The 2025 season's largest margin: Northwestern 42, Western Illinois 7. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2025 — The 2025 Season
Northwestern's 2025 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Preston StoneQB2,400 passing yards
- Caleb KomolafeRB941 rushing yards
- Joseph Himon IIRB486 rushing yards
- Dashun ReederRB222 rushing yards
- Griffin WildeWR880 receiving yards
- Hayden Eligon IIWR521 receiving yards
- Hunter WelcingTE296 receiving yards
- Robert FitzgeraldDB106 tackles
- Mac UihleinLB89 tackles
- Braydon BrusLB81 tackles
- Aidan HubbardDL7.5 sacks
- Michael KilbaneDL3.5 sacks
- Anto SakaDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2025.
The season's deepest loss: Northwestern 17, USC 38. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Northwestern beat Central Michigan 34-7 in the postseason.
"Go Cats"
2025 is a middle chapter for Northwestern — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.