Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	192	3,553	763	4.7	1,776	490	3.6	1,777	273	6.5
Team Rank		87th	77th	68th	75th	47th	47th	61st	69th	68th	68th
Opponent	11	350	4,566		6.1	2,912	542	5.4	1,654	203	8.1
Opponent Rank		91st	90th		98th	103rd	90th	102nd	17th	1st	98th
Net		-158	-1,013	+763	-1.5	-1,136	-52	-1.7	+123	+70	-1.6
Net Rank		90th	89th	68th	98th	95th	69th	97th	46th	23rd	90th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Greg Bradshaw G. Bradshaw	11	129	257	50.2	23.4	1,550	6.0	140.9	9	11	103.9	3.5	4.3
Tim O'Brien T. O'Brien	5	12	15	80.0	3.0	204	13.6	40.8	3	1	246.9	20.0	6.7
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	23	23.0	2.1	0	0	293.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Byron Sanders B. Sanders	11	264	24.0	1,062	4.0	96.5	4	273	1,189
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	98	8.9	413	4.2	37.5	4	120	707
Greg Bradshaw G. Bradshaw	11	67	6.1	137	2.0	12.5	3
Steve Rosholt S. Rosholt	11	41	3.7	123	3.0	11.2	1	54	205
Greg Schultz G. Schultz	11	7	0.6	29	4.1	2.6	0
Curtis Spears C. Spears	8	6	0.8	8	1.3	1.0	0	7	20
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	3	0.3	19	6.3	1.7	0	44	533
Tim O'Brien T. O'Brien	5	3	0.6	-8	-2.7	-1.6	0
Pat New P. New	11	1	0.1	-7	-7.0	-0.6	0	16	224

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	41	3.7	514	12.5	46.7	6	44	533
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	22	2.0	294	13.4	26.7	3	120	707
Randy McClellan R. McClellan	8	18	2.3	227	12.6	28.4	0
Pat New P. New	11	15	1.4	231	15.4	21.0	1	16	224
Steve Rosholt S. Rosholt	11	13	1.2	82	6.3	7.5	0	54	205
Bob Griswold B. Griswold	10	11	1.1	122	11.1	12.2	0
Byron Sanders B. Sanders	11	9	0.8	127	14.1	11.5	1	273	1,189
Chip Morris C. Morris	7	4	0.6	92	23.0	13.1	1
Greg Fischer G. Fischer	11	4	0.4	43	10.8	3.9	0
Marcus Lang M. Lang	7	2	0.3	19	9.5	2.7	0
Randy Rowe R. Rowe	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0
Curtis Spears C. Spears	8	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.5	0	7	20

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Kevin Peterson K. Peterson	11	1	30	30
David Eaton D. Eaton	11	1	0	0
Jeff Robinson J. Robinson	11	1	0	0
Steve Siewert S. Siewert	8	1	0	0
Mike Vickery M. Vickery	8	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Greg Bradshaw G. Bradshaw	11	3		12			72
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	4	3	7			42
Ira Adler I. Adler	11				7	18	39
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	0	6	6			36
Byron Sanders B. Sanders	11	4	1	5			30
Tim O'Brien T. O'Brien	5	0		3			18
Chip Morris C. Morris	7		1	1			6
Pat New P. New	11	0	1	1			6
Steve Rosholt S. Rosholt	11	1	0	1			6
Craig Forman C. Forman	11				1		3

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Pat New P. New	11	21	450	21.4	0	7	70	10.0	0
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11					12	67	5.6	0
Byron Sanders B. Sanders	11	10	159	15.9	0
Greg Schultz G. Schultz	11	5	76	15.2	0
Walter Ding W. Ding	11	5	56	11.2	0
Marcus Lang M. Lang	7	3	49	16.3	0
John Ivlow J. Ivlow	9	1	8	8.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Ira Adler I. Adler	11	7	12	58.3						18	19	94.7	39
	Craig Forman C. Forman	11	1	2	50.0

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	50	2,072	41.4
	Matt Dzierwa M. Dzierwa	11	17	568	33.4

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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	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