Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	102	2,652	717	3.7	1,784	538	3.3	868	179	4.8
Team Rank		143rd	134th	124th	134th	98th	91st	105th	125th	103rd	136th
Opponent	11	337	4,401		5.7	2,848	607	4.7	1,553	170	9.1
Opponent Rank		200th	130th		138th	130th	113th	128th	99th	14th	145th
Net		-235	-1,749	+717	-2.0	-1,064	-69	-1.4	-685	+9	-4.3
Net Rank		206th	140th	124th	141st	127th	105th	126th	132nd	59th	145th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Scott Stranski S. Stranski	11	37	95	38.9	8.6	541	5.7	49.2	4	10	79.6	4.2	10.5
Bill Dierberger B. Dierberger	11	4	28	14.3	2.5	40	1.4	3.6	0	4	-2.3	0.0	14.3
Dana Hemphill D. Hemphill	11	8	19	42.1	1.7	85	4.5	7.7	1	2	76.0	5.3	10.5
Steve Breitbeil S. Breitbeil	11	6	13	46.2	1.2	76	5.8	6.9	0	0	95.3	0.0	0.0
Bill Weir B. Weir	11	2	5	40.0	0.5	28	5.6	2.5	0	0	87.0	0.0	0.0
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	82	41.0	7.5	0	0	444.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	115	10.5	520	4.5	47.3	3
Matt Reitzug M. Reitzug	11	103	9.4	445	4.3	40.5	3
Sam Rushing S. Rushing	11	72	6.5	236	3.3	21.5	0	74	250
Harold Gilmore H. Gilmore	11	34	3.1	223	6.6	20.3	1
Scott Stranski S. Stranski	11	31	2.8	99	3.2	9.0	1
Donald Johnson D. Johnson	11	16	1.5	120	7.5	10.9	0
Steve Breitbeil S. Breitbeil	11	16	1.5	-17	-1.1	-1.5	0
Bill Dierberger B. Dierberger	11	14	1.3	-33	-2.4	-3.0	0
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	5	0.5	31	6.2	2.8	0	13	230
Dana Hemphill D. Hemphill	11	5	0.5	-19	-3.8	-1.7	0
Mike Taylor M. Taylor	11	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0	12	134

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mark Bailey M. Bailey	11	22	2.0	347	15.8	31.5	2
Mike Taylor M. Taylor	11	11	1.0	138	12.5	12.5	1	12	134
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	8	0.7	199	24.9	18.1	1	13	230
Mike Wagner M. Wagner	11	2	0.2	35	17.5	3.2	0
Dan Cleary D. Cleary	11	2	0.2	28	14.0	2.5	0
Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11	2	0.2	22	11.0	2.0	0
Sam Rushing S. Rushing	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0	74	250

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Steve Bobowski S. Bobowski	11	3	30	10
Pat Geegan P. Geegan	11	2	0	0
Malcolm Hunter M. Hunter	11	2	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Scott Stranski S. Stranski	11	1		5			30
Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11		0	0	5	9	24
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	3		3			18
Matt Reitzug M. Reitzug	11	3		3			18
Mark Bailey M. Bailey	11		2	2			12
Harold Gilmore H. Gilmore	11	1		1			6
Dana Hemphill D. Hemphill	11	0		1			6
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	0	1	1			6
Mike Taylor M. Taylor	11	0	1	1			6

	Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	KR LNG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
	Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	23	431	18.7	0		11	91	8.3	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11	5	9	55.6						9	9	100.0	24

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Bob Schmitt B. Schmitt	11	63	2,155	34.2
	Paul Martin P. Martin	11	14	425	30.4

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	1	.750
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	3	1	.750
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	3	.250
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	3	1	.750
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	4	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	1	.750
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	3	1	.750
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	3	1	.750
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	2	2	.500
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	3	.250
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	3	.250
6	UTEP	1	3	.250
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	2	1	.667
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250