Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	10	137	2,691	676	4.0	1,160	427	2.7	1,531	249	6.1
Team Rank		81st	68th	45th	81st	91st	76th	96th	30th	28th	49th
Opponent	10	213	3,337		4.9	1,811	464	3.9	1,526	217	7.0
Opponent Rank		146th	107th		105th	96th	85th	97th	94th	63rd	103rd
Net		-76	-646	+676	-0.9	-651	-37	-1.2	+5	+32	-0.9
Net Rank		141st	97th	45th	105th	97th	80th	103rd	56th	35th	81st

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	94	176	53.4	17.6	1,171	6.7	117.1	7	12	108.8	4.0	6.8
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	27	68	39.7	6.8	298	4.4	29.8	0	1	73.6	0.0	1.5
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	1	2	50.0	0.2	51	25.5	5.1	1	0	429.2	50.0	0.0
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	1	1	100.0	0.1	11	11.0	1.1	0	0	192.4	0.0	0.0
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	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
Bob McKelvey B. McKelvey	10	128	12.8	459	3.6	45.9	2	132	494
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	114	11.4	364	3.2	36.4	2	123	490
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	49	4.9	215	4.4	21.5	2	63	408
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	46	4.6	-1	0.0	-0.1	2
Denny Boothe D. Boothe	10	33	3.3	1	0.0	0.1	0
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	26	2.6	60	2.3	6.0	0	31	113
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	14	1.4	26	1.9	2.6	1	19	74
Mike Bradburn M. Bradburn	10	11	1.1	31	2.8	3.1	0	12	36
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	3	0.3	12	4.0	1.2	0	4	18
Dick Emmerich D. Emmerich	10	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.7	0
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	1	0.1	-14	-14.0	-1.4	0	32	258

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Roger Murphy R. Murphy	10	51	5.1	777	15.2	77.7	4
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	31	3.1	272	8.8	27.2	2	32	258
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	14	1.4	193	13.8	19.3	1	63	408
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	9	0.9	126	14.0	12.6	0	123	490
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	5	0.5	53	10.6	5.3	1	31	113
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	5	0.5	48	9.6	4.8	0	19	74
Bob McKelvey B. McKelvey	10	4	0.4	35	8.8	3.5	0	132	494
Mike Donaldson M. Donaldson	10	1	0.1	13	13.0	1.3	0
John Anstey J. Anstey	10	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.6	0	4	18
Mike Bradburn M. Bradburn	10	1	0.1	5	5.0	0.5	0	12	36
Mark Proskine M. Proskine	10	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	PTS
Bill Melzer B. Melzer	10	2		9	54
Roger Murphy R. Murphy	10		4	4	24
Chico Kurzawski C. Kurzawski	10	2	1	3	18
Cas Banaszek C. Banaszek	10	0	2	2	12
Woody Campbell W. Campbell	10	2	0	2	12
Larry Gates L. Gates	10	0	1	2	12
Bob McKelvey B. McKelvey	10	2	0	2	12
Bob Olson B. Olson	10	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