Western Illinois Leathernecks @ Northwestern Wildcats

Western Illinois Leathernecks

0-2, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
WIU	0	0	0	7	7
NU	15	7	6	14	42

Northwestern Wildcats

1-1, 1-0 home

Western Illinois Passing


Cason Carswell#15
Christian Anaya#13
Chris Irvin#5
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
6/8	52	6.5	1	0	--
1/1	31	31.0	0	0	--
5/18	27	1.5	0	1	--
12/27	110	4.1	1	1	--

Northwestern Passing


Preston Stone#8
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT		QBR
21/29	245	8.4	3	0		53.6
21/29	245	8.4	3	0		--

Western Illinois Rushing


Markell Holman#6
Brinston Williams#21
Cason Carswell#15
Chris Irvin#5
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	52	4.0	12
2	11	5.5	7
3	8	2.7	9
5	0	0.0	3
23	71	3.1	12

Northwestern Rushing


Cam Porter#4
Caleb Komolafe#5
Ryan Boe#2
Joseph Himon II#6
Dashun Reeder#24
Daniel Anderson#27
Preston Stone#8
Team
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
12	91	7.6	1	43
11	63	5.7	0	24
1	58	58.0	1	58
8	40	5.0	0	16
3	13	4.3	0	6
2	9	4.5	0	5
3	9	3.0	0	13
1	-2	-2.0	0	0
41	281	6.9	2	58

Western Illinois Receiving


Demari Davis#3
Brandon Lanier#8
Christian Anaya#13
Alex Williams#12
Joel Salien#17
Markell Holman#6
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	46	15.3	0	31
2	26	13.0	0	14
3	17	5.7	1	8
2	16	8.0	0	13
1	3	3.0	0	3
1	2	2.0	0	2
12	110	9.2	1	31

Northwestern Receiving


Griffin Wilde#17
Ricky Ahumaraeze#10
Hunter Welcing#84
Cam Porter#4
Hayden Eligon II#80
Joseph Himon II#6
Drew Wagner#19
Lawson Albright#86
Chase Farrell#20
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	94	18.8	0	46
3	52	17.3	0	20
2	34	17.0	1	28
3	23	7.7	0	12
2	17	8.5	1	12
2	15	7.5	0	14
2	8	4.0	1	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
1	-3	-3.0	0	0
21	245	11.7	3	46

Western Illinois Fumbles


Justin Richardson#12
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Northwestern Fumbles


Chase Farrell#20
Preston Stone#8
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
2	1	0

Western Illinois Defense



Justin Richardson#12
Christian S. Pierce#3
Malini Ti'a#33
Buju Aumua-Tuisavura#14
Kevin Washington Jr.#4
Esteban Guillory#0
Chikala Warden#1
Payne Miller#97
Don Paul Keith#34
Jaylen Olokun#30
LeBron Morgan#6
Peyton Bradford#9
Jalen Riven#5
Demari Davis#3
James Mankaka#29
Trace Brown#95
David Dunston#32
DJ Taylor#18
Jace Miller#99
Elijah Kongolo#91
Nick Bucaro#17
Justin Buckner#44
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	TD
11	6	0	1	0	0
10	5	0	0	0	0
10	2	0	0	0	0
9	3	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	2	0	0
6	3	0	0	1	0
5	3	0	0	1	0
3	3	0	1	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	1	0
2	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	1	0	0
1	1	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
81	37	1	6	3	0

Northwestern Defense



Carmine Bastone#90
Dillon Tatum#8
Robert Fitzgerald#6
Mac Uihlein#37
Michael Kilbane#47
Alijah Jones#20
Evan Smith#12
Yanni Karlaftis#14
Richie Hagarty#52
Jack Sadowsky V#45
Fred Davis II#2
Garner Wallace#18
Brendan Flakes#15
Braydon Brus#33
Jalen Lewis#26
Josh Fussell#13
Aidan Hubbard#91
Braden Turner#9
Tyler Gant#54
Callen Campbell#44
Mason Mayne#56
Anto Saka#4
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	TD
4	3	1.5	1.5	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0
4	3	0	0.5	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0
4	1	0.5	0.5	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0.5	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	3	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0
1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	3	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	0	0
48	26	2	3	8	0

Western Illinois Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Western Illinois Interceptions

Northwestern Interceptions


Mac Uihlein#37
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	7	0
1	7	0

Western Illinois Kick Returns


Chikala Warden#1
Fabian Báez#1
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	40	13.3	16
2	23	11.5	15
5	63	12.6	16

Northwestern Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Northwestern Kick Returns

Western Illinois Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Western Illinois Punt Returns

Northwestern Punt Returns


Drew Wagner#19
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	2	0.5	4	0
4	2	0.5	4	0

Western Illinois Kicking


Antonio Chadha#53
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Northwestern Kicking


Luke Akers#11
Jack Olsen#82
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	35	2/2	8
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
2/2	100.0	35	4/4	10

Western Illinois Punting


Luke Droegemueller#48
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	311	38.9	0	2	50
8	311	38.9	0	2	50

Northwestern Punting


Luke Akers#11
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	127	42.3	0	2	44
3	127	42.3	0	2	44

Western Illinois vs. Northwestern Game Highlights | 2025

1:05

Cason Carswell connects for 8-yard TD pass

0:24

Preston Stone throws 4-yard touchdown pass to Drew Wagner

0:16

Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium

7:30 PM, September 5, 2025Coverage: BTN

Evanston, IL

Attendance: 9,647

Team	CONF	OVR
Tennessee Tech	0-0	2-0
Eastern Illinois	0-0	1-1
Gardner-Webb	0-0	1-1
Southeast Missouri State	0-0	1-1
Tennessee State	0-0	1-1
Charleston Southern	0-0	0-2
Lindenwood	0-0	0-2
UT Martin	0-0	0-2
Western Illinois	0-0	0-2

Team	CONF	OVR
Illinois	0-0	2-0
Indiana	0-0	2-0
Maryland	0-0	2-0
Michigan State	0-0	2-0
Minnesota	0-0	2-0
Nebraska	0-0	2-0
Ohio State	0-0	2-0
Oregon	0-0	2-0
Penn State	0-0	2-0
Purdue	0-0	2-0
Rutgers	0-0	2-0
USC	0-0	2-0
Washington	0-0	2-0
Wisconsin	0-0	2-0
Iowa	0-0	1-1
Michigan	0-0	1-1
Northwestern	0-0	1-1
UCLA	0-0	0-2

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Western Illinois Leathernecks @ Northwestern Wildcats