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The GameAfter halting its six-game losing streak with animpressive road win over Iowa, Northwestern returnsto Ryan Field this week to battle the nation’s top-ranked team, the Ohio State Buckeyes. Kickoff is setfor 2:36 p.m., with the contest being televised byABC. A capacity crowd is expected.

The Wildcats posted a solid 21-7 victory overthe Hawkeyes to claim their first Big Ten win of theyear. Led by C.J. Bachér and Tyrell Sutton, theWildcats used a balanced rushing and passingattack against the Hawks to go along with a soliddefensive performance to hand Iowa just its thirdhome loss in 30 games at Kinnick Stadium.

Ohio State enters this week’s action with a 17-game winning streak after holding off Illinois 17-10 inChampaign last Saturday. The Fighting Illini held theBuckeyes to 224 yards of offense and kept leadingHeisman Trophy candidate Troy Smith in check.

Despite Saturday’s subpar outing, Smith isenjoying a stellar season, having completed 158-of-237 passes for 2,006 yards, 22 touchdowns and justthree interceptions, one of which came againstIllinois. He also has run for 206 yards and one score.Smith ranks sixth nationally and first in the Big Ten inpassing efficiency (165.87).

Smith has some special weapons around him,led by receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzales,and running back Antonio Pittman. Ginn leads OSUwith 49 receptions (13.0 ypr) and seven TD’s.Gonzales has added 43 catches for a team-best 639yards (14.9 ypr) and six touchdowns. Pittman leadsthe Buckeye rushing attack, which averages 174.3yards per game, with a 95.2 yards per game aver-age. He has scored 11 touchdowns.

The Ohio State defense, which had to replacenine starters from a unit that sent a number playersto the NFL, has been sensational this year. TheBuckeyes, led by linebacker James Laurinaitis, leadsthe country in scoring defense, having allowed just7.6 points per game. The Buckeyes have shut outone team (Minnesota) and held six others to sevenpoints or less. Ohio State allowed a season-most 17points in a 38-17 win at Iowa.

Laurinaitis ranks fifth in the Big Ten with 8.6tackles per game. He leads the Buckeyes with fiveinterceptions. Defensive end Vernon Gholston leadsOSU with 12 TFL’s (5.5 sacks) and tackle QuinnPitcock has a team-best 7 sacks. The Buckeyes rank13th nationally with 3.0 sacks per game.

The Buckeyes also rank ninth nationally in totaldefense (258.2 ypg), fifth nationally in pass efficiencydefense (95.06 rating), ninth in turnover margin(+1.10 pg) and 18th in rushing defense (92.4 ypg).

The Series With Ohio State Series Record: OSU leads 57-14-1At Evanston: OSU leads 25-6-1 At Columbus: OSU leads 31-8Neutral: OSU leads 1-0Last Result: Ohio State 48, Northwestern 7 (2005)Series Streak: Ohio State—1Series Notes: This is the 73rd meeting betweenOhio State and Northwestern, and the 33rd meetingin Evanston. In their last Ryan Field visit, theBuckeyes fell to the Wildcats 33-27 in overtime, end-ing a 24-game unbeaten streak that dated to 1971 ...NU’s win over OSU in 2004 was the Wildcats’ first atRyan Field since a home win in 1958.

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Nov. 6, 2006Northwestern (3-7, 1-5 Big Ten) vs. No. 1/1 Ohio State (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten)

Game FactsSaturday, Nov. 11, 20062:36 p.m. CTRyan Field (47,130, Natural Grass)Evanston, Ill.

The BroadcastsRadio—WGN will carry the game live on 720 AM.

The broadcast also can be heardlive via the internet atwgnradio.com. The pregame showbegins at 2 p.m. Dave Eanet(play-by-play) and Ted Albrecht(analyst) call the action. WNUR(89.3 FM) also will carry the con-test live. The game is also avail-

able on the XM Satellite Radio network. (Channels197-199).Television—ABC is televisingthe game to a regionally splitnational audience. Brad Nessler(play-by-play), Bob Griese (ana-lyst), Paul Maguire (analyst) andBonnie Bernstein (sideline) callthe action.

Northwestern WildcatsHead Coach . . . .Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern, ’96)

NU Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7, First YearCareer Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7, First Year

Big Ten Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5Assistant Coaches . . . . . .Jerry Brown (Asst. Head

Coach/Defensive Backs), Greg Colby (DefensiveCoordinator), Garrick McGee (Offensive

Coordinator), Randy Bates (Linebackers),Adam Cushing (Tight Ends/H-Backs), Bret Ingalls

(Offensive Line), Kevin Johns (Wide Receivers), Matt MacPherson (Running Backs),

Eric Washington (Defensive Line)

2006 Schedule & Results (3-7, 1-5)Date Opponent (TV) Result/TimeAug. 31 at Miami (Ohio) (ESPNU) . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 21-3Sept. 9 New Hampshire (No TV) . . . . . . . . . . .L, 17-34Sept. 16 Eastern Michigan (No TV) . . . . . . . . . .W, 14-6Sept. 22 at Nevada (ESPN2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 21-31Sept. 30 at Penn State (ABC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 7-33Oct. 7 at Wisconsin (ESPN360) . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 9-41Oct. 14 Purdue (ESPN Plus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 10-31Oct. 21 Michigan State (ESPN Plus) (HC) . . . .L, 38-41Oct. 28 at 2/3 Michigan (ESPN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L, 3-17Nov. 4 at Iowa (ESPN Plus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W, 21-7Nov. 11 1/1 Ohio State (ABC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2:30 p.m.Nov. 18 Illinois (TV TBA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBAAll Times Central • Rankings reflect polls (AP/coaches) the week of the game

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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYFOOTBALL GAME NOTESGAME 11 vs. OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

No. 1-Ranked Ohio State Visits Ryan Field This Saturday

Sophomore running back Tyrell Sutton, the 2005 Big TenFreshman of the Year, picked up his second career Big TenOffensive Player of the Week honor on Monday after totaling203 all-purpose yards (168 rushing yards) against Iowa onSaturday. Sutton’s effort on the ground was the best by a run-ning back against the Hawkeye defense this year.

2006 SEASON HONORSERRYN COBB • SB• Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 4 vs. Miami)

MARQUICE COLE • CB• Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List (nation’s top defensive back)• Lindy’s and Blue Ribbon preseason All-Big Ten (first team)• Athlon Sports and Phil Steele’s preseason All-Big Ten (second team)• Ranked seventh-best defensive back nationally by Lindy’s• Honorable mention All-America selection by nationalchamps.net

BRYAN HEINZ • SAF • Ranked the 11th-best strong safety nationally by Phil Steele’s• Phil Steele’s preseason All-Big Ten (second team)

SHAUN HERBERT • WR• Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List (nation’s top receiver)• Designated by The Sporting News as the Big Ten player with the “surest hands”• Honorable mention All-America selection by nationalchamps.net

JOEL HOWELLS • PK • One of 11 Division I-A players named to AFCA Good Works Team@

ADAM KADELA • LB • Phil Steele’s preseason All-Big Ten (fourth team)

RYAN KEENAN • OL• Designated by The Sporting News as the Big Ten’s “quickest offensive lineman”

TREVOR REES • C • Phil Steele’s and The Sporting News preseason All-Big Ten (first team)• Ranked the eighth-best center nationally by The Sporting News• Ranked the 11th-best center nationally by Phil Steele’s • Lindy’s and Athlon Sports preseason All-Big Ten (second team)

NICK ROACH • LB • Athlon Sports and Phil Steele’s preseason All-Big Ten (third team)

TYRELL SUTTON • RB • Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 6 vs. Iowa)• Maxwell Award College Player of the Year Watch List• Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year Watch List• Doak Walker Award candidate (nation’s top running back)• Street & Smith’s preseason All-American (third team)• Lindy’s, Athlon Sports, Street & Smith’s and Blue Ribbon preseason All-Big Ten (first team)• Sporting News and Phil Steele’s preseason All-Big Ten (second team)• Designated by The Sporting News as the Big Ten’s “shiftiest running back”

Game Offensive Off. Big Playmaker Off. Practice PlayerMiami (Ohio) Mike Kafka Terrell Jordan Adam CrumNew Hampshire Ryan Keenan — Kevin MitchellEastern Michigan Tyrell Sutton — Joe MauroNevada Ryan Keenan Offensive Line & Erryn Cobb Rob BrownPenn State — Ross Lane Mark WoodsumWisconsin — Andrew Brewer Brendan MitchellPurdue Tyrell Sutton Shaun Herbert Carl FisherMichigan State Tyrell Sutton C.J. Bacher Kurt MattesMichigan Adam Crum — Desmond TaylorIowa Tyrell Sutton Offensive Line Stephen SimmonsOhio StateIllinoisGame Defensive Def. Big Playmaker Def. Practice PlayerMiami (Ohio) Nick Roach Corey Wootton Chris MalleoNew Hampshire — — James NussbaumEastern Michigan Deante Battle Wootton/Eaton/Ngene/McPherson Prince KwatengNevada — Brendan Smith Malcolm ArringtonPenn State Brendan Smith Nick Roach Dan DixonWisconsin — Marquice Cole Tanner HighlenPurdue Corey Wootton — Chris MalleoMichigan State Kevin Mims Brendan Smith Tim DowningMichigan Brendan Smith Corey Wootton Nate WilliamsIowa Mark Koehn B. Smith & R. McPherson Tanner HighlenOhio StateIllinoisGame Special Teams Special Teams PracticeMiami (Ohio) Erryn Cobb Rob BrownNew Hampshire Joel Howells Ben RothrauffEastern Michigan Sherrick McManis Chaz RichartNevada Sherrick McManis Lee ColemanPenn State Sherrick McManis Quentin DavieWisconsin Sherrick McManis Rob BrownPurdue Sherrick McManis Mark IsonMichigan State Omar Conteh Ben RothrauffMichigan Sherrick McManis Kevin FrymireIowa Sherrick McManis Sidney StewartOhio StateIllinois

Northwestern Head Coach Pat FitzgeraldPat Fitzgerald, a two-time national defensive playerof the year for Northwestern and an assistant foot-ball coach since 2001, was named Northwestern’s29th head coach on July 7, 2006, succeeding RandyWalker, who died suddenly on June 29 at the age of52. Fitzgerald was one of the leaders onNorthwestern’s two Big Ten championship teams in1995 and 1996. The ’95 squad won the Big Ten title(8-0) outright and went to the Rose Bowl, while the’96 team captured a share of the title and played inthe Citrus Bowl. In 2001, after serving as an assis-tant coach at the University of Idaho, Walker hiredFitzgerald to coach the Wildcats’ defensive second-ary. In 2002, he moved to linebackers coach, and then in 2004, added recruitingcoordinator to his title.

Named one of college football’s top recruiters by SI.com recently, Fitzgeraldhas played an integral role in both coaching and recruiting during his return toEvanston in 2001. He mentored two-time All-Big Ten linebacker Tim McGarigle, theall-time leading tackler in NCAA history. In February of 2003, Fitzgerald was induct-ed into Northwestern’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

He is the youngest head coach at an NCAA Division I-A or I-AA school.A native of Orland Park, Ill., and a graduate of Carl Sandburg High School,

Fitzgerald resides in Evanston with his wife, Stacy, and two sons, Jack, born inNovember of 2004, and Ryan, born on Sept. 20. Ryan Wayne weighed in at 8.7pounds and stood 21.5 inches.

Youngest Division I-A Head Football CoachesCoach * Age Date of Birth SchoolPat Fitzgerald 31 12/2/74 NorthwesternBret Bielema 36 1/13/70 WisconsinRon Prince 37 9/18/69 Kansas StateAl Golden 37 7/4/69 TempleMike Gundy 39 8/12/67 Oklahoma StateShane Montgomery 39 3/14/67 Miami (Ohio)Greg Schiano 40 6/1/66 RutgersBronco Mendenhall 40 2/21/66 Brigham YoungMike Shula 41 6/3/65 AlabamaMark Snyder 41 12/30/64 Marshall

* as of Nov. 1, 2006

Northwestern to Honor Randy Walker Again vs. Ohio StateAfter naming the driveway that runs parallel with Ryan Field and the Nicolet FootballCenter “Walker Way” in September, Northwestern is set to honor its former headcoach again this week, fittingly, at halftime of the Ohio State game. Northwesternofficials are renaming “Touchdown Terrace” (the building that sits next to the northend zone) as the “Randy Walker Terrace.”

Several ceremonies and eventshonoring Walker were centeredaround Northwestern’s first twogames—the road opener at Miami(Ohio), Walker’s alma mater, and thehome opener vs. New Hampshire.

Throughout the season, theWildcats have been remembering

their former head mentor by wearing a rectangular patch on their jersey that is posi-tioned over the heart. The patch is white with a black border, and has the word“WALK” inscribed in black.

Northwestern’s coaches and staff alsohave “WALK” printed on their game-daygear. Two “WALK” logos have been paint-ed on Ryan Field for Northwestern’s sixhome games.

When the Wildcats arrive approxi-mately two-and-a-half hours before eachhome game, fans are invited to line“Walker Way” and “Walk with Us.”

Northwestern also has endowed a scholarship in Walker’s name.

Northwestern Game Notes •


NORTHWESTERNPLAYERS OF THE GAME

2006 Big Ten Conference StandingsSchool Conference Games All GamesMichigan 6 0 1.00 10 0 1.00Ohio State 6 0 1.00 10 0 1.00Wisconsin 6 1 .857 9 1 .900Penn State 4 3 .571 6 4 .600Indiana 3 3 .500 5 5 .500Purdue 3 3 .500 6 4 .600Iowa 2 4 .333 6 4 .600Minnesota 1 5 .167 5 5 .500Michigan State 1 5 .167 4 6 .400Northwestern 1 5 .167 3 7 .300Illinois 1 5 .167 2 8 .200

100th Meeting On Tap Next Week For Illinois and NorthwesternNorthwestern and Illinois close out the 2006 season next week (Nov. 18)with the 100th meeting between Illinois’ two Big Ten Conference institu-tions—Northwestern and Illinois. Since 1945, the two teams have playedfor the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk Trophy. Illinois leads the overall series 51-43-5, although the Wildcats have won the last three games. The last timethat a school won four or more successive games in the series was 1979-85 when the Fighting Illini won seven straight. Since the two teams beganplaying for the Sweet Sioux, Illinois holds a 31-26-2 series advantage.

2006 CaptainsNorthwestern named four season captains—Erryn Cobb, Bryan Heinz, Shaun Herbert andNick Roach—who were elected by their teammates. Demetrius Eaton was added as a cap-tain due to the Heinz and Roach injuries. An honorary captain will be announced each week—the special teams player of the week from the past game. NU’s honorary captain for the OSUgame is Sherrick McManis, who earned the special teams honor for a seventh time this year.

Northwestern Receives Academic Kudos Again Northwestern was honored again by the American Football Coaches’ Association (AFCA) forowning one of the nation’s top graduation rates among Division I-A football programs. The’Cats were one of five institutions to achieve a graduation rate of 90 percent or better withmembers of its 2000-01 freshman class earning a degree. NU has won the award four times(1998, 2002, 2004 and 2005) since 1998, when the award was expanded to include allDivision I-A conferences, including the Big Ten. On Oct. 2, the NCAA released its GSR(Graduation Success Rate) data, and Northwestern once again posted the top football markamong Big Ten schools (91 percent) and one of the top marks nationally.

Northwestern All-Time vs. AP No. 1-Ranked TeamsThis is Northwestern’s 19th all-time game vs. the nation’s top-ranked Associated Press team.The Wildcats are 1-17 against No. 1 teams, with the one win coming at Ryan Field. At home,Northwestern is 1-13 vs. No. 1 AP teams. This is the sixth time that Northwestern has enter-tained a top-ranked Ohio State team. NU has played the Buckeyes seven times overall whenthey were ranked No. 1. NU did defeat Miami (Fla.) in 1967 at home, when the Hurricaneswere ranked No. 1 in the UPI poll. Results of NU’s games vs. No. 1 AP teams:

Oct. 31, 1936 at NU 6, Minnesota 0 Oct. 30, 1965 at Michigan State 49, NU 7Nov. 18, 1938 Notre Dame 9, at NU 7 Oct. 5, 1968 Purdue 43, at NU 6Nov. 1, 1941 at Minnesota 8, NU 7 Nov. 1, 1969 Ohio State 35, at NU 6Oct. 24, 1942 Ohio State 20, at NU 6 Oct. 27, 1973 at Ohio State 60, NU 0Nov. 13, 1943 Notre Dame 25, at NU 6 Sept. 21, 1974 at Notre Dame 49, NU 3Oct. 18, 1947 Michigan 49, at NU 21 Oct. 26, 1974 Ohio State 55, at NU 7Nov. 15, 1947 Notre Dame 26, at NU 19 Oct. 16, 1976 Michigan 38, at NU 7Oct. 30, 1954 Ohio State 14, at NU 7 Oct. 26, 1985 Iowa 49, at NU 10Oct. 15, 1955 at Michigan 14, NU 2 Oct. 24, 1998 Ohio State 36, at NU 10

Injury UpdateThis week’s Northwestern football injury update: OUT—Frayne Abernathy (leg), Warren Anderson(back), Corbin Bryant (ankle), Gerard Hamlett (knee), Bryan Heinz (ankle), Akeem Hunter (knee),Chris Jeske (back), Rejaie Johnson (foot), Prince Kwateng (knee), Austin Matthews (hip), FredMcConnell (ankle), Nick Roach (leg), Connor Smith (shoulder); PROBABLE—Brandon Roberson (con-cussion).

Northwestern Loses Both Defensive Co-Captains to InjuriesNorthwestern has played its first 10 games without senior safety and co-captain Bryan Heinz(Lone Tree, Colo./Highlands Ranch), who has battled ankle/foot problems this fall. Thenagainst Michigan State, Northwestern suffered another huge loss when linebacker and co-cap-tain Nick Roach (Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Lutheran) broke his lower right leg during apunt—a play that was actually nullified due to a roughing the kicker penalty. Roach was the“heart and soul” of NU’s defense and the team leader in tackles (62) through eight games.

NATIONAL RANKINGSUSA Today Coaches Poll • (Nov. 5, 2006)1. Ohio State (10-0) (63 first-place votes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,5752. Michigan (10-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,5023. Texas (9-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,3974. Louisville (8-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,3825. Auburn (9-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,3096. Florida (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,2557. USC (7-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,1488. Notre Dame (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,0799. California (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,04810. West Virginia (7-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99411. Arkansas (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94612. LSU (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92513. Boise State (9-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76914. Rutgers (8-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74215. Tennessee (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71016. (tie) Oklahoma (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685

Wisconsin (9-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68518. Georgia Tech (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48019. Wake Forest (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44820. Oregon (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40021. Virginia Tech (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30622. Boston College (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23023. Texas A&M (8-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12124. Maryland (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11325. Nebraska (7-3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Clemson 75, Brigham Young 53, Hawaii 40,Oregon State 12, Tulsa 10, TCU 7, Missouri 5, Houston 4, Pittsburgh 1.

Associated Press Poll • (Nov. 5, 2006)1. Ohio State (10-0) (63 first-place votes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,6252. Michigan (10-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,5543. Louisville (8-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,4414. Texas (9-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,4385. Auburn (9-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,3206. Florida (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,3147. USC (7-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,1738. California (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,1369. Notre Dame (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,09610. West Virginia (7-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,02411. Arkansas (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,02012. LSU (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99613. Tennessee (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74414. Boise State (9-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74215. Rutgers (8-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72116. Wisconsin (9-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68917. Oklahoma (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66718. Wake Forest (8-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50919. Georgia Tech (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49320. Virginia Tech (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33321. Oregon (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30822. Boston College (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23023. Maryland (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17824. Texas A&M (8-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13725. Brigham Young (7-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Nebraska 63, Oregon State 33, Clemson 33,Hawaii 11, Houston 2, TCU 2, Tulsa 1.

NU opponents in bold



Tyrell Sutton Continues His Career Ascent After turning in, perhaps, the most impressive freshman seasonever by a Northwestern football player, sophomore Tyrell Sutton(Akron, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban) recently became the eighthplayer in school history to reach the 2,000-yard mark for careerrushing. He accomplished the feat with his 172-yard rushing per-formance—the fourth best outing of his career—on Oct. 21against Michigan State. He turned in his fifth-best rushing per-formance—168 yards—on Saturday at Iowa. Sutton now has2,307 career yards and ranks seventh all-time. He is 337 yardsshy of third place. Sutton also ranks 13th on NU’s all-purposeyardage list with 2,891 yards.

Sutton totaled nearly 2,000rushing and receiving yards his

rookie year. After earning consensus Big Ten Freshman of theYear honors in 2005, and being named the Offensive Freshman ofthe Year by The Sporting News and a first-team Freshman All-American, Sutton was tabbed a player to watch by the MaxwellAward (top college player). He also was one of 35 players namedto the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award watchlist. Sutton is a Doak Walker candidate, an award that honors the nation’s top running back.

Sutton’s 1,474 rushing yards in 2005 marked the third-best rushing season in NU history.He also averaged 5.9 yards per carry—the second-best ypc mark of a 1,000-yard rusher atNorthwestern.

With two games left to play, Sutton is averaging 5.8 ypc and 83.3 ypg. He also has 28receptions for 180 yards. He has scored five TD’s—four rushing and one receiving—giving him23 for his career. Sutton has 72 career receptions for 576 yards (8.0 ypc) and three TD’s.

Sutton Named Big Ten’s Co-Offensive Player of the WeekFor the second time in his career and the first time this season, Tyrell Sutton picked up Big TenOffensive Player of the Week honors. He is sharing this week’s award with Minnesota quarter-back Bryan Cupito. Sutton ran for 168 yards—the most by any player this season against Iowa—and totaled 203 all-purpose yards. The only other running backs to run for more than 100 yardson the Hawkeyes this season were Antonio Pittman (OSU, 117 yards on 25 carries) and MikeHart (Michigan, 126 yards on 31 carries).

’Cats’“O” Starting To Purr Behind QB C.J. BachérBetter offensive line play along with the insertion of redshirt sophomoreC.J. Bachér (Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit) into the lineup has given theWildcat offense a much-needed boost. After 40 consecutive quarterbackstarts by all-time passing leader Brett Basanez, Bachér, Mike Kafka(Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) and Andrew Brewer (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks) battledfor the job in the off-season. Bachér, however, never figured into the pre-season competition as a stress fracture in his leg kept him out of actionfor numerous weeks. Kafka started the first four games of the 2006 sea-son. However, in the second half of Nevada game, Kafka injured his leg.Brewer started the first three Big Ten games at QB and completed 37-of-74 passes for 344 yards, while running for 190 yards. Kafka, in fourgames, completed 51-of-88 passes for 477 yards and a TD, while run-ning for 275 yards (6.1 ypc) and a couple TD’s.

Bachér made his first collegiate start against Michigan State on Oct.21 and directed NU to a season-high 38 points while throwing for 245yards and three touchdowns. In his three games (Michigan State, Michigan and Iowa) as thestarting QB, NU’s offense is averaging 358.0 ypg. NU was averaging 285.0 yards after its firstseven games. Bachér has passed for 200-plus yards in all three games.

Shaun Herbert On Biletnikoff Award Watch ListWhile Brett Basanez and Tyrell Sutton were stealing all the offensiveheadlines last year, wide receiver Shaun Herbert (Oxon Hill,Md./Bishop McNamara) quietly put together one of the most impressivereceiving seasons in school history. He caught 79 passes—fourth most inan NU season—for 862 yards and six TD’s. Because of his stellar sea-son, Herbert is one of 50 players on the 2006 Biletnikoff Award WatchList. He owns the nation’s eighth-longest consecutive reception streak (34games). Herbert also is in sixth place on NU’s career receptions list (160)and ranks fifth on the school’s career receiving yardage list (1,792). Hehas caught 15 passes for 139 yards and two TD’s in his last three games.

CAREER STATS UPDATECAREER RECEPTIONS1. D’Wayne Bates, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2102. Richard Buchanan, 1987-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1973. Kunle Patrick, 2000-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1714. Mark Philmore, 2002-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1635. Shaun Herbert, 2003-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1606. Lee Gissendaner, 1990-93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1567. Jon Schweighardt, 1999-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1478. Ricky Edwards, 1980-83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1409. Brian Musso, 1994-97. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13210. Scott Yelvington, 1973-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

CAREER RECEIVING YARDAGE1. D’Wayne Bates, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,3702. Richard Buchanan, 1987-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,4743. Lee Gissendaner, 1990-93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,8784. Kunle Patrick, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,8735. Shaun Herbert, 2003-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,7926. Mark Philmore, 2002-05. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,7687. Scott Yelvington, 1973-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,7628. Brian Musso, 1994-97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,7099. Sam Simmons, 1998-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,69810. Jon Schweighardt, 1999-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,670

CAREER RUSHING YARDAGE1. Damien Anderson, 1998-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,4852. Darnell Autry, 1994-96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,7933. Bob Christian, 1987-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,6434. Jason Wright, 2000-03. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,6255. Noah Herron, 2001-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,5246. Greg Boykin, 1972-76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,4657. Tyrell Sutton, 2005-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,3078. Mike Adamle, 1968-70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,0159. Stanley Davenport, 1984-87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,94610. Byron Sanders, 1987-88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,840

CAREER RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS1. Damien Anderson, 1998-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382. Darnell Autry, 1994-96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353. Jason Wright, 2000-03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324. Noah Herron, 2001-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265. Zak Kustok, 1999-2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226. Ron Burton, 1957-59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217. Tyrell Sutton, 2005-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Bob Christian, 1987-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209. Brett Basanez, 2002-05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Greg Boykin, 1972-73, ’75-76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

CAREER INTERCEPTIONS1. Brett Whitley, 1984-87. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152. Tom Worthington, 1946-49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143. Malcolm Hunter, 1974-77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114. Harold Blackmon, 1997-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Eric Hutchinson, 1969-71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106. Willie Lindsey, 1989-92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97. Bobby Anderson, 1979-82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Dick McCauley, 1962-64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89. Marquice Cole, 2002-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Bryan Heinz, 2003-present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Marvin Ward, 2001-04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Raheem Covington, 1999-2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Walter Jones, 1950-52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Dale Pienta, 1954-56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

CAREER FIELD GOALS MADE1. Brian Gowins, 1995-98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582. John Duvic, 1983-86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463. Ira Adler, 1987-90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Sam Valenzisi, 1992-95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395. Tim Long, 1998-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256. Joel Howells, 2003-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207. David Wasielewski, 2001-02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178. Bill Planisek, 1969-71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15



Sutton’s Top FiveRushing Games1. Wisconsin . . . .244 (2005)2. N. Illinois . . . . .214 (2005)3. at Illinois . . . . .212 (2005)4. Michigan St. . .172 (2006)5. at Iowa . . . . . .168 (2006)

Adam Crum Becomes Eighth Player to Start on Offensive LineNorthwestern’s Adam Crum (Anchor Point, Alaska/Homer) made his first collegiate start atright guard on Oct. 28 at Michigan, and responded with a “championship performance.” Inaddition, he was named the Wildcats’ Offensive Player of the Week, only the second linemanto be so honored this season. Crum, a former walk-on, is one of just eight players from thestate of Alaska who is presently playing Division I-A football.

Crum’s strong play has been valuable, since veteran Austin Matthews (Orange Park,Fla./Orange Park) has missed much of the season due to injuries. Seniors Ryan Keenan(Westlake, Ohio/St. Edward) and Joe Tripodi (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea), along with centerTrevor Rees (Pearland, Texas/Pearland), have started every game up front this season.

Corey Wootton Making His Presence Felt on Young Defensive LineNorthwestern, which has lost a pair of defensive tackles (Luis Castillo, Barry Cofield) to theNFL the past two years and had another NFL-type player transfer (Loren Howard), is rebuild-ing its frontline with some young talent. Leading the charge up front has been redshirt fresh-man Corey Wootton (Rutherford, N.J./Don Bosco Prep). Wootton ranks sixth onNorthwestern’s tackle chart with 46 hits (the most by a defensive lineman) and is the teamleader in TFL’s (8.5) and sacks (4). He is also tied for second in interceptions, having recordedpicks against New Hampshire and Purdue this year.

Smith Leads Defensive Secondary In Tackles, InterceptionsNorthwestern’s Brendan Smith (Andover, Mass./New Hampton Prep, N.H.) notched his sec-ond interception in the last three games at Iowa, thwarting a potential scoring drive when hepicked off Drew Tate on the goal line. That gives him a team-leading three interceptions.Senior Marquice Cole (Hazel Crest, Ill./Hillcrest), who has been slowed with a hamstringinjury the past two weeks, has moved into a six-way tie for ninth place on the Wildcats’ careerinterception list with his seventh career pick against Michigan State. Last year, Cole, a memberof the 2006 Thorpe Award preseason watch list, led NU with five interceptions.

After starting the first four games with a -7 turnover margin, Northwestern has recordedmore takeaways (14) than its opponents (12) through six Big Ten games. The Wildcats rankthird in conference-only statistics for turnover margin (behind Ohio State and Michigan).

Notes From NU-Iowa Game• Northwestern won back-to-back games against Iowa for the first time since winning succes-sive games in 1995, ’96 and ’97. The Wildcats now have won six of their last 10 gamesagainst the Hawkeyes. Northwestern became just the third foe in Iowa’s last 30 home games(dating to the 2002 season) to visit Kinnick Stadium and leave with a victory. The other twoteams to beat the Hawkeyes in Iowa City during that span: No. 1 Ohio State earlier this seasonand Michigan in 2005.• Northwestern’s 225 rushing yards were the most allowed by Iowa’s defense this year. • Quarterback Andrew Brewer made his debut at wide receiver, and made a splash, catchinga 48-yard pass on NU’s opening drive, which was capped by Tyrell Sutton’s 5-yard TD run.• Wide receiver Eric Peterman (Sherman, Ill./Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin), who hadtotaled 149 receiving yards in his previous two games, caught three passes for 32 yards,which included an 7-yard TD reception. He came into the game averaging 17.6 yards perreception, a team-best mark.

The “Start Chart”At the start of the 2006 season, Northwestern had 27 players with starting experience. At thebeginning of the 2005 season, the Wildcats had 16 players with starting experience. Here is alook at NU’s current “start chart:”

Career Starts (Notes) Career Starts (Notes)Roach—32 (career-ending injury against MSU on Oct. 21) Matthews—10Herbert—31 Belding—10Rees—31 (missed entire 2005 season to academic susp.) Ngene—8Cole—24 Hahn—8Keenan—24 Koehn—6Kadela—24 (missed last nine games of 2004 with injury) Kafka—4Tripodi—22 Bachér—2Sutton—21 Cheatham—3Thiry—20 Dinard—3Heinz—17 (missed 2005 reg. season; yet to play in 2006) Brewer—3Battle—17 McManis—3Mims—16 Ward—2Gill—16 Jones—2K. Thompson—15 Dious—2B. Smith—14 Jordan—2 (sat out entire 2005 season with injury)McPherson—14 Simpson—2Wootton—12 Crum—2Cobb—12 Taylor—1Eaton—12 Abernathy—1Lane—11 Roberson—1

MEDIA INFORMATIONThe following is helpful media information to cover theNorthwestern Wildcats in 2006:

WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEONSCoach Fitzgerald will hold weekly media briefings eachMonday during the regular season in the Nicolet FootballCenter. The news conference begins with lunch at 11:30 a.m.and Fitzgerald will make comments and answer questions atnoon. Selected players will be on hand to meet with the pressat approximately 12:30 p.m., class schedules permitting.Please call our office or email Mike Wolf to have Fitzgerald’scomments emailed to you.

BIG TEN WEEKLY TELECONFERENCECoach Fitzgerald will take part in the Big Ten Conference’sCoaches Teleconference each Tuesday throughout the regularseason. All 11 head coaches will be available to answer ques-tions for 10 minutes. Fitzgerald’s segment is slated from 12:30to 12:40 p.m. (Central Time). Media members wishing to par-ticipate should call the Big Ten office for the call-in phone num-ber (847-696-1010). Playback of the teleconference will beavailable for 24 hours following the completion of the originalformat.

BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA CENTERThe Big Ten Conference has launched a single site for mediato access information on every Big Ten football program. TheBig Ten football media center includes downloadable PDFs ofmedia guides, weekly releases, statistics, player of the weekselections, etc. The site can be accessed throughwww.bigten.org.

COACH/PLAYER AVAILABILITY DURING WEEKCoaches and players are available at approximately 6:15 p.m.(after practice) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays each week.Depending on class schedules, players may also be availablefrom 1 to 2 p.m. on those two days. No player interviews willbe granted on Sunday, Thursday or Friday. Depending on hisschedule, Coach Fitzgerald may also be available during thelate-morning hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please call inadvance to set up an interview.

NUSPORTS.COMThe official web site of Northwestern Athletics isNUsports.com. Updated daily, the site includes NU’s footballreleases and game notes (in PDF version), as well as otherfootball-related items: up-to-date roster, schedule, game times,etc. Links to all of the other 18 Wildcat varsity sports teamsare included.

NGN LUNCHEONSCoach Fitzgerald, selected players and Wildcat fans meet atHarry Caray’s Restaurant or on-campus the Friday beforemost home football games. The festivities begin with a recep-tion at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon starts at noon. The nextluncheon will be held Friday, Nov. 10 (prior to the OhioState game) at the downtown Harry Caray’s. Media are wel-come to conduct interviews with Coach Fitzgerald at 11:40a.m. or shortly after his arrival.



2006 Wildcat ScoreboardThe Record: 3-7 (1-5 Big Ten; 1-3 Home; 2-4 Away) • All listed times are Central

Date Opponent (TV) Site, Location Time Result/Game Notes

8/31 Miami (Ohio) (ESPNU) Yager Stadium, Oxford, Ohio 6:30 p.m. W, 21-3 / Outrush Miami 193 to 72 yards; Kafka 13-17, 106 yds., 1 TD, 89 rush yds.; Sutton/Jordan 1 TD

9/9 New Hampshire Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m. L, 17-34 / NU commits three turnovers; Sutton 99 rush yards, 1 TD, 35 rec. yards; Jordan 48 yards, 1 TD

9/16 Eastern Michigan Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m. W, 14-6 / NU holds EMU to five first downs, 47 passing yards and 134 total yards; Kafka, Brewer 1 TD each

9/22 Nevada (ESPN2) Mackay Stadium, Reno, Nev. 7 p.m. L, 21-31 / Kafka 111 rushing yds, 1 TD; Sutton and Jordan, 1 TD each; NU defense records 4 sacks

9/30 Penn State (ABC) Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pa. 2:30 p.m. L, 7-33 / Brewer makes first career start at QB: 41 rushing yds., 14-of-30, 157 yds., 1 INT; Sutton 40 yds.

10/7 Wisconsin (ESPN360) Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wis. 11 a.m. L, 9-41 / Brewer 80 rushing yards, 1 TD; 10-24 passing, 94 yds.; NU forces three TO’s (Cole 1 FR, 1 INT)

10/14 Purdue (ESPN Plus) Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m. L, 10-31 / Sutton 82 rushing yards on 10 carries; Wootton second interception of year; Howells 43 FG

10/21 Michigan State (ESPN Plus) (HC) Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m. L, 38-41 / Sutton 172 rushing yards, 20 rec. yards; Bachér 15-of-29, 245 yards, 3 TD’s, 2 INT’s

10/28 Michigan (ESPN) Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Mich. 11 a.m. L, 3-17 / Bachér 20-of-41, 204 yards, 2 INT’s; Sutton 6 rec. for 55 yards; NU holds UM to 318 yds.

11/4 Iowa (ESPN Plus) Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa 11 a.m. W, 21-7 / Sutton 168 rushing yards, 203 total yards, 1 TD; NU 443 yards; Bachér 19-of-29, 218 yds., TD

11/11 Ohio State (ABC) Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. 2:30 p.m.

11/18 Illinois (TV TBA) Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. TBA

2006 Team Stats Figure Big Ten NCAARushing Offense . . . . . . . .154.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th . . . . . . . . .37thPassing Offense . . . . . . . .153.0 . . . . . . . . . . . .11th . . . . . . . .104thTotal Offense . . . . . . . . . . .307.2 . . . . . . . . . . . .11th . . . . . . . . .90thScoring Offense . . . . . . . . .16.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .11th . . . . . . . .105thPassing Efficiency . . . . . . .98.98 rating . . . . . . .11th . . . . . . . .111thRushing Defense . . . . . . . .145.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th . . . . . . . . .71stPass Defense . . . . . . . . . .219.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . .80thTotal Defense . . . . . . . . . .364.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . .83rdScoring Defense . . . . . . . .24.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . .75thNet Punting . . . . . . . . . . . .32.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th . . . . . . . .100thPunt Returns . . . . . . . . . . .6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th . . . . . . . . .98thKickoff Returns . . . . . . . . .18.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . .81stTurnover Margin . . . . . . . .-0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th . . . . . . . . .93rdPass Effic. Defense . . . . . .130.1 rating . . . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . .74thSacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . .67thSacks Allowed . . . . . . . . . .2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . .60th

2006 Individual Statistics Figure Big Ten/NCAATyrell Sutton (rushing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83.3 . . . . . . . . .6th/37thTyrell Sutton (all-purpose avg.) . . . . . . . . . .102.1 . . . . . . . .10th/68thTyrell Sutton (total offense) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83.3 . . . . . . . . .16th/—Shaun Herbert (rec. per game) . . . . . . . . . . . .3.9 . . . . . . . . .14th/—Sherrick McManis (kickoff returns) . . . . . . . .22.3 . . . . . . . . .6th/56thSlade Larscheid (punting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38.0 . . . . . . . . .8th/80thJoel Howells (field goals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.5 . . . . . . . .11th/97thNick Roach (tackles) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.8 . . . . . . . .9th/83rdCorey Wootton (tackles for loss) . . . . . . . . . .0.85 . . . . . . . . .14th/—Corey Wootton (interceptions) . . . . . . . . . . . .0.20 . . . . . . . . .13th/—Marquice Cole (interceptions) . . . . . . . . . . . .0.22 . . . . . . . . .12th/—Brendan Smith (interceptions) . . . . . . . . . . . .0.30 . . . . . . . . .6th/94thCorey Wootton (sacks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.40 . . . . . . . . .17th/—

For complete Big Ten and NCAA statistics, visit www.bigten.org andwww.ncaa.org/stats/

NCAA & BIG TEN STATISTICSNU’s 21st-Century OffenseSince 2000, when the Wildcats went to their spread attack on offense, Northwestern has post-ed some solid numbers—by far the most impressive six-plus-year stretch of offense in schoolhistory. Although the ’Cats are having growing pains with their offense this season, the num-bers since 2000 are still impressive. In their last 82 games, the Wildcats are averaging 414.9yards of total offense, 26.1 points per game, 190.7 rushing yards per game and 223.7 passingyards per game.

The following are the single-game and single-season highs for those categories with thisattack. NU records are indicated with an asterisk.

Category Single-Game Best Season BestTotal Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . .674 vs. Wisconsin, 2005 * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,004, 2005 *Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 vs. Illinois, 2000 * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.8 ppg, 2000 *Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444 vs. Illinois, 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,062, 2000 *Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513 vs. TCU, 2004 * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,681, 2005 *

Erryn Cobb Is Super on Special TeamsPerhaps one of Northwestern’s most underrated players is super back Erryn Cobb(Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove North), who was tabbed the Big Ten Conference’s Co-Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance in NU’s 21-3 victory over Miami. Withthe game tied at 0-0 early in the third quarter, Cobb blocked a punt and then picked the ball upand scored to give NU a 7-0 lead. It was Cobb’s first collegiate TD. Cobb came back againstNew Hampshire the following week and blocked his second punt in as many games. He is thefirst NU player in 39 years to block more than one punt in a season.

Sherrick McManis Sparking NU on Special Teams and DefenseFreshman Sherrick McManis (Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) has been the Wildcats’ special teamsspark plug this year, averaging 22.3 yards per kickoff return, but also making big plays on NU’spunt and kickoff teams. Nicknamed “Batman” by the NU coaches because he always seems tobe around the ball and making plays, McManis earned his first career start against Purdue asNU’s nickel back. He also started at Michigan and Iowa, in place of Marquice Cole, who wasout with an injury.

’Cat Tails• While Joel Howells has had few field goal opportunities this season, he is excelling with NU’skickoff game this year. Howells is averaging 60.2 yards per kickoff, with 14 of his 36 kicksbeing downed for touchbacks. NU leads the Big Ten Conference in kickoff coverage. • Two NU players are celebrating birthdays this week: Adam Crum (Nov. 6, 1985) and TrevorRees (Nov. 10, 1984).• Northwestern had four true freshmen play in the season-opening game at Miami, and then afifth, Brendan Mitchell (Twinsburg, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy), made his debutagainst New Hampshire. The four players who debuted against Miami were cornerback/return-er Sherrick McManis, defensive linemen Marshall Thomas (Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep)and Corbin Bryant (Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park) and safety Brad Phillips (Export,Pa./Franklin Regional). NU, however, has lost Bryant for the season with a broken leg.



NORTHWESTERN DEPTH CHART (Nov. 6, 2006)

D E F E N S E

O F F E N S E

ORunning Back

19—Tyrell Sutton(5-9, 190, So.)

26—Terrell Jordan(5-10, 205, Sr.)

29—Omar Conteh(6-0, 210, So.)

ORight Tackle

56—Ryan Keenan(6-5, 295, Sr.)

78—Kurt Mattes(6-6, 295, R-Fr.)

ORight Guard

77—Adam Crum (6-1, 300, Jr.)

52—Joel Belding(6-3, 305, So.)

XMiddle Linebacker43—Adam Kadela

(6-3, 245, Jr.)46—Malcolm Arrington

(6-2, 235, So.)

XOutside Linebacker (Sam)

42—Demetrius Eaton(6-2, 250, Sr.)

37—Campbell Black(6-3, 225, Sr.)

XFree Safety

27—Reggie McPherson(6-1, 195, Jr.)

45—Ben Rothrauff(5-10, 200, Jr.)

XStrong Safety

39—Brendan Smith(6-0, 210, So.)

17—Brad Phillips(6-4, 210, Fr.)

XRight Cornerback22—Deante Battle

(5-10, 180, Jr.)6—Cory Dious(5-9, 170, Sr.)

OCenter

50—Trevor Rees(6-2, 295, Jr.)

77—Adam Crum (6-1, 300, Jr.)

OLeft Guard

51—Joe Tripodi(6-3, 305, Sr.)

59—Alex Rucks(6-4, 310, So.)

OLeft Tackle

74—Dylan Thiry(6-8, 320, Jr.)

76—Desmond Taylor(6-3, 280, R-Fr.)

OSuper Back (TE/FB)

44—Erryn Cobb(6-1, 250, Sr.)

90—Mark Woodsum(6-0, 240, R-Fr.)

XDefensive End95—Kevin Mims(6-3, 280, So.)

72—David Ngene(6-3, 265, Jr.)

XDefensive Tackle79—Adam Hahn(6-4, 295, R-Fr.)

69—Marshall Thomas (6-3 ,265, Fr.)

XDefensive End

99—Corey Wootton(6-7, 275, R-Fr.)

91—Mark Koehn(6-3, 270, Jr.)

XOutside Linebacker (Will)

40—Eddie Simpson(6-1, 230, Jr.)

31—Mike Dinard(6-2, 235, So.)

54—Chris Malleo (6-2, 245, Jr.)

XDefensive Tackle

70—John Gill(6-3, 300, So.)

92—Keegan Kennedy(6-2, 290, So.)

OQuarterback

18—C.J. Bachér(6-2, 200, So.)

13—Mike Kafka(6-3, 210, R-Fr.)

12—Andrew Brewer(6-3, 215, R-Fr.)

SpecialistsPlace-kicker93—Joel Howells (6-4, 225, Sr.) 96—Amado Villarreal (5-10, 175, So.)Punter15—Slade Larscheid (6-1, 210, Sr.) 97—Kyle Daley (6-0, 195, So.) OR96—Amado Villarreal (5-10, 175, So.)Kickoff93—Joel Howells (6-4, 225, Sr.) 96—Amado Villarreal (5-10, 175, So.)Long Snapper86—Phil Brunner (6-2, 225, So.)70—John Gill (6-3, 300, So.)Holder15—Slade Larscheid (6-1, 210, Sr.)3—Shaun Herbert (6-1, 200, Sr.)Kick Returner24—Sherrick McManis (6-0, 180, Fr.)29—Omar Conteh (6-0, 210, So.)Punt Returner39—Brendan Smith (6-0, 210, So.)20—Marquice Cole (5-10, 195, Sr.)

XLeft Cornerback

24—Sherrick McManis(6-0, 180, Fr.)

20—Marquice Cole(5-10, 195, Sr.)

OH—Wide Receiver10—Eric Peterman

(6-1, 200, So.)32—Sam Cheatham

(5-10, 200, Jr.)

OX—Wide Receiver

3—Shaun Herbert(6-1, 200, Sr.)

8—Rasheed Ward(5-11, 175, So.)

OZ—Wide Receiver

9—Ross Lane(6-3, 190, So.)

87—Tonjua Jones(6-2, 185, Jr.)


#49 • Frayne Abernathy • SB • North Augusta, S.C.Missed first three games of season with an injury ... Played special teams for fivegames before injuring his hamstring ... Sat out the Michigan and Iowa games.

#46 • Malcolm Arrington • LB • Rochester Hills, Mich.True sophomore who is primarily playing special teams and some reserve linebacker ...Could play a bigger role now with the loss of Nick Roach ... Notched one solo tackle atMiami ... Two solo tackles at Penn State ... Two tackles vs. Wisconsin ... One tackle atMichigan ... Credited with two tackles at Iowa.

#18 • C.J. Bachér • QB • Sacramento, Calif.Entered preseason camp as one of three quarterbacks vying for the starting job ... Aninjury to his leg (stress fracture) during the preseason slowed his progress ... Medicallycleared on Sept. 25 ... Made season’s first appearance late in the game against Purdue:completed 2-of-4 passes for 24 yards and ran for 10 yards on four carries ... Was namedthe starter for the Michigan State game one day prior to kickoff (Oct. 20) ... Making hisfirst collegiate start against MSU, responded with three touchdown passes on 15-of-29passing for 245 yards ... Started the game 15-of-22 for 245 yards, three TD’s and noINT’s ... In the game’s final 17 minutes, was 0-of-7 with two interceptions ... Threw threepasses of 30 or more yards: 30, 47 and 52 yards ... Despite the rough finish, still had apass efficiency rating of better than 140.0 for the game ... Versus Michigan, went 20-of-41 for 204 yards and two interceptions ... Completed 19-of-29 passes (65.5 percent) for218 yards, a TD and two interceptions at Iowa ... Has thrown for 200-plus yards in allthree starts.

#22 • Deante Battle • CB • Fayetteville, Ga.Enjoyed one of the best preseason camps of any NU player ... Starting cornerback ...Registered two tackles and a pass breakup at Miami ... Notched five solo tackles vs.New Hampshire ... Turned in his season’s top performance against Eastern Michigan:five tackles, two pass deflections and a 31-yard interception return that sealed NU’s win... Was responsible for six third-down stops vs. EMU ... Seven solo tackles, including aTFL, and a pass deflection at Nevada ... Seven tackles (five solos) at Penn State ... Sixtackles at Wisconsin ... Season-high 10 tackles (career-best nine solo hits), which includ-ed a career-best 3 TFLs (one of them a sack), and a forced fumble vs. Purdue ... Fivetackles, as well as a forced fumble, vs. Michigan State ... Four tackles at Michigan ...Equaled his season-high with 10 tackles (three solos), as well as a TFL and QB hurry atIowa.

#52 • Joel Belding • OL • Seville, OhioStarted at right offensive guard seven times this year ... Missed the Purdue game follow-ing the death of his father earlier in the week (Oct. 9) ... Returned the following weekand started against Michigan State.

#37 • Campbell Black • LB • Oklahoma City, Okla.Playing special teams and a reserve outside linebacker position ... One tackle vs. PSU... Credited with a forced fumble, as well as two solo tackles, at Wisconsin ... One tacklevs. Purdue ... One tackle and a pass breakup at Iowa.

#12 • Andrew Brewer • QB/WR • Tulsa, Okla.Redshirt freshman ... Played some wide receiver at Iowa ... His first career receptionwas a 48-yarder on NU’s opening TD drive ... Made his first career QB start at PennState ... Played the entire game, completing 14-of-30 passes for 157 yards and an inter-ception ... Ran for a team-best 41 yards, despite being sacked three times ... NamedNU’s Chevrolet Player of the Game ... Made start No. 2 at Wisconsin, where he totaled174 total yards (94 passing, team- and career-best 80 rushing) ... Completed 10-of-24passes with an interception ... Versus Purdue, was 7-of-11 for 59 yards with an intercep-tion ... Had 30 rushing yards (on 20 carries) against the Boilers ... Made first careerappearance on final series of the season-opening game at Miami ... Saw his first signifi-cant action at QB in the second half of Eastern Michigan game ... Ran for 26 yards (1.7ypc) and his first collegiate TD (1-yard run), and completed 6-of-8 passes for 34 yardsvs. EMU ... Played one snap against Nevada and had a carry for 7 yards ... Appeared inNU’s final drive at Michigan, rushing for 6 yards and throwing one interception.

#86 • Phil Brunner • LS • South Milwaukee, Wis.Team’s long-snapper for punts and PAT/field goals ... Former high school quarterback ...CoSIDA Academic All-America candidate.

#89 • Corbin Bryant • DE • Chicago, Ill.Reserve defensive end ... True freshman who played his first snaps at Miami (Ohio) ...One assisted tackle vs. New Hampshire ... Suffered a broken leg in practice (Sept. 12)and will miss the remainder of the season and apply for a medical hardship year.

#32 • Sam Cheatham • WR • San Leandro, Calif.Starting wide receiver ... Fourth-year junior ... Totaled three catches for 34 yards vs. NewHampshire ... One reception for 9 yards vs. EMU ... Seven career receptions.

#44 • Erryn Cobb • SB • Woodridge, Ill.One of four team captains ... Team’s starting superback (tight end/fullback) ... Deliveredone of his career’s top plays in season-opener at Miami (Ohio)—blocked a punt, recov-ered the ball and scored a TD to give the Wildcats a 7-0 lead ... That play helped himearn Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week honors ... Came back the next weekvs. New Hampshire and blocked a second punt in NU’s second game ... Became firstNU player in 39 years to block two punts in a single season ... Notched his first carry ofthe year, a 3-yard rush for a first down against Nevada.

#20 • Marquice Cole • CB • Hazel Crest, Ill.Named to Jim Thorpe Award (top defensive back) preseason Watch List (one of 33 play-ers) ... Named to numerous preseason All-Big Ten teams ... Sat out the 2004 seasonwith an ankle injury ... Missed the Michigan game with a sore hamstring ... Had arguablyhis best game of the year at Wisconsin, tallying a career-high 9 tackles (career-best 7solos) to go along with his fumble recovery and his sixth career interception ... Recordeda career-high 10 solo tackles vs. Purdue ... Notched his second pass sack of the yearvs. the Boilermakers ... Snared his second interception of the season (and seventh ofcareer) against Michigan State ... That pick (41-yard return) led to NU’s final TD of thegame and a 38-3 lead ... Finished with three tackles vs. the Spartans ... Totaled threetackles (two solos), which included a 1-yard TFL, and a pair of pass deflections at Miami(Ohio) ... Had a solo tackle vs. New Hampshire and Eastern Michigan ... Four tackles(three solos) at Nevada ... Five tackles and a pass breakup vs. Penn State ... Saw limit-ed action at Iowa (hamstring), recording one solo tackle.

#29 • Omar Conteh • RB • Cypress, TexasTrue sophomore playing primarly special teams ... Earned his season’s first two carries(11 yards) at Wisconsin ... Named team’s special teams player of the week vs. MSU.

#31 • Mike Dinard • LB • Parma, OhioTeam’s primary fourth linebacker when employing a defensive set with four ’backers ...Could play a bigger role on defense with the loss of Nick Roach ... Started first threegames ... Notched four tackles at Miami (Ohio) ... Credited with a solo tackle and a passbreakup vs. New Hampshire ... One tackle vs. Eastern Michigan ... Two solo hits atNevada ... Notched a 0.5 TFL at Penn State ... Three tackles vs. Wisconsin ... One tack-le vs. Purdue ... Had one tackle at Iowa.

#42 • Demetrius Eaton • LB • Milwaukee, Wis.Starter at an outside linebacker position ... Named a team captain for the season’s finalfour weeks (Michigan to Illinois) with the loss of Nick Roach to an injury ... Registeredfive tackles (three solos), including a key 11-yard sack in season-opener at Miami (Ohio)... Registered one of five team sacks at Miami ... Seven tackles (three solos), including a2-yard TFL, vs. New Hampshire ... Four tackles (three solos), including his second sackof the year vs. Eastern Michigan ... Four solo tackles at Nevada ... Five tackles at PennState ... Notched four tackles at Wisconsin ... One tackle vs. Purdue ... Three solo hitsvs. MSU ... Five solo tackles and a pass breakup vs. Michigan ... Earned six tackles atIowa.

#70 • John Gill • DT • Los Altos Hills, Calif.Started nine games at defensive tackle ... True sophomore ... Totaled four tackles,including three solo hits in season-opening win at Miami (Ohio) ... Four tackles, includinghis first career sack, and a hurry vs. New Hampshire ... Six solo tackles, which includeda pass sack, at Nevada ... Recorded two tackles, as well as a forced fumble, at PennState ... The fumble, which was recovered by NU’s Brendan Smith, was the Wildcats’first fumble recovery this season ... Had five tackles at Wisconsin ... One tackle vs.Purdue ... Two tackles vs. Michigan State ... Had one of his season’s best games on his20th birthday (at Michigan): season-high seven tackles (five solos), which included aTFL and a fumble recovery ... Four tackles, including a TFL, and a pass deflection atIowa.

#79 • Adam Hahn • DT • Hartford, Wis.Made collegiate debut at Miami (Ohio) at defensive tackle ... Slowed in the preseasonwith an injury ... Started last six games ... Totaled two tackles, including a 0.5 TFL, apass breakup and a blocked PAT kick vs. New Hampshire ... One tackle vs. Nevada ...Season-best four tackles, including a 3-yard TFL, at Penn State ... Came back the nextweek vs. Wisconsin with four more tackles, which included a 6-yard TFL ... Four tackles,including another TFL, vs. Purdue ... Two tackles vs. MSU ... One tackle at Michigan ...Totaled four hits at Iowa.

#23 • Gerard Hamlett • CB • Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Redshirt sophomore ... Out with a leg injury ... Made the move from running back to cor-nerback in the off-season ... Missed the spring season with a toe injury ... Backup kickreturner ... Returned a pair of kickoffs this year.

Northwestern Game Notes • 2006 Player Biographies


#21 • Bryan Heinz • SAF • Lone Tree, Colo.One of four team captains ... After sitting out the entire 2005 regular season with a kneeinjury, missed the first five games of 2006 with a high ankle sprain ... It appeared hewould play Oct. 7 at Wisconsin, but he suffered another foot injury in practice onWednesday (Oct. 4) ... Underwent ankle surgery the week of Oct. 9 and could be out forthe remainder of the year ... Suffered his initial injury (high ankle sprain) three daysbefore the Miami game.

#3 • Shaun Herbert • WR • Oxon Hill, Md.One of four team captains ... Named to 2006 Biletnikoff Award Watch List ... Team’sleading receiver ... One of five NU players who is playing his final season while enrolledin graduate school ... Ranks fifth on NU’s all-time receptions list (160) and fifth on NU’sall-time receiving yardage list (1,792) ... Turned in his best game of the year vs.Michigan State: six catches for 54 yards, which included a pair of TD receptions ... Oneof his TD catches (18 yards) came on a halfback option pass from Brandon Roberson ...Had five catches for 39 yards at Michigan ... Caught a team-best four passes for 33yards against Miami (Ohio) ... Four catches for 15 yards vs. New Hampshire ... Sixreceptions for 37 yards against Eastern Michigan ... Logged four catches for 48 yards atNevada ... Three receptions for 34 yards at Penn State ... Pair of receptions for 17 yardsat Wisconsin ... Caught a season-long 37-yard pass against Purdue—his longest recep-tion in 18 games ... Four receptions for 46 yards at Iowa ... Has caught a pass in 34consecutive games, the nation’s eighth-longest such streak.

#93 • Joel Howells • PK • Sycamore, Ill.Fifth-year place-kicker ... CoSIDA Academic All-America candidate ... Named to theAFCA’s Good Works Team@ on Sept. 13—one of 11 Division I-A players to be recog-nized for his charitable contributions to the community ... Danny Wuerffel Award (com-munity service, academics and athletics) nominee ... Ranks sixth on NU’s all-time fieldgoals made list with 20 ... Ranks second all-time at NU in PAT kicks made (74) ... Inside40 yards, Is 15-of-22 from field goal range the past two-plus years ... Booted a season-long 43-yard field goal vs. Purdue ... Season-high eight points vs. MSU ... Had threePAT kicks at Miami ... 20-for-21 on PAT attempts this year (had one blocked atWisconsin) ... Converted his first FG attempt with a 35-yard boot against NewHampshire ... Averaged 61.5 yards on kickoffs at Miami, five yards better than his careeraverage ... 63.3 yards per kickoff average vs. Eastern Michigan ... Averaging 60.2 yardsper kickoff this season, with 14 of his 36 kicks being downed for touchbacks—Northwestern leads the Big Ten in kickoff coverage.

#87 • Tonjua Jones • WR • Southfield, Mich.One of team’s primary receivers ... In the team’s receiver rotation, making starts vs. NewHampshire and Purdue ... Had an 11-yard catch at Penn State.

#26 • Terrell Jordan • RB • Clarkston, Ga.After sitting out the entire 2005 season with a torn hamstring, made a successful 2006debut at Miami (Ohio) ... Led all players with a 5.5 ypc average (44 yards) vs. theRedHawks ... Also caught an 11-yard pass ... Ran for a season-best 57 yards, whichincluded a key 34-yard touchdown scamper, at Iowa ... Averaged 9.5 ypc against theHawkeyes ... Rushed for 48 yards and a TD, and caught three passes for 27 yards, vs.New Hampshire ... Seven rushing yards vs. Eastern Michigan ... Scored his third TD ofthe season at Nevada and finished with 31 yards (7 carries) ... Played sparingly at PennState ... 13 rushing yards at Wisconsin and 12 vs. Purdue.

#43 • Adam Kadela • LB • Dublin, OhioRedshirt junior ... Starting at middle linebacker after playing outside the past few years... Replacing NU’s all-time leading tackler Tim McGarigle ... Has been slowed much ofthe year with nagging injuries ... Notched five tackles (three solos) at Miami ( Ohio) ...Four tackles vs. New Hampshire ... Eight tackles vs. Eastern Michigan ... Led all playerswith nine tackles (eight solos) at Nevada ... One of his hits at Nevada was a 2-yard TFL... Seven tackles (five solos) at Penn State ... Six tackles (five solos), as well as a fum-ble recovery, at Wisconsin ... Four tackles vs. Purdue ... Team-best nine tackles, a fum-ble recovery and QB hurry vs. Michigan State ... Five tackles, as well as a forced fum-ble—the third of his career, at Michigan ... Nine tackles at Iowa ... Played high schoolfootball with Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn.

#13 • Mike Kafka • QB • Chicago, Ill.Redshirt freshman ... Started first four games at quarterback ... Sat out the Penn State,Wisconsin and Purdue games with an injured hamstring ... Made a solid debut at Miami(Ohio), completing 13-of-17 passes (.765) for 106 yards and 1 TD ... Also led all playerswith 89 rushing yards (5.2 ypc) on 17 carries ... Had a pass efficiency rating of 148.26for his first college game ... His first TD pass was a 19-yard strike to Tyrell Sutton ...Passed for 173 yards (19-of-32) and ran for 42 yards vs. New Hampshire ... Had aninterception and fumble vs. UNH ... Played the first half against Eastern Michigan andran for 33 yards (6.6 ypc) and his first career TD (6-yard run) ... Completed 10-of-18 passes for 76 yards and an interception vs. EMU ... Had a mixed performance atNevada: career-high 111 rushing yards, including a 13-yard TD run, and averaged 9.2

ypc ... In the air, completed 9-of-21 passes for 122 yards, with three interceptions ... His111 rushing yards were the most by an NU quarterback since Zak Kustok ran for 111yards vs. Bowling Green on Nov. 17, 2001 ... Averaging a team-best 6.1 yards per rush.

#56 • Ryan Keenan • OL • Westlake, OhioStarting at right tackle ... After playing guard the entire 2005 season, was moved to tack-le at the start of preseason camp, replacing Austin Matthews who has been injuredmuch of the year ... Team’s off-season strength and conditioning champion.

#92 • Keegan Kennedy • DT • Jupiter, Fla.Reserve defensive tackle ... Notched a tackle as well as his first career pass deflectionin opener at Miami (Ohio) ... One solo tackle at Wisconsin ... Two QB hurries vs.Michigan State ... Three tackles (two solos) at Michigan.

#91 • Mark Koehn • DE • Newton, Kan.Fourth-year player ... Part-time starter ... Playing his best football the past couple weeks... Season-high four tackles vs. Purdue ... Had a 3-yard sack against Michigan State ...Recorded two tackles, including a big sack on Iowa QB Drew Tate ... That hit forced afumble, which NU recovered and eventually turned into seven points ... Notched a solotackle at Miami (Ohio) ... One tackle vs. New Hampshire ... Three tackles, including a0.5 TFL, at Penn State ... Solo tackle and a QB hurry at Wisconsin.

#36 • Prince Kwateng • LB • Munster, Ind.Primarily playing special teams and some reserve linebacker ... Notched a solo tackle atPenn State ... One tackle at Wisconsin ... Had a tackle vs. Purdue and Michigan State ...Suffered a knee injury against Iowa and is out for the rest of the year.

#9 • Ross Lane • WR • Ft. Myers, Fla.Redshirt sophomore ... One of NU’s key receivers ... Turned in his top effort of the yearvs. Michigan State: four catches for 71 yards and two TD’s ... Had TD catches of 5 and22 yards vs. the Spartans ... Three catches for 52 yards vs. Michigan ... Five receptionsfor 52 yards at Iowa ... Against Penn State, caught four passes for 66 yards, including a36-yarder ... One reception vs. New Hampshire ... Two receptions for 14 yards vs.Eastern Michigan ... Caught two passes for 48 yards, which included the season’slongest pass play, a 39-yard grab, at Nevada ... Two receptions for 22 yards atWisconsin ... One catch against Purdue ... Third on team in yards per reception (14.0).

#15 • Slade Larscheid • P • Spearfish, S.D.FIfth-year player ... One of five NU players who is currently enrolled in graduate school(sports administration program) ... Team’s punter ... Turned in a solid performance inNU’s opener, booting six kicks for a 40.5 ypp average ... Two of his six punts landedinside the 20-yard line, while none of the six were returned ... Averaging 38.3 ypp ...Three of his first eight punts landed inside the 20 and only one was returned (two yards)... Booted nine punts against Eastern Michigan, averaging 36.0 ypp ... Averaged a sea-son-best 42.5 yards per punt at Nevada (two punts) ... Nine punts for 38.3 yards, two ofthem inside the 20, at Penn State ... Eight punts for 38.1 yards at Wisconsin ... Eightpunts for 37.2 yards vs. Purdue ... Three punts for 38.7 yards vs. MSU, but also had apunt blocked ... Had a solid day at Michigan, booting seven punts for a 38.9 averageand a 39.5 net average (-5 punt return yards) on a blustery day ... 33.7 average (threepunts) at Iowa.

#62 • Austin Matthews • OL • Orange Park, Fla.Missed the season’s first three games while recovering from a foot injury ... Started atright guard in place of Joel Belding vs. Purdue ... Unable to play since the MSU game ...Will miss the remainder of the year (hip injury).

#24 • Sherrick McManis • CB/KR • Peoria, Ill.True freshman ... Named the team’s special teams player of the week for five consecu-tive weeks (Eastern Michigan through Purdue) and seven overall ... Earned his sixth andseventh such honors for performances at Michigan and Iowa ... Made his first start ondefense, playing the team’s nickel back against Purdue ... Also started at Michigan andIowa, in place of the injured Marquice Cole ... Handling team’s kickoff return duties ...Ranks sixth in the Big Ten with a kickoff return average of 22.3 ... Versus Wisconsin,returned three kicks for 101 yards ... One of his returns went for a season-long 47 yards,eclipsing the 45-yarder he had at Nevada ... Had his appendix removed two days afterreturning kicks against Miami (Ohio) in the season opener ... Missed the New Hampshiregame ... Returned to action against Eastern Michigan and had two kickoff returns,including a career-long 40-yard return ... Suffered a broken right hand in practice lastweek (Sept. 18), but returned to play at Nevada ... Six kickoff returns for 95 yards atPenn State ... 55 yards on four kickoff returns vs. Purdue ... Had just one return vs.MSU (15 yards) ... Four tackles vs. Michigan, and had a forced fumble on special teams... Returned two kicks at Iowa for 57 yards ... Five tackles and a breakup on defense.

#27 • Reggie McPherson • SAF • San Leandro, Calif.Starter at free safety ... Having a solid year in the defensive backfield ... Credited withthree solo tackles and a pass deflection at Miami (Ohio) ... Two tackles vs. New





Hampshire ... Three tackles, a pass breakup and QB hurry vs. Eastern Michigan ...Season-high eight solo tackles and a pass breakup at Nevada ... Two tackles and apass breakup at Wisconsin ... Seven tackles (six solos), two pass breakups and a QBhurry vs. Purdue ... Two tackles vs. MSU ... Eight tackles (four solos) at Michigan ...Seven tackles and a victory-clinching interception at Iowa ... Leads team in pass deflec-tions with seven.

#95 • Kevin Mims • DE • The Woodlands, TexasRedshirt sophomore ... Started first two games at DE, opposite Corey Wootton ... As hegets healthier, starting to play his best football of the season ... Registered a pair oftackles at MIami (Ohio) ... Totaled eight tackles, including a career-best seven solo hits,vs. New Hampshire ... Three solo tackles and a QB hurry vs. Eastern Michigan ... Onetackle vs. Nevada ... Six tackles and a pass deflection at Penn State ... Two tackles,including a TFL, at Wisconsin ... Started vs. Purdue and recorded two tackles ... Hadone of his season’s top performances against Michigan State with five tackles ... Foursolo tackles, including a TFL, at Michigan ... Registered seven tackles at Iowa.

#72 • David Ngene • DE • Humble, TexasFourth-year player ... Just prior to start of season, injured a knee and missed the openerat MIami (Ohio) ... Did not play against New Hampshire ... Returned to play againstEastern Michigan and made his presence felt with three tackles, one of which was a 9-yard sack and the other a 3-yard TFL ... One tackle at Nevada ... Three tackles vs. PennState ... Injured his ankle early in the Wisconsin game and sat out the Purdue game ...Returned and played in a reserve role vs. MSU ... Saw limited action at Michigan ...Notched a 4-yard pass sack at Iowa.

#10 • Eric Peterman • WR • Sherman, Ill.After a brief trial in the secondary during the spring, was moved back to wide receiver ...CoSIDA Academic All-America candidate ... One of team’s best special teams players ...Caught a 20-yard pass in season opener at Miami (Ohio)—the Wildcats’ longest passplay in that contest ... Snared a 13-yard pass against New Hampshire ... Three recep-tions for 23 yards vs. Eastern Michigan ... Had a 17-yard catch at Nevada ... 22-yardreception at Penn State ... Led team with three receptions for 26 yards at Wisconsin ...Caught the season’s two longest pass plays of the year—52 and 47 yards—againstMichigan State ... Had a career-best four receptions for 50 yards at Michigan ... Threereceptions, including a 7-yard TD catch, at Iowa ... 32 receiving yards vs. the Hawks ...Averaging a team-best 15.9 yards per reception.

#50 • Trevor Rees • C • Pearland, TexasReturned to squad after sitting out 2005 season due to academic reasons ... Rejoinedteam last spring ... Returned to his starting center position, a spot he manned much of2003 and 2004 ... Named to numerous preseason All-Big Ten teams ... Injured in thesecond half of the Michigan State game, but returned to play against Michigan ... One ofthree players from Pearland on 2006 NU roster.

#38 • Nick Roach • LB • Milwaukee, Wis.Suffered a season- and career-ending broken right leg early in the second half vs.Michigan State ... Team’s starting outside linebacker ... One of four team captains ... Hasa team-most 32 career starts ... Led NU in opener at Miami (Ohio) with eight tackles(four solos) and an 8-yard pass sack ... Notched a team-best 10 tackles (eight solos) vs.New Hampshire ... Team-high nine tackles and a QB hurry vs. Eastern Michigan ... Fivetackles, including a 9-yard pass sack, at Nevada ... Recorded his second career inter-ception, and first of the season, at Penn State, which set up NU’s only touchdown ...Added six tackles , which included a TFL ... Game-best 11 tackles (nine solos), as wellas a TFL, at Wisconsin ... 10 tackles and a pair of QB hurries vs. Purdue ... Creditedwith three tackles prior to the injury against Michigan State ... Team’s leading tacklerwith 62 hits ... Led NU in tackles in five games this year ... Ranked third in Big Ten tack-les per game prior to the MSU game ... Closes career with 241 tackles (137 solos), 16TFL’s and 2 interceptions.

#11 • Brandon Roberson • RB • Pearland, TexasBackup tailback ... Also returns kickoffs ... Scored his season’s first touchdown on a 7-yard run vs. Purdue ... One of his career highlights came against Michigan State, whenhe tossed an 18-yard TD pass to Shaun Herbert off a halfback option play ... Sat outIowa game with a concussion.

#40 • Eddie Simpson • LB • Houston, TexasBackup outside linebacker and key special teams player ... Missed part of preseasonwith an injury and the death of his mother (August) ... Started his first career game atMichigan in place of the injured Nick Roach ... Totaled a season-high eight tackles (sixsolos), as well as a fumble recovery, vs. the Wolverines ... Six tackles, as well as his second straight fumble recovery, a 23-yard return, at Iowa ... That return helped set upNU’s second TD of the game ... Notched three tackles, which included a 5-yard passsack, at Miami (Ohio) ... One solo tackle vs. UNH ... Six solo tackles, which included a pass sack and a TFL, at Nevada ... Two tackles at Penn State ... One of five NU playerswith a pair of sacks ... Missed Wisconsin, Purdue and MSU games with a neck injury.

#39 • Brendan Smith • SAF • Andover, Mass.True sophomore ... Starter at strong safety ... Had four of his top performances recently:career-high 12 tackles (six solos), two pass deflections and a fumble recovery at PennState; seven tackles, a forced fumble and QB hurry at Wisconsin; career-high 11 solotackles at Michigan; and five tackles and a key 14-yard interception at Iowa ... The inter-ception came on the NU goal line ... Five tackles, as well as a 33-yard interceptionreturn against Michigan State (two of his five career interceptions have come againstDrew Stanton and MSU) ... Collected two tackles and a pair of pass deflections at Miami(Ohio) ... Five solo tackles vs. UNH ... Six tackles (four solos) vs. Eastern Michigan ...Notched first interception of season at Nevada and returned it 35 yards ... Six tackles,including a TFL, vs. Purdue ... Tied for second place with Nick Roach with 62 tackles ...Leads team with three interceptions.

#19 • Tyrell Sutton • RB • Akron, OhioTrue sophomore ... Named to several major award preseason watch lists: MaxwellAward (top player), Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year and Doak Walker Award(top running back) ... Big Ten’s fifth-leading active rusher with 2,307 career yards ...Coming off his fifth-best rushing effort of his career: 168 yards (28 carries) and a TD atIowa ... Also had five receptions for 35 yards, giving him 203 total yards ... Earned BigTen Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors for his effort at Iowa ... Also received an“ESPN College Gameday helmet sticker” for his showing at Iowa ... Had his top perform-ance of the year against Michigan State: 172 rushing yards (21 attempts) and 20 receiv-ing yards ... Had a career-long 64-yard run in that game ... With that performance, wentover the 2,000-yard mark for career rushing ... Seventh on NU’s career rushing list ...Rushed for 63 yards (4.8 ypc) in season opener ... Caught three passes for 23 yards,including a 19-yard TD pass ... Rushed for 99 yards, which included a season-long 61-yard scamper, and a TD vs. New Hampshire ... Fell one yard shy of his seventh careergame with 100 or more rushing yards ... Also had four catches for 35 yards against UNH... Ran for 91 yards (5.1 ypc) and caught a pass vs. Eastern Michigan ... Ran for 94yards and a TD at Nevada ... Held to 40 rushing yards (eight carries) at Penn State andthen 18 rushing yards at Wisconsin ... Held to a career-low 6 yards by the nation’s top-ranked rushing defense of Michigan ... Did score his 19th career rushing TD at PennState—a hard-fought 1-yard TD run ... Rushed for 82 yards (10 carries) against Purdue... Has scored 23 career TD’s in his young career (20 rushing, 3 receiving) ... Eclipsedthe 1,500-yard career rushing mark in his 13th game (vs. Miami).

#74 • Dylan Thiry • OT • Louisville, Ky.Fourth-year player ... Starter at left tackle for a second straight season ... Missed thePurdue game after suffering a chest injury at Wisconsin ... Has made 20 career starts ...Played high school football with Louisville QB Brian Brohm.

#69 • Marshall Thomas • DT • Miami, Fla.True freshman ... One of four true freshmen to play in season opener ... Registered asolo tackle vs. Miami (Ohio) ... One tackle vs. Penn State.

#84 • Kim Thompson • WR • Inkster, Mich.Suffered a broken foot during preseason camp ... Was having an outstanding camp priorto the injury ... Missed the entire nonconference season with the injury ... Returned toaction at Penn State, starting the game ... Finished with a pair of receptions (for 15yards) against PSU ... Caught a big 29-yard pass at Wisconsin that set up NU’s first-halftouchdown ... Had an 18-yard reception vs. Purdue ... Second on team in yards perreception average (15.5) ... Currently taking time off from football for personal reasons.

#51 • Joe Tripodi • OG • Chelsea, Mich.Starting left guard ... One of two fifth-year seniors on the offensive line ... Started 22straight games up front.

#8 • Rasheed Ward • WR • Chicago, Ill.One of team’s frontline receivers ... Caught four passes for 19 yards in opener vs. Miami(Ohio) ... Three catches for 43 yards vs. UNH ... Three receptions (26 yards) vs. EasternMichigan ... Pair of catches for 9 yards at Nevada ... Had an 8-yard catch at Michigan.

#99 • Corey Wootton • DE • Rutherford, N.J.Starting defensive end ... Has earned a medical hardship year for 2005, making him aredshirt freshman this year ... Had an impressive season debut at Miami (Ohio), collect-ing six tackles (four solos) and racking up a pair of pass sacks ... Career-best seventackles, including a 0.5 TFL, vs. New Hampshire ... Registered another solid perform-ance against Eastern Michigan with five tackles (1 TFL), a pass deflection and his firstcareer interception (4-yard return) ... Two solo hits, including a 5-yard TFL, at Nevada ...Six tackles at Penn State ... Five tackles, which included a sack, at Wisconsin ... Snaredhis second interception of the year (shares the team lead in interceptions) vs. Purdue ...Three tackles against the Boilermakers ... Five tackles against Michigan State, includingfourth sack of the season ... Also added another TFL vs. the Spartans ... Credited withfive tackles (four solos), as well as a TFL and a forced fumble, at Michigan ... Two tack-les and two hurries at Iowa ... Team’s sixth-leading tackler (46) and leader in sacks (4.0)and leader in TFL’s (8.5).


Northwestern Numerical RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. Hometown/High School

1 Stefan Demos PK 5-10 205 Fr./Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon2 Lee Coleman WR 5-10 170 Fr./Fr. Gainesville, Ga./East Hall3 Shaun Herbert *** WR 6-1 200 Gr./Sr. Oxon Hill, Md./Bishop McNamara4 Akeem Hunter SAF 6-1 210 Jr./So. Chicago, Ill./Leo5 Sidney Stewart WR 6-1 175 Fr./Fr. Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington Harrison6 Cory Dious ** CB 5-9 170 Sr.{5}/Sr. Atlanta, Ga./Mays7 Jeff Yarbrough * WR 5-11 180 Jr./So. Richton Park, Ill./Rich South8 Rasheed Ward * WR 5-11 175 So./So. Chicago, Ill./Harper9 Ross Lane * WR 6-3 190 Jr./So. Ft. Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot

10 Eric Peterman * WR 6-1 200 So./So. Sherman, Ill./Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin11 Brandon Roberson ** RB 5-9 200 Jr./Jr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland12 Andrew Brewer QB 6-3 215 So./R-Fr. Tulsa, Okla./Jenks13 Mike Kafka QB 6-3 210 So./R-Fr. Oak Lawn, Ill./Chicago St. Rita14 Joe Mauro QB 6-4 210 Fr./Fr. Bedford, Texas/L.D. Bell15 Slade Larscheid ** P/PK 6-1 210 Gr./Sr. Spearfish, S.D./Spearfish16 David Oredugba CB 6-2 190 Jr./So. Sherman Oaks, Calif./Beverly Hills17 Brad Phillips SAF 6-4 210 Fr./Fr. Export, Pa./Franklin Regional18 C.J. Bachér * QB 6-2 200 Jr./So. Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit18 Dan Dixon DB 6-0 200 Gr./Sr. Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall Prep/Oklahoma19 Tyrell Sutton * RB 5-9 190 So./So. Akron, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban20 Marquice Cole *** CB 5-10 195 Sr.{5}/Sr. Hazel Crest, Ill./Hillcrest21 Bryan Heinz *** SAF 6-2 215 Gr./Sr. Lone Tree, Colo./Highlands Ranch22 Deante Battle ** CB 5-10 180 Sr./Jr. Fayetteville, Ga./Starr’s Mill23 Gerard Hamlett * CB 5-10 190 Jr./So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas24 Sherrick McManis CB 6-0 180 Fr./Fr. Peoria, Ill./Richwoods25 Stephen Simmons TB 5-8 180 Fr./Fr. St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University High (SLUH)26 Terrell Jordan *** RB 5-10 205 Sr.{5}/Sr. Clarkston, Ga./Tucker27 Reggie McPherson ** SAF 6-1 195 Sr./Jr. San Leandro, Calif./San Leandro28 Justan Vaughn CB 6-0 180 Fr./Fr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland29 Omar Conteh * RB 6-0 210 So./So. Cypress, Texas/Cy-Fair31 Mike Dinard * LB 6-2 235 So./So. Parma, Ohio/Padua Franciscan32 Sam Cheatham * WR 5-10 200 Sr./Jr. San Leandro, Calif./San Leandro33 Nathan Shanks RB 5-11 220 Sr./Jr. Taylorville, Ill./Taylorville34 Rob Brown RB 6-1 180 Fr./Fr. Peosta, Iowa/Beckman35 Ryan Black CB 5-10 180 Sr./Jr. Pasadena, Calif./Polytechnic School36 Prince Kwateng * LB 6-2 225 So./So. Munster, Ind./Munster37 Campbell Black * LB 6-3 225 Sr.{5}/Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness38 Nick Roach *** LB 6-2 240 Sr./Sr. Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Lutheran39 Brendan Smith * SAF 6-0 210 So./So. Andover, Mass./New Hampton Prep (N.H.)40 Eddie Simpson ** LB 6-1 230 Sr./Jr. Houston, Texas/North Shore41 Quentin Davie LB 6-4 210 Fr./Fr. St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter42 Demetrius Eaton *** LB 6-2 250 Sr./Sr. Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Vincent43 Adam Kadela ** LB 6-3 245 Sr./Jr. Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman44 Erryn Cobb *** TE/FB 6-1 250 Sr.{5}/Sr. Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove North45 Ben Rothrauff ** SAF 5-10 200 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales46 Malcolm Arrington * LB 6-2 235 So./So. Rochester Hills, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Prep47 Chaz Richart CB 5-9 180 Jr./So. North Vernon, Ind./Jennings County48 Rejaie Johnson LB 6-2 240 Jr./So. La Marque, Texas/La Marque49 Frayne Abernathy * TE/FB 6-3 245 Sr./Jr. North Augusta, S.C./North Augusta49 Tim Downing CB 5-10 175 Jr./So. Novi, Mich./Northville50 Chris Jeske LB 6-1 225 So./R-Fr. Yorkville, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy50 Trevor Rees ** OL 6-2 295 Jr./Jr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland51 Joe Tripodi * OL 6-3 305 Sr.{5}/Sr. Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea52 Joel Belding * OL 6-3 305 Jr./So. Seville, Ohio/Cloverleaf


Northwestern Numerical RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. Hometown/High School53 Todd Dockery SAF 5-10 195 So./R-Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Riverwood54 Chris Malleo ** LB 6-2 245 Sr./Jr. Wall Township, N.J./Wall Township/

The Hun School of Princeton55 Connor Smith OL 6-4 270 Fr./Fr. Canyon Lake, Texas/Smithson Valley56 Ryan Keenan *** OL 6-5 295 Sr.{5}/Sr. Westlake, Ohio/Saint Edward57 Matt Clark DT 6-3 290 Jr./So. Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep58 Warren Anderson DE 6-3 270 Sr./Jr. Ventura, Calif./Saint Bonaventure59 Alex Rucks OL 6-4 310 Jr./So. Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson60 Ramon Diaz OL 6-4 285 So./R-Fr. Morris, Ill./Morris61 Kendal Mason DT 6-0 280 Fr./Fr. Delray Beach, Fla./Boca Raton62 Austin Matthews ** OL 6-6 305 Sr./Jr. Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park63 Keegan Grant OL 6-2 290 Fr./Fr. Coal City, Ill./Coal City66 Mike Boyle OL 6-7 260 Fr./Fr. Havertown, Pa./St. Joe’s Prep/The Hun School (N.J.)69 Marshall Thomas DT 6-3 265 Fr./Fr. Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep70 John Gill * DL 6-3 300 So./So. Los Altos Hills, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep71 Tanner Highlen DL 6-3 280 So./R-Fr. Peoria, Ariz./Centennial72 David Ngene ** DE 6-3 265 Sr./Jr. Humble, Texas/Humble73 Fred McConnell OL 6-3 320 Sr./Jr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield-Lathrup74 Dylan Thiry ** OL 6-8 320 Sr./Jr. Louisville, Ky./Trinity76 Desmond Taylor OL 6-3 280 So./R-Fr. Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola77 Adam Crum OL 6-1 300 Sr./Jr. Anchor Point, Alaska/Homer78 Kurt Mattes OL 6-6 295 So./R-Fr. Larksville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West79 Adam Hahn DL 6-4 295 So./R-Fr. Hartford, Wis./Hartford Union80 Brendan Mitchell TE/FB 6-3 245 Fr./Fr. Twinsburg, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy81 Kevin Frymire WR 6-0 175 So./R-Fr. Burr Ridge, Ill./Nazareth Academy82 James Nussbaum SAF 6-2 210 Fr./Fr. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove83 Kevin Mitchell WR 6-1 215 So./R-Fr. Skokie, Ill./Notre Dame84 Kim Thompson ** WR 6-4 190 Sr./Jr. Inkster, Mich./Detroit Country Day85 Reilly Sullivan WR 5-11 170 Fr./Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon86 Phil Brunner LS 6-2 225 Jr./So. South Milwaukee, Wis./South Milwaukee87 Tonjua Jones ** WR 6-2 185 Sr./Jr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield-Lathrup88 Carl Fisher II WR 6-0 200 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook89 Corbin Bryant DE 6-4 255 Fr./Fr. Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park90 Mark Woodsum TE/FB 6-0 240 So./R-Fr. Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove91 Mark Koehn * DE 6-3 270 Sr./Jr. Newton, Kan./Newton92 Keegan Kennedy * DT 6-2 290 So./So. Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman93 Joel Howells ** PK 6-4 225 Gr./Sr. Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore94 Mark Ison P 6-0 190 Fr./Fr. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty95 Kevin Mims * DE 6-3 280 Jr./So. The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands96 Amado Villarreal PK/P 5-10 175 Jr./So. Englewood, Colo./Englewood97 Kyle Daley P/PK 6-0 195 Jr./So. Arlington, Texas/Lamar98 Jim Sansone DB 5-10 175 Fr./Fr. St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University High99 Corey Wootton * DE 6-7 275 So./R-Fr. Rutherford, N.J./Don Bosco Prep

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEC.J. Bachér (buh-SHAY)Deante Battle (dee-ON-tay)Marquice Cole (mar-KWEECE)Omar Conteh (KON-tay)Stefan Demos (STEFF-un DEE-mos)Cory Dious (DIE-us)Adam Hahn (HAWN)Chris Jeske (JESS-kee)

Rejaie Johnson (ruh-JAY)Mark Koehn (KANE)Prince Kwateng (kwa-TENG)Chris Malleo (ma-LAY-oh)Kurt Mattes (MATT-us)David Ngene (en-GHENN-ee)David Oredugba (ore-DOO-buh)Chaz Richart (REE-hart)

Ben Rothrauff (ROW-troff)Stephen Simmons (STEF-fen)Tyrell Sutton (tie-RELL)Dylan Thiry (theory)Joe Tripodi (truh-POE-dee)Amado Villarreal

(uh-MODD-oh vee-uh-ray-AL)Corey Wootton (WOOT-un)


Northwestern Alphabetical RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. Hometown/High School49 Frayne Abernathy ** TE/FB 6-3 245 Sr./Jr. North Augusta, S.C./North Augusta58 Warren Anderson DE 6-3 270 Sr./Jr. Ventura, Calif./Saint Bonaventure46 Malcolm Arrington * LB 6-2 235 So./So. Rochester Hills, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Prep18 C.J. Bachér * QB 6-2 200 Jr./So. Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit22 Deante Battle ** CB 5-10 180 Sr./Jr. Fayetteville, Ga./Starr’s Mill52 Joel Belding * OL 6-3 305 Jr./So. Seville, Ohio/Cloverleaf37 Campbell Black * LB 6-3 225 Sr.{5}/Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness35 Ryan Black CB 5-10 180 Sr./Jr. Pasadena, Calif./Polytechnic School66 Mike Boyle OL 6-7 260 Fr./Fr. Havertown, Pa./St. Joe’s Prep/The Hun School (N.J.)12 Andrew Brewer QB 6-3 215 So./R-Fr. Tulsa, Okla./Jenks34 Rob Brown RB 6-1 180 Fr./Fr. Peosta, Iowa/Beckman86 Phil Brunner LS 6-2 225 Jr./So. South Milwaukee, Wis./South Milwaukee89 Corbin Bryant DE 6-4 255 Fr./Fr. Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park32 Sam Cheatham * WR 5-10 200 Sr./Jr. San Leandro, Calif./San Leandro57 Matt Clark DT 6-3 290 Jr./So. Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland Prep44 Erryn Cobb *** TE/FB 6-1 250 Sr.{5}/Sr. Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove North20 Marquice Cole *** CB 5-10 195 Sr.{5}/Sr. Hazel Crest, Ill./Hillcrest2 Lee Coleman WR 5-10 170 Fr./Fr. Gainesville, Ga./East Hall

29 Omar Conteh * RB 6-0 210 So./So. Cypress, Texas/Cy-Fair77 Adam Crum OL 6-1 300 Sr./Jr. Anchor Point, Alaska/Homer97 Kyle Daley P/PK 6-0 195 Jr./So. Arlington, Texas/Lamar41 Quentin Davie LB 6-4 210 Fr./Fr. St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter1 Stefan Demos PK 5-10 205 Fr./Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon

60 Ramon Diaz OL 6-4 285 So./R-Fr. Morris, Ill./Morris31 Mike Dinard * LB 6-2 235 So./So. Parma, Ohio/Padua Franciscan6 Cory Dious ** CB 5-9 170 Sr.{5}/Sr. Atlanta, Ga./Mays

18 Dan Dixon DB 6-0 200 Gr./Sr. Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall Prep/Oklahoma53 Todd Dockery SAF 5-10 195 So./R-Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Riverwood49 Tim Downing CB 5-10 175 Jr./So. Novi, Mich./Northville42 Demetrius Eaton ** LB 6-2 250 Sr./Sr. Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Vincent88 Carl Fisher II WR 6-0 200 Fr./Fr. Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook81 Kevin Frymire WR 6-0 175 So./R-Fr. Burr Ridge, Ill./Nazareth Academy70 John Gill * DL 6-3 300 So./So. Los Altos Hills, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep63 Keegan Grant OL 6-2 290 Fr./Fr. Coal City, Ill./Coal City79 Adam Hahn DL 6-4 295 So./R-Fr. Hartford, Wis./Hartford Union23 Gerard Hamlett * CB 5-10 190 Jr./So. Fort Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas21 Bryan Heinz *** SAF 6-2 215 Gr./Sr. Lone Tree, Colo./Highlands Ranch3 Shaun Herbert *** WR 6-1 200 Gr./Sr. Oxon Hill, Md./Bishop McNamara

71 Tanner Highlen DL 6-3 280 So./R-Fr. Peoria, Ariz./Centennial93 Joel Howells ** PK 6-4 225 Gr./Sr. Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore4 Akeem Hunter SAF 6-1 210 Jr./So. Chicago, Ill./Leo

94 Mark Ison P 6-0 190 Fr./Fr. Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty50 Chris Jeske LB 6-1 225 So./R-Fr. Yorkville, Ill./Joliet Catholic Academy48 Rejaie Johnson LB 6-2 240 Jr./So. La Marque, Texas/La Marque87 Tonjua Jones ** WR 6-2 185 Sr./Jr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield-Lathrup26 Terrell Jordan *** RB 5-10 205 Sr.{5}/Sr. Clarkston, Ga./Tucker43 Adam Kadela ** LB 6-3 245 Sr./Jr. Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman13 Mike Kafka QB 6-3 210 So./R-Fr. Oak Lawn, Ill./Chicago St. Rita56 Ryan Keenan *** OL 6-5 295 Sr.{5}/Sr. Westlake, Ohio/Saint Edward92 Keegan Kennedy * DT 6-2 290 So./So. Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman91 Mark Koehn * DE 6-3 270 Sr./Jr. Newton, Kan./Newton36 Prince Kwateng * LB 6-2 225 So./So. Munster, Ind./Munster9 Ross Lane * WR 6-3 190 Jr./So. Ft. Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot

15 Slade Larscheid ** P/PK 6-1 210 Gr./Sr. Spearfish, S.D./Spearfish


Northwestern Alphabetical RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./Elig. Hometown/High School54 Chris Malleo ** LB 6-2 245 Sr./Jr. Wall Township, N.J./Wall Township/

The Hun School of Princeton61 Kendal Mason DT 6-0 280 Fr./Fr. Delray Beach, Fla./Boca Raton78 Kurt Mattes OL 6-6 295 So./R-Fr. Larksville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West62 Austin Matthews * OL 6-6 305 Sr./Jr. Orange Park, Fla./Orange Park14 Joe Mauro QB 6-4 210 Fr./Fr. Bedford, Texas/L.D. Bell73 Fred McConnell OL 6-3 320 Sr./Jr. Southfield, Mich./Southfield-Lathrup24 Sherrick McManis CB 6-0 180 Fr./Fr. Peoria, Ill./Richwoods27 Reggie McPherson ** SAF 6-1 195 Sr./Jr. San Leandro, Calif./San Leandro95 Kevin Mims * DE 6-3 280 Jr./So. The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands80 Brendan Mitchell TE/FB 6-3 245 Fr./Fr. Twinsburg, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy83 Kevin Mitchell WR 6-1 215 So./R-Fr. Skokie, Ill./Notre Dame72 David Ngene ** DE 6-3 265 Sr./Jr. Humble, Texas/Humble82 James Nussbaum SAF 6-2 210 Fr./Fr. Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove16 David Oredugba CB 6-2 190 Jr./So. Sherman Oaks, Calif./Beverly Hills10 Eric Peterman * WR 6-1 200 So./So. Sherman, Ill./Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin17 Brad Phillips SAF 6-4 210 Fr./Fr. Export, Pa./Franklin Regional50 Trevor Rees ** OL 6-2 295 Jr./Jr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland47 Chaz Richart CB 5-9 180 Jr./So. North Vernon, Ind./Jennings County38 Nick Roach *** LB 6-2 240 Sr./Sr. Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Lutheran11 Brandon Roberson ** RB 5-9 200 Jr./Jr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland45 Ben Rothrauff ** SAF 5-10 200 Jr./Jr. Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales59 Alex Rucks OL 6-4 310 Jr./So. Lincolnshire, Ill./Stevenson98 Jim Sansone DB 5-10 175 Fr./Fr. St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University High33 Nathan Shanks RB 5-11 220 Sr./Jr. Taylorville, Ill./Taylorville25 Stephen Simmons TB 5-8 180 Fr./Fr. St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University High (SLUH)40 Eddie Simpson ** LB 6-1 230 Sr./Jr. Houston, Texas/North Shore39 Brendan Smith * SAF 6-0 210 So./So. Andover, Mass./New Hampton Prep (N.H.)55 Connor Smith OL 6-4 270 Fr./Fr. Canyon Lake, Texas/Smithson Valley5 Sidney Stewart WR 6-1 175 Fr./Fr. Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington Harrison

85 Reilly Sullivan WR 5-11 170 Fr./Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon19 Tyrell Sutton * RB 5-9 190 So./So. Akron, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban76 Desmond Taylor OL 6-3 280 So./R-Fr. Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola74 Dylan Thiry ** OL 6-8 320 Sr./Jr. Louisville, Ky./Trinity69 Marshall Thomas DT 6-3 265 Fr./Fr. Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep84 Kim Thompson ** WR 6-4 190 Sr./Jr. Inkster, Mich./Detroit Country Day51 Joe Tripodi * OL 6-3 305 Sr.{5}/Sr. Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea28 Justan Vaughn CB 6-0 180 Fr./Fr. Pearland, Texas/Pearland96 Amado Villarreal PK/P 5-10 175 Jr./So. Englewood, Colo./Englewood8 Rasheed Ward * WR 5-11 175 So./So. Chicago, Ill./Harper

90 Mark Woodsum TE/FB 6-0 240 So./R-Fr. Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove99 Corey Wootton * DE 6-7 275 So./R-Fr. Rutherford, N.J./Don Bosco Prep7 Jeff Yarbrough WR 5-11 180 Jr./So. Richton Park, Ill./Rich South

Northwestern Game Notes • NU’s Record When ...

Fitzgerald1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Totals (Career)

When playing at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3 . . . . . . .5-1 . . . . .2-3. . . . . 2-4 . . . . .2-4 . . . . .5-1 . . . .4-2 . . . . .1-3 . . . . . . .23-21 . . . . . . . .1-3-0When playing on road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5 . . . . . . .3-3 . . . . .2-4. . . . . 1-5 . . . . .4-3 . . . . .1-5 . . . .3-3 . . . . .2-4 . . . . . . .17-32 . . . . . . . .2-4-0

When playing on grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-8 . . . . . . .5-2 . . . . .4-6. . . . . 3-8 . . . . .3-6 . . . . .6-2 . . . .6-4 . . . . .2-4 . . . . . . .32-40 . . . . . . . .2-4-0When playing on artificial surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . .3-2 . . . . .0-1. . . . . 0-1 . . . . .3-1 . . . . .0-4 . . . .1-1 . . . . .1-3 . . . . . . .8-13 . . . . . . . .1-3-0

When scoring first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . .6-0 . . . . .3-2. . . . . 0-2 . . . . .4-2 . . . . .6-3 . . . .4-4 . . . . .3-2 . . . . . . .29-16 . . . . . . . .3-2-0When opponent scores first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-7 . . . . . . .2-4 . . . . .1-5. . . . . 3-7 . . . . .2-5 . . . . .0-3 . . . .3-1 . . . . .0-5 . . . . . . .11-37 . . . . . . . .0-5-0

When leading after first quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . .4-2 . . . . .4-2. . . . . 2-2 . . . . .3-2 . . . . .2-2 . . . .3-2 . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . .22-15 . . . . . . . .2-0-0When trailing after first quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-5 . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . .0-5. . . . . 1-4 . . . . .2-5 . . . . .1-4 . . . .3-2 . . . . .0-5 . . . . . . .9-32 . . . . . . . .0-5-0When tied after first quarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 . . . . . . .2-0 . . . . .0-0. . . . . 0-3 . . . . .1-0 . . . . .3-0 . . . .1-1 . . . . .1-1 . . . . . . . .9-6 . . . . . . . . .1-1-0

When leading at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0 . . . . . . .5-0 . . . . .4-2. . . . . 1-0 . . . . .4-2 . . . . .1-0 . . . .5-1 . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . .23-6 . . . . . . . .2-1-0When trailing at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-8 . . . . . . .3-3 . . . . .0-5. . . . . 2-9 . . . . .2-5 . . . . .2-6 . . . .2-4 . . . . .0-6 . . . . . . .12-47 . . . . . . . .0-6-0When tied at halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . . . .0-1 . . . . .0-0. . . . . 0-0 . . . . .0-0 . . . . .3-0 . . . .0-0 . . . . .1-0 . . . . . . . .6-1 . . . . . . . . .1-0-0

When leading after three quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-0 . . . . . . .5-0 . . . . .4-1. . . . . 2-0 . . . . .3-2 . . . . .2-0 . . . .6-1 . . . . .3-1 . . . . . . .28-5 . . . . . . . .3-1-0When trailing after three quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-8 . . . . . . .3-4 . . . . .0-5. . . . . 1-9 . . . . .1-5 . . . . .1-5 . . . .1-4 . . . . .0-6 . . . . . . .7-46 . . . . . . . .0-6-0When tied after three quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-1. . . . . 0-0 . . . . .2-0 . . . . .3-1 . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . . .5-2 . . . . . . . . .0-0-0

When NU has more rushing yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . .7-1 . . . . .3-3. . . . . 1-0 . . . . .5-1 . . . . .6-2 . . . .6-0 . . . . .3-4 . . . . . . .34-12 . . . . . . . .3-4-0When opponent has more rushing yards . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7 . . . . . . .1-3 . . . . .1-4. . . . . 2-9 . . . . .1-6 . . . . .0-4 . . . .1-5 . . . . .0-3 . . . . . . .7-41 . . . . . . . .0-3-0

When NU has more passing yardage . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 . . . . . . .4-2 . . . . .2-4. . . . . 2-7 . . . . .0-1 . . . . .3-3 . . . .5-3 . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . .20-23 . . . . . . . .2-1-0When opponent has more passing yardage . . . . . . . . .1-6 . . . . . . .4-2 . . . . .2-3. . . . . 1-2 . . . . .6-6 . . . . .3-3 . . . .2-2 . . . . .1-6 . . . . . . .20-30 . . . . . . . .1-6-0When passing yardage is equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-0. . . . . 0-0 . . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-0 . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . . . .0-0-0

When NU has more total yardage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . .8-1 . . . . .2-2. . . . . 2-2 . . . . .5-1 . . . . .4-3 . . . .5-1 . . . . .3-3 . . . . . .31-14 . . . . . . . .3-3-0When opponent has more total yardage . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7 . . . . . . .0-3 . . . . .2-5. . . . . 1-7 . . . . .1-6 . . . . .2-3 . . . .2-4 . . . . .0-4 . . . . . . .9-39 . . . . . . . .0-4-0

When NU has more first downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . . . .5-1 . . . . .2-4. . . . . 1-2 . . . . .5-1 . . . . .3-3 . . . .6-2 . . . . .3-0 . . . . . .26-13 . . . . . . . .3-0-0When opponents have more first downs . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7 . . . . . . .3-3 . . . . .2-2. . . . . 2-6 . . . . .1-6 . . . . .3-3 . . . .1-3 . . . . .0-6 . . . . . .14-36 . . . . . . . .0-6-0When first downs are equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1 . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-1. . . . . 0-1 . . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-0 . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-1 . . . . . . .0-4 . . . . . . . . .0-1-0

When NU forces more turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-0 . . . . . . .6-1 . . . . .4-1. . . . . 2-2 . . . . .4-1 . . . . .3-3 . . . .4-3 . . . . .1-3 . . . . . .26-14 . . . . . . . .1-3-0When opponent forces more turnovers . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7 . . . . . . .1-3 . . . . .0-5. . . . . 1-5 . . . . .2-5 . . . . .1-2 . . . .1-1 . . . . .0-3 . . . . . . .7-31 . . . . . . . .0-3-0When turnovers are equal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-1 . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . .0-1. . . . . 0-2 . . . . .0-1 . . . . .2-1 . . . .2-1 . . . . .2-1 . . . . . . .7-8 . . . . . . . . .2-0-0

In games decided by three points or less . . . . . . . . . . .2-0 . . . . . . .2-0 . . . . .1-2. . . . . 0-1 . . . . .0-1 . . . . .2-1 . . . .3-0 . . . . .0-1 . . . . . . .10-6 . . . . . . . .0-1-0In games decided by seven points or less . . . . . . . . . .2-0 . . . . . . .3-0 . . . . .2-3. . . . . 2-1 . . . . .1-1 . . . . .4-0 . . . .1-1 . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . .15-6 . . . . . . . .0-0-0In overtime games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . . . .1-0 . . . . .0-0. . . . . 0-0 . . . . .1-0 . . . . .3-1 . . . .0-0 . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . .5-1 . . . . . . . . .0-0-0

Northwestern OpponentGame Inside Scores TD/FG Pct. Inside Scores TD/FG Pct.Miami (Ohio) 2 2 2/0 1.00 2 1 0/1 .500New Hampshire 4 3 2/1 .750 5 5 5/0 1.00Eastern Michigan 2 2 2/0 1.00 1 1 0/1 1.00Nevada 4 3 3/0 .750 4 2 1/1 .500Penn State 1 1 1/0 1.00 8 7 3/4 .875Wisconsin 2 2 1/1 1.00 4 3 2/1 .750Purdue 1 1 1/0 1.00 7 5 4/1 .714Michigan State 8 6 5/1 .750 6 6 4/2 1.00Michigan 1 1 0/1 1.00 3 3 2/1 1.00Iowa 4 2 2/0 .500 2 1 1/0 .500Ohio StateIllinoisTOTALS 29 23 19/4 .793 42 34 22/12 .810


2006 Red Zone Statistics (20-yard line and in)


Northwestern Game Notes • The Last Time it HappenedTeam

Northwestern OpponentScored 60+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU 61, Illinois 23, 11-18-00 Iowa 62, NU 10, 11-9-02Scored 50-59 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU 51, Wisconsin 48, 10-8-05 UCLA 50, NU 38, 12-30-05Scored 40-49 points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU 49, Michigan State 14, 10-22-05 NU 38, Michigan State 41, 10-21-06Rushed for 200-299 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 at Iowa, 11-4-06 Michigan, 202, 10-28-06Rushed for 300-399 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 at Illinois, 11-19-05 Wisconsin, 307, 10-7-06Rushed for 400+ yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444 at Illinois, 11-22-03 Purdue, 407, 10-26-02Passed for 400+ yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 at Iowa, 11-4-06 Arizona State, 483, 9-17-05Had 500-599 yards in total offense . . . . . . . . . 584 vs. UCLA, 12-30-05 Purdue, 510, 10-14-06Had 600+ yards in total offense . . . . . . . . . . . 603 at Purdue, 10-15-05 Arizona State, 773, 9-17-05Won game on final play (regulation) . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan State, 47-yard FG, 9-29-01 Miami (Ohio), 20-yard FG, 9-16-95Recorded a safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa, 11-10-01 Navy, 9-21-02Recorded a shutout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU 24, Oklahoma 0, 8-23-97 Ohio State 20, NU 0, 9-27-03Played No. 1-ranked team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (#1) Ohio State 36, NU 10, 10-24-98 Wisconsin 37, (#1) NU 6, 11-10-62Beat No. 1-ranked team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU 12, (#1) Miami (Fla.) 7, 9-23-67 Wisconsin 37, (#1) NU 6, 11-10-62NU beat a Top-10 team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU 33, (#6) Ohio State 27 (ot), 10-2-04NU beat a ranked team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NU 49, (#22) Michigan State 14, 10-22-05NU beat two ranked teams in a row . . . . . . . . 9-23-00 (47-44 vs. #7 Wisconsin), 9-30-00 (37-17 vs. #18 Michigan State)NU ranked by AP (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 25 (Nov. 6, 2005)NU ranked by ESPN/USA Today (coaches) . . . . . No. 24 (Oct. 23, 2005)NU ranked No. 1 by AP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1962Sellout at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29-05 vs. Michigan (47,130)Had consecutive home sellouts . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 games (10-17-98 to 10-24-98, Michigan & Ohio State)

IndividualNorthwestern Opponent

Returned kickoff for a TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Backes (97) at Minnesota, 9-25-04 Brandon Breazell (42 & 45), UCLA, 12-30-05Returned punt for a TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marquice Cole (81) vs. Northern Illinois, 9-10-05 Chad Owens (76), Hawaii, 11-27-04Returned INT for a TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Mims (30) & Nick Roach (35) vs. UCLA, 12-30-05 Joe Stellmacher (25), Wisconsin, 10-7-06Returned fumble for TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demetrius Eaton (86) at Michigan State, 10-22-05 Leon Hall (83), Michigan, 10-29-05Blocked an extra point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Hahn vs.New Hampshire, 9-9-06 Brigham Rogers, UCLA, 12-30-05Blocked a FG attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demetrius Eaton at TCU, 9-2-04 Matt Hines, Nevada, 9-22-06Blocked a punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erryn Cobb vs. New Hampshire, 9-9-06 Devin Thomas, Michigan State, 10-21-06Rushed for 3 or more TDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyrell Sutton (3) vs. Wisconsin, 10-8-05 Tony Hunt (3), Penn State, 9-30-06Rushed for 100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyrell Sutton (168) at Iowa, 11-4-06 Tony Hunt (137), Penn State, 9-30-06Two Players Rushed for 100 yards . . . . . . . . . Jason Wright (251) at Illinois, 11-22-03 Chris Markey (161), UCLA, 12-30-05

Noah Herron (163) at Illinois, 11-22-03 Kahlil Bell (136), UCLA, 12-30-05Rushed for 200 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyrell Sutton (212) at Illinois, 11-19-05 P.J. Hill (249), Wisconsin, 10-7-06 Completed 20-29 passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.J. Bachér (20) at Michigan, 10-28-06 Drew Stanton (27), Michigan State, 10-21-06Completed 30+ passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Basanez (38) vs. UCLA, 12-30-05 Curtis Painter (35), Purdue, 10-14-06Passed for 3+ TDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.J. Bachér (3) vs. Michigan State, 10-21-06 John Stocco (4), Wisconsin, 10-8-05Passed for 300-399 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Basanez (326) vs. Michigan, 10-29-05 John Stocco (326), Wisconsin, 10-8-05Passed for 400+ yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Basanez (416) vs. UCLA, 12-30-05 Curtis Painter (431), Purdue, 10-14-06Passed for 500+ yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brett Basanez (513) at TCU, 9-2-04 n/aScored 3 TDs in a game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noah Herron (3r) vs. Indiana, 10-9-04 Tony Hunt (3r), Penn State, 9-30-06Scored 4+ TDs in a game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyrell Sutton (3r, 1 rec.) vs. Wisconsin, 10-8-05 Jonathan Orr (4rec.), Wisconsin, 10-8-052-point conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Horn pass, at Hawaii, 11-27-04 UCLA, Marcedes Lewis pass, 12-30-05Caught 10+ passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Philmore (10), vs. Iowa, 11-5-05 Greg Orton (13), Purdue, 10-14-06100-199 yards receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Lane (136) vs. UCLA, 12-30-05 Kerry Reed (101), Michigan State, 10-21-06200+ yards receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Fields (202) at TCU, 9-2-04 Deon Butler (216), Penn State, 9-30-06Scored 3+ TDs receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Fields (3) at TCU, 9-2-04 Jonathan Orr (4), Wisconsin, 10-8-05Kicked 3 FGs in one game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Wasielewski (3) vs. Ohio State, 10-5-02 Jesse Ainsworth (3), Arizona State, 9-11-04Kicked 4 FGs in one game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim Long (4) vs. Michigan, 11-4-00 Kevin Kelly (4), Penn State, 9-30-06Kicked 5+ FGs in one game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joel Howells (5) vs. Penn State, 9-24-05Kicked a 50-yard FG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Wasielewski (51) at Air Force, 8-31-02 Dave Rayner (53), Michigan State, 9-28-02Kicked a 70-79-yard punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Huffman (71) at Air Force, 8-31-02 Shawn McCarthy (75), Purdue, 11-12-88Kicked an 80-89-yard punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merlin Norenberg (80) vs. Minnesota, 10-12-63Kicked a 90+-yard punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Burton (90) vs. Indiana, 9-30-95Intercepted 2 passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herschel Henderson (2) at Michigan State, 10-22-05 Joe Garcia (2), Nevada, 9-22-06Intercepted 3+ passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Little (3) vs. Indiana, 11-10-73 Mike Rose (3), Purdue, 9-27-97Recorded 100 kickoff return yards . . . . . . . . . Sherrick McManis (101) at Wisconsin, 10-7-06 Dorien Bryant (113), Purdue, 10-15-05Made 20+ tackles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim McGarigle (21, 11-10) vs. Michigan, 10-29-05 Paul Posluszny (22), Penn State, 9-24-05


Northwestern Game Notes • Scoring Drives

2006 NU Scoring Drives—25 (+0 Def. TD/+1 ST TD) 2006 Opponent Scoring Drives—40 (+2 Def. TD/+1 ST TD)Qtr Opp. Scoring Play Plays-Yds-TOP Qtr Opp. Scoring Play Plays-Yds-TOP3 Miami Cobb 8 blocked punt return — 3 Miami Parseghian 22 FG 12-77-5:283 Miami Sutton 19 pass from Kafka 7-69-2:53 1 New Hampshire Ball 20 pass from Santos 10-80-3:344 Miami Jordan 4 run 8-80-3:47 1 New Hampshire Santos 1 run 4-14-1:141 New Hampshire Jordan 7 run 4-74-1:45 2 New Hampshire Santos 1 run 14-77-4:311 New Hampshire Sutton 6 run 7-54-3:24 2 New Hampshire Ball 13 pass from Santos 7-81-1:572 New Hampshire Howells 35 FG 13-62-6:00 4 New Hampshire Santos 1 run 4-17-1:591 Eastern Michigan Kafka 6 run 15-74-5:41 1 Eastern Michigan Wellock 47 FG 8-18-3:503 Eastern Michigan Brewer 1 run 13-72-5:40 2 Eastern Michigan Wellock 30 FG 5-19-1:581 Nevada Sutton 3 run 10-80-3:16 1 Nevada Hubbard 25 pass from Rowe 5-76-2:022 Nevada Jordan 2 run 6-80-3:07 1 Nevada Jaekle 32 FG 5-5-2:074 Nevada Kafka 13 run 11-94-4:41 1 Nevada Hubbard 3 run 2-5-0:502 Penn State Sutton 1 run 5-16-1:48 2 Nevada McCoy 26 pass from Rowe 9-80-3:221 Wisconsin Brewer 1 run 5-52-1:10 4 Nevada Garcia 24 INT return —2 Wisconsin Howells 22 FG 12-56-4:47 1 Penn State Kelly 34 FG 8-37-2:521 Purdue Roberson 7 run 8-80-3:52 1 Penn State Kelly 22 FG 5-56-1:532 Purdue Howells 43 FG 6-13-2:39 2 Penn State Kelly 33 FG 13-51-4:501 Michigan State Lane 5 pass from Bachér 14-71-4:50 2 Penn State Hunt 1 run 10-79-2:172 Michigan State Bachér 2 run 7-74-2:25 3 Penn State Kelly 36 FG 8-38-3:002 Michigan State Howells 30 FG 6-43-2:16 3 Penn State Hunt 14 run 3-29-0:562 Michigan State Herbert 18 pass from Roberson 7-88-3:00 3 Penn State Hunt 6 run 6-44-1:373 Michigan State Lane 22 pass from Bachér 5-80-3:21 1 Wisconsin Hill 60 run 2-61-1:063 Michigan State Herbert 5 pass from Bachér 2-10-1:09 1 Wisconsin Mehlhaff 40 FG 9-41-3:383 Michigan Howells 38 FG 9-33-3:52 2 Wisconsin Luke 14 pass from Stocco 6-62-3:131 Iowa Sutton 5 run 5-80-2:06 3 Wisconsin Mehlhaff 42 FG 10-55-5:212 Iowa Peterman 7 pass from Bachér 2-6-0:44 3 Wisconsin Rowan 4 run 10-73-4:174 Iowa Jordan 34 run 7-80-3:20 3 Wisconsin Stellmacher 25 INT return —

4 Wisconsin Smith, L. 25 run 4-46-2:481 Purdue Taylor 6 run 12-80-4:082 Purdue Keller 19 pass from Painter 5-28-2:372 Purdue Summers 18 FG 10-85-1:133 Purdue Standeford 1 pass from Painter 11-80-4:304 Purdue Painter 3 run 3-50-1:201 Michigan State Swenson 32 FG 1-66-4:533 Michigan State Caulcrick 18 pass from Stanton 9-65-2:513 Michigan State Jimmerson 4 run 8-53-2:134 Michigan State Henderson 33 blocked punt return —4 Michigan State Stanton 12 run 7-60-1:554 Michigan State Williams 9 pass from Stanton 6-58-2:054 Michigan State Swenson 28 FG 7-19-2:461 Michigan Arrington 14 pass from Henne 6-52-2:392 Michigan Rivas 30 FG 11-36-4:053 Michigan Hart 3 run 6-36-2:553 Iowa Sims 3 run 7-54-2:48

Northwestern Offensive Scoring Drives Opponent Offensive Scoring Drives25 Drives (14 run, 6 pass, 5 FG) 40 Drives (16 run, 10 pass, 14 FG)

• 8 First Quarter Drives (7 run, 1 pass, 0 FG) • 13 First Quarter Drives (4 run, 3 pass, 6 FG)• 9 Second Quarter Drives (3 run, 2 pass, 4 FG) • 10 Second Quarter Drives (2 run, 4 pass, 4 FG)• 5 Third Quarter Drives (0 run, 4 pass, 1 FG) • 11 Third Quarter Drives (6 run, 2 pass, 3 FG)• 3 Fourth Quarter Drives (3 run, 0 pass, 0 FG) • 6 Fourth Quarter Drives (4 run, 1 pass, 1 FG)


Northwestern Game Notes • Long Plays

2006 20-Yard Plus PlaysYards Type Player(s) Opponent20 KO Return Sherrick McManis Miami27 Rush Terrell Jordan Miami20 Pass Eric Peterman from Mike Kafka Miami61 Rush Tyrell Sutton New Hampshire23 Pass Terrell Jordan from Mike Kafka New Hampshire20 Pass Sam Cheatham from Mike Kafka New Hampshire21 Pass Rasheed Ward from Mike Kafka New Hampshire40 KO Return Sherrick McManis Eastern Michigan31 INT Return Deante Battle Eastern Michigan21 Rush Tyrell Sutton Nevada39 Pass Ross Lane from Mike Kafka Nevada55 Rush Mike Kafka Nevada45 KO Return Sherrick McManis Nevada35 INT Return Brendan Smith Nevada25 Rush Tyrell Sutton Penn State36 Pass Ross Lane from Andrew Brewer Penn State30 KO Return Sherrick McManis Penn State22 Pass Eric Peterman from Andrew Brewer Penn State21 KO Return Sherrick McManis Wisconsin47 KO Return Sherrick McManis Wisconsin29 Pass Kim Thompson from Andrew Brewer Wisconsin33 KO Return Sherrick McManis Wisconsin24 Rush Andrew Brewer Wisconsin37 Pass Shaun Herbert from Andrew Brewer Purdue54 Rush Tyrell Sutton Purdue47 Pass Eric Peterman from C.J. Bachér Michigan State30 Pass Ross Lane from C.J. Bachér Michigan State22 Rush Tyrell Sutton Michigan State52 Pass Eric Peterman from C.J. Bachér Michigan State22 Pass Ross Lane from C.J. Bachér Michigan State41 INT Return Marquice Cole Michigan State64 Rush Tyrell Sutton Michigan State32 INT Return Brendan Smith Michigan State27 KO Return Sherrick McManis Michigan23 Pass Eric Peterman from C.J. Bachér Michigan20 KO Return Sherrick McManis Michigan25 Pass Tyrell Sutton from C.J. Bachér Michigan26 KO Return Sherrick McManis Michigan23 Pass Ross Lane from C.J. Bachér Michigan21 Pass Ross Lane from C.J. Bachér Michigan48 Pass Andrew Brewer from C.J. Bachér Iowa23 Fumble Return Eddie Simpson Iowa20 Pass Ross Lane from C.J. Bachér Iowa24 KO Return Sherrick McManis Iowa33 KO Return Sherrick McManis Iowa34 Rush Terrell Jordan Iowa22 Rush Tyrell Sutton Iowa

Bold denotes touchdowns

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS

Plays by Yards No.20-29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2530-39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1140-49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650-59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Plays by TypePassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Kickoff Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Interception Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Fumble Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Punt Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

20-YARDS PLUS BY PLAYER

Player No. TDs TypeSherrick McManis 12 0 12—KRTyrell Sutton 8 0 7—R, 1—PRoss Lane 7 1 7—PEric Peterman 5 0 5—PTerrell Jordan 3 1 2—R, 1—PBrendan Smith 2 0 2—INTAndrew Brewer 2 0 1—R, 1—PShaun Herbert 1 0 1—PKim Thompson 1 0 1—PDeante Battle 1 0 1—INTSam Cheatham 1 0 1—PMike Kafka 1 0 1—RRasheed Ward 1 0 1—PMarquice Cole 1 0 1—INTEddie Simpson 1 0 1—F

LegendP—Pass; R—Rush; KR—Kickoff Return; PR—Punt Return; INT—Interception; F—Fumble Recovery.

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEARRushing64, Tyrell Sutton vs. Michigan State, 10-21-06

Rushing Touchdown34, Terrell Jordan at Iowa, 11-4-06

Passing52, Eric Peterman from C.J. Bachér vs. Michigan State, 10-21-06

Passing Touchdown22, Ross Lane from C.J. Bachér vs. Michigan State, 10-21-06

Punt Return15, Marquice Cole vs, New Hampshire, 9-9-06

Kickoff Return47, Sherrick McManis at Wisconsin, 10-7-06

Interception Return41, Marquice Cole vs. Michigan State, 10-21-06

Fumble Return23, Eddie Simpson at Iowa, 11-4-06

Punt54, Slade Larscheid vs. Purdue, 10-14-06

Field Goal43, Joel Howells vs. Purdue, 10-14-06


Northwestern Game Notes • Individual Single-Game Career Highs

#49 • FRAYNE ABERNATHY • TEReceptions: 1 (four times), last at Illinois, 11/19/05Touchdowns: 1 (twice), last at Illinois, 11/19/05Yards: 20 vs. Penn State, 9/24/05Long Reception: 20 vs. Penn State, 9/24/05

#18 • C.J. BACHER • QBPass Attempts: 41 at Michigan, 10/28/06Completions: 20 at Michigan, 10/28/06Passing Yards: 245 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Touchdown Passes: 3 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Long Pass: 52 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Rushing Yards: 14 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Rushing Attempts: 4 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Long Rush: 18 vs. Ohio State, 11/12/05

#22 • DEANTE BATTLE • CBTackles: 12 vs. Iowa, 12/5/05Solo Tackles: 9 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Assisted Tackles: 7 at Iowa, 11/4/06Interceptions: 1 (twice) last vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/16/06Pass Deflections: 2 vs. Iowa, 12/5/05TFL: 3 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06

#12 • ANDREW BREWER • QBPass Attempts: 30 at Penn State, 9/30/06Completions: 14 at Penn State, 9/30/06Passing Yards: 157 at Penn State, 9/30/06Long Pass: 36 at Penn State, 9/30/06Rushing Yards: 80 at Wisconsin, 10/7/06Rushing Attempts: 20 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Long Rush: 24 at Wisconsin, 10/7/06Receptions: 1 at Iowa, 11/4/06Yards: 48 at Iowa, 11/4/06Long Reception: 48 at Iowa, 11/4/06

#32 • SAM CHEATHAM • WRReceptions: 3 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/05Yards: 34 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/05Long Reception: 20 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/05

#44 • ERRYN COBB • TEReceptions: 2 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Yards: 29 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Long Reception: 15 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Rushing Yards: 6 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Rushing Attempts: 1 (three times) last vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Long Rush: 6 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Blocked Punt for TD: 1 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06

#20 • MARQUICE COLE • CBTackles: 10 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Solo Tackles: 10 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Pass Deflections: 2 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06Long Punt Return: 81 vs. Northern Illinois, 9/10/05TFL: 1 (twice) last vs. Purdue, 10/14/06

#29 • OMAR CONTEH • RBRushing Yards: 21 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Rushing Attempts: 5 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Long Run: 12 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Long Kickoff Return: 20 at Purdue, 10/15/05

#42 • DEMETRIUS EATON • LBTackles: 11 at Wisconsin, 10/23/04Solo Tackles: 5 (twice) last at Michigan, 10/28/06Assisted Tackles: 6 (twice) last at Iowa, 11/4/06TFL: 1.0 (three times) last vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/16/06Sacks: 1 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06Blocked PAT/FG: FG at TCU, 9/2/04Fumble Recovery for TD: 1 at Michigan State, 10/22/05

#70 • JOHN GILL • DTTackles: 7 at Michigan, 10/28/06Solo Tackles: 6 last at Nevada, 9/22/06Assisted Tackles: 3 vs. Wisconsin, 8/8/05TFL: 1 (five times) last at Iowa, 11/4/06Sacks: 1 (twice) last at Nevada, 9/22/06

#3 • SHAUN HERBERT • WRReceptions: 11 at Purdue, 10/15/05Yards: 138 at Michigan State, 10/22/05Long Reception: 62 at Hawaii, 11/27/04Touchdowns: 2 (three times), last vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06

#93 • JOEL HOWELLS • PKField Goals: 5 vs. Penn State, 9/24/05Long Field Goal: 46 (twice), last vs. Penn State, 9/24/05PAT’s in a game: 7 at Michigan State, 10/22/05

#87 • TONJUA JONES • WRReceptions: 1 (twice) last at Penn State, 9/30/06Yards: 16 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05Long Reception: 16 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05

#26 • TERRELL JORDAN • RBRushing Yards: 87 at Purdue, 11/1/03Rushing Attempts: 16 at Purdue, 11/1/03Rushing TD: 1 (seven times), last at Iowa, 11/4/06Long Run: 40 at Kansas, 8/30/03Receptions: 3 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Receiving Yards: 28 vs. Miami (Ohio), 9/13/03Long Reception: 23 (twice), last vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Long Kickoff Return: 36 vs. Illinois, 11/20/04Kickoff Return Yards: 121 at Hawaii, 11/27/04

#43 • ADAM KADELA • LBTackles: 11 vs. Michigan, 10/29/05Solo Tackles: 9 at Purdue, 10/15/05Assisted Tackles: 7 (twice) last at Iowa, 11/4/06TFL: 2 vs. Kansas, 9/18/04Interceptions: 1 vs. Penn State, 9/24/05

#13 • MIKE KAFKA • QBPass Attempts: 32 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Completions: 19 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Passing Yards: 173 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Touchdown Passes: 1 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06Long Pass: 23 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Rushing Yards: 111 at Nevada, 9/22/06Rushing Attempts: 17 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06Long Rush: 55 at Nevada, 9/22/06

#91 • MARK KOEHN • DLTackles: 6 vs. Northern Illinois, 9/10/05Solo Tackles: 2 (twice) last vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Assisted Tackles: 6 vs. Northern Illinois, 9/10/05TFL: 1 (three times) last at Iowa, 11/4/06Sacks: 1 at Iowa, 11/4/06

#9 • ROSS LANE • WRReceptions: 7 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05Yards: 136 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05Long Reception: 45 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05Touchdowns: 2 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06

#15 • SLADE LARSCHEID • PMost Punts: 9 (twice) last at Penn State, 9/30/06Fewest Punts: 1 vs. Michigan, 10/29/05Punting Avg.: 42.5 at Nevada, 9/22/06Long Punt: 57 vs. Iowa, 11/5/05

#24 • SHERRICK McMANIS • CBLong Kickoff Return: 47 at Wisconsin, 10/7/06Kickoff Return Yards: 101 at Wisconsin, 10/7/06Tackles: 4 at Michigan, 10/28/06Solo Tackles: 3 at Penn State, 9/30/06Pass Deflections: 2 vs. Purdue, 10/14/06

#27 • REGGIE McPHERSON • SAFTackles: 10 at Arizona State, 9/17/05Solo Tackles: 8 at Nevada, 9/22/06Assisted Tackles: 5 vs. Penn State, 9/24/05Pass Deflections: 2, vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Interceptions: 1 (twice) last at Iowa, 11/4/06

#95 • KEVIN MIMS • DLTackles: 9 vs. Michigan, 10/29/05Solo Tackles: 7 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Assisted Tackles: 7 vs. Michigan, 10/29/05TFL: 2 at Arizona State, 9/17/05Interception: 1 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05Interception for TD: 1 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05

#72 • DAVID NGENE • DETackles: 3 vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/16/06Solo Tackles: 2 (twice) last vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/16/06Assisted Tackles: 2 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05TFL: 2 vs. Eastern Michigan, 9/16/06Sacks: 1 at Iowa, 11/4/06

#10 • ERIC PETERMAN • WRReceptions: 4 at Michigan, 10/28/06Yards: 99 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Long Reception: 67 at Purdue, 10/15/05Touchdowns: 1 (twice), last at Michigan State, 10/22/05Rushing Yards: 4 at Michigan, 10/28/06Rushing Attempts: 1 (twice) last at Michigan, 10/28/06

#38 • NICK ROACH • LBTackles: 15 vs. Illinois, 11/20/04Solo Tackles: 9 (twice) last at Wisconsin, 10/7/06Assisted Tackles: 9 vs. Ohio State, 11/12/05TFL: 3 vs. Kansas, 9/18/04Sacks: 1.5 vs. Ohio State, 10/2/04Pass Deflections: 2 vs. Purdue, 10/30/04Interception: 1 (twice) last at Penn State, 9/30/06Interception for TD: 1 vs. UCLA, 12/30/05

#11 • BRANDON ROBERSON • RBRushing Yards: 64 at Michigan State, 10/22/05Rushing Attempts: 15 at Michigan State, 10/22/05Long Run: 33 vs. Michigan, 10/29/05Pass Attempts: 1 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Touchdown Passes: 1 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Receptions: 2 (twice), last at Illinois, 11/19/05Receiving Yards: 20 at Purdue, 10/15/05Receiving TD: 1 at Purdue, 10/15/05Long Reception: 19 vs. Northern Illinois, 9/10/05Long Kickoff Return: 21 at Michigan, 11/13/04Kickoff Return Yards: 38 (twice), at Michigan State, 10/22/05

#40 • EDDIE SIMPSON • LBTackles: 9 at Illinois, 11/19/05Solo Tackles: 6 at Nevada, 9/22/06Assisted Tackles: 6 at Illinois, 11/19/05TFL: 2 at Nevada, 9/22/06Sacks: 1 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06Fumble Recovery: 1 at Iowa, 11/4/06

#39 • BRENDAN SMITH • SAFTackles: 12 at Penn State, 9/30/06Solo Tackles: 11 at Michigan, 10/28/06Assisted Tackles: 6 (twice) last at Penn State, 9/30/06Interceptions: 1 (five times) last vs. Iowa, 11/4/06Pass Deflections: 2 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06

#19 • TYRELL SUTTON • RBRushing Yards: 244 vs. Wisconsin, 10/8/05Rushing Attempts: 34 at Illinois, 11/19/05Long Run: 64 vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Rushing TD: 4 vs. Northern Illinois, 9/10/05Receptions: 10 at Purdue, 10/15/05Receiving Yards: 89 at Purdue, 10/15/05Receiving TDs: 1 (three times), last at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06Long Reception: 25 at Michigan, 10/28/06All-Purpose Yards: 253 vs. Wisconsin, 10/8/05

#84 • KIM THOMPSON • WRReceptions: 5 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Yards: 99 vs. Ohio, 9/3/05Touchdowns: 1 (twice), last vs. Wisconsin, 10/8/05Long Reception: 52 vs. Wisconsin, 10/8/05Long TD reception: 52 vs. Wisconsin, 10/8/05

#8 • RASHEED WARD • WRReceptions: 5 at Arizona State, 9/17/05Yards: 67 at Arizona State, 9/17/05Touchdowns: 1 at Arizona State, 9/17/05Long Reception: 25 at Arizona State, 9/17/05

#99 • COREY WOOTTON • DETackles: 7 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Solo Tackles: 4 (twice) last at Michigan, 10/28/06Assisted Tackles: 4 vs. New Hampshire, 9/9/06Sacks: 2 at Miami (Ohio), 8/31/06TFL: 2 (twice) last vs. Michigan State, 10/21/06Interceptions: 1 (twice) last vs. Purdue, 10/14/06Quarterback Hurries: 2 at Iowa, 11/4/06

Northwestern Game Notes • Game-By-Game Offensive Stats


RUSHINGPlayer No-Yds/TD Miami (OH) UNH EMU NEV PSU WIS PUR MSU MICH IOWA OSU ILLTyrell Sutton 143-833/4 13-63/0 14-99/1 18-91/0 16-94/1 8-40/1 8-18/0 10-82/0 21-172/0 7-6/0 28-168/1Mike Kafka 45-275/2 17-89/0 11-46/0 5-33/1 12-111/1 DNP-I DNP-I DNP DNP DNP DNPTerrell Jordan 58-210/4 8-44/1 9-48/1 4-7/0 7-31/1 3-0/0 5-13/0 4-12/0 7-6/0 5-(8)/0 6-57/1Andrew Brewer 70-189/2 0-0/0 DNP 15-26/1 1-7/0 17-41/0 13-80/1 20-30/0 DNP 2-6/0 2-(1)/0Brandon Roberson 3-28/1 DNP 0-0/0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0/0 3-28/1 0-0/0 0-0/0 DNPOmar Conteh 2-11/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-11/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0Erryn Cobb 3-10/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-1/0 1-3/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-6/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0Eric Peterman 1-4/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-4/0 0-0/0Jeff Yarbrough 1-(1)/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-(1)/0C.J. Bachér 15-(10)/1 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP DNP 4-10/0 7-(1)/1 2-(21)/0 2-2/0Team 5-(7)/0 1-(3)/0 1-(2)/0 1-(2)/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-0/0TOTALS 346-1,542/14 39-193/1 35-187/2 44-156/2 37-246/3 28-81/1 28-122/1 42-168/1 35-177/1 17-(13)/0 41-225/2 0-0/0 0-0/0

RECEIVINGPlayer No-Yds/TD Miami (OH) UNH EMU NEV PSU WIS PUR MSU MICH IOWA OSU ILLShaun Herbert 39-360/2 4-33/0 4-15/0 6-37/0 4-48/0 3-34/0 2-17/0 1-37/0 6-54/2 5-39/0 4-46/0Tyrell Sutton 28-180/1 3-23/1 4-35/0 1-1/0 0-0/0 2-9/0 2-0/0 3-2/0 2-20/0 6-55/0 5-35/0Ross Lane 24-336/2 0-0/0 1-6/0 2-14/0 2-48/0 4-66/0 2-22/0 1-5/0 4-71/2 3-52/0 5-52/0Eric Peterman 19-302/1 1-20/0 1-13/0 3-23/0 1-17/0 1-22/0 3-26 0-0/0 2-99/0 4-50/0 3-32/0Rasheed Ward 14-124/0 4-19/0 3-43/0 3-26/0 2-9/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-19/0 0-0/0 1-8/0 0-0/0Terrell Jordan 6-40/0 1-11/0 3-27/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-2/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0Kim Thompson 4-62/0 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I 2-15/0 1-29/0 1-18/0 DNP DNP DNPSam Cheatham 4-43/0 0-0/0 3-34/0 1-9/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0Jeff Yarbrough 4-24/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 2-19/0 0-0/0 1-5/0Andrew Brewer 1-48/0 0-0/0 DNP 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-48/0Tonjua Jones 1-11/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-11/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0Erryn Cobb 1-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 0-0/0 1-0/0 0-0/0TOTALS 145-1,530/6 13-106/1 19-173/0 16-110/0 9-122/0 14-157/0 10-94/0 9-83/0 16-263/4 20-204/0 19-218/1 0-0/0 0-0/0

PASSINGMike Kafka Att Comp Int Pct Yds TD Lng Sack YdsMiami (Ohio) 17 13 0 .765 106 1 20 1 9New Hampshire 32 17 1 .531 173 0 23 1 4Eastern Michigan 18 10 1 .556 76 0 12 1 1Nevada 21 9 3 .429 122 0 39 1 5Penn State DNPWisconsin DNPPurdue DNPMichigan State DNPMichiganIowaOhio StateIllinoisTotals 88 51 5 .580 477 1 39 4 19

Andrew Brewer Att Comp Int Pct Yds TD Lng Sack YdsMiami (Ohio) 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0New Hampshire DNPEastern Michigan 8 6 0 .750 34 0 16 1 4Nevada 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0Penn State 30 14 1 .467 157 0 36 3 11Wisconsin 24 10 1 .417 94 0 29 2 15Purdue 11 7 1 .636 59 0 37 3 17Michigan State DNPMichigan 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 6Iowa 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0Ohio StateIllinoisTotals 74 37 4 .500 344 0 37 10 53

C.J. Bachér Att Comp Int Pct Yds TD Lng Sack YdsMiami (Ohio) DNPNew Hampshire DNPEastern Michigan DNPNevada DNPPenn State DNPWisconsin DNPPurdue 4 2 0 .500 24 0 19 2 14Michigan State 29 15 2 .517 245 3 52 1 11Michigan 41 20 2 .488 204 0 25 2 21Iowa 29 19 2 .655 218 1 48 1 7Ohio StateIllinoisTotals 103 56 6 .544 691 4 52 6 53


Northwestern Game Notes • Game-By-Game Defensive Stats

GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES

UA-AT TT MU UNH EMU NEV PSU WIS PUR MSU MICH IOWA OSU ILLAdam Kadela 38-28 66 3-2 0-4 4-4 8-1 5-2 5-1 3-1 6-3 3-2 2-7Nick Roach 41-21 62 4-4 8-2 5-4 4-1 3-3 9-2 7-3 1-2 DNP-I DNP-IBrendan Smith 40-22 62 1-1 5-0 4-2 3-0 6-6 4-3 5-1 2-3 11-0 3-2Deante Battle 42-19 61 1-1 5-0 3-2 7-0 5-2 3-3 9-1 4-1 2-2 3-7Reggie McPherson 28-20 48 3-0 0-2 1-2 8-0 2-4 1-1 6-1 1-1 4-4 3-4Corey Wootton 27-19 46 4-2 3-4 3-2 2-0 3-3 3-2 1-2 5-0 4-1 0-2Demetrius Eaton 19-24 43 3-2 3-4 3-1 4-0 1-4 0-4 0-1 3-0 5-0 0-6Marquice Cole 30-7 37 2-1 1-0 1-0 3-1 3-2 7-2 10-0 2-1 DNP-I 1-0Kevin Mims 24-13 37 1-1 7-1 3-0 1-0 1-2 2-0 1-1 2-3 4-0 3-4John Gill 23-12 35 3-1 3-1 0-0 6-0 1-1 3-2 1-0 1-1 5-2 1-3Eddie Simpson 15-11 26 2-1 1-0 0-0 6-0 1-1 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I 6-2 1-5Adam Hahn 7-15 22 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 1-3 2-2 1-3 0-2 1-0 1-3Sherrick McManis 15-4 19 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 1-0 3-0 0-1 2-1 2-0 2-2 4-1Mike Dinard 8-6 14 1-3 1-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1Mark Koehn 7-6 13 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-0 2-2 1-0 0-0 0-2Malcolm Arrington 4-4 8 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-2David Ngene 6-2 8 DNP-I DNP-I 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 DNP-I 0-0 DNP-I 1-0Brad Phillips 5-2 7 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0Chaz Richart 4-1 5 1-0 3-1 0-0 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-ICampbell Black 3-2 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1Chris Malleo 4-1 5 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0Omar Conteh 2-3 5 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1Keegan Kennedy 3-2 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0Prince Kwateng 3-1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0Cory Dious 3-1 4 0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0Marshall Thomas 2-1 3 1-0 0-0 0-0 DNP 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0Erryn Cobb 2-1 3 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Nathan Shanks 1-2 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 DNP DNPDavid Oredugba 3-0 3 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Terrell Jordan 3-0 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0Shaun Herbert 2-0 2 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0Ben Rothrauff 1-1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0Jeff Yarbrough 0-1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0Ryan Keenan 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Trevor Rees 0-1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0Ryan Black 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Gerard Hamlett 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 DNP DNP DNP-I DNP-I DNP-IPhil Brunner 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Corbin Bryant 0-1 1 0-0 0-1 DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-I DNP-ISlade Larscheid 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0Tyrell Sutton 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0Dan Dixon 1-0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

PUNTING

No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 BlkdSlade Larscheid 57 2,166 38.0 54 4 7 11 1

Team Totals 57 2,166 38.0 54 4 7 11 1Opponents 50 1,968 39.4 69 8 7 25 2


Northwestern Game Notes • Game-By-Game Starters/Season Superlatives

OffenseOpponent TE/WR LT LG C RG RT WR WR/RB QB RB WRat Miami (Ohio) Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Belding Keenan Herbert Cheatham Kafka Sutton LaneNew Hampshire Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Belding Keenan Herbert Cheatham Kafka Sutton JonesEastern Michigan Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Belding Keenan Herbert Peterman Kafka Sutton Laneat Nevada Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Belding Keenan Herbert Cheatham Kafka Sutton Laneat Penn State Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Belding Keenan Herbert Thompson Brewer Sutton Laneat Wisconsin Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Belding Keenan Herbert Thompson Brewer Sutton LanePurdue Cobb (TE) Taylor Tripodi Rees Matthews Keenan Herbert Thompson Brewer Sutton JonesMichigan State Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Belding Keenan Herbert Peterman Bachér Sutton Laneat Michigan Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Crum Keenan Herbert Peterman Bachér Sutton Laneat Iowa Cobb (TE) Thiry Tripodi Rees Crum Keenan Herbert Peterman Bachér Sutton LaneOhio StateIllinois

DefenseOpponent LE DT RE LB LB LB/DT LB CB SAF SAF CBat Miami (Ohio) Wootton Gill Mims Roach Kadela Dinard Eaton Cole Smith McPherson BattleNew Hampshire Wootton Gill Mims Roach Kadela Dinard Eaton Cole Smith McPherson BattleEastern Michigan Wootton Hahn Ngene Roach Kadela Dinard Eaton Cole Smith McPherson Battleat Nevada Wootton Hahn Ngene Roach Kadela Gill (DT) Eaton Cole Smith McPherson Battleat Penn State Wootton Hahn Ngene Roach Kadela Gill (DT) Eaton Cole Smith McPherson Battleat Wisconsin Wootton Hahn Ngene Roach Kadela Gill (DT) Eaton Cole Smith McPherson BattlePurdue Wootton Hahn Mims Roach Kadela Gill (DT) McManis (CB) Cole Smith McPherson BattleMichigan State Wootton Gill Koehn Roach Kadela Malleo (LB) Eaton Cole Smith McPherson Battleat Michigan Wootton Gill Mims Simpson Kadela Koehn (DT) Eaton McManis Smith McPherson Battleat Iowa Wootton Hahn Mims Simpson Kadela Gill (DT) Eaton McManis Smith McPherson BattleOhio StateIllinois

2006 NU/Opponent Game Highs

Category Northwestern Opponent Category Northwestern OpponentPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38, vs. Michigan State . . . . . . . .41, Wisconsin & MSU Total Plays . . . . . . . . . .70, vs. Eastern Michigan & Iowa . . .83, Penn StateFirst Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, at Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, Purdue Total Yards . . . . . . . . . .443, at Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528, Penn StateRushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . .44, vs. Eastern Michigan . . . . . .48, PSU & WIS Sacks by . . . . . . . . . . .5-26, at Miami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-31, PurdueRushing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246, at Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . .307, Wisconsin Turnovers . . . . . . . . . .5, at Nevada & Michigan . . . . . . . . .3, Wisconsin, MSU & IowaRushing Average . . . . . . . . . . . .6.6, at Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.4, Wisconsin Penalties . . . . . . . . . . .6, at Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, Michigan StatePassing Completions . . . . . . . . .20, at Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36, Purdue Penalty Yards . . . . . . .55, at Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81, Michigan StatePassing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . .41, at Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52, Purdue Interceptions by . . . . . .2, vs. Eastern Michigan & Iowa . . . .3, Nevada, MICH & IowaPassing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263, vs. Michigan State . . . . . . .448, Purdue TD Rushes . . . . . . . . .3, at Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, UNH, PSU & WISTD Passes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4, vs. Michigan State . . . . . . . . .2, (three times) last vs. MSU

2006 NU Individual Game Highs

Category Northwestern OpponentPoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, Shaun Herbert & Ross Lane (Michigan State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, Ricky Santos 3r (UNH) & Tony Hunt (PSU)Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . .28, Tyrell Sutton (Iowa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, P.J. Hill (Wisconsin)Rushing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172, Tyrell Sutton (Michigan State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249, P.J. Hill (Wisconsin)Long Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64, Tyrell Sutton (Michigan State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, P.J. Hill (Wisconsin)Passing Completions . . . . . . . . .20, C.J. Bachér (Michigan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, Curtis Painter (Purdue)Passing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . .41, C.J. Bachér (Michigan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, Curtis Painter (Purdue)Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245, C.J. Bachér (Michigan State). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431, Curtis Painter (Purdue)Receptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6, Shaun Herbert (Michigan State) & Tyrell Sutton (Michigan) . . . . . . . . . . . 13, Greg Orton (Purdue)Receiving Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . .99, Eric Peterman (Michigan State). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, Deon Butler (Penn State)

NORTHWESTERN 21MIAMI (OHIO) 3

Backed by a stellar defensive effort that includedfive pass sacks, Northwestern won an emotionalroad opener—its first-ever game at a Mid-American Conference stadium.

The game was dedicated to formerNorthwestern and Miami head coach RandyWalker, who died unexpectedly on June 29. Aspecial pre-game ceremony was held in Miami’sCradle of Coaches’ Plaza and a plaque honoringWalker was unveiled.

After both teams battled to a 0-0 halftime tie,senior Erryn Cobb provided the first big play ofthe game, blocking a Miami punt and then grab-bing the ball and scoring a touchdown to give the’Cats a 7-0 lead. The RedHawks countered with afield goal after the NU defense stiffened in the redzone, but the momentum stayed withNorthwestern.

The Wildcats put back-to-back scoring drivestogether on offense to move ahead 21-3. The first

drive ended when quarterback Mike Kafka fired a 19-yard strike to Tyrell Sutton, whomade a diving catch in the end zone. On the next drive, senior tailback Terrell Jordanhelped set up his 4-yard scoring scamper with a 27-yard run. Jordan finished with a game-best 5.5 yards per carry average.

Northwestern's defense did the rest, keeping the RedHawks out of the end zone andpreserving the 18-point cushion. Northwestern held Miami to just 2.5 yards per carry.Defensive end Corey Wootton tallied two sacks in the game after missing the finaleight games of 2005 with an injury.

The victory made Pat Fitzgerald the first Northwestern coach to win his debut sinceJohn Pont won his first game in 1973.


Northwestern Game Notes • Game Summaries

GAME 1

AUG. 31, 2006AT YAGER STADIUMATTENDANCE: 20,476

SCORING SUMMARY

NORTHWESTERN 0 0 14 7 — 21MIAMI (OHIO) 0 0 3 0 — 3

Third Quarter: NU—Cobb 8 blocked punt return (Howells kick) 13:09. MU—Parseghian 22 FG 7:30.NU—Sutton 19 pass from Kafka (Howells kick) 4:29. Fourth Quarter: NU—Jordan 4 run (Howells kick)12:12.

GAME STATISTICSNU Miami16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1339 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29205 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9812 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26193 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17517 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2613 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .056 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55299 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2470-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-05-42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-500-0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-06-243 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-22640.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.73-28-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-02-36-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-53-029:03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30:576/13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2/125-26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-9

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRUSHING: PASSING: RECEIVING:

NU—Kafka 17-89 NU—Kafka 17-13-0-106 NU—Herbert 4-33Miami—Kokal 14-32 Miami—Kokal 26-16-0-175 Miami—Robinson 9-144

NEW HAMPSHIRE 34NORTHWESTERN 17

New Hampshire’s Ricky Santos scored threetouchdowns and passed to David Ball for twomore, sending the UNH Wildcats past the NUWildcats 34-17.

New Hampshire drove 80 yards in 10 plays fora touchdown on the game’s first possession.Santos completed five passes to Ball for 45 yards,including a 20-yard TD toss less than four minutesinto the game.

New Hampshire’s T.J. Taylor recovered a fum-ble by Northwestern’s Gerard Hamlett on theensuing kickoff at the 14, leading to a 1-yard scor-ing run by Santos.

On NU’s next possession, Tyrell Suttonripped off a 61-yard run to the New Hampshirenine and two plays later, Terrell Jordan ran sevenyards for the touchdown.

After Northwestern stopped New Hampshireon the next series, the Wildcats drove 54 yards inseven plays with Sutton taking it from the six after

a pair of penalties on New Hampshire, one for roughing the passer. The PAT gaveNorthwestern a 14-13 lead, its last of the day.

In the second quarter, another Santos one-yard run for a TD and a 13-yard strike toBall, put UNH up 27-17 at halftime.

A Joel Howells 35-yard field goal was sandwiched between the two New Hampshiretouchdowns.

Santos scored the third of his three rushing touchdowns early in the fourth quarter.Sutton missed his seventh 100-yard rushing game by one yard, ending the day with 99

yards on 14 carries.

GAME 2

SEPT. 9, 2006AT RYAN FIELDATTENDANCE: 20,108

SCORING SUMMARY

NEW HAMPSHIRE 13 14 0 7 — 34NORTHWESTERN 14 3 0 0 — 17

First Quarter: UNH—Ball 20 pass from Santos (Bishop kick) 11:39. UNH—Santos 1 run (Bishop kickblocked) 10:12. NU—Jordan 7 run (Howells kick) 8:27. NU—Sutton 6 run (Howells kick) 3:21. SecondQuarter: UNH—Santos 1 run (Bishop kick) 13:50. NU—Howells 35 FG 7:50. UNH—Ball 13 pass fromSantos (Bishop kick) 1:07. Fourth Quarter: Santos 1 run (Bishop kick) 14:15.

GAME STATISTICSUNH NU18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1843 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19415 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187206 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17324 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3218 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67329 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3601-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-28-47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-01-0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-07-223 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7731.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38.51-2-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-19-02-33-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-22-031:38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28:225/14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/121-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1


NU—Sutton 14-99 NU—Kafka 32-19-0-173 NU—Sutton 4-35UNH—Ward 21-53 UNH—Santos 24-28-2-206 UNH—Ball 8-81



EASTERN MICHIGAN 6NORTHWESTERN 14

Northwestern’s defense used two fourth-quarterinterceptions to seal a 14-6 win over EasternMichigan and give Wildcat head coach PatFitzgerald his first career win at Ryan Field.

The Wildcats scored first-and third-quarterrushing touchdowns and held their opponent out ofthe end zone for the second time this season. TheEagles tallied two field goals. NU held Miami(Ohio) to a field goal in the season opener. Thelast time NU allowed less than seven points twicein a season was in 1995 (30-6 win against AirForce and 35-0 victory over Wisconsin).

Eastern Michigan was held to 134 yards oftotal offense, just 47 through the air.

Redshirt freshman Andrew Brewer took overquarterback duties from starter Mike Kafka to startthe third quarter and marched the offense straightdown the field on the Wildcats’ first possession.Sophomore running back Tyrell Sutton did mostof the work, carrying the ball six times for 44 yards

as NU increased its lead to 14-6.Kafka went 74 yards on 15 plays to start the game for the Wildcats’ first touchdown. He

capped the drive with a 6-yard TD run, the first of his career.Defensive end Corey Wootton and cornerback Deante Battle registered the first inter-

ceptions of the 2006 season, both in the fourth quarter. Wootton’s pick came in Wildcatterritory as EMU was driving to potentially tie the game. Battle’s interception, with under aminute to play, sealed the victory.

Defensive end David Ngene, playing in his first game this season due to an injury, tal-lied a tackle-for-loss (TFL) and a quarterback sack. NU recorded four TFL’s and two sacksin the game.

GAME 3

SEPT. 16, 2006AT RYAN FIELDATTENDANCE: 21,935

SCORING SUMMARY

EASTERN MICHIGAN 3 3 0 0 — 6NORTHWESTERN 7 0 7 0 — 14

First Quarter: NU—Kafka 6 run (Howells kick) 9:19. EMU—Wellock 47 FG 0:09. Second Quarter:EMU—Wellock 30 FG 0:26. Third Quarter: Brewer 1 run (Howells kick) 7:23.

GAME STATISTICSEMU NU5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1528 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18929 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3387 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15647 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70134 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2661-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17-55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-251-5-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-35-010-427 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-32442.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.07-81-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-02-55-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-58-026:46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:142/15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/172-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17


NU—Sutton 18-91 NU—Kafka 18-10-1-76 NU—Herbert 6-37EMU—Walker 10-36 EMU—Jones 16-6-2-37 EMU—Deslauriers 3-12

NORTHWESTERN 21NEVADA 31

Nevada took advantage of five Northwesternturnovers, including a 24-yard interception returnfor a touchdown, to defeat the WIldcats 31-21.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Mike Kafkaran for a team- and career-high 111 yards on just12 carries, but threw three interceptions in thefourth start of his career.

Northwestern opened the game with a 10-play,80-yard drive, which was capped by a 3-yardTyrell Sutton touchdown. Sutton finished thegame with 94 yards on 16 carries.

The Wolf Pack responded with 17 unansweredfirst-quarter points, all off Wildcat turnovers.

Northwestern used a 6-play, 80-yard drive,highlighted by a 55-yard Kafka keeper, to makethe score 17-14 Nevada. Senior Terrell Jordanran in from the 2-yard line for the touchdown.

The Wolf Pack countered with an 80-yard TDdrive and went into the break with a 24-14 lead.

Each team missed field goals to end the firsthalf.

After a scoreless third quarter, the Wildcats ended an 11-play, 94-yard drive early in thefourth quarter with a 13-yard rushing touchdown by Kafka.

NU would get no closer as Kafka’s third interception, this one returned for a TD with2:14 left in the game, sealed Nevada’s victory. Nevada scored 24 of its 31 points offNorthwestern miscues.

The Wildcat defense recorded four sacks and three other tackles-for-loss in the game.Junior Adam Kadela led NU with nine tackles, including eight solo hits. SophomoreBrendan Smith intercepted a Jeff Rowe pass in the second quarter.

GAME 4

SEPT. 22, 2006AT MACKAY FIELDATTENDANCE: 16,176

SCORING SUMMARY

NORTHWESTERN 7 7 0 7 — 21NEVADA 17 7 0 7 — 31

First Quarter: NU—Sutton 3 run (Howells kick) 11:44. NEV—Hubbard pass from Rowe (Jaekle kick)5:28. NEV—Jaekle 32 FG 2:33. NEV—Hubbard 3 run (Jaekle kick) 1:02. Second Quarter: NU—Jordan 2 run (Howells kick) 12:51. NEV—McCoy 26 pass from Rowe (Jaekle kick). Fourth Quarter:NU—Kafka 13 run (Howells kick) 13:49. NEV—Garcia 24 INT return (Jaekle kick).

GAME STATISTICSNU NEV18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2437 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1899 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33246 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19721 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71368 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3532-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-06-38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-401-35-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-57-12-85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-17542.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43.81-5-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-02-44-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-16-026:03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33:576/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/124-23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5


NU—Kafka 12-111 NU—Kafka 21-9-3-122 NU—Herbert 4-48NEV—Hubbard 32-156 NEV—Rowe 22-17-1-197 NEV—Spencer 8-79



NORTHWESTERN 7PENN STATE 33

In a matchup of the oldest and youngest coachesin Division I-A, Joe Paterno and Penn Stateearned the 33-7 win over Pat Fitzgerald and his Wildcats.

Early in the contest, the Nittany Lions wereable to connect on some big offensive plays, butonce inside the red-zone, the Northwesterndefense stiffened and held Penn State to threeearly field goals. Penn State wide receiver DeonButler, who would finish the game with a school-record 216 receiving yards, had three catches for112 yards after the first 15 minutes.

Trailing 9-0, the Wildcats capitalized on theirsecond takeaway of the game, an interception byNick Roach deep in Penn State territory.

Making his first start in college, redshirt fresh-man Andrew Brewer led the team on a five-playscoring drive capped by a Tyrell Sutton one-yardrun on fourth down. On the play, Sutton fended offAll-America linebacker Paul Posluszny while

gracefully placing the ball over the pylon for the six points.Brewer finished the game with 198 yards of total offense˜41 rushing yards and 157

passing yards (14-of-30).At the end of the first half, Northwestern staged a valiant goal-line stand, but the Lions

finally prevailed on third-and-goal from the 1 to take a 16-7 lead into the locker room.In the third quarter, a pair of Tony Hunt touchdown runs and Kevin Kelly’s fourth field

goal of the game pushed the score to 33-7. Neither team found the scoring column in the fourth quarter.Sophomore safety Brendan Smith ended the game with a career-high 12 tackles and

a fumble recovery. Roach and redshirt freshman Adam Hahn tallied a tackle-for-loss,while sophomore linebacker Mike Dinard and junior defensive lineman Mark Koehn com-bined for another.

GAME 5

SEPT. 30, 2006AT BEAVER STADIUMATTENDANCE: 108,837

SCORING SUMMARY

NORTHWESTERN 0 7 0 0 — 7PENN STATE 6 10 17 0 — 33

First Quarter: PSU—Kelly 34 FG 7:25. PSU—Kelly 22 FG 2:53. Second Quarter: PSU—Kelly 33 FG11:04. NU—Sutton 1 run (Howells kick) 7:31. PSU—Hunt 1 run (Kelly kick) 0:37. Third Quarter:PSU—Kelly 36 FG 10:43. PSU—Hunt 14 run (Kelly kick) 2:21. PSU—Hunt 6 run (Kelly kick) 0:15.

GAME STATISTICSNU PSU12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2528 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3514 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83238 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5281-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-13-20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-521-14-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-0-09-345 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-16338.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40.81-(1)-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-55-07-110-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-20-027:13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32:471/13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/170-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11


NU—Brewer 17-41 NU—Brewer 30-14-1-157 NU—Lane 4-66PSU—Hunt 28-137 PSU—Morelli 33-19-1-288 PSU—Butler 11-216

NORTHWESTERN 9WISCONSIN 41

Joel Howells’ 22-yard field goal with 13:10 to playin the second half pulled Northwestern to withinone point, 10-9, of Wisconsin, but from that pointon, it was all Badgers as they posted a 41-9 victo-ry over the Wildcats. It marked the fifth consecu-tive time that the home team has won in this long-time rivalry.

Northwestern forced three first-halfturnovers—an interception and two fumble recov-eries—to stay close to the Badgers. The Wildcatsfell behind 10-0, but used a 47-yard kickoff returnfrom Sherrick McManis to ignite a five-play touch-down drive. Redshirt freshman quarterbackAndrew Brewer completed four consecutive pass-es, including a key 29-yard hookup with KimThompson, before scoring on a 1-yard quarter-back sneak with 6:28 to go in the first quarter. ThePAT kick was blocked, leaving the score at 10-6.

After cornerback Marquice Cole recovered afumble on the Badgers’ next possession,

Northwestern turned that miscue into Howells’ 17th career field goal. The Wildcat defenseadded two more takeaways in the second quarter, but the offense couldn’t cash in andNorthwestern trailed 17-9 at the half.

In the final 30 minutes, the Wildcats could not slow down tailback P.J. Hill and the restof the Badger offense as Wisconsin outscored Northwestern 24-0. Brewer finished with174 total yards, including a team-high 80 rushing yards. McManis totaled 101 yards onthree kickoff returns.

Nick Roach led the Wildcats with 11 tackles (nine solos), while Cole totaled a career-high nine tackles to go along with an interception and a fumble recovery.

GAME 6

OCT. 7, 2006AT CAMP RANDALL STADIUMATTENDANCE: 81,704

SCORING SUMMARY

NORTHWESTERN 6 3 0 0 — 9WISCONSIN 10 7 17 7 — 41

First Quarter: WIS—Hill 60 run (Mehlhaff kick) 13:54. WIS—Mehlhaff 40 FG 7:51. NU—Brewer 1 run(Howells kick failed) 6:28. Second Quarter: NU—Howells 22 FG 13:10. WIS—Luke 14 pass fromStocco (Mehlhaff kick) 6:55. Third Quarter: WIS—Mehlhaff 42 FG 7:23. WIS—Rowan 4 run (Mehlhaffkick) 1:22. WIS—Stellmacher 25 INT return (Mehlhaff kick). Fourth Quarter: WIS—Smith, L. 25 run(Mehlhaff kick) 0:54.

GAME STATISTICSNU WIS12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2628 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31628 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30794 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22024 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5271-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-23-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-141-0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-25-18-305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2738.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.01-0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18-03-101-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16-022:53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37:072/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/101-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15


NU—Brewer 13-80 NU—Brewer 24-10-1 94 NU—Peterman 3-26WIS—Hill 35-249 WIS—Stocco 21-16-1-220 WIS—Beckum 8-107



PURDUE 31NORTHWESTERN 10

Northwestern jumped out to an early 7-0 lead on aBrandon Roberson 7-yard touchdown run mid-way through the first quarter. But the lead wasshort-lived as Purdue marched right down the fieldto tie the game and go on to win 31-10.

The Wildcats out-rushed the Boilermakers168-to-62, but Purdue quarterback Curtis Painterthrew 35 completions for 435 yards against theWildcat defense.

Following an Andrew Brewer interception latein the first quarter, Painter threw the first of his twotouchdown tosses to begin the second stanza.

NU responded when redshirt freshman CoreyWootton intercepted Painter on the Boilermakers'next series and returned it seven yards to thePurdue 39-yard line. It was his second interceptionof the season.

Wootton’s takeaway led to a Joel Howells’ 43-yard field goal and cut the Purdue lead to 14-10.

The Boilermakers added another field goal astime expired in the second quarter to take a 17-10 lead into halftime.

Painter threw another touchdown in the third quarter and rushed for another in thefourth to end the scoring.

Sophomore Tyrell Sutton rushed for 82 yards on 10 carries which included a 54-yardscamper that put NU first and 10 at the Purdue 25-yard line with less than two minutesremaining in the third quarter. But a pair of delay of game penalties thwarted a Howells’field-goal attempt, forcing NU to punt.

Senior cornerback Marquice Cole recorded a career-high 10 solo tackles, whileDeante Battle and Nick Roach each tallied 10 tackles apiece.

NU held Purdue to just 62 yard rushing on 28 attempts.

GAME 7

OCT. 14, 2006AT RYAN FIELDATTENDANCE: 27,171

SCORING SUMMARY

PURDUE 7 10 7 7 — 31NORTHWESTERN 7 3 0 0 — 10

First Quarter: NU—Roberson 7 run (Howells kick) 8:56. PUR—Taylor 6 run (Summers kick) 4:48.Second Quarter: PUR—Keller 19 pass from Painter (Summers kick) 14:53. NU—Howells 43 FG 9:55.PUR—Summers 18 FG 0:00. Third Quarter: PUR—Standeford 1 pass from Painter (Summers kick)1:47. Fourth Quarter: PUR—Painter 3 run (Summers kick) 5:39.

GAME STATISTICSPUR NU28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1228 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4295 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20633 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3862 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168448 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8352 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1536 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57510 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2512-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-04-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-301-28-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7-04-174 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-29843.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.24-10-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-01-13-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-63-030:28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29:329/15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3/135-31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17


NU—Sutton 10-82 NU—Brewer 11-7-1-59 NU—Sutton 3-2PUR—Taylor 13-59 PUR—Painter 49-35-1-431 PUR—Orton 13-144

MICHIGAN STATE 41NORTHWESTERN 38

Making the first start of his collegiate career, quar-terback C.J. Bachér ignited the Northwesternoffense and led the Wildcats to season highs inpoints (38), total yards (440) and passing yards(245 of 263 team yards). His rejuvenation of theoffense, however, was overshadowed by a come-back for the ages as Michigan State reeled off 38straight points in the final 22 minutes to erase a38-3 deficit. It was the most points overcome in agame involving two Division I-A football programs.

An interception by MSU’s Travis Key withthree minutes left and the game tied at 38, led toMichigan State’s winning drive, which was cappedby a 28-yard field goal from Brett Swenson with 13seconds left.

The Spartans’ comeback coincided with theloss of defensive leader and team co-captain NickRoach, who suffered a season-ending broken legearly in the second half on a punt play.

Michigan State quarterback Drew Stantondirected the second-half comeback, throwing for a pair of touchdowns and running foranother. His 9-yard TD pass to T.J. Williams with 3:43 left tied the game.

For the game’s first 40 minutes, the Wildcat offense was resembling their unit of a yearago, which set a school record for total offense. Tyrell Sutton ran for 172 yards on 21 car-ries, while Ross Lane and Shaun Herbert each caught two touchdowns. Bachér endedthe game 15-of-29 for 245 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.

Linebacker Adam Kadela led the defense with nine tackles and Corey Woottonadded to his team-leading tackle-for-loss total with two. Sophomore Brendan Smith andsenior Marquice Cole each intercepted a pass.

GAME 8

OCT. 21, 2006AT RYAN FIELDATTENDANCE: 29,387

SCORING SUMMARY

MICHIGAN STATE 3 0 14 24 — 41NORTHWESTERN 7 17 14 0 — 38

First Quarter: MSU—Swenson 32 FG 10:07. NU—Lane 5 pass from Bachér (Howells kick) 5:17.Second Quarter: NU—Bachér 2 run (Howells kick) 10:57. NU—Herbert 18 pass from Roberson(Howells kick) 4:17. Third Quarter: NU—Lane 22 pass from Bachér (Howells kick) 11:39. NU—Herbert5 pass from Bachér (Howells kick) 9:54. MSU—Caulcrick 18 pass from Stanton (Swenson kick) 7:03.MSU—Jimmerson 4 run (Swenson kick) 2:47. Fourth Quarter: MSU—Henderson 33 blocked puntreturn (Swenson kick) 11:22. MSU—Stanton 12 run (Swenson kick) 7:54. MSU—Williams 9 pass fromStanton (Swenson kick) 3:43. MSU—Swenson 28 FG 0:13.

GAME STATISTICSMSU NU25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19816 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2196 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177340 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26343 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3032 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65436 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4401-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-09-81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-352-10-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-74-03-132 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11644.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.02-54-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8-03-46-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-42-027:53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32:076/11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/121-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-9


NU—Sutton 21-172 NU—Bachér 29-15-3-245 NU—Herbert 6-54MSU—Caulcrick 9-39 MSU—Stanton 37-27-2-294 MSU—Reed 9-101



NORTHWESTERN 3MICHIGAN 17

Northwestern gave second-ranked Michigan a runfor the money, but in the end succumbed 17-3 ona cold, rainy and blustery day in Ann Arbor.

Michigan’s top-ranked run defense was asgood as advertised, holding the Wildcats to -13rushing yards on 17 attempts. Three pass sacksfor a loss of 27 yards tipped the scales to the neg-ative side. But despite the limited rushing gameand two first-half turnovers, the Wildcats trailedjust 10-3 midway through the third quarter.

On its first possession of the third quarter, NUtook advantage of some excellent field positionand drove 33 yards before settling for a JoelHowells’ 38-yard field goal to climb within a touch-down of the unbeaten Wolverines.

After the Wildcat defense forced Michigan topunt on its next possession, quarterback C.J.Bachér threw his first of two second-half intercep-tions. The turnover led to a Michigan touchdown-a3-yard run by Mike Hart-and the Wolverines

increased their lead to 14 points.NU limited Michigan to 116 yards passing, and until the last play of the game, under

300 yards of total offense.Running back Tyrell Sutton managed a career-low six rushing yards on seven carries,

but caught a game-high six passes for 55 yards. Senior Shaun Herbert and sophomoreRoss Lane each topped the 50-yard mark in receiving as well.

Bachér threw for over 200 yards for the second-straight game.Safety Brendan Smith totaled 11 solo tackles to lead the defense. Junior Reggie

McPherson and sophomore John Gill each recovered a fumble.

GAME 9

OCT. 28, 2006AT MICHIGAN STADIUMATTENDANCE: 109,114

SCORING SUMMARY

NORTHWESTERN 0 0 3 0 — 3MICHIGAN 7 3 7 0 — 17

First Quarter: MICH—Arrington 14 pass from Henne (Rivas kick) 10:07. Second Quarter: MICH—Rivas 30 FG 7:02. Third Quarter: NU—Howells 38 FG 9:38. MICH—Hart 3 run (Rivas kick) 4:05.

GAME STATISTICSNU MICH10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1617 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4636 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9(13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11642 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66191 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3182-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-25-55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-470-0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-18-07-272 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-21338.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35.51-9-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-(5)-03-73-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0-027:03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32:573/16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/150-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-27


NU—Sutton 7-6 NU—Bachér 41-20-2-204 NU—Sutton 6-55MICH—Hart 20-95 MICH—Henne 20-10-0-116 MICH—Breaston 3-34

NORTHWESTERN 21IOWA 7

Tyrell Sutton ran for 168 yards and C.J. Bachérthrew for 218 as Northwestern defeated Iowa 21-7for head coach Pat Fitzgerald’s first career Big Tenwin. The win also snapped a six-game losingstreak.

NU led throughout the game, taking its firstpossession 80 yards on five plays. The drive,which was highlighted by a 48-yard AndrewBrewer reception—the first of his career, wascapped by a Sutton 5-yard touchdown run.

The defense played a solid game for fourquarters. The Wildcats yielded 264 total yards andallowed just one offensive play of more than 20yards, a 24-yard reception.

Northwestern forced three turnovers, includinga late fourth-quarter interception by ReggieMcPherson that all but sealed the victory.

Up 7-0 early in the second quarter, Wildcatdefensive lineman Mark Koehn ran untouched toIowa quarterback Drew Tate and forced a fumble.

The ball was picked up by linebacker Eddie Simpson and returned 23 yards to the Iowa6-yard line. Two plays later, Bachér perfectly threaded a pass to wideout Eric Petermanfor a touchdown in the corner of the end zone.

Iowa cut the score to 14-7 late in the third quarter, taking advantage of Bachér’s sec-ond interception of the game.

But a 34-yard scamper by Terrell Jordan with just under five minutes to play helpedseal NU’s victory. In that series, Sutton carried the ball five consecutive plays for 35 yardsand caught an 11-yard pass from Bachér before Jordan broke free. Sutton carried the ball18 times for 137 yards in the second half (28 carries for 168 total yards). Led by Suttonand Jordan, Northwestern racked up a season-most 225 rushing yards on the Hawkeyes.Sutton’s 168 yards were the most against an Iowa defense this year.

Cornerback Deante Battle led NU with 10 tackles, Adam Kadela had nine. BrendanSmith picked off his third pass of the season, while McPherson grabbed his second inter-ception of the season.

GAME 10

NOV. 4, 2006AT KINNICK STADIUMATTENDANCE: 70,585

SCORING SUMMARY

NORTHWESTERN 7 7 0 7 — 21IOWA 0 0 7 0 — 7

First Quarter: NU—Sutton 5 run (Howells kick) 10:16. Second Quarter: NU—Peterman 7 pass fromBachér (Howells kick) 13:48. Third Quarter: IOWA—Sims 3 run (Schlicher kick) 3:46. Fourth Quarter:NU—Jordan 34 run (Howells kick) 4:48.

GAME STATISTICSNU IOWA23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1641 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rushing Attempts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32242 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Gained Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12617 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yards Lost Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Rushing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117218 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Net Yards Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14729 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2719 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passes Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Had Intercepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Offensive Plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Net Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2640-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fumbles-Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-13-35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penalties-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-252-14-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Interceptions-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5-03-101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punts-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-20833.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avg. Yard/Punt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41.60-0-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Punt Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12-02-57-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kickoff Return-Yards-TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-51-033:22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Possession Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:387/13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7/132-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacks By-Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7


NU—Sutton 28-168 NU—Bachér 29-19-1-218 NU—Lane 5-52IOWA—Young 18-75 IOWA—Tate 27-18-0-147 IOWA—Douglas 7-78

2006 Northwestern Football Northwestern Game Results (as of Nov 04, 2006) All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ---- -------- ----- -------- -------- ---- ------ Aug 31 2006 at Miami W 21-3 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 2:43 20476 Sep 9 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE 17-34 L 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 2:35 20108 Sep 16 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 14-6 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 2:42 21935 Sep 22 2006 at Nevada 21-31 L 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 3:14 16176 * Sep 30 2006 at Penn State 7-33 L 2- 3- 0 0- 1- 0 3:12 108837 * Oct 07 2006 at Wisconsin 9-41 L 2- 4- 0 0- 2- 0 2:42 81704 * Oct 14 2006 PURDUE 10-31 L 2- 5- 0 0- 3- 0 3:06 27171 * Oct 21 2006 MICHIGAN STATE 38-41 L 2- 6- 0 0- 4- 0 3:19 29387 * Oct 28 2006 at Michigan 3-17 L 2- 7- 0 0- 5- 0 2:55 109114 * Nov. 4 2006 at Iowa W 21-7 3- 7- 0 1- 5- 0 2:43 70585 * Nov 11 2006 OHIO STATE 2:30 pm * Nov 18 2006 ILLINOIS TBA

* indicates conference game

--------FIRST DOWNS--------- ----RUSHING---- ----------PASSING---------- --TOTAL OFFENSE-- Return Turn-

Opponent Score Total Rush Pass Pen Number-Yards Comp-Att-Int Yards Plays-Yards Yards Overs

-------- ----- --/-- --/-- --/-- --/-- -------/------- --------/-------- --/-- ------- / ------- --/-- --/--

Miami............... 21-3 16/13 10/3 6/9 0/1 39-193 / 29-72 13-17- 0 / 16-26- 0 106/175 56-299 / 55-247 64/53 0/0

NEW HAMPSHIRE....... 17-34 18/18 6/6 10/12 2/0 35-187 / 43-123 19-32- 1 / 18-24- 0 173/206 67-360 / 67-329 41/35 3/0

EASTERN MICHIGAN.... 14-6 15/5 11/4 3/1 1/0 44-156 / 28-87 16-26- 1 / 9-25- 2 110/47 70-266 / 53-134 93/141 2/2

Nevada.............. 21-31 18/24 11/11 5/12 2/1 37-246 / 45-156 9-21- 3 / 17-26- 1 122/197 58-368 / 71-353 84/73 5/1

Penn State.......... 7-33 12/25 3/15 7/10 2/0 28-81 / 48-233 14-30- 1 / 20-35- 1 157/295 58-238 / 83-528 123/75 1/2

Wisconsin........... 9-41 12/26 6/15 5/10 1/1 28-122 / 48-307 10-24- 1 / 16-21- 1 94/220 52-216 / 69-527 101/59 1/3

PURDUE.............. 10-31 12/28 8/3 4/23 0/2 42-168 / 28-62 9-15- 1 / 36-52- 1 83/448 57-251 / 80-510 70/51 1/1

MICHIGAN STATE...... 38-41 19/25 6/6 10/18 3/1 35-177 / 28-96 16-30- 2 / 32-43- 2 263/340 65-440 / 71-436 124/110 2/3

Michigan............ 3-17 10/16 0/10 8/5 2/1 17--13 / 46-202 20-42- 3 / 10-20- 0 204/116 59-191 / 66-318 82/10 5/2

Iowa................ 21-7 23/16 11/10 10/6 2/0 41-225 / 32-117 19-29- 2 / 18-27- 2 218/147 70-443 / 59-264 94/68 2/3

Totals.............. 161-244 155/196 72/83 68/106 15/7 346-1542/375-1455 145-266-15/192-299-10 1530/2191 612-3072/ 674-3646 876/675 22/17

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

2006 Northwestern Football Northwestern Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2006) All games

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP -------------------------------------------------------- SCORING....................... 161 244 Points Per Game............. 16.1 24.4 FIRST DOWNS................... 155 196 Rushing..................... 72 83 Passing..................... 68 106 Penalty..................... 15 7 RUSHING YARDAGE............... 1542 1455 Yards gained rushing........ 1776 1639 Yards lost rushing.......... 234 184 Rushing Attempts............ 346 375 Average Per Rush............ 4.5 3.9 Average Per Game............ 154.2 145.5 TDs Rushing................. 14 16 PASSING YARDAGE............... 1530 2191 Att-Comp-Int................ 266-145-15 299-192-10 Average Per Pass............ 5.8 7.3 Average Per Catch........... 10.6 11.4 Average Per Game............ 153.0 219.1 TDs Passing................. 6 10 TOTAL OFFENSE................. 3072 3646 Total Plays................. 612 674 Average Per Play............ 5.0 5.4 Average Per Game............ 307.2 364.6 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 32-606 18-303 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 11-68 26-227 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 10-179 15-148 KICK RETURN AVERAGE........... 18.9 16.8 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE........... 6.2 8.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE............ 17.9 9.9 FUMBLES-LOST.................. 13-7 14-7 PENALTIES-YARDS............... 35-294 55-458 Average Per Game............ 29.4 45.8 PUNTS-YARDS................... 58-2166 50-1968 Average Per Punt............ 37.3 39.4 Net punt average............ 32.1 34.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 28:53 31:07 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 45/131 54/134 3rd-Down Pct................ 34% 40% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS.......... 1/9 5/8 4th-Down Pct................ 11% 62% SACKS BY-YARDS................ 19-100 20-125 MISC YARDS.................... 0 10 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED............. 21 29 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 5-9 14-19 ON-SIDE KICKS................. 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES............... 23-29 79% 34-42 81% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS........... 19-29 66% 22-42 52% PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 20-21 95% 28-29 97% ATTENDANCE.................... 98601 406892 Games/Avg Per Game.......... 4/24650 6/67815 Neutral Site Games.......... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total -------------------- --- --- --- --- --- Northwestern........ 55 47 38 21 - 161 Opponents........... 66 54 72 52 - 244

2006 Northwestern Football Northwestern Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2006) All games

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------

Sutton, Tyrell 10 143 861 28 833 5.8 4 64 83.3 Cole, Marquice 8 28 3.5 0 15

Kafka, Mike 4 45 298 23 275 6.1 2 55 68.8 Smith, Brendan 2 17 8.5 0 9

Jordan, Terrell 10 58 241 31 210 3.6 4 34 21.0 Cobb, Erryn 1 23 23.0 1 8

Brewer, Andrew 8 70 274 85 189 2.7 2 24 23.6 Total.......... 11 68 6.2 1 15

Roberson, Brandon 5 3 28 0 28 9.3 1 15 5.6 Opponents...... 26 227 8.7 1 33

Conteh, Omar 9 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 11 1.2

Cobb, Erryn 10 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 6 1.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Peterman, Eric 10 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 --------------------------------------------

Yarbrough, Jeff 9 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 Smith, Brendan 3 82 27.3 0 35

TEAM 5 5 0 7 -7 -1.4 0 0 -1.4 Cole, Marquice 2 41 20.5 0 41

Bacher, C.J. 4 15 49 59 -10 -0.7 1 12 -2.5 Wootton, Corey 2 11 5.5 0 7

Total.......... 10 346 1776 234 1542 4.5 14 64 154.2 McPherson, Reggie 1 0 0.0 0 0

Opponents...... 10 375 1639 184 1455 3.9 16 60 145.5 Roach, Nick 1 14 14.0 0 14

Battle, Deante 1 31 31.0 0 31

PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total.......... 10 179 17.9 0 41

-------------------------------------------------------------------- Opponents...... 15 148 9.9 2 28

Bacher, C.J. 4 111.89 56-103-6 54.4 691 4 52 172.8

Kafka, Mike 4 95.87 51-88-5 58.0 477 1 39 119.2 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Brewer, Andrew 8 78.24 37-74-4 50.0 344 0 37 43.0 --------------------------------------------

Roberson, Brandon 5 581.20 1-1-0 100.0 18 1 18 3.6 McManis, Sherrick 24 535 22.3 0 47

Total.......... 10 98.99 145-266-15 54.5 1530 6 52 153.0 Hamlett, Gerard 2 10 5.0 0 15

Opponents...... 10 130.12 192-299-10 64.2 2191 10 55 219.1 Roberson, Brandon 2 27 13.5 0 16

Abernathy, Frayne 1 8 8.0 0 8

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Conteh, Omar 1 19 19.0 0 19

------------------------------------------------------ Cobb, Erryn 1 -1 -1.0 0 0

Herbert, Shaun 10 39 360 9.2 2 37 36.0 Sutton, Tyrell 1 8 8.0 0 8

Sutton, Tyrell 10 28 180 6.4 1 25 18.0 Total.......... 32 606 18.9 0 47

Lane, Ross 10 24 336 14.0 2 39 33.6 Opponents...... 18 303 16.8 0 32

Peterman, Eric 10 19 302 15.9 1 52 30.2

Ward, Rasheed 10 14 124 8.9 0 21 12.4 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Jordan, Terrell 10 6 40 6.7 0 23 4.0 --------------------------------------------

Thompson, Kim 3 4 62 15.5 0 29 20.7 Simpson, Eddie 1 23 23.0 0 23

Cheatham, Sam 9 4 43 10.8 0 20 4.8 Total.......... 1 23 23.0 0 23

Yarbrough, Jeff 9 4 24 6.0 0 14 2.7 Opponents...... 1 -3 -3.0 0 0

Brewer, Andrew 8 1 48 48.0 0 48 6.0

Jones, Tonjua 10 1 11 11.0 0 11 1.1

Cobb, Erryn 10 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0

Total.......... 10 145 1530 10.6 6 52 153.0

Opponents...... 10 192 2191 11.4 10 55 219.1


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SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G

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Howells, Joel 0 5-9 20-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 35 Sutton, Tyrell 10 143 833 0 833 83.3

Sutton, Tyrell 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Kafka, Mike 4 133 275 477 752 188.0

Jordan, Terrell 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Bacher, C.J. 4 118 -10 691 681 170.2

Lane, Ross 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Brewer, Andrew 8 144 189 344 533 66.6

Kafka, Mike 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Jordan, Terrell 10 58 210 0 210 21.0

Herbert, Shaun 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Roberson, Brandon 5 4 28 18 46 9.2

Brewer, Andrew 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Conteh, Omar 9 2 11 0 11 1.2

Roberson, Brandon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Cobb, Erryn 10 3 10 0 10 1.0

Cobb, Erryn 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Peterman, Eric 10 1 4 0 4 0.4

Peterman, Eric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Yarbrough, Jeff 9 1 -1 0 -1 -0.1

Bacher, C.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 5 5 -7 0 -7 -1.4

Total.......... 21 5-9 20-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 161 Total.......... 10 612 1542 1530 3072 307.2

Opponents...... 29 14-19 28-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 244 Opponents...... 10 674 1455 2191 3646 364.6

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd

FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------- Larscheid, Slade 57 2166 38.0 54 4 7 11 1

Howells, Joel 5-9 55.6 0-0 1-2 3-6 1-1 0-0 43 1 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

Total.......... 58 2166 37.3 54 4 7 11 1

FG SEQUENCE Northwestern OPPONENTS Opponents...... 50 1968 39.4 69 8 7 25 2

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Miami - (22),37 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn

New Hampshire (35) - -------------------------------------------------------------

Eastern Michigan - (47),(30) Howells, Joel 36 2168 60.2 14 3

Nevada 39,32 (32),42 Total.......... 36 2168 60.2 14 3 303 44.0 20

Penn State - (34),(22),(33),(36) Opponents...... 51 2987 58.6 17 0 606 40.0 24

Wisconsin (22) (40),(42)

Purdue (43) 23,(18),34

Michigan State (30),36 (32),(28)

Michigan (38) (30),40

Iowa 22 -

Ohio State - -

Illinois - -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.


ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G

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Sutton, Tyrell 10 833 180 0 8 0 1021 102.1

McManis, Sherrick 9 0 0 0 535 0 535 59.4

Herbert, Shaun 10 0 360 0 0 0 360 36.0

Lane, Ross 10 0 336 0 0 0 336 33.6

Peterman, Eric 10 4 302 0 0 0 306 30.6

Kafka, Mike 4 275 0 0 0 0 275 68.8

Jordan, Terrell 10 210 40 0 0 0 250 25.0

Brewer, Andrew 8 189 48 0 0 0 237 29.6

Ward, Rasheed 10 0 124 0 0 0 124 12.4

Smith, Brendan 10 0 0 17 0 82 99 9.9

Cole, Marquice 9 0 0 28 0 41 69 7.7

Thompson, Kim 3 0 62 0 0 0 62 20.7

Roberson, Brandon 5 28 0 0 27 0 55 11.0

Cheatham, Sam 9 0 43 0 0 0 43 4.8

Cobb, Erryn 10 10 0 23 -1 0 32 3.2

Battle, Deante 10 0 0 0 0 31 31 3.1

Conteh, Omar 9 11 0 0 19 0 30 3.3

Yarbrough, Jeff 9 -1 24 0 0 0 23 2.6

Roach, Nick 8 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.8

Jones, Tonjua 10 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.1

Wootton, Corey 10 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.1

Hamlett, Gerard 5 0 0 0 10 0 10 2.0

Abernathy, Frayne 6 0 0 0 8 0 8 1.3

TEAM 5 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -1.4

Bacher, C.J. 4 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -2.5

Total.......... 10 1542 1530 68 606 179 3925 392.5

Opponents...... 10 1455 2191 227 303 148 4324 432.4

2006 Northwestern Football Northwestern Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2006) All games

|--------Tackles--------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| BlkdDEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------43 Kadela, Adam 10 39 27 66 1.0-2 . . . 2 2-0 1 . .38 Roach, Nick 8 41 21 62 4.0-20 2.0-17 1-14 . 3 . . . .39 Smith, Brendan 10 44 18 62 1.0-4 . 3-82 4 1 1-0 1 . .22 Battle, Deante 10 42 19 61 5.0-22 2.0-17 1-31 4 1 . 2 . .27 McPherson, Reggie 10 29 19 48 . . 1-0 7 2 . . . .99 Wootton, Corey 10 28 18 46 8.5-28 4.0-9 2-11 1 3 . 1 . .42 Eaton, Demetrius 10 22 22 44 3.0-21 2.0-19 . 2 . . . . .95 Mims, Kevin 10 25 12 37 2.0-2 . . . 1 . . . .20 Cole, Marquice 9 30 7 37 2.0-11 1.0-10 2-41 3 . 1-0 . . .70 Gill, John 10 24 11 35 4.0-7 2.0-2 . 1 1 1-0 1 . .40 Simpson, Eddie 7 17 9 26 3.0-11 2.0-8 . . . 2-23 . . .79 Hahn, Adam 10 7 15 22 3.5-22 . . 1 . . . 1 .24 McManis, Sherrick 9 14 5 19 . . . 3 . . 1 . .31 Dinard, Mike 10 8 6 14 0.5-1 . . 1 . . . . .91 Koehn, Mark 9 6 7 13 2.5-6 2.0-5 . . 2 . 1 . .46 Arrington, Malcolm 10 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . .72 Ngene, David 6 6 2 8 3.0-16 2.0-13 . . . . . . .17 Phillips, Brad 10 5 2 7 . . . . . . . . .37 Black, Campbell 10 3 2 5 . . . 1 1 . 1 . .54 Malleo, Chris 10 4 1 5 1.0-1 . . . . . . . .92 Kennedy, Keegan 10 3 2 5 . . . 1 2 . . . .29 Conteh, Omar 9 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .47 Richart, Chaz 2 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .36 Kwateng, Prince 10 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .6 Dious, Cory 6 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .69 Thomas, Marshall 8 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .26 Jordan, Terrell 10 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .44 Cobb, Erryn 10 2 1 3 . . . . . . . 2 .33 Shanks, Nathan 7 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .16 Oredugba, David 10 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .45 Rothrauff, Ben 8 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .3 Herbert, Shaun 10 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .56 Keenan, Ryan 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .1A Dixon, Dan 7 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .15 Larscheid, Slade 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .23 Hamlett, Gerard 5 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .7 Yarbrough, Jeff 9 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .89 Bryant, Corbin 2 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .8 Ward, Rasheed 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .50 Rees, Trevor 10 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .35 Black, Ryan 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .49 Abernathy, Frayne 6 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .19 Sutton, Tyrell 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .86 Brunner, Phil 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . Total.......... 10 435 244 679 44-174 19-100 10-179 30 19 7-23 9 3 . Opponents...... 10 391 229 620 58-224 20-125 15-148 29 16 7--3 6 2 .

2006 Northwestern Football Northwestern Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 04, 2006) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Aug 31 2006 at Miami............... 39 193 1 27 13 106 1 20 13- 17- 0 106 1 20 2 36 0 20 3 28 1 8 363 Sep 9 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE.......... 35 187 2 61 19 173 0 23 19- 32- 1 173 0 23 3 22 0 16 3 19 0 15 401 Sep 16 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 44 156 2 19 16 110 0 16 16- 26- 1 110 0 16 2 58 0 40 0 0 0 0 359 Sep 22 2006 at Nevada.............. 37 246 3 55 9 122 0 39 9- 21- 3 122 0 39 2 44 0 45 1 5 0 5 452 Sep 30 2006 at Penn State.......... 28 81 1 25 14 157 0 36 14- 30- 1 157 0 36 7 110 0 30 1 -1 0 0 361 Oct 07 2006 at Wisconsin........... 28 122 1 24 10 94 0 29 10- 24- 1 94 0 29 3 101 0 47 1 0 0 0 317 Oct 14 2006 PURDUE................. 42 168 1 54 9 83 0 37 9- 15- 1 83 0 37 5 63 0 16 0 0 0 0 321 Oct 21 2006 MICHIGAN STATE......... 35 177 1 64 16 263 4 52 16- 30- 2 263 4 52 3 42 0 19 1 8 0 8 564 Oct 28, 2006 at Michigan............ 17 -13 0 13 20 204 0 25 20- 42- 3 204 0 25 3 73 0 27 1 9 0 9 273 Nov. 4 2006 at Iowa................ 41 225 2 34 19 218 1 48 19- 29- 2 218 1 48 2 57 0 33 0 0 0 0 514

Totals..............................346 1542 14 64 145 1530 6 52 145-266- 15 1530 6 52 32 606 0 47 11 68 1 15 3925 Opponent............................375 1455 16 60 192 2191 10 55 192-299- 10 2191 10 55 18 303 0 32 26 227 1 33 4324

Games played: 10 Avg per rush: 4.5 Avg per catch: 10.6 Pass efficiency: 98.99 Kick ret avg: 18.9 Punt ret avg: 6.2 All purpose avg/game: 392.5 Total offense avg/gm: 307.2 |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Aug 31 2006 at Miami............... 34 20 54 6.0-27 5.0-26 0 0-0 0-0 0 7 1 3-3 0 0 0 21 Sep 9 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE.......... 43 22 65 3.0-8 1.0-1 0 0-0 0-0 1 2 2 2-2 0 0 0 17 Sep 16 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 36 20 56 4.0-26 2.0-17 0 0-0 2-35 3 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Sep 22 2006 at Nevada.............. 60 4 64 7.0-33 4.0-23 0 0-0 1-35 0 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 Sep 30 2006 at Penn State.......... 47 38 85 3.0-6 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-14 0 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Oct 07 2006 at Wisconsin........... 47 30 77 4.0-10 1.0-1 2 2-0 1-0 2 1 0 1-0 0 0 0 9 Oct 14 2006 PURDUE................. 52 20 72 6.0-33 2.0-17 1 0-0 1-7 5 5 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 Oct 21 2006 MICHIGAN STATE......... 37 22 59 4.0-15 2.0-9 1 1-0 2-74 4 0 0 5-5 0 0 0 38 Oct 28, 2006 at Michigan............ 53 17 70 3.0-5 0.0-0 3 2-0 0-0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Nov. 4 2006 at Iowa................ 26 51 77 4.0-11 2.0-6 1 1-23 2-14 4 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 21

Totals.............................. 435 244 679 44.0-174 19.0-100 9 7-23 10-179 19 30 3 21-20 0 0 0 161 Opponent............................ 391 229 620 58.0-224 20.0-125 6 7--3 15-148 16 29 2 29-28 0 0 0 244

|------------------PUNTING------------------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Aug 31 2006 at Miami............... 6 243 40.5 49 0 1 0 0 2 0-0 0 0 4 246 61.5 0 1 Sep 9 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE.......... 2 77 38.5 39 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 35 0 4 235 58.8 2 0 Sep 16 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 9 324 36.0 48 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 3 190 63.3 0 1 Sep 22 2006 at Nevada.............. 2 85 42.5 45 0 1 0 0 0 2-0 0 1 4 246 61.5 3 0 Sep 30 2006 at Penn State.......... 9 345 38.3 43 0 0 3 0 2 0-0 0 0 2 130 65.0 1 0 Oct 07 2006 at Wisconsin........... 8 305 38.1 48 0 1 3 0 1 1-1 22 0 3 156 52.0 1 0 Oct 14 2006 PURDUE................. 8 298 37.2 54 0 1 0 1 2 1-1 43 0 3 163 54.3 1 0 Oct 21 2006 MICHIGAN STATE......... 4 116 29.0 51 1 0 0 1 0 2-1 30 0 7 442 63.1 3 1 Oct 28, 2006 at Michigan............ 7 272 38.9 49 0 0 0 0 2 1-1 38 0 2 130 65.0 2 0 Nov. 4 2006 at Iowa................ 3 101 33.7 40 0 0 0 0 1 1-0 0 0 4 230 57.5 1 0

Totals.............................. 58 2166 37.3 54 1 4 7 2 11 9-5 43 1 36 2168 60.2 14 3 Opponent............................ 50 1968 39.4 69 2 8 7 8 25 19-14 47 0 51 2987 58.6 17 0

2006 Northwestern Football Northwestern Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 04, 2006) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |-------PASSING-------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Aug 31 2006 at Miami............... 29 72 0 18 16 175 0 53 16- 26- 0 175 0 53 3 53 0 21 0 0 0 0 300 Sep 9 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE.......... 43 123 3 13 18 206 2 29 18- 24- 0 206 2 29 2 33 0 20 1 2 0 2 364 Sep 16 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 28 87 0 20 9 47 0 10 9- 25- 2 47 0 10 2 55 0 32 7 81 0 25 275 Sep 22 2006 at Nevada.............. 45 156 1 16 17 197 2 26 17- 26- 1 197 2 26 1 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 426 Sep 30 2006 at Penn State.......... 48 233 3 22 20 295 0 55 20- 35- 1 295 0 55 1 20 0 20 5 55 0 18 603 Oct 07 2006 at Wisconsin........... 48 307 3 60 16 220 1 24 16- 21- 1 220 1 24 2 16 0 15 3 18 0 8 586 Oct 14 2006 PURDUE................. 28 62 2 13 36 448 2 55 36- 52- 1 448 2 55 1 13 0 13 4 10 0 12 561 Oct 21 2006 MICHIGAN STATE......... 28 96 2 14 32 340 2 24 32- 43- 2 340 2 24 3 46 0 20 2 54 1 33 546 Oct 28, 2006 at Michigan............ 46 202 1 33 10 116 1 22 10- 20- 0 116 1 22 0 0 0 0 2 -5 0 1 331 Nov. 4 2006 at Iowa................ 32 117 1 11 18 147 0 24 18- 27- 2 147 0 24 3 51 0 25 2 12 0 13 332

Opponent totals.....................375 1455 16 60 192 2191 10 55 192-299- 10 2191 10 55 18 303 0 32 26 227 1 33 4324 Northwestern........................346 1542 14 64 145 1530 6 52 145-266- 15 1530 6 52 32 606 0 47 11 68 1 15 3925

Games played: 10 Avg per rush: 3.9 Avg per catch: 11.4 Pass efficiency: 130.12 Kick ret avg: 16.8 Punt ret avg: 8.7 All purpose avg/game: 432.4 Total offense avg/gm: 364.6 |---------TACKLES---------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Aug 31 2006 at Miami............... 45 16 61 2.0-10 1.0-9 0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Sep 9 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE.......... 40 32 72 2.0-5 1.0-4 1 2-0 1-0 2 1 0 5-4 0 0 0 34 Sep 16 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 45 22 67 8.0-22 2.0-5 1 1-0 1-5 0 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 6 Sep 22 2006 at Nevada.............. 42 8 50 2.0-9 1.0-5 1 2-0 3-57 0 3 1 4-4 0 0 0 31 Sep 30 2006 at Penn State.......... 40 16 56 4.0-16 3.0-11 0 0-0 1-0 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 33 Oct 07 2006 at Wisconsin........... 23 28 51 7.0-31 2.0-15 0 0-0 1-25 2 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 41 Oct 14 2006 PURDUE................. 41 24 65 9.0-42 5.0-31 0 0-0 1-28 1 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Oct 21 2006 MICHIGAN STATE......... 37 26 63 6.0-21 1.0-11 1 0-0 2-10 5 5 1 5-5 0 0 0 41 Oct 28, 2006 at Michigan............ 39 2 41 12.0-51 3.0-27 2 2--3 3-18 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 Nov. 4 2006 at Iowa................ 39 55 94 6.0-17 1.0-7 0 0-0 2-5 6 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 7

Opponent totals..................... 391 229 620 58.0-224 20.0-125 6 7--3 15-148 16 29 2 29-28 0 0 0 244 Northwestern........................ 435 244 679 44.0-174 19.0-100 9 7-23 10-179 19 30 3 21-20 0 0 0 161

|------------------PUNTING------------------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Aug 31 2006 at Miami............... 6 226 37.7 69 1 1 0 1 3 2-1 22 0 2 108 54.0 0 0 Sep 9 2006 NEW HAMPSHIRE.......... 7 223 31.9 46 1 0 1 0 3 0-0 0 0 6 352 58.7 3 0 Sep 16 2006 EASTERN MICHIGAN....... 10 427 42.7 63 0 3 1 3 3 2-2 47 0 3 149 49.7 0 0 Sep 22 2006 at Nevada.............. 4 175 43.8 67 0 0 0 1 3 2-1 32 0 6 357 59.5 4 0 Sep 30 2006 at Penn State.......... 4 163 40.8 47 0 1 2 0 3 4-4 36 0 7 397 56.7 0 0 Oct 07 2006 at Wisconsin........... 1 27 27.0 27 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 42 0 8 518 64.8 5 0 Oct 14 2006 PURDUE................. 4 174 43.5 51 0 1 0 2 2 3-1 18 0 5 259 51.8 0 0 Oct 21 2006 MICHIGAN STATE......... 3 132 44.0 59 0 0 0 1 1 2-2 32 0 8 473 59.1 4 0 Oct 28, 2006 at Michigan............ 6 213 35.5 46 0 0 1 0 4 2-1 30 0 4 247 61.8 1 0 Nov. 4 2006 at Iowa................ 5 208 41.6 48 0 2 2 0 2 0-0 0 0 2 127 63.5 0 0

Opponent totals..................... 50 1968 39.4 69 2 8 7 8 25 19-14 47 0 51 2987 58.6 17 0 Northwestern........................ 58 2166 37.3 54 1 4 7 2 11 9-5 43 1 36 2168 60.2 14 3

2006 Northwestern Football Northwestern Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Nov 04, 2006) All games

SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sutton, Tyrell 10 143 861 28 833 5.8 4 64 83.3 .......... 22 393 2376 69 2307 5.9 20 64 104.9Kafka, Mike 4 45 298 23 275 6.1 2 55 68.8 .......... 4 45 298 23 275 6.1 2 55 68.8Jordan, Terrell 10 58 241 31 210 3.6 4 34 21.0 .......... 43 169 839 61 778 4.6 8 40 18.1Brewer, Andrew 8 70 274 85 189 2.7 2 24 23.6 .......... 8 70 274 85 189 2.7 2 24 23.6Roberson, Brandon 5 3 28 0 28 9.3 1 15 5.6 .......... 26 42 223 9 214 5.1 1 33 8.2Conteh, Omar 9 2 11 0 11 5.5 0 11 1.2 .......... 17 8 34 2 32 4.0 0 12 1.9Cobb, Erryn 10 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 6 1.0 .......... 47 3 10 0 10 3.3 0 6 0.2Peterman, Eric 10 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.4 .......... 22 2 4 1 3 1.5 0 4 0.1Yarbrough, Jeff 9 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1 .......... 16 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -0.1TEAM 5 5 0 7 -7 -1.4 0 0 -1.4 .......... 38 28 0 221 -221 -7.9 0 0 -5.8Bacher, C.J. 4 15 49 59 -10 -0.7 1 12 -2.5 .......... 9 21 88 73 15 0.7 1 18 1.7Total.......... 10 346 1776 234 1542 4.5 14 64 154.2Opponents...... 10 375 1639 184 1455 3.9 16 60 145.5

PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bacher, C.J. 4 111.89 56-103-6 54.4 691 4 52 172.8 ...... 9 108.05 118-62-7 52.5 750 5 52 83.3Kafka, Mike 4 95.87 51-88-5 58.0 477 1 39 119.2 ...... 4 95.87 88-51-5 58.0 477 1 39 119.2Brewer, Andrew 8 78.24 37-74-4 50.0 344 0 37 43.0 ...... 8 78.24 74-37-4 50.0 344 0 37 43.0Roberson, Brandon 5 581.20 1-1-0 100.0 18 1 18 3.6 ...... 26 581.20 1-1-0 100.0 18 1 18 0.7Total.......... 10 98.99 145-266-15 54.5 1530 6 52 153.0Opponents...... 10 130.12 192-299-10 64.2 2191 10 55 219.1

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Herbert, Shaun 10 39 360 9.2 2 37 36.0 .................... 43 160 1792 11.2 9 62 41.7Sutton, Tyrell 10 28 180 6.4 1 25 18.0 .................... 22 72 576 8.0 3 41 26.2Lane, Ross 10 24 336 14.0 2 39 33.6 .................... 22 48 714 14.9 3 45 32.5Peterman, Eric 10 19 302 15.9 1 52 30.2 .................... 22 31 483 15.6 3 67 22.0Ward, Rasheed 10 14 124 8.9 0 21 12.4 .................... 22 21 223 10.6 1 25 10.1Jordan, Terrell 10 6 40 6.7 0 23 4.0 .................... 43 16 139 8.7 0 23 3.2Thompson, Kim 3 4 62 15.5 0 29 20.7 .................... 24 34 510 15.0 2 52 21.2Cheatham, Sam 9 4 43 10.8 0 20 4.8 .................... 18 7 80 11.4 0 33 4.4Yarbrough, Jeff 9 4 24 6.0 0 14 2.7 .................... 16 5 31 6.2 0 14 1.9Brewer, Andrew 8 1 48 48.0 0 48 6.0 .................... 8 1 48 48.0 0 48 6.0Jones, Tonjua 10 1 11 11.0 0 11 1.1 .................... 10 1 11 11.0 0 11 1.1Cobb, Erryn 10 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .................... 47 4 36 9.0 0 15 0.8Total.......... 10 145 1530 10.6 6 52 153.0Opponents...... 10 192 2191 11.4 10 55 219.1

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sutton, Tyrell 10 143 833 0 833 83.3 ....................... 22 393 2307 0 2307 104.9Kafka, Mike 4 133 275 477 752 188.0 ....................... 4 133 275 477 752 188.0Bacher, C.J. 4 118 -10 691 681 170.2 ....................... 9 139 15 750 765 85.0Brewer, Andrew 8 144 189 344 533 66.6 ....................... 8 144 189 344 533 66.6Jordan, Terrell 10 58 210 0 210 21.0 ....................... 43 169 778 0 778 18.1Roberson, Brandon 5 4 28 18 46 9.2 ....................... 26 43 214 18 232 8.9Conteh, Omar 9 2 11 0 11 1.2 ....................... 17 8 32 0 32 1.9Cobb, Erryn 10 3 10 0 10 1.0 ....................... 47 3 10 0 10 0.2Peterman, Eric 10 1 4 0 4 0.4 ....................... 22 2 3 0 3 0.1Yarbrough, Jeff 9 1 -1 0 -1 -0.1 ....................... 16 1 -1 0 -1 -0.1TEAM 5 5 -7 0 -7 -1.4 ....................... 38 28 -221 0 -221 -5.8Total.......... 10 612 1542 1530 3072 307.2Opponents...... 10 674 1455 2191 3646 364.6



|------- PATs -------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Howells, Joel 0 5-9 20-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 35 ........ 0 20-36 74-80 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 134Sutton, Tyrell 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 ........ 23 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 138Jordan, Terrell 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 ........ 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48Kafka, Mike 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ........ 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Brewer, Andrew 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ........ 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Herbert, Shaun 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ........ 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54Lane, Ross 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ........ 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Cobb, Erryn 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ........ 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Roberson, Brandon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ........ 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12Peterman, Eric 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ........ 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18Bacher, C.J. 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ........ 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6Total.......... 21 5-9 20-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 161Opponents...... 29 14-19 28-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 244

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cole, Marquice 8 28 3.5 0 15 .............................. 18 248 13.8 1 81Smith, Brendan 2 17 8.5 0 9 .............................. 2 17 8.5 0 9Cobb, Erryn 1 23 23.0 1 8 .............................. 1 23 23.0 1 8Total.......... 11 68 6.2 1 15Opponents...... 26 227 8.7 1 33

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------McManis, Sherrick 24 535 22.3 0 47 .............................. 24 535 22.3 0 47Hamlett, Gerard 2 10 5.0 0 15 .............................. 23 478 20.8 0 81Roberson, Brandon 2 27 13.5 0 16 .............................. 13 209 16.1 0 26Sutton, Tyrell 1 8 8.0 0 8 .............................. 1 8 8.0 0 8Conteh, Omar 1 19 19.0 0 19 .............................. 6 97 16.2 0 24Cobb, Erryn 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 .............................. 1 -1 -1.0 0 0Abernathy, Frayne 1 8 8.0 0 8 .............................. 2 17 8.5 0 9Total.......... 32 606 18.9 0 47Opponents...... 18 303 16.8 0 32

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Smith, Brendan 3 82 27.3 0 35 .............................. 5 142 28.4 0 37Wootton, Corey 2 11 5.5 0 7 .............................. 2 11 5.5 0 7Cole, Marquice 2 41 20.5 0 41 .............................. 7 105 15.0 0 41McPherson, Reggie 1 0 0.0 0 0 .............................. 2 0 0.0 0 0Battle, Deante 1 31 31.0 0 31 .............................. 2 31 15.5 0 31Roach, Nick 1 14 14.0 0 14 .............................. 2 49 24.5 1 35Total.......... 10 179 17.9 0 41Opponents...... 15 148 9.9 2 28

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Simpson, Eddie 1 23 23.0 0 23 .............................. 1 23 23.0 0 23Total.......... 1 23 23.0 0 23Opponents...... 1 -3 -3.0 0 0



ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sutton, Tyrell 10 833 180 0 8 0 1021 102.1 ............... 22 2307 576 0 8 0 2891 131.4McManis, Sherrick 9 0 0 0 535 0 535 59.4 ............... 9 0 0 0 535 0 535 59.4Herbert, Shaun 10 0 360 0 0 0 360 36.0 ............... 43 0 1792 -3 0 0 1789 41.6Lane, Ross 10 0 336 0 0 0 336 33.6 ............... 22 0 714 0 0 0 714 32.5Peterman, Eric 10 4 302 0 0 0 306 30.6 ............... 22 3 483 0 0 0 486 22.1Kafka, Mike 4 275 0 0 0 0 275 68.8 ............... 4 275 0 0 0 0 275 68.8Jordan, Terrell 10 210 40 0 0 0 250 25.0 ............... 43 778 139 0 545 0 1462 34.0Brewer, Andrew 8 189 48 0 0 0 237 29.6 ............... 8 189 48 0 0 0 237 29.6Ward, Rasheed 10 0 124 0 0 0 124 12.4 ............... 22 0 223 0 0 0 223 10.1Smith, Brendan 10 0 0 17 0 82 99 9.9 ............... 19 0 0 17 0 142 159 8.4Cole, Marquice 9 0 0 28 0 41 69 7.7 ............... 41 0 0 248 0 105 353 8.6Thompson, Kim 3 0 62 0 0 0 62 20.7 ............... 24 0 510 0 0 0 510 21.2Roberson, Brandon 5 28 0 0 27 0 55 11.0 ............... 26 214 65 0 209 0 488 18.8Cheatham, Sam 9 0 43 0 0 0 43 4.8 ............... 18 0 80 0 0 0 80 4.4Cobb, Erryn 10 10 0 23 -1 0 32 3.2 ............... 47 10 36 23 -1 0 68 1.4Battle, Deante 10 0 0 0 0 31 31 3.1 ............... 31 0 0 0 0 31 31 1.0Conteh, Omar 9 11 0 0 19 0 30 3.3 ............... 17 32 0 0 97 0 129 7.6Yarbrough, Jeff 9 -1 24 0 0 0 23 2.6 ............... 16 -1 31 0 0 0 30 1.9Roach, Nick 8 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.8 ............... 45 0 0 0 0 49 49 1.1Jones, Tonjua 10 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.1 ............... 10 0 11 0 0 0 11 1.1Wootton, Corey 10 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.1 ............... 13 0 0 0 0 11 11 0.8Hamlett, Gerard 5 0 0 0 10 0 10 2.0 ............... 16 174 19 0 478 0 671 41.9Abernathy, Frayne 6 0 0 0 8 0 8 1.3 ............... 28 0 49 0 17 0 66 2.4TEAM 5 -7 0 0 0 0 -7 -1.4 ............... 38 -221 0 0 0 0 -221 -5.8Bacher, C.J. 4 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -2.5 ............... 9 15 0 0 0 0 15 1.7Total.......... 10 1542 1530 68 606 179 3925 392.5Opponents...... 10 1455 2191 227 303 148 4324 432.4

FIELD GOALS Att Good Long Blkd Att Good Long Blkd Pct.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Howells, Joel 9 5 43 1 .................................. 36 20 46 4 55.6Total.......... 9 5 43 1Opponents...... 19 14 47 0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Larscheid, Slade 57 2166 38.0 54 4 7 11 1 ................ 67 2554 38.1 57 4 7 13 2TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 ................ 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Total.......... 58 2166 37.3 54 4 7 11 1Opponents...... 50 1968 39.4 69 8 7 25 2

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn No. Yds Avg TB OB----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Howells, Joel 36 2168 60.2 14 3 ............................. 118 6800 57.6 33 10Total.......... 36 2168 60.2 14 3 303 44.0 20Opponents...... 51 2987 58.6 17 0 606 40.0 24



DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL Sacks Int PBU FR FF Blk GP Solo Ast Total TFL Sacks Int PBU FR FF Blk-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------43 Kadela, Adam 10 39 27 66 1.0 . . . 2 1 . 35 87 70 157 7.5 2.0 1 1 2 3 .39 Smith, Brendan 10 44 18 62 1.0 . 3 4 1 1 . 19 56 35 91 1.0 . 5 5 1 1 .38 Roach, Nick 8 41 21 62 4.0 2.0 1 . . . . 45 137 104 241 16.0 9.0 2 5 . 2 .22 Battle, Deante 10 42 19 61 5.0 2.0 1 4 . 2 . 31 74 40 114 5.0 2.0 2 7 . 2 .27 McPherson, Reggie 10 29 19 48 0.0 . 1 7 . . . 34 68 50 118 0.5 . 2 9 1 . .99 Wootton, Corey 10 28 18 46 8.5 4.0 2 1 . 1 . 13 28 21 49 8.5 4.0 2 1 . 1 .42 Eaton, Demetrius 10 22 22 44 3.0 2.0 . 2 . . . 42 49 41 90 4.0 2.0 . 4 1 1 120 Cole, Marquice 9 30 7 37 2.0 1.0 2 3 1 . . 41 82 25 107 2.0 1.0 7 10 1 1 .95 Mims, Kevin 10 25 12 37 2.0 . . . . . . 22 43 35 78 6.5 2.0 1 2 . 1 .70 Gill, John 10 24 11 35 4.0 2.0 . 1 1 1 . 22 37 24 61 5.0 2.0 . 1 1 1 .40 Simpson, Eddie 7 17 9 26 3.0 2.0 . . 2 . . 28 33 28 61 3.0 2.0 1 . 2 . .79 Hahn, Adam 10 7 15 22 3.5 . . 1 . . 1 10 7 15 22 3.5 . . 1 . . 124 McManis, Sherrick 9 14 5 19 0.0 . . 3 . 1 . 9 15 4 19 0.0 . . 3 . 1 .31 Dinard, Mike 10 8 6 14 0.5 . . 1 . . . 20 9 10 19 1.0 . . 1 . . .91 Koehn, Mark 9 6 7 13 2.5 2.0 . . . 1 . 22 12 26 38 4.5 4.0 . . 1 1 .72 Ngene, David 6 6 2 8 3.0 2.0 . . . . . 26 14 8 22 5.0 2.5 . . . 1 .46 Arrington, Malcolm 10 4 4 8 0.0 . . . . . . 21 7 6 13 0.0 . . . . 1 .17 Phillips, Brad 10 5 2 7 0.0 . . . . . . 10 5 2 7 0.0 . . . . . .92 Kennedy, Keegan 10 3 2 5 0.0 . . 1 . . . 19 7 5 12 1.0 1.0 . 1 . . .37 Black, Campbell 10 3 2 5 0.0 . . 1 . 1 . 32 9 4 13 0.0 . . 2 . 1 .54 Malleo, Chris 10 4 1 5 1.0 . . . . . . 25 6 6 12 1.0 . . . . . .47 Richart, Chaz 2 4 1 5 0.0 . . . . . . 6 5 1 6 0.0 . . . . . .29 Conteh, Omar 9 2 3 5 0.0 . . . . . . 17 7 4 11 0.0 . . . . . .36 Kwateng, Prince 10 3 1 4 0.0 . . . . . . 22 4 3 7 0.0 . . . . . .6 Dious, Cory 6 3 1 4 0.0 . . 1 . . . 31 18 11 29 1.0 . . 2 . . .16 Oredugba, David 10 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . . . 13 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . . .44 Cobb, Erryn 10 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . 2 47 9 9 18 0.0 . . . . 1 226 Jordan, Terrell 10 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . . . 43 10 4 14 0.0 . . . . . .69 Thomas, Marshall 8 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . . 8 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . .33 Shanks, Nathan 7 1 2 3 0.0 . . . . . . 15 2 2 4 0.0 . . . . . .45 Rothrauff, Ben 8 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . . 29 5 4 9 0.0 . . . . . .3 Herbert, Shaun 10 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . . 43 2 . 2 0.0 . . . . . .50 Rees, Trevor 10 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 33 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .1A Dixon, Dan 7 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 7 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .35 Black, Ryan 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 18 5 2 7 0.0 . . 1 . . .89 Bryant, Corbin 2 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 2 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .86 Brunner, Phil 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . .49 Abernathy, Frayne 6 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 28 1 3 4 0.0 . . . . . .23 Hamlett, Gerard 5 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 16 5 1 6 0.0 . . . . . .7 Yarbrough, Jeff 9 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . . 16 . 1 1 0.0 . . . . . .56 Keenan, Ryan 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 46 17 20 37 2.0 1.0 . . . . .8 Ward, Rasheed 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 22 3 . 3 0.0 . . . . . .19 Sutton, Tyrell 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 22 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . .15 Larscheid, Slade 10 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . 20 1 . 1 0.0 . . . . . . Total.......... 10 435 244 679 44 19 10 30 7 9 3 Opponents...... 10 391 229 620 58 20 15 29 7 6 2

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