Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	241	3,946	828	4.8	1,509	443	3.4	2,437	385	6.3
Team Rank		62nd	64th	22nd	75th	75th	63rd	74th	40th	24th	79th
Opponent	11	497	5,505		6.8	3,103	580	5.4	2,402	234	10.3
Opponent Rank		104th	102nd		103rd	103rd	99th	103rd	71st	5th	105th
Net		-256	-1,559	+828	-2.0	-1,594	-137	-1.9	+35	+151	-3.9
Net Rank		103rd	97th	22nd	101st	100th	90th	97th	47th	8th	105th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tim O'Brien T. O'Brien	11	207	334	62.0	30.4	2,218	6.6	201.6	14	15	122.6	4.2	4.5
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	15	37	40.5	3.4	149	4.0	13.5	1	0	83.3	2.7	0.0
Kip Kelly K. Kelly	11	5	14	35.7	1.3	70	5.0	6.4	0	0	77.7	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	277	25.2	1,291	4.7	117.4	10	303	1,490
Tim O'Brien T. O'Brien	11	90	8.2	44	0.5	4.0	4
Steve Rosholt S. Rosholt	11	44	4.0	126	2.9	11.5	0	47	154
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	10	0.9	-17	-1.7	-1.5	1
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	8	0.7	34	4.3	3.1	0	102	1,149
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	6	0.5	13	2.2	1.2	0
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	5	0.5	28	5.6	2.5	0
Butch Newhouse B. Newhouse	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	2	41
Kip Kelly K. Kelly	11	1	0.1	-12	-12.0	-1.1	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	94	8.5	1,115	11.9	101.4	9	102	1,149
Randy McClellan R. McClellan	11	36	3.3	341	9.5	31.0	1
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	26	2.4	199	7.7	18.1	1	303	1,490
Bob Griswold B. Griswold	11	24	2.2	258	10.8	23.5	1
Chip Morris C. Morris	11	12	1.1	120	10.0	10.9	0
Lester Carney L. Carney	11	10	0.9	105	10.5	9.5	1
Mark Benson M. Benson	11	8	0.7	90	11.3	8.2	1
Greg Fischer G. Fischer	11	8	0.7	80	10.0	7.3	1
Steve Rosholt S. Rosholt	11	3	0.3	28	9.3	2.5	0	47	154
Pat New P. New	11	2	0.2	28	14.0	2.5	0
Mike Allaway M. Allaway	11	2	0.2	13	6.5	1.2	0
Eric Dixon E. Dixon	11	1	0.1	42	42.0	3.8	0	2	41
David Cross D. Cross	11	1	0.1	18	18.0	1.6	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Dwight James D. James	11	4	66	16.5
Thomas Homco T. Homco	11	1	25	25
Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	1	21	21
David Eaton D. Eaton	11	1	17	17
David Sanderson D. Sanderson	11	1	4	4
Greg Gill G. Gill	11	1	0	0
Terry Thomas T. Thomas	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Tim O'Brien T. O'Brien	11	4		18			108
Bob Christian B. Christian	11	10	1	11			66
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11	0	9	9			54
Ira Adler I. Adler	11				9	16	43
Kevin Krebs K. Krebs	11	1		2			12
Mark Benson M. Benson	11		1	1			6
Lester Carney L. Carney	11		1	1			6
Greg Fischer G. Fischer	11		1	1			6
Bob Griswold B. Griswold	11		1	1			6
Randy McClellan R. McClellan	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Pat New P. New	11	25	466	18.6	0
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	19	367	19.3	0
Curt Zipfel C. Zipfel	11	8	117	14.6	0
Richard Buchanan R. Buchanan	11					8	71	8.9	0
David Eaton D. Eaton	11	7	125	17.9	0
Lester Carney L. Carney	11	4	54	13.5	0
Greg Fischer G. Fischer	11	4	54	13.5	0
Steve Rosholt S. Rosholt	11	1	12	12.0	0
Mike Golarz M. Golarz	11	1	10	10.0	0
Bob Griswold B. Griswold	11	1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Ira Adler I. Adler	11	9	13	69.2						16	17	94.1	43

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ed Sutter E. Sutter	11	33	1,436	43.5
	Matt Dzierwa M. Dzierwa	11	18	624	34.7

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
2	Liberty	5	1	.833
3	Florida International	3	3	.500
4	Middle Tennessee	3	3	.500
5	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
6	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Missouri State	1	4	.200
9	Sam Houston	1	4	.200
10	Delaware	2	4	.333

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333