Central Michigan at Northwestern
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Central Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Northwestern | 0 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 34 | Final |
| Scoring Summary |
| 2nd Quarter |
| 6:33 | Northwestern touchdown. Griffin Wilde 23 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 3:43 | Northwestern touchdown. Caleb Komolafe 2 Yd Run (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 3:31 | Northwestern touchdown. Lawson Albright 23 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter |
| 12:39 | Northwestern . Braden Turner 47 Yd Fumble Return (Jack Olsen PAT failed) |
| 2:31 | Northwestern touchdown. Griffin Wilde 11 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 4th Quarter |
| 6:11 | Central Michigan REC. Brock Townsend 3 Yd pass from Joe Labas (Cade Graham Kick) |
| Team stats |
| First down | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Total first downs | 15 | 18 |
| First downs from rushing | | |
| First downs from passing | | |
| First downs from penalties | | |
| Third down | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Third downs attempted | 11 | 13 |
| Third downs converted | 3 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 27 % | 31 % |
| Fourth down | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Total yards | 269 | 313 |
| Total rushing yards | 91 | 77 |
| Total passing yards | 178 | 236 |
| Total offensive plays | | |
| Average yards per play | | |
| Time of possession | 32:42 | 27:18 |
| Rushing | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Total rushing plays | 34 | 26 |
| Total rushing yards | 91 | 77 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 2 |
| Penalty yards | 46 | 20 |
| Turnovers | Central Michigan | Northwestern |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 1 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | | |
| Fumbles | | |
| Fumbles lost | 3 | 0 |
| Rushing |
| Central Michigan | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long |
| Trey Cornist | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Brock Townsend | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Angel Flores | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tyson Davis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Marcus Beamon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Labas | 9 | -13 | -1.4 | 0 | 9 |
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| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long |
| Caleb Komolafe | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 1 | 13 |
| Robby Preckel | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | 10 |
| Ryan Boe | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Preston Stone | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 9 |
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| Passing |
| Central Michigan | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Joe Labas | 25 | 21 | 84 % | 178 | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Angel Flores | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | | |
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| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Preston Stone | 31 | 19 | 61 % | 226 | 7.3 | 3 | 0 | | |
| Ryan Boe | 4 | 1 | 25 % | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | | |
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| Receiving |
| Central Michigan | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long |
| Langston Lewis | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 0 | 21 |
| Tyson Davis | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 13 |
| Tommy McIntosh | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 7 |
| DeCorion Temple | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Henry Dryden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brock Townsend | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 |
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| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long |
| Griffin Wilde | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 2 | 23 |
| Hayden Eligon II | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 28 |
| Ricky Ahumaraeze | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Lawson Albright | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | 23 |
| Hunter Welcing | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| Carson Grove | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Caleb Komolafe | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 14 |
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| Fumbles |
| Central Michigan | Lost | Recovered | Total |
| Joe Labas | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Angel Flores | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total |
| Caleb Komolafe | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carmine Bastone | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Braden Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Kilbane | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Interceptions |
| Central Michigan | Total | Yards | Int TDs |
| Kalen Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs |
| Braden Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Defense |
| Central Michigan | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD |
| Jordan Kwiatkowski | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Caleb Spann | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Kalen Carroll | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Dakota Cochran | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Lawai'a Brown | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Elijah Rikard | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Jonathan Decker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Maddix Blackwell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Jaion Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Keshawn Hayden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Elijah Gordon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Brenden Deasfernandes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Malik Denkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Michael Heldman | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Nathan VanTimmeren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Korver Demma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Xavier White | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Dylan Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD |
| Braydon Brus | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Mac Uihlein | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Braden Turner | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | |
| Robert Fitzgerald | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Ore Adeyi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Josh Fussell | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Michael Kilbane | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Aidan Hubbard | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Jon Jon Stevens Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Migo Jackson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Garner Wallace | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Nigel Glover | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Alijah Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Mason Green | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Najee Story | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Dillon Tatum | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Fred Davis II | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Carson Grove | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Payton Roth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Terrion Curry-Hicks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Carmine Bastone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Tyler Gant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Ricky Ahumaraeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Jack Sadowsky V | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Callen Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Jack Trautmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
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| Kick returns |
| Central Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD |
| Justin Ruffin Jr. | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 25 | | 0 |
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| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD |
| None |
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| Punt returns |
| Central Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD |
| Caleb Spann | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD |
| None |
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| Kicking |
| Central Michigan | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points |
| Cade Graham | 0/1 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
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| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points |
| Jack Olsen | 0/0 | 0 | 4/5 | 4 |
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| Punting |
| Central Michigan | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long |
| Declan Duley | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 0 | | |
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| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long |
| Luke Akers | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 1 | | |
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Last updated on Monday, March 30, 2026 1:29 AM.
