SEPT. 2 - NEVADA GAME 2:30 pm - BTN NEVADA vs. Sept. 2, 2017 • 2:30 p.m. • BTN SEPT. 9 - at DUKE 1 Evanston, Ill. • Ryan Field 11 am - ESPNU NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS GAMEDAY INFORMATION NEVADA WOLF PACK SEPT. 16 - BGSU 2016 Record 7-6, 5-4 Big Ten Site Ryan Field (47,330) 2016 Record 5-7, 3-5 Mountain West Rankings RV (AP/Coaches) TV Big Ten Network Rankings n/a 6:30 pm - BTN Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald Brandon Gaudin, Chuck Long, Michell McMahon Head Coach Jay Norvell Record at NU (Yrs.) 77-62 (12th) Radio WGN 720 Record at NU (Yrs.) 0-0 (1st) Home Record 42-32 (.568) Dave Eanet, Ted Albrecht Away Record n/a SEPT. 30 - at WISCONSIN Non-Conf. Record 36-15 (.706) Live Stats NUSports.com Non-Conf. Record n/a TBD - TV: TBD vs. Nevada 1-0 Twitter @NUFBFamily vs. Northwestern n/a Offensive Coordinator Mick McCall Series Record 1-1 Offensive Coordinator Matt Mumme Defensive Coordinator Mike Hankwitz Last Meeting NU 36, Nevada 31 (9/8/07) Defensive Coordinator Jeff Casteel OCT. 7 - PENN STATE 11 am - TV: TBD OPENING DRIVE
KICKING THINGS OFF FITZGERALD SEASON OPENERS OCT. 14 - at MARYLAND Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald begins his 12th season at the TBD - TV: TBD helm when the Wildcats take on Nevada on Saturday, September 2, at Ryan Field. Fitzgerald is 9-2 YEAR OPPONENT / RESULT in seasons openers during his tenure and has posted an impressive 20-7 record in the month of 2006 Miami (Ohio) / W, 21-3 September over the last five years. 2007 Northeastern / W, 27-0 JUSTIN JACKSON CHASING HISTORY 2008 Syracuse / W, 30-10 Senior running back Justin Jackson enters the 2017 campaign on the verge of becoming 2009 Towson / W, 47-14 Northwestern's all-time leading rusher. Jackson became the first player in program history to rush for 1,000-plus yards in three-straight seasons with his career-high 1,524 yards last season, capping 2010 Vanderbilt / W, 23-21 his junior year with a career-high 224 yards and three touchdowns to earn Most Valuable Player 2011 Boston College / W, 24-17 honors in the Wildcats' 31-24 win over No. 23 Pittsburgh in the 2016 New Era Pinstripe Bowl. 2012 Syracuse / W, 42-41 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Jackson ranks second in program history with 4,129 career rushing yards, just 356 yards shy of 2013 California / W, 44-30 OCT 21 - IOWA Damien Anderson's record of 4,485 yards. The nation's second-active leading rusher, Jackson needs 2014 California / L, 31-24 TBD - TV: TBD 816 yards to crack the NCAA's top 25 list and already ranks 17th in Big Ten history. A complete list of Big Ten and NCAA leaders is available on page 3. 2015 #21 Stanford / W, 16-6 2016 Western Michigan / L, 22-21 #HOMEGROWN BACKFIELD OCT. 28 - MICHIGAN ST. Joining Jackson in the backfield for the third-straight season is #HOMEGROWN talent Clayton Thorson. The junior quarterback enters TBD - TV: TBD his third season as the Wildcats' signal caller with a 17-8 record behind center and has already cemented his name in the NU record books with a program-record 22 touchdown passes last season. Thorson needs just 15 touchdown passes to tie Brett Basanez's and Len Williams' program record for passing scores. NOV. 4 - at NEBRASKA FITZGERALD ANNOUNCES 2017 TEAM CAPTAINS TBD - TV: TBD Jackson, Thorson, senior Godwin Igwebuike and senior Tyler Lancaster were announced as the team's captains for the 2017 season at the Wildcats annual Meet the Team Night at Ryan Field on August 25. The four have combined to make 114 career starts for the Wildcats, leading Chicago's Big Ten Team to back-to-back bowl games and just the third bowl victory in program history with the team's NOV. 11 - PURDUE win over Pitt last season. TBD - TV: TBD
NOV. 18 - MINNESOTA Rushing Passing Total Scoring Rushing Total Turnover Penalty Yards/GM Yards/GM Offense Offense Defense Defense Margin Yards/GM TBD - TV: TBD 153.2 245.1 398.2 26.0 139.2 404.4 +0.69 29.9
174.0 208.2 382.2 25.4 297.6 456.0 +0.33 40.17 Rushing Passing Total Scoring Rushing Total Turnover Penalty NOV. 25 - at ILLINOIS Yards/GM Yards/GM Offense Offense Defense Defense Margin Yards/GM TBD - TV: TBD 2016 statistics
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 1 GAME NOTES WILDCATS COACHING STAFF
CAPTAIN OF THE #SKYTEAM ON THE FIELD Senior Godwin Igwebuike will lead an experienced group of defensive backs this season and was honored as an Associated Press All-America Preseason Second-Team selection. Igwebuike was also named to the Thorpe Award Head Coach...... Pat Fitzgerald Watch List, given annually to the nation's top defensive back. The Pickerington, Ohio, native is ranked second Defensive Coordinator...... Mike Hankwitz among active FBS defensive backs with 163 career solo tackles after making a career-high 78 solo stops (108 total) in 2016. Offensive Line...... Adam Cushing Defensive Line...... Marty Long A WELCOMED RETURN Senior cornerback Keith Watkins II will return to the starting lineup Saturday afternoon after missing all of his Running Backs...... Matt MacPherson 2016 season due to injury. Watkins started just two games as a sophomore in 2015, but finished tied for second Wide Receivers...... Dennis Springer among cornerbacks with 41 tackles. Graduate Assistant...... Erik Frazier RULERS OF THE SKY Graduate Assistant...... Tim Brandon Senior safety Kyle Queiro and junior cornerback Montre Hartage will round out the starting secondary for Assistant Graduate Assistant...... Deonte Gibson Head Coach and defensive backs coach Jerry Brown. Queiro made a career-high 53 tackles and intercepted a pair of passes as a junior, including the game-sealing pick in the Pinstripe Bowl. Hartage was pushed into a starting Graduate Assistant...... Kevin Koch role last season when Watkins went down to injury and went on to make 60 tackles and lead the team with five interceptions. His five interceptions are the most of any returning defensive back in the Big Ten.
NATE HALL Y'ALL IN THE PRESS BOX With the departure of fourth-round draft pick Anthony Walker, Jr., to the Indianapolis Colts, junior linebacker Nate Hall will look to lead the linebacker corps as the most experienced of the bunch. Hall quietly made a career-high Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks...... Mick McCall 73 tackles last season, posting six tackles for loss in the process. He started eight games at the Sam linebacker Assistant Head Coach/DBs...... Jerry Brown position last season, making at least five tackles in nine games, including a season-high eight at Minnesota and versus Illinois. Linebackers...... Randy Bates Superbacks...... Bob Heffner
DEPTH CHART VS. NEVADA SPECIALISTS FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Kicker LT 65 Jared Thomas 6-4, 285, So. LT 72 Blake Hance 6-6, 300, Jr. 14 Charlie Kuhbander 5-11, 194, Fr. LG 72 Blake Hance 6-6, 300, Jr. LG 59 J.B. Butler 6-3, 305, Jr. 34 Makay Redd 6-1, 252, Gr. C 69 Brad North 6-2, 290, Sr. C 66 Nik Urban 6-3, 300, R-Fr. RG 71 Tommy Doles 6-4, 292, Jr. RG 59 J.B. Butler 6-3, 305, Jr. Punter RT 73 Gunnar Vogel 6-6, 285, R-Fr. RT 70 Rashawn Slater 6-3, 289, Fr. 96 Hunter Niswander 6-5, 235, Sr. 17 Daniel Kubiuk 6-1, 210, Jr. WR 15 Macan Wilson 6-0, 185, Sr. WR 17 Jalen Brown 6-1, 198, Jr. WR 2 Flynn Nagel 5-11, 194, Jr. WR 6 Jelani Roberts 5-8, 172, Jr. Long Snapper WR 88 Bennett Skowronek 6-4, 218, So. WR 5 Charlie Fessler 6-3, 210, So. 43 Tyler Gillikin 6-2, 220, R-Fr. QB 18 Clayton Thorson 6-4, 220, Jr. QB 7 Matt Alviti 6-0, 204, Sr. 58 Trevor Stroebel 6-4, 233, Gr. RB 21 Justin Jackson 5-11, 200, Sr. RB 20 John Moten IV 6-0, 203, So. SB 9 Garrett Dickerson 6-3, 248, Sr. SB 84 Cameron Green 6-3, 230, So. Kick Returner 6 Jelani Roberts 5-8, 172, Jr. FIRST TEAM DEFENSE SECOND TEAM DEFENSE 20 John Moten IV 6-0, 203, So. DE 97 Joe Gaziano 6-4, 280, So. DE 54 Trent Goens 6-3, 254, So. DT 99 Jordan Thompson 6-3, 290, Jr. DT 91 Samdup Miller 6-3, 261, Fr. Punt Returner DT 1 Tyler Lancaster 6-3, 315, Sr. DT 95 Alex Miller 6-3, 280, So. 2 Flynn Nagel 5-11, 194, Jr. DE 92 Fred Wyatt 6-4, 290, Jr. DE 55 Mark Gooden 6-1, 251, R-Fr. 19 Riley Lees 6-0, 193, R-Fr. Will 10 Brett Walsh 6-1, 220, Sr. Will 51 Blake Gallagher 6-1, 221, Fr. Mike 42 Paddy Fisher 6-4, 245, R-Fr. Mike 45 Nathan Fox 6-2, 230, So. Holder Sam 32 Nate Hall 6-2, 230, Jr. Sam 13 Warren Long 6-0, 218, Sr. 96 Hunter Niswander 6-5, 235, Sr. CB 24 Montre Hartage 6-0, 195, Jr. CB 7 Marcus McShepard 5-11, 200, Sr. Kickoff Specialist CB 3 Keith Watkins II 5-11, 196, Sr. CB 26 Brian Bullock 5-11, 193, R-Fr. 31 Luke Otto 5-10, 200, Gr. S 16 Godwin Igwebuike 6-0, 212, Sr. S 33 Travis Whillock 6-1, 205, R-Fr. 38 Drew Luckenbaugh 6-1, 206, R-Fr. S 21 Kyle Queiro 6-3, 220, Sr. S 41 Jared McGee 6-1, 220, Jr.
2 2017 Northwestern Football Notes GAME NOTES JUSTIN JACKSON WATCH
MOTOR ALONG MOTEN Big Ten Rushing Leaders (All-Time) Sophomore running back John Moten IV returns after a breakout redshirt freshman season in 2016 that saw 1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 6,397 him rush for 340 yards on 53 carries, twice earning Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors. Moten was key for the 2. Archie Griffin, Ohio State 5,589 Wildcats down the stretch, rushing for a combined 247 yards on 30 carries in wins over Purdue and Illinois. 3. Anthony Thompson, Indiana 5,299 4. Montee Ball, Wisconsin 5,140 THE NEXT AUSTIN CARR? IT WASN'T ALL AUSTIN CARR 5. Mike Hart, Michigan 5,040 After setting program records with 1,247 receiving 6. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin 4,915 yards and 12 touchdowns, Austin Carr's graduation PRIOR TO 2016 2016 7. Lorenzo White, Michigan State 4,887 and signing with the New England Patriots left a SB, Garrett Dickerson 24 G, 16 rec., 168 yds, 0 TD 12 G, 34 rec., 318 yds, 5 TD 8. Anthony Davis, Wisconsin 4,676 void to fill in the Wildcats' passing game. Fortunately 9. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska 4,588 WR, Macan Wilson 13 G, 0 rec., 0 yds, 0 TD 13 G, 22 rec., 306 yds, 1 TD for Clayton Thorson, senior superback Garrett 10. Darrell Thompson, Minnesota 4,518 Dickerson, senior wide receiver Macan Wilson and WR, Flynn Nagel 4 G, 4 rec., 47 yds, 0 TD 13 G, 40 rec., 447 yds, 2 TD 11. Denard Robinson, Michigan 4,495 junior wide receiver Flynn Nagel all return after TOTAL 41 G, 20 rec., 215 yds, 0 TD 106 rec., 1,071 yds, 8 TD 12. Damien Anderson, Northwestern 4,485 posting career-best numbers in 2016. Dickerson 13. Javon Ringer, Michigan State 4,398 earned Honorable Mention All-Big Ten honors after making 34 catches for 318 yards and ranking second among 14. Jamie Morris, Michigan 4,392 league tight ends with five touchdown receptions. Nagel finished second on the team behind Carr with 40 15. Tico Duckett, Michigan State 4,212 receptions for 447 yards and two scores, and Wilson led all players with a 13.9 yard-per-catch average. 16. Tyrone Wheatley, Michigan 4,178 17. Justin Jackson, Northwestern 4,129 MORE ON THE BALL CARRIER Senior running back Justin Jackson was named to watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Doak Walker, Walter Camp NCAA Rushing Leaders (Top 25) and the Wuerrfel Trophy. He was also named a nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team. With 1,000 yards rushing 1. Donnell Pumphrey, San Diego St. 6,405 in his senior season, Justin Jackson would join Wisconsin's Ron Dayne (1996-99) as the only players in Big Ten 2. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 6,397 history to rush for 1,000-plus yards in all four seasons. 3. Ricky Williams, Texas 6,279 4. Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh 6,082 HE GOES, WE GO 5. DeAngelo Williams, Memphis 6,026 Justin Jackson has rushed for 100-plus yards 20 times JUSTIN JACKSON: WILDCATS WINS & LOSSES 6. Charles White, USC 5,598 during his career with the Wildcats posting a 16-4 mark WINS (22) LOSSES (16) 7. Travis Prentice, Miami (Ohio) 5,596 when he hits the century mark on the ground. In fact, 8. Cedric Benson, Texas 5,540 Rushing Attempts 592 / 26.9 per game 263 / 16.4 per game Jackson's success on the ground has truly been the driving 9. Damion Fletcher, Southern Miss 5,302 force behind Wildcats' victories the last three years. In the Rushing Yards 2,960 / 134.5 per game 1,169 / 73.1 per game 10. LaDainian Tomlinson, TCU 5,263 22 wins during his career, Jackson has averaged 26.9 carries Yards Per Carry 5.0 4.4 11. Herschel Walker, Georgia 5,259 and 134.5 rushing yards per game, while averaging just 12. Archie Griffin, Ohio State 5,177 16.4 carries and 73.1 rushing yards per game in 16 losses. Touchdowns 18 12 13. Avon Cobourne, West Virginia 5,164 Garrett Wolfe, Northern Illinois 5,164 15. Montee Ball, Wisconsin 5,140 16. Marcus Cox, Appalachian St. 5,103 17. LaMichael James, Oregon 5,082 18. Mike Hart, Michigan 5,040 EYES ON THE RECORD BOOK 19. Darren Lewis, Texas A&M 5,012 20. Darren Sproles, Kansas State 4,979 Total Offense (Career) Touchdown Passes (Career) All-Purpose Yards (Career) 21. DonTrell Moore, New Mexico 4,973 1. Brett Basanez 2002-05 11,576 1. Brett Basanez 2002-05 44 1. Damien Anderson 1998-01 5,271 22. Anthony Thompson, Indiana 4,965 2. Len Williams 1990-93 8,029 Len Williams 1990-93 44 2. Tyrell Sutton 2005-08 5,138 23. George Rogers, South Carolina 4,958 3. C.J. Bachér 2005-08 7,571 3. C.J. Bachér 2005-08 43 3. Justin Jackson 2014- 4,711 24. Trevor Cobb, Rice 4,948 4. Zak Kustok 1999-01 6,707 4. Zak Kustok 1999-01 42 25. Kareem Hunt, Toledo 4,945 5. Mike Greenfield 1984-87 6,707 5. Dan Persa 2008-11 34 Most Plays (Career) 6. Trevor Siemian 2011-14 5,908 6. Steve Schnur 1993-96 32 1. Damien Anderson 1998-01 1,022 Active FBS Leaders (Top 5) 7. Dan Persa 2008-11 5,897 7. Clayton Thorson 2015- 29 2. Justin Jackson 2014- 933 8. Steve Schnur 1993-96 5,542 1. Royce Freeman, Oregon Sr. 4,146 9. Sandy Schwab 1982-85 5,401 Rushing Yards (Career) Total Touchdowns Scored (Career) 2. Justin Jackson, Northwestern Sr. 4,129 10. Clayton Thorson 2015- 5,199 1. Damien Anderson 1998-01 4,485 1. Damien Anderson 1998-01 38 3. Jarvion Franklin, Western Michigan Sr. 3,639 2. Justin Jackson 2014- 4,129 2. Tyrell Sutton 2005-08 37 4. Larry Rose III, New Mexico St. Sr. 3,618 Passing Yards (Career) 3. Darnell Autry 1994-96 37 5. Nick Chubb, Georgia Sr. 3,424 1. Brett Basanez 2002-05 10,580 Rushing Attempts (Career) 4. Jason Wright 2000-03 35 6. Ralph Webb, Vanderbilt Sr. 3,342 2. Len Williams 1990-93 7,487 1. Damien Anderson 1998-01 953 5. Kain Colter 2010-13 32 7. Ray Lawry, Old Dominion Sr. 3,338 3. C.J. Bachér 2005-08 7,319 2. Justin Jackson 2014- 855 6. Justin Jackson 2014- 31 8. James Butler, Iowa Sr. 3,313 4. Trevor Siemian 2011-14 5,931 9. Ito Smith, Southern Miss Sr. 3,123 5. Zak Kustok 1999-01 5,822 Rushing Touchdowns (Career) 10. Myles Gaskin, Washington Jr. 2,675 6. Mike Greenfield 1984-87 5,803 1. Damien Anderson 1998-01 38 11. Quinton Flowers, South Florida Sr. 2,594 7. Sandy Schwab 1982-85 5,679 2. Darnell Autry 1994-95 35 12. Saquon Barkley, Penn State Jr. 2,572 8. Steve Schnur 1993-96 5,612 3. Jason Wright 2000-03 32 13. Lamar Jackson, Louisville Jr. 2,531 9. Dan Persa 2008-11 5,181 4. Tyrell Sutton 2005-08 31 14. J.T. Barrett, Ohio State Sr. 2,465 10. Clayton Thorson 2015- 4,704 5. Justin Jackson 2014- 30 15. Nick Wilson, Arizona Sr. 2,424 Pass Completions (Career) Rushing Touchdowns by a Quarterback 16. Sony Michel, Georgia Sr. 2,411 1. Brett Basanez 2002-05 913 (Career) 17. D'Angelo Brewer, Tulsa Sr. 2,400 2. C.J. Bachér 2005-08 664 1. Kain Colter 2010-13 28 18. Jordan Chunn, Troy Sr. 2,346 3. Len Williams 1990-93 644 2. Zak Kustok 1999-01 22 19. Phillip Lindsay, Colorado Sr. 2,296 4. Trevor Siemian 2011-14 550 3. Brett Basanez 2002-05 18 20. Alex Gardner, FIU Sr. 2,272 5. Sandy Schwab 1982-85 533 4. Mike Greenfield 1984-87 14 21. Terry Swanson, Toledo Sr. 2,238 6. Zak Kustok 1999-01 507 5. Mike Kafka 2006-09 11 22. Xavier Johnson, South Alabama Sr. 2,225 7. Mike Greenfield 1984-87 497 Len Williams 1990-93 11 23. Demario Richard, Arizona State Sr. 2,169 8. Dan Persa 2008-11 460 7. Clayton Thorson 2015- 10 24. Lamar Jordan, New Mexico Sr. 2,158 9. Steve Schnur 1993-96 443 25. Jalin Moore, Appalachian State Jr. 2,133 10. Clayton Thorson 2015- 430
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 3 GAME NOTES NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL
KICKING COMPETITION NOTABLE FRESHMAN KICKING RECORDS QUICK FACTS After the Wildcats attempted the third fewest field Location ...... Evanston, Ill. goals among FBS programs last season, they will turn to Most Fields Goals Made in a Game 2 Ira Adler (3x) & Nick Mirkopulos Enrollment ...... 8,367 true freshman Charlie Kuhbander in the opener versus Longest Field Goal 54 Nick Mirkopulos vs. Arizona, 1975 Founded ...... 1851 Nevada. Kuhbander won an open kicking competition Conference ...... Big Ten (West) Most Points Scored in a Season 48 Ira Adler, 1987 during training camp after coming in as the third- Colors ...... Purple ranked kicker in the nation for 2017 by Kohl's Kicking Most Field Goals Made in a Season 11 Ira Adler, 1987 Nickname ...... Wildcats and No. 5 kicker in the nation by both 24/7 and Scout. President ...... Morton Schapiro The Springboro, Ohio, native could become the first NU freshman kicker to attempt an extra point or field goal in Athletic Director ...... James J. Phillips, Ph.D. a season opener since Slade Larscheid versus Kansas on August 30, 2003. FOOTBALL HISTORY ONE LAST GO AROUND First Season ...... 1882 After stepping into a starting role midway through last season, senior linebacker Brett Walsh will look to build All-Time Record ...... 525-658-44 (134 seasons) upon his strong finish as he embarks on his final season for Chicago's Big Ten Team. Walsh made just two tackles Big Ten Championships ...... 8 in the first seven games last season, but stepped up when called upon by racking up 35 tackles over the final First Team All-Americans ...... 13 six games. Walsh made a career-high nine tackles in a win at Purdue and picked up eight tackles apiece versus First Team All-Conference ...... 138 Wisconsin and Minnesota. Bowl Appearances ...... 11 Bowl Victories ...... 3 DEGREE IN HAND MOST STUDENT-ATHLETES WITH UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame released a list COACHING STAFF of 952 student-athletes who have already earned their undergraduate degrees Northwestern 18 Head Coach ...... Pat Fitzgerald and will be playing college football this fall while pursuing second diplomas, Coastal Carolina / East Carolina 14 Alma Mater ...... Northwestern, 1997 and the Northwestern Football program led the way with 18 members. Collegiate Career Record (Years) ...... 77-62 (12th) CIncinnati / Toledo 13 Northwestern Record (Years) ...... Same BACK TO RETURN TCU / Alabama/ UCF/ Oregon 12 Offensive Coordinator...... Mick McCall Senior wide receiver and kick return specialist Solomon Vault will miss the Alma Mater ...... Southern Colorado Kansas State / Maryland / USF 11 entire 2017 season due to offseason surgery and is expected to return to the Defensive Coordinator ...... Mike Hankwitz Wildcats in 2018. The ’Cats will have to replace a two-time All-Big Ten selection Alma Mater ...... Michigan that holds the NU single-season kick return touchdown record (2) and career kick return touchdown record (4). Junior wide receiver Jelani Roberts (1 career return for 19 yards) and sophomore running back John Moten IV (0 TEAM INFORMATION career returns) are expected to get the first opportunity to step into the role. 2016 Overall Record ...... 7-6 2016 Big Ten Record/Finish ...... 5-4/Fourth (West) IN THE TRENCHES 2016 Bowl ...... New Era Pinstripe Bowl Northwestern returns three starters on the offensive line, including 2017 Rimington Trophy Watch List selection Bowl Result ...... Northwestern 31, No. 23 Pittsburgh 24 senior Brad North. The Rimington Trophy is given annually to the nation's top center. Junior guard Tommy Doles also returns after starting all 13 games last season. Junior Blake Hance, who has started 22 consecutive games at ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS left tackle, is listed as the starting left guard on the depth chart for week one versus Nevada. Assistant Athletic Director...... Paul Kennedy Email...... [email protected] FITZGERALD INKS LONG-TERM CONTRACT EXTENSION Phone...... 847-467-2028 Northwestern University Vice President for Athletics & Recreation Jim Phillips announced on April 25 the signing Assistant Director...... Kyle Kelley of Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald to a contract extension through the 2026 Email...... [email protected] football season. Phone...... 847-491-8800 Twitter...... @NUFBFamily NORTHWESTERN (2016) NEVADA (2016) Instagram...... @nufbfamily Facebook...... Facebook.com/nufootball Rank B1G Value Rank MWC Value Live Stats...... NUSports.com Real-Time Game Notes...... bit.ly/NUFB17Notes Total Offense 73 5 398.2 Total Offense 88 9 382.2 Rushing Offense 91 10 153.2 Rushing Offense 64 8 174.0 2016 FINAL BIG TEN STANDINGS Passing Offense 53 4 245.1 Passing Offense 92 7 208.2 Team Passing Efficiency 81 7 125.10 Team Passing Efficiency 71 8 129.56 WEST DIVISION Scoring Offense 87 7 26.0 Scoring Offense 91 9 25.4 SCHOOL OVERALL BIG TEN STREAK Total Defense 60 10 404.4 Total Defense 107 11 456.0 %Wisconsin 11-3 7-2 W1 Rushing Defense 30 5 139.2 Rushing Defense 128 12 297.6 Iowa 6-3 8-5 L1 Passing Yards Allowed 109 14 265.2 Passing Yards Allowed 4 1 158.4 Nebraska 6-3 9-4 L2 Team Passing Efficiency Defense 31 8 121.68 Team Passing Efficiency Defense 89 7 138.04 Minnesota 5-4 9-4 W1 Scoring Defense 24 6 22.2 Scoring Defense 71 4 29.0 Northwestern 5-4 7-6 W2 Turnover Margin 14 3 0.69 Turnover Margin 36 3 0.33 Illinois 3-9 2-7 L3 3rd Down Conversion Pct. 75 7 .395 3rd Down Conversion Pct. 9 2 .488 Purdue 3-9 1-8 L7 4th Down Conversion Pct. 61 5 .500 4th Down Conversion Pct. 19 2 .615 3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense 33 6 .365 3rd Down Conversion Pct. Defense 124 12 .491 EAST DIVISION 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense 75 10 .538 4th Down Conversion Pct. Defense 111 10 .636 SCHOOL OVERALL BIG TEN STREAK Red Zone Offense 123 12 .738 Red Zone Offense 58 8 .851 %#Penn State 11-3 8-1 L1 Red Zone Defense 9 4 .732 Red Zone Defense 87 7 .872 Ohio State 11-2 8-1 L1 Net Punting 107 10 35.18 Net Punting 43 6 38.49 Michigan 10-3 7-2 L2 Punt Returns 88 10 6.60 Punt Returns 17 1 11.22 Indiana 6-7 4-5 L1 Kickoff Returns 26 4 23.14 Kickoff Returns 74 8 20.39 Maryland 6-7 3-6 L1 First Downs Offense 55 5 281 First Downs Offense 71 8 262 Michigan State 3-9 1-8 L2 First Downs Defense 90 13 280 First Downs Defense 63 7 265 Rutgers 2-10 0-9 L9 Fewest Penalties Per Game 4 2 3.62 Fewest Penalties Per Game 8 2 4.33 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 3 1 29.92 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 12 3 40.17 % Division Champion | # Big Ten Champion Time of Possession 120 13 26:27 Time of Possession 75 8 29:17
4 2017 Northwestern Football Notes MEDIA INFORMATION
No Weekly B1G Teleconference Post Practice No No Availability News Conference Pat Fitzgerald 12:00 p.m. CT Availability Availability 12:00 p.m., CT 11:56 a.m., CT Hutcheson Field Nicolet Football Coaches & Players 5 p.m. CT Postgame Center by request Injury Report Presser Pat Fitzgerald Jackson, Thorson, Igwebuike & Lancaster
WEEKLY MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE GAME CREDENTIALS Coach Fitzgerald will hold a media briefing at 12:00 p.m. CT each Monday For any media wishing to obtain a credential for any home game, please apply in the Nicolet Football Center. Fitzgerald will make comments and answer at www.sportssystems.com/northwestern. questions until approximately 12:30 p.m. Selected players will be on hand to meet with the press at approximately 12:35 p.m., class schedules permitting. POSTGAME PROCEDURE The entire news conference is available on NUsports.com (All-Access video Following a cooling off period, head coach Pat Fitzgerald and select players will site for a fee). meet with the media in the Nicolet Football Center, which is located adjacent to Ryan Field on the north side. Requests for student-athletes should be made BIG TEN WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE to a Northwestern Athletic Communications contact at least five minutes prior Coach Fitzgerald takes part in the Big Ten Conference’s Coaches to the end of the contest. Teleconference each Tuesday throughout the regular season. All 14 head coaches are available to answer questions for eight minutes. Fitzgerald’s segment begins at 11:56 a.m. CT. Media members wishing to participate NORTHWESTERN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS should call or email the Big Ten office (847-696-1010) for the call-in phone Contact: Paul Kennedy, Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Communications number. Playback of the teleconference is available for 24 hours following Phone: Office - (847) 467-2028 | Cell - (313) 497-5990 the completion of the original format. Email: [email protected] Contact: Kyle Kelley, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications COACH/PLAYER AVAILABILITY Phone: Office - (847) 491-8800 | Cell: (989) 400-1705 Email: [email protected] Coach Fitzgerald and student-athletes who did not participate in the Monday press conference are available after morning practice on Wednesday of the Nevada week. No player interviews will be granted on Sunday, Thursday or Northwestern Athletic Communications Friday. Depending on his schedule, Coach Fitzgerald may also be available Mailing Address during the late-afternoon hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please call in advance to set up an interview. 1501 Central St. Evanston, IL 60208 WILDCATS ONLINE The official web site of Northwestern Athletics is NUsports.com. Updated daily, the site includes releases and game notes as well as other football- related items: up-to-date roster, schedule, game times, etc. You may also follow Northwestern football on Twitter at these accounts: @NU_Sports, @NU_SportsLIVE, @NUFBFamily or @coachfitz51.
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 5 DAN AND SUSAN JONES FAMILY HEAD FOOTBALL COACH PAT FITZGERALD
Year Overall .PCT Big Ten .PCT Postseason Already the second-longest tenured Big Ten head coach at the age of 42, Pat Fitzgerald's 11 seasons at the helm of Northwestern have been spent building upon the tradition he helped establish as a Hall-of- 2006 4-8 .333 2-6 .250 - Fame linebacker for the Wildcats in the mid-1990's. Characterized by his motivational skills, enthusiasm 2007 6-6 .500 3-5 .375 - and passion for all things Northwestern, Fitzgerald has shaped Chicago's Big Ten Team into one that 2008 9-4 .692 5-3 .625 Valero Alamo Bowl consistently achieves excellence in all three phases of the student-athlete experience: academics, 2009 8-5 .615 5-3 .625 Outback Bowl athletics and community outreach. 2010 7-6 .538 3-5 .375 TicketCity Bowl 2011 6-7 .667 3-5 .375 Meineke Car Care Bowl Taking over as head coach in 2006 after the sudden passing of his friend and mentor, Randy Walker, 2012 10-3 .769 5-3 .625 TaxSlayer.Com Gator Bowl Champions Fitzgerald provided leadership and stability in a trying time and has continued Walker's legacy of 2013 5-7 .416 1-7 .125 - producing winning football teams while preparing young men for long-term success in life. 2014 5-7 .416 3-5 .375 - 2015 10-3 .769 6-2 .750 Outback Bowl Fitzgerald has led the Wildcats to seven bowl appearances in his 11 seasons and has guided the ’Cats to 2016 7-6 .538 5-4 .556 Pinstripe Bowl Champions two of their three bowl wins in program history. Most recently, Chicago's Big Ten Team defeated No. 23 2017 0-0 - - - Pittsburgh in the 2016 New Era Pinstripe Bowl in Yankee Stadium, 31-24. After a slow 1-3 start to the Total 77-62 .554 41-48 .461 7 Bowl Games season, the Wildcats won six of their last nine games to finish the 2016 season with a winning record of 7-6 for the sixth time under Fitzgerald. Year School Position 2006- Northwestern Head Coach The fifth-year seniors of the 2016 class became the first group in program history to earn a pair of bowl 2004-05 Northwestern Linebackers/Recruiting Coordinator victories with their wins in the Pinstripe Bowl and TaxSlayer Bowl in 2013. 2002-03 Northwestern Linebackers 2001 Northwestern Defensive Backs Away from the gridiron, Fitzgerald's players have achieved at the highest levels in the classroom, last 2000 Idaho Linebackers/Special Teams fall placing a record 39 players on the Academic All-Big Ten team en route to posting a program-record 1999 Colorado Defensive Graduate Assistant 3.14 GPA for the 2016-17 academic year. In 2012, Northwestern collected top national honors in the 1998 Maryland Defensive Graduate Assistant AFCA Academic Achievement Award for the seventh time since 1998. Additionally, Fitzgerald's program ranked second among all FBS programs in the recently released multi-year Academic Progress Rating (APR), posting a score of 992 out of a possible 1,000 in the measure of player retention and eligibility.
Beginning in January 2018, Fitzgerald will begin a three-year term as a member of the National Football Foundation's Board of Directors.
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 in the penultimate regular-season game.
Fitzgerald recovered from that injury and in 1996 he again led the Wildcats to a share of the Big Ten title. He repeated as recipient of the Nagurski and Bednarik Awards, becoming the first two-time winner • 2008 College Football Hall of Fame Class • 1995 Sports Illustrated Defensive Player of both honors and laying the groundwork for his selection in 2008 to the College Football Hall of • 1995 & 1996 Bednarik Award Winner of the Year Fame. A two-time first-team All-American, Fitzgerald started 23 career games and totaled 299 tackles, • 1995 & 1996 Nagurski Award Winner • Two-Time All-American including 20 for loss. He also forced five fumbles and intercepted three passes. • First two-time winner of both the • 23 career starts Bednarik and Nagurski Awards • 299 career tackles A graduate of Orland Park's (Ill.) Carl Sandburg High School and a 2003 inductee to the Northwestern • 1995 & 1996 Big Ten Champion • 20 career tackles for loss Athletics Hall of Fame, Fitzgerald resides in Northfield with his wife, Stacy, and three sons, Jack, born in • 1995 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year • 5 forced fumbles • 3 interceptions November 2004, Ryan, born in September 2006, and Brendan, born in February 2009.
6 2017 Northwestern Football Notes NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS ROSTER
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School / Last School No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown / High School 1 Tyler Lancaster DL 6-4 315 Sr. Romeoville, Ill. / Plainfield East 58 Trevor Stroebel LS 6-4 233 Gr. Saukville, Wis. / Cedarburg / Ga. Tech 2 Flynn Nagel WR 5-11 194 Jr. Lemont, Ill. / Lemont 59 J.B. Butler OL 6-3 305 Jr. Plainfield, Ill. / Joliet Catholic 3 Keith Watkins II CB 5-11 196 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Moeller 61 Jason Goosen OL 6-7 302 R-Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. / Tallwood 4 JR Pace DB 6-1 193 Fr. College Park, Ga. / Woodward Academy 64 Andrew Otterman OL 6-4 304 So. Morristown, N.J. / Delbarton 4 Solomon Vault WR 5-10 192 Sr. Gaithersburg, Md. / Gaithersburg 65 Jared Thomas OL 6-4 285 So. Indianapolis, Ind. / Cathedral 5 Charlie Fessler WR 6-3 210 So. Erie, Pa. / Cathedral Prep 66 Nik Urban OL 6-3 300 R-Fr. Willoughby, Ohio / Willoughby South 6 Jelani Roberts WR 5-8 172 Jr. Owings Mills, Md. / The Gilman School 69 Brad North OL 6-2 290 Sr. Allen, Texas / Allen 7 Matt Alviti QB 6-0 204 Sr. Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South 70 Rashawn Slater OL 6-3 289 Fr. Sugar Land, Texas / Clements 7 Marcus McShepard DB 5-11 200 Sr. University Heights, Ohio / Cleveland Heights 71 Tommy Doles OL 6-4 292 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. / Grand Rapids Christian 8 Auston Anderson RB 5-9 198 Jr. Plano, Texas / Plano West 72 Blake Hance OL 6-5 300 Jr. Jacksonville, Ill. / Jacksonville 9 Garrett Dickerson SB 6-3 248 Sr. Englewood, N.J. / Bergen Catholic 73 Gunnar Vogel OL 6-6 285 R-Fr. Columbus, Ohio / Westerville South 10 TJ Green QB 6-2 202 So. Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst 74 Graham Bullmore OL 6-7 298 Sr. Kenosha, Wis. / Bradford 10 Brett Walsh LB 6-1 220 Sr. Monrovia, Calif. / Monrovia 75 Ben Oxley DL 6-6 286 Jr. Avon Lake, Ohio / Avon Lake 11 Aidan Smith QB 6-2 205 R-Fr. Fort Wayne, Ind. / Carroll 76 Ethan Wiederkehr OL 6-5 273 Fr. Wading River, N.Y. / Shoreham-Wading River 11 Parrker Westphal DB 6-1 205 Jr. Bolingbrook, Ill. / Bolingbrook 77 Jesse Meyler OL 6-4 306 R-Fr. Toronto, Ontario / Episcopal (Va.) 12 Alonzo Mayo DB 5-11 188 So. Baltimore, Md. / The Gilman School 78 Adam Lemke-Bell OL 6-5 288 So. Oak Park, Ill. / Oak Park-River Forest 13 Warren Long LB 6-0 218 Sr. Union City, Calif. / James Logan 80 Trey Pugh SB 6-4 236 Fr. Plain City, Ohio / Jonathan Adler 13 Andrew Marty QB 6-3 218 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Wyoming 81 Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman WR 6-2 199 R-Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. / Breck 14 Charlie Kuhbander K/P 6-0 189 Fr. Springboro, Ohio / Springboro 82 Jace James WR 6-0 194 Fr. Carol Stream, Ill. / Glenbard North 14 Lloyd Yates WR 6-2 215 So. Oak Park, Ill. / Oak Park-River Forest 82 Alex Oelsner SB 6-4 233 Fr. Niwot, Colo. / Niwot 15 Macan Wilson WR 6-0 185 Sr. Houston, Texas / Kinkaid 83 Will Lansbury WR 6-2 196 Fr. Pebble Beach, Calif. / Stevenson 16 Godwin Igwebuike S 6-0 212 Sr. Pickerington, Ohio / Pickerington North 83 Heath Reineke SB 6-3 245 R-Jr. Ashland, Ohio / Ashland 17 Jalen Brown WR 6-1 198 Jr. Phoenix, Ariz. / Mountain Pointe 84 Cameron Green SB 6-3 230 So. Buffalo Grove, Ill. / Stevenson 17 Daniel Kubiuk H/P 6-1 210 Jr. Barrington, Ill. / Barrington 85 Jackson Tirmonia WR 6-3 196 R-Fr. Canton, Ohio / Jackson 18 Cameron Ruiz DB 5-11 168 Fr. Lake Villa, Ill. / Lakes Community 86 Cody Link SB 6-3 238 R-Fr. Madison, Wis. / Edgewood 18 Clayton Thorson QB 6-4 225 Jr. Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton North 86 Kyric McGowan WR 5-10 191 Fr. Dalton, Ga. / Dalton 19 Riley Lees WR 6-0 193 R-Fr. Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville 87 Eric Eshoo SB 6-4 232 R-Fr. Chicago, Ill. / Loyola Academy 20 John Moten IV RB 6-0 203 So. St. Louis, Mo. / John Burroughs School 87 Trevor Kent DE 6-6 262 Fr. Pittsburg, Kan. / Pittsburg 21 Justin Jackson RB 5-11 200 Sr. Carol Stream, Ill. / Glenbard North 88 Bennett Skowronek WR 6-4 218 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead 21 Kyle Queiro S 6-3 220 Sr. Verona, N.J. / Bergen Catholic 89 Berkeley Holman WR 5-11 176 Fr. Irvine, Calif. / Saint John Bosco 22 Bryce Jackson DB 6-1 188 Fr. Lantana, Texas / John H. Guyer 90 Jake Saunders DT 6-2 295 R-Fr. Loveland, Ohio / Loveland 23 Steven Reese WR 6-2 208 So. Buford, Ga. / Buford 91 Samdup Miller DL 6-3 261 Fr. Houston, Texas / Stratford 23 Donovan Sermons DB 5-11 185 Fr. Pomona, Calif. / Damien 92 Fred Wyatt DL 6-4 290 Jr. Lawrence, Kan. / Free State 24 Alex Bousky WR 5-11 170 Jr. Peoria, Ill. / Peoria Notre Dame 93 Joe Spivak DL 6-0 290 Fr. Darien, Ill. / Montini Catholic 24 Montre Hartage CB 6-0 195 Jr. Cordele, Ga. / Crisp County 94 Tommy Carnifax DE 6-3 260 R-Fr. Warren, Ohio / Howland 25 Corey Acker RB 5-9 188 Sr. Ballston Lake, N.Y. / Shenendehowa Central 95 Alex Miller DL 6-3 280 So. Houston, Texas / Stratford 25 Austin Hiller DB 6-2 197 Fr. Lakeway, Texas / Lake Travis 96 Hunter Niswander P 6-5 243 Sr. Peninsula, Ohio / Woodridge 26 Brian Bullock DB 5-11 193 R-Fr. Round Rock, Texas / Round Rock 97 Joe Gaziano DL 6-4 280 So. Scituate, Mass. / Xaverian Brothers 26 Chad Hanaoka RB 5-6 188 Sr. Honolulu, Hawaii / ‘Iolani School 98 Earnest Brown IV DE 6-5 257 Fr. Aubrey, Texas / Billy Ryan 27 Roderick Campbell DB 6-0 193 So. St. Louis, Mo. / Chaminade College Prep 99 Jordan Thompson DL 6-3 290 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio / LaSalle 28 Jeremy Larkin RB 5-10 194 R-Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / La Salle 29 Trae Williams DB 6-0 212 So. The Plains, Ohio / Athens Pat Fitzgerald Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach 31 Luke Otto K/P 5-8 220 Gr. Normal, Ill. / University / Western Illinois Jerry Brown Assistant Head Coach (Defensive Backs) 32 Nate Hall LB 6-2 230 Jr. Toledo, Ohio / Southview Mike Hankwitz Defensive Coordinator 33 Travis Whillock DB 6-1 205 R-Fr. Katy, Texas / Katy Mick McCall Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks 34 Chee Anyanwu LB 6-2 204 Fr. Buford, Ga. / Buford Randy Bates Assistant Coach / Linebackers 34 Makay Redd K 6-1 252 Gr. Pomona, Calif. / Monte Vista / Fordham Adam Cushing Asssistant Coach / Offensive Line 35 Erik Mueller LB 6-2 225 Fr. Wheaton, Ill. / Wheaton North Bob Heffner Assistant Coach / Superbacks 36 Jesse Brown RB 5-11 198 So. Lilburn, Ga. / Brookwood Marty Long Assistant Coach / Defensive Line 37 Moe Almasri DB 5-11 180 Gr. Mokena, Ill. / Lincoln-Way East Matt MacPherson Assistant Coach / Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator 37 Cody Gronewold P 6-1 170 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. / Northeast Dennis Springer Assistant Coach / Wide Receivers 38 Drew Luckenbaugh K/P 6-1 206 R-Fr. Spring Grove, Pa. / Spring Grove Tim Brandon Graduate Assistant / Offense 39 Mason Weissenhofer PK 6-1 210 So. Planfield, Ill. / Montini Catholic Erik Frazier Graduate Assistant / Offense 40 Peter McIntyre LB 6-2 221 Fr. Perrysburg, Ohio / Saint Johns’ Jesuit Deonte Gibson Graduate Assistant / Defense 41 Jared McGee S 6-1 220 Jr. Mansfield, Texas / Mansfield Legacy Kevin Koch Graduate Assistant / Defense 42 Paddy Fisher LB 6-4 245 R-Fr. Katy, Texas / Katy 43 Tyler Gillikin LS 6-2 220 R-Fr. Atlanta, Ga. / Westminster PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 44 James Prather SB 6-4 265 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. / Memphis University School 45 Nathan Fox LB 6-2 230 So. Houston, Texas / Clear Lake JELANI Roberts ...... (jeh-LAH-nee) Sam GERAK ...... (JEH-rack) 46 Troy Hudetz LB 6-2 222 Fr. Naperville, Ill. / Naperville Central Matt ALVITI ...... (AL-vee-tee) Jango GLACKIN ...... (JANG-go) Charlie KUHBANDER ...... (KOO-ban-der) Trent GOENS ...... (GO-ins) 46 Eric Lutzen SB 6-6 235 Jr. Pewaukee, Wis. / Pewaukee MACAN Wilson ...... (MAY-can) Cam KOLWICH...... (COLE-wich) 47 Joe Bergin DB 5-11 200 So. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Detroit Country Day Godwin IGWEBUIKE ...... (eeg-way-BYOO-kay) Trevor STROEBEL ...... (STROH-bel) 48 Peter Snodgrass LS 6-0 203 Fr. Palo Alto, Calif. / Palo Alto Daniel KUBIUK ...... (KOO-bee-uhk) Trey PUGH ...... (PYOU) John MOTEN IV ...... (MOE-ten) RAMAUD CHIAOKHIAO-BOWMAN 49 Chris Bergin LB 5-11 200 Fr. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. / Detroit Country Day Kyle QUEIRO ...... (KAY-roe) ...... (ruh-MAUD CHAW-kee-OW BOW-man) 49 Trey Klock OL 6-4 285 Jr. Hummelstown, Pa. / Lower Dauphin / Ga. Tech MONTRE HARTAGE ...... (mon-TRAY HEART-age) Alex OELSNER ...... (OHLS-ner) 50 Sam Gerak OL 6-3 278 Fr. Avon, Ohio / Avon JACE James ...... (JAYCE) Heath REINEKE ...... (REH-neh-kee) Travis WHILLOCK ...... (WILL-lock) Jackson TIRMONIA ...... (tur-MOAN-ee-ah) 50 Jango Glackin LB 6-0 225 R-Fr. Lebanon, Ohio / IMG Academy (Fla.) CHEE ANYANWU ...... (CHEE ahn-YAHN-woo) Eric ESHOO ...... (EE-shoe) 51 Blake Gallagher LB 6-1 221 Fr. Raynham, Mass. / Saint Sebastian’s Moe ALMASRI...... (ahl-MAZ-ree) Bennett SKOWROWNEK ...... (skuh-RAWN-ick) 54 Trent Goens DL 6-3 254 So. Chino Hills, Calif. / Chino Hills Cody GRONEWOLD ...... (GROAN-wohld) Berkeley HOLMAN ...... (HALL-man) Drew LUCKENBAUGH ...... (LUCK-en-baw) SAMDUP Miller ...... (sahm-DOOP) 55 Mark Gooden DE 6-1 251 R-Fr. Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Reynoldsburg Mason WEISSENHOFER ...... (WEIS-en-hoff-er) Joe SPIVAK ...... (SPEE-vack) 56 Xavier Washington DE 6-1 250 Sr. Cedar Hill, Texas / Cedar Hill Tyler GILLIKIN ...... (GILL-uh-kin) Hunter NISWANDER ...... (NICE-wan-der) 57 Cam Kolwich OL 6-5 292 R-Fr. Beverly Hills, Mich. / Orchard Lake St. Mary’s James PRATHER ...... (PRAY-ther) Joe GAZIANO ...... (gah-zee-AH-no) Troy HUDETZ ...... (HOO-detz)
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 7 NORTHWESTERN PLAYERS OF THE WEEK NATIONAL RANKINGS
Game Offensive Off. Big Playmaker Off. Practice AP TOP 25 Nevada 1. Alabama (52) 0-0 1,513 Duke Bowling Green 2. Ohio State (3) 0-0 1,414 Wisconsin 3. Florida State (4) 0-0 1,396 Penn State 4. USC (2) 0-0 1,325 Maryland 5. Clemson 0-0 1,201 Iowa 6. Penn State 0-0 1,196 Michigan State 7. Oklahoma 0-0 1,170 Nebraska 8. Washington 0-0 1,150 Purdue 9. Wisconsin 0-0 926 Minnesota 10. Oklahoma State 0-0 889 Illinois 11. Michigan 0-0 881 12. Auburn 0-0 880 Game Defensive Def. Big Playmaker Def. Practice Nevada 13. LSU 0-0 784 Duke 14. Stanford 0-0 695 Bowling Green 15. Georgia 0-0 690 Wisconsin 16. Louisville 0-0 629 Penn State 17. Florida 0-0 624 Maryland 18. Miami (Fla.) 0-0 492 Iowa 19. South Florida 0-0 327 Michigan State 20. Kansas State 0-0 317 Nebraska 21. Virginia Tech 0-0 240 Purdue 22. West Virginia 0-0 207 Minnesota Illinois 23. Texas 0-0 173 24. Washington State 0-0 133 25. Tennesseee 0-0 114 Game Special Teams ST Practice Player of the Week Others Receiving Votes: TCU 98, Utah 85, Notre Dame 65, Boise Nevada State 37, NC State 26, NORTHWESTERN 24, Pittsburgh 23, Oregon 21, Duke Houston 19, Colorado 18, San Diego State 9, UCLA 9, BYU 5, Appalachian Bowling Green State 4, Nebraska 4, Tulsa 4, Kentucky 3, Texas A&M 3, Michigan Wisconsin State 1 Penn State Maryland COACHES POLL Iowa 1. Alabama (49) 0-0 1,603 Michigan State Nebraska 2. Ohio State (5) 0-0 1,512 Purdue 3. Florida State (4) 0-0 1,434 Minnesota 4. USC 0-0 1,415 Illinois 5. Clemson (7) 0-0 1,367 6. Penn State 0-0 1,257 STARTING LINEUPS 7. Washington 0-0 1,245 8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,237 9. Michigan 0-0 959 OFFENSE Opponent LT LG C RG RT QB WR WR WR SB RB 10. Wisconsin 0-0 936 NEVADA 11. Oklahoma State 0-0 912 at Duke 12. LSU 0-0 834 BOWLING GREEN 13. Auburn 0-0 819 at Wisconsin 14. Stanford 0-0 732 PENN STATE 15. Georgia 0-0 701 at Maryland IOWA 16. Florida 0-0 681 MICHIGAN STATE 17. Louisville 0-0 676 at Nebraska 18. Miami (Fla.) 0-0 472 PURDUE 19. Kansas State 0-0 339 MINNESOTA 20. West Virginia 0-0 319 at Illinois 21. South Florida 0-0 247 DEFENSE 22. Virginia Tech 0-0 235 Opponent DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB S S CB 23. Texas 0-0 193 NEVADA 24. Tennessee 0-0 155 at Duke 25. Utah 0-0 109 BOWLING GREEN Others Receiving Votes: Washington State 99, Colorado 72, TCU at Wisconsin 58, Boise State 49, Notre Dame 49, Texas A&M 46, Pittsburgh 45, NC PENN STATE at Maryland State 39, Oregon 37, NORTHWESTERN 25, Nebraska 23, Arkansas IOWA 22, Memphis 22, Mississippi State, 19, San Diego State 18, Appalachian MICHIGAN STATE State 11, BYU 10, Georgia Tech 10, Tulsa 10, Wyoming 9, Western at Nebraska Michigan 8, Temple 8, North Carolina 8, Houston 7, Minnesota 6, Troy PURDUE 6, Iowa 5, Louisiana Tech 4, Syracuse 3, Arizona 2, UCLA 1, Colorado MINNESOTA State 1, Maryland 1, Michigan State 1, Toledo 1, Army 1 at Illinois
8 2017 Northwestern Football Notes PLAYER SPOTLIGHT (CAREER HIGHS AND STATISTICS)
#1 • TYLER LANCASTER • DT #2 • FLYNN NAGEL • WR #3 • KEITH WATKINS II • CB Tackles: 8 vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Receptions: 6 (2x), last at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) Tackles: 9 vs. Iowa (Oct. 17, 2015) Solo Tackles: 5 vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Receiving Yards: 81 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Solo Tackles: 8 vs. Iowa (Oct. 17, 2015) Assisted Tackles: 3 (4x), last vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Long Reception: 57 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 2 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) TFL: 2.0 (2x), last vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Touchdowns: 1 (2x), last at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) TFL: 1 vs. Iowa (Oct. 17, 2015) Sacks: 1.0 at Wisconsin (Nov. 21, 2015) Punt Returns: 5 vs. Duke (Sept. 17, 2016) Forced Fumbles: 1 at Duke (Sept. 19, 2015) Forced Fumbles: 1 (2x), last at Wisconsin (Nov. 21, 2015) Punt Return Yards: 47 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Blocked Kicks: 1 vs. Western Illinois (Sept. 20, 2014) Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Long Punt Return: 47 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Pass Breakups: 3 vs. Tennessee (Jan. 1, 2016) Pass Breakups: 1 at Duke (Sept. 9, 2015) Quarterback Hurries: 1 (2x), last vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 1 2016) 2 3 Tackles Solo TFL-Yds Sacks Catches Yards Avg. TD Tackles Solo FF PBU 61 32 9.0-19 0-0 44 494 11.2 2 47 33 1 6
#9 • GARRETT DICKERSON • SB #10 • BRETT WALSH • LB #15 • MACAN WILSON • WR Receptions: 8 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) Tackles: 9 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Receptions: 4 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Receiving Yards: 44 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Solo Tackles: 6 (2x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Receiving Yards: 57 vs. Duke (Sept. 17, 2016) Long Reception: 42 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 3 (2x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Long Reception: 35 vs. Duke (Sept. 17, 2016) Touchdowns: 1 (4x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) TFL: 1 vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 3, 2016) Touchdowns: 1 vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016) Sacks: 1 vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 3, 2016)
9 10 15 Catches Yards Avg. TD Tackles Solo TFL-Yards Sacks-Yards Catches Yds Avg. TD 50 486 9.7 5 40 22 2.0-8 1.0-8 22 306 13.9 1
#16 • GODWIN IGWEBUIKE • S #18 • CLAYTON THORSON • QB 20 • JOHN MOTEN IV • RB Tackles: 15 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) Pass Attempts: 52 vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Rushing Attempts: 16 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Solo Tackles: 13 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) Completions: 28 (2x), last at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) Rushing Yards: 128 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 7 at Illinois (Nov. 28, 2015) Completion Pct: 77.1 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Rushing Touchdowns: 2 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) TFL: 2.0 (3x), last vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) Passing Yards: 352 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Long Run: 43 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Interceptions: 3 vs. Wisconsin (Oct. 4, 2014) Passing TDs: 3 (6x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Receptions 1 (3x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Forced Fumbles: 1 (2x), last vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) Long Pass: 66 vs. Ball State (Sept. 26, 2015) Receiving Yards: 20 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Fumble Recoveries: 1 (2x), last vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Rushing Att: 12 (2x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Long Reception: 20 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Pass Breakups: 2 (2x), last vs. Duke (Sept. 17, 2016) Rushing Yards: 126 at Nebraska (Oct. 24, 2015) 16 18 20 Tackles Solo TFL-Yards INT-Yards C-A-I Yards Pct. TD Rush TD Carries Yards YPC TD 246 163 11.5-7 5-26 430-773-18 4,704 55.6 29 10 57 340 6.0 2
#21 • JUSTIN JACKSON • RB #21 • KYLE QUEIRO • S #24 • MONTRE HARTAGE • CB Rushing Attempts: 37 at Illinois (Nov. 28, 2015) Tackles: 9 at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) Tackles: 9 (2x), last vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016) Rushing Yards: 224 vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Solo Tackles: 5 at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) Solo Tackles: 9 vs. Illinois State (Sept. 10, 2016) Rushing TDs: 3 (3x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 5 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 2 vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016) Long Run: 68 (2x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) TFL: 2.5 at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) Pass Breakups: 2 (2x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Receptions: 8 at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) Interceptions: 1 (3x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Interceptions: 2 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Receiving Yards: 55 at Nebraska (Oct. 24, 2015) Fumble Recoveries: 1 at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) Long Reception: 37 vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 3, 2016) Pass Breakups: 3 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Receiving Touchdowns: 1 at Minnesota (Oct. 11, 2014) 21 21 24 Carries Yards YPC TD Tackles Solo INT-Yards PBU Tackles Solo INT-Yards PBU 855 4,129 4.8 30 72 45 3-30 6 64 51 5-70 9
#32 • NATE HALL • LB #97 • JOE GAZIANO • DL #99 • JORDAN THOMPSON • DL Tackles: 10 (2x), last at Illinois (Nov. 28, 2015) Tackles: 4 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Tackles: 5 vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Solo Tackles: 7 vs. Penn State (Nov. 7, 2015) Solo Tackles: 3 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Solo Tackles: 4 vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 7 vs. Purdue (Nov. 14, 2015) Assisted Tackles: 2 vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 3, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 3 vs. Duke (Sept. 17, 2016) TFL: 1.5 vs. Illinois State (Sept. 10, 2016) TFL: 2 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) TFL: 1 vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Pass Breakups: 1 (4x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Sacks: 2 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Pass Breakups: 1 (2x), last at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) QBH: 2 (2x), last vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016) QBH: 1 vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 3, 2016) Fumble Recoveries: 1 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Pass Breakups: 1 (2x), last vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) 32 97 99 Tackles Solo TFL-Yds QBH Tackles Solo TFL-Yards Sacks-Yards Tackles Solo TFL-Yards Sacks-Yards 129 70 8.5-19 6 24 15 6.5-47 4.5-27 35 15 2.5-2 0-0
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 9 CAREER HIGHS NORTHWESTERN RECORD WHEN
#25 • COREY ACKER • RB #41 • JARED McGEE • S 2017 Fitz Career Rushing Yards: 57 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Tackles: 10 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 106) When playing at home - 42-32 Rushing Attempts: 5 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Solo Tackles: 7 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) Long Run: 31 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Assisted Tackles: 4 (2x), last vs. Duke (Sept. 17, 2016) When playing on road - 32-25 Tackles: 2 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Pass Breakups: 1 (3x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) When playing at a neutral site - 3-5 Solo Tackles: 2 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Interceptions: 1 (3x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) When playing on grass - 57-41 TFL: 1 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) #7 • MATT ALVITI • QB QBH: 1 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) When playing on artificial surface - 20-21 Passing Attempts: 3 (2x), last at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) When scoring first - 51-17 Completions: 1 (4x), last at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) #7 • MARCUS McSHEPARD • CB When opponent scores first - 26-46 Passing Yards: 12 at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) Tackles: 8 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) When leading after first quarter - 47-15 Long Pass: 12 at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) Solo Tackles: 7 vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016) Rushing Attempts: 4 at Purdue (Nov. 22, 2014) Assisted Tackles: 3 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) When trailing after first quarter - 18-33 Rushing Yards: 7 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Interceptions: 1 at Minnesota (Nov. 19, 2016) When tied after first quarter - 12-13 Long Run: 7 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Pass Breakups: 2 vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016) When leading at halftime - 58-16 Rushing Touchdowns: 1 at Notre Dame (Nov. 15, 2014) #95 • ALEX MILLER • DL When trailing at halftime - 13-38 #8 • AUSTON ANDERSON • RB Tackles: 3 (2x), last vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) When tied at halftime - 6-8 Rushing Yards: 56 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Solo Tackles: 3 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) When leading after three quarters - 64-15 Rushing Attempts: 8 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Assisted Tackles: 1 (3x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) When trailing after three quarters - 10-43 Long Run: 22 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Pass Breakups: 1 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) QBH: 1 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) When tied after three quarters - 3-4 #47 • JOE BERGIN • DB When NU has more/equal rushing yards - 59-17 Tackles: 2 vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) #96 • HUNTER NISWANDER • P When opponent has more rushing yards - 19-44 Solo Tackles: 1 (2x), last vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Punts: 10 at Duke (Sept. 19, 2015) Assisted Tackles: 1 vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Longest Punt: 62 (2x), last at Michigan St. (Oct. 15, 2016) When NU has more/equal passing yards - 37-28 Punt Average: 51.0 vs. Western Michigan (Sept. 3, 2016) When opponent has more passing yards - 41-33 #27 • RODERICK CAMPBELL • DB Fair Caught Punts: 6 at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) When NU has more/equal total yards - 56-20 Tackles: 1 (2x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Punts Inside 20: 5 vs. Penn State (Nov. 7, 2015) When opponent has more total yards - 21-44 Solo Tackles: 1, at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) 50+ Yard Punt: 2 (4x), last vs. Illinois St. (Sept. 10, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 1, at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) When NU has more first downs - 51-23 Pass Breakup: 1, at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) #23 • STEVEN REESE • WR When opponent has more first downs - 20-36 Tackles: 1 (3x), last vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) When first downs are equal - 6-3 #5 • CHARLIE FESSLER • WR Solo Tackles: 1 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Receptions: 1 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 1 (2x), last at Michigan St. (Oct. 15, 2016) When NU forces more turnovers - 47-15 Receiving Yards: 7 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) When opponent forces more turnovers - 15-36 Long Reception: 7 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) #6 • JELANI ROBERTS • WR When turnovers are equal - 15-11 Tackles: 1 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Rushing Attempts: 5 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) In games decided by three points or fewer - 15-11 Solo Tackles: 1 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Rushing Yards: 9 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Long Run: 8 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) In games decided by seven points or fewer - 32-19 #45 • NATHAN FOX • LB Receptions: 3 vs. Penn State (Nov. 7, 2015) In overtime games - 3-5 Tackles: 2 (3x), last vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Receiving Yards: 14 vs. Penn State (Nov. 7, 2015) Solo Tackles: 2 (2x), last vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Long Reception: 12 at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) Assisted Tackles: 1 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) Kick Returns: 1 at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) CAREER STARTS TFL: 0.5 vs. Nebraska (Sept. 24, 2016) Kick Return Yards: 19 at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) QBH: 1 vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016) Long Kick Return: 19 at Michigan (Oct. 10, 2015) 2017 Career Godwin Igwebuike, Safety - 31 #54 • TRENT GOENS • DL #88 • BENNETT SKOWRONEK • WR Tackles: 3 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Receptions: 2 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Justin Jackson, Running Back - 31 Solo Tackles: 2 vs. Illinois State (Sept. 10, 2016) Receiving Yards: 28 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Clayton Thorson, Quarterback - 26 Assisted Tackles: 2 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Long Reception 14 (2x) at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Tyler Lancaster, Defensive Lineman - 26 TFL: 1 vs. Illinois State (Sept. 10, 2016) Blake Hance, Offensive Lineman - 22 Interceptions: 1 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) #29 • TRAE WILLIAMS • DB Brad North, Offensive Lineman - 18 Tackles: 8 vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) #84 • CAMERON GREEN • SB Solo Tackles: 7 vs. Duke (Sept. 17, 2016) Nate Hall, Linebacker - 13 Receptions: 2 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) Assisted Tackles: 3 vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 28, 2016) Garrett Dickerson, Superback - 13 Receiving Yards: 23 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) TFL: 1 vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 5, 2016) Montre Hartage, Cornerback - 13 Long Reception: 13 at Ohio State (Oct. 29, 2016) Interceptions: 1 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Tommy Doles, Offensive Lineman - 13 Tackles: 1 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Pass Breakups: 3 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Kyle Queiro, Safety - 12 Solo Tackles: 1 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Illinois (Nov. 26, 2016) Flynn Nagel, Wide Receiver - 11 #13 • WARREN LONG • LB #92 • FRED WYATT • DL Jordan Thompson, Defensive Lineman - 11 Rushing Yards: 72 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Tackles: 3 (2x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Trae Williams, Cornerback - 9 Rushing Attempts: 12 vs. Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12, 2015) Solo Tackles: 3 (2x), last at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) J.B. Butler, Offensive Lineman - 8 Long Run: 55 at Duke (Sept. 19, 2015) Assisted Tackles: 2 at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) Brett Walsh, Linebacker - 5 Rushing Touchdowns: 2 vs. Purdue (Nov. 14, 2015) TFL: 1 at Purdue (Nov. 12, 2016) Receptions: 2 at Notre Dame (Nov. 15, 2014) Pass Breakups: 1 vs. Illinois State (Sept. 10, 2016) Fred Wyatt, Defensive Lineman - 3 Receiving Yards: 18 at Notre Dame (Nov. 15, 2014) Jared McGee, Safety - 3 Long Reception: 17 at Notre Dame (Nov. 15, 2014) James Prather, Superback - 2 Tackles: 2 (2x), last at Duke (Sept. 19, 2015) Marcus McShepard, Cornerback - 2 Solo Tackles: 2 vs. Maine (Sept. 21, 2013) Keith Watkins II, Cornerback - 2 Assisted Tackles: 1 at Duke (Sept. 19, 2015) Jared Thomas, Offensive Lineman - 1 Forced Fumbles: 1 vs. Iowa (Oct. 17, 2015) Fumble Recoveries: 1 at Duke (Sept. 19, 2015) Cameron Green, Superback - 1 Alonzo Mayo, Cornerback - 1 #12 • ALONZO MAYO • DB Tackles: 5 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Solo Tackles: 3 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Asst. Tackles: 2 (2x), last at Michigan State (Oct. 15, 2016) TFL: 0.5 at Iowa (Oct. 1, 2016) Pass Breakups: 1 vs. Indiana (Oct. 22, 2016)
10 2017 Northwestern Football Notes LAST TIME IT HAPPENED
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 58, NU 7 (9-22-07) Scored 40-49 Points NU 42, Illinois 21 (11-26-16) NU 54, Michigan State 40 (10-15-16) Rushed for 200-299 yards 248 vs. Pittsburgh (12-28-16) Ohio State - 208 (10-29-16) Rushed for 300-399 yards 344 vs. Eastern Illinois (9-12-15) Indiana - 319 (10-29-11) Rushed for 400+ yards 444 at Illinois (11-22-03) Illinois - 519 (11-20-10) Passed for 400+ yards 532 vs. Auburn (1-1-10) Michigan State - 424 (10-15-16) Had 500-599 yards of total offense 546 vs. Ball State (9-26-15) Nebraska - 556 (9-24-16) Had 600+ yards of total offense 605 at Purdue (11-12-16) 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. Illinois (11-24-12) Nebraska (10-24-15) Recorded a shutout NU 27, Minnesota 0 (10-3-15) #18 Michigan 38, #13 NU 0 (10-10-15) 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 NU 12, #1 Miami (Fla.) (9-23-67) 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 #20 NU 13, #25 Wisconsin 7 (11-21-15) 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. 22 (1-12-16) Ranked by USA Today (coaches) No. 23 (1-12-16) Ranked in College Football Playoff No. 20 (11-17-15) Ranked No. 1 by AP 1962 Sellout at home 47,330, vs. Nebraska (10-18-14) Had consecutive sellouts 2 games vs. Iowa (11-13-10) vs. Illinois (11-20-10) *at Wrigley Field
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) Jourdan Lewis (37), Michigan (10-10-15) Returned fumble for TD Anthony Walker, Jr. (13) vs. Minnesota (10-3-15) Austin Collinsworth (32), Notre Dame (11-15-14) Blocked an extra point Dean Lowry vs. Ball State (9-26-15) J.J. Watt, Wisconsin (11-27-10) Blocked a FG attempt Nick VanHoose vs. Michigan (11-8-14) Mike McGlinchey, Notre Dame (11-15-14) Blocked a punt Keith Watkins II vs. Western Illinois (9-20-14) Ricky Jones, Indiana (10-22-16) Rushed for 3 or more TDs Justin Jackson (3) vs. Pittsburgh (12-28-16) Akrum Wadley (4), Iowa (10-17-15) Rushed for 100 yards Justin Jackson (172) at Illinois (11-28-15) Corey Clement (106), Wisconsin (11-5-16) Two players rushed for 100 yards Justin Jackson (173) vs. Illinois (11-26-16) Melvin Gordon (172), Wisconsin (10-12-13) John Moten IV (128) vs. Illinois (11-26-16) James White (101), Wisconsin (10-12-13) Rushed for 200 yards Justin Jackson (224) vs. Pittsburgh (12-28-16) Akrum Wadley (204), Iowa (10-17-15) Completed 20-29 passes Clayton Thorson (23) vs. Pittsburgh (12-28-16) Wes Lunt (28), Illinois (11-26-16) Completed 30+ passes Trevor Siemian (30) at Notre Dame (11-15-14) Richard Lagow (35), Indiana (10-22-16) Passed for 3+ TDs Clayton Thorson (3) at Purdue (11-12-16) Tyler O'Connor (3), Michigan State (10-15-16) Passed for 300-399 yards Clayton Thorson (352) at Purdue (11-12-16) Richard Lagow (319), Indiana (10-22-16) Passed for 400-499 yards Trevor Siemian (414) at Illinois (11-30-13) Jared Goff (445), California (8-31-13) Passed for 500+ yards Mike Kafka (532) vs. Auburn (1-1-10) - Scored 3 TDs in a game Justin Jackson (3 rushing) vs. Pittsburgh (12-28-16) William Fuller (3c), Notre Dame (11-15-14) Scored 4+ Tds in a game Kain Colter (4 rushing) vs. Indiana (9-29-12) Akrum Wadley (4r), Iowa (10-17-15) 2-point conversion Tony Jones pass from Zack Oliver vs. Illinois (11-29-14) Alec Ingold (rush), Wisconsin (11-5-16) Cameron Dickerson pass from Zack Oliver vs. Illinois (11-29-14) Caught 10+ passes Austin Carr (12) vs. Wisconsin (11-5-16) Nick Westbrook (10), Indiana (10-22-16) 100-199 yards receiving Austin Carr (132) vs. Wisconsin (11-5-16) Malik Turner (164), Illinois (11-26-16) 200+ yards receiving Jeremy Ebert (208) vs. Rice (11-12-11) A.J. Jenkins (268), Illinois (10-1-11) 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) Scored 3+ TDs receiving Austin Carr (3) at Iowa (10-1-16) William Fuller (3), Notre Dame (11-15-14) Kicked 3 FGs in one game Jack Mitchell (3) at Nebraska (10-24-15) 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) Taylor Zalewski (51), Illinois (11-30-13) Kicked a 70-79 yard punt Brandon Williams (77) vs. Minnesota (11-19-11) Ryan Donahue (73), Iowa (11-13-10) Kicked an 80-89-yard punt Merlin Norenberg (80) vs. Minnesota (10-12-63) - Intercepted 2 passes Montre Hartage (2) at Purdue (11-12-16) Darvin Adams (2), Auburn (1-1-10) T’Sharvan Bell (2), Auburn (1-1-10) 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 Venric Mark (141) vs. Texas A&M (12-31-11) Amir Carlisle (122), Notre Dame (11-15-14) Recorded 20+ tackles Tim McGarigle (21, 11-10) vs. Michigan (10-29-05) J Leman (22, 11-11), Illinois (11-18-06)
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 11 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Game Results (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------Sep 03, 2016 WESTERN MICHIGAN 21-22 L 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 3:13 30635 Sep 10, 2016 ILLINOIS STATE 7-9 L 0- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 3:16 30748 Sep 17, 2016 DUKE W 24-13 1- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 3:17 34464 * Sep 24, 2016 #20 NEBRASKA 13-24 L 1- 3- 0 0- 1- 0 3:09 40284 * Oct 01, 2016 at Iowa W 38-31 2- 3- 0 1- 1- 0 3:25 67047 Oct 15, 2016 at Michigan State W 54-40 3- 3- 0 1- 1- 0 3:38 75625 * Oct 22, 2016 INDIANA W 24-14 4- 3- 0 2- 1- 0 3:34 35417 * Oct 29, 2016 at #6 Ohio State 20-24 L 4- 4- 0 2- 2- 0 3:23 107296 * Nov 05, 2016 #8 WISCONSIN 7-21 L 4- 5- 0 2- 3- 0 3:18 42016 * Nov 12, 2016 at Purdue W 45-17 5- 5- 0 3- 3- 0 3:03 30548 * Nov 19, 2016 at Minnesota 12-29 L 5- 6- 0 3- 4- 0 3:13 38162 * Nov 26, 2016 ILLINOIS W 42-21 6- 6- 0 4- 4- 0 2:30 30022 Dec 28, 2016 vs #23 Pitt W 31-24 7- 6- 0 4- 4- 0 3:34 37918
* 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 ------/-- --/-- --/-- --/------/------/------/------/ ------/-- --/-- WESTERN MICHIGAN.... 21-22 15/27 7/15 8/12 0/0 31-123 / 48-198 15-22- 0 / 26-36- 0 196/218 53-319 / 84-416 115/13 1/0 ILLINOIS STATE...... 7-9 16/25 4/8 10/15 2/2 31-86 / 30-85 17-41- 0 / 30-41- 2 191/287 72-277 / 71-372 53/23 0/2 DUKE...... 24-13 22/23 7/7 11/15 4/1 44-86 / 34-117 18-39- 2 / 27-49- 1 320/279 83-406 / 83-396 84/45 2/2 NEBRASKA...... 13-24 23/26 9/12 12/12 2/2 32-137 / 47-310 25-38- 2 / 18-29- 0 251/246 70-388 / 76-556 89/21 2/2 Iowa...... 38-31 20/15 8/6 9/9 3/0 42-198 / 41-79 18-30- 0 / 19-27- 1 164/204 72-362 / 68-283 47/254 1/1 Michigan State...... 54-40 26/18 13/3 12/15 1/0 51-209 / 23-51 27-35- 1 / 27-42- 1 281/424 86-490 / 65-475 144/144 1/2 INDIANA...... 24-14 26/23 8/6 16/14 2/3 44-123 / 27-84 24-44- 0 / 35-59- 2 285/317 88-408 / 86-401 104/59 0/2 Ohio State...... 20-24 21/23 6/13 15/10 0/0 29-148 / 41-208 23-44- 1 / 21-32- 0 258/223 73-406 / 73-431 12/27 1/0 WISCONSIN...... 7-21 14/20 2/11 12/8 0/1 19-39 / 57-190 28-52- 0 / 13-22- 0 277/143 71-316 / 79-333 18/60 1/0 Purdue...... 45-17 28/22 14/9 14/13 0/0 46-253 / 32-130 23-37- 2 / 29-51- 4 352/264 83-605 / 83-394 104/160 2/4 Minnesota...... 12-29 21/15 6/8 13/7 2/0 33-63 / 40-131 28-45- 0 / 14-25- 1 276/197 78-339 / 65-328 60/65 2/2 ILLINOIS...... 42-21 22/25 10/6 9/18 3/1 49-278 / 26-57 13-20- 0 / 28-54- 1 121/377 69-399 / 80-434 98/110 1/4 Pitt...... 31-24 27/18 10/9 15/8 2/1 50-248 / 32-169 23-36- 1 / 16-29- 3 214/269 86-462 / 61-438 72/52 2/4
Totals...... 338-289 281/280 104/113 156/156 21/11 501-1991/478-1809 282-483- 9/303-496-16 3186/3448 984-5177/ 974-5257 1000/1033 16/25
Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category
12 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Overall Team Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
Team Statistics NU OPP SCORING 338 289 Points Per Game 26.0 22.2 Points Off Turnovers 55 56 FIRST DOWNS 281 280 R u s h in g 104 113 P a s s in g 156 156 P e n a lt y 21 11 RUSHING YARDAGE 1991 1809 Yards gained rushing 2346 2177 Yards lost rushing 355 368 Rushing Attempts 501 478 Average Per Rush 4.0 3.8 Average Per Game 153.2 139.2 TDs Rushing 22 20 PASSING YARDAGE 3186 3448 C o m p - A t t - I n t 282-483-9 303-496-16 Average Per Pass 6.6 7.0 Average Per Catch 11.3 11.4 Average Per Game 245.1 265.2 TDs Passing 22 13 TOTAL OFFENSE 5177 5257 Total Plays 984 974 Average Per Play 5.3 5.4 Average Per Game 398.2 404.4 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 29-671 33-689 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 20-132 24-229 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-163 9-93 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.1 20.9 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.6 9.5 INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.2 10.3 FUMBLES-LOST 9-7 14-9 PENALTIES-Yards 47-389 61-593 Average Per Game 29.9 45.6 PUNTS-Yards 76-3023 68-2837 Average Per Punt 39.8 41.7 Net punt average 35.2 38.3 KICKOFFS-Yards 65-3975 63-3831 Average Per Kick 61.2 60.8 Net kick average 38.2 38.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 2 8 : 3 9 3 1 : 2 1 3RD-DOWN Conversions 83/211 75/205 3rd-Down Pct 39% 37% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 17/32 14/26 4th-Down Pct 53% 54% SACKS BY-Yards 27-189 39-224 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 45 34 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-12 18-26 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-2 RED-ZONE SCORES (31-42) 74% (41-56) 73% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (24-42) 57% (27-56) 48% PAT-ATTEMPTS (42-43) 98% (27-30) 90% ATTENDANCE 243586 318678 Games/Avg Per Game 7/34798 5/63736 Neutral Site Games 1/37918
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Northwestern 66 81 113 78 0 338 Opponents 53 90 77 69 0 289 2017 Northwestern Football Notes 13 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg Jackson, Justin 13 298 1606 82 1524 5.1 15 68 117.2 Nagel, Flynn 20 132 6.6 0 47 Moten IV, John 13 57 353 13 340 6.0 2 43 26.2 Total 20 132 6.6 0 47 Thorson, Clayton 13 97 312 214 98 1.0 5 42 7.5 Opponents 24 229 9.5 0 38 Vault, Solomon 13 11 27 1 26 2.4 0 5 2.0 Anderson, Auston 4 7 24 2 22 3.1 0 9 5.5 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Long, Warren 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 9.0 Hartage, Montre 5 70 14.0 0 66 Alviti, Matt 4 4 12 9 3 0.8 0 7 0.8 McGee, Jared 3 25 8.3 0 25 Acker, Corey 8 4 2 4 -2 -0.5 0 2 -0.2 Queiro, Kyle 2 13 6.5 0 13 Hruby, Tom 1 3 1 3 -2 -0.7 0 1 -2.0 Igwebuike, Godwin 2 15 7.5 0 12 Roberts, Jelani 9 3 0 4 -4 -1.3 0 0 -0.4 Williams, Trae 1 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 11 16 0 23 -23 -1.4 0 0 -2.1 Walker, Jr. Anthony 1 17 17.0 0 17 Total 13 501 2346 355 1991 4.0 22 68 153.2 Goens, Trent 1 23 23.0 0 23 Opponents 13 478 2177 368 1809 3.8 20 57 139.2 McShepard, Marcus 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 16 163 10.2 0 66 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Opponents 9 93 10.3 1 50 Thorson, Clayton 13 125.92 280-478-9 58.6 3182 22 58 244.8 Mitchell, Jack 13 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.2 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg Alviti, Matt 4 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.5 Vault, Solomon 23 560 24.3 1 95 Micucci, Matt 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Nagel, Flynn 5 98 19.6 0 27 TEAM 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Dickerson, Garrett 1 13 13.0 0 13 Scanlan, Andrew 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 29 671 23.1 1 95 Total 13 125.10 282-483-9 58.4 3186 22 58 245.1 Opponents 33 689 20.9 0 54 Opponents 13 121.68 303-496-16 61.1 3448 13 86 265.2 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Igwebuike, Godwin 1 23 23.0 0 23 Carr, Austin 13 90 1247 13.9 12 58 95.9 Walker, Jr. Anthony 1 11 11.0 0 11 Nagel, Flynn 13 40 447 11.2 2 57 34.4 Total 2 34 17.0 0 23 Jackson, Justin 13 35 219 6.3 0 37 16.8 Opponents 1 22 22.0 0 22 Dickerson, Garrett 12 34 318 9.4 5 42 26.5 Scanlan, Andrew 13 29 331 11.4 0 31 25.5 Wilson, Macan 13 22 306 13.9 1 35 23.5 Vault, Solomon 13 15 164 10.9 2 44 12.6 Skowronek, Ben 13 8 70 8.8 0 14 5.4 Green, Cameron 13 4 31 7.8 0 13 2.4 Moten IV, John 13 3 44 14.7 0 20 3.4 Fessler, Charlie 11 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.6 Micucci, Matt 13 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 Total 13 282 3186 11.3 22 58 245.1 Opponents 13 303 3448 11.4 13 86 265.2
14 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Jackson, Justin 15 - - 0-1 - - - - 90 Thorson, Clayton 13 575 98 3182 3280 252.3 Carr, Austin 12 ------72 Jackson, Justin 13 298 1524 0 1524 117.2 Mitchell, Jack - 8-12 42-43 - - - - - 66 Moten IV, John 13 57 340 0 340 26.2 Thorson, Clayton 5 - - - - 0-1 - - 30 Vault, Solomon 13 11 26 0 26 2.0 Dickerson, Garrett 5 ------30 Anderson, Auston 4 7 22 0 22 5.5 Vault, Solomon 3 ------18 Long, Warren 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 Nagel, Flynn 2 ------12 Alviti, Matt 4 5 3 2 5 1.2 Moten IV, John 2 ------12 Mitchell, Jack 13 1 0 2 2 0.2 Wilson, Macan 1 ------6 Acker, Corey 8 4 -2 0 -2 -0.2 Gaziano, Joe ------1 2 Hruby, Tom 1 3 -2 0 -2 -2.0 Total 45 8-12 42-43 0-1 - 0-1 - 1 338 Roberts, Jelani 9 3 -4 0 -4 -0.4 Opponents 34 18-26 27-30 1-1 - 0-3 - 1 289 TEAM 11 17 -23 0 -23 -2.1 Total 13 984 1991 3186 5177 398.2 Opponents 13 974 1809 3448 5257 404.4
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 Mitchell, Jack 8-12 66.7 1-1 3-4 3-5 1-2 0-0 40 0 Niswander, Hunter 73 3015 41.3 62 6 20 20 11 2 TEAM 3 8 2.7 6 0 0 0 0 1 FG Sequence Northwestern Opponents Total 76 3023 39.8 62 6 20 20 11 3 Western Michigan - 50,(47),(27),(30) Opponents 68 2837 41.7 61 5 23 27 9 0 Illinois State 33 49,(33) Duke 34,(40) 34 Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Nebraska 27 (23) Mitchell, Jack 65 3975 61.2 32 1 Iowa (25) (24) Total 65 3975 61.2 32 1 20.9 38.2 26 Michigan State (33) (41),(35) Opponents 63 3831 60.8 30 4 23.1 38.3 26 Indiana (19) (21),(30),53 Ohio State (23),(33) (35) Wisconsin - 35,(40),(28),51 Purdue (23) (26) Minnesota 44 (19),(42),(30) Illinois - 52 Pitt (37) (46),43
Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 15 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Jackson, Justin 13 1524 219 0 0 0 1743 134.1 Carr, Austin 13 0 1247 0 0 0 1247 95.9 Vault, Solomon 13 26 164 0 560 0 750 57.7 Nagel, Flynn 13 0 447 132 98 0 677 52.1 Moten IV, John 13 340 44 0 0 0 384 29.5 Dickerson, Garr 12 0 318 0 13 0 331 27.6 Scanlan, Andre 13 0 331 0 0 0 331 25.5 Wilson, Macan 13 0 306 0 0 0 306 23.5 Thorson, Clayto 13 98 0 0 0 0 98 7.5 Hartage, Montre 13 0 0 0 0 70 70 5.4 Skowronek, Ben 13 0 70 0 0 0 70 5.4 Green, Cameron 13 0 31 0 0 0 31 2.4 McGee, Jared 13 0 0 0 0 25 25 1.9 Goens, Trent 9 0 0 0 0 23 23 2.6 Anderson, Austo 4 22 0 0 0 0 22 5.5 Walker, Jr. Anth 13 0 0 0 0 17 17 1.3 Igwebuike, God 13 0 0 0 0 15 15 1.2 Queiro, Kyle 11 0 0 0 0 13 13 1.2 Long, Warren 1 9 0 0 0 0 9 9.0 Fessler, Charlie 11 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.6 Alviti, Matt 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.8 Micucci, Matt 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.2 Acker, Corey 8 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 Hruby, Tom 1 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -2.0 Roberts, Jelani 9 -4 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 TEAM 11 -23 0 0 0 0 -23 -2.1 Total 13 1991 3186 132 671 163 6143 472.5 Opponents 13 1809 3448 229 689 93 6268 482.2
16 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern - Long Plays 20-YARD PLUS PLAYS LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Yds Type Player(s) Opponent Long Plays By Yards No. TD 95* KR Vault, Solomon Michigan State 100+ 0 0 68 Rush Jackson, Justin Pitt 90-99 1 1 66 INT Hartage, Montre Illinois 80-89 0 0 58* Rush Jackson, Justin Iowa 70-79 0 0 58* Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Duke 60-69 2 0 57* Pass Nagel, Flynn from Thorson, Clayton Michigan State 50-59 4 4 54* Rush Jackson, Justin Illinois 40-49 7 6 47 PR Nagel, Flynn Iowa 30-39 21 3 46* Rush Jackson, Justin Western Michigan 20-29 44 7 44* Pass Vault, Solomon from Thorson, Clayton Duke 43* Rush Moten IV, John Illinois Long Plays By Type No. TD 42* Rush Thorson, Clayton Nebraska Rushing 22 8 42* Pass Dickerson, Garrett from Thorson, Clayton Purdue Passing 38 12 40* Rush Jackson, Justin Pitt Punt returns 1 0 37 Pass Jackson, Justin from Thorson, Clayton Western Michigan Kick returns 14 1 37 KR Vault, Solomon Western Michigan Interceptions 3 0 37 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Purdue Fumble returns 1 0 36 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Indiana Other 0 0 35 Rush Jackson, Justin Iowa TOTAL 79 21 35 KR Vault, Solomon Western Michigan 35 Rush Thorson, Clayton Ohio State 20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER 35 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Ohio State Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR 35 KR Vault, Solomon Nebraska 35 Rush Jackson, Justin Illinois Carr, Austin 18 6 0 18 0000 35 Pass Wilson, Macan from Thorson, Clayton Duke Jackson, Justin 17 6 16 10000 34 Pass Wilson, Macan from Thorson, Clayton Illinois State Vault, Solomon 13 2 0 1 12 0 0 0 34* Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Indiana Nagel, Flynn 7 1 042100 33* Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Purdue Moten IV, John 5 1 410000 33 Pass Nagel, Flynn from Thorson, Clayton Duke Wilson, Macan 5 1 050000 32 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Wisconsin Dickerson, Garrett 4 3 040000 32 Pass Wilson, Macan from Thorson, Clayton Pitt Scanlan, Andrew 4 0 040000 32* Pass Wilson, Macan from Thorson, Clayton Indiana Thorson, Clayton 2 1 200000 31 Pass Scanlan, Andrew from Thorson, Clayton Purdue Hartage, Montre 1 0 000010 30 KR Vault, Solomon Illinois State McGee, Jared 1 0 000010 30 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Ohio State Igwebuike, Godwin 1 0 000001 29 KR Vault, Solomon Indiana Goens, Trent 1 0 000010 29 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Western Michigan TOTAL 79 21 22 38 14 1 3 1 29 Pass Wilson, Macan from Thorson, Clayton Purdue 29* Rush Jackson, Justin Michigan State LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 29* Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Michigan State Rushing 29 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Duke 68 Jackson, Justin vs Pitt (12/28/2016) 28 Pass Dickerson, Garrett from Thorson, Clayton Wisconsin Rushing Touchdown 28 Rush Jackson, Justin Wisconsin 58 Jackson, Justin vs Iowa (10/1/2016) 27 Rush Moten IV, John Purdue 27 Rush Jackson, Justin Indiana Passing 27 KR Nagel, Flynn Nebraska 58 Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton 27 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Ohio State vs Duke (9/17/2016) 27 Rush Jackson, Justin Illinois Passing Touchdown 26 Rush Moten IV, John Purdue 58 Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton 26* Rush Jackson, Justin Michigan State vs Duke (9/17/2016) 26* Pass Dickerson, Garrett from Thorson, Clayton Duke 25 INT McGee, Jared Illinois State Punt Return 25* Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Iowa 47 Nagel, Flynn vs Iowa (10/1/2016) 25 Pass Scanlan, Andrew from Thorson, Clayton Minnesota Kick Return 24 KR Vault, Solomon Indiana 95 Vault, Solomon vs Michigan State (10/15/2016) 24 KR Vault, Solomon Pitt Interception Return 24* Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Nebraska 66 Hartage, Montre vs Illinois (11/26/2016) 24 Rush Jackson, Justin Ohio State 24 KR Nagel, Flynn Michigan State Fumble Return 23 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Nebraska 23 Igwebuike, Godwin vs Illinois (11/26/2016) 23 FR Igwebuike, Godwin Illinois Punt 23 INT Goens, Trent Purdue 62 Niswander, Hunter vs Illinois State (9/10/2016) 23 KR Vault, Solomon Western Michigan 62 Niswander, Hunter vs Michigan State (10/15/2016) 22 Rush Jackson, Justin Ohio State 22 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Wisconsin Field Goal 22 KR Vault, Solomon Nebraska 40 Mitchell, Jack vs Duke (9/17/2016) 22 Rush Jackson, Justin Michigan State 21 Rush Jackson, Justin Duke 21* Pass Dickerson, Garrett from Thorson, Clayton Pitt 21 Pass Nagel, Flynn from Thorson, Clayton Minnesota 21 Pass Nagel, Flynn from Thorson, Clayton Pitt 20 Pass Carr, Austin from Thorson, Clayton Duke 20 Rush Moten IV, John Illinois 20 Pass Scanlan, Andrew from Thorson, Clayton Michigan State 20 KR Vault, Solomon Western Michigan 20 Pass Scanlan, Andrew from Thorson, Clayton Purdue
* touchdown scored on play 2017 Northwestern Football Notes 17 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 16 Igwebuike, Godwin 13 78 30 108 6.0-11 . 2-15 7 . 1-23 1 . . 1 Walker, Jr. Anthony 13 62 43 105 10.0-48 2.0-13 1-17 5 6 2-11 4 . . 32 Hall, Nate 13 43 30 73 6.0-16 . . 2 2 . . . . 51 Prater, Jaylen 8 31 30 61 2.0-3 . . 1 1 . . . . 24 Hartage, Montre 13 48 12 60 . . 5-70 9 . . . . . 2A Queiro, Kyle 11 32 21 53 3.5-7 . 2-13 6 . 1-0 . . . 42 Jones, Joseph 13 26 20 46 4.5-19 2.0-13 . 2 . 1-0 . . . 29 Williams, Trae 11 33 9 42 1.0-1 . 1-0 7 . 1-0 . . . 56 Washington, Xavier 12 20 18 38 7.5-45 4.5-39 . . 4 . . . . 10 Walsh, Brett 13 21 16 37 2.0-8 1.0-8 ...... 41 McGee, Jared 13 26 10 36 1.5-2 . 3-25 3 . . . . . 90 Robbins, C.J. 13 21 8 29 5.5-26 3.0-19 . 1 . . 2 . . 67 Lancaster, Tyler 13 14 14 28 3.5-6 . . . 1 1-0 . . . 17 McShepard, Marcus 13 22 6 28 . . 1-0 4 . . . . . 97 Gaziano, Joe 12 15 9 24 6.5-47 4.5-27 . 2 4 1-0 . . 1 7 Odenigbo, Ifeadi 13 16 6 22 12.0-73 10.0-70 . . 6 . 2 . . 99 Thompson, Jordan 12 8 12 20 2.0-10 . . 1 . . . . . 92 Wyatt, Fred 13 9 8 17 1.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 95 Miller, Alex 13 7 5 12 . . . 1 1 . . . . 45 Fox, Nathan 13 7 5 12 0.5-0 . . . 1 . . . . 28 Mayo, Alonzo 5 5 5 10 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . . 11 Harris, Matthew 2 5 2 7 ...... 93 Kuhar, Greg 5347 ...... 22 Westphal, Parrker 10 2 3 5 ...... 54 Goens, Trent 9 3 2 5 1.0-4 . 1-23 ...... 49 Roberts, Josh 5 3 1 4 ...... 25 Acker, Corey 84.4 ...... 47 Bergin, Joe 2 2 1 3 ...... 21 Jackson, Justin 13 1 2 3 ...... 23 Reese, Steven 9 1 2 3 ...... 27 Campbell, Roderick 9 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . . 52 Fitzpatrick, Chris 13 1 1 2 ...... 53 Queiro, Cameron 2 2 . 2 ...... 48 Odell, Tommy 2 . 1 1 ...... 84 Green, Cameron 13 1 . 1 ...... 6 Roberts, Jelani 9 1 . 1 ...... 96 Niswander, Hunter 13 1 . 1 ...... 59 Butler, J.B. 12 1 . 1 ...... 1 . . 71 Doles, Tommy 13 1 . 1 ...... 5 Fessler, Charlie 11 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 11 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 13 578 337 915 77-328 27-189 16-163 54 26 9-34 10 . 1 Opponents 13 560 322 882 95-341 39-224 9-93 63 48 7-22 7 3 1
18 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
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Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Jackson, Justin 13 298 1606 82 1524 5.1 15 68 117.2 38 855 4290 161 4129 4.8 30 68 108.7 Moten IV, John 13 57 353 13 340 6.0 2 43 26.2 13 57 353 13 340 6.0 2 43 26.2 Thorson, Clayton 13 97 312 214 98 1.0 5 42 7.5 26 197 871 376 495 2.5 10 68 19.0 Vault, Solomon 13 11 27 1 26 2.4 0 5 2.0 34 87 293 27 266 3.1 2 16 7.8 Anderson, Auston 4 7 24 2 22 3.1 0 9 5.5 10 20 86 8 78 3.9 0 22 7.8 Long, Warren 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 9 9.0 32 105 533 16 517 4.9 5 55 16.2 Alviti, Matt 4 4 12 9 3 0.8 0 7 0.8 10 16 30 28 2 0.1 1 7 0.2 Acker, Corey 8 4 2 4 -2 -0.5 0 2 -0.2 28 12 84 4 80 6.7 0 31 2.9 Hruby, Tom 1 3 1 3 -2 -0.7 0 1 -2.0 13 12 27 3 24 2.0 0 9 1.8 Roberts, Jelani 9 3 0 4 -4 -1.3 0 0 -0.4 21 13 49 17 32 2.5 0 11 1.5 TEAM 11 16 0 23 -23 -1.4 0 0 -2.1 Total 13 501 2346 355 1991 4.0 22 68 153.2 Opponents 13 478 2177 368 1809 3.8 20 57 139.2
Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Thorson, Clayton 13 125.92 280-478-9 58.6 3182 22 58 244.8 26 114.47 430-773-18 55.6 4704 29 66 180.9 Mitchell, Jack 13 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.2 38 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.1 Alviti, Matt 4 116.80 1-1-0 100.0 2 0 2 0.5 10 64.70 4-8-0 50.0 14 0 12 1.4 Micucci, Matt 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 20 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 11 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Scanlan, Andrew 13 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 42 0.00 0-3-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 13 125.10 282-483-9 58.4 3186 22 58 245.1 Opponents 13 121.68 303-496-16 61.1 3448 13 86 265.2
Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Carr, Austin 13 90 1247 13.9 12 58 95.9 37 113 1649 14.6 14 58 44.6 Nagel, Flynn 13 40 447 11.2 2 57 34.4 18 44 494 11.2 2 57 27.4 Jackson, Justin 13 35 219 6.3 0 37 16.8 38 78 582 7.5 1 37 15.3 Dickerson, Garrett 12 34 318 9.4 5 42 26.5 36 50 486 9.7 5 42 13.5 Scanlan, Andrew 13 29 331 11.4 0 31 25.5 42 30 336 11.2 0 31 8.0 Wilson, Macan 13 22 306 13.9 1 35 23.5 26 22 306 13.9 1 35 11.8 Vault, Solomon 13 15 164 10.9 2 44 12.6 34 32 290 9.1 2 44 8.5 Skowronek, Ben 13 8 70 8.8 0 14 5.4 13 8 70 8.8 0 14 5.4 Green, Cameron 13 4 31 7.8 0 13 2.4 13 4 31 7.8 0 13 2.4 Moten IV, John 13 3 44 14.7 0 20 3.4 13 3 44 14.7 0 20 3.4 Fessler, Charlie 11 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.6 11 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.6 Micucci, Matt 13 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 20 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 Total 13 282 3186 11.3 22 58 245.1 Opponents 13 303 3448 11.4 13 86 265.2
Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g g plays rush pass total avg/g Thorson, Clayton 13 575 98 3182 3280 252.3 26 970 495 4704 5199 200.0 Jackson, Justin 13 298 1524 0 1524 117.2 38 855 4129 0 4129 108.7 Moten IV, John 13 57 340 0 340 26.2 13 57 340 0 340 26.2 Vault, Solomon 13 11 26 0 26 2.0 34 87 266 0 266 7.8 Anderson, Auston 4 7 22 0 22 5.5 10 20 78 0 78 7.8 Long, Warren 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 32 105 517 0 517 16.2 Alviti, Matt 4 5 3 2 5 1.2 10 24 2 14 16 1.6 Mitchell, Jack 13 1 0 2 2 0.2 38 1 0 2 2 0.1 Acker, Corey 8 4 -2 0 -2 -0.2 28 12 80 0 80 2.9 Hruby, Tom 1 3 -2 0 -2 -2.0 13 12 24 0 24 1.8 Roberts, Jelani 9 3 -4 0 -4 -0.4 21 13 32 0 32 1.5 TEAM 11 17 -23 0 -23 -2.1 Total 13 984 1991 3186 5177 398.2 Opponents 13 974 1809 3448 5257 404.4
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 19 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
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PAT PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Jackson, Justin 15 - - 0-1 - - - - 90 31 - - 0-1 - - - - 186 Carr, Austin 12 ------72 14 ------84 Mitchell, Jack - 8-12 42-43 - - - - - 66 - 40-57 93-99 - - - - - 213 Dickerson, Garrett 5 ------30 5 ------30 Thorson, Clayton 5 - - - - 0-1 - - 30 10 - - - - 0-1 - - 60 Vault, Solomon 3 ------18 8 ------48 Moten IV, John 2 ------12 2 ------12 Nagel, Flynn 2 ------12 2 ------12 Wilson, Macan 1 ------6 1 ------6 Gaziano, Joe ------1 2 ------1 2 Total 45 8-12 42-43 0-1 - 0-1 - 1 338 Opponents 34 18-26 27-30 1-1 - 0-3 - 1 289
Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Nagel, Flynn 20 132 6.6 0 47 22 130 5.9 0 47 Total 20 132 6.6 0 47 Opponents 24 229 9.5 0 38
Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Vault, Solomon 23 560 24.3 1 95 59 1505 25.5 4 98 Nagel, Flynn 5 98 19.6 0 27 5 98 19.6 0 27 Dickerson, Garrett 1 13 13.0 0 13 2 21 10.5 0 13 Total 29 671 23.1 1 95 Opponents 33 689 20.9 0 54
Interceptions no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Hartage, Montre 5 70 14.0 0 66 5 70 14.0 0 66 McGee, Jared 3 25 8.3 0 25 3 25 8.3 0 25 Igwebuike, Godwin 2 15 7.5 0 12 5 26 5.2 0 12 Queiro, Kyle 2 13 6.5 0 13 3 30 10.0 0 17 Goens, Trent 1 23 23.0 0 23 1 23 23.0 0 23 McShepard, Marcus 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Walker, Jr. Anthony 1 17 17.0 0 17 4 134 33.5 1 65 Williams, Trae 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 16 163 10.2 0 66 Opponents 9 93 10.3 1 50
Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg no. yds avg td lg Walker, Jr. Anthony 1 11 11.0 0 11 3 28 9.3 1 13 Igwebuike, Godwin 1 23 23.0 0 23 1 23 23.0 0 23 Total 2 34 17.0 0 23 Opponents 1 22 22.0 0 22
20 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
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All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Jackson, Justin 13 1524 219 0 0 0 1743 134.1 38 4129 582 0 0 0 4711 124.0 Carr, Austin 13 0 1247 0 0 0 1247 95.9 37 -7 1649 0 0 0 1642 44.4 Vault, Solomon 13 26 164 0 560 0 750 57.7 34 266 290 0 1505 0 2061 60.6 Nagel, Flynn 13 0 447 132 98 0 677 52.1 18 0 494 130 98 0 722 40.1 Moten IV, John 13 340 44 0 0 0 384 29.5 13 340 44 0 0 0 384 29.5 Dickerson, Garret 12 0 318 0 13 0 331 27.6 36 0 486 0 21 0 507 14.1 Scanlan, Andrew 13 0 331 0 0 0 331 25.5 42 0 336 0 6 0 342 8.1 Wilson, Macan 13 0 306 0 0 0 306 23.5 26 0 306 0 0 0 306 11.8 Thorson, Clayton 13 98 0 0 0 0 98 7.5 26 495 000049519.0 Skowronek, Ben 13 0 70 0 0 0 70 5.4 13 0 70 0 0 0 70 5.4 Hartage, Montre 13 0 0 0 0 70 70 5.4 26 0 0 0 0 70 70 2.7 Green, Cameron 13 0 31 0 0 0 31 2.4 13 0 31 0 0 0 31 2.4 McGee, Jared 13 0 0 0 0 25 25 1.9 18 0 0 0 0 25 25 1.4 Goens, Trent 9 0 0 0 0 23 23 2.6 9 0 0 0 0 23 23 2.6 Anderson, Austo 4 22 0 0 0 0 22 5.5 10 78 0 0 0 0 78 7.8 Walker, Jr. Antho 13 0 0 0 0 17 17 1.3 38 0 0 0 0 134 134 3.5 Igwebuike, Godw 13 0 0 0 0 15 15 1.2 37 0 0 0 0 26 26 0.7 Queiro, Kyle 11 0 0 0 0 13 13 1.2 28 0 0 0 0 30 30 1.1 Long, Warren 1 9 0 0 0 0 9 9.0 32 517 56 0 0 0 573 17.9 Fessler, Charlie 11 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.6 11 0 7 0 0 0 7 0.6 Alviti, Matt 43000030.8 10 2000020.2 Micucci, Matt 13 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.2 20 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.1 Acker, Corey 8 -2 0000-2-0.2 28 80 0 0 0 0 80 2.9 Hruby, Tom 1 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -2.0 13 24 0 0 0 0 24 1.8 Roberts, Jelani 9 -4 0000-4-0.4 21 32 48 0 19 0 99 4.7 TEAM 11 -23 0 0 0 0 -23 -2.1 Total 13 1991 3186 132 671 163 6143 472.5 Opponents 13 1809 3448 229 689 93 6268 482.2
Field Goals att good long blkd att good long blkd Mitchell, Jack 12 8 40 0 57 40 49 1 Total 12 8 40 0 Opponents 26 18 47 0
Punting no. yds avg lg blk no. yds avg lg blk Niswander, Hunter 73 3015 41.3 62 2 78 3195 41.0 62 2 TEAM 3 8 2.7 6 1 Total 76 3023 39.8 62 3 Opponents 68 2837 41.7 61 0
Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob no. yds avg tb ob Mitchell, Jack 65 3975 61.2 32 1 145 8693 60.0 64 1 Total 65 3975 61.2 32 1 Opponents 63 3831 60.8 30 4
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 21 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
Total Tackles UA-A Total WMU ILS DU NEB IOWA MSU IND OSU WIS PUR MINN ILL UP Igwebuike, G. DB 78-30 108 9 - 3 3 - 1 4 - 2 1 3 - 2 5 - 2 6 - 3 6 - 2 4 - 4 9 - 1 8 - 0 3 - 5 5 - 1 3 - 4 Walker, Jr. A. LB 62-43 105 5 - 2 4 - 3 4 - 1 2 - 2 5 - 5 4 - 3 1 0 - 1 1 - 7 5 - 4 7 - 5 5 - 4 6 - 3 4 - 3 Hall, Nate LB 43-30 73 4 - 1 6 - 1 3 - 0 2 - 3 1 - 3 2 - 0 2 - 2 3 - 4 5 - 1 3 - 4 4 - 4 6 - 2 2 - 5 Prater, Jaylen LB 31-30 61 9 - 9 5 - 2 3 - 2 1 - 7 5 - 3 2 - 3 6 - 1 0 - 3 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P Hartage, Montre DB 48-12 60 6 - 1 9 - 0 4 - 0 3 - 1 3 - 0 1 - 1 7 - 2 3 - 1 2 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 2 6 - 1 2 - 2 Queiro, Kyle DB 32-21 53 3 - 3 3 - 1 D N P D N P 3 - 1 3 - 4 4 - 1 3 - 5 3 - 0 0 - 1 5 - 4 3 - 0 2 - 1 Jones, Joseph LB 26-20 46 2 - 2 4 - 2 2 - 3 0 - 3 3 - 2 0 - 2 3 - 0 0 - 1 6 - 2 0 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 1 Williams, Trae DB 33-9 42 - 1 - 0 7 - 0 6 - 0 3 - 1 1 - 1 D N P D N P 5 - 2 2 - 0 0 - 2 3 - 0 5 - 3 Washington, X. DL 20-18 38 1 - 2 2 - 0 4 - 1 1 - 2 4 - 1 D N P 0 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 4 2 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 0 1 - 1 Walsh, Brett LB 21-16 37 1 - 0 - - 0 - 1 - - - 3 - 2 6 - 2 6 - 3 4 - 4 1 - 1 0 - 3 McGee, Jared DB 26-10 36 0 - 1 - 5 - 4 7 - 3 1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 3 - 0 1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 1 - 1 - 0 Robbins, C.J. DL 21-8 29 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 2 4 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 0 3 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 1 3 - 0 3 - 0 Lancaster, T. 14-14 28 - 2 - 0 1 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 3 5 - 3 0 - 1 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 McShepard, M. 22-6 28 - 1 - 0 - - - - 7 - 0 5 - 3 1 - 0 1 - 0 3 - 2 4 - 1 - Gaziano, Joe DL 15-9 24 1 - 2 1 - 0 2 - 1 1 - 1 - 3 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 D N P - 1 - 3 Odenigbo, I. 16-6 22 2 - 2 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 4 - 1 3 - 1 3 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - Thompson, J. DL 8-12 20 D N P - 0 - 3 - 1 - 2 1 - 1 - 0 - 2 4 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 2 - 0 - 1 Wyatt, Fred DL 9-8 17 2 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 - 2 3 - 0 - - 3 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 - Fox, Nathan LB 7-5 12 1 - 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 0 - 1 Miller, Alex DL 7-5 12 1 - 1 1 - 0 - - - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 0 0 - 1 Mayo, Alonzo DB 5-5 10 1 - 1 - D N P D N P 3 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 0 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P Kuhar, Greg DL 3-4 7 1 - 0 - 1 - 3 1 - 1 - D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P Harris, Matthew DB 5-2 7 3 - 2 2 - 0 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P Goens, Trent DL 3-2 5 - 2 - 0 D N P D N P D N P 1 - 2 - D N P - - - - - Westphal, P. DB 2-3 5 - - 2 - 1 - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - - - D N P D N P D N P - Acker, Corey 4-0 4 D N P D N P - D N P D N P D N P - - 1 - 0 - - 2 - 0 1 - 0 Roberts, Josh LB 3-1 4 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 - - 2 - 1 D N P D N P - Jackson, Justin 1-2 3 ------1 - 2 Reese, Steven 1-2 3 D N P D N P D N P - 0 - 1 0 - 1 - - - - - 1 - 0 D N P Bergin, Joe DB 2-1 3 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 D N P D N P 1 - 1 Fitzpatrick, C. LS 1-1 2 - - - - - 0 - 1 1 - 0 ------Campbell, R. DB 1-1 2 ------0 - 1 D N P 1 - 0 D N P D N P D N P Queiro, Cameron LB 2-0 2 D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 1 - 0 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P Green, Cameron 1-0 1 ------1 - 0 - - - Doles, Tommy 1-0 1 ------1 - 0 - Niswander, H. P 1-0 1 - - - - 1 - 0 ------Roberts, Jelani 1-0 1 D N P - 1 - 0 - D N P D N P - - - - - D N P - Butler, J.B. 1-0 1 D N P ------1 - 0 - Fessler, C. 1-0 1 - - - - 1 - 0 D N P ------D N P Odell, Tommy DB 0-1 1 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 0 - 1 D N P D N P -
22 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
SEASON CAREER
## Defensive Leaders gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk gp ua a total tfl sack int pbu fr ff blk 16 Igwebuike, Godwin 13 7 8 3 0 1 0 8 6.0 . 2 7 1 1 . 37 1 6 3 8 3 2 4 6 11.5 . 5 1 5 2 2 . 1 Walker, Jr. Anthony 13 6 2 4 3 1 0 5 10.0 2 . 0 1 5 2 4 . 38 1 5 5 1 2 3 2 7 8 39.5 7 . 5 4 1 2 6 6 . 32 Hall, Nate 13 4 3 3 0 7 3 6.0 . . 2 . . . 26 7 0 5 9 1 2 9 8.5 . . 4 . . . 51 Prater, Jaylen 8 3 1 3 0 6 1 2.0 . . 1 . . . 29 5 9 5 7 1 1 6 3.0 1 . 0 . 3 . . . 24 Hartage, Montre 13 4 8 1 2 6 0 0.0 . 5 9 . . . 26 5 1 1 3 6 4 0.0 . 5 9 . . . 2A Queiro, Kyle 11 3 2 2 1 5 3 3.5 . 2 6 1 . . 28 4 5 2 7 7 2 3.5 . 3 6 1 . . 42 Jones, Joseph 13 2 6 2 0 4 6 4.5 2 . 0 . 2 1 . . 37 4 4 2 6 7 0 6.5 3 . 0 . 2 1 . . 29 Williams, Trae 11 3 3 9 4 2 1.0 . 1 7 1 . . 11 3 3 9 4 2 1.0 . 1 7 1 . . 56 Washington, Xavier 12 2 0 1 8 3 8 7.5 4 . 5 . . . . . 36 3 9 2 6 6 5 13.5 7 . 0 . 1 . 1 . 10 Walsh, Brett 13 2 1 1 6 3 7 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 18 2 2 1 8 4 0 2.0 1 . 0 . . . . . 41 McGee, Jared 13 2 6 1 0 3 6 1.5 . 3 3 . . . 18 2 8 1 4 4 2 1.5 . 3 3 . . . 90 Robbins, C.J. 13 2 1 8 2 9 5.5 3 . 0 . 1 . 2 . 48 3 1 3 1 6 2 7.0 3 . 5 . 5 1 2 1 17 McShepard, Marcus 13 2 2 6 2 8 0.0 . 1 4 . . . 33 3 7 8 4 5 0.0 . 1 4 . . . 67 Lancaster, Tyler 13 1 4 1 4 2 8 3.5 . . . 1 . . 27 3 2 2 9 6 1 9.0 1 . 5 . 2 1 2 . 97 Gaziano, Joe 12 1 5 9 2 4 6.5 4 . 5 . 2 1 . . 13 1 5 9 2 4 6.5 4 . 5 . 2 1 . . 7 Odenigbo, Ifeadi 13 1 6 6 2 2 12.0 1 0 . 0 . . . 2 . 50 4 1 2 0 6 1 26.5 2 3 . 5 . 1 2 5 . 99 Thompson, Jordan 12 8 1 2 2 0 2.0 . . 1 . . . 25 1 5 2 0 3 5 2.5 . . 2 . . . 92 Wyatt, Fred 13 9 8 1 7 1.5 . . 1 . . . 13 9 8 1 7 1.5 . . 1 . . . 45 Fox, Nathan 13 7 5 1 2 0.5 ...... 13 7 5 1 2 0.5 ...... 95 Miller, Alex 13 7 5 1 2 0.0 . . 1 . . . 13 7 5 1 2 0.0 . . 1 . . . 28 Mayo, Alonzo 5 5 5 1 0 0.5 . . 1 . . . 5 5 5 1 0 0.5 . . 1 . . . 11 Harris, Matthew 2 5 2 7 0.0 ...... 37 1 1 5 4 6 1 6 1 4.5 . 6 2 5 1 3 . 93 Kuhar, Greg 5 3 4 7 0.0 ...... 32 2 7 2 8 5 5 2.0 . . 1 1 . . 54 Goens, Trent 9 3 2 5 1.0 . 1 . . . . 9 3 2 5 1.0 . 1 . . . . 22 Westphal, Parrker 10 2 3 5 0.0 ...... 15 2 3 5 0.0 ...... 49 Roberts, Josh 5 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 7 4 1 5 0.0 ...... 25 Acker, Corey 8 4 . 4 0.0 ...... 28 8 2 1 0 0.0 ...... 23 Reese, Steven 9 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 9 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 47 Bergin, Joe 2 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 2 2 1 3 0.0 ...... 21 Jackson, Justin 13 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 38 4 2 6 0.0 ...... 27 Campbell, Roderick 9 1 1 2 0.0 . . 1 . . . 9 1 1 2 0.0 . . 1 . . . 53 Queiro, Cameron 2 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 15 8 1 9 1.0 ...... 52 Fitzpatrick, Chris 13 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 38 2 2 4 0.0 ...... 48 Odell, Tommy 2 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 11 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 59 Butler, J.B. 12 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . 1 . 20 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . 1 . 5 Fessler, Charlie 11 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 11 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 84 Green, Cameron 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 71 Doles, Tommy 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 19 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 6 Roberts, Jelani 9 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 21 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 96 Niswander, Hunter 13 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 17 1 . 1 0.0 ...... TM TEAM 11 . . . 0.0 . . . 1 . . Total 13 5 7 8 3 3 7 9 1 5 77 27 16 5 4 9 1 0 . Opponents 13 5 6 0 3 2 2 8 8 2 95 39 9 6 3 7 7 3
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 23 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Team Game-by-Game (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
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 Sep 03 WESTERN MICHIGAN 31 123 3 46 15 196 0 37 15-22-0 196 0 37 4 115 0 37 0 0 0 0 319 Sep 10 ILLINOIS STATE 31 86 0 15 17 191 1 34 17-41-0 191 1 34 1 30 0 30 1 -2 0 0 277 Sep 17 DUKE 44 86 0 21 18 320 3 58 18-39-2 320 3 58 2 26 0 19 5 44 0 13 406 Sep 24 NEBRASKA 32 137 1 42 25 251 1 24 25-38-2 251 1 24 3 84 0 35 1 5 0 5 388 Oct 01 at Iowa 42 198 2 58 18 164 3 25 18-30-0 164 3 25 0 0 0 0 1 47 0 47 362 Oct 15 at Michigan State 51 209 3 29 27 281 3 57 27-35-1 281 3 57 3 132 1 95 3 12 0 7 490 Oct 22 INDIANA 44 123 0 27 24 285 3 36 24-44-0 285 3 36 4 91 0 29 3 13 0 7 408 Oct 29 at Ohio State 29 148 1 35 23 258 1 35 23-44-1 258 1 35 1 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 406 Nov 05 WISCONSIN 19 39 0 28 28 277 1 32 28-52-0 277 1 32 1 17 0 17 1 1 0 1 316 Nov 12 at Purdue 46 253 3 27 23 352 3 42 23-37-2 352 3 42 4 62 0 18 1 -2 0 0 605 Nov 19 at Minnesota 33 63 1 19 28 276 1 25 28-45-0 276 1 25 3 55 0 20 1 5 0 5 339 Nov 26 ILLINOIS 49 278 5 54 13 121 1 16 13-20-0 121 1 16 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 10 399 Dec 28 vs Pitt 50 248 3 68 23 214 1 32 23-36-1 214 1 32 3 47 0 24 1 0 0 0 462 Northwestern 501 1991 22 68 282 3186 22 58 282-483-9 3186 22 58 29 671 1 95 20 132 0 47 5177 Opponents 478 1809 20 57 303 3448 13 86 303-496-16 3448 13 86 33 689 0 54 24 229 0 38 5257
Games: 13 • Avg/rush: 4.0 • Avg/catch: 11.3 • Pass effic: 125.10 • KR avg: 23.1 • PR avg: 6.6 • All purpose avg/game: 472.5 • Total offense avg/gm: 398.2
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 Sep 03 WESTERN MICHIGAN 52 34 86 4.0-11 1.0-8 0 0-0 0-0 6 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Sep 10 ILLINOIS STATE 51 12 63 8.0-25 3.0-14 0 0-0 2-25 0 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Sep 17 DUKE 46 22 68 5.0-31 2.0-13 1 1-11 1-3 1 8 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Sep 24 NEBRASKA 42 34 76 6.0-17 0.0-0 1 2-0 0-0 2 2 0 1-2 0 0 0 0 13 Oct 01 at Iowa 48 26 74 9.0-49 6.0-42 2 0-0 1-0 1 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 0 38 Oct 15 at Michigan State 28 36 64 6.0-36 4.0-34 1 1-0 1-0 5 4 0 7-7 0 0 1 7 54 Oct 22 INDIANA 58 12 70 6.0-25 2.0-15 0 0-0 2-0 6 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Oct 29 at Ohio State 34 40 74 4.0-12 1.0-6 0 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 20 Nov 05 WISCONSIN 57 22 79 8.0-13 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Nov 12 at Purdue 47 20 67 5.0-13 3.0-11 0 0-0 4-44 0 4 0 6-6 0 0 0 17 45 Nov 19 at Minnesota 34 36 70 7.0-30 1.0-4 1 1-0 1-0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 12 Nov 26 ILLINOIS 51 10 61 6.0-35 3.0-24 3 3-23 1-66 2 9 0 6-6 0 0 0 28 42 Dec 28 vs Pitt 30 33 63 3.0-31 1.0-18 1 1-0 3-25 2 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 3 31 Northwestern 578 337 915 77.0-328 27.0-189 10 9-34 16-163 26 54 0 42-43 0 0 1 55 338 Opponents 560 322 882 95.0-341 39.0-224 7 7-22 9-93 48 63 3 27-30 1 0 1 56 289
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 03 WESTERN MICHIGAN 3 153 51.0 52 0 0 1 2 2 0-0 0 0 4 251 62.8 2 1 Sep 10 ILLINOIS STATE 7 317 45.3 62 0 1 1 2 3 0-1 0 0 2 128 64.0 1 0 Sep 17 DUKE 8 343 42.9 50 0 2 3 1 2 1-2 40 0 5 322 64.4 4 0 Sep 24 NEBRASKA 6 243 40.5 50 0 1 3 1 2 0-1 0 0 3 195 65.0 2 0 Oct 01 at Iowa 7 307 43.9 48 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 25 0 7 447 63.9 3 0 Oct 15 at Michigan State 6 214 35.7 62 1 0 2 1 2 1-1 33 0 9 581 64.6 5 0 Oct 22 INDIANA 9 323 35.9 47 1 1 2 0 2 1-1 19 0 5 298 59.6 2 0 Oct 29 at Ohio State 4 157 39.2 46 0 0 1 0 1 2-2 33 0 5 325 65.0 4 0 Nov 05 WISCONSIN 8 318 39.8 50 0 0 2 1 2 0-0 0 0 2 104 52.0 1 0 Nov 12 at Purdue 2 59 29.5 38 0 0 1 0 1 1-1 23 0 8 512 64.0 4 0 Nov 19 at Minnesota 6 217 36.2 51 0 1 1 1 1 0-1 0 0 2 123 61.5 0 0 Nov 26 ILLINOIS 6 250 41.7 60 0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 7 424 60.6 3 0 Dec 28 vs Pitt 4 122 30.5 52 1 0 1 1 0 1-1 37 0 6 265 44.2 1 0 Northwestern 76 3023 39.8 62 3 6 20 11 20 8-12 40 0 65 3975 61.2 32 1 Opponents 68 2837 41.7 61 0 5 23 9 27 18-26 47 0 63 3831 60.8 30 4
24 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
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 Sep 03 WESTERN MICHIGAN 48 198 1 18 26 218 1 20 26-36-0 218 1 20 1 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 416 Sep 10 ILLINOIS STATE 30 85 1 11 30 287 0 36 30-41-2 287 0 36 1 17 0 17 1 6 0 6 372 Sep 17 DUKE 34 117 2 19 27 279 0 39 27-49-1 279 0 39 1 25 0 25 2 20 0 10 396 Sep 24 NEBRASKA 47 310 2 49 18 246 1 59 18-29-0 246 1 59 1 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 556 Oct 01 at Iowa 41 79 3 12 19 204 1 46 19-27-1 204 1 46 4 139 0 54 5 115 0 38 283 Oct 15 at Michigan State 23 51 0 24 27 424 4 86 27-42-1 424 4 86 4 70 0 24 3 31 0 13 475 Oct 22 INDIANA 27 84 1 24 35 317 0 33 35-59-2 317 0 33 3 56 0 23 3 3 0 4 401 Oct 29 at Ohio State 41 208 3 35 21 223 0 34 21-32-0 223 0 34 1 20 0 20 1 7 0 7 431 Nov 05 WISCONSIN 57 190 2 46 13 143 0 32 13-22-0 143 0 32 1 13 0 13 2 25 0 24 333 Nov 12 at Purdue 32 130 1 20 29 264 1 49 29-51-4 264 1 49 4 110 0 30 0 0 0 0 394 Nov 19 at Minnesota 40 131 2 32 14 197 1 62 14-25-1 197 1 62 3 65 0 30 2 0 0 2 328 Nov 26 ILLINOIS 26 57 1 18 28 377 2 37 28-54-1 377 2 37 4 90 0 28 3 20 0 19 434 Dec 28 vs Pitt 32 169 1 57 16 269 2 69 16-29-3 269 2 69 5 50 0 26 2 2 0 2 438 Opponents 478 1809 20 57 303 3448 13 86 303-496-16 3448 13 86 33 689 0 54 24 229 0 38 5257 Northwestern 501 1991 22 68 282 3186 22 58 282-483-9 3186 22 58 29 671 1 95 20 132 0 47 5177
Games: 13 • Avg/rush: 3.8 • Avg/catch: 11.4 • Pass effic: 121.68 • KR avg: 20.9 • PR avg: 9.5 • All purpose avg/game: 482.2 • Total offense avg/gm: 404.4
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 Sep 03 WESTERN MICHIGAN 38 8 46 6.0-20 3.0-16 1 1-0 0-0 6 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 22 Sep 10 ILLINOIS STATE 39 16 55 5.0-19 3.0-13 1 0-0 0-0 6 9 0 0-1 0 0 0 0 9 Sep 17 DUKE 48 26 74 11.0-45 5.0-28 0 0-0 2-0 13 4 0 1-2 0 0 0 7 13 Sep 24 NEBRASKA 44 22 66 9.0-23 4.0-17 0 0-0 2-0 2 6 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 24 Oct 01 at Iowa 37 32 69 2.0-9 1.0-8 1 1-0 0-0 1 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 31 Oct 15 at Michigan State 38 60 98 5.0-18 1.0-8 0 0-0 1-43 3 1 1 4-4 0 0 0 7 40 Oct 22 INDIANA 57 12 69 11.0-35 3.0-21 0 0-0 0-0 5 10 1 0-0 0 0 1 0 14 Oct 29 at Ohio State 31 36 67 4.0-17 1.0-8 0 0-0 1-0 0 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 3 24 Nov 05 WISCONSIN 38 10 48 6.0-20 2.0-15 1 1-22 0-0 8 7 0 1-1 1 0 0 8 21 Nov 12 at Purdue 54 22 76 5.0-10 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-50 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 17 Nov 19 at Minnesota 44 26 70 12.0-46 7.0-37 2 2-0 0-0 0 7 0 2-3 0 0 0 3 29 Nov 26 ILLINOIS 50 10 60 9.0-39 5.0-33 1 1-0 0-0 2 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 7 21 Dec 28 vs Pitt 42 42 84 10.0-40 4.0-20 0 1-0 1-0 2 5 1 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Opponents 560 322 882 95.0-341 39.0-224 7 7-22 9-93 48 63 3 27-30 1 0 1 56 289 Northwestern 578 337 915 77.0-328 27.0-189 10 9-34 16-163 26 54 0 42-43 0 0 1 55 338
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 03 WESTERN MICHIGAN 2 87 43.5 47 0 0 1 0 1 3-4 47 0 6 373 62.2 1 1 Sep 10 ILLINOIS STATE 6 291 48.5 57 0 0 3 2 3 1-2 33 0 2 130 65.0 1 0 Sep 17 DUKE 8 368 46.0 53 0 0 3 3 1 0-1 0 0 2 114 57.0 0 0 Sep 24 NEBRASKA 5 193 38.6 47 0 2 0 0 1 1-1 23 0 5 318 63.6 2 0 Oct 01 at Iowa 8 321 40.1 49 0 1 5 0 1 1-1 24 0 6 390 65.0 6 0 Oct 15 at Michigan State 5 231 46.2 61 0 0 1 1 3 2-2 41 0 8 418 52.2 3 2 Oct 22 INDIANA 5 227 45.4 57 0 0 1 1 2 2-3 30 0 4 234 58.5 0 0 Oct 29 at Ohio State 5 183 36.6 48 0 1 2 0 2 1-1 35 0 5 325 65.0 4 0 Nov 05 WISCONSIN 7 261 37.3 53 0 0 3 1 6 2-4 40 0 5 323 64.6 4 0 Nov 12 at Purdue 4 146 36.5 45 0 0 0 0 3 1-1 26 0 4 211 52.8 0 0 Nov 19 at Minnesota 6 242 40.3 48 0 1 3 0 1 3-3 42 0 7 418 59.7 3 1 Nov 26 ILLINOIS 6 246 41.0 61 0 0 1 1 3 0-1 0 0 4 260 65.0 4 0 Dec 28 vs Pitt 1 41 41.0 41 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 46 0 5 317 63.4 2 0 Opponents 68 2837 41.7 61 0 5 23 9 27 18-26 47 0 63 3831 60.8 30 4 Northwestern 76 3023 39.8 62 3 6 20 11 20 8-12 40 0 65 3975 61.2 32 1
2017 Northwestern Football Notes 25 The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Passing Game-by-Game (as of Dec 28, 2016) All games
#18 Thorson, C. Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Western Michigan 15 22 0 68.2 196 0 37 3-16 143.02 Illinois State 17 41 0 41.5 191 1 34 3-13 88.64 Duke 18 39 2 46.2 320 3 58 5-28 130.21 Nebraska 24 37 2 64.9 249 1 24 4-17 119.50 Iowa 18 30 0 60.0 164 3 25 1-8 138.92 Michigan State 27 35 1 77.1 281 3 57 1-8 167.15 Indiana 24 43 0 55.8 285 3 36 2-12 134.51 Ohio State 22 42 1 52.4 256 1 35 1-8 106.68 Wisconsin 28 52 0 53.8 277 1 32 2-15 104.94 Purdue 23 36 2 63.9 352 3 42 0-0 162.41 Minnesota 28 45 0 62.2 276 1 25 7-37 121.08 Illinois 13 20 0 65.0 121 1 16 5-33 132.32 Pitt 23 36 1 63.9 214 1 32 4-20 117.43 TOTALS 280 478 9 58.6 3182 22 58 38-215 125.92
#8 Mitchell, Jack Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Nebraska 1 1 0 100.0 2 0 2 0-0 116.80 TOTALS 1 1 0 100.0 2 0 2 0-0 116.80
#7A Alviti, Matt Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Ohio State 1 1 0 100.0 2 0 2 0-0 116.80 TOTALS 1 1 0 100.0 2 0 2 1-9 116.80
#82 Scanlan, Andrew Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Ohio State 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00
#3B Micucci, Matt Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Indiana 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00
#TM TEAM Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Purdue 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00
26 2017 Northwestern Football Notes The Automated ScoreBook Northwestern Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2016) All games
RUSHING No-Yds/TD WMU ILS DU NEB IOWA MSU IND OSU WIS PUR MINN ILL Jackson, Justin RB 266-1300/12 23-124/3 12-42/0 28-94/0 20-79/0 26-171/1 34-188/2 28-94/0 17-76/0 13-42/0 22-127/2 22-90/1 21-173/3 Moten IV, John RB 54-329/2 - 1-2/0 1-3/0 1-11/0 3-10/0 8-12/0 4-18/0 5-26/0 - 16-119/0 1-0/0 14-128/2 Thorson, C. QB 85-82/5 5--8/0 12-30/0 7--24/0 10-43/1 9-11/1 5-12/1 8-22/0 6-44/1 6--3/0 1-2/1 9--26/0 7--21/0 Vault, Solomon WR 11-26/0 1--1/0 1-1/0 3-11/0 1-4/0 2-8/0 1-1/0 2-2/0 - - - - - Anderson, A. RB 7-22/0 DNP 4-8/0 1-9/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP DNP 2-5/0 Long, Warren RB 1-9/0 1-9/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Alviti, Matt QB 4-3/0 DNP 1-3/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1--9/0 1-2/0 DNP 1-7/0 DNP DNP Acker, Corey RB 4--2/0 DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP - - - 1-2/0 - 3--4/0 Hruby, Tom 3--2/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 3--2/0 DNP DNP Roberts, Jelani WR 2--3/0 DNP - 2--3/0 - DNP DNP - - - - - DNP TEAM 14--21/0 1--1/0 DNP 2--4/0 - 2--2/0 3--4/0 1--4/0 - DNP 2--2/0 1--1/0 2--3/0
RECEIVING No-Yds/TD WMU ILS DU NEB IOWA MSU IND OSU WIS PUR MINN ILL Carr, Austin WR 84-1196/12 5-75/0 7-73/1 6-135/1 8-109/1 6-73/3 11-130/2 7-125/1 8-158/0 12-132/1 5-92/2 5-68/0 4-26/0 Nagel, Flynn WR 37-421/2 - 4-44/0 1-33/0 5-48/0 1-6/0 5-81/1 6-40/0 - 4-37/0 2-30/0 6-65/1 3-37/0 Scanlan, Andrew WR 25-296/0 2-19/0 1-5/0 1-8/0 1-8/0 1-18/0 2-32/0 2-23/0 - 5-46/0 5-78/0 4-54/0 1-5/0 Dickerson, G. SB 29-272/4 3-23/0 1-17/0 4-42/1 1-14/0 1-8/0 1-5/0 DNP 8-43/1 2-30/0 2-44/1 3-14/0 3-32/1 Wilson, Macan WR 19-259/1 1-12/0 1-34/0 3-57/0 1-11/0 1-15/0 2-15/0 1-32/1 1-7/0 3-16/0 4-46/0 1-14/0 - Jackson, Justin RB 33-210/0 2-47/0 1-5/0 1--3/0 3-18/0 3-13/0 4-10/0 5-34/0 3-21/0 1-1/0 1-8/0 8-51/0 1-5/0 Vault, Solomon WR 15-164/2 2-20/0 1-6/0 2-48/1 2-17/0 1-0/0 2-8/0 2-28/1 - 1-15/0 1-6/0 - 1-16/0 Skowronek, Ben WR 8-70/0 - 1-7/0 - 1-8/0 2-11/0 - - 1-6/0 - 2-28/0 1-10/0 - Moten IV, John RB 3-44/0 - - - 1-9/0 1-15/0 ----1-20/0 - - Green, Cameron SB 4-31/0 - - - - 1-5/0 - 1-3/0 2-23/0 - - - - Fessler, C. WR 1-7/0 - - - 1-7/0 - DNP ------Micucci, Matt K 1-2/0 - DNP - 1-2/0 DNP - - DNP - - - DNP
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