Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	9	57	1,866	543	3.4	1,171	380	3.1	695	163	4.3
Team Rank		114th	108th	99th	100th	107th	105th	98th	74th	28th	106th
Opponent	9	271	3,265		5.4	2,327	488	4.8	938	117	8.0
Opponent Rank		155th	100th		109th	100th	68th	107th	74th	22nd	106th
Net		-214	-1,399	+543	-2.0	-1,156	-108	-1.7	-243	+46	-3.8
Net Rank		156th	106th	99th	109th	107th	101st	106th	87th	19th	109th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chip Holcomb C. Holcomb	9	36	88	40.9	9.8	355	4.0	39.4	2	8	64.1	2.3	9.1
John Talley J. Talley	9	39	74	52.7	8.2	329	4.4	36.6	1	5	81.0	1.4	6.8
Robert Fredrick R. Fredrick	9	1	1	100.0	0.1	11	11.0	1.2	0	0	192.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ron Burton R. Burton	9	74	8.2	389	5.3	43.2	3	78	445
Willmer Fowler W. Fowler	9	74	8.2	283	3.8	31.4	0	81	375
Bob McKeiver B. McKeiver	9	65	7.2	240	3.7	26.7	1	80	360
John Talley J. Talley	9	54	6.0	-64	-1.2	-7.1	0
Edward Quinn E. Quinn	9	53	5.9	195	3.7	21.7	2
Sam Johnson S. Johnson	9	24	2.7	61	2.5	6.8	0	25	80
Mark Johnston M. Johnston	9	15	1.7	89	5.9	9.9	0	23	145
Chip Holcomb C. Holcomb	9	8	0.9	-26	-3.3	-2.9	0
Robert Fredrick R. Fredrick	9	4	0.4	9	2.3	1.0	0
James Thompson J. Thompson	9	4	0.4	1	0.3	0.1	0
Jim Knowles J. Knowles	9	3	0.3	6	2.0	0.7	0
Richard Widmark R. Widmark	9	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0
George Gondek G. Gondek	9	1	0.1	-11	-11.0	-1.2	0	3	-4

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Fred Williamson F. Williamson	9	15	1.7	168	11.2	18.7	1
Bob McKeiver B. McKeiver	9	15	1.7	120	8.0	13.3	0	80	360
Mark Johnston M. Johnston	9	8	0.9	56	7.0	6.2	0	23	145
Willmer Fowler W. Fowler	9	7	0.8	92	13.1	10.2	1	81	375
Doug Asad D. Asad	9	7	0.8	51	7.3	5.7	0
Clifford Peart C. Peart	9	7	0.8	48	6.9	5.3	0
Dick Moser D. Moser	9	7	0.8	44	6.3	4.9	0
Ron Burton R. Burton	9	4	0.4	56	14.0	6.2	0	78	445
Ben Napolski B. Napolski	9	3	0.3	34	11.3	3.8	0
George Gondek G. Gondek	9	2	0.2	7	3.5	0.8	1	3	-4
Sam Johnson S. Johnson	9	1	0.1	19	19.0	2.1	0	25	80

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Ron Burton R. Burton	9	3	0	3	18
Chip Holcomb C. Holcomb	9	0		2	12
Edward Quinn E. Quinn	9	2		2	12
Willmer Fowler W. Fowler	9	0	1	1	6
George Gondek G. Gondek	9	0	1	1	6
Bob McKeiver B. McKeiver	9	1	0	1	6
John Talley J. Talley	9	0		1	6
Fred Williamson F. Williamson	9		1	1	6

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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