2016 Northwestern Wildcats through 01/09/2017

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 26.0 22.2
Scoring: Games - Points 13 - 338 13 - 289
First Downs: Total 281 280
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 104 - 156 - 21 113 - 156 - 11
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 3.97 3.78
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 501 - 1991 - 22 478 - 1809 - 20
Passing: Rating 125.10 121.69
Passing: Yards 3186 3448
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 483 - 282 - 9 - 22 496 - 303 - 16 - 13
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.26 5.40
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 984 - 5177 974 - 5257
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 6.60 9.54
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 20 - 132 - 0 24 - 229 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 23.14 20.88
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 29 - 671 - 1 33 - 689 - 0
Punting: Yards / Punt 39.78 41.72
Punting: Punts - Yards 76 - 3023 68 - 2837
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 16 - 163 - 0 9 - 93 - 1
Fumbles: Number - Lost 9 - 7 14 - 9
Penalties: Number - Yards 47 - 389 61 - 593
Time of Possession / Game 28:38.54 31:21.46
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 39.34% 36.59%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 211 - 83 205 - 75
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 53.13% 53.85%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 32 - 17 26 - 14
Red Zone: Success % 73.81% 73.21%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 42 - 31 56 - 41
Field Goals: Success % 66.7% 69.2%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 12 - 8 26 - 18
PAT Kicking: Success % 97.7% 90%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 43 - 42 30 - 27
2-Point Conversions: Success % 0% 25%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 2 - 0 4 - 1
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
09/03/16 12 Western Mich. L 21-22 3:13 30,635
09/10/16 Illinois St. L 7-9 3:16 30,748
09/17/16 Duke W 24-13 3:17 34,464
09/24/16 24 Nebraska L 13-24 3:09 40,284
10/01/16 @ 21 Iowa W 38-31 3:25 67,047
10/15/16 @ Michigan St. W 54-40 3:38 75,625
10/22/16 Indiana W 24-14 3:34 35,417
10/29/16 @ 2 Ohio St. L 20-24 3:23 107,296
11/05/16 8 Wisconsin L 7-21 3:18 42,016
11/12/16 @ Purdue W 45-17 3:03 30,548
11/19/16 @ Minnesota L 12-29 3:13 38,162
11/26/16 Illinois W 42-21 2:30 30,022
12/28/16 + 22 Pittsburgh W 31-24 3:34 37,918
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 7-6
at Home 3-4
on Road/Neutral Site 4-2
vs. Conference 5-4
vs. Non-Conference 2-2
vs. Ranked (AP) 2-4
vs. Unranked (AP) 5-2
vs. FBS (I-A) 7-5
vs. FCS (I-AA) 0-1
vs. FBS Winning 2-5
vs. FBS Non-Winning 5-0
vs. BCS AQ 7-4
vs. BCS non-AQ 0-1
vs. FBS Power 5 7-4
vs. FBS non-Power 5 0-1
in August/September 1-3
in October 3-1
in November 2-2
in December/January 1-0