2023 Northwestern Wildcats through 01/08/2024

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 22.1 22.5
Scoring: Games - Points 13 - 287 13 - 293
First Downs: Total 220 239
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 84 - 116 - 20 118 - 107 - 14
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 2.89 4.07
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 458 - 1325 - 14 504 - 2052 - 20
Passing: Rating 131.52 127.16
Passing: Yards 2626 2378
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 389 - 241 - 8 - 20 358 - 232 - 13 - 15
Total Offense: Yards / Play 4.66 5.14
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 847 - 3951 862 - 4430
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 6.36 1.57
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 11 - 70 - 0 14 - 22 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 21.63 16.92
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 27 - 584 - 0 39 - 660 - 0
Punting: Yards / Punt 38.23 41.14
Punting: Punts - Yards 74 - 2829 57 - 2345
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 13 - 101 - 0 8 - 94 - 1
Fumbles: Number - Lost 13 - 1 21 - 9
Penalties: Number - Yards 69 - 554 54 - 491
Time of Possession / Game 28:37.08 31:22.85
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 40.84% 39.67%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 191 - 78 184 - 73
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 21.43% 50%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 14 - 3 26 - 13
Red Zone: Success % 87.8% 80%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 41 - 36 45 - 36
Field Goals: Success % 73.7% 73.7%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 19 - 14 19 - 14
PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 100%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 33 - 33 31 - 31
2-Point Conversions: Success % 0% 40%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 1 - 0 5 - 2
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
09/03/23 @ Rutgers L 7-24 3:26 53,026
09/09/23 UTEP W 38-7 3:00 14,851
09/16/23 @ Duke L 14-38 2:52 18,141
09/23/23 Minnesota W 37-34 3:39 20,148
09/30/23 13 Penn State L 13-41 3:17 25,064
10/07/23 Howard W 23-20 3:11 22,160
10/21/23 @ Nebraska L 9-17 2:59 86,769
10/28/23 Maryland W 33-27 3:21 19,286
11/04/23 24 Iowa L 7-10 3:05 38,000
11/11/23 @ Wisconsin W 24-10 3:06 76,124
11/18/23 Purdue W 23-15 3:24 23,291
11/25/23 @ Illinois W 45-43 3:27 42,310
12/23/23 + Utah W 14-7 3:02 20,897
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 8-5
at Home 5-2
on Road/Neutral Site 3-3
vs. Conference 5-4
vs. Non-Conference 3-1
vs. Ranked (AP) 0-2
vs. Unranked (AP) 8-3
vs. FBS (I-A) 7-5
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 3-4
vs. FBS Non-Winning 4-1
vs. BCS AQ 6-5
vs. BCS non-AQ 1-0
vs. FBS Power 5 6-5
vs. FBS non-Power 5 1-0
in August/September 2-3
in October 2-1
in November 3-1
in December/January 1-0