Team Season · Big Ten
NORTHWESTERN · 2023
7–5 regular season · 8–5 overallSRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl · W
BOOMBLÄT Season Score
62BLIP
13 scored games · bowl-weighted · percentile-normalised vs all FBS team-seasons · schedule strength does not touch this number
The Season in Numbers
2023 · Game Scores by Week
Season peaked at 86 (BANG) in the Week 2 38–7 win over UTEP and bottomed at 25 (BLÄT) in the Week 5 13–41 loss to Penn State. 7 sub-55 games across 13 scored.
Week by Week
Week 1Lat Rutgers Scarlet Knights7–2428BLÄTWeek 2Wvs UTEP Miners38–786BANGWeek 3Lat Duke Blue Devils14–3829BLÄTWeek 4Wvs Minnesota Golden Gophers · OT37–3449BLÄTWeek 5Lvs Penn State Nittany Lions13–4125BLÄTWeek 6Wvs HowardFCS23–2050BLÄT
Week 7Bye week
Week 8Lat Nebraska Cornhuskers9–1732BLÄTWeek 9Wvs Maryland Terrapins33–2765BLIPWeek 10Lvs Iowa Hawkeyes · neutral7–1042BLÄTWeek 11Wat Wisconsin Badgers24–1062BLIPWeek 12Wvs Purdue Boilermakers23–1571BLIPWeek 13Wat Illinois Fighting Illini45–4363BLIPSRS Distribution Las Vegas BowlWvs Utah Utes · neutral14–771BLIPPostseason
Big Ten TitleDid not qualifyDid not reach the Big Ten Championship Game
SRS Distribution Las Vegas BowlBeat Utah 14–7Dec 23, 2023 · Allegiant Stadium · 1.1× bowl weighting
Key Stats · 2023
PPG
22.1
Opp PPG
22.5
Avg Total Yards
304
Turnover Diff
+13
Sacks
27
Best Game
86
About This Season
The 2023 Northwestern Wildcats went 7–5 in the regular season and won the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl to close at 8–5. BOOMBLÄT scored every game from the box score — a 62 BLIP season, ranked against every scored FBS team-season. The schedule rated .499 — a × 0.99 weight toward the all-time score, never toward this season's number.