Week 1 · 2026
South Dakota State at Northwestern
Sat 09/05/2026 08:00 PMLanny and Sharon Martin StadiumNorthwestern pregame81% — Pregame win probability: 81% for Northwestern. Northwestern favored, and won.
72°Cloudy16 mph NNE · 88% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
South Dakota State
18
2–1
Northwestern
34
1–0
Attendance
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not yet reported
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDST | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| NU | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
General
| TOP | PLAYS | YDS | PEN-YDS | 1ST | 3RD | 4TH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDST | 34:08 | 88 | 432 | 6-45 | 27 | 8-20 40.0% | 3-3 100.0% |
| NU | 25:52 | 55 | 497 | 9-61 | 19 | 5-12 41.7% | 0-0 |
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDST | 23-48 | 285 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 |
| NU | 14-24 | 273 | 11.4 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDST | 40 | 147 | 3.7 | 1 |
| NU | 31 | 224 | 7.2 | 3 |
Turnovers
| TO | FUM | LOST | INT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDST | 1 | — | 0 | 1 |
| NU | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Defense
| TCK | TFL | QB HUR | SACKS | PD | INT | INT YDS | DEF TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDST | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 0 |
| NU | 43 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Returns
| KR | KR YDS | AVG | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | AVG | PR TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDST | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| NU | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
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