2025 Northwestern Wildcats through 01/09/2026

Team Statistics
Northwestern Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 23.4 19.8
Scoring: Games - Points 13 - 304 13 - 258
First Downs: Total 256 225
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 115 - 112 - 29 91 - 119 - 15
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 4.61 4.30
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 452 - 2082 - 16 412 - 1771 - 18
Passing: Rating 120.93 132.35
Passing: Yards 2417 2516
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 378 - 224 - 13 - 17 347 - 223 - 9 - 13
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.42 5.65
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 830 - 4499 759 - 4287
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 1.80 4.25
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 15 - 27 - 0 12 - 51 - 0
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 20.64 22.61
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 11 - 227 - 0 33 - 746 - 1
Punting: Yards / Punt 43.76 42.91
Punting: Punts - Yards 37 - 1619 47 - 2017
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 9 - 101 - 0 13 - 125 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 18 - 8 17 - 11
Penalties: Number - Yards 55 - 440 60 - 578
Time of Possession / Game 32:18.08 27:41.46
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 43.35% 42.11%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 173 - 75 152 - 64
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 58.62% 44.44%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 29 - 17 18 - 8
Red Zone: Success % 89.58% 84.62%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 48 - 43 39 - 33
Field Goals: Success % 91.7% 57.9%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 24 - 22 19 - 11
PAT Kicking: Success % 96.3% 100%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 27 - 26 31 - 31
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 @ 17 Tulane L 3-23 3:11 22,103
09/05/25 Western Illinois W 42-7 3:04 9,647
09/13/25 5 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 @ 16 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
12/26/25 + Central Michigan W 34-7 3:12 27,857
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 7-6
at Home 5-2
on Road/Neutral Site 2-4
vs. Conference 4-5
vs. Non-Conference 3-1
vs. Ranked (AP) 0-4
vs. Unranked (AP) 7-2
vs. FBS (I-A) 6-6
vs. FCS (I-AA) 1-0
vs. FBS Winning 3-6
vs. FBS Non-Winning 3-0
vs. BCS AQ 4-6
vs. BCS non-AQ 2-0
vs. FBS Power 5 4-5
vs. FBS non-Power 5 2-1
in August/September 2-2
in October 3-1
in November 1-3
in December/January 1-0