Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	115	2,644	747	3.5	1,118	414	2.7	1,526	333	4.6
Team Rank		129th	129th	100th	134th	133rd	130th	129th	58th	14th	136th
Opponent	11	386	4,856		5.6	3,082	627	4.9	1,774	235	7.5
Opponent Rank		137th	138th		133rd	135th	130th	134th	110th	73rd	118th
Net		-271	-2,212	+747	-2.1	-1,964	-213	-2.2	-248	+98	-3.0
Net Rank		139th	139th	100th	138th	138th	136th	137th	91st	13th	136th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	10	82	195	42.1	19.5	961	4.9	96.1	4	17	72.8	2.1	8.7
Chris Capstran C. Capstran	10	52	101	51.5	10.1	491	4.9	49.1	1	5	85.7	1.0	5.0
Kevin Strasser K. Strasser	3	10	32	31.3	10.7	77	2.4	25.7	1	1	55.5	3.1	3.1
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	6	3.0	0.5	0	0	75.2	0.0	0.0
Darryl Lyons D. Lyons	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mike Potts M. Potts	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tom North T. North	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	-9	-9.0	-0.8	0	0	24.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	8	117	14.6	426	3.6	53.3	0	118	427
Tim Hill T. Hill	11	59	5.4	174	2.9	15.8	1	67	237
Mike Cammon M. Cammon	11	49	4.5	236	4.8	21.5	0	54	269
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	5	43	8.6	148	3.4	29.6	4	46	163
Chris Capstran C. Capstran	10	34	3.4	-74	-2.2	-7.4	0
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	11	29	2.6	114	3.9	10.4	0	34	157
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	10	23	2.3	-66	-2.9	-6.6	1
Keith Dennis K. Dennis	3	22	7.3	80	3.6	26.7	2	23	85
Donald Johnson D. Johnson	11	19	1.7	60	3.2	5.5	0	22	78
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	6	0.5	18	3.0	1.6	0
Kevin Strasser K. Strasser	3	4	1.3	-9	-2.3	-3.0	0
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	3	0.3	22	7.3	2.0	0	46	636
Steve Bogan S. Bogan	11	2	0.2	-4	-2.0	-0.4	0	19	249
Bill Weir B. Weir	11	2	0.2	-11	-5.5	-1.0	0	3	-5
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Greg Washington G. Washington	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	43	3.9	614	14.3	55.8	2	46	636
Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11	31	2.8	245	7.9	22.3	0
Steve Bogan S. Bogan	11	17	1.5	253	14.9	23.0	4	19	249
Wally Kasprzycki W. Kasprzycki	11	16	1.5	92	5.8	8.4	0
Tim Hill T. Hill	11	8	0.7	63	7.9	5.7	0	67	237
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11	7	0.6	85	12.1	7.7	0
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	11	5	0.5	43	8.6	3.9	0	34	157
Mike Cammon M. Cammon	11	5	0.5	33	6.6	3.0	0	54	269
John Finn J. Finn	11	3	0.3	35	11.7	3.2	0
Donald Johnson D. Johnson	11	3	0.3	18	6.0	1.6	0	22	78
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	5	3	0.6	15	5.0	3.0	0	46	163
Tom North T. North	11	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0
Bill Weir B. Weir	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	3	-5
Keith Dennis K. Dennis	3	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0	23	85
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	8	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	118	427

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	11	2	19	9.5
Mark Adams M. Adams	11	2	11	5.5
Ben Butler B. Butler	11	2	0	0
Chuck Kern C. Kern	11	1	13	13
Norm Wells N. Wells	11	1	12	12
Roosevelt Groves R. Groves	11	1	10	10
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	10	1		5			30
Steve Bogan S. Bogan	11	0	4	4			24
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	5	4	0	4			24
Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11		0	0	4	9	21
Keith Dennis K. Dennis	3	2	0	2			12
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	0	2	2			12
Chris Capstran C. Capstran	10	0		1			6
Tim Hill T. Hill	11	1	0	1			6
Kevin Strasser K. Strasser	3	0		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	26	513	19.7	0	8	77	9.6	0
Tim Hill T. Hill	11	20	386	19.3	0
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	11					5	43	8.6	0
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11					1	19	19.0	0
Donald Johnson D. Johnson	11	1	16	16.0	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	4	7	57.1						9	10	90.0	21

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG
Bob Schmitt B. Schmitt	11	57	1,967	34.5
Chris Capstran C. Capstran	10	2	67	33.5
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	5	1	49	49.0

More CFB News

After a 51-point loss to start Big Ten play, Locksley's status as Maryland's coach appears tenuous

Sep 29, 2026

Ohio State's defense searching for answers ahead of trip to Iowa

Sep 29, 2026

Penn State looking for offensive improvement after loss to Wisconsin

Sep 29, 2026

Deion Sanders weighing QB switch as Colorado’s offense sputters into game against No. 12 Texas Tech

Sep 29, 2026

Former Auburn staffer faces felony charges for allegedly stealing and sharing trade secrets

Sep 29, 2026

College football coaches big fans of NCAA's 5-in-5 rule, taking redshirt decisions off their plate

Sep 29, 2026

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

7.5

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

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

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	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

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

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

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

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

	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	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
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	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

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

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

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