2025 Northwestern Wildcats through 11/29/2025

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 22.5 20.9
Scoring: Games - Points 12 - 270 12 - 251
First Downs: Total 238 210
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 110 - 101 - 27 87 - 109 - 14
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.71 4.44
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 426 - 2005 - 15 378 - 1680 - 18
Passing: Rating 119.37 131.47
Passing: Yards 2181 2338
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 343 - 204 - 12 - 14 321 - 202 - 8 - 12
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.44 5.75
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 769 - 4186 699 - 4018
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 1.80 4.18
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 15 - 27 - 0 11 - 46 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 20.64 22.55
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 11 - 227 - 0 31 - 699 - 1
Punting: Yards / Punt 44.00 42.79
Punting: Punts - Yards 33 - 1452 43 - 1840
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 8 - 101 - 0 12 - 125 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 17 - 8 10 - 8
Penalties: Number - Yards 53 - 420 55 - 532
Time of Possession / Game 32:43.08 27:16.42
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 44.38% 42.96%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 160 - 71 142 - 61
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 62.5% 47.06%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 24 - 15 17 - 8
Red Zone: Success % 91.11% 86.49%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 45 - 41 37 - 32
Field Goals: Success % 91.7% 61.1%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 24 - 22 18 - 11
PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 100%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 22 - 22 30 - 30
2-Point Conversions: Success % 57.14% 100%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 7 - 4 1 - 1
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
08/30/25 @ 21 Tulane L 3-23 3:11 22,103
09/05/25 Western Illinois W 42-7 3:04 9,647
09/13/25 4 Oregon L 14-34 3:01 12,023
09/27/25 UCLA W 17-14 3:03 12,023
10/04/25 Louisiana-Monroe W 42-7 3:10 12,023
10/11/25 @ Penn State W 22-21 3:10 108,121
10/18/25 Purdue W 19-0 3:26 12,023
10/25/25 @ Nebraska L 21-28 3:18 86,401
11/07/25 @ 17 USC L 17-38 3:17 67,179
11/15/25 18 Michigan L 22-24 3:36 38,223
11/22/25 Minnesota W 38-35 3:24 15,323
11/29/25 @ Illinois L 13-20 3:11 53,317
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 6-6
at Home 5-2
on Road/Neutral Site 1-4
vs. Conference 4-5
vs. Non-Conference 2-1
vs. Ranked (AP) 0-4
vs. Unranked (AP) 6-2
vs. FBS (I-A) 5-6
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 1-6
vs. FBS Non-Winning 4-0
vs. BCS AQ 4-6
vs. BCS non-AQ 1-0
vs. FBS Power 5 4-5
vs. FBS non-Power 5 1-1
in August/September 2-2
in October 3-1
in November 1-3
in December/January 0-0