The 2019 season's largest margin: Northwestern 45, Massachusetts 6. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2019 — The Correction
2019 is a losing-side chapter for Northwestern. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Aidan SmithQB770 passing yards
- Hunter JohnsonQB432 passing yards
- Drake AndersonRB633 rushing yards
- Evan HullRB281 rushing yards
- Isaiah BowserRB204 rushing yards
- Riley LeesWR423 receiving yards
- Paddy FisherLB88 tackles
- Blake GallagherLB88 tackles
- Chris BerginLB86 tackles
- Joe GazianoDL9 sacks
- Alex MillerDL4 sacks
- Eku LeotaLB2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2019.
The season's deepest loss: Northwestern 3, Ohio State 52. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Cats"
2019 sits in Northwestern's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.