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Northwestern Wildcats football

2026 season · Big Ten

6-23-2 in conference · all 2026 games
  • Coaches No. 23

Next vs Iowa (No. 21) · Nov 7 · 7:30 PM ET

Schedule and results

2026 · opponent AP rank shown when ranked
  1. Sep 5vsSouth Dakota StateW34–18
  2. Sep 19vsColoradoW41–7
  3. Sep 25Confat5IndianaL23–29
  4. Oct 2ConfvsPenn StateW34–13
  5. Oct 10vsBall StateW45–14
  6. Oct 17ConfatMichigan StateW24–21
  7. Oct 24ConfvsRutgersW42–14
  8. Oct 31ConfatOregonL26–34
  9. Nov 7Confvs21Iowa7:30 PM ET
  10. Nov 14Confat11Ohio StateTime TBA
  11. Nov 21ConfatMinnesotaTime TBA
  12. Nov 28ConfvsIllinoisTime TBA

Season stats

per game · rank among FBS teams · 8 games
  • Points per game33.6No. 34
  • Points allowed per game18.8No. 25
  • Total yards per game438.1No. 28
  • Passing yards per game237.3No. 58
  • Rushing yards per game200.9No. 24
  • Yards allowed per game374.1No. 84
  • Third-down conversion46.5%No. 25
  • Turnover margin per game+1.3No. 5

Team leaders

2026 season totals · top 3 on this team

Passing

Passing yards

  1. Aidan ChilesQB1,89813 TD

Rushing

Rushing yards

  1. Caleb KomolafeRB618104 CAR
  2. Joseph Himon IIRB38443 CAR
  3. Aidan ChilesQB27486 CAR

Receiving

Receiving yards

  1. Griffin WildeWR76144 REC
  2. Drew WagnerWR26130 REC
  3. Luke DehnickeTE25114 REC

Defense

Total tackles

  1. Braydon BrusLB6835 SOLO
  2. Kobie McKinzieLB5524 SOLO
  3. Robert FitzgeraldDB4520 SOLO

Sacks

  1. Braydon BrusLB4.013 TFL
  2. Michael KilbaneDL2.57 TFL
  3. Kobie McKinzieLB2.05 TFL

Interceptions

  1. Robert FitzgeraldDB215 YDS
  2. Braden TurnerDB122 YDS
  3. Jalen LewisDB15 YDS

Schedule, results, rankings and stats via CollegeFootballData.