Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	151	3,131	764	4.1	1,263	415	3.0	1,868	349	5.4
Team Rank		119th	111th	89th	112th	123rd	123rd	114th	44th	22nd	121st
Opponent	11	444	5,143		6.5	3,746	615	6.1	1,397	178	7.8
Opponent Rank		137th	137th		137th	138th	129th	138th	33rd	5th	127th
Net		-293	-2,012	+764	-2.4	-2,483	-200	-3.0	+471	+171	-2.5
Net Rank		138th	136th	89th	137th	137th	130th	138th	25th	4th	131st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	173	337	51.3	30.6	1,816	5.4	165.1	12	17	98.3	3.6	5.0
Jack Kreider J. Kreider	11	4	9	44.4	0.8	50	5.6	4.5	0	0	91.1	0.0	0.0
Gary Angotti G. Angotti	11	1	2	50.0	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	0	0	83.6	0.0	0.0
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11	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
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	11	137	12.5	503	3.7	45.7	3	161	665
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	82	7.5	286	3.5	26.0	1	109	421
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	53	4.8	-27	-0.5	-2.5	1	54	-19
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	32	2.9	102	3.2	9.3	0	47	245
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	26	2.4	68	2.6	6.2	2	30	89
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	11	24	2.2	95	4.0	8.6	0	33	120
Jim Browne J. Browne	11	23	2.1	100	4.3	9.1	0	29	146
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	11	15	1.4	37	2.5	3.4	0	17	50
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	11	10	0.9	32	3.2	2.9	0	14	64
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11	5	0.5	29	5.8	2.6	0	16	166
Jack Kreider J. Kreider	11	3	0.3	24	8.0	2.2	0
Bob Schmitt B. Schmitt	11	2	0.2	2	1.0	0.2	0
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	12	203

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	33	3.0	570	17.3	51.8	4
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	27	2.5	135	5.0	12.3	2	109	421
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	11	24	2.2	162	6.8	14.7	0	161	665
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	15	1.4	143	9.5	13.0	0	47	245
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11	11	1.0	201	18.3	18.3	3	12	203
Dave Bahoric D. Bahoric	11	11	1.0	137	12.5	12.5	0	16	166
Tom North T. North	11	11	1.0	88	8.0	8.0	0
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	11	9	0.8	25	2.8	2.3	0	33	120
Chris Hinton C. Hinton	11	7	0.6	43	6.1	3.9	0
Jim Browne J. Browne	11	6	0.5	46	7.7	4.2	0	29	146
Rich Raffin R. Raffin	11	5	0.5	63	12.6	5.7	0
Randy Sconyers R. Sconyers	11	4	0.4	140	35.0	12.7	3
Dave Callaway D. Callaway	11	4	0.4	32	8.0	2.9	0	14	64
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	4	0.4	21	5.3	1.9	0	30	89
John Finn J. Finn	11	3	0.3	39	13.0	3.5	0
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	11	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.2	0	17	50
Steve Kaiser S. Kaiser	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	1	0.1	8	8.0	0.7	0	54	-19

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	11	4	24	6
David Hoffman D. Hoffman	11	1	14	14
Mike Guendling M. Guendling	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Mike Kerrigan M. Kerrigan	11	1	0	13			78
Jay Anderson J. Anderson	11				7	16	37
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11		4	4			24
Jeff Cohn J. Cohn	11	3	0	3			18
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11	0	3	3			18
Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	1	2	3			18
Randy Sconyers R. Sconyers	11		3	3			18
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	2	0	2			12

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Lou Tiberi L. Tiberi	11	18	402	22.3	0
Tim Hill T. Hill	11	16	288	18.0	0
Todd Sheets T. Sheets	11	3	49	16.3	0	2	15	7.5	0
Ricky Edwards R. Edwards	11	4	72	18.0	0
Jim Browne J. Browne	11	4	64	16.0	0
Tom North T. North	11					4	10	2.5	0
Bobby Anderson B. Anderson	11					3	19	6.3	0
Mark Ignatowicz M. Ignatowicz	11	2	25	12.5	0
Bob Schmitt B. Schmitt	11	2	3	1.5	0
Steve Prezioso S. Prezioso	11	1	17	17.0	0
Kenny Watkins K. Watkins	11	1	14	14.0	0
Tracy Parsons T. Parsons	11	1	4	4.0	0
Jim Karstens J. Karstens	11	1	0	0.0	0
Todd Jenkins T. Jenkins	11					1	-4	-4.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jay Anderson J. Anderson	11	7	10	70.0						16	17	94.1	37

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	John Kidd J. Kidd	11	63	2,441	38.7
	Dave Mishler D. Mishler	11	2	86	43.0

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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	3	.700
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	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333