Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	12	272	4,668	888	5.3	1,884	437	4.3	2,784	451	6.2	248	103	130	130	87	783
Team Rank		89th	59th	57th	62nd	61st	84th	39th	52nd	29th	98th	56th	66th	46th	46th	63rd	75th
Opponent	12	493	6,028		6.5	3,763	694	5.4	2,265	239	9.5	299	194	89	89	63	552
Opponent Rank		113th	115th		113th	117th	117th	114th	18th	1st	115th	112th	117th	5th	5th	111th	108th
Net		-221	-1,360	+888	-1.2	-1,879	-257	-1.1	+519	+212	-3.3	-51	-91	+41	+41	+24	+231
Net Rank		110th	111th	57th	106th	116th	116th	98th	35th	3rd	117th	107th	116th	18th	18th	103rd	105th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	10	190	325	58.5	32.5	2,204	6.8	220.4	7	7	118.2	2.2	2.2
Tony Stauss T. Stauss	6	69	113	61.1	18.8	535	4.7	89.2	2	3	101.4	1.8	2.7
Alexander Webb A. Webb	1	2	6	33.3	6.0	45	7.5	45.0	0	1	63.0	0.0	16.7
Derell Jenkins D. Jenkins	2	0	5	0.0	2.5	0	0.0	0.0	0	2	-80.0	0.0	40.0
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12	0	2	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-100.0	0.0	50.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	219	18.3	1,234	5.6	102.8	12	246	1,500
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	10	67	6.7	96	1.4	9.6	4
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	66	5.5	365	5.5	30.4	7	81	549
Tony Stauss T. Stauss	6	24	4.0	-51	-2.1	-8.5	0
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	23	1.9	124	5.4	10.3	1	41	251
Derell Jenkins D. Jenkins	2	11	5.5	45	4.1	22.5	0
Kevin Lawrence K. Lawrence	5	10	2.0	58	5.8	11.6	0	13	81
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	6	0.8	70	11.7	8.8	1	14	142
Alexander Webb A. Webb	1	4	4.0	20	5.0	20.0	0
Trai Essex T. Essex	1	1	1.0	-3	-3.0	-3.0	0
Brandon Horn B. Horn	4	1	0.3	-4	-4.0	-1.0	0	7	68

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	12	58	4.8	719	12.4	59.9	3
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12	49	4.1	558	11.4	46.5	2
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	12	31	2.6	245	7.9	20.4	0
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	27	2.3	266	9.9	22.2	0	246	1,500
Roger Jordan R. Jordan	10	23	2.3	207	9.0	20.7	0
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	18	1.5	127	7.1	10.6	0	41	251
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	15	1.3	184	12.3	15.3	0	81	549
Eric Worley E. Worley	5	12	2.4	226	18.8	45.2	1
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	8	1.0	72	9.0	9.0	1	14	142
Brandon Horn B. Horn	4	6	1.5	72	12.0	18.0	1	7	68
Ronnie Foster R. Foster	4	4	1.0	29	7.3	7.3	1
Joe Wohlscheid J. Wohlscheid	3	3	1.0	33	11.0	11.0	0
Kevin Lawrence K. Lawrence	5	3	0.6	23	7.7	4.6	0	13	81
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	3	2	0.7	14	7.0	4.7	0
Taylor Jones T. Jones	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0
Gilles Lezi G. Lezi	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	2.0	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Raheem Covington R. Covington	3	4	17	4.3
Torri Stuckey T. Stuckey	5	1	16	16
Doug Szymul D. Szymul	1	1	10	10
Jarvis Adams J. Adams	1	1	0	0
David Thompson D. Thompson	1	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	12	0	13			0	78
David Wasielewski D. Wasielewski	12			0	10	26	0	56
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	7	0	7			0	42
Brett Basanez B. Basanez	10	4		4			1	26
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	12		3	3			0	18
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	1	1	2			0	12
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12		2	2			0	12
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	1	0	1			0	6
Ronnie Foster R. Foster	4		1	1			0	6
Brandon Horn B. Horn	4	0	1	1			0	6
Eric Worley E. Worley	5		1	1			0	6
Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12			0	0	4	0	4

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Jeff Backes J. Backes	12	18	472	26.2	0	1	7	7.0	0
Kunle Patrick K. Patrick	12					19	142	7.5	0
Jason Wright J. Wright	12	18	513	28.5	1
Noah Herron N. Herron	12	7	99	14.1	0
Torri Stuckey T. Stuckey	5	6	93	15.5	0
Marquice Cole M. Cole	2					2	4	2.0	0
Jon Schweighardt J. Schweighardt	12					2	2	1.0	0
Mark Philmore M. Philmore	12					2	-2	-1.0	0
Ashton Aikens A. Aikens	8	1	39	39.0	0
Jonathan Fields J. Fields	3	1	13	13.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	David Wasielewski D. Wasielewski	12	10	18	55.6						26	28	92.9	56
	Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	0	1	0.0						4	4	100.0	4

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brian Huffman B. Huffman	12	66	2,737	41.5

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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

12.2

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	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

	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