most total rushing yards in a game in northwestern history

Damien Anderson has the most rushing yards for Northwestern in a game, with 292 yards against Indiana on October 7, 2000.

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Damien Anderson D. Anderson	292	10/7/2000	NW	vs	IND	36	8.1	4	2	1		2.0	0
2	Damien Anderson D. Anderson	268	11/4/2000	NW	vs	MICH	31	8.6	2	7	2		3.5	0
3	Jason Wright J. Wright	251	11/22/2003	NW	@	ILL	42	6.0	4
4	Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	244	10/8/2005	NW	vs	WIS	29	8.4	3	9	2		4.5	1
5	Jason Wright J. Wright	237	12/26/2003	NW	@	BGSU	21	11.3	1	11	2		5.5	0
6	Damien Anderson D. Anderson	230	10/28/2000	NW	@	MINN	34	6.8	2	2	1		2.0	0
7	Darnell Autry D. Autry	226	11/18/1995	NW	@	PUR	32	7.1		16	4		4.0
8	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	224	12/28/2016	NW	vs	PITT	32	7.0	3	9	2	6	4.5	0
9	Evan Hull E. Hull	220	11/16/2019	NW	vs	MASS	24	9.2	4	0	0	1		0
10	Damien Anderson D. Anderson	219	9/30/2000	NW	@	MSU	25	8.8	2
11	Mike Kafka M. Kafka	217	11/1/2008	NW	@	MINN	27	8.0	0
12	Evan Hull E. Hull	216	9/25/2021	NW	vs	OHIO	22	9.8	2
13	Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	214	9/10/2005	NW	vs	NIU	30	7.1	4	16	2		8.0	0
14	Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	212	11/19/2005	NW	@	ILL	34	6.2	0	24	5		4.8	0
15	Noah Herron N. Herron	197	10/9/2004	NW	vs	IND	29	6.8	3	41	5		8.2	0
16	Jason Wright J. Wright	196	8/30/2003	NW	@	KU	41	4.8	4	11	1		11.0	0
17	Jason Wright J. Wright	196	11/2/2002	NW	vs	IND	22	8.9	4	59	3		19.7	0
18	Darnell Autry D. Autry	190	9/23/1995	NW	vs	AFA	37	5.1		51	4		12.8
19	Damien Anderson D. Anderson	189	9/22/2001	NW	@	DUKE	23	8.2	4	61	3		20.3	0
20	Caleb Komolafe C. Komolafe	188	10/2/2026	NW	vs	PSU	25	7.5	1	14	1	1	14.0	0
21	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	188	10/15/2016	NW	@	MSU	34	5.5	2	10	4	5	2.5	0
22	Damien Anderson D. Anderson	187	9/9/2000	NW	vs	DUKE	21	8.9	2	7	1		7.0	0
23	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	186	11/7/2015	NW	vs	PSU	28	6.6	0	9	1	2	9.0	0
24	Jason Wright J. Wright	186	9/21/2002	NW	@	NAVY	21	8.9	3
25	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	184	9/26/2015	NW	vs	BALL	33	5.6	0	20	2	2	10.0	0

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More Northwestern Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,172

Chiles

RUSH

334

Komolafe

REC

425

Wilde

Team Rankings

PPG

35.4

38th

OPP PPG

16.2

25th

RUSH YDS/G

203.0

35th

PASS YDS/G

234.4

76th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Nebraska	2-1	5-1
9	Minnesota	2-1	4-2
10	Northwestern	1-1	4-1
11	Oregon	1-1	3-2
12	Illinois	1-2	3-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/17	NW	@	MSU	12:00 PM
Sat 10/24	RUTG	@	NW	12:00 PM
Sat 10/31	NW	@	ORE	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	IOWA	@	NW	1:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NW	@	OSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Ball State

1 - 5

Final

Northwestern

4 - 1

Sat 10 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333