2020 Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2020 Northwestern Wildcats went 7-2 (6-2 in the Big Ten), finishing No. 10 in the AP poll. They scored 24.7 and allowed 15.9 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 8-1-0; games went 2-7-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 32 nationally.

Team details

  • Conference: Big Ten
  • Record: 7-2
  • Conference record: 6-2
  • AP rank: No. 15
  • Against the spread: 8-1-0
  • Over/under: 2-7-0
  • SP+ rank: No. 32

2020 schedule and results

WkOpponentDateResultScoreSpreadATSO/U
8Maryland2020-10-24W43-3-13WU 52
9at Iowa2020-10-31W21-20PKWU 42.5
10Nebraska2020-11-07W21-13-4WU 54
11at Purdue2020-11-14W27-20-3.5WU 48
12Wisconsin2020-11-21W17-7+7.5WU 43.5
13at Michigan State2020-11-28L20-29-13.5LO 40.5
15Illinois2020-12-12W28-10-13.5WU 41.5
16vs Ohio State2020-12-19L10-22+17.5WU 57
BowlAuburn2021-01-01W35-19-3.5WO 44.5

Passing leaders

PlayerGCmpAttYdsTDINT
Peyton Ramsey91712811742128

Rushing leaders

PlayerGAttYdsTD
Cam Porter6803325
Drake Anderson7622562
Isaiah Bowser7782301
Evan Hull7252092
Jesse Brown415362

Receiving leaders

PlayerGRecYdsTD
Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman8415205
Kyric McGowan8343660
John Raine6242332
Riley Lees8202142
Bryce Kirtz46670

Defensive leaders

PlayerGTacklesTFLSacksINTPD
Paddy Fisher9864.5012
Blake Gallagher9849.5212
Chris Bergin97840.514
Brandon Joseph9521062
JR Pace8411.5013

2020 Northwestern players who reached the NFL

PlayerPosNFL teamDraftedCollege seasons
Adetomiwa AdebaworeDTIND2023 R4 #1102020–2022
Cameron MitchellDBIND2023 R5 #1422019–2022
Evan HullRBARI2023 R5 #1762019–2022
Greg Newsome IICBNYG2021 R1 #262018–2020
Malik WashingtonWRMIA2024 R6 #1842019–2022
Earnest Brown IVDEDAL2021 R5 #1742017–2020

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com