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Rutgers at Northwestern

2026 season · Week 8 · 2026-10-24 · 12:00 ET

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2026 season · stats through Week 7
RUTG
AWAYRutgers2-4 · 6 G
NU
HOMENorthwestern5-1 · 6 G
Spread Northwestern -15.5O/U 58.75Venue Not collectedKickoff 2026-10-24 · 12:00

Offense vs. opposing defense

FBS ranks from the category pages · #1 best · edge only when both ranks exist
Rutgers offenseNorthwestern defense
Rank T-58 of 138 FBS teamsScoringEdge NorthwesternRank 26 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 61 of 138 FBS teamsTotal yardsEdge RutgersRank T-84 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 98 of 138 FBS teamsRushingEdge NorthwesternRank 58 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 35 of 138 FBS teamsPassingEdge RutgersRank 100 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 42 of 134 FBS teamsPassing efficiencyEdge NorthwesternRank 25 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-58 of 138 FBS teams3rd down conversionEdge RutgersRank 73 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 38 of 138 FBS teams4th down conversionEdge RutgersRank T-98 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-76 of 138 FBS teamsRed zone scoringEdge NorthwesternRank T-22 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-100 of 138 FBS teamsSacks allowed vs sacksEdge RutgersRank T-101 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-41 of 138 FBS teamsTFL allowed vs TFLEdge RutgersRank T-109 of 138 FBS teams
—Kickoff returnsNo callRank 9 of 20 FBS teams
—Punt returnsNo call—
Northwestern offenseRutgers defense
Rank T-40 of 138 FBS teamsScoringEdge NorthwesternRank 119 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 44 of 138 FBS teamsTotal yardsEdge NorthwesternRank 113 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 38 of 138 FBS teamsRushingEdge NorthwesternRank 118 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-67 of 138 FBS teamsPassingEdge NorthwesternRank T-82 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 11 of 134 FBS teamsPassing efficiencyEdge NorthwesternRank 112 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-46 of 138 FBS teams3rd down conversionEdge NorthwesternRank T-67 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-27 of 138 FBS teams4th down conversionEdge NorthwesternRank T-121 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 8 of 138 FBS teamsRed zone scoringEdge NorthwesternRank 84 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-100 of 138 FBS teamsSacks allowed vs sacksEdge NorthwesternRank T-101 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-115 of 138 FBS teamsTFL allowed vs TFLEdge RutgersRank T-104 of 138 FBS teams
—Kickoff returnsNo call—
—Punt returnsNo call—

Team vs. team

Same stat for both teams
RutgersNorthwestern
Rank T-124 of 138 FBS teamsTurnover marginEdge NorthwesternRank 8 of 138 FBS teams
Rank T-4 of 138 FBS teamsPenalties per gameEdge RutgersRank T-100 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 1 of 138 FBS teamsPenalty yards per gameEdge RutgersRank 61 of 138 FBS teams
Rank 36 of 138 FBS teamsTime of possessionEdge RutgersRank 52 of 138 FBS teams
—Net puntingNo call—
Rank T-107 of 138 FBS teamsWinning percentageEdge NorthwesternRank T-18 of 138 FBS teams

Data: CollegeFootballData.com. Ranks among FBS teams; FCS opponents show stored values but are not ranked. Unavailable values are never shown as zero.

Data: CollegeFootballData.com. Ranks among FBS teams; games against FCS opponents count toward totals. Values not available from source show as —, never as zero.