Northwestern Wildcats

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	12	243	3,839	784	4.9	1,581	453	3.5	2,258	331	6.8
Team Rank		75th	69th	50th	79th	64th	45th	79th	61st	60th	70th
Opponent	12	288	4,700		5.5	2,262	533	4.2	2,438	328	7.4
Opponent Rank		64th	95th		72nd	96th	104th	78th	66th	57th	66th
Net		-45	-861	+784	-0.6	-681	-80	-0.8	-180	+3	-0.6
Net Rank		73rd	90th	50th	77th	88th	88th	79th	69th	54th	74th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	12	142	270	52.6	22.5	1,862	6.9	155.2	11	6	119.5	4.1	2.2
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	12	37	58	63.8	4.8	362	6.2	30.2	3	2	126.4	5.2	3.4
Mark Broxterman M. Broxterman	2	1	2	50.0	1.0	6	3.0	3.0	0	0	75.2	0.0	0.0
Brian Musso B. Musso	12	1	1	100.0	0.1	28	28.0	2.3	0	0	335.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Adrian Autry A. Autry	12	244	20.3	1,049	4.3	87.4	7	255	1,078
Faraji Leary F. Leary	12	62	5.2	257	4.1	21.4	2	71	313
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	12	54	4.5	-74	-1.4	-6.2	0
Brian Marshall B. Marshall	11	42	3.8	150	3.6	13.6	1	44	209
Tyrone Gooch T. Gooch	12	16	1.3	73	4.6	6.1	0	18	94
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	12	11	0.9	20	1.8	1.7	0
Ian Miller I. Miller	11	8	0.7	14	1.8	1.3	0	9	17
Levelle Brown L. Brown	11	7	0.6	47	6.7	4.3	1	9	69
Matt Hartl M. Hartl	11	3	0.3	5	1.7	0.5	0	12	78
Eric Collier E. Collier	12	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0	3	25
Brian Musso B. Musso	12	1	0.1	37	37.0	3.1	0	59	902
Teddy Johnson T. Johnson	8	1	0.1	9	9.0	1.1	0	3	66
John Burden J. Burden	12	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	23	304
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	1	0.1	-8	-8.0	-0.7	0	21	219

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Brian Musso B. Musso	12	58	4.8	865	14.9	72.1	8	59	902
Joel Stuart J. Stuart	12	23	1.9	279	12.1	23.3	1
John Burden J. Burden	12	22	1.8	303	13.8	25.3	3	23	304
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	20	1.8	227	11.4	20.6	1	21	219
Adrian Autry A. Autry	12	11	0.9	29	2.6	2.4	0	255	1,078
Jay Tant J. Tant	11	10	0.9	106	10.6	9.6	0
Matt Hartl M. Hartl	11	9	0.8	73	8.1	6.6	0	12	78
Faraji Leary F. Leary	12	9	0.8	56	6.2	4.7	0	71	313
D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	1	3	3.0	40	13.3	40.0	0
Aaron Burrell A. Burrell	10	3	0.3	27	9.0	2.7	0
Brian Marshall B. Marshall	11	2	0.2	59	29.5	5.4	1	44	209
Teddy Johnson T. Johnson	8	2	0.3	57	28.5	7.1	0	3	66
Levelle Brown L. Brown	11	2	0.2	22	11.0	2.0	0	9	69
Tyrone Gooch T. Gooch	12	2	0.2	21	10.5	1.8	0	18	94
Mike Nelson M. Nelson	12	1	0.1	41	41.0	3.4	0
Eric Collier E. Collier	12	1	0.1	24	24.0	2.0	0	3	25
Josh Barnes J. Barnes	12	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.7	0
Phil Miller P. Miller	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0
Ian Miller I. Miller	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	9	17

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Barry Gardner B. Gardner	12	2	17	8.5
Josh Barnes J. Barnes	12	2	0	0
Mike Nelson M. Nelson	12	1	25	25
Eric Collier E. Collier	12	1	16	16
Keith Lozowski K. Lozowski	11	1	13	13
Harold Blackmon H. Blackmon	12	1	0	0
Kevin Buck K. Buck	11	1	0	0
Fred Wilkerson F. Wilkerson	10	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Brian Gowins B. Gowins	12				20	19	79
Tim Hughes T. Hughes	12	0		11			66
Brian Musso B. Musso	12	0	8	8			48
Adrian Autry A. Autry	12	7	0	7			42
John Burden J. Burden	12	0	3	3			18
Chris Hamdorf C. Hamdorf	12	0		3			18
Faraji Leary F. Leary	12	2	0	2			12
Brian Marshall B. Marshall	11	1	1	2			12
Levelle Brown L. Brown	11	1	0	1			6
Joel Stuart J. Stuart	12		1	1			6
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	0	1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Brian Musso B. Musso	12	1	18	18.0	0	23	222	9.7	0
Teddy Johnson T. Johnson	8	15	343	22.9	0
Aaron Burrell A. Burrell	10	9	186	20.7	0
Tyrone Gooch T. Gooch	12	7	165	23.6	0
Toussaint Waterman T. Waterman	11	2	36	18.0	0
Josh Barnes J. Barnes	12	1	20	20.0	0	1	3	3.0	0
Rashad Morton R. Morton	12					1	11	11.0	0
Matt Hartl M. Hartl	11	1	10	10.0	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 Gowins B. Gowins	12	20	27	74.1						19	22	86.4	79

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Tim Hughes T. Hughes	12	66	2,675	40.5
	Brian Gowins B. Gowins	12	1	32	32.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

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

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

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

40.4

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

329.6

324.1

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	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
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

	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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
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

	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