Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/28Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (3.6%).
Zack Oliver
Last confirmed: Northwestern, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Baton Rouge, LA
Zack Oliver: QB · Northwestern · #10.
Zack Oliver
He has spent two seasons in the Northwestern quarterback room. One game to point at: 111 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Penn State — Week 10, 2015.
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Northwestern | 23 | 53 | 43.4% | 267 | 5.0 | 1 | 4 | 76.8 |
| 2014 | Northwestern | 30 | 57 | 52.6% | 367 | 6.4 | 2 | 3 | 107.8 |
| Career | 53 | 110 | 48.2% | 634 | 5.8 | 3 | 7 | 92.9 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Northwestern | 8 | −30 | −3.8 | 1 |
| 2014 | Northwestern | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Career | 22 | −2 | −0.1 | 2 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 5 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 0-38@ No. 18 Michigan | 1/3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-40vs No. 17 Iowa | 3/8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 32.1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-21vs Penn State | 11/24 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 | 20.5 | Season-high 111 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 21-14vs Purdue | 2/5 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 12.7 | |
 Bowl | L 6-45@ Tennessee | 6/13 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | |
| Total | 23/53 | 267 | 1 | 4 | 5.0 | — |
Signature game
Week 10 · 2015
W 23-21
vs Penn State
111 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 20.5
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With H. Niswander — 36.8 yards per punt · 8 punts · 48 long · J. Jackson — 186 rush yds (28 car)
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 10 · Penn State · 3rd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.87Zack Oliver pass complete to Austin Carr for 23 yds to the PnSt 36 for a
- Week 1 · Tennessee · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.32Zack Oliver pass complete to Pierre Youngblood-Ary for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a
- Week 11 · Purdue · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA −2.92Zack Oliver pass intercepted Brandon Roberts return for 17 yds to the Prdue 33
- Week 10 · Penn State · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.81Oliver to Jones: a 14-yard touchdown pass.
- Week 11 · Purdue · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Zack Oliver pass complete to Solomon Vault for 37 yds to the Prdue 27 for a
- Week 10 · Penn State · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.10Zack Oliver pass complete to Mike McHugh for 14 yds to the PnSt 42 for a
4 more plays
- Week 10 · Penn State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −2.05Zack Oliver sacked by Garrett Sickels for a loss of 8 yards to the PnSt 39
- Week 10 · Penn State · 2nd and 12 · Q1 · EPA −2.00Zack Oliver sacked by Brandon Bell for a loss of 5 yards to the PnSt 41
- Week 10 · Penn State · 2nd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Zack Oliver 1 Yd Run (Jack Mitchell PAT failed)
- Week 10 · Penn State · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +1.71Zack Oliver pass complete to Garrett Dickerson for 8 yds to the PnSt 45 for a
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
51 of 53 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 51 passing plays (22 completions) against the box score's 53 attempts (23 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
1.27197 of 198 QBsSack rate
10.2%184 of 198 QBsSacked on 10.2% of dropbacks (184 of 198) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (197 of 198).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds50%of completions
11 comp6.5 yds avg
Middle
10–19 yds41%of completions
9 comp13.4 yds avg
Deep
20+ yds9%of completions
2 comp30.0 yds avg
Overall 43.4% completion on 53 attempts · 50% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 15-10 over that span.
2014Northwestern5-7HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced, fast tempo
2015Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 61.0 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Road1g | 12.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 35.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 80.5 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
37.7%
352 pass / 582 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2015
53 pass attempts and 8 carries in 5 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at Northwestern
- 2015 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 5 · 5 games
- 2014 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 4 · 4 games
- 2013 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2012 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2011 Northwestern FitzgeraldYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
How it ended
Two seasons at Northwestern, 634 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
1 coach2011–2015
Northwestern
Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.