northwestern wildcats football record vs pen state all-time

The Northwestern Wildcats have an 83-82 record all-time.

	TEAM	REC	PEN	SEASON	W%	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Northwestern	5-7	49	2013	.417	12	5	7	0	35	314	26.2	325	27.1	269	39.9	42.9
2	Northwestern	5-7	62	2014	.417	12	5	7	0	33	276	23.0	302	25.2	255	40.1	48.3
3	Northwestern	10-3	58	2015	.769	13	10	3	0	29	254	19.5	242	18.6	232	40.7	45.5
4	Northwestern	7-6	47	2016	.538	13	7	6	0	45	338	26.0	289	22.2	280	39.3	53.1
5	Northwestern	10-3	64	2017	.769	13	10	3	0	49	380	29.2	261	20.1	299	35.3	56.4
6	Northwestern	9-5	40	2018	.643	14	9	5	0	44	339	24.2	325	23.2	287	38.1	37.5
7	Northwestern	3-9	65	2019	.250	12	3	9	0	24	196	16.3	283	23.6	212	35.8	39.3
8	Northwestern	7-2	45	2020	.778	9	7	2	0	28	222	24.7	143	15.9	183	39.3	69.2
9	Northwestern	3-9	56	2021	.250	12	3	9	0	26	199	16.6	348	29.0	208	35.8	50.0
10	Northwestern	1-11	55	2022	.083	12	1	11	0	21	165	13.8	340	28.3	228	37.3	48.7
11	Northwestern	8-5	69	2023	.615	13	8	5	0	35	287	22.1	293	22.5	220	40.6	21.4
12	Northwestern	4-8	56	2024	.333	12	4	8	0	23	214	17.8	316	26.3	192	32.9	50.0
13	Northwestern	7-6	55	2025	.538	13	7	6	0	34	304	23.4	258	19.8	258	42.9	58.6
14	Northwestern	4-1	40	2026	.800	5	4	1	0	22	177	35.4	81	16.2	112	41.8	80.0
	Average		36.2		.503	7.9	4.0	3.9	0.0	21.3	174.5	22.2	181.2	23.1	154.0	38.4	0.0
	Total	83-82	761		.503	165	83	82	0	448	3,665	22.2	3,806	23.1	3,235	38.4	49.7

StatMuse has team, season-level data for penalties going back to the 2013 season.

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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