Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	137	2,691	676	4.0	1,160	427	2.7	1,531	249	6.1
Team Rank		81st	68th	45th	81st	91st	76th	96th	30th	28th	49th
Opponent	10	213	3,337		4.9	1,811	464	3.9	1,526	217	7.0
Opponent Rank		146th	107th		105th	96th	85th	97th	94th	63rd	103rd
Net		-76	-646	+676	-0.9	-651	-37	-1.2	+5	+32	-0.9
Net Rank		141st	97th	45th	105th	97th	80th	103rd	56th	35th	81st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	94	176	53.4	17.6	1,171	6.7	117.1	7	12	108.8	4.0	6.8
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	27	68	39.7	6.8	298	4.4	29.8	0	1	73.6	0.0	1.5
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	1	2	50.0	0.2	51	25.5	5.1	1	0	429.2	50.0	0.0
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	1	1	100.0	0.1	11	11.0	1.1	0	0	192.4	0.0	0.0
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	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
Bob McKelvey B. McKelvey	10	128	12.8	459	3.6	45.9	2	132	494
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	114	11.4	364	3.2	36.4	2	123	490
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	49	4.9	215	4.4	21.5	2	63	408
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	46	4.6	-1	0.0	-0.1	2
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	33	3.3	1	0.0	0.1	0
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	26	2.6	60	2.3	6.0	0	31	113
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	14	1.4	26	1.9	2.6	1	19	74
Mike Bradburn M. Bradburn	10	11	1.1	31	2.8	3.1	0	12	36
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	3	0.3	12	4.0	1.2	0	4	18
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.7	0
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	1	0.1	-14	-14.0	-1.4	0	32	258

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Roger Murphy R. Murphy	10	51	5.1	777	15.2	77.7	4
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	31	3.1	272	8.8	27.2	2	32	258
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	14	1.4	193	13.8	19.3	1	63	408
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	9	0.9	126	14.0	12.6	0	123	490
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	5	0.5	53	10.6	5.3	1	31	113
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	5	0.5	48	9.6	4.8	0	19	74
Bob McKelvey B. McKelvey	10	4	0.4	35	8.8	3.5	0	132	494
Mike Donaldson M. Donaldson	10	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.3	0
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	0	4	18
Mike Bradburn M. Bradburn	10	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	12	36
Mark Proskine M. Proskine	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	2		9	54
Roger Murphy R. Murphy	10		4	4	24
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	2	1	3	18
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	0	2	2	12
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	2	0	2	12
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	0	1	2	12
Bob McKelvey B. McKelvey	10	2	0	2	12
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	1	0	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