2025 Northwestern Wildcats through 10/02/2025

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 19.0 19.5
Scoring: Games - Points 4 - 76 4 - 78
First Downs: Total 79 72
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 42 - 31 - 6 31 - 35 - 6
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.99 5.21
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 147 - 734 - 5 124 - 646 - 4
Passing: Rating 113.62 115.82
Passing: Yards 656 639
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 105 - 63 - 6 - 4 113 - 68 - 2 - 4
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.52 5.42
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 252 - 1390 237 - 1285
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 0.67 4.00
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 6 - 4 - 0 3 - 12 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 31.00 14.11
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 2 - 62 - 0 9 - 127 - 0
Punting: Yards / Punt 47.25 42.94
Punting: Punts - Yards 12 - 567 18 - 773
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 2 - 7 - 0 6 - 78 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 6 - 2 1 - 0
Penalties: Number - Yards 16 - 120 14 - 128
Time of Possession / Game 32:18.00 27:42.00
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 43.14% 42.31%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 51 - 22 52 - 22
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 55.56% 66.67%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 9 - 5 3 - 2
Red Zone: Success % 90.91% 100%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 11 - 10 10 - 10
Field Goals: Success % 80% 87.5%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 5 - 4 8 - 7
PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 100%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 8 - 8 7 - 7
2-Point Conversions: Success % 100% 100%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 1 - 1 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 2 Oregon L 14-34 3:01 12,023
09/27/25 UCLA W 17-14 3:03 12,023
10/04/25 Louisiana-Monroe
10/11/25 @ 7 Penn State
10/18/25 Purdue
10/25/25 @ Nebraska
11/07/25 @ USC
11/15/25 20 Michigan
11/22/25 Minnesota
11/29/25 @ 22 Illinois
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 2-2
at Home 2-1
on Road/Neutral Site 0-1
vs. Conference 1-1
vs. Non-Conference 1-1
vs. Ranked (AP) 0-1
vs. Unranked (AP) 2-1
vs. FBS (I-A) 1-2
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 0-2
vs. FBS Non-Winning 1-0
vs. BCS AQ 1-2
vs. BCS non-AQ 0-0
vs. FBS Power 5 1-1
vs. FBS non-Power 5 0-1
in August/September 2-2
in October 0-0
in November 0-0
in December/January 0-0