Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	188	3,225	786	4.1	1,842	556	3.3	1,383	230	6.0
Team Rank		87th	80th	43rd	95th	79th	58th	88th	65th	52nd	85th
Opponent	11	299	4,098		5.3	2,589	607	4.3	1,509	166	9.1
Opponent Rank		165th	108th		112th	107th	114th	96th	84th	12th	127th
Net		-111	-873	+786	-1.2	-747	-51	-1.0	-126	+64	-3.1
Net Rank		160th	111th	43rd	116th	100th	90th	97th	80th	24th	125th

Player Stats

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	91	197	46.2	17.9	1,224	6.2	111.3	12	9	109.3	6.1	4.6
	Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	10	33	30.3	3.0	159	4.8	14.5	0	0	70.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Stan Key S. Key	11	197	17.9	894	4.5	81.3	6	204	922
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	101	9.2	416	4.1	37.8	1	103	428
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	98	8.9	350	3.6	31.8	3	100	357
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	69	6.3	311	4.5	28.3	1	75	339
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	56	5.1	-141	-2.5	-12.8	2
Kim Girkins K. Girkins	11	19	1.7	-49	-2.6	-4.5	0
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	15	1.4	69	4.6	6.3	0	16	67
Wayne Frederickson W. Frederickson	11	1	0.1	-8	-8.0	-0.7	0	12	164

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Steve Craig S. Craig	11	30	2.7	479	16.0	43.5	6
Bill Stevens B. Stevens	11	15	1.4	246	16.4	22.4	2
Steve Harris S. Harris	11	15	1.4	240	16.0	21.8	1
Wayne Frederickson W. Frederickson	11	11	1.0	172	15.6	15.6	1	12	164
Stan Key S. Key	11	7	0.6	28	4.0	2.5	0	204	922
Mike Darraugh M. Darraugh	11	6	0.5	88	14.7	8.0	0
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	6	0.5	28	4.7	2.5	0	75	339
Pat McNamara P. McNamara	11	4	0.4	55	13.8	5.0	1
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	2	0.2	12	6.0	1.1	0	103	428
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	2	0.2	7	3.5	0.6	0	100	357
Frank Lutostanski F. Lutostanski	11	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	1
Scott Yelvington S. Yelvington	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0
Jim Pooler J. Pooler	11	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0	16	67

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Mitch Anderson M. Anderson	11	2		14	84
Steve Craig S. Craig	11		6	6	36
Stan Key S. Key	11	6	0	6	36
Greg Boykin G. Boykin	11	3	0	3	18
Bill Stevens B. Stevens	11		2	2	12
Rich Boothe R. Boothe	11	1	0	1	6
Wayne Frederickson W. Frederickson	11	0	1	1	6
Steve Harris S. Harris	11		1	1	6
Frank Lutostanski F. Lutostanski	11		1	1	6
Pat McNamara P. McNamara	11		1	1	6
Jim Trimble J. Trimble	11	1	0	1	6

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375