Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	310	5,132	927	5.5	1,437	398	3.6	3,695	529	7.0	279	77	173	173	59	563
Team Rank		78th	49th	51st	55th	98th	103rd	86th	20th	15th	53rd	40th	104th	13th	13th	8th	20th
Opponent	12	372	4,926		5.8	2,005	456	4.4	2,921	391	7.5	253	103	138	138	77	682
Opponent Rank		84th	70th		90th	66th	34th	83rd	64th	38th	87th	55th	53rd	78th	78th	74th	61st
Net		-62	+206	+927	-0.3	-568	-58	-0.8	+774	+138	-0.5	+26	-26	+35	+35	-18	-119
Net Rank		85th	53rd	49th	79th	88th	91st	89th	20th	7th	82nd	38th	89th	20th	20th	12th	24th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
C.J. Bacher	12	318	521	61.0	43.4	3,656	7.0	304.7	19	19	124.7	3.6	3.6
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	12	1	3	33.3	0.3	13	4.3	1.1	0	0	69.7	0.0	0.0
Mike Kafka M. Kafka	2	2	3	66.7	1.5	11	3.7	5.5	0	0	97.5	0.0	0.0
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	15	15.0	1.4	1	0	556.0	100.0	0.0
Kyle Daley K. Daley	2	0	1	0.0	0.5	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
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	6	108	18.0	522	4.8	87.0	4	138	804
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	10	96	9.6	447	4.7	44.7	5	116	662
C.J. Bacher	12	86	7.2	31	0.4	2.6	4
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	11	76	6.9	348	4.6	31.6	4	85	447
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	12	13	1.1	58	4.5	4.8	0	79	802
Mark Woodsum M. Woodsum	7	4	0.6	4	1.0	0.6	0	7	13
Jeff Yarbrough J. Yarbrough	7	3	0.4	23	7.7	3.3	0	20	214
Stephen Simmons S. Simmons	7	3	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0	4	10
Mike Kafka M. Kafka	2	2	1.0	8	4.0	4.0	0
Rasheed Ward R. Ward	12	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0	47	432

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	12	66	5.5	744	11.3	62.0	3	79	802
Ross Lane R. Lane	10	49	4.9	649	13.2	64.9	7
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	12	46	3.8	678	14.7	56.5	3
Rasheed Ward R. Ward	12	46	3.8	434	9.4	36.2	0	47	432
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	6	30	5.0	282	9.4	47.0	0	138	804
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	10	20	2.0	215	10.8	21.5	2	116	662
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	10	19	1.9	196	10.3	19.6	2
Jeff Yarbrough J. Yarbrough	7	17	2.4	191	11.2	27.3	2	20	214
Drake Dunsmore D. Dunsmore	9	11	1.2	141	12.8	15.7	0
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	11	9	0.8	99	11.0	9.0	0	85	447
Mark Woodsum M. Woodsum	7	3	0.4	9	3.0	1.3	1	7	13
Brendan Mitchell B. Mitchell	3	2	0.7	28	14.0	9.3	0
Kevin Frymire K. Frymire	1	1	1.0	15	15.0	15.0	0
Stephen Simmons S. Simmons	7	1	0.1	10	10.0	1.4	0	4	10
Josh Rooks J. Rooks	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Adam Kadela A. Kadela	12	53	72	125	6	1.0	1	7	7	0
Reggie McPherson R. McPherson	12	44	34	78	0		1	38	38	0
Sherrick McManis S. McManis	12	51	24	75	6	1.0	1	0	0	0
Deante Battle D. Battle	12	36	28	64	2	1.0	1	6	6	0
Brad Phillips B. Phillips	11	32	23	55	2		1	0	0	0
John Gill J. Gill	12	20	30	50	8	4.0
Malcolm Arrington M. Arrington	10	18	29	47	5		1	27	27	0
Prince Kwateng P. Kwateng	11	20	24	44	6	2.0
Corey Wootton C. Wootton	12	21	18	39	7	1.0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Mims K. Mims	10	12	26	38	6	2.0
Adam Hahn A. Hahn	12	12	21	33	3
Eddie Simpson E. Simpson	6	15	11	26	0		1	41	41	1
Quentin Davie Q. Davie	10	18	7	25	2
Mike Dinard M. Dinard	9	11	14	25	2
Chris Malleo C. Malleo	9	10	9	19	0
David Ngene D. Ngene	6	8	8	16	4	5.0
David Oredugba D. Oredugba	7	11	4	15	0
Mark Koehn M. Koehn	8	4	10	14	0
Marshall Thomas M. Thomas	9	4	6	10	2
Brendan Smith B. Smith	3	5	4	9	0
Justan Vaughn J. Vaughn	6	5	4	9	0		1	6	6	0
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	12	4	3	7	0
Drake Dunsmore D. Dunsmore	9	3	3	6	0
Chaz Richart C. Richart	3	2	4	6	0
Nate Williams N. Williams	2	2	4	6	0
Ben Rothrauff B. Rothrauff	5	4	1	5	0
Corbin Bryant C. Bryant	3	3	2	5	0
Stephen Simmons S. Simmons	7	3	2	5	0
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	10	3	1	4	0
Rejaie Johnson R. Johnson	3	3	1	4	1	1.0
Dan Dixon D. Dixon	2	2	0	2
Adam Crum A. Crum	2	1	1	2	0
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	6	1	1	2	0
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	12	1	1	2	0
Todd Dockery T. Dockery	1	0	2	2	0
Carl Fisher C. Fisher	2	0	2	2	0
Keegan Kennedy K. Kennedy	2	0	2	2	0
Joe Mauro J. Mauro	2	0	2	2	0
Jeff Yarbrough J. Yarbrough	7	0	2	2	0
C.J. Bacher	12	1	0	1	0
Stefan Demos S. Demos	12	1	0	1	0
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	10	1	0	1	0
Zeke Markshausen Z. Markshausen	1	1	0	1	0
Kurt Mattes K. Mattes	1	1	0	1	0
Rasheed Ward R. Ward	12	1	0	1	0
Phil Brunner P. Brunner	1	0	1	1	0
Kyle Daley K. Daley	2	0	1	1	0
Ross Lane R. Lane	10	0	1	1	0
Amado Villarreal A. Villarreal	12	0	1	1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Amado Villarreal A. Villarreal	12			0	12	36	0	72
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	10	5	2	7			0	42
Ross Lane R. Lane	10		7	7			0	42
C.J. Bacher	12	4		4			1	26
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	11	4	0	4			0	24
Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	6	4	0	4			0	24
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	12	0	3	3			0	18
Kim Thompson K. Thompson	12		3	3			0	18
Tonjua Jones T. Jones	10		2	2			0	12
Jeff Yarbrough J. Yarbrough	7	0	2	2			0	12
Stephen Simmons S. Simmons	7	0	0	1			0	6
Eddie Simpson E. Simpson	6			1			0	6
Mark Woodsum M. Woodsum	7	0	1	1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Sherrick McManis S. McManis	12	31	718	23.2	0
Stephen Simmons S. Simmons	7	12	321	26.8	1
Eric Peterman E. Peterman	12					11	67	6.1	0
Rasheed Ward R. Ward	12					6	47	7.8	0
Brandon Roberson B. Roberson	11	5	108	21.6	0
Omar Conteh O. Conteh	10	2	27	13.5	0
Sidney Stewart S. Stewart	2	2	23	11.5	0
Brad Phillips B. Phillips	11	1	11	11.0	0
Malcolm Arrington M. Arrington	10					1	6	6.0	0
Brendan Mitchell B. Mitchell	3	1	0	0.0	0
Brendan Smith B. Smith	3					1	0	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
	Amado Villarreal A. Villarreal	12	12	18	66.7						36	37	97.3	72

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Stefan Demos S. Demos	12	54	2,168	40.1

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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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Fresno State	4	2	.667
3	Oregon 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	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	5	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	UCF	3	3	.500
10	Arizona State	3	2	.600
11	Iowa State	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Kansas	2	3	.400
14	West Virginia	3	3	.500
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

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

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

	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

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

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

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

	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	4	2	.667
5	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
8	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
9	Marshall	3	3	.500
10	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
11	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333

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