Western Illinois at Northwestern
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Western Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Northwestern | 15 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 42 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:58 | Northwestern touchdown. Cam Porter 43 Yd Run (Luke Akers Kick) |
| 6:44 | Northwestern touchdown. Hayden Eligon II 5 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Lawson Albright Run for Two-Point Conversion) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 0:28 | Northwestern touchdown. Hunter Welcing 6 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Luke Akers Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 7:06 | Northwestern field goal. Luke Akers 35 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:40 | Northwestern field goal. Luke Akers 25 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 10:43 | Northwestern touchdown. Drew Wagner 4 Yd pass from Preston Stone (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 7:07 | Northwestern touchdown. Ryan Boe 58 Yd Run (Jack Olsen Kick) |
| 2:47 | Western Illinois touchdown. Christian Anaya 8 Yd pass from Cason Carswell (Antonio Chadha Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Total first downs | 10 | 24 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 16 |
| Third downs converted | 2 | 8 |
| Third down percentage | 17 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Total yards | 181 | 526 |
| Total rushing yards | 71 | 281 |
| Total passing yards | 110 | 245 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 24:06 | 35:54 |
| Rushing | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Total rushing plays | 23 | 41 |
| Total rushing yards | 71 | 281 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.1 | 6.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.1 | 8.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 13 | 54 |
| Turnovers | Western Illinois | Northwestern |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Markell Holman | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Brinston Williams | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Cason Carswell | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Chris Irvin | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Cam Porter | 12 | 91 | 7.6 | 1 | 43 | ||||
| Caleb Komolafe | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Ryan Boe | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 1 | 58 | ||||
| Joseph Himon II | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Dashun Reeder | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Daniel Anderson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Preston Stone | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cason Carswell | 8 | 6 | 75 % | 52 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Christian Anaya | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Irvin | 18 | 5 | 28 % | 27 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Preston Stone | 29 | 21 | 72 % | 245 | 8.4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Demari Davis | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 31 | ||||
| Brandon Lanier | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Christian Anaya | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Alex Williams | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Joel Salien | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Markell Holman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Griffin Wilde | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| Ricky Ahumaraeze | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Hunter Welcing | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| Cam Porter | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Hayden Eligon II | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Joseph Himon II | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Lawson Albright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Chase Farrell | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Justin Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Chase Farrell | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Preston Stone | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Mac Uihlein | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Justin Richardson | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian S. Pierce | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malini Ti'a | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Buju Aumua-Tuisavura | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Washington Jr. | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Esteban Guillory | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chikala Warden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Payne Miller | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Paul Keith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylen Olokun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| LeBron Morgan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peyton Bradford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Riven | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Demari Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Mankaka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trace Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Dunston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jace Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Kongolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Bucaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Buckner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Carmine Bastone | 4 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillon Tatum | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Fitzgerald | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mac Uihlein | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Kilbane | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alijah Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Evan Smith | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Yanni Karlaftis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richie Hagarty | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Sadowsky V | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Davis II | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garner Wallace | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendan Flakes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Braydon Brus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josh Fussell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aidan Hubbard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Braden Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Gant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Callen Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mason Mayne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anto Saka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Chikala Warden | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Fabian Baez | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Drew Wagner | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Antonio Chadha | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Luke Akers | 2/2 | 35 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| Jack Olsen | 0/0 | 0 | 2/2 | 2 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Western Illinois | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Luke Droegemueller | 8 | 311 | 38.9 | 0 | |||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Luke Akers | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Friday, October 3, 2025 4:46 AM.