Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	82	2,646	750	3.5	493	324	1.5	2,153	426	5.1
Team Rank		136th	131st	101st	135th	137th	136th	137th	33rd	8th	131st
Opponent	11	505	5,858		7.0	3,470	588	5.9	2,388	252	9.5
Opponent Rank		137th	137th		137th	136th	126th	137th	129th	46th	137th
Net		-423	-3,212	+750	-3.4	-2,977	-264	-4.4	-235	+174	-4.4
Net Rank		137th	137th	101st	137th	137th	134th	137th	84th	5th	137th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	10	124	265	46.8	26.5	1,317	5.0	131.7	7	13	87.4	2.6	4.9
Kevin Villars K. Villars	10	77	148	52.0	14.8	773	5.2	77.3	3	6	94.5	2.0	4.1
Mike Wall M. Wall	3	6	11	54.5	3.7	63	5.7	21.0	0	2	66.3	0.0	18.2
Darryl Lyons D. Lyons	1	1	2	50.0	2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	50.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kevin Villars K. Villars	10	70	7.0	98	1.4	9.8	0
Jim Browne J. Browne	7	52	7.4	162	3.1	23.1	0	76	302
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	10	45	4.5	-145	-3.2	-14.5	0
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	8	30	3.8	69	2.3	8.6	0	45	230
Marc Hujik M. Hujik	3	25	8.3	93	3.7	31.0	2	37	150
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	4	24	6.0	61	2.5	15.3	0	34	135
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	4	23	5.8	63	2.7	15.8	0	33	156
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	9	20	2.2	77	3.9	8.6	0	29	142
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	9	15	1.7	30	2.0	3.3	0	35	173
Danny Hurwitz D. Hurwitz	5	9	1.8	13	1.4	2.6	0	24	116
Craig Carpenter C. Carpenter	4	5	1.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	7	5
Mike Wall M. Wall	3	2	0.7	-23	-11.5	-7.7	0
John Kidd J. Kidd	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0
Darryl Lyons D. Lyons	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	2.0	0
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	1
Alex Booker A. Booker	4	1	0.3	-9	-9.0	-2.3	0	5	39

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jim Browne J. Browne	7	24	3.4	140	5.8	20.0	0	76	302
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	9	20	2.2	143	7.2	15.9	0	35	173
Chris Hinton C. Hinton	10	19	1.9	265	13.9	26.5	0
Steve Bogan S. Bogan	10	15	1.5	230	15.3	23.0	4
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	8	15	1.9	161	10.7	20.1	1	45	230
Danny Hurwitz D. Hurwitz	5	15	3.0	103	6.9	20.6	0	24	116
Paul Mosby P. Mosby	9	13	1.4	205	15.8	22.8	1
Steve Kaiser S. Kaiser	6	12	2.0	181	15.1	30.2	0
Marc Hujik M. Hujik	3	12	4.0	57	4.8	19.0	0	37	150
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11	11	1.0	152	13.8	13.8	2
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	4	10	2.5	93	9.3	23.3	1	33	156
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	4	10	2.5	74	7.4	18.5	0	34	135
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	9	9	1.0	65	7.2	7.2	0	29	142
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	4	5	1.3	115	23.0	28.8	1
Jay Anderson J. Anderson	3	5	1.7	46	9.2	15.3	0
Alex Booker A. Booker	4	4	1.0	48	12.0	12.0	0	5	39
Ralph Jackson R. Jackson	4	3	0.8	51	17.0	12.8	0
Jeff Maher J. Maher	2	2	1.0	18	9.0	9.0	0
Craig Carpenter C. Carpenter	4	2	0.5	5	2.5	1.3	0	7	5
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	2	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Jankeith Gatewood J. Gatewood	10	2	0	0
Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	11	2	0	0
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	9	1	21	21
Greg Washington G. Washington	11	1	11	11
Mike Guendling M. Guendling	11	1	8	8

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	10	0		7			42
Steve Bogan S. Bogan	10		4	4			24
Kevin Villars K. Villars	10	0		3			18
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11		2	2			12
Marc Hujik M. Hujik	3	2	0	2			12
Rick Salvino R. Salvino	11				1	7	10
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	4		1	1			6
Paul Mosby P. Mosby	9		1	1			6
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	4	0	1	1			6
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	8	0	1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	30	611	20.4	0
Jankeith Gatewood J. Gatewood	10	6	141	23.5	0	4	22	5.5	0
Steve Bogan S. Bogan	10	3	30	10.0	0	6	42	7.0	0
Kevin Villars K. Villars	10	8	124	15.5	0
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	8	7	106	15.1	0
Marc Hujik M. Hujik	3	3	51	17.0	0
Craig Carpenter C. Carpenter	4	3	28	9.3	0
Danny Hurwitz D. Hurwitz	5	2	33	16.5	0
Walt Currie W. Currie	4	1	10	10.0	0
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	9	1	4	4.0	0
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11	1	0	0.0	0
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	9					1	-1	-1.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Rick Salvino R. Salvino	11	1	4	25.0						7	9	77.8	10

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	John Kidd J. Kidd	11	79	3,296	41.7
	Rick Salvino R. Salvino	11	4	159	39.8

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333