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Northwestern Wildcats Rushing

Location: Evanston, Illinois ▪ Colors: Purple & White
Stadium: Ryan Field (cap. 49,256)
Record*: 119 Years, 489-628-40, .440 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 490-627-40 by NCAA.

Conferences: Big Ten, Western and Ind
Conference Champion: 8 Times
Bowls: 11 Bowls, 2-9, .182 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 6 Times (Preseason), 9 Times (Final), 154 Weeks (Total)

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Since 1977

Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Damien Anderson 935 4336 4.6 37 54 490 9.1 0 989 4826 4.9 37
2 Tyrell Sutton* 731 3886 5.3 31 149 1244 8.3 6 880 5130 5.8 37
3 Darnell Autry* 787 3793 4.8 35 60 447 7.5 2 847 4240 5.0 37
4 Dennis Lundy 736 3062 4.2 20 80 618 7.7 1 816 3680 4.5 21
5 Bob Christian 612 2643 4.3 20 89 845 9.5 7 701 3488 5.0 27
6 Jason Wright* 489 2625 5.4 32 53 571 10.8 2 542 3196 5.9 34
7 Noah Herron* 462 2524 5.5 26 72 781 10.8 2 534 3305 6.2 28
8 Stanley Davenport 522 1946 3.7 14 67 472 7.0 0 589 2418 4.1 14
9 Byron Sanders 451 1840 4.1 8 12 154 12.8 1 463 1994 4.3 9
10 Kain Colter* 334 1691 5.1 23 60 667 11.1 3 394 2358 6.0 26
11 Adrian Autry* 388 1588 4.1 12 20 97 4.9 0 408 1685 4.1 12
12 Venric Mark* 249 1533 6.2 13 26 151 5.8 1 275 1684 6.1 14
13 Ricky Edwards 379 1369 3.6 9 140 1056 7.5 2 519 2425 4.7 11
14 Zak Kustok 419 1239 3.0 22 0 0 0 419 1239 3.0 22
15 Dave Mishler 295 1122 3.8 8 39 199 5.1 2 334 1321 4.0 10
16 Mike Trumpy* 226 1063 4.7 8 28 238 8.5 0 254 1301 5.1 8
17 Brett Basanez* 391 996 2.5 18 0 0 0 391 996 2.5 18
18 Jeff Cohn 278 990 3.6 3 35 237 6.8 0 313 1227 3.9 3
19 Mike Greenfield 482 904 1.9 14 482 904 1.9 14
20 Mike Kafka* 268 887 3.3 11 1 24 24.0 1 269 911 3.4 12
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
21 Jacob Schmidt* 222 853 3.8 11 52 491 9.4 0 274 1344 4.9 11
22 Terrell Jordan* 177 787 4.4 8 18 167 9.3 1 195 954 4.9 9
23 Omar Conteh* 181 731 4.0 8 30 276 9.2 2 211 1007 4.8 10
24 Dan Persa* 294 716 2.4 10 1 -7 -7.0 0 295 709 2.4 10
25 Kevin Lawrence 136 697 5.1 3 7 55 7.9 0 143 752 5.3 3
26 Casey Cummings 155 626 4.0 3 74 381 5.1 2 229 1007 4.4 5
27 Brandon Roberson* 118 562 4.8 5 17 164 9.6 1 135 726 5.4 6
28 Stephen Simmons* 166 562 3.4 4 9 57 6.3 0 175 619 3.5 4
29 Mike Cammon 122 558 4.6 1 18 130 7.2 0 140 688 4.9 1
30 Len Williams 538 542 1.0 11 2 28 14.0 0 540 570 1.1 11
31 Tracy Parsons 158 497 3.1 3 41 240 5.9 2 199 737 3.7 5
32 Arby Fields* 144 480 3.3 6 21 106 5.0 0 165 586 3.6 6
33 Adonis Smith* 107 462 4.3 3 9 29 3.2 0 116 491 4.2 3
34 Brian Marshall 140 446 3.2 1 11 114 10.4 1 151 560 3.7 2
35 Matt Reitzug 103 445 4.3 3 103 445 4.3 3
36 Eric Dixon 123 443 3.6 1 14 136 9.7 0 137 579 4.2 1
37 Treyvon Green* 119 435 3.7 5 10 39 3.9 0 129 474 3.7 5
38 Ron Burton Jr. 125 434 3.5 2 22 175 8.0 0 147 609 4.1 2
39 Brian Nuffer 114 432 3.8 5 51 411 8.1 1 165 843 5.1 6
40 Tim Hill 124 369 3.0 1 32 185 5.8 0 156 554 3.6 1
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
41 Faraji Leary* 88 345 3.9 2 12 75 6.3 0 100 420 4.2 2
42 Torri Stuckey* 77 339 4.4 2 13 84 6.5 0 90 423 4.7 2
43 Sam Simmons 53 310 5.8 1 102 1674 16.4 14 155 1984 12.8 15
44 Jim Browne 75 262 3.5 0 30 186 6.2 0 105 448 4.3 0
45 Scott Concannon* 73 262 3.6 2 4 43 10.8 0 77 305 4.0 2
46 Steve Rosholt 85 249 2.9 1 16 110 6.9 0 101 359 3.6 1
47 Claudell Robertson 74 249 3.4 1 30 223 7.4 2 104 472 4.5 3
48 Terry Smith 70 237 3.4 0 8 84 10.5 0 78 321 4.1 0
49 Sam Rushing 72 236 3.3 0 2 14 7.0 0 74 250 3.4 0
50 C.J. Bacher* 199 229 1.2 8 1 25 25.0 0 200 254 1.3 8
51 Harold Gilmore 34 223 6.6 1 34 223 6.6 1
52 Donald Johnson 52 222 4.3 0 52 222 4.3 0
53 Chuck Robinson 78 222 2.8 0 14 74 5.3 0 92 296 3.2 0
54 Tyris Jones* 59 212 3.6 2 2 16 8.0 2 61 228 3.7 4
55 Curt Zipfel 74 212 2.9 2 36 245 6.8 2 110 457 4.2 4
56 Andrew Brewer* 73 202 2.8 3 76 1118 14.7 9 149 1320 8.9 12
57 Tyrone Gooch* 40 192 4.8 0 4 18 4.5 0 44 210 4.8 0
58 Rodney Ray 50 182 3.6 2 4 25 6.3 0 54 207 3.8 2
59 Dave Callaway 56 175 3.1 0 33 236 7.2 1 89 411 4.6 1
60 Gerard Hamlett* 32 174 5.4 1 1 19 19.0 0 33 193 5.8 1
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
61 Curtis Spears 55 173 3.1 0 5 41 8.2 0 60 214 3.6 0
62 Louis Ayeni* 44 160 3.6 0 7 70 10.0 1 51 230 4.5 1
63 Sean Bennett 32 160 5.0 1 17 228 13.4 0 49 388 7.9 1
64 Mark Ignatowicz 46 160 3.5 0 25 191 7.6 0 71 351 4.9 0
65 Robbie Glanton 36 159 4.4 0 4 23 5.8 0 40 182 4.6 0
66 Greg Bradshaw 87 149 1.7 4 87 149 1.7 4
67 Marc Hujik 47 138 2.9 2 31 203 6.5 0 78 341 4.4 2
68 Ashton Aikens* 15 137 9.1 1 71 744 10.5 2 86 881 10.2 3
69 Kenny Watkins 56 137 2.4 2 19 182 9.6 1 75 319 4.3 3
70 Bobby Jackson 28 129 4.6 1 28 129 4.6 1
71 Jeff Backes* 23 124 5.4 1 18 127 7.1 0 41 251 6.1 1
72 Patrick Wright 30 113 3.8 1 27 313 11.6 3 57 426 7.5 4
73 Levelle Brown* 12 105 8.8 2 10 62 6.2 0 22 167 7.6 2
74 Lou Tiberi 37 105 2.8 0 14 122 8.7 0 51 227 4.5 0
75 Scott Stranski 31 99 3.2 1 31 99 3.2 1
76 Kevin Villars 79 87 1.1 0 9 149 16.6 0 88 236 2.7 0
77 Keith Dennis 22 80 3.6 2 1 5 5.0 0 23 85 3.7 2
78 Jonathan Fields* 12 78 6.5 0 110 1129 10.3 4 122 1207 9.9 4
79 Brandon Horn* 7 75 10.7 1 40 562 14.1 5 47 637 13.6 6
80 Bill Greenwald 13 74 5.7 0 3 22 7.3 0 16 96 6.0 0
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
81 Richard Buchanan 12 69 5.8 0 197 2474 12.6 22 209 2543 12.2 22
82 Eric Peterman* 22 69 3.1 0 160 2011 12.6 12 182 2080 11.4 12
83 Trevor Siemian* 26 67 2.6 1 0 0 0 26 67 2.6 1
84 Derell Jenkins* 19 67 3.5 1 0 0 0 19 67 3.5 1
85 Evan Watkins* 24 63 2.6 2 0 0 0 24 63 2.6 2
86 Jeravin Matthews* 9 61 6.8 0 0 0 0 9 61 6.8 0
87 Don Johnson 19 60 3.2 0 3 18 6.0 0 22 78 3.5 0
88 Danny Hurwitz 26 58 2.2 0 28 193 6.9 0 54 251 4.6 0
89 Chad Lilly 12 57 4.8 0 12 57 4.8 0
90 Jo Jo Webb 25 54 2.2 1 3 34 11.3 0 28 88 3.1 1
91 Tim Cummings 20 53 2.7 1 32 164 5.1 2 52 217 4.2 3
92 Todd Sheets 8 53 6.6 0 84 1383 16.5 7 92 1436 15.6 7
93 Kunle Patrick* 11 51 4.6 1 169 1867 11.0 8 180 1918 10.7 9
94 Steve Tasker 2 50 25.0 0 1 19 19.0 0 3 69 23.0 0
95 Chris Gamble 2 49 24.5 1 63 895 14.2 6 65 944 14.5 7
96 George Jones 14 48 3.4 0 63 1014 16.1 3 77 1062 13.8 3
97 Jeremy Ebert* 9 47 5.2 0 173 2400 13.9 21 182 2447 13.4 21
98 J.J. Standring 2 43 21.5 0 2 43 21.5 0
99 Greg Schultz 11 42 3.8 0 7 47 6.7 0 18 89 4.9 0
100 Curtis Duncan 7 41 5.9 0 67 1159 17.3 6 74 1200 16.2 6
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
101 Matt Hartl* 11 39 3.5 0 30 294 9.8 1 41 333 8.1 1
102 Dave Beazley* 3 39 13.0 0 30 561 18.7 4 33 600 18.2 4
103 Brian Musso* 1 37 37.0 0 132 1709 12.9 11 133 1746 13.1 11
104 Alexander Webb* 16 37 2.3 0 0 0 0 16 37 2.3 0
105 Tim Riley* 7 36 5.1 0 4 28 7.0 2 11 64 5.8 2
106 Ian Miller 13 36 2.8 0 4 43 10.8 1 17 79 4.6 1
107 Tim O'Brien 93 36 0.4 4 93 36 0.4 4
108 Hugh Williams 6 32 5.3 0 6 32 5.3 0
109 Tim Hanrahan* 8 31 3.9 0 0 0 0 8 31 3.9 0
110 Eric Batis* 2 29 14.5 1 0 0 0 2 29 14.5 1
111 Dave Bahoric 5 29 5.8 0 32 424 13.3 2 37 453 12.2 2
112 Bob Schmitt 13 29 2.2 0 11 51 4.6 0 24 80 3.3 0
113 Chris Malleo* 7 26 3.7 0 0 0 0 7 26 3.7 0
114 Gilles Lezi* 5 25 5.0 0 4 47 11.8 0 9 72 8.0 0
115 Greg Washington 24 25 1.0 0 3 16 5.3 0 27 41 1.5 0
116 Jack Kreider 3 24 8.0 0 3 24 8.0 0
117 Jeff Yarbrough* 4 22 5.5 0 23 219 9.5 2 27 241 8.9 2
118 Mark Woodsum* 10 21 2.1 0 5 24 4.8 1 15 45 3.0 1
119 Mark Benson 2 20 10.0 0 58 1033 17.8 9 60 1053 17.6 9
120 Teddy Johnson 3 20 6.7 0 54 953 17.6 10 57 973 17.1 10
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
121 Ryan Pederson* 2 19 9.5 0 0 0 0 2 19 9.5 0
122 Chris Hamdorf* 12 17 1.4 0 12 17 1.4 0
123 Tony Coates 1 14 14.0 0 76 1236 16.3 6 77 1250 16.2 6
124 Tony Jones* 1 14 14.0 0 40 492 12.3 5 41 506 12.3 5
125 Shaun Herbert* 2 14 7.0 0 168 1926 11.5 9 170 1940 11.4 9
126 Walter Ding 5 13 2.6 0 3 29 9.7 0 8 42 5.3 0
127 Shawn Carpenter 5 12 2.4 0 1 -4 -4.0 0 6 8 1.3 0
128 Doug Diedrick* 3 12 4.0 0 1 13 13.0 0 4 25 6.3 0
129 D'Wayne Bates* 13 12 0.9 0 210 3370 16.0 26 223 3382 15.2 26
130 Mark Broxterman 2 11 5.5 1 2 11 5.5 1
131 Erryn Cobb* 3 10 3.3 0 5 62 12.4 0 8 72 9.0 0
132 Lee Gissendaner 8 10 1.3 1 156 1878 12.0 13 164 1888 11.5 14
133 Zeke Markshausen* 4 9 2.3 0 92 864 9.4 3 96 873 9.1 3
134 Pat New 2 9 4.5 0 24 345 14.4 2 26 354 13.6 2
135 Mike Davis* 4 9 2.3 0 2 17 8.5 0 6 26 4.3 0
136 Tony Stauss 42 7 0.2 0 0 0 0 42 7 0.2 0
137 Jordan Perkins* 3 7 2.3 0 0 0 0 3 7 2.3 0
138 Mark Philmore* 3 7 2.3 1 163 1768 10.8 8 166 1775 10.7 9
139 Joe Mauro* 2 6 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3.0 0
140 Kent Weeks 1 5 5.0 0 2 15 7.5 0 3 20 6.7 0
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
141 John Burden* 2 5 2.5 0 42 478 11.4 5 44 483 11.0 5
142 Derrick Thompson 1 5 5.0 0 36 315 8.8 1 37 320 8.6 1
143 Randy Rowe 1 4 4.0 0 2 14 7.0 0 3 18 6.0 0
144 Tim Long 1 4 4.0 0 1 4 4.0 0
145 Butch Newhouse 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 3.0 0
146 Torrio Osborne 1 3 3.0 0 1 8 8.0 0 2 11 5.5 0
147 Brian Leahy 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 3.0 0
148 Dan Vitale* 1 2 2.0 0 28 288 10.3 2 29 290 10.0 2
149 Charles Brown* 2 2 1.0 0 34 378 11.1 0 36 380 10.6 0
150 Pat Geegan 1 2 2.0 0 1 2 2.0 0
151 Todd Jenkins 1 2 2.0 0 76 1186 15.6 6 77 1188 15.4 6
152 Darryl Lyons 1 2 2.0 0 1 2 2.0 0
153 Ernest King 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 1.0 0
154 Eric Collier 2 1 0.5 0 1 24 24.0 0 3 25 8.3 0
155 Bob Barz 1 1 1.0 0 1 1 1.0 0
156 Benoit 1 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0
157 Mike McGrew* 1 0 0.0 0 13 111 8.5 0 14 111 7.9 0
158 Mike Senters 7 0 0.0 0 58 773 13.3 4 65 773 11.9 4
159 Lentwan Smith 4 0 0.0 0 4 0 0.0 0
160 Craig Carpenter 5 0 0.0 0 2 5 2.5 0 7 5 0.7 0
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
161 Daniel* 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.5 0
162 Rasheed Ward* 1 -2 -2.0 0 126 1271 10.1 4 127 1269 10.0 4
163 Bo Cisek* 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 0 0 2 -3 -1.5 0
164 Trai Essex 1 -3 -3.0 0 3 23 7.7 1 4 20 5.0 1
165 Mike Taylor 1 -4 -4.0 0 11 138 12.5 1 12 134 11.2 1
166 Jeff Christensen 1 -4 -4.0 0 1 -4 -4.0 0
167 Steve Bogan 7 -5 -0.7 0 54 836 15.5 14 61 831 13.6 14
168 Brian Huffman* 1 -7 -7.0 0 0 0 0 1 -7 -7.0 0
169 Toussaint Waterman* 1 -8 -8.0 0 39 418 10.7 1 40 410 10.3 1
170 Matt Danielson 10 -8 -0.8 1 0 0 0 10 -8 -0.8 1
171 Alex Booker 1 -9 -9.0 0 4 48 12.0 0 5 39 7.8 0
172 John Kidd 2 -10 -5.0 0 2 -10 -5.0 0
173 Sam Poulos 1 -10 -10.0 0 52 509 9.8 0 53 499 9.4 0
174 Bill Weir 2 -11 -5.5 0 1 6 6.0 0 3 -5 -1.7 0
175 Kevin Krebs 17 -12 -0.7 2 17 -12 -0.7 2
176 Brett Whitley 1 -12 -12.0 0 17 222 13.1 1 18 210 11.7 1
177 Kip Kelly 1 -12 -12.0 0 1 -12 -12.0 0
178 Nick Holgorsen 7 -12 -1.7 0 7 -12 -1.7 0
179 Paul Burton* 6 -15 -2.5 0 6 -15 -2.5 0
180 Ed Sutter 1 -15 -15.0 0 1 -15 -15.0 0
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
181 Dana Hemphill 6 -17 -2.8 0 1 20 20.0 0 7 3 0.4 0
182 Steve Breitbeil 19 -22 -1.2 0 19 -22 -1.2 0
183 Mike Wall 2 -23 -11.5 0 2 -23 -11.5 0
184 Bill Dierberger 14 -33 -2.4 0 14 -33 -2.4 0
185 Steve Schnur* 164 -70 -0.4 6 1 13 13.0 0 165 -57 -0.3 6
186 Steve Burton 34 -73 -2.1 0 34 -73 -2.1 0
187 Chris Capstran 34 -74 -2.2 0 34 -74 -2.2 0
188 Nick Kreinbrink 42 -82 -2.0 0 42 -82 -2.0 0
189 Tim Hughes* 93 -119 -1.3 1 1 3 3.0 0 94 -116 -1.2 1
190 Gavin Hoffman 68 -155 -2.3 2 68 -155 -2.3 2
191 Mike Kerrigan 121 -238 -2.0 2 1 8 8.0 0 122 -230 -1.9 2
192 Kevin Strasser 60 -240 -4.0 2 1 11 11.0 1 61 -229 -3.8 3
193 Sandy Schwab 214 -278 -1.3 5 2 -11 -5.5 1 216 -289 -1.3 6