Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/38Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 38 inside-the-5 carries (2.6%).
Matt Alviti
Last confirmed: Northwestern, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 204 lb · Park Ridge, IL · Maine South
Matt Alviti: QB · Northwestern · #7.
Matt Alviti
He has spent four seasons in the Northwestern quarterback room. One game to point at: 56 passing yards and 20 rushing yards against Penn State — Week 6, 2017.
How he plays
How he plays
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Where to follow him
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northwestern | 11 | 22 | 50.0% | 155 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 124.2 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 116.8 |
| 2015 | Northwestern | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 66.9 |
| 2014 | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Career | 15 | 30 | 50.0% | 169 | 5.6 | 1 | 0 | 108.3 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northwestern | 13 | 142 | 10.9 | 1 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2015 | Northwestern | 3 | −2 | −0.7 | 0 |
| 2014 | Northwestern | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 |
| Career | 29 | 144 | 5.0 | 2 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 4 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 17-41@ Duke | 3/4 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 12.3 | 98.0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-7vs Bowling Green | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-31vs No. 4 Penn State | 4/7 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 78.9 | Season-high 56 yds |
 Bowl | W 24-23vs Kentucky | 4/11 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 28.9 | |
| Total | 11/22 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | — |
Signature game
Week 6 · 2017
L 7-31
vs Penn State
56 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.9 · 20 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD
With H. Niswander — 37 yards per punt · 8 punts · 51 long · C. Thorson — 142 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 19.7
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 3 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.94Matt Alviti run for 68 yds to the BwGrn 14 for a
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.91Matt Alviti run for 16 yds to the Kent 49 for a
- Week 2 · Duke · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.62Alviti to Lees: a 20-yard touchdown pass.
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 2nd and 21 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Matt Alviti run for 16 yds to the Kent 34
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.22Matt Alviti pass complete to Jace James for 11 yds to the Kent 34 for a
- Week 6 · Penn State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.78Matt Alviti pass complete to Jace James for 25 yds to the PnSt 1 for a
4 more plays
- Week 2 · Duke · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.34Matt Alviti pass complete to Cody Link for 15 yds to the Duke 47 for a
- Week 6 · Penn State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.33Matt Alviti run for 14 yds to the Nwest 48 for a
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.33Matt Alviti pass complete to Charlie Fessler for 28 yds to the Kent 24 for a
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 3rd and 1 · Q3 · EPA +1.20Matt Alviti run for 3 yds to the Nwest 46 for a
Teams and coaches
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 32-19 over that span.
2014Northwestern5-7HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced, fast tempo
2015Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy
2016Northwestern7-6HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced
2017Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 28.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 49.0 | 1.0 | 12.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 38.8 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
46.6%
460 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2017
22 pass attempts and 13 carries in 4 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at Northwestern
- 2017 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 5 · 4 games
- 2016 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 4 · 4 games
- 2015 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 3 · 1 game
- 2014 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 2 · 4 games
- 2013 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Northwestern in 2013 as a 4-star recruit, No. 222 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Northwestern in the 2013 class, a 4-star recruit.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 169 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2013
- Signed with Northwestern4-star out of Maine South
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coach2013–2017
Northwestern
Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.