Northwestern team stats
2008 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 3:48:04 | 17:33 | 4:07:57 | 19:04 |
| Offensive plays | 949 | 73.0 | 926 | 71.2 |
| Total yards | 4,660 | 358.5 | 4,427 | 340.5 |
| Penalties–yards | 61–567 | — | 78–688 | — |
| First downs | 263 | 20.2 | 250 | 19.2 |
| Third down | 97–20946.4% | — | 67–19534.4% | — |
| Fourth down | 2–728.6% | — | 12–2744.4% | — |
Passing
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 279–45860.9% | — | 277–47258.7% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,008 | 231.4 | 2,924 | 224.9 |
| Yards per attempt | 6.6 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Passing TDs | 20 | — | 13 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 17 | — |
Rushing
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 491 | 37.8 | 454 | 34.9 |
| Rushing yards | 1,843 | 141.8 | 1,643 | 126.4 |
| Yards per carry | 3.8 | — | 3.6 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 15 | — | 15 | — |
Turnovers
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 29 | 2.2 | 27 | 2.1 |
| Fumbles lost | 11 | — | 14 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 13 | — | 17 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 18 | — | 13 | — |
| Interception yards | 116 | — | 233 | — |
| Interception TDs | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 14 | — | 11 | — |
Returns
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | — | — | 6 | — |
| Kick return yards | — | — | 99 | — |
| Yards per kick return | — | — | 16.5 | — |
| Kick return TDs | — | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 36 | — | 40 | — |
| Punt return yards | 191 | — | 240 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 5.3 | — | 6.0 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 2 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.