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Game 4 // Northwestern at Purdue // Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 KICKOFF

NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS PURDUE BOILERMAKERS WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. Record 3-0, 3-0 Big Ten Record 2-0, 2-0 Big Ten Rankings 23 (Coaches) / 23 (AP) Rankings n/a 6:30 p.m. ct Head Coach Jeff Brohm ross-ade stadium Record at NU (Yrs.) 102-79(15th) Record at Purdue (Yrs.) 19-21 (4th) Road Record 42-31 (.575) Home Record 11-10 (.523) BIG TEN NETWORK Big Ten Record 60-59 (.504) Big Ten Record 14-15 (.482) vs. Purdue 7-4 (.636) vs. Northwestern 1-2 (.333) wgn 720 Offensive Coordinator Mike Bajakian Co-Off. Coord. Brian Brohm/JaMarcus Shepard purduesports.com Defensive Coordinator Mike Hankwitz Co-Def. Coord. Bob Diaco/Anthony Poindexter QUICK HITTERS ON THE AIR

• Pat Fitzgerald picked up his 100th career win in the 2020 season opener BTN • NU is off to its first 3-0 start to a season since 2015 and first 3-0 start in Big Ten play since 2000 pbp: Cory provus color: Anthony Herron • Northwestern has not allowed a point in the second half this season sideline: olivia dekker • Northwestern has not lost in West Lafayette since 2007 (four straight wins @ Purdue, longest in series history) WGN 720 • The Wildcats have won four straight games dating back to 2019, longest active win streak in the Big Ten pbp: dave eanet • Chris Bergin was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Nebraska color: ted albrecht

2020 SCHEDULE & RESULTS LAST MEETING

Maryland @Iowa Nebraska @Purdue vs. Wisconsin @Mich. St. @Minnesota Illinois TBD Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Dec. 19 22 24 W, 43-3 W, 21-20 W, 21-13 6:30 PM CT TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD - - - - - Nov. 9, 2019 • Evanston, Ill. THE OPENING DRIVE INSIDE THE NUMBERS RECAP THE DUB Northwestern beat Nebraska for the third time in the last four meetings ... It was the eighth time since 2011 a game Pat Fitzgerald picked up his 100th between Northwestern and Nebraska was decided by one score ... Nebraska was the first team to rush for more than 100 100 career victory vs. Maryland in the yards against the 'Cats this season ... QB threw for multiple touchdowns for the first time in a NU uniform opener ... The Wildcats have trailed at one point of all three wins this season.

THE MATCH UP No. 23 in both the Coaches and AP Polls. Pat Fitzgerald is 7-4 against Purdue since taking over as the Wildcats' head coach in 2006. Fitzgerald and the 'Cats have Last time in the polls: (25 - Coaches; 2019 won seven of the last nine match ups against the Boilermakers, including four straight contests at Ross-Ade Stadium. 23 Preseason) (AP - 20; 2018 Final) Northwestern has not lost in West Lafayette since 2007, the second year of Fitzgerald's tenure. Purdue snapped a five- game skid against the Wildcats in 2019 with a 24-22 win at Ryan Field.

The Wildcats pulled off a 31-27 win at Ross-Ade on Aug. 30, 2018. Sophomore Jeremy Larkin ran for 143 yards and 2 NU's trio of starting linebackers have TD in his first career start, a primetime Thursday night season opener. He never played another Big Ten snap. He was combined for 72 of NU's 146 tackles diagnosed with cervical stenosis weeks later and finished his undergraduate career as a student coach. He is currently 72 the last two games a defensive graduate assistant for the 'Cats. STATEMENT DEFENSE Northwestern's defense has made a statement through the first two games of the season: NU is off to its best Big Ten start since the 2000 season. The 'Cats finished • Northwestern's defense has not allowed a point in the second half this season. It's the first time it has earned that Y2K 6-2, claimed a share of the B1G title feat in a three-game stretch during the Pat Fitzgerald era (2006-present). The Wildcats have not surrendered a touchdown in the second half of a game since the 13:20 mark of the 4th quarter vs. Minnesota on Nov. 23, 2019. • The defense has allowed 55 yards of touchdown drives (3 total TDs) this season, avg. length of drives: 18.3 yards. • Northwestern ranks in the Top-30 nationally in total defense (18th; 314.0), rushing defense (29th; 121.7), scoring Northwestern has recorded three- defense (7th; 12.0), team passing efficiency defense (3rd; 83.01), turnover margin (13th; 1.0), redzone defense straight multi- games for 3 the first time since 2017. (8th; 0.636). • Northwestern has recorded three-straight multi-interception games for the first time since 2017 (three vs. Minnesota on Nov. 18, two at Illinois on Nov. 25, two vs. Kentucky on Dec. 29 in the Music City Bowl). FYI • Northwestern's defense has forced at least two turnovers in four straight games dating back to last season, which is the longest stretch since week two of the 2017 campaign. • Northwestern uses the term “first year” to refer to its new • Linebackers Blake Gallagher, Paddy Fisher and Chris Bergin each recorded at least 10 tackles for the second straight student-athletes, abbreviated by “Fy.” game in the win over Nebraska. It was first time Northwestern had three players reach double-digit tackles in • The correct abbreviation for Northwestern back-to-back outings since its annual tilt against Illinois on Nov. 30, 2013 and vs. California in the 2014 season is “NU,” not “NW” or “NWU” or the like. opener on Aug. 30, 2014. NU hasn’t had three players compile 10+ tackles twice in a season since 2013 (vs. Illinois • The correct logo for Northwestern is the on Nov. 30, 2013 & vs. Iowa on Oct. 26, 2013). “Block N.” Please contact Ray O'Connell at [email protected] if you are in need. TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: @NUFBFAMILY /// FACEBOOK: /NUFOOTBALL

NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES 1 NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL GAME NOTES #FITZ100 DRIVE (AND) TIME Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach All-Time Winningest Coaches at Northwestern opened the second half vs. Nebraska with a 10-play, 61-yard Pat Fitzgerald picked up his 100th career victory with Current School touchdown drive, the fourth touchdown drive by the Wildcats this season of 10+ the win over Maryland. His 102 career victories are plays. Both of Northwestern’s touchdown drives in the first half vs. Iowa on Oct. 31 the 25th most by an active FBS coach. All 102 wins Gary Patterson, TCU 175 went for 75+ yards. Through the first three games of the season, Northwestern has have come as the head coach of the Wildcats, which Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 163 six touchdown drives of at least 75 yards, it had nine throughout the entire 2019 places him seventh on the list of active FBS coaches season. The Wildcats are owning the clock through three games. Northwestern who have collected their wins at the same school. Mike Gundy, Okla. St. 134 ranks 25th nationally, and fourth in the Big Ten, in time of possession, averaging Fitzgerald is one of eight active coaches to be the Pat Fitzgerald, NU 102 32:47 in T.O.P. all-time winningest coach at their current school and ranks fourth on that list. The 2013 victory WELCOME TO THE PICK CLUB was Fitzgerald's 50th career win, making him NU's all- The Wildcats have recorded eight through the first three games of time winningest coach. this season. The last time they had eight picks in the first three games of a season was 2013 (10 INT). Six different Wildcats have recorded an interception this season. OFFENSIVE OVERVIEW The last time Northwestern hit that mark was in 2017, when in a full season eight For the first time since the 2007 season, Northwestern has a new offensive play different players snatched a pick. However, NU only recorded two interceptions caller. Mike Bajakian “Jake” was hired as offensive coordinator on Dec. 11, 2019. through its first three games that season. Brandon Joseph (3) is the lone NU player Here's an overview of the new offense: with multiple interceptions. JR Pace, AJ Hampton, Coco Azema, Blake Gallagher and • Northwestern's ground game ranks 29th nationally with 205.3 yards per game on the Chris Bergin each have one. ground this season. That is up from 180.1 YPG last season. • Northwestern has scored at least 20 points in each of its first three games against Big Ten PRESIDENT OF THE PICK CLUB, BRANDON JOSEPH opponents this season, the first time it has done so since 2012 (44 vs. Indiana on Sept. 29, Brandon Joseph is the president of the Pick Club with three interceptions. Joseph is 28 vs. Penn State on Oct. 6, 21 vs. Minnesota on Oct. 13). the first Big Ten player to record at least three interceptions in the first three games • Eight of Northwestern's 11 touchdowns this season have come on the ground with eight of the season since Ohio State’s Malik Hooker and Marshon Lattimore both did so different Wildcats finding pay dirt. Isaiah Bowser (1 REC, 1 RUSH) , Jesse Brown (2 RUSH) in 2016. In the last 10 years, Joseph is one of only four FBS first-years to record three and Drake Anderson (2 RUSH) are the only ones with multiple touchdowns. interceptions through the first three games of the season (Syracuse’s Andre Cisco • Northwestern scored 43 points vs. Maryland. It was the first time NU had scored 40-plus in 2018, Virginia Tech’s in 2013 and Texas Tech’s Jarvis Phillips in points against a Big Ten opponent since November 25, 2017. 2010). Joseph is the first NU first-year with an interception in back to back games • Northwestern’s 30 points in the first half vs. Maryland were the most scored by the since Bryan Heinz did so in 2003. He ranks second in the country with three picks. Wildcats since scoring 31 in their 2018 season opener at Purdue (August 30, 2018).

DEPTH CHART: VS. PURUDE SPECIALISTS FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE LT 77 Peter Skoronski 6-4, 294, Fy. LT 79 Zachary Franks 6-6, 305, R-Fy. Kicker 14 Charlie Kuhbander 6-0, 195, Sr. LG 66 Nik Urban 6-3, 307, Sr. LG 63 Dom D'Antonio 6-4, 290, R-Fy. 15 Trey Finison 5-9, 183, So. C 52 Sam Gerak 6-4, 295, Jr. C 69 Charlie Schmidt 6-4, 297, So. RG 76 Ethan Wiederkehr 6-5, 295, Jr. RG 68 Josh Priebe 6-5, 295, Fy. Punter RT 73 Gunnar Vogel 6-6, 310, Sr. RT 71 Ben Wrather 6-6, 310, Fy. 36 Derek Adams 5-11, 195, Gr. 90 Jake Genyk 6-3, 200, So. WR 81 Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman 6-2, 203, Sr. WR 86 Wayne Dennis Jr. 6-3, 200, R-Fy.

WR 19 Riley Lees 6-0, 200, Sr. WR 14 Malik Washington 5-9, 192, So. Long Snapper WR 8 Kyric McGowan 5-11, 205, Sr. WR 17 Bryce Kirtz 6-0, 180, R-Fy. 43 Tyler Gillikin 6-2, 217, Sr. QB 12 Peyton Ramsey 6-2, 220, Gr. QB 15 Hunter Johnson 6-2, 215, Jr. OR 48 Peter Snodgrass 6-0, 212, Jr. QB 7 Andrew Marty 6-3, 224, Jr. Kick Returner RB 25 Isaiah Bowser 6-1, 220, Jr. RB 6 Drake Anderson 5-9, 195, So. OR 19 Riley Lees 6-0, 201, Sr. RB 26 Evan Hull 5-11, 210, R-Fy. 27 Coco Azema 5-11, 185, R-Fy. TE 0 John Raine 6-2, 230, Gr. TE 89 Charlie Mangieri 6-4, 250, Jr. FIRST TEAM DEFENSE SECOND TEAM DEFENSE Punt Returner 19 Riley Lees 6-0, 201, Sr. DE 49 Adetomiwa Adebawore 6-2, 265, So. DE 55 Eku Leota 6-4, 250, So. 27 Coco Azema 5-11, 185, R-Fy. DT 90 Jake Saunders 6-2, 300, Sr. DT 52 Jordan Butler 6-2, 316, Fy. DT 93 Joe Spivak 6-0, 300, Sr. DT 58 Wyatt Blake 6-4, 305, So. Holder DE 99 Earnest Brown IV 6-5, 270, Sr. DE 46 Devin O'Rourke 6-6, 265, So. 20 Derek Adams 5-11, 195, Gr. Will 51 Blake Gallagher 6-1, 228, Sr. Will 40 Peter McIntyre 6-2, 231, Jr. 10 TJ Green 6-2, 205, Gr. Mike 42 Paddy Fisher 6-4, 240, Sr. Mike 35 Erik Mueller 6-2, 230, Sr. Sam 28 Chris Bergin 5-11, 215, Sr. Sam 31 Jaylen Rivers 6-2, 222, So. CB 2 Greg Newsome II 6-1, 190, Jr. CB 24 Rod Heard II 5-11, 185, R-Fy. CB 18 Cam Ruiz 5-11, 180, Jr. CB 11 A.J. Hampton 5-11, 180, So. S 16 Brandon Joseph 6-1, 192, R-Fy. S 22 Bryce Jackson 6-1, 190, Jr. S 5 JR Pace 6-1, 210, Sr. S 27 Coco Azema 5-11, 185, R-Fy.

2 NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL GAME NOTES WILDCATS COACHING STAFF LET'S LOOK AT THE LINEBACKERS ON THE FIELD Linebackers Blake Gallagher, Paddy Fisher and Chris Bergin each recorded at least 10 tackles for the second Head Coach...... Pat Fitzgerald straight game in the win vs. Nebraska. It was the first time Northwestern had three players reach double-digit Defensive Coordinator...... Mike Hankwitz tackles in back-to-back outings since its annual tilt against Illinois on Nov. 30, 2013 and vs. California in the 2014 season opener on Aug. 30, 2014. NU hasn’t had three players compile 10+ tackles twice in a season since 2013 Special Teams Coordinator...... Jeff Genyk (vs. Illinois on Nov. 30, 2013 & vs. Iowa on Oct. 26, 2013). The trio has combined for 42% (84-of-200) of NU's tackles Offensive Line...... Kurt Anderson this season. Defensive Line...... Marty Long Paddy Fisher has 346 career tackles, the most of any active Big Ten player and currently the third-most of any active FBS player, Running Backs...... Lou Ayeni trailing only West Virginia's Tony Fields II (352) and Texas Tech’s Colin Schooler (350) . Since Fitzgerald has been the head coach, Wide Receivers...... Dennis Springer no Wildcat has tallied more tackles. Linebackers...... Tim McGarigle Fisher finished with 13 tackles in the Nebraska win, the 12th time he has tallied 10-plus tackles in a game (the most by an active Big Ten player). Fisher also made 11 tackles last week vs. Iowa, marking the third time in his career that he has collected 10+ tackles in consecutive games. He last achieved this feat in 2018 against Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship game and against IN THE PRESS BOX Utah in the . Offensive Coordinator/...... Mike Bajakian

Fellow senior linebacker Blake Gallagher has been in the top two for the Wildcats in tackles in each of the last two seasons and Assistant Head Coach/DBs...... Matt MacPherson currently has 277 career tackles, the second-most of any active Big Ten player behind Fisher. Gallagher tallied a career-high 14 Tight Ends...... Bob Heffner tackles in the Nebraska win. He ranks third in the B1G with 9.7 tackles per game .

Chris Bergin posted a career high-12 tackles in the win at Iowa and followed it up vs. Nebraska with 11 tackles, 1.5 TFL, two pass break ups and his first career interception. He was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Nebraska. GROUND GAME Northwestern has leaned on its running game through the first three contests. The Wildcats have tallied 151 rushing attempts compared to 75 passing attempts. The Wildcats have compiled 11 plays from scrimmage that have gone for 20-plus yards with seven of those coming on the ground. Northwestern's three longest offensive plays this season have been rushing touchdowns, including Drake Anderson's 41-yard scamper for a score vs. NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL Nebraska.

Northwestern has scored eight of its 11 touchdowns this season on the ground. A closer look at some of the QUICK FACTS rushers: Location ...... Evanston, Ill. Enrollment ...... 8,367 Isaiah Bowser scored a 1-yard touchdown run on the Wildcats’ first offensive drive of the Maryland game, his seventh-career Founded ...... 1851 rushing touchdown and first since November 17, 2018 at Minnesota, when he scored twice. He hauled in his first-career receiving Conference ...... Big Ten (West) touchdown in the third quarter vs. the Terps on a 7-yard pass from Peyton Ramsey. He has been the go-to back this season, Color ...... Purple averaging 24 carries in the two games. Bowser is the first NU player to record a rushing and receiving touchdown in the same Nickname ...... Wildcats game since Riley Lees did so vs. Utah in the 2018 Holiday Bowl (Dec. 31, 2018). President ...... Morton Schapiro Athletic Director ...... James J. Phillips, Ph.D. Drake Anderson made the fourth start of his career in the win vs. Nebraska. He carried the rock a team-high 18 times for a 89 yards, which included an NU season-long 41-yard TD run. He leads the 'Cats with 193 yards on the ground this season, averaging FOOTBALL HISTORY 5.5 yards per carry - most for anyone with 10-plus carries. Anderson is responsible for four of NU's 13 20-plus yard plays this year. First Season ...... 1882 Evan Hull scored his fifth-career rushing touchdown on a 30-yard run in the fourth quarter vs. Maryland. Four of Hull’s five career All-Time Record ...... 548-673-44 (135 seasons) touchdown runs have gone for at least 30 yards. Hall snagged a career-best two passes for 27 yards in the win vs. Nebraska. Big Ten Championships ...... 8 First Team All-Americans ...... 13 Jesse Brown recorded his first career multi-touchdown game with two rushing touchdowns in the Iowa win, bringing his career First Team All-Conference ...... 138 total to four. His last touchdown came against Illinois on Nov. 25, 2017 via a career-long 18-yard run. The last Wildcat to record Bowl Appearances ...... 15 their first multi-rushing touchdown game during their senior season was , who scored three rushing touchdowns Bowl Victories ...... 5 in a win at Penn State on Sept. 28, 2014. WILDCATS IN THE NFL ROUNDUP COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...... Pat Fitzgerald Player Pos. Team Alma Mater ...... Northwestern, 1997 Ibraheim Campbell S Collegiate Career Record (Years) ...... 102-79 (15th) Austin Carr WR Northwestern Record (Years) ...... Same Offensive Coordinator...... Mike Bajakian DL Alma Mater ...... Williams College Nate Hall LB Defensive Coordinator ...... Mike Hankwitz OL New York Jets Alma Mater ...... Michigan

Justin Jackson RB Los Angeles Chargers TEAM INFORMATION Joe Jones LB Denver Broncos 2019 Overall Record...... 3-9 Tyler Lancaster DL 2019 Big Ten Record/Finish ...... 1-8/T13th 2019 Bowl...... N/A DE Green Bay Packers Bowl Result ...... N/A Sherrick McManis DB Bears ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Hunter Niswander P Associate Athletic Director...... Paul Kennedy DL Email...... [email protected] Trevor Siemian QB Phone...... 847-467-2028 Director of Public Relations...... Ray O'Connell QB Email...... [email protected] Danny Vitale FB New England Patriots Phone...... 773-550-0128 Anthony Walker, Jr. LB Indianapolis Colts Virtual Press box...... NUSports.com/PressBox20

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BEST IN THE BIG TEN Active Big Ten Players Since the 2017 season, Peyton Ramsey has accounted for Touchdowns 58 total touchdowns (45 passing, 15 rushing), the second- most among any active player in the Big Ten. ​ , OSU 64 Peyton Ramsey, NU 60 Ramsey has thrown for at least 200 passing yards in 18 games over his career, which leads all active Big Ten Tanner Morgan, MINN 44 quarterbacks. Adrian Martinez, NEB 43 FAMILAR FOE Sean Clifford, PSU 40 Peyton Ramsey has experience playing against the Boilermakers. The new Northwestern QB squared off for the Old Oaken Bucket twice in his career at Indiana. Ramsey and the Hoosiers went 1-1 in those contests. A look at Ramsey's numbers in the former rivalry game:

• Combined: 59 completions, 65.5%, 682 passing yards, 4 TD, 1 INT, 3 rushing TD • Tallied career-best 36 completions in 2018 • Accounted for five TD (3 passing, 2 rushing) in 2019 win Peyton Ramsey is averaging 204.0 yards of total offense in the first three games

MORE ON THE NEW Q DEBUT Graduate transfer Peyton Ramsey made an impression in his debut, completing 23-of- 30 passes for 212 yards, TD, while rushing for 47 yards and a score: • Has completed 10-or-more passes in all three games this season. He has done so in 29 games during his career. • He has found 12 different receivers this season, including seven in the opener for multiple catches. The last time Northwestern had that many receivers catch two or more passes in a single game was the 2018 Big Ten Championship, when eight different receivers combined for 21 receptions. • Ramsey is the first Wildcat to throw for at least 200 yards in his program debut since vs. Vanderbilt (Sept. 4, 2010) • He is the first NU quarterback to win in his first start since Clayton Thorson vs. Stanford on September 9, 2015.

KEEPING UP WITH THE GROUND GAME: Through three games, the Wildcat rushing offense ranks fourth in the Big Ten and 29th best in the nation, averaging 205.3 rushing yards per game. Drake Anderson ranks 8th Brandon Joseph leads the Pick Club with three INTs in the Big Ten with 193 yards on the ground. Northwestern has racked up 616 yards on the ground this season which is the sixth most for a Northwestern program through three games since 2000. YOU GET A TFL, YOU GET A TFL! Northwestern has been sharing the love in opposing backfields, as 10 different players have registered at least 1.0 tackle for loss in its first three games, which ranks third in the .

THE LIST - 1.0 OR MORE Blake Gallagher: 3.5 / 11 yards Earnest Brown: 2.5 / 4 yards Adetomiwa Adebawore: 2.5 / 27 yards Eku Leota: 2.0 / 6 yards Chris Bergin: 2.0 / 5 yards Jake Saunders: 2.0 / 2 yards JR Pace: 1.0 / 4 yards Cam Ruiz: 1.0 / 10 yards Brandon Joseph: 1.0 / 1 yard Jason Gold, Jr.: 1.0 / 1 yard Isaiah Bowser is the lone Wildcat with a rushing and receiving touchdown COMEBACK 'CATS Northwestern has trailed at some point in all three wins this season with the largest being a 17-point deficit at Iowa. Northwestern overcoming the 17 points at Iowa marked its largest comeback win since Dec. 31, 2018, when NU trailed 20-3 vs. Utah in the 2018 Holiday Bowl before coming back to win 31-20. It was NU's largest comeback win in a conference game since Oct. 24, 2009, when it rallied from 28-3 vs. Indiana to win 29-28. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON Sophomore running back Drake Anderson had a breakout campaign in 2019 as a redshirt first year. Anderson rushed for 634 yards, which is the fourth most by an NU rookie. Drake's father Damien Anderson, NU's second all-time rusher (4,485), tallied 537 yards in his first college season. Drake Anderson posted 4.1 yards per carry and found pay dirt three times. His best game came in the home opener, rushing for a career-high 141 yards on 26 carries.

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MAKING IT RAINE Rank B1G Value Northwestern made the switch from Superback to Tight End in the 2020 offseason and with that broght graduate Total Offense 85 10 375.7 transfer (FAU) John Raine. Raine has tallied the third most receptions of any NU pass catcher this season, including Rushing Offense 29 4 205.3 Passing Offense 107 13 170.3 a five-grab performance in the opner. It was the fifth time in Raine's career that he had five -or-more grabs in a Team Passing Efficiency 79 10 129.10 game and only the third time he went over the 50-yard mark for receving yards (53). His five catches are the Scoring Offense T-67 8 28.3 most by a Wildcat receiver in their NU debut since 2000, when Jon Schweighardt caught five passes for 43 yards Total Defense 18 2 314.0 as a true first-year in the season-opener vs. Northern Illinois (Aug. 31, 2000). Raine hauled in his first TD in a Rushing Defense 29 3 121.7 Northwestern unifrom, and eighth of his career, in the win over Nebraska. It was the first TD grab by a NU tight Passing Yards Allowed 24 2 192.3 Team Passing Efficiency Defense 3 2 83.01 end/superback since Cam Green has one in the Big Ten title game on Dec. 1, 2018. Scoring Defense 7 2 12.0 Turnover Margin T-13 3 1.00 CHARLIE AND THE FIELD GOAL FACTORY 3rd Down Conversion Pct 23 4 0.490 Senior kicker Charlie Kuhbander has found himself all over the 4th Down Conversion Pct 1 1 1.000 KUHBANDER RANKS IN PROGRAM HISTORY Northwestern record book. Kuhbander ranks in the top-10 all-time 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense 11 2 0.295 at NU for field goal percentage, field goals made, points kicking, Career FIeld Goal Percentage 5th - 72.0% 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense 94 9 0.714 Red Zone Offense 35 4 0.909 extra points made and extra points percentage. Career Field Goals Made 9th - 31 Red Zone Defense T-8 4 0.636 Net Punting 43 6 40.40 Kuhbander went 10-for-14 on field goals during the 2019 season Career Points Kicking 5th - 191 Punt Returns 38 6 9.25 with a long of 44 yards that came against UNLV (9/14). He was Career Extra Points Made 2nd - 98 Kickoff Returns 15 1 27.00 6-for-7 at Ryan Field last season. First Downs Offense T-84 5 63 Career Extra Point Percentage 3rd - 98% First Downs Defense 37 8 62 Fewest Penalties Per Game T-65 3 6.33 Kuhbander went 3-for-3 on field goals in the opener. Two of his field goals came from 43 yards out, marking the Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game T-52 5 52.33 first time in his career that he has connected on multiple field goals from 40-or-more yards out. He was named Time of Possession 25 4 32:47 Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week for the second time in his career. PURDUE GILLIKIN IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS Northwestern long snapper Tyler Gillikin is one of a kind. The fifth-year senior has been Northwestern's starting Rank B1G Value long snapper since 2017. This fall the Atlanta, Ga., native is balancing Big Ten football and medical school. Gillikin Total Offense 51 6 420.0 was accepted to NU's Feinberg School of Medicine and has already started classes. He finished his undergraduate Rushing Offense 114 12 93.5 Passing Offense 15 1 326.5 career with a 3.9 GPA as a biological sciences major. He is a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy (Best Team Passing Efficiency 34 4 149.83 football scholar-athlete in the nation) and on the Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List (Best FBS senior long Scoring Offense 76 10 27.5 snapper). He is the only Power Five starter currently enrolled in medical school. Total Defense 97 11 466.0 Rushing Defense 85 11 186.0 ADAMS BOMB Passing Yards Allowed 99 11 280.0 Punter Derek Adams was a three-year starter at Kent State, twice earning All-MAC honors. Last season for the Team Passing Efficiency Defense 41 5 127.28 Scoring Defense 25 4 22.0 Golden Flashes, Adams averaged 43.1 yards per punt and placed 20 of his 59 punts inside the 20. His career long Turnover Margin 9 2 1.50 is a 77-yard punt he booted against Akron in 2017. The Manheim, Pa., native earned MAC East Division Special 3rd Down Conversion Pct 63 7 0.407 Teams Player of the Week honors four times during his career and left Kent State ranked third all-time in career 4th Down Conversion Pct T-68 8 0.500 punting average (41.7). In three games with the 'Cats he has punted 14 times for an average of 42.4 yards with 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense T-20 3 0.333 seven punts landing inside the 20 and two punts going for over 50 yards. Bonus fact: He placed fourth in at 017 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense T-41 3 0.500 MAC Track and Field championships in the javelin. Red Zone Offense T-105 11 0.700 Red Zone Defense 6 11 0.583 Net Punting 82 9 36.67 RAMSEY'S BACK Punt Returns T-106 12 0.00 Northwestern has an abundance of experience at the quarterback position behind Peyton Ramsey: Kickoff Returns 107 9 15.67 TJ Green | Gr. | Leawood, Kan./Rockhurst First Downs Offense 95 12 49 Son of NFL great ... Has appeared in 13 games off the bench during his NU career ... Suffered a season-ending injury First Downs Defense 26 3 47 vs. Stanford in the opener (8/31) last season ... 27-for-47 passing with one INT ... one rushing TD. Fewest Penalties Per Game T-82 8 7.00 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 80 8 62.00 Hunter Johnson | Jr. | Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg/Clemson Time of Possession 57 6 30:24 Top rated QB in 2017 class by ESPN ... Indiana's Mr. Football in 2016 ... Played in seven games as a true freshman at Clemson, going 21-for-27 passing for 234 yards, two touchdowns and one interception ... Appeared in six games for the 'Cats last season BROCKWAY'S (UNIFORM) BREAKDOWN and threw for 432 yards. Jersey Pants Helmet Last Worn (YR.) Record (Since '12) Andrew Marty | Jr. | Cincinnati, Ohio/Wyoming BLACK BLACK BLACK OHIO STATE (19) 2-4 Made his collegiate debut in 2019 vs. Ohio State (10/18) ... Ran in two touchdowns on 52 yards rushing while passing for 95 BLACK BLACK PURPLE MARYLAND (20) 1-1 yards and a score against Minnesota (11/23) ... Logged his first career start, scrambling for 111 yards and two scores along with a BLACK BLACK WHITE MINNESOTA (19) 0-1 passing touchdown to help defeat Illinois (11/30) ... Completed 14-of-22 passes on the season with two touchdowns and two INT. BLACK GRAY BLACK BOWLING GREEN ST. (17) 1-0 BLACK PURPLE BLACK MICHIGAN STATE (19) 2-2 HIGH PRAISE FOR THE NEWCOMERS BLACK PURPLE PURPLE UMASS (19) 2-1 BLACK WHITE BLACK MINNESOTA (17) 2-1 Northwestern's 2020 recruiting class ranked 47th nationally according to 247Sports, tying the 2014 recruiting GRAY BLACK BLACK WISCONSIN (18) 1-0 class as the highest in program history. The 2014 class featured current NFL players Clayton Thorson, Justin GRAY GRAY PURPLE PURDUE (17) 1-1 Jackson, and Blake Hance. The 2020 class is headlined by local four-star recruit Peter Skoronski (Park Ridge, Ill./ GRAY GRAY USA MICHIGAN (13) 0-1 Maine South), who is the fourth-highest ranked recruit in program history. Seven members of the 17-player class GRAY WHITE WHITE DUKE (18) 0-1 enrolled early in January of 2020. PURPLE BLACK BLACK UNLV (19) 6-0 PURPLE BLACK PURPLE INDIANA (16) 10-5 GETTING IT DONE IN THE CLASSROOM PURPLE PURPLE BLACK KENTUCKY (17) 1-1 Last fall, NU placed a Big Ten-best 57 players on the Academic All-Big Ten team. According to the NCAA's PURPLE PURPLE WHITE NEBRASKA (20) 2-0 PURPLE WHITE PURPLE IOWA (19) 3-4 Graduation Success Rate (GSR) released in the fall of 2019, Northwestern Football was one of five Division I PURPLE WHITE WHITE PURDUE (19) 2-3 programs to earn a 100% mark and became the first program from a Power Five Conference to achieve the WHITE BLACK BLACK NEBRASKA (19) 2-1 accomplishment. The Wildcats have ranked in the Top-2 for GSR among FBS schools for nine consecutive years. WHITE BLACK PURPLE WISCONSIN (13) 2-1 WHITE BLACK WHITE INDIANA (19) 0-2 CELEBRATING THE 'CATS WHITE GRAY WHITE PURDUE (18) 2-0 The 2020 season marks notable anniversaries for two of the best seasons in program history. It is the 25th WHITE PURPLE BLACK MICHIGAN STATE (18) 1-0 WHITE PURPLE PURPLE WISCONSIN (19) 4-4 anniversary since the Wildcats captivated the country by upsetting Notre Dame in the 1995 season opener WHITE PURPLE WHITE RUTGERS (18) 2-1 before going undefeated in Big Ten play, winning the conference championship and earning a berth to the 1996 WHITE WHITE BLACK UTAH (18) 1-0 Rose Bowl. This season also marks 20 years since Northwestern won a share of the 2000 Big Ten championship WHITE WHITE PURPLE OHIO STATE (18) 3-5 with a 6-2 Big Ten record. The Wildcats were led by running back Damien Anderson, father of current Wildcat WHITE WHITE WHITE IOWA (20) 9-3 running back Drake Anderson. Current running backs coach Louis Ayeni was a member of the 2000 team. Northwestern senior Ella Brockway has compiled Northwestern's record in its different color combinations. The record breakdowns date back to the 2012 season, Northwestern's first campaign in its Under Armour deal. 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KEEP THE PENALTIES TO A MINIMUM: Over the years, Pat Fitzgerald's teams have been among the most disciplined in the country when it comes to not committing penalties. Since 2013, the Wildcats have finished in the Top-40 in the nation in both the fewest penalties committed per game, as well as the fewest penalty yards per game. Two years ago, during the Wildcats' run to the Big Ten Championship in 2018, NU ranked first in the nation in both fewest penalties per game and fewest penalty yards per game.

Penalties/Gm B1G Rank Natl. Rank Penalty Yards/Gm B1G Rank Natl. Rank 2013 4.08 2nd 12th 34.75 4th 14th 2014 5.08 6th 33rd 43.50 6th 36th 2015 4.46 1st 10th 39.69 1st 14th 2016 3.62 2nd 4th 29.92 1st 3rd 2017 4.92 3rd 28th 49.00 4th 49th 2018 2.86 1st 1st 25.93 1st 1st 2019 5.42 7th 36th 48.50 7th 39th

FOURTH DOWN SUCCESS: Since 2016, Northwestern's offense has ranked among the best teams in the Big Ten in converting on fourth down, averaging more than a conversion per game over the last five seasons...Heading into the season, the 'Cats have particularly excelled on fourth-and-short situations, converting on 53% of attempts of 4th-and-3 or less over the past five seasons ... On the other side of the ball, the Wildcat defense has ranked in the top-20 in the nation in fourth down defense in each of the last three seasons. (Additional info regarding the Wildcats' fourth down success can be found below)

NORTHWESTERN 4th DOWN - ON OFFENSE NORTHWESTERN OFFENSE – 4th and 3 or LESS NORTHWESTERN 4th DOWN - ON DEFENSE Conversion Conversion. % Conversions Per Game B1G Rank Natl. Rank 2015 8-for-12 58% Opp 4th Conv. % B1G Rank Natl. Rank 2016 15 1.2 2nd 23rd 2016 7-for-15 67% 2017 38.5% 3rd 17th 2017 22 1.7 1st 3rd 2017 18-for-27 67% 2018 34.8% 1st 6th 2018 12 0.9 4th 52nd 2018 12-for-22 55% 2019 36.4% 1st 9th 2019 11 0.9 6th 62nd 2019 3-for-7 43% 2020 6 2.0 1st 1st TOTAL 48-for-83 53%

FIRST-CAREER STARTS: WILDCATS MAKING THEIR FIRST-CAREER START Northwestern listed a total of 12 first-years/redshirt first-years on this week's two-deep depth chart ... Northwestern started three first years in the season opener ... LT Peter Skoronski, DB Rod Heard II and S Brandon Joseph each Offense Defense Total made their first-career starts. They are the first Northwestern rookies to start in a season opener since (RT), Paddy Fisher (MLB) and Samdup Miller did so on September 2, 2017 in a win over Nevada ... On offense, 2015 4 2 6 Slater appeared at right tackle as a redshirt first-year in what was the first of 30-consecutive starts over the 2017-19 2016 2 4 6 seasons. Slater declared for the 2021 NFL Draft this past August ... On defense, Miller started as a true first-year in what was the first of 35-consecutive starts at defensive end, Fisher started at middle linebacker and has made 38 2017 3 3 6 starts over his career, the most of any active Wildcat player. 2018 2 3 5 2019 2 2 4 In the last six season openers, Northwestern has had multiple players make their first-career starts on both sides of the ball (additional info can be found on the right) ... Northwestern had five players make their first career start 2020 1 5 6 in the opener, including LT Peter Skoronski, DB Rod Heard II, DT Jason Gold. Jr., S Brandon Joseph and DE Earnest Brown IV. Senior Joe Spivak made his first career start in the Iowa win.

STARTING FAST: In their first career starts for the 'Cats, safety Brandon Joseph and corner Rod Heard made some noise. The duo were NU's top tacklers on the night as Joseph finished with a career-high and team best seven stops, including a tackle for loss, while Heard had six tackles for loss and a pass break up. Jason Gold, Jr. had a tackle for loss in the first quarter before leaving the game with an injury. Earnest Brown IV notched a quarterback hurry. Joseph picked up Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors in the Iowa win after notching two interceptions. COVID SHUTDOWN: Due to Northwestern being on the quarter system, the Wildcats have traditionally started spring ball in the end of February. The Wildcats were able to get eight spring practices in during the 2020 spring ball schedule before begin shutdown for COVID-19. CAPTAINS CAROUSEL: For the first time during the Pat Fitzgerald era team captains will be decided on a weekly basis. Previously, the team voted on captains at the start of each season.

6 NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: OFFENSE Career Highs RILEY LEES • 6-0 • 200 • SENIOR Receptions...... 8 vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) Receiving Yards...... 76 vs UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) • NU's top pass catcher in 2019, more than 2x more catches than teammates Long Reception...... 40 vs Minnesota (Nov. 23, 2019) • Hauled in the game-winning TD vs. Nebraska Touchdowns...... 1 (8x), last vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) Rushing Attempts...... 2 (2x), last vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) WR 19 Rushing Yards...... 18 vs. Ohio State (Dec. 1, 2018) Stats REC YDS TD LG YPC PR YDS TD LG Long Rush...... 18 vs. Ohio State (Dec. 1, 2018) 97 932 8 40 9.6 47 349 0 39 Rushing Touchdown...... 1 vs. Utah (Dec. 31, 2018) Career Highs KYRIC MCGOWAN • 5-11 • 205 • SENIOR Receptions...... 5, vs. Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Receiving Yards...... 77 at Michigan State (Oct. 6, 2018) • Had a career-high 5 receptions vs. Iowa, 4 catches for 1st downs Long Reception...... 77 at Michigan State (Oct. 6, 2018) • Tied for most receptions on team (10) Touchdowns...... 1(2x) last vs. Wisconsin (Oct. 28, 2018) WR Rushing Attempts...... 17, vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) 8 Rushing Yards...... 146, vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) Stats REC YDS TD LG YPC KR YDS TD LG Long Rush...... 79, vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) 44 535 2 77 12.2 17 407 0 39 Career Highs RAMAUD CHIAOKHIAO-BOWMAN • 6-2 • 203 • SENIOR Receptions...... 4 (4x), last vs. Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Receiving Yards...... 64 vs. Utah (Dec. 31, 2018) • Tied for most receptions on team (10) - Avg. 10.9 yds per catch Long Reception...... 52 vs. Utah (Dec. 31, 2018) • Has caught 4-or-more passes in four games during his career Touchdown...... 1 at Wisconsin (Sept. 30, 2017) WR Tackles...... 4 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) 81 Solo Tackles...... 2 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) Stats REC YDS TD LONG YPC 52 572 1 52 11.0 Career Highs PEYTON RAMSEY • 6-2 • 220 • GR. STUDENT Pass Attempts...... 51, vs. Purdue (Nov. 24, 2018) Completions...... 36 vs. Purdue (Nov. 24, 2018) • Threw for 6,581 yards and 42 TDs in three seasons at Indiana. Passing Yards...... 371, at Penn State (Nov. 16, 2019) Passing Touchdowns...... 3 (5x), last at Purdue(Nov. 30, 2019) • 147.7 passing efficiency in 2019 ranked fifth-best in Big Ten. Long Pass...... 65, vs. Michigan State (Sep. 22, 2018) QB Rushing Attempts...... 19, at Purdue(Nov. 30, 2019) 12 Rushing Yards...... 57, at Minnesota (Oct. 26, 2018) Stats COMP ATT INT PCT. YDS TD LG ATT YDS TD LG Long Rush...... 35, vs. Maryland (Nov. 10, 2018) 683 1027 26 66.5% 7092 45 65 328 933 15 35 Rushing Touchdowns...... 2 (2x), last at Purdue(Nov. 30, 2019) Career Highs DRAKE ANDERSON • 5-11 • 190 - R-FIRST YEAR Rushing Attempts...... 26 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) • Ran for a team-best 634 yards in '19, 4th most by an NU rookie Rushing Yards...... 141 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) Long Rush...... 41 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) • Doak Walker Award Watch List in 2020 Rushing Touchdown...... 1 (4x), last vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) RB • Owns NU's longest TDs this season (41 yd rush vs. NEB / 37 yd rush vs. Maryland) Receptions...... 1 (7x), last vs. Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) 6 Receiving Yards...... 21, vs. Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Stats ATT YDS TD LG YPC YPG REC YDS TD LG Long Reception...... 21, vs. Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) 201 863 5 41 5.5 50.8 7 49 0 21 Career Highs ISAIAH BOWSER • 6-0 • 213 • SOPHOMORE Rushes...... 34 vs. Wisconsin (Oct. 27, 2018) Rushing Yards...... 166 vs. Illinois (Nov. 24, 2018) • Set third-best single-season rookie rushing mark in NU history ('18) Rushing Touchdowns...... 2 (2x), last at Minnesota (Nov. 17, 2018) • Had rushing and receiving TD vs. Maryland Long Rush...... 55 vs. Illinois (Nov. 24, 2018) RB Receptions...... 4 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) 25 Receiving Yards...... 33 at Iowa (Nov. 10, 2018) Stats ATT YDS TD LG YPC YPG REC YDS TD LG Long Reception...... 14 vs. Illinois (Nov. 24, 2018) 304 1225 7 55 4.0 68.1 18 122 1 15 Receiving Touchdown...... 1, vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) GUNNAR VOGEL • 6-6 • 310 • SENIOR SPECIALISTS • Made a career-high nine starts in 2019 #14 • CHARLIE KUHBANDER • Missed the final three games of the 2019 season due to injury FG Attempted: 3 (4x), last vs. Maryland (10/24/20) OL 73 FG Made: 3 (4x), last vs. Maryland (10/24/20) Long Field Goal: 45 vs. Michigan (9/29/18) XP Attempted: 6 (2x), last at Illinois (11/25/17) Extra Points Made: 6 (2x), last at Illinois (11/25/17) ETHAN WIEDERKEHR • 6-5 • 295 • JUNIOR 14 K Points Scored: 13 (2x) last vs. Maryland (10/24/20) • Appeared in all 12 games last season XPM XPA FGM FGA LONG BLKD PTS • Made three starts in his career, all coming in 2019 98 100 31 43 45 0 191 #36 • DEREK ADAMS OL 76 • Ranked as the No. 1 offensive guard in New York in 2016 Punts: 11 at Clemson (9/2/17) Long Punt: 77 vs Akron (10/20/18) • Tallied 11 punts over 50 yards in 2019 SAM GERAK • 6-4 • 295 • JUNIOR • Avg. net yards per punt was 43.3 in 2019 • Made his collegiate debut in 2019 36 P 2020 STATS • Appeared in 11 games as a sophomore No. YDS AVG LG 'TB LONG I20 50+ OL • Rated as the No. 1 center in the state of Ohio coming out of HS 52 259 10,891 42.1 77 1 58 7 2 • Pre-Med major #19 • RILEY LEES Punt Returns: 4 (2x) last vs. Michigan (9/29/18) Punt Return Yards: 346vs. Michigan(9/29/18) NIK URBAN • 6-3 • 307 • SENIOR Long Punt Return: 39 vs. Purdue (11/11/17) • Played and started in all 12 games last season Kick Returns: 3 (2x), last at Maryland (10/14/17) Kick Return Yards: 70 at Maryland (10/14/17) • Had 152 career wins as a wrestler in high school 19 KR Long Kick Return: 50 at Nebraska (10/5/19) OL 66 • Voted team captain twice in 2020 KR YDS TD LG AVG/R AVG/G. 26 542 0 50 20.8 13.6 PETER SKORONSKI •6-4•294 • FIRST YEAR • No. 2 highest-graded true rookie following Iowa win via PFF • No. 2 player in Illinois in 2020, No. 4 center nationally (247Sports) OL 77 • Fourth-highest rated signee in program history (247Sports) • Recorded 173 pancakes in three seasons

NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES 7 NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: DEFENSE ADETOMIWA ADEBAWORE • 6-2 •265 • SOPHOMORE Career Highs Tackles...... 3 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Solo Tackles...... 2 (2x), last at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) • Played in eight games as a true first year, started three Assisted Tackles...... 1 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Tackles for Loss...... 1.5 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) • Leads Northwestern in 2020 with 2.0 sacks Sacks...... 1 (2x), last vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) DE Quarterback Hurries...... 1 (3x), last vs. Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) 49 Recoveries...... n/a. Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Forced ...... n/a 9 3 12 3.0 32 3.5 33 0-0 2 0 0 Pass Breakups...... n/a Career Highs JAKE SAUNDERS • 6-2 • 300 • SENIOR Tackles...... 3 at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) Solo Tackles...... 2 at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) • Has made nine straight starts Assisted Tackles...... 1 (2x), last vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) • Has tallied a TFL in two straight games Sacks...... 1 at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) Tackles for Loss...... 1 (2x), last vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) DT 90 Fumble Recoveries...... n/a. Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Forced Fumbles...... n/a 10 10 20 1.0 5 4.0 8 0-0 0 0 0 Pass Breakups...... n/a Career Highs JOE SPIVAK• 6-0 • 300 • SENIOR Tackles...... 2 (3x), last at Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Solo Tackles...... 2(2x) at Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) • Made first career start at Iowa (Oct. 31) and matched career high in tackles Assisted Tackles...... 2 at Nebraska (Oct. 5, 2019) • Used as a fullback on goal line package Sacks...... 5 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) DT Tackles for Loss...... 5 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) 93 Quarterback Hurry...... 1 vs. Bowling Green (Sept. 16, 2017) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT 5 9 14 0.5 1 1.0 2 0-0 1 0 0 Pass Breakups...... n/a Career Highs EARNEST BROWN IV 6-5 • 270 • SENIOR Tackles...... 14 vs. Nebraska (Oct. 13, 2018) Solo Tackles...... 6 vs. Nebraska (Oct. 13, 2018) • Appeared in only six games last season due to injury in 2019 Assisted Tackles...... 8 vs. Nebraska (Oct. 13, 2018) • Preseason All-Big Ten (Steele/Athlon Sports) / six career sacks Sacks...... 1.5 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) DE Tackles for Loss...... 2.5 vs. Ohio State (Dec. 1, 2018) 99 Quarterback Hurries...... 2 vs. Michigan (Sept. 29, 2018) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Pass Breakups...... 1 (4x) last at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) 25 20 45 6.0 25 12.5 39 1-1 6 7 0 Fumble Recoveries...... 1 (2x), last vs. Nebraska (Oct. 13, 2018) Career Highs BLAKE GALLAGHER • 6-1 • 228 • SENIOR Tackles...... 14, vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) Solo Tackles...... 9 vs. Duke (Sept. 8, 2018) • Avg. a team-best 9.6 tackles, 1.1 TFL in three games this season Assisted Tackles...... 9 vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18, 2019) • Has tallied 10-or-more tackles in 11 games during his career Tackles for Loss...... 2 (4x), last vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) LB Fumble Recoveries...... 1 vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 3, 2018) 51 Quarterback Hurries...... 1 (6x), last vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Interception...... 1 (5x), lastat Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) 147 130 277 0 0 16.5 41 0-1 6 8 5 Career Highs PADDY FISHER • 6-4 • 240 • SENIOR Tackles...... 19 vs. Michigan State (Oct. 28, 2017) Solo Tackles...... 14 vs. Michigan State (Oct. 28, 2017) • Preseason All-Big Ten by the Conference Assisted Tackles...... 9 at Duke (Sept. 9, 2017) Tackles for Loss...... 1.5 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 25, 2017) • Nation's active leader with 10 career forced fumbles Sacks...... 1(2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) LB 42 Fumble Recoveries...... 1 at Duke (Sept. 9, 2017) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Forced Fumbles...... 2 vs. Michigan State (Oct. 28, 2017) Quarterback Hurries...... 2 vs. Michigan State (Oct. 28, 2017) 184 162 346 2.0 20 20.5 74 10-1 2 12 3 Interceptions...... 1 (3x) last vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) Career Highs CHRIS BERGIN • 5-11 •215 • SENIOR Tackles...... 12 at Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Solo Tackles...... 5 (3x), last at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) • Named B1G Def. Player of the Week following NEB game (Nov. 9) Assisted Tackles...... 7 at Stanford (Aug. 31, 2019) • Ranked 13th in the Big Ten with 7.2 tackles per game in '19 Tackles for Loss...... 2.0 at Nebraska (Oct. 5, 2019) LB Sack...... 0.5 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) 28 Fumble Recovery...... (2x), last vs. Utah (Dec. 31, 2018) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Pass Breakup...... 2, vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) 89 87 176 1.5 9 12.0 33 0-2 4 6 0 Interception...... 1, vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) Career Highs GREG NEWSOME II • 6-1 • 190 • JUNIOR Tackles...... 9 vs. Iowa (Oct. 26, 2019) Solo Tackles...... 7 vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18, 2019) • Led the team and finished second in B1G with 11 PBU in 2019 Assisted Tackles...... 3 vs. Iowa (Oct. 26, 2019) • Missed first two games of 2020 season / Five tackles, 3 PBU vs. NEB Pass Breakups...... 4 vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) CB 2 Fumble Recovery...... 1 at Stanford (Aug. 31, 2019) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT 49 15 64 0 0 0.5 1 0-1 0 18 0 Career Highs CAM RUIZ • 5-11 • 180 • JUNIOR Tackles...... 9 vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) Solo Tackles...... 8 vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) • Had a career-high 44 tackles last season Assisted Tackles...... 5 at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) Blocked Punt...... 1 vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 3, 2018) • Grabbed his first career INT vs. Purdue in 2019 Pass Breakups...... 2 (4x), last vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) CB 18 Forced Fumble...... 1 (2x), last vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Fumble Recovery...... 1 at Iowa (Nov. 10, 2018) 64 18 82 1.0 10 4.5 20 2-1 1 12 1 Quarterback Hurry...... 1 vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) Sacks...... 1 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Career Highs JR PACE • 6-1 • 210 • SENIOR Tackles...... 11 vs. Michigan (Sept. 29, 2018) Solo Tackles...... 7 vs. Michigan (Sept. 29, 2018) • Started in all 12 games last season Assisted Tackles...... 4 vs. Michigan (Sept. 29, 2018) • 19 pass deflections and 8 interceptions in career Tackles for Loss...... 1 at Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) S Interceptions...... 2 vs. Nebraska (Oct. 13, 2018) 5 Pass Breakups...... 2 (2x) last at Michigan State (Oct. 6, 2018) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT Fumble Receovery...... 1 vs. Utah (Dec. 31, 2018) 88 53 141 0 0 5.5 18 0-1 0 20 8 Quarterback Hurry...... 1 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) BRANDON JOSEPH • 6-1 • 192 • RS FIRST YEAR Career Highs Tackles...... 7 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Solo Tackles...... 5, vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) • Made first career start in the 2020 opener Assisted Tackles...... 2, vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) • B1G Freshman of the Week Nov. 2 / 3 INTs in 3 games Tackles for Loss...... 1 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) S 16 Interceptions...... 2 vs.Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Stats UT AT TT SACK YDS TFL YDS FF-FR QBH PBU INT 16 5 21 0 0 1 1 0-0 0 3 3

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#27 • COCO AZEMA • DB #0 • JOHN RAINE • TE 2020 Fitz Career Tackles: 2 at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) Receptions: 7 vs. SMU (Dec. 21, 2019) When playing at home 2-0 55-42 Solo Tackle: 1 (2x), last vs. Minnesota (Nov. 23, 2019) Receiving Yards: 73 vs. SMU (Dec. 21, 2019) When playing on road 1-0 42-31 Assisted Tackle: 1 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Long Reception: 61 vs.Marshall (Oct. 18, 2019) Interceptions: 1 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Touchdowns: 1 (8x) last vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) When playing at a neutral site - 5-6 Rushing Attempts: 7 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) When playing on grass 2-0 75-53 Rushing Yards: 123 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) #14 • MALIK WASHINGTON • WR When playing on artificial surface 1-0 27-26 Rushing Touchdown: 1 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Receptions: 2 (2x), last vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) When scoring first 1-0 63-23 Long Rush: 62 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Receiving Yards: 30 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) When opponent scores first 2-0 39-56 Long Reception: 23 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) When leading after first quarter 2-0 56-19 #1 • JESSE BROWN • RB #17 • BRYCE KIRTZ • WR When trailing after first quarter 1-0 26-46 Rushing Attempts: 10 at Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) When tied after first quarter - 20-14 Rushing Yards: 79 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) Receptions: 1 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) Rushing Touchdown: 2 at Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Receiving Yards: 20 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) When leading at halftime 1-0 75-20 Long Rush: 35 vs. UNLV (Sept. 14, 2019) Long Reception: 20 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) When trailing at halftime 2-0 20-50 Receptions: 2 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) When tied at halftime - 7-9 #32 • BRYCE GALLAGHER • LB When leading after three quarters 3-0 82-17 Receiving Yards: 23 at Stanford (Aug. 31, 2019) Tackles: 1 at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) Long Reception: 23 at Stanford (Aug. 31, 2019) Solo Tackles: 1 at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) When trailing after three quarters - 14-59 Tackles: 1 (5x), last at Kentucky (Dec. 29, 2017) When tied after three quarters - 6-5 Solo Tackles: 1 (2x), last at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) #55 • EKU LEOTA • DE When NU has more/equal rushing yards 2-0 77-22 Assisted Tackles: 1 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 25, 2017) Tackles: 3 vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18, 2019) When opponent has more rushing yards 1-0 26-56 #26 • EVAN HULL • RB Solo Tackles: 1 (2x), last at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) When NU has more/equal passing yards 1-0 49-32 Rushing Attempts: 24 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Assisted Tackles: 2 (2x), last vs. Iowa (Oct. 26, 2019) When opponent has more passing yards 2-0 54-46 Rushing Yards: 220 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Tackles for Loss: 1 (2x), last vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) When NU has more/equal total yards 1-0 72-24 Sacks: 1 (3x), last Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) When opponent has more total yards 2-0 30-57 Rushing Touchdown: 4 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Quarterback Hurry: 1 (2x), last vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) Long Rush: 48 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Pass Breakup: 1 at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) When NU has more first downs 1-0 66-30 Receptions: 2 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) When opponent has more first downs 2-0 27-46 Receiving Yards: 27 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) #7 • ANDREW MARTY • QB When first downs are equal - 9-3 Long Reception: 21 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) When NU forces more turnovers 1-0 62-18 Tackles: 1 vs. Minnesota (Nov. 23, 2019) Pass Attempts: 10 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Solo Tackles: 1 vs. Minnesota (Nov. 23, 2019) Completions: 8, vs. Minnesota (Nov. 23, 2019) When opponent forces more turnovers - 20-47 Passing Yards: 95, vs. Minnesota (Nov. 23, 2019) When turnovers are equal 2-0 20-13 #11 • A.J. HAMPTON • CB Passing Touchdowns: 1 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) In games decided by three points or fewer 1-0 19-14 Long Pass: 40, vs. Minnesota (Nov. 23, 2019) In games decided by seven points or fewer 1-0 37-22 Tackles: 4 at Stanford (Aug. 31, 2019) Rushing Attempts: 30, at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Solo Tackles: 3 at Stanford (Aug. 31, 2019) In overtime games - 7-5 Assisted Tackles: 1 (4x), last vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) Rushing Yards: 111, at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Interceptions: 1 (2x), last vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Long Rush: 16, vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18, 2019) Pass break Ups: 1 (2x), last vs. Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Rushing Touchdowns: 2 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) CAREER STARTS #21 • CAMERON MITCHELL • DB #4 • BERKELEY HOLMAN • WR Tackles: 2 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) 2020 Career Receptions: 3 at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) Solo Tackles: 1 vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18, 2019) Paddy Fisher, Linebacker 3 41 Receiving Yards: 53 vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) Blake Gallagher, Linebacker 3 29 Long Reception: 33 vs. Purdue (Nov. 9, 2019) #22 • BRYCE JACKSON • DB JR Pace, Safety 3 29 Rushes: 1 (3x), last vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Tackles: 6 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Peyton Ramsey, Quarterback 3 26 Rushing Yards: 10 at Minnesota (Nov. 17, 2018) Solo Tackles: 3 (2x) at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Chris Bergin, Linebacker 3 19 Long Rush: 10 at Minnesota (Nov. 17, 2018) Assisted Tackles at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Kyric McGowan, Wide Receiver* 3 18 Pass Breakups: 1 vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) Isaiah Bowser, Running Back 2 15 #22 • BRYCE JACKSON • DB Fumble Recovery: at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Greg Newsome II, 1 13 Tackles: 6 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Nik Urban, Offensive Lineman 3 18 Solo Tackles: 3 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) #20 • CAM PORTER • RB Riley Lees, Wide Receiver 3 17 Assisted Tackles: 3 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Rushing Attempts: 2 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman, Wide Receiver 3 16 Pass Breakup: 1 vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) Rushing Yards: 25 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Cam Ruiz, Cornerback 3 17 Tackles: 1 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Sam Gerak, Offensive Line 3 14 #3 • JJ JEFFERSON • WR Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Gunnar Vogel, Offensive Lineman 3 12 Receptions: 4 (2x), last at Nebraska (Oct. 5, 2019) Jake Saunders, Defensive Line 3 9 Receiving Yards: 68 at Minnesota (Nov. 17, 2018) #52 • JORDAN BUTLER • DL Trevor Kent, Defensive Line - 6 Long Reception: 68 at Minnesota (Nov. 17, 2018) Tackles: 2 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Hunter Johnson, Quarterback - 5 Touchdowns: 1 (4x), last at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) Tackles for Loss: .5 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Charlie Mangieri, Superback - 8 Rushes: 1 at Rutgers (Oct. 20, 2018) Drake Anderson, Running Back 1 4 Punt Returns: 3 at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) #37 • CODY GRONEWOLD • P Ethan Wiederkehr, Offensive Lineman 3 6 Punt Return Yards: 20 at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) Punts: 1 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Adetomiwa Adebawore, Defensive Lineman 3 6 Long Punt Return: 19 vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) Longest Punt: 37 yards vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Trey Pugh, Tight End - 3 Evan Hull, Running Back - 2 #89 • CHARLIE MANGIERI • TE #29 • MARCUS CISCO • RB Jesse Brown, Running Back - 2 Receptions: 2 vs. Iowa (Oct. 26, 2019) Rushes: 3 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Andrew Marty, Quarterback - 1 Receiving Yards: 8 vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) Rushing Yards: 6 vs. MAryland (Oct. 24, 2020) A.J. Hampton, Cornerback - 1 Long Reception: 8 vs. Michigan State (Sept. 21, 2019) Earnest Brown IV 3 3 #38 • JOE DeHAAN • DB Peter Skoronski 3 3 #35 • ERIK MUELLER • LB Tackles: 3 vs. Maryland (Oct. 24, 2020) Brandon Joseph 3 3 Tackles: 2 (2x), last at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) Rod Heard II 2 2 Solo Tackles: 2 at Indiana (Nov. 2, 2019) #58 • WYATT BLAKE • DL Jason Gold, Jr. 1 1 Tackles: 1 at Iowa (Oct. 31, 2020) Joe Spivak 2 2 #23 • RAYMOND NIRO III • RB Rushing Attempts: 7 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) #23 •DONOVAN SERMONS • DB Rushing Yards: 56 at Illinois (Nov. 30, 2019) Tackles: 1 vs. Nebraska (Nov. 7, 2020) Long Rush: 11 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Rushing Touchdown: 1 vs. UMass (Nov. 16, 2019) Tackle: 1 (2x), last vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18, 2019) *= Started at RB vs. Purdue on Nov. 9, 2019 Solo Tackle: 1 (2x), last vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18, 2019) Fumble Recovery: 1 at Wisconsin (Sept. 28, 2019) #46 • DEVIN O'ROURKE • DE Tackles: 1 vs. Akron (Sept. 15, 2018) Solo Tackles: 1 vs. Akron (Sept. 15, 2018)

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NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS OPPONENTS Scored 60+ Points NU 61, Illinois 23 (11-18-00) Wisconsin 70, NU 23 (11-27-10) Scored 50-59 Points NU 54, Michigan State 40 (10-15-16) Ohio State 52, NU 3 (10-18-19) Scored 40-49 Points NU 43, Maryland 3 (10-24-20) Ohio State 45, NU 24 (12-1-18) Rushed for 200-299 yards 251 vs. Purdue (11-9-19) Nebraska - 224 (11-7-20) Rushed for 300-399 yards 325 vs. Maryland (10-24-20) Indiana - 319 (10-29-11) Rushed for 400+ yards 444 at Illinois (11-22-03) Ohio State - 499 (12-1-18) Passed for 400+ yards 455 vs. Nebraska (10-13-18) Michigan State - 445 (10-28-17) Had 500-599 yards of total offense 537 vs. Maryland (10-24-20) Michigan State - 540 (10-28-17) Had 600+ yards of total offense 678 vs. Bowling Green (9-16-17) Arizona State - 773 (9-17-05) Won a game on final play (regulation) vs. Michigan State, 47-yd FG Nebraska, 49-yard pass (11-2-13) (9-29-01) Recorded a safety vs. Minnesota (11-23-19) Rutgers (10-20-18) Recorded a shutout NU 39, Minnesota 0 (11-18-17) #20 Iowa 20, NU 0 (10-26-19) Played No. 1-ranked team #1 Ohio State 54, NU 10 (11-11-06) Wisconsin 37, #1 NU 6 (11-10-62) Beat No. 1-ranked team #3 NU 6, #1 Minnesota 0 (10-31-1936) Wisconsin 37, #1 NU 6 (11-10-62) Beat a Top-10 team NU 28, #9 Nebraska 25 (11-5-11) Beat a ranked team NU 31, #17 Utah 20 (12-31-18) Beat two ranked teams in a row NU 47, #7 Wisconsin 44 (9-23-00) NU 37, #18 Michigan State 17 (9-30-00) Ranked by AP (media) No. 20 (2018 Final) Ranked by USA Today (coaches) No. 23 (Nov. 8, 2020) Ranked in Playoff No. 22 (2018 Final) Ranked No. 1 by AP 1962 Sellout at home 47,330, vs. Notre Dame (11-3-18) Had consecutive sellouts Four straight from Sept. 29-Nov. 3, 2018 (vs. Michigan, vs. Nebraska, vs. Wisconsin, vs. Notre Dame)

INDIVIDUALS Returned kickoff for a TD Solmon Vault (95) at Michigan State (10-15-16) Jehu Chesson (96), Michigan (10-10-15) Returned punt for a TD Tony Jones (64) at Purdue (11-22-14) Ben Niemann (1), Iowa (11-1-14) Returned INT for a TD Nick VanHoose (72) at Nebraska (10-24-15) Noah Burns (68), Wisconsin (9-28-19) Returned fumble for TD Jared McGee (82) vs. Utah (12-31-18) Matt Henningsen, Wisconsin (9-28-19) Blocked an extra point Dean Lowry vs. Ball State (9-26-15) Andrew Stelter, Minnesota (11-18-17) Blocked a FG attempt Joe Gaziano vs. UMass (11-16-19) Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame (11-15-14) Blocked a punt Cameron Ruiz vs. Notre Dame (11-3-18) Ricky Jones, Indiana (10-22-16) Rushed for 3 or more TDs Evan Hull (4) vs. UMass (11-16-19) Akrum Wadley (4), Iowa (10-17-15) Rushed for 100 yards Drake Anderson (103) vs. Maryland (10-24-20) Stevie Scott (116), Indiana (11-2-19) Two players rushed for 100 yards Coco Azema (123) at Illinois (11-30-19) Melvin Gordon (172), Wisconsin (10-12-13) Andrew Marty (111) at Illinois (11-30-19) James White (101), Wisconsin (10-12-13) Rushed for 200 yards Evan Hull (220) vs. UMass (11-16-19) Akrum Wadley (204), Iowa (10-17-15) Completed 20-29 passes Clayton Thorson (22) vs. Duke (9-8-18) AJ Bush (23), Illinois (11-24-18) Completed 30+ passes Clayton Thorson (41) vs. Nebraska (10-13-18) Aidan O'Connell (34), Purdue (11-9-19) Passed for 3+ TDs Clayton Thorson (3) at Michigan State (10-6-18) Tanner Morgan (4), Minnesota (11-23-19) Passed for 300-399 yards Clayton Thorson (373) at Michigan State (10-6-18) Ian Book (343), Notre Dame (11-3-18) Passed for 400-499 yards Clayton Thorson (455) vs. Nebraska (10-13-18) Brian Lewerke (445), Michigan State (10-28-17) Passed for 500+ yards (532) vs. Auburn (1-1-10) - Scored 3 TDs in a game Justin Jackson (3 rushing) vs. Bowling Green (9-16-17) William Fuller (3c), Notre Dame (11-15-14) Scored 4+ Tds in a game Evan Hull (4 rushing) vs. UMass (11-16-19) Akrum Wadley (4r), Iowa (10-17-15) 2-point conversion Cameron Green pass from Clayton Thorson at Minnesota (11-17-18) Adrian Martinez (rush), Nebraska (10-13-18) Caught 10+ passes Nagel Flynn (12) vs. Nebraska (10-13-18) David Bell (14), Purdue (11-9-19) 100-199 yards receiving Flynn Nagel (111) at Michigan State (10-6-18) Tyler Johnson (125), Minnesota (11-23-19) 200+ yards receiving Flynn Nagel (220) vs. Nebraska (10-13-18) D.J. Moore (210), Maryland (10-14-17) Two players 100 receiving yards Christian Jones (182) at Illinois (11-30-13) Malik Turner (164), Illinois (11-26-16) Rashad Lawrence (112) at Illinois (11-30-13) Justin Hardee (125), Illinois (11-26-16) Score 2 TDs Receiving Nagel Flynn (2) vs. Nebraska (10-13-18) Chris Olave, Ohio State (10-18-19)

Scored 3+ TDs receiving Austin Carr (3) at Iowa (10-1-16) (3), Minnesota (11-23-19) Kicked 3 FGs in one game Charlie Kuhbander (3) vs. Maryland (10-24-20) Ryan Lichtenstein (3), Syracuse (9-19-09) Kicked 4 FGs in one game Jack Mitchell (4) at Notre Dame (11-15-14) Brendan Gibbons (4), Michigan (11-16-13) Kicked 5 FGs in one game Jeff Budzien (5) vs. Boston College (9-5-12) - Kicked a 50-yard FG David Wasielewski (51) at Air Force (8-31-02) James McCourt (50), Illinois (11-30-19) Kicked a 70-79 yard punt Jake Collins (70) vs. Rutgers (10-21-18) Adam Korsak (79), Rutgers (10-20-18) Kicked an 80-89-yard punt Hunter Niswander (80) vs. Iowa (10-21-17) - Intercepted 2 passes Brandon Joseph vs. Iowa (10-31-20) Alvin Davis, Akron (9-15-18) Intercepted 3 passes Godwin Igwebuike (3) vs. Wisconsin (10-14-14) Mike Rose (3), Purdue (9-27-97) Recovered two fumbles Jimmy Hall (2) at Notre Dame (11-15-14) Marc Jackson (2), Illinois (11-23-02) Recorded 100+ kickoff return yards Riley Lees (106) vs. Minnesota (11-23-19) Demetrius Douglas (104), Minnesota (11-17-18) Recorded 20+ tackles Tim McGarigle (21, 11-10) vs. Michigan (10-29-05) Blake Cashman (8-12), Minnesota (11-17-18)

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Game Offensive Off. Big Playmaker Off. Practice AP TOP 25 RECORD POINTS Maryland Peyton Ramsey Drake Anderson Bryce kirtz 1 Alabama(59) 6-0 1547 Iowa Kyric McGowan Jesse Brown Ben Wrather 2 Notre Dame(2) 7-0 1464 Nebraska Drake Anderson John Raine Andrew Marty 3 Ohio State(1) 3-0 1449 4 Clemson 7-1 1355 Game Defensive Def. Big Playmaker Def. Practice Maryland Cam Ruiz All Defensive Backs Gunner Maldonado 5 Texas A&M 5-1 1223 Iowa Jake Saunders Brandon Joseph PJ Spencer 6 Florida 4-1 1213 Nebraska Chris Bergin Brandon Joseph Bryce Jackson 7 Cincinnati 6-0 1208 8 BYU 8-0 1101 9 Miami 6-1 958 Game Special Teams Practice Player of the Week 10 Indiana 3-0 956 Maryland Bryce Jackson Cullen Coleman 11 Oregon 1-0 948 Iowa Derek Adams Grayson Metz 12 Georgia 4-2 861 Nebraska Kyric McGowan Gunner Maldando 13 Wisconsin 1-0 852 14 Oklahoma State 5-1 762 15 Coastal Carolina 7-0 551 16 Marshall 6-0 534 17 Iowa State 5-2 491 18 Oklahoma 5-2 467 19 SMU 7-1 456 20 USC 1-0 395 21 Texas 5-2 265 22 Liberty 7-0 260 23 Northwestern 3-0 250 24 Auburn 4-2 184 25 Louisiana 6-1 118

COACHES POLL RECORD POINTS 1 Alabama(55) 6-0 1542 2 Notre Dame(4) 7-0 1461 3 Ohio State(3) 3-0 1443 4 Clemson 7-1 1340 STARTING LINEUPS 5 Florida 4-1 1230 6 Texas A&M 5-1 1229 OFFENSE 7 Cincinnati 6-0 1172 Opponent LT LG C RG RT QB WR WR WR TE RB 8 BYU 8-0 1112 Maryland Skoronski Urban Gerak Wiederkehr Vogel Ramsey Chiaokhiao-Bowman Lees McGowan Raine Bowser 9 Miami 6-1 995 at Iowa Skoronski Urban Gerak Wiederkehr Vogel Ramsey Chiaokhiao-Bowman Lees McGowan Raine Bowser 10 Indiana 3-0 901 Nebraska Skoronski Urban Gerak Wiederkehr Vogel Ramsey Chiaokhiao-Bowman Lees McGowan Raine Anderson 11 Georgia 4-2 840 12 Oregon 1-0 828 13 Oklahoma State 5-1 823 14 Wisconsin 1-0 778 DEFENSE 15 Marshall 6-0 534 Opponent DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB S S CB 16 Iowa State 5-2 530 17 Coastal Carolina 7-0 495 Maryland Adebawore Saunders Gold Jr. Brown IV Gallagher Fisher Bergin Heard II Joseph Pace Ruiz 18 Oklahoma 5-2 476 at Iowa Adebawore Saunders Spivak Brown IV Gallagher Fisher Bergin Heard II Joseph Pace Ruiz Nebraska Adebawore Saunders Spivak Brown IV Gallagher Fisher Bergin Newsome II Joseph Pace Ruiz 19 SMU 7-1 448 20 USC 1-0 334 21 Auburn 4-2 305 22 Liberty 7-0 234 23 Northwestern 3-0 218 24 Texas 5-2 187 25 Army 6-1 181

TEAM CAPTAINS

Game Captain Captain Captain Captain Maryland Paddy Fisher JR Pace Nik Urban Peyton Ramsey at Iowa Paddy Fisher JR Pace Riley Lees Peyton Ramsey Nebraska Paddy Fisher JR Pace Nik Urban Peyton Ramsey Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman

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DAN AND SUSAN JONES FAMILY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

Year Overall .PCT Big Ten .PCT Postseason Already the second-longest tenured Big Ten head coach at the age of 45, Pat Fitzgerald’s 14 2006 4-8 .333 2-6 .250 - seasons at the helm of Northwestern have been spent building upon the tradition he helped 2007 6-6 .500 3-5 .375 - establish as a Hall-of-Fame linebacker for the Wildcats in the mid-1990’s. Characterized by 2008 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 Valero Alamo Bowl his motivational skills, enthusiasm and passion for all things Northwestern, Fitzgerald has 2009 8-5 .615 5-3 .625 shaped Chicago’s Big Ten Team into one that consistently achieves excellence in all three 2010 7-6 .538 3-5 .375 TicketCity Bowl phases of the student-athlete experience: academics, athletics and community outreach. 2011 6-7 .667 3-5 .375 Meineke Car Care Bowl 2012 10-3 .769 5-3 .625 TaxSlayer.Com Gator Bowl Champions Fitzgerald has built the Wildcats’ program into a consistent winner. The 2018 Wildcats claimed 2013 5-7 .416 1-7 .125 - the program’s first-ever Big Ten West Division title and berth in the Big Ten Championship 2014 5-7 .416 3-5 .375 - 2015 10-3 .769 6-2 .750 Outback Bowl game with a program-tying eight Big Ten wins. Fitzgerald was named the consensus Big Ten 2016 7-6 .538 5-4 .556 Pinstripe Bowl Champions Head Coach of the Year and a finalist for the 2018 Dodd Trophy. 2017 10-3 .727 7-2 .750 Music City Bowl Champions 2018 9-5 .645 8-1 .889 Holiday Bowl Champions Fitzgerald has led the Wildcats to nine bowl appearances in his 14 seasons and has guided 2019 3-9 .250 1-8 .111 the ’Cats to four of their five bowl wins in program history. Most recently in postseason play, 2020 3-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 Chicago’s Big Ten Team mounted a dramatic come-from-behind victory over No. 17 Utah in Total 102-79 .575 60-59 .504 9 Bowl Games the 2018 Holiday Bowl by scoring a bowl record 28 points in the third quarter to claim their third-straight bowl win for the first time in program history. Year School Position 2006- Northwestern Head Coach Away from the gridiron, Fitzgerald's players have achieved at the highest levels in the 2004-05 Northwestern Linebackers/Recruiting Coordinator 2002-03 Northwestern Linebackers classroom, last fall placing a Big Ten-best 57 players on the Academic All-Big Ten team. 2001 Northwestern Defensive Backs According to the NCAA's Graduation Success Rate (GSR) released in the fall of 2019, 2000 Idaho Linebackers/Special Teams Northwestern Football was one of five Division I programs to earn a 100% mark and became 1999 Colorado Defensive Graduate Assistant the first program from a Power Five Conference to achieve the accomplishment. The Wildcats 1998 Maryland Defensive Graduate Assistant have ranked in the Top-two for GSR among FBS schools for nine consecutive years.

NU also goes to great lengths to make a difference in the community. Fitzgerald, his family and his players partake in countless charitable events, impacting the NU and Evanston communities through their participation in Northwestern Dance Marathon, Special Olympics, Misericordia, the NU chapter of Uplifting Athletes, weekly school and children's hospital visits, and dozens of other organizations. Fitzgerald was named the honorary coach of the 2017 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.

As a player in 1995, Fitzgerald was the leader of a suffocating Wildcats defensive unit that led the nation in scoring defense and anchored NU's storybook run to the Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl. He capped the year by winning both the Nagurski and Bednarik Awards as the nation's top defensive player and also was the Big Ten, Chevrolet and Sports Illustrated- Defensive Player of the Year. Fitzgerald accomplished all of this despite suffering a broken leg • 2008 College Football Hall of Fame Class • 1995 Sports Illustrated Defensive Player in the penultimate regular-season game. • 1995 & 1996 Bednarik Award Winner of the Year • 1995 & 1996 Nagurski Award Winner • Two-Time All-American A graduate of Orland Park's (Ill.) Carl Sandburg High School and a 2003 inductee to the • First two-time winner of both the • 23 career starts Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame, Fitzgerald resides in Northfield with his wife, Stacy, and Bednarik and Nagurski Awards • 299 career tackles three sons, Jack, born in November 2004, Ryan, born in September 2006, and Brendan, born • 1995 & 1996 Big Ten Champion • 20 career tackles for loss in February 2009. • 1995 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year • 5 forced fumbles • 3 interceptions

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School / Last School No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School / Last School 0 John Raine TE 6-2 230 Gr. Miami, Fla. / Westminster Christian 57 Greyson Metz LB 6-3 216 Fy. Glen Ellyn, Ill./ Glenbard West 1 Jesse Brown RB 5-11 210 Sr. Lilburn, Ga./Brookwood 58 Wyatt Blake DL 6-4 305 So. Crystal Lake, Ill. / Crystal Lake Central 2 Greg Newsome II DB 6-1 190 Jr. Chicago, Ill. / IMG Academy (Fla.) 62 Maxwell Skidmore OL 6-7 270 Fy. Spokane Valley, Wash./University 3 JJ Jefferson WR 5-10 180 Jr. Houston, Texas / St. Pius X 63 Dom D'Antonio OL 6-4 290 R-Fy. Woodstock, Ga. / Etowah 4 Berkeley Holman WR 5-11 197 Jr. Irvine, Calif. / Saint John Bosco 66 Nik Urban OL 6-3 307 Sr. Willoughby, Ohio / Willoughby South 5 JR Pace DB 6-1 210 Sr. College Park, Ga. / Woodward Academy 68 Josh Priebe OL 6-5 295 Fy. Niles, Mich./Edwardsburg 6 Drake Anderson RB 5-11 190 So. Chandler, Ariz. / Chandler 69 Charlie Schmidt OL 6-4 297 So. Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville 7 Andrew Marty QB 6-3 224 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Wyoming 71 Ben Wrather OL 6-6 310 Fy. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty 8 Kyric McGowan WR 5-11 205 Sr. Dalton, Ga. / Dalton 73 Gunnar Vogel OL 6-6 300 Sr. Columbus, Ohio / Westerville South 9 Gunner Maldonado DB 5-11 183 Fy. Chandler, Ariz. / Chandler 74 Payne He'Bert OL 6-4 312 So. Pearland, Texas / Dawson 9 Carl Richardson QB 6-4 207 Fy. Salinas, Calif./Salinas 75 Connor Foster OL 6-7 315 R-Fy. Milford, Ohio / Milford 10 TJ Green QB 6-2 205 Gr. Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst 76 Ethan Wiederkehr OL 6-5 295 Jr. Wading River, N.Y. / Shoreham-Wading River 10 Jeremiah McDonald LB 6-3 205 So. Slidell, La. / Northshore High 77 Peter Skoronski OL 6-4 294 Fy. Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South 11 A.J. Hampton DB 5-11 180 So. Warren, Ark. / Paul R Wharton (Tampa, Fla.) 78 Luka Trifunovic DL 6-4 293 R-Fy. Carlsbad, Calif. / La Costa Canyon 12 Peyton Ramsey QB 6-2 220 Gr. Cincinnati, Ohio/ Elder 79 Zachary Franks OL 6-6 305 R-Fy. Baltimore, Md. / The Gilman School 12 Nigel Williams DB 6-1 192 Fy. Richmond, Va./Collegiate School 80 Trey Pugh TE 6-5 250 R-Jr. Plain City, Ohio / Jonathan Alder 13 Preston Bacon WR 6-2 195 R-Fy. Oak Hill, Va. / The Potomac School 81 Ramaud Chiaokhiao-BowmanWR 6-2 203 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Breck 13 Garnett Hollis, Jr. DB 6-2 196 Fy. Nashville, Tenn./Battle Ground Academy 82 Braeden Heald WR 5-11 198 R-So. Easthampton, Mass. / Williston Northampton 14 Charlie Kuhbander K 6-0 195 Sr. Springboro, Ohio / Springboro 82 Alex Oelsner TE 6-4 244 Jr. Niwot, Colo. / Niwot 14 Malik Washington WR 5-9 192 So. Lawrenceville, Ga. / Parkview 83 Will Lansbury WR 6-2 202 Jr. Pebble Beach, Calif. / Stevenson 15 Trey Finison K/P 5-9 183 So. Tuscaloosa, Ala. / Northridge 84 Hunter Welcing TE 6-3 242 Fy. Deer Park, Ill./Lake Zurich 15 Hunter Johnson QB 6-2 215 Jr. Brownsburg, Ind. / Brownsburg 85 Jack Kennedy WR 6-0 201 R-Fy. Cleveland Heights, Ohio / St. Ignatius 16 Brandon Joseph DB 6-1 192 R-Fy. College Station, Texas / College Station 86 Wayne Dennis, Jr. WR 6-3 200 R-Fy. Tampa, Fla. / Armwood 16 Zac Krause QB 6-3 215 R-Fy. Olathe, Kan. / Olathe West 87 Thomas Gordon TE 6-5 240 R-Fy. Houston, Texas / Strake Jesuit College Prep 17 Bryce Kirtz WR 6-0 180 R-Fy. Brownsburg, Ind. / Brownsburg 87 Jack Moses WR 5-9 187 Fy. Lake Zurich, Ill./Lake Zurich 18 Genson Hooper Price WR 6-5 215 R-Fy. Houston, Texas / St. John's 88 Marshall Lang TE 6-4 235 Fy. Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier 18 Cameron Ruiz DB 5-11 180 Jr. Lake Villa, Ill. / Lakes Community 89 Charlie Mangieri SB 6-4 250 Jr. Peoria, Ill. / Dunlap 19 Riley Lees WR 6-0 200 Sr. Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville 90 Jake Genyk P 6-3 200 So. Middleton, Wis. / Middleton 20 Cam Porter RB 5-10 220 Fy. Cincinnati, Ohio/Lasalle 90 Jake Saunders DT 6-2 300 Sr. Loveland, Ohio / Loveland 21 Cameron Mitchell DB 6-0 195 R-Fy. Bolingbrook, Ill. / Bolingbrook 92 Willy Boatman DL 6-2 277 So. Denver, Colo. / Kent Denver School 22 Bryce Jackson DB 6-1 190 Jr. Lantana, Texas / John H. Guyer 93 Joe Spivak DL 6-0 300 Sr. Darien, Ill. / Montini Catholic 22 Connor Newhouse RB 5-11 195 R-Fy. Prospect, Ky. / North Oldham 94 Jason Gold, Jr. DE 6-3 285 So. League City, Texas / Clear Springs 23 Raymond Niro III RB 5-10 190 So. Barrington, Ill. / Barrington 95 Te-Rah Edwards DT 6-2 294 Fy. Groveport, Ohio/Groveport Madison 23 Donovan Sermons DB 5-11 192 Jr. Pomona, Calif. / Damien 96 Trevor Kent DE 6-6 300 Jr. Pittsburg, Kan. / Pittsburg 24 Rod Heard II DB 5-11 185 R-Fy. Farmington, Mich. / Farmington Hills Harrison 97 Sean McLaughlin DL 6-5 260 Fy. Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East 25 Isaiah Bowser RB 6-1 220 Jr. Sidney, Ohio / Sidney 98 Duke Olges DL 6-4 260 R-Fy. Winnetka,Ill. / New Trier 26 Evan Hull RB 5-11 210 R-Fy. Maple Grove, Minn. / Maple Grove 99 Earnest Brown IV DE 6-5 270 Sr. Aubrey, Texas / Billy Ryan 27 Coco Azema DB 5-11 185 R-Fy. Cypress, Texas / Langham Creek 28 Chris Bergin LB 5-11 215 Sr. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Detroit Country Day COACHING STAFF Position Season 29 Tyler Haskins CB 5-11 195 R-Fy. Stafford, Va. / Mountain View Pat Fitzgerald Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach 15th 29 Marcus Cisco RB 5-9 195 R-Fy. Byron Center, Mich./Byron Center Matt MacPherson Assistant Head Coach (Defensive Backs) 15th 31 Jaylen Rivers LB 6-2 222 So. Decatur, Ga. / Grayson Mike Hankwitz Defensive Coordinator 13th 31 Jake Arthurs RB 5-9 195 Fy. Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton-Warrenville South Mike Bajakian Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks 1st 32 Bryce Gallagher LB 6-2 223 R-Fy. Raynham, Mass. / St. Sebastian's Jeff Genyk Special Teams Coordinator 12th 33 Michael Jansey, Jr. LB 6-2 210 R-Fy. Batavia, Ill. / Batavia Kurt Anderson Asssistant Coach / Offensive Line 2nd 34 Xander Mueller LB 6-3 210 Fy. Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North Lou Ayeni Assistant Coach / Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator 3rd 35 Erik Mueller LB 6-2 230 Sr. Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton North Bob Heffner Assistant Coach / Superbacks 12th 36 Derek Adams P 5-11 195 Gr. Manheim, Pa. / Manheim Central Marty Long Assistant Coach / Defensive Line 13th 37 Cody Gronewold P 6-2 185 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. / Northeast Tim McGarigle Assistant Coach / Linebackers 3rd 38 Joe Dehaan DB 6-4 198 Fy. Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew Dennis Springer Assistant Coach / Wide Receivers 10th 39 William Halkyard LS 6-3 200 Fy. Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West 40 Peter McIntyre LB 6-2 231 Jr. Perrysburg, Ohio / Saint Johns' Jesuit 41 Grayson Mann LB 6-0 225 So. Fort Worth, Texas / Fort Worth All Saints 42 Paddy Fisher LB 6-4 240 Sr. Katy, Texas / Katy 43 Tyler Gillikin LS 6-2 217 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. / Westminster 44 Khalid Jones LB 6-0 230 So. Greenville, S.C. / Byrnes 45 Cullen Coleman LB 6-3 240 Fy. Port Chester, N.Y./ Rye Country Day PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 46 Devin O'Rourke DL 6-6 265 So. Mokena, Ill. / Lincoln Way East 46 Hunter Renner P 6-2 207 Fy. Mishawaka, Ind./Marian ADETOMIWA ADEBAWORE...... (ad-e-TOMMY-e-wah ad-e-BAHR-eh) Trey PUGH ...... (PYOU) Coco AZEMA...... AH-zah-mah John RAINE...... (RAIN) 47 Troy Hudetz LB 6-2 221 Sr. Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central RAMAUD CHIAOKHIAO-BOWMAN ...... (ruh-MAUD JOW-key-o BOW-man) Peter SKORONSKI...... (SKO-ron-ski) 48 Peter Snodgrass LS 6-0 212 Jr. Palo Alto, Calif. / Palo Alto TE-RAH Edwards...... (Tee-RAH) Joe SPIVAK ...... (SPEE-vack) 48 Owen Bergin LB 5-10 210 Fy. Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Detroit Country Day Sam GERAK ...... (j-air-ack) Sam STOVALL...... (STO-vul) Tyler GILLIKIN ...... (GILL-uh-kin) Luka TRIFUNOVIC...... (tree-FOON-o-veech) 49 Adetomiwa Adebawore DL 6-2 265 So. Kansas City, Mo. / North Kansas City Cody GRONEWOLD ...... (GROAN-wohld) Ethan WIEDERKEHR...... (WEE-der-kerr) 50 PJ Spencer DL 6-2 275 R-Fy. Prairie Village, Kan. / Shawnee Mission East Payne HE'BERT...... (HAY-bear) 51 Blake Gallagher LB 6-1 228 Sr. Raynham, Mass. / Saint Sebastian's Berkeley HOLMAN ...... (HOLE-min) Troy HUDETZ ...... (WHO-detz) 52 Sam Gerak OL 6-4 295 Jr. Avon, Ohio / Avon KHALID Jones...... (kuh-LID) 52 Jordan Butler DT 6-2 316 Fy. North Las Vegas, Nev./IMG Academy (Fla.) Charlie KUHBANDER ...... (KOO-ban-der) 53 Jaiden Cameron DE 6-3 245 Fy. Clayton, Ohio/Northmont EKU LEOTA...... (EK-ew LEE-oh-tuh) KYRIC McGowan...... (KY-rick) 54 Conrad Rowley OL 6-4 308 So. Independence, Mo. / Blue Springs XANDER Meuller...... (ZAN-der) 55 Eku Leota DL 6-4 250 So. Asheville, N.C./Asheville Raymond NIRO III...... (NYE-row) Alex OELSNER ...... (OHLS-ner) Duke OLGES...... (OHL-giz) Josh PRIEBE...... (PREE-b)

NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES 13 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern GameNORTHWESTERN Results (as FOOTBALL of Nov 09, 2020) NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------* Oct 24, 2020 MARYLAND W 43-3 1- 0- 0 1- 0- 0 - * Oct 31, 2020 at IOWA W 21-20 2- 0- 0 2- 0- 0 3:16 1432 * Nov 07, 2020 NEBRASKA W 21-13 3- 0- 0 3- 0- 0 3:13

* indicates conference game

------FIRST DOWNS------RUSHING------PASSING------TOTAL OFFENSE-- Return Turn- Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs ------/-- --/-- --/-- --/------/------/------/------/ ------/-- --/-- MARYLAND...... 43-3 31/14 17/4 13/9 1/1 53-325 / 20-64 23-30- 0 / 18-29- 3 212/143 83-537 / 49-207 1/154 0/4 IOWA...... 21-20 18/20 9/7 8/11 1/2 60-143 / 23-77 11-18- 1 / 26-51- 3 130/216 78-273 / 74-293 31/46 3/3 NEBRASKA...... 21-13 14/28 5/14 9/10 0/4 38-148 / 43-224 16-27- 2 / 24-45- 2 169/218 65-317 / 88-442 85/53 2/2

Totals...... 85-36 63/62 31/25 30/30 2/7 151-616 / 86-365 50- 75- 3/ 68-125- 8 511/577 226-1127/ 211-942 117/253 5/9

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

14 NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES The Automated ScoreBook NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL Northwestern Overall NORTHWESTERNTeam Statistics FOOTBALL (as of Nov 07, 2020) All games

Team Statistics NU OPP SCORING 85 36 Points Per Game 28.3 12.0 Points Off Turnovers 23 24 FIRST DOWNS 63 62 R u s h in g 31 25 P a s s in g 30 30 P e n a lt y 2 7 RUSHING YARDAGE 616 365 Yards gained rushing 690 440 Yards lost rushing 74 75 Rushing Attempts 151 86 Average Per Rush 4.1 4.2 Average Per Game 205.3 121.7 TDs Rushing 8 2 PASSING YARDAGE 511 577 C o m p - A t t - I n t 50-75-3 68-125-8 Average Per Pass 6.8 4.6 Average Per Catch 10.2 8.5 Average Per Game 170.3 192.3 TDs Passing 3 1 TOTAL OFFENSE 1127 942 Total Plays 226 211 Average Per Play 5.0 4.5 Average Per Game 375.7 314.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 2-54 10-193 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-37 5-10 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 8-26 3-50 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 27.0 19.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 9.2 2.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 3.2 16.7 FUMBLES-LOST 4-2 3-1 PENALTIES-Yards 19-157 18-135 Average Per Game 52.3 45.0 PUNTS-Yards 15-636 14-596 Average Per Punt 42.4 42.6 Net punt average 40.4 38.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 16-950 11-633 Average Per Kick 59.4 57.5 Net kick average 37.9 39.0 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 4 9 2 7 : 1 1 3RD-DOWN Conversions 25/51 14/44 3rd-Down Pct 49% 32% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/6 4/6 4th-Down Pct 100% 67% SACKS BY-Yards 4-37 4-29 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 11 3 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-4 5-7 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (10-11) 91% (7-11) 64% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (8-11) 73% (3-11) 27% PAT-ATTEMPTS (10-11) 91% (3-3) 100% ATTENDANCE 0 1432 Games/Avg Per Game 2/0 1/1432 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Northwestern 21 30 21 13 0 85 Opponents 20 16 0 0 0 36

NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES 15 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 07, 2020) NORTHWESTERNAll games FOOTBALL NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL

Rushing gp-gs att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Anderson,Drake 3 - 1 35 209 16 193 5.5 2 41 64.3 Lees,Riley 3 45 15.0 0 36 Bowser,Isaiah 2 - 2 48 163 8 155 3.2 1 13 77.5 Mcgowan,Kyric 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 Ramsey,Peyton 3 - 3 28 131 30 101 3.6 1 21 33.7 Total 4 37 9.2 0 36 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 - 3 8 66 0 66 8.2 1 24 22.0 Opponents 5 10 2.0 0 7 Hull,Evan 3 - 0 8 54 4 50 6.2 1 30 16.7 Porter,Cam 2 - 0 3 26 0 26 8.7 0 20 13.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Brown,Jesse 3 - 0 11 25 0 25 2.3 2 5 8.3 Joseph,Brandon 3 18 6.0 0 18 Cisco,Marcus 1 - 0 3 7 1 6 2.0 0 4 6.0 Bergin,Chris 1 5 5.0 0 5 Lees,Riley 3 - 3 2 7 4 3 1.5 0 7 1.0 Hampton,A.J. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Marty,Andrew 2 - 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0 Gallagher,Blake 1 3 3.0 0 3 Chiaokhiao, Ramaud 3 - 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Azema,Coco 1 0 0.0 0 0 Team 2 - 0 3 0 11 -11 -3.7 0 0 -5.5 Pace,Jr 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 3 151 690 74 616 4.1 8 41 205.3 Total 8 26 3.2 0 18 Opponents 3 86 440 75 365 4.2 2 28 121.7 Opponents 3 50 16.7 0 37

Passing gp-gs effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Ramsey,Peyton 3 - 3 129.10 50-75-3 66.7 511 3 23 170.3 Mcgowan,Kyric 2 54 27.0 0 36 Total 3 129.10 50-75-3 66.7 511 3 23 170.3 Total 2 54 27.0 0 36 Opponents 3 83.01 68-125-8 54.4 577 1 28 192.3 Opponents 10 193 19.3 0 33

Receiving gp-gs no. yds avg td lg avg/g Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Chiaokhiao, Ramaud 3 - 3 10 109 10.9 0 16 36.3 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 - 3 10 99 9.9 0 17 33.0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Raine,John 3 - 3 9 86 9.6 1 19 28.7 Lees,Riley 3 - 3 6 53 8.8 1 13 17.7 Bowser,Isaiah 2 - 2 4 21 5.2 1 12 10.5 Washington,Malik 3 - 0 3 41 13.7 0 23 13.7 Hull,Evan 3 - 0 2 27 13.5 0 21 9.0 Brown,Jesse 3 - 0 2 22 11.0 0 15 7.3 Anderson,Drake 3 - 1 1 21 21.0 0 21 7.0 Kirtz,Bryce 3 - 0 1 20 20.0 0 20 6.7 Mangieri,Charlie 3 - 0 1 9 9.0 0 9 3.0 Dennis, Wayne 3 - 0 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 Total 3 50 511 10.2 3 23 170.3 Opponents 3 68 577 8.5 1 28 192.3

16 NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 07, 2020) NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL NORTHWESTERNAll games FOOTBALL

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Kuhbander,C - 3-4 10-10 - - - - - 19 Ramsey,Peyton 3 103 101 511 612 204.0 Bowser,Isaiah 2 ------12 Anderson,Drake 3 35 193 0 193 64.3 Brown,Jesse 2 ------12 Bowser,Isaiah 2 48 155 0 155 77.5 Anderson,Drake 2 ------12 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 8 66 0 66 22.0 Ramsey,Peyton 1 ------6 Hull,Evan 3 8 50 0 50 16.7 Raine,John 1 ------6 Porter,Cam 2 3 26 0 26 13.0 Mcgowan,Kyric 1 ------6 Brown,Jesse 3 11 25 0 25 8.3 Lees,Riley 1 ------6 Cisco,Marcus 1 3 6 0 6 6.0 Hull,Evan 1 ------6 Lees,Riley 3 2 3 0 3 1.0 Finison,Trey - - 0-1 - - - - - 0 Marty,Andrew 2 1 2 0 2 1.0 Total 11 3-4 10-11 - - - - - 85 Team 2 3 -11 0 -11 -5.5 Opponents 3 5-7 3-3 - - - - - 36 Total 3 226 616 511 1127 375.7 Opponents 3 211 365 577 942 314.0

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Kuhbander,C 3-4 75.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-0 43 0 Adams,Derek 14 593 42.4 58 1 7 7 2 0 Gronewold,Cody 1 43 43.0 43 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Northwestern Opponents Total 15 636 42.4 58 1 7 7 2 0 Maryland (43),(23),(43) (33) Opponents 14 596 42.6 58 1 6 4 3 0 IOWA - (22),(47),52 Nebraska 42 (38),(36),38 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Kuhbander,C 15 891 59.4 6 0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Finison,Trey 1 59 59.0 0 0 Total 16 950 59.4 6 0 19.3 37.9 27 Opponents 11 633 57.5 6 0 27.0 39.0 26

NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES 17 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern OverallNORTHWESTERN Individual Statistics FOOTBALL (as of Nov 07, 2020) NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Anderson,Drake 3 193 21 0 0 0 214 71.3 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 66 99 -8 54 0 211 70.3 Bowser,Isaiah 2 155 21 0 0 0 176 88.0 Chiaokhiao, Ra 3 0 109 0 0 0 109 36.3 Ramsey,Peyton 3 101 0 0 0 0 101 33.7 Lees,Riley 3 3 53 45 0 0 101 33.7 Raine,John 3 0 86 0 0 0 86 28.7 Hull,Evan 3 50 27 0 0 0 77 25.7 Brown,Jesse 3 25 22 0 0 0 47 15.7 Washington,Mali 3 0 41 0 0 0 41 13.7 Porter,Cam 2 26 0 0 0 0 26 13.0 Kirtz,Bryce 3 0 20 0 0 0 20 6.7 Joseph,Brandon 3 0 0 0 0 18 18 6.0 Mangieri,Charlie 3 0 9 0 0 0 9 3.0 Cisco,Marcus 1 6 0 0 0 0 6 6.0 Bergin,Chris 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 1.7 Dennis, Wayne 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 1.0 Gallagher,Blake 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.0 Marty,Andrew 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 Team 2 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -5.5 Total 3 616 511 37 54 26 1244 414.7 Opponents 3 365 577 10 193 50 1195 398.3

18 NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES The Automated ScoreBook NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL Northwestern OverallNORTHWESTERN Defensive Statistics FOOTBALL (as of Nov 07, 2020) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp-gs ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 51 Gallagher,Blake 3-3 13 16 29 3.5-11 . 1-3 2 1 . . . . 42 Fisher,Paddy 3-3 16 12 28 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 28 Bergin,Chris 3-3 14 13 27 2.0-5 . 1-5 3 . . . . . 16 Joseph,Brandon 3-3 12 5 17 1.0-1 . 3-18 ...... 5 Pace,Jr 3-3 9 4 13 1.0-4 . 1-0 . 1 . . . . 18 Ruiz,Cameron 3-3 8 4 12 1.0-10 1.0-10 . 1 . . . . . 24 Heard,Rod 3-2 6 3 9 . . . 1 . . . . . 99 Brown IV,Earnest 3-3 4 3 7 2.5-4 . . 2 1 . . . . 49 Adebawore,Adetomiwa 3-3 4 2 6 2.5-27 2.0-26 . . 2 . . . . 93 Spivak,Joe 3-2 3 2 5 ...... 2 Ii,G. Newsome 1-1 2 3 5 . . . 3 . . . . . 90 Saunders,Jake 3-3 2 2 4 2.0-2 ...... 22 Jackson,Bryce 3-0 2 2 4 ...... 31 Rivers,Jaylen 2-0 1 2 3 ...... 38 DeHaan,Joe 1-0 2 1 3 ...... 55 Leota,Eku 3-0 2 1 3 2.0-6 1.0-1 . . 2 . . . . 52 Butler,Jordan 3-1 . 3 3 0.5-1 ...... 11 Hampton,A.J. 3-0 1 1 2 . . 1-0 1 . . . . . 44 Jones,Khalid 1-0 1 1 2 ...... 21 Mitchell,C 2-0 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 58 Blake,Wyatt 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 29 Haskins,Tyler 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 27 Azema,Coco 3-0 . 1 1 . . 1-0 ...... 35 Mueller,Erik 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 8 Mcgowan,Kyric 3-3 . 1 1 ...... 94 Gold, Jason 1-0 1 . 1 1.0-1 ...... 97 McLaughlin,S 1-0 1 . 1 ...... 20 Porter,Cam 2-0 1 . 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 81 Chiaokhiao, Ramaud 3-3 1 . 1 ...... 2S Sermons,D 1-0 . 1 1 ...... 47 Hudetz,Troy 3-0 . 1 1 0.5-0 ...... 9 Maldonado,G 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 12 Ramsey,Peyton 3-3 1 . 1 ...... 2J Joseph,Jaheem 1-0 1 . 1 ...... 1K Kuhbander,C 3-0 . 1 1 ...... 1 Brown,Jesse 3-0 . 1 1 ...... Total 3 110 90 200 20-73 4-37 8-26 15 7 1-0 . . . Opponents 3 140 95 235 18-64 4-29 3-50 3 15 2-0 3 . .

NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES 19 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern IndividualNORTHWESTERN Season/Career FOOTBALL Statistics (as of Nov 09, 2020) NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL All games

SEASON CAREER

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Anderson,Drake 3 35 209 16 193 5.5 2 41 64.3 16 183 821 47 774 4.2 4 37 48.4 Bowser,Isaiah 2 48 163 8 155 3.2 1 13 77.5 18 304 1266 41 1225 4.0 7 55 68.1 Ramsey,Peyton 3 28 131 30 101 3.6 1 21 33.7 2 19 94 21 73 3.8 1 21 36.5 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 8 66 0 66 8.2 1 24 22.0 36 36 254 9 245 6.8 2 79 6.8 Hull,Evan 3 8 54 4 50 6.2 1 30 16.7 6 50 336 6 330 6.6 5 48 55.0 Porter,Cam 2 3 26 0 26 8.7 0 20 13.0 1 2 25 0 25 12.5 0 20 25.0 Brown,Jesse 3 11 25 0 25 2.3 2 5 8.3 20 41 216 0 216 5.3 4 35 10.8 Cisco,Marcus 1 3 7 1 6 2.0 0 4 6.0 1 3 7 1 6 2.0 0 4 6.0 Lees,Riley 3 2 7 4 3 1.5 0 7 1.0 41 16 60 12 48 3.0 1 18 1.2 Marty,Andrew 2 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0 7 53 206 3 203 3.8 4 16 29.0 Chiaokhiao, Ramaud 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Team 2 3 0 11 -11 -3.7 0 0 -5.5 Total 3 151 690 74 616 4.1 8 41 205.3 Opponents 3 86 440 75 365 4.2 2 28 121.7

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Ramsey,Peyton 3 129.10 50-75-3 66.7 511 3 23 170.3 2 133.39 34-48-1 70.8 342 1 23 171.0 Total 3 129.10 50-75-3 66.7 511 3 23 170.3 Opponents 3 83.01 68-125-8 54.4 577 1 28 192.3

Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Chiaokhiao, Ramaud 3 10 109 10.9 0 16 36.3 2 8 83 10.4 0 16 41.5 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 10 99 9.9 0 17 33.0 36 41 508 12.4 2 77 14.1 Raine,John 3 9 86 9.6 1 19 28.7 2 5 53 10.6 0 19 26.5 Lees,Riley 3 6 53 8.8 1 13 17.7 41 94 907 9.6 7 40 22.1 Bowser,Isaiah 2 4 21 5.2 1 12 10.5 18 18 122 6.8 1 15 6.8 Washington,Malik 3 3 41 13.7 0 23 13.7 13 8 55 6.9 0 23 4.2 Hull,Evan 3 2 27 13.5 0 21 9.0 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Brown,Jesse 3 2 22 11.0 0 15 7.3 20 3 45 15.0 0 23 2.2 Anderson,Drake 3 1 21 21.0 0 21 7.0 16 7 49 7.0 0 21 3.1 Kirtz,Bryce 3 1 20 20.0 0 20 6.7 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Mangieri,Charlie 3 1 9 9.0 0 9 3.0 26 6 30 5.0 0 9 1.2 Dennis, Wayne 3 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.0 2 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.5 Total 3 50 511 10.2 3 23 170.3 Opponents 3 68 577 8.5 1 28 192.3

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Ramsey,Peyton 3 103 101 511 612 204.0 2 67 73 342 415 207.5 Anderson,Drake 3 35 193 0 193 64.3 16 183 774 0 774 48.4 Bowser,Isaiah 2 48 155 0 155 77.5 18 304 1225 0 1225 68.1 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 8 66 0 66 22.0 36 36 245 0 245 6.8 Hull,Evan 3 8 50 0 50 16.7 6 50 330 0 330 55.0 Porter,Cam 2 3 26 0 26 13.0 1 2 25 0 25 25.0 Brown,Jesse 3 11 25 0 25 8.3 20 41 216 0 216 10.8 Cisco,Marcus 1 3 6 0 6 6.0 1 3 6 0 6 6.0 Lees,Riley 3 2 3 0 3 1.0 41 17 48 0 48 1.2 Marty,Andrew 2 1 2 0 2 1.0 7 75 203 150 353 50.4 Team 2 3 -11 0 -11 -5.5 Total 3 226 616 511 1127 375.7 Opponents 3 211 365 577 942 314.0

20 NORTHWESTERN GAME NOTES The Automated ScoreBook NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL Northwestern IndividualNORTHWESTERN Season/Career FOOTBALL Statistics (as of Nov 09, 2020) All games

SEASON CAREER

PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Kuhbander,C - 3-4 10-10 - - - - - 19 - 31-42 95-97 - - - - - 188 Brown,Jesse 2 ------12 4 ------24 Anderson,Drake 2 ------12 4 ------24 Bowser,Isaiah 2 ------12 8 ------48 Mcgowan,Kyric 1 ------6 4 ------24 Hull,Evan 1 ------6 5 ------30 Ramsey,Peyton 1 ------6 1 ------6 Raine,John 1 ------6 ------0 Lees,Riley 1 ------6 8 - - - - 0-1 - - 48 Finison,Trey - - 0-1 - - - - - 0 - - 0-1 - - - - - 0 Total 11 3-4 10-11 - - - - - 85 Opponents 3 5-7 3-3 - - - - - 36

Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Lees,Riley 3 45 15.0 0 36 45 305 6.8 0 39 Mcgowan,Kyric 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 Total 4 37 9.2 0 36 Opponents 5 10 2.0 0 7

Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Mcgowan,Kyric 2 54 27.0 0 36 16 371 23.2 0 39 Total 2 54 27.0 0 36 Opponents 10 193 19.3 0 33

Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Joseph,Brandon 3 18 6.0 0 18 2 18 9.0 0 18 Bergin,Chris 1 5 5.0 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 Pace,Jr 1 0 0.0 0 0 8 49 6.1 0 26 Gallagher,Blake 1 3 3.0 0 3 Azema,Coco 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Hampton,A.J. 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 Total 8 26 3.2 0 18 Opponents 3 50 16.7 0 37

Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Anderson,Drake 3 193 21 0 0 0 214 71.3 16 774 49 0 0 0 823 51.4 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 66 99 -8 54 0 211 70.3 36 245 508 -8 371 0 1116 31.0 Bowser,Isaiah 2 155 21 0 0 0 176 88.0 18 1225 122 0 0 0 1347 74.8 Chiaokhiao, Ram 3 0 109 0 0 0 109 36.3 2 0 83 0 0 0 83 41.5 Ramsey,Peyton 3 101 0 0 0 0 101 33.7 2 73 0 0 0 0 73 36.5 Lees,Riley 3 3 53 45 0 0 101 33.7 41 48 907 305 542 0 1802 44.0 Raine,John 3 0 86 0 0 0 86 28.7 2 0 53 0 0 0 53 26.5 Hull,Evan 3 50 27 0 0 0 77 25.7 6 330 0 0 0 0 330 55.0 Brown,Jesse 3 25 22 0 0 0 47 15.7 20 216 45 0 0 0 261 13.1 Washington,Mali 3 0 41 0 0 0 41 13.7 13 0 55 0 0 0 55 4.2 Porter,Cam 2 26 0 0 0 0 26 13.0 1 25 0 0 0 0 25 25.0 Kirtz,Bryce 3 0 20 0 0 0 20 6.7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Joseph,Brandon 3 0 0 0 0 18 18 6.0 6 0 0 0 0 18 18 3.0 Mangieri,Charlie 3 0 9 0 0 0 9 3.0 26 0 30 0 8 0 38 1.5 Cisco,Marcus 1 6 0 0 0 0 6 6.0 1 6 0 0 0 0 6 6.0 Bergin,Chris 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 1.7 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Dennis, Wayne 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 1.0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 1.5 Gallagher,Blake 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 1.0 Marty,Andrew 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 7 203 0 0 0 0 203 29.0 Team 2 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -5.5 Total 3 616 511 37 54 26 1244 414.7 Opponents 3 365 577 10 193 50 1195 398.3

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SEASON CAREER

Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd Kuhbander,C 4 3 43 0 42 31 45 0 Total 4 3 43 0 Opponents 7 5 47 0

Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk Adams,Derek 14 593 42.4 58 0 8 332 41.5 51 0 Gronewold,Cody 1 43 43.0 43 0 1 43 43.0 43 0 Total 15 636 42.4 58 0 Opponents 14 596 42.6 58 0

Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Kuhbander,C 15 891 59.4 6 0 20 1175 58.8 4 1 Finison,Trey 1 59 59.0 0 0 34 1996 58.7 9 0 Total 16 950 59.4 6 0 Opponents 11 633 57.5 6 0

## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 51 Gallagher,Blake 3 1 3 1 6 2 9 3.5 . 1 2 . . . 42 Fisher,Paddy 3 1 6 1 2 2 8 0.5 . . 1 . . . 41 1 7 7 1 5 6 3 3 3 20.5 2 . 0 3 9 1 1 0 . 28 Bergin,Chris 3 1 4 1 3 2 7 2.0 . 1 3 . . . 39 8 4 8 1 1 6 5 10.5 1 . 5 . 3 2 . . 16 Joseph,Brandon 3 1 2 5 1 7 1.0 . 3 . . . . 6 1 2 3 1 5 1.0 . 2 . . . . 5 Pace,Jr 3 9 4 1 3 1.0 . 1 . . . . 40 8 3 5 1 1 3 4 5.5 . 8 1 2 1 . . 18 Ruiz,Cameron 3 8 4 1 2 1.0 1 . 0 . 1 . . . 25 6 1 1 5 7 6 4.5 1 . 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 24 Heard,Rod 3 6 3 9 0.0 . . 1 . . . 3 5 4 9 0.0 . . 1 . . . 99 Brown IV,Earnest 3 4 3 7 2.5 . . 2 . . . 49 Adebawore,Adetomiwa 3 4 2 6 2.5 2 . 0 . . . . . 10 6 2 8 2.0 2 . 0 . . . . . 2 Newsome II, Greg 1 2 3 5 0.0 . . 3 . . . 93 Spivak,Joe 3 3 2 5 0.0 ...... 29 5 8 1 3 1.0 0 . 5 . . . . . 22 Jackson,Bryce 3 2 2 4 0.0 ...... 28 2 1 1 1 3 2 0.0 . . 1 1 . . 90 Saunders,Jake 3 2 2 4 2.0 ...... 17 9 9 1 8 3.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 55 Leota,Eku 3 2 1 3 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 12 8 6 1 4 6.5 3 . 5 . 1 . 1 . 52 Butler,Jordan 3 . 3 3 0.5 ...... 2 . 2 2 0.5 ...... 31 Rivers,Jaylen 2 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 10 1 3 4 0.0 ...... 38 DeHaan,Joe 1 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 1 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 11 Hampton,A.J. 3 1 1 2 0.0 . 1 1 . . . 18 1 5 5 2 0 0.0 . 2 2 . . . 21 Mitchell,C 2 1 1 2 0.0 . . 1 . . . 5 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 44 Jones,Khalid 1 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 3 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 97 McLaughlin,S 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 2S Sermons,D 1 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 3 . . . 0.0 ...... 29 Haskins,Tyler 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 4 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 58 Blake,Wyatt 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 8 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 2J Joseph,Jaheem 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 94 Gold, Jason 1 1 . 1 1.0 ...... 1 1 . 1 1.0 ...... 9 Maldonado,G 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 20 Porter,Cam 2 1 . 1 0.0 . . . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 0.0 . . . 1 . . 47 Hudetz,Troy 3 . 1 1 0.5 ...... 15 . 1 1 0.5 ...... 1 Brown,Jesse 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 20 3 3 6 0.0 ...... 35 Mueller,Erik 3 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 32 9 5 1 4 0.5 ...... 27 Azema,Coco 3 . 1 1 0.0 . 1 . . . . 6 2 3 5 0.0 . 1 . . 1 . 12 Ramsey,Peyton 3 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 2 . . . 0.0 ...... 81 Chiaokhiao, Ramaud 3 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 2 . . . 0.0 ...... 8 Mcgowan,Kyric 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 36 6 5 1 1 0.0 ...... 1K Kuhbander,C 3 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 36 . 1 1 0.0 ...... Total 3 1 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 20 4 8 1 5 1 . . Opponents 3 1 4 0 9 5 2 3 5 18 4 3 3 2 3 .

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#12 Ramsey,Peyton Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Maryland 23 30 0 76.7 212 1 23 0-0 147.03 IOWA 11 18 The 1Automated61.1 ScoreBook130 0 21 3-21 110.67 Nebraska Northwestern16 Rushing/Receiving27 2 59.3 Game-by-Game169 2 (as21 of Nov 09,1-8 2020)121.47 TOTALS 50 75 3 All66.7 games 511 3 23 4-29 129.10

RUSHING No-Yds/TD UMD IOWA NEB Anderson,Drake 35-193/2 10-103/1 7-1/0 18-89/1 Bowser,Isaiah 48-155/1 23-70/1 25-85/0 DNP Ramsey,Peyton 28-101/1 7-47/1 12-26/0 9-28/0 Mcgowan,Kyric 8-66/1 2-19/0 3-15/1 3-32/0 Hull,Evan 8-50/1 4-44/1 - 4-6/0 Porter,Cam 3-26/0 2-25/0 DNP 1-1/0 Brown,Jesse 11-25/2 1-4/0 10-21/2 - Cisco,Marcus 3-6/0 3-6/0 DNP DNP Lees,Riley 2-3/0 1-7/0 - 1--4/0 Marty,Andrew 1-2/0 - 1-2/0 DNP Chiaokhiao, R 1-0/0 - - 1-0/0 Team 3--11/0 DNP 2--7/0 1--4/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD UMD IOWA NEB Chiaokhiao, R 10-109/0 4-46/0 4-37/0 2-26/0 Mcgowan,Kyric 10-99/0 2-9/0 5-63/0 3-27/0 Raine,John 9-86/1 5-53/0 - 4-33/1 Lees,Riley 6-53/1 3-28/0 - 3-25/1 Washington,M 3-41/0 2-30/0 - 1-11/0 Hull,Evan 2-27/0 - - 2-27/0 Brown,Jesse 2-22/0 2-22/0 - - Anderson,Drake 1-21/0 - 1-21/0 - Bowser,Isaiah 4-21/1 4-21/1 - DNP Kirtz,Bryce 1-20/0 - - 1-20/0 Mangieri,C 1-9/0 - 1-9/0 - Dennis, Wayne 1-3/0 1-3/0 - -

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Total Tackles UA-A Total UMD IOWA NEB Gallagher,Bl 13-16 29 1 - 3 4 - 7 8 - 6 Fisher,Paddy 16-12 28 3 - 1 6 - 5 7 - 6 Bergin,Chris 14-13 27 3 - 1 6 - 6 5 - 6 Joseph,Brandon 12-5 17 5 - 2 3 - 1 4 - 2 Pace,Jr 9-4 13 - 4 - 2 5 - 2 Ruiz,Cameron 8-4 12 2 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 3 Heard,Rod 6-3 9 4 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 0 Brown IV,E 4-3 7 - 0 - 2 4 - 1 Adebawore,A 4-2 6 1 - 0 0 - 1 3 - 1 Spivak,Joe 3-2 5 1 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 1 Newsome II, G 2-3 5 D N P D N P 2 - 3 Jackson,Bryce 2-2 4 2 - 1 0 - 1 - Saunders,Jake 2-2 4 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 DeHaan,Joe 2-1 3 2 - 1 D N P D N P Rivers,Jaylen 1-2 3 1 - 2 D N P - Leota,Eku 2-1 3 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 Butler,Jordan 0-3 3 0 - 2 - 0 - 1 Hampton,A.J. 1-1 2 1 - 1 - - Mitchell,C 1-1 2 D N P - 1 - 1 Jones,Khalid 1-1 2 1 - 1 D N P D N P Brown,Jesse 0-1 1 - 0 - 1 - Sermons,D 0-1 1 D N P D N P 0 - 1 Mcgowan,Kyric 0-1 1 - 0 - 1 - Chiaokhiao, R 1-0 1 - - 1 - 0 Azema,Coco 0-1 1 - 0 - 1 - Kuhbander,C 0-1 1 0 - 1 - - McLaughlin,S 1-0 1 1 - 0 D N P D N P Porter,Cam 1-0 1 1 - 0 D N P - Gold, Jason 1-0 1 1 - 0 D N P D N P Ramsey,Peyton 1-0 1 - - 1 - 0 Hudetz,Troy 0-1 1 0 - 1 - - Haskins,Tyler 0-1 1 0 - 1 - D N P Maldonado,G 0-1 1 0 - 1 - D N P Joseph,Jaheem 1-0 1 1 - 0 D N P D N P Mueller,Erik 1-0 1 - 1 - 0 - Blake,Wyatt 0-1 1 - 0 - 1 D N P

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TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Oct 24 MARYLAND 53 325 4 37 23 212 1 23 23-30-0 212 1 23 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 537 Oct 31 at IOWA 60 143 3 21 11 130 0 21 11-18-1 130 0 21 1 18 0 18 1 -8 0 0 273 Nov 07 NEBRASKA 38 148 1 41 16 169 2 21 16-27-2 169 2 21 1 36 0 36 2 44 0 36 317 Northwestern 151 616 8 41 50 511 3 23 50-75-3 511 3 23 2 54 0 36 4 37 0 36 1127 Opponents 86 365 2 28 68 577 1 28 68-125-8 577 1 28 10 193 0 33 5 10 0 7 942

Games: 3 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 10.2 • Pass effic: 129.10 • KR avg: 27.0 • PR avg: 9.2 • All purpose avg/game: 414.7 • Total offense avg/gm: 375.7

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Oct 24 MARYLAND 32 22 54 6.0-32 2.0-24 0 1-0 3-0 4 3 0 4-5 0 0 0 16 43 Oct 31 at IOWA 32 32 64 6.0-13 1.0-1 0 0-0 3-21 1 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 21 Nov 07 NEBRASKA 46 36 82 8.0-28 1.0-12 0 0-0 2-5 2 9 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Northwestern 110 90 200 20.0-73 4.0-37 0 1-0 8-26 7 15 0 10-11 0 0 0 23 85 Opponents 140 95 235 18.0-64 4.0-29 3 2-0 3-50 15 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 36

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Oct 24 MARYLAND 3 125 41.7 51 0 1 1 1 0 3-3 43 0 8 446 55.8 0 0 Oct 31 at IOWA 6 250 41.7 44 0 0 3 0 3 0-0 0 0 4 259 64.8 3 0 Nov 07 NEBRASKA 6 261 43.5 58 0 0 3 1 4 0-1 0 0 4 245 61.2 3 0 Northwestern 15 636 42.4 58 0 1 7 2 7 3-4 43 0 16 950 59.4 6 0 Opponents 14 596 42.6 58 0 1 6 3 4 5-7 47 0 11 633 57.5 6 0

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OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Oct 24 MARYLAND 20 64 0 24 18 143 0 20 18-29-3 143 0 20 8 149 0 30 1 5 0 5 207 Oct 31 at IOWA 23 77 1 15 26 216 1 22 26-51-3 216 1 22 1 33 0 33 2 8 0 7 293 Nov 07 NEBRASKA 43 224 1 28 24 218 0 28 24-45-2 218 0 28 1 11 0 11 2 -3 0 2 442 Opponents 86 365 2 28 68 577 1 28 68-125-8 577 1 28 10 193 0 33 5 10 0 7 942 Northwestern 151 616 8 41 50 511 3 23 50-75-3 511 3 23 2 54 0 36 4 37 0 36 1127

Games: 3 • Avg/rush: 4.2 • Avg/catch: 8.5 • Pass effic: 83.01 • KR avg: 19.3 • PR avg: 2.0 • All purpose avg/game: 398.3 • Total offense avg/gm: 314.0

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Oct 24 MARYLAND 48 37 85 5.0-8 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Oct 31 at IOWA 48 40 88 7.0-35 3.0-21 2 2-0 1-5 3 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 20 Nov 07 NEBRASKA 44 18 62 6.0-21 1.0-8 1 0-0 2-45 9 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 13 Opponents 140 95 235 18.0-64 4.0-29 3 2-0 3-50 15 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 36 Northwestern 110 90 200 20.0-73 4.0-37 0 1-0 8-26 7 15 0 10-11 0 0 0 23 85

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Oct 24 MARYLAND 5 198 39.6 47 0 0 3 0 1 1-1 33 0 2 80 40.0 0 0 Oct 31 at IOWA 4 196 49.0 58 0 0 2 2 3 2-3 47 0 5 321 64.2 4 0 Nov 07 NEBRASKA 5 202 40.4 56 0 1 1 1 0 2-3 38 0 4 232 58.0 2 0 Opponents 14 596 42.6 58 0 1 6 3 4 5-7 47 0 11 633 57.5 6 0 Northwestern 15 636 42.4 58 0 1 7 2 7 3-4 43 0 16 950 59.4 6 0

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## PLAYER GP-GS UMD IOWA NEB ## PLAYER GP-GS UMD IOWA NEB 36 Adams,Derek 3/- X X X X X X X X X 8 Mcgowan,Kyric 3/3 START START START 49 Adebawore,A 3/3 START START START 40 Mcintyre,Peter 2/- X X X X X X . .. 6 Anderson,Drake 3/1 X X X X X X START 97 McLaughlin,S 1/- X X X ...... 27 Azema,Coco 3/- X X X X X X X X X 21 Mitchell,C 2/- . .. X X X X X X 28 Bergin,Chris 3/3 START START START 35 Mueller,Erik 3/- X X X X X X X X X 58 Blake,Wyatt 2/- X X X X X X . .. 34 Mueller,Xander 1/- X X X ...... 92 Boatman,Willy 1/- X X X ...... 2 Newsome II, G 1/1 ...... START 25 Bowser,Isaiah 2/2 START START . .. 46 O'Rourke,Devin 3/- X X X X X X X X X 99 Brown IV,E 3/3 START START START 98 Olges,Duke 1/- X X X ...... 1 Brown,Jesse 3/- X X X X X X X X X 5 Pace,Jr 3/3 START START START 52 Butler,Jordan 3/1 X X X START X X X 20 Porter,Cam 2/- X X X . .. X X X 81 Chiaokhiao, R 3/3 START START START 68 Priebe,Josh 2/- X X X . .. X X X 2M Cisco,Marcus 1/- X X X ...... 0 Raine,John 3/3 START START START 45 Coleman,Cullen 2/- X X X X X X . .. 12 Ramsey,Peyton 3/3 START START START 63 D'Antonio,Dom 2/- X X X . .. X X X 31 Rivers,Jaylen 2/- X X X . .. X X X 38 DeHaan,Joe 1/- X X X ...... 18 Ruiz,Cameron 3/3 START START START 86 Dennis, Wayne 3/- X X X X X X X X X 90 Saunders,Jake 3/3 START START START 1F Finison,Trey 1/- X X X ...... 69 Schmidt,Charlie 2/- X X X . .. X X X 42 Fisher,Paddy 3/3 START START START 2S Sermons,D 1/- ...... X X X 79 Franks,Zachary 2/- X X X . .. X X X 77 Skoronski,P 3/3 START START START 51 Gallagher,Bl 3/3 START START START 48 Snodgrass,Pete 1/- X X X ...... 32 Gallagher,Br 3/- X X X X X X X X X 50 Spencer,Pj 1/- X X X ...... 5S Gerak,Sam 2/2 START . .. START 93 Spivak,Joe 3/2 X X X START START 43 Gillikin,Tyler 3/- X X X X X X X X X 66 Urban,Nik 3/3 START START START 94 Gold, Jason 1/- X X X ...... 73 Vogel,Gunnar 3/3 START START START 87 Gordon,Thomas 3/- X X X X X X X X X 14 Washington,M 3/- X X X X X X X X X 37 Gronewold,Cody 1/- X X X ...... 76 Wiederkehr,E 3/3 START START START 11 Hampton,A.J. 3/- X X X X X X X X X 71 Wrather,Ben 2/- X X X . .. X X X 29 Haskins,Tyler 2/- X X X X X X . .. 24 Heard,Rod 3/2 START START X X X 47 Hudetz,Troy 3/- X X X X X X X X X 26 Hull,Evan 3/- X X X X X X X X X 22 Jackson,Bryce 3/- X X X X X X X X X 15 Johnson,Hunter 2/- X X X X X X . .. 44 Jones,Khalid 1/- X X X ...... 16 Joseph,Brandon 3/3 START START START 2J Joseph,Jaheem 1/- X X X ...... 85 Kennedy,Jack 1/- X X X ...... 96 Kent,Trevor 1/1 START ...... 17 Kirtz,Bryce 3/- X X X X X X X X X 1K Kuhbander,C 3/- X X X X X X X X X 88 Lang,Marshall 1/- X X X ...... 19 Lees,Riley 3/3 START START START 55 Leota,Eku 3/- X X X X X X X X X 9 Maldonado,G 2/- X X X X X X . .. 89 Mangieri,C 3/- X X X X X X X X X 7 Marty,Andrew 2/- X X X X X X . ..

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