Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	160	3,276	760	4.3	1,580	527	3.0	1,696	233	7.3
Team Rank		90th	88th	68th	91st	74th	27th	95th	75th	83rd	43rd
Opponent	11	306	4,200		5.6	2,178	478	4.6	2,022	276	7.3
Opponent Rank		81st	69th		86th	79th	57th	94th	49th	30th	76th
Net		-146	-924	+760	-1.3	-598	+49	-1.6	-326	-43	0.0
Net Rank		92nd	85th	68th	95th	81st	41st	101st	68th	72nd	55th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Len Williams L. Williams	11	131	212	61.8	19.3	1,630	7.7	148.2	10	6	136.3	4.7	2.8
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	8	20	40.0	1.8	66	3.3	6.0	0	2	47.7	0.0	10.0
Greg Fischer G. Fischer	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
Len Williams L. Williams	11	155	14.1	207	1.3	18.8	4
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	11	142	12.9	568	4.0	51.6	2	158	646
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	64	5.8	227	3.5	20.6	0	66	228
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	55	5.0	158	2.9	14.4	1	77	296
Rodney Ray R. Ray	11	50	4.5	182	3.6	16.5	2	54	207
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	30	2.7	122	4.1	11.1	0	31	128
Bill Greenwald B. Greenwald	11	13	1.2	74	5.7	6.7	0	16	96
Hugh Williams H. Williams	11	6	0.5	32	5.3	2.9	0
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	3	0.3	22	7.3	2.0	0
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	3	0.3	19	6.3	1.7	0
Mark Benson M. Benson	11	2	0.2	20	10.0	1.8	0	47	851
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	1	0.1	-6	-6.0	-0.5	0
Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	1	0.1	-15	-15.0	-1.4	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mark Benson M. Benson	11	45	4.1	831	18.5	75.5	7	47	851
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	22	2.0	138	6.3	12.5	1	77	296
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11	19	1.7	234	12.3	21.3	2
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	11	16	1.5	78	4.9	7.1	0	158	646
Chip Morris C. Morris	11	13	1.2	172	13.2	15.6	0
David Cross D. Cross	11	8	0.7	108	13.5	9.8	0
Rodney Ray R. Ray	11	4	0.4	25	6.3	2.3	0	54	207
Luther Morris L. Morris	11	3	0.3	49	16.3	4.5	0
Bill Greenwald B. Greenwald	11	3	0.3	22	7.3	2.0	0	16	96
Jesse Havens J. Havens	11	2	0.2	15	7.5	1.4	0
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0	66	228
Colby Burke C. Burke	11	1	0.1	17	17.0	1.5	0
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	31	128

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Willie Lindsey W. Lindsey	11	7	52	7.4	0
Dwight James D. James	11	2	30	15	1
Anthony Purkett A. Purkett	11	1	43	43	0
Korey Singleton K. Singleton	11	1	3	3	0
Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	1	0	0	0
Steve Ostrowski S. Ostrowski	11	1	-2	-2	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Len Williams L. Williams	11	4		14			84
Mark Benson M. Benson	11	0	7	7			42
Brian Leahy B. Leahy	11				5	17	32
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11		2	2			12
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	11	2	0	2			12
Rodney Ray R. Ray	11	2	0	2			12
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	1	1	2			12
Dwight James D. James	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	19	337	17.7	0	2	36	18.0	0
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	13	235	18.1	0	3	6	2.0	0
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11					10	56	5.6	0
Anthony Purkett A. Purkett	11	4	55	13.8	0
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	2	21	10.5	0
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	2	16	8.0	0
Bill Greenwald B. Greenwald	11	1	9	9.0	0
Greg Gill G. Gill	11					1	7	7.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Brian Leahy B. Leahy	11	5	9	55.6						17	18	94.4	32

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	79	3,145	39.8

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

517.0

516.6

514.0

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	9	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	3	.667
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	6	3	.667
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	7	.222
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333