Northern Illinois Huskies football statistical leaders

The Northern Illinois Huskies football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Northern Illinois Huskies football program in various categories,[1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Huskies represent Northern Illinois University in the NCAA's Mid-American Conference.

Although Northern Illinois began competing in intercollegiate football in 1899,[1] the school's official record book does not generally include statistics from earlier than the 1950s, as records before this period are often incomplete and inconsistent.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since the 1950s, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[2] The Huskies have played in 12 bowl games since then, giving recent players an extra chance to accumulate statistics. Similarly, the Huskies have played in the MAC Championship Game seven times since 2005, meaning many recent seasons included 14 games.
• The Huskies' 11 highest seasons in total offensive yardage have come since 2000,[1] with the seven highest seasons being 2010 through 2016.

These lists are updated through the end of the 2019 season.

Passing

Passing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Chandler Harnish 8,944 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 George Bork 6,782 1960 1961 1962 1963 3 Chris Finlen 6,551 1997 1999 2000 2001 4 Jordan Lynch 6,209 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Josh Haldi 6,015 2001 2002 2003 2004 6 Phil Horvath 4,887 2004 2005 2006 7 Drew Hare 4,862 2013 2014 2015 2016 8 Marcus Childers 4,323 2017 2018 2019 9 Marshall Taylor 4,167 1985 1986 1987 1988 10 Bob Heimerdinger 4,076 1948 1949 1950 1951

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Chandler Harnish 3,216 2011 2 Jordan Lynch 3,138 2012 3 George Bork 3,077 1963 4 Jordan Lynch 2,892 2013 5 Josh Haldi 2,544 2003 6 Chandler Harnish 2,530 2010 7 George Bork 2,506 1962 8 Drew Hare 2,322 2014 9 Marcus Childers 2,175 2018 10 Ross Bowers 2,130 2019

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Phil Horvath 486 2005 Akron 2 George Bork 445 1963 Illinois State 3 George Bork 435 1962 Illinois State 4 George Bork 416 1963 UW-Whitewater 5 Jordan Lynch 407[3] 2012 Toledo 6 George Bork 389 1963 Winona State 7 Chandler Harnish 370[4] 2011 Central Michigan 8 Drew Hare 363[5] 2015 Ball State 9 Drew Hare 360[6] 2015 UNLV 10 Drew Hare 358[7] 2015 Murray State

Passing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Chandler Harnish 68 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 George Bork 60 1960 1961 1962 1963 3 Josh Haldi 55 2001 2002 2003 2004 4 Jordan Lynch 51 2010 2011 2012 2013 5 Chris Finlen 42 1997 1999 2000 2001 6 Bob Heimerdinger 38 1948 1949 1950 1951 7 Drew Hare 37 2013 2014 2015 2016 Marcus Childers 37 2017 2018 2019 9 Ron Christian 36 1963 1964 1965 10 Lew Flinn 35 1957 1958 1959 Phil Horvath 35 2004 2005 2006

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 George Bork 32 1963 2 Chandler Harnish 28 2011 3 Josh Haldi 25 2003 Jordan Lynch 25 2012 5 Jordan Lynch 24 2013 6 Ron Christian 23 1965 7 George Bork 22 1962 8 Chandler Harnish 21 2010 9 Lew Flinn 18 1959 Mike Griesman 18 1966 Phil Horvath 18 2005 Drew Hare 18 2014

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 George Bork 7 1963 UW-Whitewater 2 Bob Heimerdinger 6 1951 Illinois State Josh Haldi 6 2004 Western Michigan Phil Horvath 6 2005 Akron Chandler Harnish 6[8] 2011 Toledo 6 Scott Crabtree 5 1993 Nevada Chandler Harnish 5[9] 2011 Army

Rushing

Rushing yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Garrett Wolfe 5,164 2004 2005 2006 2 Michael Turner 4,941 2000 2001 2002 2003 3 Jordan Lynch 4,343 2010 2011 2012 2013 4 Mark Kellar 3,745 1971 1972 1973 5 Allen Ross 3,500 1977 1978 1979 1980 6 Adam Dach 3,438 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 7 LeShon Johnson 3,314 1992 1993 8 Charles Talley 3,155 1993 1994 1995 1996 9 Chandler Harnish 2,983 2008 2009 2010 2011 10 Chad Spann 2,916 2007 2008 2009 2010

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 LeShon Johnson 1,976 1993 2 Garrett Wolfe 1,928 2006 3 Jordan Lynch 1,920 2013 4 Michael Turner 1,915 2002 5 Jordan Lynch 1,815 2012 6 Mark Kellar 1,719 1973 7 Garrett Wolfe 1,656 2004 8 Michael Turner 1,648 2003 9 Garrett Wolfe 1,580 2005 10 Charles Talley 1,540 1995

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Garrett Wolfe 353 2006 Ball State 2 Garrett Wolfe 325 2004 Eastern Michigan 3 LeShon Johnson 322 1993 Southern Illinois 4 Jordan Lynch 321[10] 2013 Western Michigan 5 Jordan Lynch 316[11] 2013 Central Michigan 6 Stacey Robinson 308 1990 Fresno State 7 LeShon Johnson 306 1993 Iowa 8 Michael Turner 282 2002 Western Illinois 9 Stacey Robinson 281 1989 Cincinnati Michael Turner 281 2000 Central Michigan

Rushing touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Garrett Wolfe 52 2004 2005 2006 2 Chad Spann 49 2007 2008 2009 2010 3 Jordan Lynch 48 2010 2011 2012 2013 4 Michael Turner 43 2000 2001 2002 2003 5 Stacey Robinson 38 1988 1989 1990 6 Mark Kellar 32 1971 1972 1973 7 Joel Bouagnon 31 2013 2014 2015 2016 8 Allen Ross 30 1977 1978 1979 1980 9 Charles Talley 27 1993 1994 1995 1996 10 Thomas Hammock 25 1999 2000 2001 2002

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Jordan Lynch 23 2013 2 Chad Spann 22 2010 3 Stacey Robinson 19 1989 Stacey Robinson 19 1990 Michael Turner 19 2002 Chad Spann 19 2009 Jordan Lynch 19 2012 8 Garrett Wolfe 18 2004 Garrett Wolfe 18 2006 Joel Bouagnon 18 2015

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Bill Anderson 7 1912 Wheaton 2 Navarre Edwards 5 1909 Dixon Steve Goehl 5 1971 Long Beach State Stacey Robinson 5 1989 Cincinnati Stacey Robinson 5 1990 Fresno State Thomas Hammock 5 2000 Akron Michael Turner 5 2002 Miami (Ohio) Michael Turner 5 2002 Eastern Michigan Garrett Wolfe 5 2005 Western Michigan Joel Bouagnon 5[12] 2016 Bowling Green

Receiving

Receptions

Career Rank Player Rec Years 1 Justin McCareins 204 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Hugh Rohrschneider 183 1960 1961 1962 1963 3 P. J. Fleck 179 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Martel Moore 178 2009 2010 2011 2012 5 Tommylee Lewis 172 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 6 Kenny Golladay 160 2015 2016 7 Da'Ron Brown 155 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 Dave Petzke 148 1977 1978 9 Britt Davis 146 2005 2006 2007 2008 10 Deon Mitchell 143 1995 1996 1997 1998 Sam Hurd 143 2002 2003 2004 2005

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Dave Petzke 91 1978 2 Kenny Golladay 87 2016 3 Tommylee Lewis 86 2013 4 P. J. Fleck 77 2003 5 Hugh Rohrschneider 76 1962 6 Hugh Rohrschneider 75 1963 Martel Moore 75 2012 8 Kenny Golladay 73 2015 9 Da'Ron Brown 68 2014 10 Justin McCareins 66 2000

Single game Rank Player Rec Year Opponent 1 Gary Stearns 17 1963 Central Michigan 2 P. J. Fleck 14 2003 Ohio Sam Hurd 14 2005 Akron Kenny Golladay 14[13] 2016 Toledo 5 Gary Stearns 13 1963 Illinois State P. J. Fleck 13 2003 Maryland Kenny Golladay 13[14] 2016 Ball State 8 Sam Hurd 12 2005 Central Michigan Justin McCareins 12 1998 Western Michigan Dave Petzke 12 1978 Toledo Willie Hatter 12 1971 Western Michigan Tommylee Lewis 12[15] 2013 Ball State Christian Blake 12 2017 San Diego State Tyrice Richie 12[16] 2020 Western Michigan

Receiving yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Justin McCareins 2,991 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Martel Moore 2,544 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 Sam Hurd 2,322 2002 2003 2004 2005 4 Da'Ron Brown 2,295 2011 2012 2013 2014 5 Kenny Golladay 2,285 2015 2016 6 Hugh Rohrschneider 2,224 1960 1961 1962 1963 7 P. J. Fleck 2,162 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 8 Dan Sheldon 1,986 2001 2002 2003 2004 9 Gary Stearns 1,958 1960 1961 1962 1963 Dave Petzke 1,958 1977 1978

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Dave Petzke 1,215 1978 2 Justin McCareins 1,168 2000 3 Kenny Golladay 1,156 2016 4 Kenny Golladay 1,129 2015 5 Martel Moore 1,083 2012 6 Sam Hurd 1,074 2005 7 Da'Ron Brown 1,065 2014 8 Hugh Rohrschneider 1,036 1963 9 P. J. Fleck 1,028 2003 10 Matt Simon 969 2003

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Sam Hurd 266 2005 Central Michigan 2 P. J. Fleck 234 2003 Ohio 3 Martel Moore 224[17] 2011 Arkansas State 4 Sam Hurd 223 2005 Miami (Ohio) 5 Hugh Rohrschneider 221 1962 Illinois State 6 Dan Sheldon 213 2004 Western Michigan Kenny Golladay 213[6] 2015 UNLV 8 Da'Ron Brown 209[15] 2013 Ball State 9 Matt Simon 205 2007 Central Michigan 10 Deon Mitchell 190 1997 Ohio

Receiving touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Justin McCareins 29 1997 1998 1999 2000 2 Martel Moore 24 2009 2010 2011 2012 3 John Spilis 22 1966 1967 1968 1969 4 Sam Hurd 21 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 Al Eck 19 1958 1959 1960 Hugh Rohrschneider 19 1960 1961 1962 1963 Da'Ron Brown 19 2011 2012 2013 2014 8 Dan Sheldon 18 2001 2002 2003 2004 Kenny Golladay 18 2015 2016 10 Gary Stearns 17 1960 1961 1962 1963 Shane Wimann 17 2014 2015 2016 2017

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Hugh Rohrschneider 14 1963 2 Sam Hurd 13 2005 Martel Moore 13 2012 4 Fran Cahill 11 1951 Al Eck 11 1959 Dave Petzke 11 1978 7 John Spilis 10 1968 Justin McCareins 10 1999 Justin McCareins 10 2000 Kenny Golladay 10 2015

Single game Rank Player TDs Year Opponent 1 Fran Cahill 4 1951 Illinois State Hugh Rohrschneider 4 1963 UW-Whitewater

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[18]

Total offense yards

Career Rank Player Yards Years 1 Chandler Harnish 11,927 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 Jordan Lynch 10,552 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Chris Finlen 6,778 1997 1999 2000 2001 4 George Bork 6,402 1960 1961 1962 1963 5 Marshall Taylor 6,138 1985 1986 1987 1988 6 Drew Hare 6,063 2013 2014 2015 2016 7 Josh Haldi 5,949 2001 2002 2003 2004 8 Marcus Childers 5,693 2017 2018 2019 9 Garrett Wolfe 5,214 2004 2005 2006 10 Michael Turner 4,941 2000 2001 2002 2003

Single season Rank Player Yards Year 1 Jordan Lynch 4,953 2012 2 Jordan Lynch 4,812 2013 3 Chandler Harnish 4,595 2011 4 Chandler Harnish 3,366 2010 5 Drew Hare 3,222 2014 6 George Bork 2,945 1963 7 Marcus Shilders 2,706 2018 8 Josh Haldi 2,479 2003 9 George Bork 2,398 1962 10 Ron Christian 2,307 1965

Single game Rank Player Yards Year Opponent 1 Jordan Lynch 569[3] 2012 Toledo 2 Chandler Harnish 519[19] 2011 Ball State 3 Phil Horvath 477 2005 Akron 4 Jordan Lynch 471[11] 2013 Central Michigan 5 Jordan Lynch 468[15] 2013 Ball State 6 Jordan Lynch 467[20] 2012 Army 7 Chandler Harnish 465[4] 2011 Central Michigan 8 Anthony Maddie 458 2016 Ball State 9 Chandler Harnish 452[21] 2011 Bowling Green 10 George Bork 438 1962 Illinois State

Total touchdowns

Career Rank Player TDs Years 1 Jordan Lynch 99 2010 2011 2012 2013 2 Chandler Harnish 92 2008 2009 2010 2011 3 George Bork 65 1960 1961 1962 1963 4 Josh Haldi 61 2001 2002 2003 2004 5 Marcus Childers 53 2017 2018 2019 6 Chris Finlen 52 1997 1999 2000 2001 Garrett Wolfe 52 2004 2005 2006 7 Stacey Robinson 51 1988 1989 1990 8 Drew Hare 48 2013 2014 2015 2016 10 Bob Heimerdinger 47 1948 1949 1950 1951

Single season Rank Player TDs Year 1 Jordan Lynch 47 2013 2 Jordan Lynch 44 2012 3 Chandler Harnish 39 2011 4 George Bork 33 1963 5 Josh Haldi 28 2003 Chandler Harnish 28 2010 7 Stacey Robinson 27 1990 8 George Bork 26 1962 Drew Hare 26 2014 10 Ron Christian 25 1965

Defense

Interceptions

Career Rank Player Ints Years 1 Dan Meyer 16 1964 1965 1966 2 Al Eck 15 1958 1959 1960 Vince Thompson 15 1999 2000 2001 2002 4 Chris Blake 14 1971 1972 1973 5 Randee Drew 14 2000 2001 2002 2003 6 Steve Hirsch 13 1980 1981 1982 1983 7 Dan DeVito 12 1968 1969 1970 Rich Marks 12 1971 1972 1973 Shawun Lurry 12 2015 2016 10 Lionel Hickenbottom 11 2001 2003 2004 Jimmie Ward 11 2010 2011 2012 2013 Dechane Durante 11 2011 2012 2013 2014

Single season Rank Player Ints Year 1 Al Jones 10 1951 2 Shawun Lurry 9 2015 3 Dan Meyer 8 1965 4 Al Eck 7 1960 Randee Drew 7 2002 Jimmie Ward 7 2013

Single game Rank Player Ints Year Opponent 1 Dan Mojica 4 1951 Illinois State Dan Meyer 4 1966 Hillsdale

Tackles

Career Rank Player Tackles Years 1 Frank Lewandoski 616 1976 1977 1978 1979 2 Tim Griffin 471 1982 1983 1984 1985 3 Larry Clark 446 1970 1971 1972 4 Ron Delisi 437 1986 1987 1988 1989 5 Larry Williams 434 1999 2000 2001 2002 6 Gerald Nickelbrry 419 1991 1992 1993 1994 7 Steve Wild 411 1990 1991 1992 1993 8 Mike Terna 408 1977 1978 1979 1980 9 Mandel Hester 375 1993 1994 1995 1996 10 Akil Grant 361 2000 2001 2002 2003

Single season Rank Player Tackles Year 1 Steve Henriksen 191 1991 2 Larry Clark 189 1972 3 Frank Lewandoski 179 1977 4 Frank Lewandoski 173 1979 5 Ron Delisi 171 1988 6 Tim Griffin 155 1985 7 Steve Henriksen 153 1990 8 Mike Terna 151 1980 9 Larry Alleyne 144 1981 10 Tony Smith 142 1992

Single game Rank Player Tackles Year Opponent 1 Frank Lewandoski 33 1978 Western Michigan

Sacks

Career Rank Player Sacks Years 1 Larry English 31.5 2005 2006 2007 2008 2 Cary Caliendo 31.0 1987 1988 1989 1990 3 Sutton Smith 30.0 2016 2017 2018 4 Sean Progar-Jackson 24.0 2009 2010 2011 2012 5 Scott Kellar 23.0 1982 1983 1984 6 Jake Coffman 20.0 2007 2008 2009 2010 7 C.J. Rose 19.0 1992 1993 1994 1995 8 Josh Corcoran 16.5 2015 2016 2017 2018 9 Larry Williams 16.0 1999 2000 2001 2002 Brian Atkinson 16.0 2001 2002 2003 2004 Alan Baxter 16.0 2009 2010 2011 2012

Single season Rank Player Sacks Year 1 Sutton Smith 15.0 2018 2 Sutton Smith 14.0 2017 3 Scott Kellar 12.0 1984 Larry English 12.0 2006 5 Larry English 10.5 2007 6 Cary Caliendo 10.0 1987 Larry Williams 10.0 2002 Josh Corcoran 10.0 2018 9 Jake Coffman 9.5 2010 Alan Baxter 9.5 2012

Single game Rank Player Sacks Year Opponent 1 Larry English 5.0 2007 Idaho

Kicking

Field goals made

Career Rank Player FGs Years 1 Steve Azar 73 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 Chris Nendick 57 2004 2005 2006 2007 3 Mathew Sims 54 2010 2011 2012 2013 4 John Ivanic 46 1987 1988 1989 1990 5 Vince Scott 41 1980 1981 1982 1983 6 Mike Salerno 37 2008 2009 7 Christian Hagan 34 2014 2015 2016 8 Rome Moga 31 1977 1978 1979 1980 Brian Clark 31 1995 1996 1997 1998 10 Brian Steger 25 1992 1993

Single season Rank Player FGs Year 1 Steve Azar 21 2003 2 Steve Azar 20 2001 Chris Nendick 20 2006 Mathew Sims 20 2011 5 Mike Salerno 19 2009 6 John Ivanic 18 1987 Steve Azar 18 2002 Mike Salerno 18 2008 9 Vince Scott 17 1983 Mike Cklamovski 17 2010 Mathew Sims 17 2013

Single game Rank Player FGs Year Opponent 1 Vince Scott 5 1982 Ohio Chris Nendick 5 2006 Temple

Field goal percentage

Career Rank Player FG% Years 1 Steve Azar 79.3% 2000 2001 2002 2003 2 John Richardson 77.8%[22] 2019 2020 3 Vince Scott 75.9% 1980 1981 1982 1983 4 Mike Salerno 75.5% 2008 2009 5 John Ivanic 73.0% 1987 1988 1989 1990 6 Chris Nendick 72.2% 2004 2005 2006 2007 7 Christian Hagan 70.8% 2014 2015 2016 8 Brian Clark 68.9% 1995 1996 1997 1998 9 Mathew Sims 68.4% 2010 2011 2012 2013 10 Rome Moga 57.4% 1977 1978 1979 1980

Single season Rank Player FG% Year 1 Steve Azar 93.3% 2000 2 Kent Baker 85.7% 1999 3 Vince Scott 85.0% 1983 4 Steve Azar 80.8% 2003 5 John Ivanic 78.9% 1988 Mathew Sims 78.9% 2012 7 Christian Hagan 77.8% 2015 John Richardson 77.8%[22] 2019 John Richardson 77.8%[22] 2020 10 Steve Azar 76.9% 2001

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