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Northwestern Wildcats

The Northwestern Wildcats were 7-4 in 1971.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sat
11/20
vs
MSU MSU
W
28-7
Sat
11/13
@
OSU OSU
W
14-10
Sat
11/6
vs
MINN MINN
W
41-20
Sat
10/30
@
ILL ILL
L
7-24
Sat
10/23
@
IND IND
W
24-10

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

1,733

Daigneau

Daigneau

RUSH YDS

881

Robinson

Robinson

REC YDS

674

Pearson

Pearson

1971 Big 10 Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
1
Michigan Michigan
8-0
11-1
Northwestern Northwestern
6-3
7-4
Ohio State Ohio State
5-3
6-4
Michigan State Michigan State
5-3
6-5
Illinois Illinois
5-3
5-6

1971 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
11
212
3,446
853
4.0
1,645
576
2.9
1,801
277
6.5
Team Rank
62nd
51st
9th
87th
75th
34th
100th
29th
35th
41st
Opponent
11
183
3,114
4.0
1,671
534
3.1
1,443
248
5.8
Opponent Rank
96th
42nd
30th
41st
66th
29th
67th
81st
49th
Net
+29
+332
+853
+0.1
-26
+42
-0.3
+358
+29
+0.7
Net Rank
53rd
45th
9th
54th
57th
45th
66th
28th
40th
38th

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CFB 2024 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,779

McCord

Kyle McCord

4,313

Ward

Cam Ward

4,266

Dart

Jaxson Dart
Rush Yards Leaders

2,601

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

1,711

Skattebo

Cam Skattebo

1,660

Hampton

Omarion Hampton
Rec Yards Leaders

1,554

Fannin

Harold Fannin Jr.

1,382

Nash

Nick Nash

1,319

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Pass TD Leaders

39

Ward

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37

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders

36

Klubnik

Cade Klubnik
Rush TD Leaders

32

Daily

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29

Jeanty

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25

Stewart

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Rec TD Leaders

16

Nash

Nick Nash

15

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

15

Hunter

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QB Rating Leaders

180.6

Dart

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176.0

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

175.3

Howard

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Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

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16.0

Powell-Ryland

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15.5

Ezeiruaku

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

43.9

Indiana

41.3

Ole Miss

38.6

Texas Tech

37.6

Boise State

37.3

Washington State

36.6
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

12.9

Ole Miss

14.4

Texas

15.3

Army

15.5

Notre Dame

15.5

Indiana

15.6
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

537.2

Ole Miss

525.6

North Texas

488.8

New Mexico

484.3

Texas State

476.9

Utah State

467.7
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

300.5

New Mexico

253.6

Liberty

251.3

Jacksonville State

251.2

UCF

248.1

Navy

247.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Syracuse

370.0

Ole Miss

349.8

Miami

348.2

North Texas

328.2

San José State

321.8

Colorado

318.0
Sack Leaders
Boise State

56.0

Ohio State

53.0

Ole Miss

53.0

Texas

47.0

Penn State

44.0

Duke

44.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
3
.786
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
2
.857
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
10
4
.714
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
14
1
.933
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
9
5
.643
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
13
2
.867
2
Oregon Oregon
13
1
.929
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
5
.615
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Texas Texas
13
3
.813
2
Georgia Georgia
11
3
.786
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
9
5
.643
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
6
.571