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2021 SEASON DATABASE
Northwestern football
Record: 3–9 (Schedule & Results)
Conference: Big Ten
Players: 63
Points For: 199
Points/Game: 16.6
Points Against: 348
Opp. Points/Game: 29.0
2021 SEASON
LIVE SCOREBOARD →Schedule & results
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TEAM PRODUCTION
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2021 SEASON TOTALS
ALL GAMESOffense at a glance
| PASS CMP | PASS ATT | PASS YDS | PASS % | PASS AVG | PASS TD | PASS INT | PASS RTG | SACK | RUSH ATT | RUSH YDS | RUSH AVG | RUSH TD | REC | REC YDS | REC AVG | REC TD | PTS/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | 365 | 2,128 | 57.0 | 5.8 | 13 | 14 | 110.0 | 0 | 444 | 1,757 | 4.0 | 12 | 208 | 2,128 | 10.2 | 13 | 16.6 |
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PLAYER PROFILES →Individual player statistics
SEASON PRODUCTION
SWIPE FOR MORE →Passing
| PLAYER | CMP | ATT | YDS | CMP% | AVG | TD | INT | RTG | SACK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. HilinskiQB | 95 | 176 | 978 | 54.0 | 5.6 | 3 | 4 | 101.7 | — |
| A. MartyQB | 66 | 110 | 707 | 60.0 | 6.4 | 6 | 6 | 121.1 | — |
| H. JohnsonQB | 45 | 75 | 424 | 60.0 | 5.7 | 4 | 4 | 114.4 | — |
| C. RichardsonQB | 2 | 4 | 19 | 50.0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 89.9 | — |
| TEAM TOTALS | 208 | 365 | 2,128 | 57.0 | 5.8 | 13 | 14 | 110.0 | 0 |
SEASON PRODUCTION
SWIPE FOR MORE →Rushing
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. HullRB | 196 | 1009 | 5.1 | 90 | 7 | — |
| A. ClairRB | 63 | 349 | 5.5 | 32 | 1 | — |
| A. Tyus IIIRB | 50 | 210 | 4.2 | 16 | 1 | — |
| S. Robinson Jr.WR | 10 | 120 | 12.0 | 49 | 0 | — |
| A. MartyQB | 51 | 101 | 2.0 | 25 | 1 | — |
| M. CiscoRB | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 | — |
| C. NewhouseRB | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | — |
| J. JeffersonWR | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | — |
| B. KirtzWR | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| J. ArthursRB | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 1 | — |
| C. RichardsonQB | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| M. WashingtonWR | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 6 | 0 | — |
| C. Johnson IIWR | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| D. AdamsP | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| R. Niro IIIWR | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 1 | 0 | — |
| H. JohnsonQB | 24 | -22 | -0.9 | 9 | 0 | — |
| R. HilinskiQB | 23 | -67 | -2.9 | 8 | 1 | — |
| TEAM TOTALS | 444 | 1,757 | 4.0 | 90 | 12 | 0 |
SEASON PRODUCTION
SWIPE FOR MORE →Receiving
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Robinson Jr.WR | 46 | 625 | 13.6 | 47 | 2 |
| M. WashingtonWR | 44 | 578 | 13.1 | 64 | 2 |
| E. HullRB | 33 | 264 | 8.0 | 31 | 2 |
| B. KirtzWR | 19 | 203 | 10.7 | 44 | 0 |
| J. GillWR | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 31 | 1 |
| C. MangieriTE | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 25 | 0 |
| M. LangTE | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 20 | 3 |
| J. JeffersonWR | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 32 | 0 |
| A. ClairRB | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 12 | 0 |
| T. PughTE | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 9 | 2 |
| B. HolmanWR | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 1 |
| A. Tyus IIIRB | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| W. Dennis Jr.WR | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
| G. Hooper PriceWR | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| R. Niro IIIWR | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| J. MosleyWR | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| T. GordonTE | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 208 | 2,128 | 10.2 | 64 | 13 |
SEASON PRODUCTION
SWIPE FOR MORE →Defense
| PLAYER | TOT | SOLO | AST | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. BerginLB | 132 | 84 | — | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | — |
| B. GallagherLB | 90 | 54 | — | 5.5 | 1 | — | 0 | — |
| B. JosephS | 79 | 54 | — | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | — |
| C. AzemaDB | 72 | 50 | — | 3.5 | 0 | — | 4 | — |
| P. McIntyreLB | 68 | 31 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| C. MitchellDB | 48 | 40 | — | 0.5 | 0 | — | 6 | — |
| A. Hampton Jr.DB | 38 | 33 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | — |
| A. AdebaworeDL | 36 | 25 | — | 8.5 | 4.5 | — | 3 | — |
| R. Heard IIS | 31 | 24 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | — |
| J. MeiserDL | 28 | 21 | — | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | — |
| S. MillerDL | 27 | 14 | — | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | — |
| J. Pooler Jr.DL | 25 | 8 | — | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 0 | — |
| B. JacksonDB | 24 | 17 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| T. KentDE | 19 | 10 | — | 1.5 | 1 | — | 0 | — |
| X. MuellerLB | 19 | 9 | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | — |
| T. HudetzLB | 14 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| R. Niro IIIWR | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| S. McLaughlinDL | 11 | 8 | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | — |
| J. SpivakDL | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| G. Hollis Jr.CB | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| D. O'RourkeDL | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| J. JosephS | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| J. Gold Jr.DT | 4 | 2 | — | 0.5 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| K. JonesLB | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| G. MetzLB | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| T. CarringtonDB | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| C. SchmidtOL | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| E. WiederkehrOL | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| P. SnodgrassLS | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| B. KirtzWR | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| C. KuhbanderPK | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| G. Hooper PriceWR | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| J. RiversDB | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| M. WashingtonWR | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| M. LangTE | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| M. Jansey Jr.LB | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| O. AdeyiDB | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| S. Robinson Jr.WR | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| T. EdwardsDL | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| T. GordonTE | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| T. HaskinsDB | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — |
| TEAM TOTALS | 825 | 525 | 0 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
SEASON PRODUCTION
SWIPE FOR MORE →Kicking & Scoring
| PLAYER | FGM | FGA | FG% | XPM | XPA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. KuhbanderPK | 6 | 13 | — | 21 | 21 | 39 |
| J. OlsenPK | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T. FinisonPK | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 23 | 23 | 41 |
TEAM NEWS + STATTAKE ARTICLES
ALL CFB NEWS →Latest Northwestern coverage
NATIONAL UPDATE
‘It’s Really Weird’ — Ex-NFL LB Calls Out CFB Fans’ ‘Deep Disdain’ for Deion Sande…
‘It’s Really Weird’ — Ex-NFL LB Calls Out CFB Fans’ ‘Deep Disdain’ for Deion Sanders Amid Colorado’s Ongoing Struggles. Colorado coach Deion Sanders dismissed several players from the Buffaloes’ roster after the team’s woeful 41-7 Week 3 loss to the Northwestern Wildcats. After the dismissals, college football fans and analysts on social media predicted that Sanders’ tenure at Colorado would soon end.
READ UPDATE →NATIONAL UPDATE“Losing Is Not Funny”: Deion Sanders Dismissing Colorado Players Triggers Former H…
‘Losing Is Not Funny’ — Former Heisman Winner Backs Deion Sanders’ Decision To Kick Colorado Players off the Team Post Northwestern Loss. The Colorado Buffaloes suffered a disappointing 41–7 loss to Northwestern. Head coach Deion Sanders responded by holding his players accountable and announcing roster changes during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. He said several players had been removed from the program for “conduct detrimental to the team.”
READ UPDATE →NATIONAL UPDATE‘Deion Sanders Is 100% Justified’ — Heisman Winner Supports Colorado HC’s Controve…
‘Deion Sanders Is 100% Justified’ — Heisman Winner Supports Colorado HC’s Controversial Decision to Cut Ties With Several Players. Deion Sanders is taking a hard line on accountability at Colorado after the Buffaloes suffered a brutal 41-7 loss to Northwestern. The Colorado head coach announced roster changes during his weekly press conference on Tuesday, saying several players had been cut from the program for “conduct detrimental to the team.
READ UPDATE →NATIONAL UPDATEColorado player apologizes for profane remarks disparaging Northwestern’s temporar…
Colorado player apologizes for profane remarks disparaging Northwestern’s temporary stadium. A Colorado football player apologized Tuesday for making disparaging comments about Northwestern’s temporary lakefront stadium that were caught on video. Buffaloes safety Ben Finneseth joined Colorado coach Deion Sanders at a news conference to address the video, which garnered 6. 6 million views after a Daily Northwestern journalist posted it on social media.
READ UPDATE →NATIONAL UPDATEDeion Sanders mentions 'a few guys not on the team anymore' following Northwestern…
This comes on the heels of his press conference Tuesday starting out with safety Ben Finneseth apologizing for comments caught on video as Colorado entered the field at Northwestern. $19.99 gets you a FULL year of On3 | Rivals national coverage Those comments referred to Northwestern’s intimate stadium as: “this place (expletive) sucks. (Expletive) sounds like a (expletive) library.” Whether that had anything to do with the unnamed players no longer on the team as of Tuesday is unclear. But with the way it’s gone downhill since the 2024 season, when Colorado won nine games with Shedeur Sanders and Heisman winner Travis Hunter, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum called it a spiraling coaching career. “Yeah, I’m sad because I don’t certainly root against Northwestern or everybody’s fuzzy little teddy bear, but I just have started really pulling for for Deion once he got sick, and his career just continues to spiral,” Finebaum said on The Matt Barrie Show. “And it’s so it’s just much different with between with him and Dabo and Belichick because Deion is is a guy that is so electric …
READ UPDATE →NATIONAL UPDATEColorado: Aidan Chiles Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week.
Aidan Chiles Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Aidan Chiles earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors after a five-touchdown performance against Colorado, continuing a strong, turnover-free start to his Northwestern career.
READ UPDATE →STATTAKENorthwestern’s David Braun Extension Is About the Stadium, Not 20–19
A record barely above .500 does not explain a contract through 2031. Northwestern is buying continuity before New Ryan Field changes the program’s expectations.
READ UPDATE →ROSTER BUILDING
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