Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	210	3,215	716	4.5	1,351	430	3.1	1,864	286	6.5
Team Rank		83rd	97th	101st	87th	86th	78th	87th	67th	63rd	75th
Opponent	11	370	4,968		6.3	2,761	534	5.2	2,207	258	8.6
Opponent Rank		97th	100th		103rd	103rd	95th	102nd	62nd	15th	102nd
Net		-160	-1,753	+716	-1.8	-1,410	-104	-2.0	-343	+28	-2.0
Net Rank		99th	104th	101st	103rd	101st	84th	102nd	77th	44th	95th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Len Williams L. Williams	11	150	262	57.3	23.8	1,700	6.5	154.5	12	9	120.0	4.6	3.4
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	15	23	65.2	2.1	144	6.3	13.1	1	1	123.5	4.3	4.3
Matt Dzierwa M. Dzierwa	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	1	0	598.0	100.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	237	21.5	939	4.0	85.4	6	276	1,267
Len Williams L. Williams	11	111	10.1	140	1.3	12.7	1
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	58	5.3	217	3.7	19.7	1	69	310
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	14	1.3	26	1.9	2.4	1	28	133
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	4	0.4	-17	-4.3	-1.5	1
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	3	0.3	6	2.0	0.5	0	5	26
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.5	0	61	850
Pat New P. New	11	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.5	0
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	2	-6

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	60	5.5	834	13.9	75.8	7	61	850
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	39	3.5	328	8.4	29.8	3	276	1,267
Chip Morris C. Morris	11	14	1.3	196	14.0	17.8	2
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	14	1.3	107	7.6	9.7	1	28	133
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11	11	1.0	129	11.7	11.7	0
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	11	1.0	93	8.5	8.5	0	69	310
David Cross D. Cross	11	7	0.6	49	7.0	4.5	0
Mark Benson M. Benson	11	5	0.5	112	22.4	10.2	1
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	2	0.2	20	10.0	1.8	0	5	26
0 Jackson	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0
Mike Allaway M. Allaway	11	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	1	0.1	-14	-14.0	-1.3	0	2	-6

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Pat New P. New	11	2	23	11.5
Thomas Homco T. Homco	11	1	11	11
Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	1	7	7
David Eaton D. Eaton	11	1	0	0
Greg Gill G. Gill	11	1	0	0
Terry Thomas T. Thomas	11	1	0	0
Willie Lindsey W. Lindsey	11	1	-1	-1

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Len Williams L. Williams	11	1		13			78
Ira Adler I. Adler	11				12	22	58
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	6	3	9			54
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	0	7	7			42
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	1		2			12
Chip Morris C. Morris	11		2	2			12
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	1	1	2			12
Mark Benson M. Benson	11		1	1			6
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	1	0	1			6
Matt Dzierwa M. Dzierwa	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	38	659	17.3	0	9	64	7.1	0
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	5	68	13.6	0
Pat New P. New	11	4	85	21.3	0
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11					2	58	29.0	0
Paul McCarthy P. McCarthy	11					1	18	18.0	0
Dave Mitidiero D. Mitidiero	11	1	2	2.0	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	12	16	75.0						22	22	100.0	58

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	56	2,150	38.4
	Matt Dzierwa M. Dzierwa	11	11	413	37.5

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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