The 2021 season's largest margin: Northwestern 35, Ohio 6. A 29-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Correction
2021 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
- Ryan HilinskiQB978 passing yards
- Andrew MartyQB707 passing yards
- Evan HullRB1,009 rushing yards
- Andrew ClairRB349 rushing yards
- Anthony Tyus IIIRB210 rushing yards
- Stephon RobinsonWR625 receiving yards
- Malik WashingtonWR578 receiving yards
- Bryce KirtzWR203 receiving yards
- Chris BerginLB132 tackles
- Bryce GallagherLB90 tackles
- Brandon JosephS79 tackles
- Adetomiwa AdebaworeDL4.5 sacks
- Jeffery Pooler Jr.DL3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Northwestern 7, Nebraska 56. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Cats"
2021 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.