The 2022 season's largest margin: Northwestern 31, Nebraska 28. A 3-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Correction
2022 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 HilinskiQB1,619 passing yards
- Brendan SullivanQB589 passing yards
- Evan HullRB913 rushing yards
- Cam PorterRB286 rushing yards
- Malik WashingtonWR694 receiving yards
- Donny NavarroWR237 receiving yards
- Bryce KirtzWR212 receiving yards
- Bryce GallagherLB100 tackles
- Xander MuellerLB87 tackles
- Jeremiah LewisS70 tackles
- Adetomiwa AdebaworeDL5 sacks
- Ryan JohnsonDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Northwestern 3, Illinois 41. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Cats"
2022 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.