Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	149	2,769	774	3.6	1,290	503	2.6	1,479	271	5.5
Team Rank		84th	73rd	10th	99th	83rd	37th	96th	43rd	23rd	85th
Opponent	10	213	2,961		4.0	1,709	503	3.4	1,252	229	5.5
Opponent Rank		137th	71st		50th	78th	90th	72nd	49th	72nd	28th
Net		-64	-192	+774	-0.5	-419	0	-0.8	+227	+42	0.0
Net Rank		123rd	75th	10th	86th	88th	56th	92nd	30th	29th	60th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	101	215	47.0	21.5	1,146	5.3	114.6	1	16	78.4	0.5	7.4
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	10	20	48	41.7	4.8	270	5.6	27.0	3	2	101.2	6.3	4.2
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	4	7	57.1	0.7	63	9.0	6.3	1	1	151.3	14.3	14.3
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	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
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	165	16.5	477	2.9	47.7	6	194	803
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	143	14.3	507	3.5	50.7	1	158	633
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	79	7.9	59	0.7	5.9	4	81	76
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	66	6.6	228	3.5	22.8	1
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	10	27	2.7	-18	-0.7	-1.8	0
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	16	1.6	69	4.3	6.9	1
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	10	3	0.3	-3	-1.0	-0.3	0	5	10
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	2	0.2	-1	-0.5	-0.1	0	4	65
Dave Hallstrand D. Hallstrand	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	2	7
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	1	0.1	-9	-9.0	-0.9	0	6	95

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Don Anderson D. Anderson	10	33	3.3	376	11.4	37.6	0
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	29	2.9	326	11.2	32.6	1	194	803
Jeff Buckner J. Buckner	10	18	1.8	189	10.5	18.9	1
Bruce Hubbard B. Hubbard	10	16	1.6	231	14.4	23.1	1
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	15	1.5	126	8.4	12.6	0	158	633
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	5	0.5	104	20.8	10.4	0	6	95
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	2	0.2	66	33.0	6.6	1	4	65
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.7	1	81	76
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	10	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.3	0	5	10
Sandy Smith S. Smith	10	1	0.1	21	21.0	2.1	0
Rich Field R. Field	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	0
Dave Hallstrand D. Hallstrand	10	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.4	0	2	7

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	6	1	8	48
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	4	1	6	36
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	10	0		3	18
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	1		1	6
Jeff Buckner J. Buckner	10		1	1	6
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	1		1	6
Bruce Hubbard B. Hubbard	10		1	1	6
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	1	0	1	6
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	0	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