Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	170	3,223	703	4.6	1,058	400	2.6	2,165	303	7.1
Team Rank		95th	87th	100th	81st	105th	96th	105th	47th	54th	32nd
Opponent	11	375	4,743		6.1	2,537	522	4.9	2,206	253	8.7
Opponent Rank		102nd	94th		104th	102nd	93rd	99th	65th	12th	105th
Net		-205	-1,520	+703	-1.5	-1,479	-122	-2.2	-41	+50	-1.6
Net Rank		103rd	104th	100th	102nd	104th	96th	105th	57th	32nd	96th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Len Williams L. Williams	11	181	286	63.3	26.0	2,110	7.4	191.8	11	9	131.7	3.8	3.1
Nick Holgorsen N. Holgorsen	11	4	13	30.8	1.2	53	4.1	4.8	0	1	49.6	0.0	7.7
Matt Dzierwa M. Dzierwa	11	0	3	0.0	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11	1	1	100.0	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	0	116.8	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	11	164	14.9	688	4.2	62.5	4	194	948
Len Williams L. Williams	11	148	13.5	119	0.8	10.8	3	149	121
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	31	2.8	96	3.1	8.7	0	36	154
Chuck Robinson C. Robinson	11	29	2.6	117	4.0	10.6	0	37	175
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11	8	0.7	10	1.3	0.9	1	76	856
Nick Holgorsen N. Holgorsen	11	7	0.6	-12	-1.7	-1.1	0
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	6	0.5	41	6.8	3.7	1	17	216
Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	11	5	0.5	12	2.4	1.1	0
Brian Leahy B. Leahy	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11	68	6.2	846	12.4	76.9	6	76	856
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	11	30	2.7	260	8.7	23.6	0	194	948
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11	21	1.9	267	12.7	24.3	2
Luther Morris L. Morris	11	21	1.9	255	12.1	23.2	1
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	11	1.0	175	15.9	15.9	2	17	216
Chuck Robinson C. Robinson	11	8	0.7	58	7.3	5.3	0	37	175
David Cross D. Cross	11	6	0.5	59	9.8	5.4	0
Colby Burke C. Burke	11	5	0.5	58	11.6	5.3	0
Terry Smith T. Smith	11	5	0.5	58	11.6	5.3	0	36	154
Shane Graham S. Graham	11	4	0.4	43	10.8	3.9	0
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	3	0.3	24	8.0	2.2	0
Willie Lindsey W. Lindsey	11	1	0.1	29	29.0	2.6	0
Greg Gill G. Gill	11	1	0.1	17	17.0	1.5	0
Chris Martin C. Martin	11	1	0.1	14	14.0	1.3	0
Len Williams L. Williams	11	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.2	0	149	121

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Greg Gill G. Gill	11	4	28	7
Jason Cunningham J. Cunningham	11	2	12	6
Willie Lindsey W. Lindsey	11	1	33	33
William Bennett W. Bennett	11	1	0	0
Steve Ostrowski S. Ostrowski	11	1	0	0
Anthony Purkett A. Purkett	11	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Len Williams L. Williams	11	3	0	14			84
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11	1	6	9			54
Brian Leahy B. Leahy	11	0		0	6	18	36
Dennis Lundy D. Lundy	11	4	0	4			24
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	1	2	3			18
Chris Gamble C. Gamble	11		2	2			12
Luther Morris L. Morris	11		1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Lee Gissendaner L. Gissendaner	11	17	381	22.4	1	15	327	21.8	1
Patrick Wright P. Wright	11	19	324	17.1	0
Mike Senters M. Senters	11	2	35	17.5	0
Chuck Robinson C. Robinson	11	2	27	13.5	0
Bill Greenwald B. Greenwald	11	1	13	13.0	0
William Bennett W. Bennett	11	1	6	6.0	0
Anthony Purkett A. Purkett	11	1	3	3.0	0
Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	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
	Brian Leahy B. Leahy	11	6	11	54.5						18	19	94.7	36

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Matt Dzierwa M. Dzierwa	11	59	2,201	37.3

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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