2009 Northwestern Wildcats through 01/07/2010

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 25.9 24.5
Scoring: Games - Points 13 - 337 13 - 318
First Downs: Total 302 235
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 94 - 180 - 28 96 - 130 - 9
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 3.05 3.78
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 503 - 1532 - 18 441 - 1666 - 20
Passing: Rating 130.50 125.78
Passing: Yards 3725 2884
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 531 - 342 - 14 - 20 402 - 238 - 17 - 18
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.08 5.40
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 1,034 - 5257 843 - 4550
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 6.30 9.94
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 20 - 126 - 0 17 - 169 - 1
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 20.61 21.44
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 57 - 1175 - 0 64 - 1372 - 1
Punting: Yards / Punt 34.97 40.39
Punting: Punts - Yards 63 - 2203 66 - 2666
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 17 - 123 - 1 14 - 179 - 1
Fumbles: Number - Lost 17 - 13 26 - 13
Penalties: Number - Yards 73 - 584 73 - 715
Time of Possession / Game 30:55.38 30:13.00
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 45.7% 34.34%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 221 - 101 166 - 57
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 60% 38.1%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 20 - 12 21 - 8
Red Zone: Success % 76.6% 80%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 47 - 36 40 - 32
Field Goals: Success % 72% 68.8%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 25 - 18 16 - 11
PAT Kicking: Success % 94.6% 100%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 37 - 35 39 - 39
2-Point Conversions: Success % 66.67% 0%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 3 - 2 2 - 0
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
09/05/09 Towson W 47-14 2:51 17,857
09/12/09 Eastern Mich. W 27-24 3:05 19,239
09/19/09 @ Syracuse L 34-37 3:28 40,251
09/26/09 Minnesota L 24-35 3:04 22,091
10/03/09 @ Purdue W 27-21 3:11 47,163
10/10/09 Miami (Ohio) W 16-6 3:10 23,085
10/17/09 @ Michigan St. L 14-24 3:08 71,726
10/24/09 Indiana W 29-28 3:16 24,364
10/31/09 9 Penn St. L 13-34 2:58 30,546
11/07/09 @ 7 Iowa W 17-10 3:00 70,585
11/14/09 @ Illinois W 21-16 3:12 60,523
11/21/09 16 Wisconsin W 33-31 3:10 32,150
01/01/10 + Auburn L 35-38 4:05 49,383
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 8-5
at Home 5-2
on Road/Neutral Site 3-3
vs. Conference 5-3
vs. Non-Conference 3-2
vs. Ranked (AP) 2-1
vs. Unranked (AP) 6-4
vs. FBS (I-A) 7-5
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 2-2
vs. FBS Non-Winning 5-3
vs. BCS AQ 5-5
vs. BCS non-AQ 2-0
vs. FBS Power 5 5-4
vs. FBS non-Power 5 2-1
in August/September 2-2
in October 3-2
in November 3-0
in December/January 0-1