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2015 week 1 · Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 11:00 AM CT · Ryan Field · 📺 ESPN · 36,024 att · 77°F, wind 11.4

Drive chart

Stanford Northwestern bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
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Q1
FG
12 pl · 64 yd · 6:27
3–0
PUNT
3 pl · 5 yd · 1:23
3–0
PUNT
3 pl · 18 yd · 2:29
3–0
FG
13 pl · 69 yd · 3:49
3–3
PUNT
3 pl · -2 yd · 1:35
3–3
Q2
PUNT
3 pl · -2 yd · 1:09
3–3
PUNT
6 pl · 7 yd · 3:08
3–3
TD
10 pl · 80 yd · 3:42
3–10
FUMBLE
2 pl · 10 yd · 0:43
3–10
MISSED FG
8 pl · 7 yd · 3:00
3–10
PUNT
3 pl · 5 yd · 1:04
3–10
END OF HALF
5 pl · 19 yd · 1:31
3–10
Q3
PUNT
4 pl · 4 yd · 1:14
3–10
PUNT
4 pl · 32 yd · 1:17
3–10
PUNT
6 pl · 18 yd · 2:45
3–10
PUNT
5 pl · 7 yd · 2:00
3–10
PUNT
7 pl · 23 yd · 3:16
3–10
PUNT
3 pl · 4 yd · 1:46
3–10
FG
13 pl · 61 yd · 5:21
3–13
Q4
FG
13 pl · 55 yd · 4:55
6–13
FG
9 pl · 43 yd · 3:48
6–16
INT
10 pl · 67 yd · 2:41
6–16
END OF GAME
2 pl · -2 yd · 0:57
6–16
23 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

0takeaways2
2three-and-outs forced4
4 of 12scoring drives allowed2 of 11
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

2 of 2field goals3 of 4
7punts5
46.0punt average38.8
0punts inside the 200
82return yards26
own 29average drive startown 22
Stanford
K Conrad Ukropina 2/2 FG · long 37
P Alex Robinson 7 punts · 46.0 avg
KR Christian McCaffrey 4 ret · 90 yds · long 28
PR Christian McCaffrey 1 ret · -8 yds
PR Barry Sanders 1 ret · 0 yds
Northwestern
K Jack Mitchell 3/4 FG · long 49 · 1/1 XP
P Hunter Niswander 5 punts · 38.8 avg
KR Solomon Vault 1 ret · 19 yds · long 19
PR Miles Shuler 1 ret · 7 yds · long 7
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2019 Northwestern 7 – 17 Stanford
1994 Northwestern 41 – 41 Stanford
1992 Northwestern 24 – 35 Stanford
1958 Stanford 0 – 28 Northwestern
1957 Northwestern 6 – 26 Stanford
1934 Northwestern 0 – 20 Stanford
1933 Northwestern 0 – 0 Stanford
Last 7 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal