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Northwestern Wildcats

The Northwestern Wildcats were 6-6 in 2016. They emerged victorious over the Pittsburgh Panthers, 31 to 24, in the Pinstripe Bowl.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Wed
12/28
vs
PITT PITT
W
31-24
Sat
11/26
vs
ILL ILL
W
42-21
Sat
11/19
@
MINN MINN
L
12-29
Sat
11/12
@
PUR PUR
W
45-17
Sat
11/5
vs
WIS WIS
L
7-21

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,968

Thorson

Thorson

RUSH YDS

1,300

Jackson

Jackson

REC YDS

1,196

Carr

Carr

2016 Big 10 Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
6
Minnesota Minnesota
5-4
9-4
7
Iowa Iowa
6-3
8-5
8
Northwestern Northwestern
5-4
7-6
9
Indiana Indiana
4-5
6-7
10
Maryland Maryland
3-6
6-7

2016 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
13
338
5,177
984
5.3
1,991
501
4.0
3,186
483
6.6
39
216
280
104
156
20
47
389
Team Rank
77th
67th
20th
100th
85th
65th
98th
45th
16th
100th
117th
35th
57th
87th
24th
65th
3rd
3rd
Opponent
13
289
5,257
1,001
5.4
1,809
478
3.8
3,448
496
7.0
27
189
279
113
156
10
61
593
Opponent Rank
23rd
70th
103rd
45th
30th
46th
29th
111th
123rd
44th
60th
78th
85th
59th
115th
3rd
110th
94th
Net
+49
-80
-17
-0.1
+182
+23
+0.2
-262
-13
-0.4
+12
+27
+1
-9
0
+10
-14
-204
Net Rank
56th
75th
61st
83rd
59th
56th
64th
84th
69th
79th
103rd
48th
63rd
75th
65th
8th
28th
7th

Related Searches

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

Cam Ward

37

Sanders

Shedeur Sanders

36

Klubnik

Cade Klubnik
Rush TD Leaders

32

Daily

Bryson Daily

29

Jeanty

Ashton Jeanty

25

Stewart

Tre Stewart
Rec TD Leaders

16

Nash

Nick Nash

15

Smith

Jeremiah Smith

15

Hunter

Travis Hunter
QB Rating Leaders

180.6

Dart

Jaxson Dart

176.0

Rourke

Kurtis Rourke

175.3

Howard

Will Howard
Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

Mike Green

16.0

Powell-Ryland

Antwaun Powell-Ryland

15.5

Ezeiruaku

Donovan Ezeiruaku

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

251.1

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

46.0

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