what is the average point differential of northwestern

The Northwestern Wildcats have a point differential per game played of -7.54 all-time.

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What is the average point differential per game of northwestern?

		TEAM	DIFF/GP	DIFF	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1		Northwestern	-0.56	-5	9	1956	4	4	1		107	11.9	112	12.4
2		Northwestern	-23.78	-214	9	1957	0	9	0		57	6.3	271	30.1
3		Northwestern	5.67	51	9	1958	5	4	0		199	22.1	148	16.4
4		Northwestern	4.44	40	9	1959	6	3	0		174	19.3	134	14.9
5		Northwestern	0.44	4	9	1960	5	4	0		107	11.9	103	11.4
6		Northwestern	2.89	26	9	1961	4	5	0		131	14.6	105	11.7
7		Northwestern	8.78	79	9	1962	7	2	0		237	26.3	158	17.6
8		Northwestern	4.22	38	9	1963	5	4	0		162	18.0	124	13.8
9		Northwestern	-7.67	-69	9	1964	3	6	0		95	10.6	164	18.2
10		Northwestern	-6.7	-67	10	1965	4	6	0		141	14.1	208	20.8
11		Northwestern	-7.6	-76	10	1966	3	6	1		137	13.7	213	21.3
12		Northwestern	-6.4	-64	10	1967	3	7	0		149	14.9	213	21.3
13		Northwestern	-21.6	-216	10	1968	1	9	0		109	10.9	325	32.5
14		Northwestern	-16.9	-169	10	1969	3	7	0		137	13.7	306	30.6
15		Northwestern	7.2	72	10	1970	6	4	0		233	23.3	161	16.1
16		Northwestern	2.64	29	11	1971	7	4	0		212	19.3	183	16.6
17		Northwestern	-13.09	-144	11	1972	2	9	0		146	13.3	290	26.4
18		Northwestern	-10.09	-111	11	1973	4	7	0		188	17.1	299	27.2
19		Northwestern	-22.27	-245	11	1974	3	8	0		140	12.7	385	35.0
20		Northwestern	-15.36	-169	11	1975	3	8	0		149	13.5	318	28.9
21		Northwestern	-16.09	-177	11	1976	1	10	0		134	12.2	311	28.3
22		Northwestern	-21.36	-235	11	1977	1	10	0		102	9.3	337	30.6
23		Northwestern	-31.64	-348	11	1978	0	10	1		92	8.4	440	40.0
24		Northwestern	-24.64	-271	11	1979	1	10	0		115	10.5	386	35.1
25		Northwestern	-26.64	-293	11	1980	0	11	0		151	13.7	444	40.4
		Average	-7.54	-70.9	9.4		3.7	5.7	0.1		180.3	19.2	251.3	26.7
		Total	-7.54	-5,888	781		304	471	6		14,966	19.2	20,854	26.7

StatMuse has team, season-level data for point differential going back to the 1956 season.

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10	Nebraska	4-5	7-5
11	Northwestern	4-5	6-6
12	UCLA	3-6	3-9
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1	Boise State	9	4	.692
2	New Mexico	9	3	.750

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1	Duke	8	5	.615
2	Miami	10	2	.833

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1	Georgia	12	1	.923
2	Ole Miss	11	1	.917

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1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	3	.750

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	1	.923
2	BYU	11	2	.846

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Tulane	11	2	.846
2	Navy	9	2	.818

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1	Washington State	6	6	.500
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	9	4	.692
2	Miami (OH)	7	6	.538

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	1	.923
2	Troy	8	5	.615

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/7	CIT	@	MISS	0-49
Mon 11/10	KENT	@	AKR	42-35
Mon 11/10	OHIO	@	WMU	13-17
Tue 11/11	NIU	@	MASS	45-3
Tue 11/11	TOL	@	M-OH	24-3

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Sat 12/13	ARMY	@	NAVY	3:00 PM
Sat 12/13	BSU	@	WASH	8:00 PM
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