Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	210	3,513	738	4.8	1,792	482	3.7	1,721	256	6.7
Team Rank		84th	87th	90th	79th	57th	42nd	61st	84th	83rd	64th
Opponent	11	351	4,590		6.1	2,219	477	4.7	2,371	278	8.5
Opponent Rank		92nd	89th		97th	80th	66th	86th	74th	21st	104th
Net		-141	-1,077	+738	-1.3	-427	+5	-0.9	-650	-22	-1.8
Net Rank		90th	92nd	90th	96th	75th	56th	82nd	94th	65th	95th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	61	132	46.2	13.2	774	5.9	77.4	5	8	95.8	3.8	6.1
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	61	117	52.1	13.0	899	7.7	99.9	4	10	110.9	3.4	8.5
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	1	3	33.3	0.3	13	4.3	1.2	0	1	3.1	0.0	33.3
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	35	17.5	3.2	0	0	247.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	1	0	2	0.0	2.0	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
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	10	260	26.0	1,189	4.6	118.9	8	271	1,303
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	120	10.9	556	4.6	50.5	1	127	639
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	37	3.7	-48	-1.3	-4.8	1
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	34	3.8	-37	-1.1	-4.1	2	35	-24
Chad Lilly C. Lilly	8	12	1.5	57	4.8	7.1	0
Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	10	6	0.6	54	9.0	5.4	1
Lentwan Smith L. Smith	6	4	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	4	0.4	-4	-1.0	-0.4	0	32	381
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	3	0.3	4	1.3	0.4	0
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11	1	0.1	24	24.0	2.2	1	18	348
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	1	1	1.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	28	2.5	385	13.8	35.0	2	32	381
Luther Morris L. Morris	11	18	1.6	246	13.7	22.4	2
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11	17	1.5	324	19.1	29.5	3	18	348
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11	13	1.2	225	17.3	20.5	1
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	10	11	1.1	114	10.4	11.4	0	271	1,303
Shane Graham S. Graham	11	9	0.8	74	8.2	6.7	0
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	9	8	0.9	88	11.0	9.8	1
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	7	0.6	83	11.9	7.5	0	127	639
Brian Musso B. Musso	11	6	0.5	78	13.0	7.1	0
Jon Burns J. Burns	10	3	0.3	31	10.3	3.1	0
Casey Dailey C. Dailey	9	1	0.1	23	23.0	2.6	0
Glenn Winship G. Winship	5	1	0.2	19	19.0	3.8	0
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.4	0	35	-24
William Bennett W. Bennett	11	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
William Bennett W. Bennett	11	3	0	0
Geoff Shein G. Shein	11	1	9	9
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	10	1	6	6
Danny Sutter D. Sutter	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Sam Valenzisi S. Valenzisi	11				13	21	60
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	10	8	0	8			48
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	1		6			36
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	2	0	6			36
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11	1	3	4			24
Luther Morris L. Morris	11		2	2			12
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	0	2	2			12
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	1	0	1			6
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	9		1	1			6
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11		1	1			6
Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	10	1		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	22	483	22.0
Brian Musso B. Musso	11	2	37	18.5	20	180	9.0	0
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	13	283	21.8
Rodney Ray R. Ray	11	8	86	10.8
Mike McGrew M. McGrew	11	2	16	8.0
Pat Fitzgerald P. Fitzgerald	11	1	0	0.0
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	1	0	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
	Sam Valenzisi S. Valenzisi	11	13	19	68.4						21	21	100.0	60

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Paul Burton P. Burton	11	51	2,193	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

7.0

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