Northwestern team stats
2025 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 7:00:01 | 32:19 | 5:59:59 | 27:41 |
| Offensive plays | 827 | 63.6 | 759 | 58.4 |
| Total yards | 4,509 | 346.8 | 4,288 | 329.8 |
| Penalties–yards | 55–440 | — | 60–578 | — |
| First downs | 256 | 19.7 | 225 | 17.3 |
| Third down | 75–17542.9% | — | 64–15341.8% | — |
| Fourth down | 17–2958.6% | — | 8–1844.4% | — |
Passing
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 224–37859.3% | — | 223–34764.3% | — |
| Passing yards | 2,417 | 185.9 | 2,516 | 193.5 |
| Yards per attempt | 6.4 | — | 7.3 | — |
| Passing TDs | 17 | — | 13 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 9 | — | 13 | — |
Rushing
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 449 | 34.5 | 412 | 31.7 |
| Rushing yards | 2,092 | 160.9 | 1,772 | 136.3 |
| Yards per carry | 4.7 | — | 4.3 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 16 | — | 18 | — |
Turnovers
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 21 | 1.6 | 20 | 1.5 |
| Fumbles lost | 8 | — | 11 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 9 | — | 13 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacks | 23.0 | — | 16.0 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 52.0 | — | 52.0 | — |
| Interceptions | 13 | — | 9 | — |
| Interception yards | 100 | — | 125 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 11 | — | 8 | — |
Returns
| Northwestern | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 11 | — | 33 | — |
| Kick return yards | 227 | — | 746 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 20.6 | — | 22.6 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 0 | — | 1 | — |
| Punt returns | 15 | — | 12 | — |
| Punt return yards | 27 | — | 60 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 1.8 | — | 5.0 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 0 | — |
⚠ 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.