Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	109	2,981	812	3.7	1,340	500	2.7	1,641	312	5.3
Team Rank		113th	78th	12th	105th	87th	51st	97th	45th	21st	99th
Opponent	10	325	4,028		5.0	2,654	585	4.5	1,374	217	6.3
Opponent Rank		156th	105th		102nd	114th	108th	110th	29th	22nd	70th
Net		-216	-1,047	+812	-1.4	-1,314	-85	-1.9	+267	+95	-1.1
Net Rank		158th	104th	12th	109th	110th	91st	112th	33rd	14th	90th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Dave Shelbourne D. Shelbourne	10	105	251	41.8	25.1	1,358	5.4	135.8	7	16	83.7	2.8	6.4
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	4	17	51	33.3	12.8	240	4.7	60.0	0	3	61.1	0.0	5.9
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	3	4	75.0	0.4	43	10.8	4.3	0	0	165.3	0.0	0.0
Mike Adamle M. Adamle	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	8	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
Dave Shelbourne D. Shelbourne	10	118	11.8	156	1.3	15.6	1	119	164
Bob Olson B. Olson	8	90	11.3	342	3.8	42.8	1	94	405
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	90	9.0	299	3.3	29.9	2	103	451
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	59	5.9	224	3.8	22.4	4	63	257
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	8	44	5.5	103	2.3	12.9	0	57	305
Mike Adamle M. Adamle	10	39	3.9	94	2.4	9.4	0	49	202
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	32	3.2	107	3.3	10.7	1	44	212
Dana Woodring D. Woodring	4	25	6.3	18	0.7	4.5	0
Bob Doyle B. Doyle	10	3	0.3	6	2.0	0.6	0	4	25

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Bruce Hubbard B. Hubbard	10	33	3.3	551	16.7	55.1	0
Pat Harrington P. Harrington	10	17	1.7	163	9.6	16.3	1
Jon Hittman J. Hittman	10	15	1.5	214	14.3	21.4	1
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	8	13	1.6	202	15.5	25.3	2	57	305
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	13	1.3	152	11.7	15.2	1	103	451
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	12	1.2	105	8.8	10.5	2	44	212
Mike Adamle M. Adamle	10	10	1.0	108	10.8	10.8	0	49	202
Bob Olson B. Olson	8	4	0.5	63	15.8	7.9	0	94	405
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	4	0.4	33	8.3	3.3	0	63	257
Rick Telander R. Telander	10	2	0.2	23	11.5	2.3	0
Bob Doyle B. Doyle	10	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.9	0	4	25
Dave Shelbourne D. Shelbourne	10	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.8	0	119	164

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Dave Shelbourne D. Shelbourne	10	1	0	8	48
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	4	0	4	24
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	2	1	3	18
Craig Smeeton C. Smeeton	10	1	2	3	18
Ken Luxton K. Luxton	8	0	2	2	12
Pat Harrington P. Harrington	10		1	1	6
Jon Hittman J. Hittman	10		1	1	6
Bob Olson B. Olson	8	1	0	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Ohio State	6	3	.667
5	Iowa	7	2	.778
6	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
7	USC	7	2	.778
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	5	5	.500
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Houston	7	2	.778
5	Arizona	7	2	.778
6	Baylor	6	3	.667
7	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	3	6	.333
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333