The 2022 season's largest margin: Northern Illinois 39, Eastern Michigan 10. A 29-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Correction
2022 is a losing-side chapter for Northern Illinois. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Ethan HamptonQB798 passing yards
- Rocky LombardiQB645 passing yards
- Harrison WayleeRB899 rushing yards
- Antario BrownRB689 rushing yards
- Jaiden CredleRB288 rushing yards
- Cole TuckerWR630 receiving yards
- Kacper RutkiewiczWR432 receiving yards
- Shemar ThorntonWR327 receiving yards
- Daveren RaynerLB71 tackles
- CJ BrownDB71 tackles
- Kyle PughLB51 tackles
- Michael KennedyDE6 sacks
- Devonte O'MalleyDT5 sacks
- Izayah Green-MayDE3 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Northern Illinois 12, Akron 44. A 32-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Forward, Together Forward"
2022 sits in Northern Illinois's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.