Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	102	2,652	717	3.7	1,784	538	3.3	868	179	4.8
Team Rank		143rd	134th	124th	134th	98th	91st	105th	125th	103rd	136th
Opponent	11	337	4,401		5.7	2,848	607	4.7	1,553	170	9.1
Opponent Rank		200th	130th		138th	130th	113th	128th	99th	14th	145th
Net		-235	-1,749	+717	-2.0	-1,064	-69	-1.4	-685	+9	-4.3
Net Rank		206th	140th	124th	141st	127th	105th	126th	132nd	59th	145th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Scott Stranski S. Stranski	11	37	95	38.9	8.6	541	5.7	49.2	4	10	79.6	4.2	10.5
Bill Dierberger B. Dierberger	11	4	28	14.3	2.5	40	1.4	3.6	0	4	-2.3	0.0	14.3
Dana Hemphill D. Hemphill	11	8	19	42.1	1.7	85	4.5	7.7	1	2	76.0	5.3	10.5
Steve Breitbeil S. Breitbeil	11	6	13	46.2	1.2	76	5.8	6.9	0	0	95.3	0.0	0.0
Bill Weir B. Weir	11	2	5	40.0	0.5	28	5.6	2.5	0	0	87.0	0.0	0.0
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	82	41.0	7.5	0	0	444.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	115	10.5	520	4.5	47.3	3
Matt Reitzug M. Reitzug	11	103	9.4	445	4.3	40.5	3
Sam Rushing S. Rushing	11	72	6.5	236	3.3	21.5	0	74	250
Harold Gilmore H. Gilmore	11	34	3.1	223	6.6	20.3	1
Scott Stranski S. Stranski	11	31	2.8	99	3.2	9.0	1
Donald Johnson D. Johnson	11	16	1.5	120	7.5	10.9	0
Steve Breitbeil S. Breitbeil	11	16	1.5	-17	-1.1	-1.5	0
Bill Dierberger B. Dierberger	11	14	1.3	-33	-2.4	-3.0	0
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	5	0.5	31	6.2	2.8	0	13	230
Dana Hemphill D. Hemphill	11	5	0.5	-19	-3.8	-1.7	0
Mike Taylor M. Taylor	11	1	0.1	-4	-4.0	-0.4	0	12	134

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mark Bailey M. Bailey	11	22	2.0	347	15.8	31.5	2
Mike Taylor M. Taylor	11	11	1.0	138	12.5	12.5	1	12	134
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	8	0.7	199	24.9	18.1	1	13	230
Mike Wagner M. Wagner	11	2	0.2	35	17.5	3.2	0
Dan Cleary D. Cleary	11	2	0.2	28	14.0	2.5	0
Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11	2	0.2	22	11.0	2.0	0
Sam Rushing S. Rushing	11	2	0.2	14	7.0	1.3	0	74	250

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Steve Bobowski S. Bobowski	11	3	30	10
Pat Geegan P. Geegan	11	2	0	0
Malcolm Hunter M. Hunter	11	2	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Scott Stranski S. Stranski	11	1		5			30
Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11		0	0	5	9	24
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	3		3			18
Matt Reitzug M. Reitzug	11	3		3			18
Mark Bailey M. Bailey	11		2	2			12
Harold Gilmore H. Gilmore	11	1		1			6
Dana Hemphill D. Hemphill	11	0		1			6
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	0	1	1			6
Mike Taylor M. Taylor	11	0	1	1			6

	Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	KR LNG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
	Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	23	431	18.7	0		11	91	8.3	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Sam Poulos S. Poulos	11	5	9	55.6						9	9	100.0	24

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Bob Schmitt B. Schmitt	11	63	2,155	34.2
	Paul Martin P. Martin	11	14	425	30.4

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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

Mensah

27

Veltkamp

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

517.0

516.6

514.0

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	9	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	3	.667
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	6	3	.667
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	7	.222
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	3	.667
8	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
9	North Carolina	5	4	.556
10	Florida State	4	5	.444
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	7	2	.778
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	South Florida	6	3	.667
10	Tulane	4	5	.444
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