Punter, Northern Illinois, 2005–⁠08

Andy Dittbenner

Hometown: Normal, IL

Andy Dittbenner played punter at Northern Illinois (2005–⁠08).

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,083

2,085

2,564

1,605

7–⁠57–⁠62–⁠106–⁠7

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2005	Northern Illinois	54	2,083	38.6	56
2006	Northern Illinois	55	2,085	37.9	58
2007	Northern Illinois	59	2,564	43.5	62
2008	Northern Illinois	41	1,605	39.1	54
Career		209	8,337	39.9	62

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Northern Illinois 12 games, 41 punts, 39.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 30	atMinnesota	L 27–⁠31	6	244	46
Sep 6	atWestern Michigan	L 26–⁠29	2	71	45
Sep 20	vs.Indiana State	W 48–⁠3	1	47	47
Sep 27	atEastern Michigan	W 37–⁠0	4	189	54
Oct 4	atTennessee	L 9–⁠13	5	198	46
Oct 11	vs.Miami (OH)	W 17–⁠13	4	151	48
Oct 18	vs.Toledo	W 38–⁠7	1	41	41
Oct 25	vs.Bowling Green	W 16–⁠13	1	25	25
Nov 5	atBall State	L 14–⁠45	8	291	41
Nov 12	vs.Central Michigan	L 30–⁠33	3	108	50
Nov 18	atKent State	W 42–⁠14	1	43	43
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 10–⁠17	5	197	44

2007 Northern Illinois 12 games, 59 punts, 43.5 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Iowa	L 3–⁠16	2	75	40
Sep 8	vs.Southern Illinois	L 31–⁠34	2	97	52
Sep 15	vs.Eastern Michigan	L 19–⁠21	4	178	52
Sep 22	atIdaho	W 42–⁠35	8	382	60
Sep 29	atCentral Michigan	L 10–⁠35	2	95	51
Oct 6	atTemple	L 15–⁠16	7	308	55
Oct 13	vs.Western Michigan	L 13–⁠17	7	282	52
Oct 20	atWisconsin	L 3–⁠44	8	357	55
Oct 27	atToledo	L 21–⁠70	7	315	55
Nov 10	vs.Kent State	W 27–⁠20	2	106	62
Nov 17	atNavy	L 24–⁠35	4	145	44
Nov 24	vs.Ball State	L 21–⁠27	6	224	41

2006 Northern Illinois 10 games, 55 punts, 37.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	atOhio State	L 12–⁠35	6	227	49
Sep 9	vs.Ohio	L 23–⁠35	5	173	45
Sep 16	vs.Buffalo	W 31–⁠13	4	162	49
Sep 23	vs.Indiana State	W 48–⁠14	3	102	42
Oct 8	atMiami (OH)	W 28–⁠25	6	217	49
Oct 14	atWestern Michigan	L 14–⁠16	5	221	57
Oct 28	atIowa	L 14–⁠24	5	192	47
Nov 7	vs.Toledo	L 13–⁠17	8	295	47
Nov 17	vs.Central Michigan	W 31–⁠10	4	131	41
Dec 19 ✦	vs.TCU	L 7–⁠37	9	365	58

2005 Northern Illinois 12 games, 54 punts, 38.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	atMichigan	L 17–⁠33	1	38	38
Sep 10	atNorthwestern	L 37–⁠38	3	127	46
Sep 17	vs.Tennessee Tech	W 42–⁠3	4	155	48
Sep 24	atAkron	L 42–⁠48	8	339	53
Oct 5	vs.Miami (OH)	W 38–⁠27	3	110	46
Oct 15	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 24–⁠8	2	62	37
Oct 22	atKent State	W 34–⁠3	8	313	56
Oct 29	vs.Ball State	L 17–⁠31	4	144	39
Nov 5	atCentral Michigan	W 31–⁠28	6	237	54
Nov 16	atToledo	W 35–⁠17	7	210	35
Nov 23	vs.Western Michigan	W 42–⁠7	3	115	46
Dec 1	vs.Akron	L 30–⁠31	5	233	50

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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