2011 Northwestern Wildcats through 01/09/2012

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 28.9 27.7
Scoring: Games - Points 13 - 376 13 - 360
First Downs: Total 305 266
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 136 - 150 - 19 127 - 126 - 13
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 3.75 4.49
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 577 - 2166 - 25 513 - 2305 - 27
Passing: Rating 155.88 139.99
Passing: Yards 3305 3019
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 407 - 289 - 9 - 26 356 - 216 - 12 - 16
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.56 6.13
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 984 - 5471 869 - 5324
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 15.88 12.60
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 8 - 127 - 0 10 - 126 - 1
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 21.52 19.17
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 48 - 1033 - 0 58 - 1112 - 0
Punting: Yards / Punt 40.75 38.32
Punting: Punts - Yards 52 - 2119 53 - 2031
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 12 - 79 - 0 9 - 232 - 1
Fumbles: Number - Lost 16 - 8 16 - 8
Penalties: Number - Yards 56 - 492 69 - 612
Time of Possession / Game 30:56.15 29:01.38
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 47.85% 50%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 186 - 89 180 - 90
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 60.71% 64.29%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 28 - 17 14 - 9
Red Zone: Success % 77.05% 85.71%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 61 - 47 49 - 42
Field Goals: Success % 60% 71.4%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 10 - 6 21 - 15
PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 97.6%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 50 - 50 42 - 41
2-Point Conversions: Success % 100% 66.67%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 1 - 1 3 - 2
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
09/03/11 @ Boston College W 24-17 3:25 37,561
09/10/11 Eastern Ill. W 42-21 3:03 28,042
09/17/11 @ Army L 14-21 3:03 35,784
10/01/11 @ Illinois L 35-38 3:16 53,243
10/08/11 12 Michigan L 24-42 3:16 47,330
10/15/11 @ Iowa L 31-41 3:10 70,585
10/22/11 Penn St. L 24-34 3:15 40,004
10/29/11 @ Indiana W 59-38 3:14 39,239
11/05/11 @ 24 Nebraska W 28-25 3:15 85,115
11/12/11 Rice W 28-6 2:56 26,886
11/19/11 Minnesota W 28-13 2:59 26,215
11/26/11 11 Michigan St. L 17-31 3:02 32,172
12/31/11 + Texas A&M L 22-33 3:19 68,395
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 6-7
at Home 3-3
on Road/Neutral Site 3-4
vs. Conference 3-5
vs. Non-Conference 3-2
vs. Ranked (AP) 1-2
vs. Unranked (AP) 5-5
vs. FBS (I-A) 5-7
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 1-6
vs. FBS Non-Winning 4-1
vs. BCS AQ 4-6
vs. BCS non-AQ 1-1
vs. FBS Power 5 4-6
vs. FBS non-Power 5 1-1
in August/September 2-1
in October 1-4
in November 3-1
in December/January 0-1