667
7	Illinois	8	4	.667
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	5	.583
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	6	6	.500
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	3	.750
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	8	4	.667
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	11	2	.846
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	10	2	.833
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	6	6	.500
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	7	.417
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	3	.750

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	11	2	.846
3	Utah	10	2	.833
4	Houston	9	3	.750
5	Arizona	9	3	.750
6	Arizona State	8	4	.667
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	8	4	.667
10	Cincinnati	7	5	.583
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	6	.538
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	6	.500
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	6	6	.500
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	6	6	.500
11	Appalachian State	5	7	.417
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	7	5	.583
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/14	AFA	@	CONN	16-26
Fri 11/14	WIS	@	IND	7-31
Fri 11/14	ARIZ	@	CIN	30-24
Fri 11/14	EMU	@	BALL	24-9
Fri 11/14	ND	@	PITT	37-15

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 12/27	GT	@	BYU	3:30 PM
Sat 12/27	M-OH	@	FRES	4:30 PM
Sat 12/27	UNT	@	SDSU	5:45 PM
Sat 12/27	UVA	@	MIZ	7:30 PM
Sat 12/27	LSU	@	HOU	9:15 PM