Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	210	3,513	738	4.8	1,792	482	3.7	1,721	256	6.7
Team Rank		84th	87th	90th	79th	57th	42nd	61st	84th	83rd	64th
Opponent	11	351	4,590		6.1	2,219	477	4.7	2,371	278	8.5
Opponent Rank		92nd	89th		97th	80th	66th	86th	74th	21st	104th
Net		-141	-1,077	+738	-1.3	-427	+5	-0.9	-650	-22	-1.8
Net Rank		90th	92nd	90th	96th	75th	56th	82nd	94th	65th	95th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	61	132	46.2	13.2	774	5.9	77.4	5	8	95.8	3.8	6.1
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	61	117	52.1	13.0	899	7.7	99.9	4	10	110.9	3.4	8.5
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	1	3	33.3	0.3	13	4.3	1.2	0	1	3.1	0.0	33.3
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	2	2	100.0	0.2	35	17.5	3.2	0	0	247.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	1	0	2	0.0	2.0	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
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	10	260	26.0	1,189	4.6	118.9	8	271	1,303
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	120	10.9	556	4.6	50.5	1	127	639
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	37	3.7	-48	-1.3	-4.8	1
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	34	3.8	-37	-1.1	-4.1	2	35	-24
Chad Lilly C. Lilly	8	12	1.5	57	4.8	7.1	0
Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	10	6	0.6	54	9.0	5.4	1
Lentwan Smith L. Smith	6	4	0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	4	0.4	-4	-1.0	-0.4	0	32	381
Paul Burton P. Burton	11	3	0.3	4	1.3	0.4	0
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11	1	0.1	24	24.0	2.2	1	18	348
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	1	1	1.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	28	2.5	385	13.8	35.0	2	32	381
Luther Morris L. Morris	11	18	1.6	246	13.7	22.4	2
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11	17	1.5	324	19.1	29.5	3	18	348
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11	13	1.2	225	17.3	20.5	1
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	10	11	1.1	114	10.4	11.4	0	271	1,303
Shane Graham S. Graham	11	9	0.8	74	8.2	6.7	0
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	9	8	0.9	88	11.0	9.8	1
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	7	0.6	83	11.9	7.5	0	127	639
Brian Musso B. Musso	11	6	0.5	78	13.0	7.1	0
Jon Burns J. Burns	10	3	0.3	31	10.3	3.1	0
Casey Dailey C. Dailey	9	1	0.1	23	23.0	2.6	0
Glenn Winship G. Winship	5	1	0.2	19	19.0	3.8	0
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.4	0	35	-24
William Bennett W. Bennett	11	1	0.1	12	12.0	1.1	0
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
William Bennett W. Bennett	11	3	0	0
Geoff Shein G. Shein	11	1	9	9
Hudhaifa Ismaeli H. Ismaeli	10	1	6	6
Danny Sutter D. Sutter	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Sam Valenzisi S. Valenzisi	11				13	21	60
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	10	8	0	8			48
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	10	1		6			36
Steve Schnur S. Schnur	9	2	0	6			36
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11	1	3	4			24
Luther Morris L. Morris	11		2	2			12
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	0	2	2			12
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	1	0	1			6
Dave Beazley D. Beazley	9		1	1			6
Darren Drexler D. Drexler	11		1	1			6
Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	10	1		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	22	483	22.0
Brian Musso B. Musso	11	2	37	18.5	20	180	9.0	0
Darnell Autry D. Autry	11	13	283	21.8
Rodney Ray R. Ray	11	8	86	10.8
Mike McGrew M. McGrew	11	2	16	8.0
Pat Fitzgerald P. Fitzgerald	11	1	0	0.0
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	1	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
	Sam Valenzisi S. Valenzisi	11	13	19	68.4						21	21	100.0	60

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Paul Burton P. Burton	11	51	2,193	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

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