Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	151	3,131	764	4.1	1,263	415	3.0	1,868	349	5.4
Team Rank		119th	111th	89th	112th	123rd	123rd	114th	44th	22nd	121st
Opponent	11	444	5,143		6.5	3,746	615	6.1	1,397	178	7.8
Opponent Rank		137th	137th		137th	138th	129th	138th	33rd	5th	127th
Net		-293	-2,012	+764	-2.4	-2,483	-200	-3.0	+471	+171	-2.5
Net Rank		138th	136th	89th	137th	137th	130th	138th	25th	4th	131st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	173	337	51.3	30.6	1,816	5.4	165.1	12	17	98.3	3.6	5.0
Jack Kreider J. Kreider	11	4	9	44.4	0.8	50	5.6	4.5	0	0	91.1	0.0	0.0
Gary Angotti G. Angotti	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	0	0	83.6	0.0	0.0
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11	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
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	11	137	12.5	503	3.7	45.7	3	161	665
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	82	7.5	286	3.5	26.0	1	109	421
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	53	4.8	-27	-0.5	-2.5	1	54	-19
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	32	2.9	102	3.2	9.3	0	47	245
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	26	2.4	68	2.6	6.2	2	30	89
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	11	24	2.2	95	4.0	8.6	0	33	120
Jim Browne J. Browne	11	23	2.1	100	4.3	9.1	0	29	146
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	11	15	1.4	37	2.5	3.4	0	17	50
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	11	10	0.9	32	3.2	2.9	0	14	64
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11	5	0.5	29	5.8	2.6	0	16	166
Jack Kreider J. Kreider	11	3	0.3	24	8.0	2.2	0
Bob Schmitt B. Schmitt	11	2	0.2	2	1.0	0.2	0
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	12	203

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	33	3.0	570	17.3	51.8	4
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	27	2.5	135	5.0	12.3	2	109	421
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	11	24	2.2	162	6.8	14.7	0	161	665
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	15	1.4	143	9.5	13.0	0	47	245
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11	11	1.0	201	18.3	18.3	3	12	203
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11	11	1.0	137	12.5	12.5	0	16	166
Tom North T. North	11	11	1.0	88	8.0	8.0	0
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	11	9	0.8	25	2.8	2.3	0	33	120
Chris Hinton C. Hinton	11	7	0.6	43	6.1	3.9	0
Jim Browne J. Browne	11	6	0.5	46	7.7	4.2	0	29	146
Rich Raffin R. Raffin	11	5	0.5	63	12.6	5.7	0
Randy Sconyers R. Sconyers	11	4	0.4	140	35.0	12.7	3
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	11	4	0.4	32	8.0	2.9	0	14	64
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	4	0.4	21	5.3	1.9	0	30	89
John Finn J. Finn	11	3	0.3	39	13.0	3.5	0
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	11	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.2	0	17	50
Steve Kaiser S. Kaiser	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	54	-19

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	11	4	24	6
David Hoffman D. Hoffman	11	1	14	14
Mike Guendling M. Guendling	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	1	0	13			78
Jay Anderson J. Anderson	11				7	16	37
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11		4	4			24
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	11	3	0	3			18
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11	0	3	3			18
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	1	2	3			18
Randy Sconyers R. Sconyers	11		3	3			18
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	2	0	2			12

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11	18	402	22.3	0
Tim Hill T. Hill	11	16	288	18.0	0
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	3	49	16.3	0	2	15	7.5	0
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	4	72	18.0	0
Jim Browne J. Browne	11	4	64	16.0	0
Tom North T. North	11					4	10	2.5	0
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	11					3	19	6.3	0
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	11	2	25	12.5	0
Bob Schmitt B. Schmitt	11	2	3	1.5	0
Steve Prezioso S. Prezioso	11	1	17	17.0	0
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	1	14	14.0	0
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	11	1	4	4.0	0
Jim Karstens J. Karstens	11	1	0	0.0	0
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11					1	-4	-4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jay Anderson J. Anderson	11	7	10	70.0						16	17	94.1	37

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	John Kidd J. Kidd	11	63	2,441	38.7
	Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	2	86	43.0

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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

7.5

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