***Redshirt senior Anthony Maddie completed 11 of 17 passes for 142 yards and a touchdown, and ran for 35 yards on nine carries; he led NIU to all 16 of its fourth-quarter points in the Huskie comeback attempt. Maddie's totals were NIU career highs for a single game in completions, attempts and yards.  
 
***Anthony Maddie's completion to Ezra Saffold in the first quarter when the redshirt senior entered the game for a series was his first since 2014.  Maddie missed the entire 2015 season with a back injury.
 
***Redshirt freshman tight end Daniel Crawford recorded his first career catch in the first quarter with a 7-yard grab.
 
***True freshman cornerback Daniel Isom earned the first tackle of his NIU career when he came in defensively on Western Illinois' second drive.  He finished the game with eight tackles while playing nearly the entire game at corner. 
 
***NIU tight end Shane Wimann recorded his fourth TD catch of the season and the eighth of his career.  Wimann and Kenny Golladay are tied for the team in touchdowns with four each.
 
***Aregeros Turner's 21-yard catch in the second quarter was his longest reception of the season. The senior finished the contest with a team-best seven catches for 59 yards.
 
***Senior Jamaal Payton recorded his first sack of the season, and the second by the Huskies this year, when he dropped QB Sean McGuire for an eight-yard loss on second and goal from the NIU nine-yard line in the second quarter.
 
***Kenny Golladay extended his streak of consecutive games with a reception to 18 (every game of his Huskie career). Golladay recorded the sixth 100-yard receiving game of his NIU career with 5 catches for 113 yards versus Western Illinois.  It was his second 100-yard game of the 2016 season.
 
***Jordan Huff tallied a season-high 130 yards on nine carries Saturday and scored his first rushing touchdown of the season on a 23-yard carry in the fourth quarter.  It was his third career 100-yard game and his first of the season. His 33-yard run in the fourth quarter was his longest of the season.
 
***Running back Joel Bouagnon also contributed a season high 75 yards on 14 carries versus the Leathernecks.  As a team, NIU recorded a season-high in rushing yards with 307 on 40 carries.
 
***The Huskies' 25 first downs and 552 yards of total offense were also season bests for NIU.
 
***NIU begins the year 0-4 for the first time since 1999.   
 
***NIU dropped a game to a team from the Football Championship Series (FCS) for the first time since 2007.  That year, the Huskies lost to Southern Illinois in Huskie Stadium, 34-31.
 
***The Huskies' opponent did not have a turnover for the third time in four games this season.