Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	149	2,769	774	3.6	1,290	503	2.6	1,479	271	5.5
Team Rank		84th	73rd	10th	99th	83rd	37th	96th	43rd	23rd	85th
Opponent	10	213	2,961		4.0	1,709	503	3.4	1,252	229	5.5
Opponent Rank		137th	71st		50th	78th	90th	72nd	49th	72nd	28th
Net		-64	-192	+774	-0.5	-419	0	-0.8	+227	+42	0.0
Net Rank		123rd	75th	10th	86th	88th	56th	92nd	30th	29th	60th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	101	215	47.0	21.5	1,146	5.3	114.6	1	16	78.4	0.5	7.4
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	10	20	48	41.7	4.8	270	5.6	27.0	3	2	101.2	6.3	4.2
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	4	7	57.1	0.7	63	9.0	6.3	1	1	151.3	14.3	14.3
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	165	16.5	477	2.9	47.7	6	194	803
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	143	14.3	507	3.5	50.7	1	158	633
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	79	7.9	59	0.7	5.9	4	81	76
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	66	6.6	228	3.5	22.8	1
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	10	27	2.7	-18	-0.7	-1.8	0
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	16	1.6	69	4.3	6.9	1
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	10	3	0.3	-3	-1.0	-0.3	0	5	10
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	2	0.2	-1	-0.5	-0.1	0	4	65
Dave Hallstrand D. Hallstrand	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	2	7
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	1	0.1	-9	-9.0	-0.9	0	6	95

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Don Anderson D. Anderson	10	33	3.3	376	11.4	37.6	0
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	29	2.9	326	11.2	32.6	1	194	803
Jeff Buckner J. Buckner	10	18	1.8	189	10.5	18.9	1
Bruce Hubbard B. Hubbard	10	16	1.6	231	14.4	23.1	1
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	15	1.5	126	8.4	12.6	0	158	633
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	5	0.5	104	20.8	10.4	0	6	95
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	2	0.2	66	33.0	6.6	1	4	65
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.7	1	81	76
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	10	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.3	0	5	10
Sandy Smith S. Smith	10	1	0.1	21	21.0	2.1	0
Rich Field R. Field	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	0
Dave Hallstrand D. Hallstrand	10	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	2	7

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	6	1	8	48
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	4	1	6	36
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	10	0		3	18
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	1		1	6
Jeff Buckner J. Buckner	10		1	1	6
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	1		1	6
Bruce Hubbard B. Hubbard	10		1	1	6
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	1	0	1	6
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	0	1	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333