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Colorado
2-1
Northwestern
2-0
Final · 7 - 41
WEEK 3 · NON-CONF Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, Evanston
Sat, Sep 19 11:30 PM Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium, Evanston
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Recap
The Northwestern Wildcats dominated from start to finish, dismantling the Colorado Buffaloes 41-7 at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium. In a Big Ten versus Big 12 showdown, Northwestern's defense was absolutely suffocating, holding Colorado to just a single touchdown while the offense clicked on all cylinders in Evanston. This wasn't just a win—it was a statement. The Wildcats controlled both sides of the ball across 181 plays, turning what many expected to be a competitive matchup into a one-sided affair. Colorado had no answers as Northwestern built an insurmountable lead, showcasing the kind of complete performance that has their fans buzzing about what this team can accomplish this season.
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Final Stats
Colorado Northwestern- 168 Pass Yards 241
- 180 Rush Yards 182
- 348 Total Yards 423
- 18 First Downs 21
- 33.3% 3rd Down Conv. 38.5%
- 4 Turnovers 1
- 80 Penalty Yards 60
- 23:07 Time of Possession 36:53
Play Breakdown
- Run plays 50 of 73 snaps 68%
- Pass plays 23 of 73 snaps 32%
Drive Chart
Q4
Q3
Q2
Q1
Play by play
Rush
Team rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the NW24.
Rush
Team rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the NW26.
Rush
Team rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the NW28.
PRIOR DRIVES
CU · 4th Quarter Punt
Punt
Damon Greaves punts for 45 yards to NW26. Carson Grove return for 4 yards to NW30. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the left intended for Zach Atkins.
Rush
Micah Welch rush to the middle for 2 yards to the CU29. Tackled by Jack Sadowsky V and Mason Mayne.
Rush
DeKalon Taylor rush to the middle for 2 yards to the CU27. Tackled by Dominic Kirks and Jack Sadowsky V.
Kickoff
Henry Helms kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
NW · 4th Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Jackson Kleather 21 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Rush
Marcus Romain rush to the middle for 0 yards to the CU3. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
Rush
Marcus Romain rush to the middle for 0 yards to the CU3. Tackled by Samu Taumanupepe and Manny Ezeogu.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Buffaloes (Dylan Manuel) 4 yards.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Buffaloes (Yamil Talib) 5 yards.
Rush
Daniel Anderson rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the CU12. Tackled by Kylan Salter.
Rush
Nicco Marchiol rush to the left for 19 yards to the CU10. Tackled by Cree Thomas.
Rush
Marcus Romain rush to the middle for 1 yard to the CU29. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron and Randon Fontenette.
Rush
Marcus Romain rush to the middle for 4 yards to the CU30. Tackled by Toby Anene.
Rush
Daniel Anderson rush to the middle for 15 yards to the CU34. Tackled by Randon Fontenette and Gideon ESPN Lampron.
Rush
Daniel Anderson rush to the middle for 1 yard to the CU49. Tackled by Quency Wiggins.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the left for 21 yards to the NW50. Tackled by Cree Thomas and Randon Fontenette.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the NW29. Tackled by Quency Wiggins.
CU · 4th Quarter TO
Interception
Julian Lewis pass intended for Joseph Williams INTERCEPTED by Ore Adeyi. No return. Tackled by Joseph Williams.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Buffaloes (Sean Kinney) -10 yards.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Wildcats (Damon Walters) 10 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the right intended for DeAndre Moore Jr. defensed by Josh Fussell.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 2 yards to the NW49. Tackled by Dominic Kirks.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to Joseph Williams for 3 yards to the CU49. Tackled by Kobie McKinzie and Robert Fitzgerald.
Rush
Micah Welch rush to the middle for 5 yards to the CU46. Tackled by Damon Walters.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to Micah Welch for 3 yards to the CU41. Tackled by Ore Adeyi and Braden Turner.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the left to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 13 yards to the CU38. Tackled by Ore Adeyi.
Kickoff
Noah Sur kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
NW · 3rd Quarter FGM
Made Field Goal
Jackson Kleather 36 yard field goal attempt is GOOD.
Incomplete Pass
Aidan Chiles incomplete pass to the left intended for Gavin Sawchuk.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the left for 5 yards to the CU18. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron and Dylan Manuel.
Incomplete Pass
Aidan Chiles incomplete pass to the right intended for Ricky Ahumaraeze.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the left to Griffin Wilde for 21 yards to the CU23. Tackled by Cree Thomas and Jah Jah Boyd.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the middle for 11 yards to the CU44. Tackled by Liona Lefau.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the left for 6 yards to the NW45. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the middle for 10 yards to the NW39. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the right to Caleb Komolafe for 8 yards to the NW29. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron.
CU · 3rd Quarter Punt
Punt
Damon Greaves punts for 41 yards to NW21. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the left intended for Joseph Williams.
Rush
DeKalon Taylor rush to the right for 5 yards to the CU38. Tackled by Robert Fitzgerald and Braden Turner.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the right intended for DeAndre Moore Jr. defensed by Josh Fussell.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the middle to Joseph Williams for 7 yards to the CU33. Tackled by Damon Walters.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 1 yard to the CU26. Tackled by Mason Mayne and Braydon Brus.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 4 yards to the CU25. Tackled by Josh Fussell.
Kickoff
Noah Sur kicks off to the CU6. DeKalon Taylor return for 15 yards to CU21. Tackled by Amare Jordan.
NW · 3rd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Jackson Kleather extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the right to Joseph Himon II for 3 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the right to Griffin Wilde for 3 yards to the CU3.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the middle to Griffin Wilde for 32 yards to the CU6. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the right to Griffin Wilde for 9 yards to the CU38. Tackled by Liona Lefau and Boo Carter.
CU · 3rd Quarter Downs
Rush
Micah Welch rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the CU47. Tackled by Kobie McKinzie.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the middle to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 3 yards to the CU49. Tackled by Josh Fussell and Damon Walters.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 4 yards to the CU46. Tackled by Dominic Kirks.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the left to Quanell Farrakhan Jr. for 2 yards to the CU42. Tackled by Josh Fussell.
Penalty
Penalty: Hands to the Face on Wildcats (Caden O'Rourke) 15 yards.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the middle to JaQuail Smith for 5 yards to the CU25. Tackled by Kobie McKinzie and Braden Turner.
Kickoff
Noah Sur kicks off to the CU12. Kylan Salter return for 8 yards to CU20. Tackled by Brendan Flakes and Amare Jordan.
NW · 3rd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Jackson Kleather extra point is GOOD.
Penalty
Penalty: Roughing Passer on Buffaloes (Lamont Lester Jr.) 15 yards.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the left to Joseph Himon II for 25 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the right for 2 yards to the CU25. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for 1 yard to the CU27. Tackled by Tyler Martinez and Naeten Mitchell.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for 8 yards to the CU28. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron and Naeten Mitchell.
Incomplete Pass
Aidan Chiles incomplete pass to the left intended for Joseph Himon II.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the right to Ricky Ahumaraeze for 24 yards to the CU36. Tackled by Cree Thomas.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for 3 yards to the NW40. Tackled by Yamil Talib.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for a loss of 3 yards to the NW37. Tackled by Santana Hopper.
Kickoff
Elliott Arnold kicks off to the NW3. Joseph Himon II return for 37 yards to NW40. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell.
CU · 3rd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Elliott Arnold extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to Joseph Williams for 50 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Micah Welch rush to the middle for 4 yards to the CU50. Tackled by Braydon Brus and Robert Fitzgerald.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 4 yards to the CU46. Tackled by Damon Walters.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 8 yards to the CU42. Tackled by Braydon Brus and Robert Fitzgerald.
NW · 3rd Quarter TO
Fumble
Aidan Chiles pass to the left to Caleb Komolafe for 11 yards to the CU34. Tackled by Jason Stokes Jr.. FUMBLE, recovered by CU (Naeten Mitchell).
Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the left for 3 yards to the CU45. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the right for 1 yard to the CU48. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
CU · 3rd Quarter Downs
Sack
Julian Lewis sacked at CU49 for a loss of 10 yards by Kobie McKinzie.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to JaQuail Smith for a loss of 4 yards to the NW41.
Rush
DeKalon Taylor rush to the middle for 3 yards to the NW37. Tackled by Jamaal Johnson and Robert Fitzgerald.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the right intended for Joseph Williams defensed by Ore Adeyi.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 35 yards to the NW40. Tackled by Damon Walters.
Kickoff
Noah Sur kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
NW · 2nd Quarter
Rush
Team rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the NW10.
CU · 2nd Quarter Punt
Punt
Damon Greaves punts for 40 yards to NW12. No return.
Offense Time Out
Buffaloes timeout.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the middle to DeKalon Taylor for 6 yards to the CU48. Tackled by Matthew Smith.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the right intended for Charlie Williams.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the right intended for DeAndre Moore Jr..
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to Joseph Williams for 8 yards to the CU42. Tackled by Braden Turner.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the middle to DeKalon Taylor for 9 yards to the CU34. Tackled by Michael Kilbane.
Kickoff
Noah Sur kicks off to the endzone. Touchback.
NW · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Jackson Kleather extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the left for 3 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for 5 yards to the CU3. Tackled by Tyler Martinez.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the middle to Drew Wagner for 12 yards to the CU8.
Rush
Joseph Himon II rush to the middle for 5 yards to the CU20. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell and Lamont Lester Jr..
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for a loss of 2 yards to the CU25. Tackled by Santana Hopper.
Penalty
Penalty: Unsports. Conduct on Buffaloes (Boo Carter) 15 yards.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for 4 yards to the CU38. Tackled by Quency Wiggins.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Wildcats -5 yards.
Incomplete Pass
Aidan Chiles incomplete pass to the right intended for Frank Covey IV.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the left to Griffin Wilde for 20 yards to the CU37.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Wildcats (Jackson Carsello) -5 yards.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the middle for 8 yards to the NW48. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
Sack
Aidan Chiles sacked at NW40 for a loss of 9 yards by Tyler Martinez.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the right to Luke Dehnicke for 21 yards to the NW49. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
CU · 2nd Quarter Downs
Rush
Damian Henderson II rush to the middle for a loss of 1 yard to the NW28. Tackled by Braydon Brus.
Rush
DeKalon Taylor rush to the right for 0 yards to the NW27. Tackled by Tyler Gant.
Rush
DeKalon Taylor rush to the middle for 5 yards to the NW27. Tackled by Robert Fitzgerald and Michael Kilbane.
Rush
DeKalon Taylor rush to the middle for 3 yards to the NW32. Tackled by Michael Kilbane.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 28 yards to the NW35. Tackled by Ore Adeyi.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 10 yards to the CU37. Tackled by Braydon Brus and Robert Fitzgerald.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Wildcats (Dominic Kirks) 5 yards.
Kickoff
Noah Sur kicks off to the CU0. DeKalon Taylor return for 22 yards to CU22. Tackled by Jon Jon Stevens Jr..
NW · 2nd Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Jackson Kleather extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the left to Joseph Himon II for 18 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
Offense Time Out
Wildcats timeout.
Rush
Joseph Himon II rush to the left for 0 yards to the CU18. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron.
CU · 2nd Quarter TO
Interception
Julian Lewis pass intended for Joseph Williams INTERCEPTED by Braden Turner and returned for 22 yards. Tackled by Bo Hughley.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Buffaloes (Chauncey Gooden) -10 yards.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Buffaloes (Fisher Clements) -10 yards.
Rush
DeKalon Taylor rush to the middle for 16 yards to the CU48. Tackled by Brendan Flakes and Michael Kilbane.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the left to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 6 yards to the CU32. Tackled by Josh Fussell.
Rush
JaQuail Smith rush to the middle for 1 yard to the CU26. Tackled by Jamaal Johnson and Braydon Brus.
NW · 2nd Quarter Punt
Punt
Nikola Dugandzic punts for 49 yards to CU25. No return.
Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the middle for 2 yards to the NW26. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron and Dylan Manuel.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the middle for 0 yards to the NW24. Tackled by Santana Hopper.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Wildcats (Idrys Cotton) -5 yards.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Wildcats (Ricky Ahumaraeze) -10 yards.
Rush
Joseph Himon II rush to the middle for 18 yards to the NW39.
Rush
Robby Preckel rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NW21. Tackled by Liona Lefau and Gideon ESPN Lampron.
CU · 1st Quarter TO
Fumble
Damian Henderson II rush to the left for a loss of 3 yards to the NW20. FUMBLE, recovered by NW (Braydon Brus).
Rush
Julian Lewis rush to the left for 2 yards to the NW17. Tackled by Robert Fitzgerald.
Rush
Damian Henderson II rush to the middle for 5 yards to the NW19. Tackled by Brendan Flakes and Robert Fitzgerald.
Rush
Damian Henderson II rush to the middle for 5 yards to the NW24. Tackled by Braydon Brus.
Rush
Damian Henderson II rush to the middle for 9 yards to the NW29. Tackled by Damon Walters.
Rush
Julian Lewis rush to the left for 15 yards to the NW38. Tackled by Josh Fussell.
Rush
Damian Henderson II rush to the middle for 7 yards to the CU47. Tackled by Braden Turner and Robert Fitzgerald.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 12 yards to the CU40. Tackled by Braden Turner.
Kickoff
Noah Sur kicks off to the CU10. Ben Finneseth return for 18 yards to CU28. Tackled by Damon Walters.
NW · 1st Quarter TD
Made Extra Point
Jackson Kleather extra point is GOOD.
TOUCHDOWN Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the left for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN.
Penalty
Penalty: Offside on Buffaloes (Santana Hopper) 1 yards.
Rush
Drew Wagner rush to the left for 21 yards to the CU2. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron.
Penalty
Penalty: Holding on Buffaloes (Cree Thomas) 10 yards.
Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the left for a loss of 5 yards to the CU33. Tackled by Randon Fontenette and Toby Anene.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the middle for 6 yards to the CU28. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the middle for 1 yard to the CU34. Tackled by Yamil Talib.
Rush
Joseph Himon II rush to the left for 5 yards to the CU35. Tackled by Jason Stokes Jr. and Liona Lefau.
Rush
Aidan Chiles rush to the left for 4 yards to the CU40. Tackled by Boo Carter.
CU · 1st Quarter TO
Fumble
Micah Welch rush to the middle for a loss of 1 yard to the CU44. Tackled by Michael Kilbane. FUMBLE, recovered by NW (Robert Fitzgerald).
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the left to DeAndre Moore Jr. for 16 yards to the CU45.
NW · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Nikola Dugandzic punts for 37 yards to CU29. No return.
Penalty
Penalty: False Start on Wildcats (Noah LaPorte) -5 yards.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NW39. Tackled by Liona Lefau.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the middle for 2 yards to the NW38. Tackled by Quency Wiggins.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the left to Luke Dehnicke for 6 yards to the NW36. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
Rush
Gavin Sawchuk rush to the left for 2 yards to the NW30. Tackled by Manny Ezeogu.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the left to Caleb Komolafe for 8 yards to the NW28. Tackled by Gideon ESPN Lampron.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the middle to Ricky Ahumaraeze for 16 yards to the NW20. Tackled by Jah Jah Boyd.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the left for a loss of 2 yards to the NW4. Tackled by Lamont Lester Jr..
CU · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Damon Greaves punts for 35 yards to NW6. No return.
Incomplete Pass
Julian Lewis incomplete pass to the left intended for Joseph Williams.
Rush
Damian Henderson II rush to the middle for 1 yard to the NW41. Tackled by Dylan Roberts.
Rush
Micah Welch rush to the middle for 2 yards to the NW42. Tackled by Robert Fitzgerald and Dylan Roberts.
Rush
Quentin Gibson rush to the left for 11 yards to the NW44. Tackled by Braden Turner.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the right to Joseph Williams for 20 yards to the CU45. Tackled by Ore Adeyi.
Rush
Micah Welch rush to the middle for 4 yards to the CU25. Tackled by Michael Kilbane.
Pass
Julian Lewis pass to the middle to Charlie Williams for 3 yards to the CU21. Tackled by Ore Adeyi and Braden Turner.
NW · 1st Quarter Punt
Punt
Nikola Dugandzic punts for 47 yards to CU17. DeKalon Taylor return for 1 yard to CU18. Tackled by Braydon Brus.
Incomplete Pass
Aidan Chiles incomplete pass to the right intended for Luke Dehnicke.
Rush
Drew Wagner rush to the right for 3 yards to the NW36. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
Pass
Aidan Chiles pass to the right to Drew Wagner for 4 yards to the NW33. Tackled by Boo Carter and Liona Lefau.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the left for 7 yards to the NW29. Tackled by Naeten Mitchell and Dylan Manuel.
Rush
Caleb Komolafe rush to the middle for 5 yards to the NW22. Tackled by Tyler Martinez and Naeten Mitchell.
Kickoff
Elliott Arnold kicks off to the NW0. Joseph Himon II return for 17 yards to NW17. Tackled by Randon Fontenette.
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