2005 Northwestern Wildcats through 01/04/2006

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 32.3 33.9
Scoring: Games - Points 12 - 388 12 - 407
First Downs: Total 328 297
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 130 - 168 - 30 140 - 147 - 10
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 5.03 5.19
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 462 - 2323 - 25 504 - 2617 - 26
Passing: Rating 133.55 126.46
Passing: Yards 3681 3148
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 512 - 320 - 9 - 22 425 - 247 - 20 - 20
Total Offense: Yards / Play 6.2 6.2
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 974 - 6004 929 - 5765
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 14.67 11.73
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 18 - 264 - 1 30 - 352 - 1
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 19.18 21.76
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 38 - 729 - 0 50 - 1088 - 3
Punting: Yards / Punt 38.77 40.96
Punting: Punts - Yards 56 - 2171 47 - 1925
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 20 - 290 - 2 9 - 42 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 22 - 12 22 - 10
Penalties: Number - Yards 74 - 582 74 - 661
Time of Possession / Game 29:39.50 30:20.50
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 42.86% 43.43%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 182 - 78 175 - 76
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 55% 73.91%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 20 - 11 23 - 17
Red Zone: Success % 76.56% 82.46%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 64 - 49 57 - 47
Field Goals: Success % 54.5% 75%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 22 - 12 20 - 15
PAT Kicking: Success % 93.9% 98%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 49 - 46 49 - 48
2-Point Conversions: Success % 0% 33.33%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 2 - 0 3 - 1
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
09/03/05 Ohio W 38-14 3:13 20,115
09/10/05 Northern Ill. W 38-37 3:30 35,114
09/17/05 @ Arizona St. L 21-52 3:16 55,029
09/24/05 3 Penn St. L 29-34 3:34 24,395
10/08/05 15 Wisconsin W 51-48 3:47 33,859
10/15/05 @ Purdue W 34-29 3:51 62,866
10/22/05 @ Michigan St. W 49-14 3:12 74,636
10/29/05 Michigan L 17-33 3:26 47,130
11/05/05 Iowa W 28-27 2:26 34,550
11/12/05 @ 4 Ohio St. L 7-48 3:05 105,181
11/19/05 @ Illinois W 38-21 3:10 31,465
12/30/05 + 16 UCLA L 38-50 4:15 50,426
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 7-5
at Home 4-2
on Road 3-2
at Neutral Site 0-1
on Grass Field 6-4
on Turf Field 1-1
vs. Conference 5-3
vs. Non-Conference 2-2
vs. Winning 3-5
vs. Non-Winning 4-0
vs. Ranked (AP) 1-3
vs. Unranked (AP) 6-2
in August/September 2-2
in October 3-1
in November 2-1
in December/January 0-1