2025 Northwestern Wildcats through 10/22/2025

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 22.7 15.1
Scoring: Games - Points 7 - 159 7 - 106
First Downs: Total 152 114
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 77 - 58 - 17 49 - 57 - 8
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.81 4.54
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 277 - 1331 - 8 211 - 957 - 7
Passing: Rating 122.89 116.46
Passing: Yards 1220 1180
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 190 - 112 - 7 - 10 186 - 109 - 4 - 5
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.46 5.38
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 467 - 2551 397 - 2137
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 1.67 1.50
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 12 - 20 - 0 6 - 9 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 18.75 13.94
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 4 - 75 - 0 16 - 223 - 0
Punting: Yards / Punt 44.44 42.26
Punting: Punts - Yards 18 - 800 31 - 1310
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 4 - 40 - 0 7 - 78 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 10 - 4 4 - 3
Penalties: Number - Yards 27 - 199 33 - 364
Time of Possession / Game 33:53.43 26:05.86
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 47.37% 41.38%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 95 - 45 87 - 36
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 61.54% 33.33%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 13 - 8 9 - 3
Red Zone: Success % 88% 81.25%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 25 - 22 16 - 13
Field Goals: Success % 84.6% 77.8%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 13 - 11 9 - 7
PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 100%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 14 - 14 11 - 11
2-Point Conversions: Success % 50% 100%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 4 - 2 1 - 1
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
08/30/25 @ Tulane L 3-23 3:11 22,103
09/05/25 Western Illinois W 42-7 3:04 9,647
09/13/25 6 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
11/07/25 @ USC
11/15/25 25 Michigan
11/22/25 Minnesota
11/29/25 @ 23 Illinois
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 5-2
at Home 4-1
on Road/Neutral Site 1-1
vs. Conference 3-1
vs. Non-Conference 2-1
vs. Ranked (AP) 0-1
vs. Unranked (AP) 5-1
vs. FBS (I-A) 4-2
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 0-2
vs. FBS Non-Winning 4-0
vs. BCS AQ 3-2
vs. BCS non-AQ 1-0
vs. FBS Power 5 3-1
vs. FBS non-Power 5 1-1
in August/September 2-2
in October 3-0
in November 0-0
in December/January 0-0