NORTHWESTERN GAME FOOTBALL NOTES Game 7 | Indiana Hoosiers (3-4) | BTN October 22, 2016 | Ryan Field | 11 a.m. CT

Offensive Starters NORTHWESTERN 24, INDIANA 14 Pos. No./Name Career Start QB #18 20 WILDCAT CAPTAINS RB #21 Justin Jackson 25 • Captains Austin Carr, Connor Mahoney, Anthony Walker Jr. and CJ Robbins were LT #72 Blake Hance 16 joined by honorary captain Justin Chabot, the 1996 team captain. LG #68 J.B. Butler 2 • Indiana won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. Northwestern chose to C #69 Brad North 11 receive. RG #71 Tommy Doles 7 RT #76 Eric Olson 28 FOR STARTERS • Junior Anthony Walker Jr. made his 27th-consecutive start, the longest active streak WR #80 Austin Carr 11 for the ’Cats. WR #2 Flynn Nagel 6 • Junior Solomon Vault and redshirt-freshman Alonzo Mayo made their first career WR #82 Andrew Scanlan 7 starts. WR #4 Solomon Vault 1 • Sophomore J.B. Butler made his second consecutive start at left guard. Defensive Starters CAT FACTS Pos. No./Name Career Start • Austin Carr has scored a in six straight games, the first Northwestern DE #7 3 player to do so since at least 2000. DT #67 Tyler Lancaster 20 • Austin Carr had 125 yards receiving, his fourth 100-plus yard receiving game of DT #99 Jordan Thompson 5 the season and his second in a row. DE #90 C.J. Robbins 26 • Austin Carr is the first Northwestern player to have four games of 100 or more yards WLB #51 Jaylen Prater 16 receiving in a season since Jeremy Ebert had five in 2011. MLB #1 Anthony Walker, Jr. 27 • Austin Carr has nine touchdown receptions in 2016. SLB #32 Nate Hall 8 • Austin Carr continues to lead the Big Ten in receptions (50), yards (720) and CB #28 Alonzo Mayo 1 (9). S #16 Godwin Igwebuike 25 • Austin Carr is tied for third in program history with nine touchdown receptions this S #21 Kyle Quiero 7 season. D’Wayne Bates holds the single-season record with 12. CB #24 7 • Clayton Thorson is the first since at least 2000 with three straight games with 3-plus touchdown passes. • Clayton Thorson is tied for 10th in program history with 14 touchdown passes this NEW CAREER HIGHS season. owns the single-season record with 21 in 2005. Name Statistic Total (Prev. High) • Clayton Thorson is the first Northwestern quarterback since at least 2000 with three Nathan Fox QB Hurries 1 (N/A) Nathan Fox Assisted Tackles 1 (N/A) passing touchdowns in four games in a season. Cameron Green Receptions 1 (N/A) • Clayton Thorson has four games of three or more touchdown passes in the 2016 Montre Hartage Assisted Tackles 2 (1) season. C.J. Bacher is the last Northwestern quarterback to put up those numbers, Alonzo Mayo Pass Breakups 1 (N/A) doing so in 2006. Marcus McShepard Pass Breakup 2 (N/A) • Clayton Thorson has already surpassed his 2015 passing yardage total with 1,686 so Marcus McShepard Solo Tackles 6 (3) far in 2016. John Moten IV Rushing Yards 18 (12) Flynn Nagel Receptions 6 (5) • Solomon Vault scored his second career receiving touchdown. Clayton Thorson Pass Attempts 43 (41) • Marcus McShepard made an appearance at cornerback for the first time this year. Macan Wilson TD Receptions 1 (N/A) • Macan Wilson recorded the first touchdown reception of his career. • Montre Hartage recorded his second career . • Hunter Niswander landed a punt at the Indiana five-yard line, his 12th of the season. • Linebacker Josh Roberts recorded his first tackle since 2014. • Ifeadi Odenigbo recorded his eighth sack of the season and has 21.5 for his career, which moves him into second place all-time at Northwestern. He passed Steve Shine (21.0 from 1990-93) and now trails all-time sacks leader Casey Dailey (1994-97), who had 28.0.

TEAM NOTES • Northwestern scored on its opening possession for the fourth time this season. • Northwestern held a halftime lead for the 3rd time this season. The Wildcats are 55- 16 under when leading at the half. • The Northwestern secondary is now three-for-three on the season when it predicts before the game.

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