Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	188	3,225	786	4.1	1,842	556	3.3	1,383	230	6.0
Team Rank		87th	80th	43rd	95th	79th	58th	88th	65th	52nd	85th
Opponent	11	299	4,098		5.3	2,589	607	4.3	1,509	166	9.1
Opponent Rank		165th	108th		112th	107th	114th	96th	84th	12th	127th
Net		-111	-873	+786	-1.2	-747	-51	-1.0	-126	+64	-3.1
Net Rank		160th	111th	43rd	116th	100th	90th	97th	80th	24th	125th

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	91	197	46.2	17.9	1,224	6.2	111.3	12	9	109.3	6.1	4.6
	Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	10	33	30.3	3.0	159	4.8	14.5	0	0	70.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Stan Key S. Key	11	197	17.9	894	4.5	81.3	6	204	922
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	101	9.2	416	4.1	37.8	1	103	428
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	98	8.9	350	3.6	31.8	3	100	357
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	69	6.3	311	4.5	28.3	1	75	339
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	56	5.1	-141	-2.5	-12.8	2
Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	19	1.7	-49	-2.6	-4.5	0
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	15	1.4	69	4.6	6.3	0	16	67
Wayne Frederickson W. Frederickson	11	1	0.1	-8	-8.0	-0.7	0	12	164

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Steve Craig S. Craig	11	30	2.7	479	16.0	43.5	6
Bill Stevens B. Stevens	11	15	1.4	246	16.4	22.4	2
Steve Harris S. Harris	11	15	1.4	240	16.0	21.8	1
Wayne Frederickson W. Frederickson	11	11	1.0	172	15.6	15.6	1	12	164
Stan Key S. Key	11	7	0.6	28	4.0	2.5	0	204	922
Mike Darraugh M. Darraugh	11	6	0.5	88	14.7	8.0	0
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	6	0.5	28	4.7	2.5	0	75	339
Pat McNamara P. McNamara	11	4	0.4	55	13.8	5.0	1
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	2	0.2	12	6.0	1.1	0	103	428
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	2	0.2	7	3.5	0.6	0	100	357
Frank Lutostanski F. Lutostanski	11	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	1
Scott Yelvington S. Yelvington	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0	16	67

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	2		14	84
Steve Craig S. Craig	11		6	6	36
Stan Key S. Key	11	6	0	6	36
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	3	0	3	18
Bill Stevens B. Stevens	11		2	2	12
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	1	0	1	6
Wayne Frederickson W. Frederickson	11	0	1	1	6
Steve Harris S. Harris	11		1	1	6
Frank Lutostanski F. Lutostanski	11		1	1	6
Pat McNamara P. McNamara	11		1	1	6
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	1	0	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	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	6	3	.667
7	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
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	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
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	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
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	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333