Big Ten
The 2020 season's largest margin: Northwestern 43, Maryland 3. A 40-point win — the year's high-water mark.
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2020 — The 2020 Season
Northwestern's 2020 season (7-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
Won the Citrus Bowl
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
Who carried it
- Peyton RamseyQB1,742 passing yards
- Cam PorterRB332 rushing yards
- Drake AndersonRB256 rushing yards
- Isaiah BowserRB230 rushing yards
- Ramaud Chiaokhiao-BowmanWR520 receiving yards
- Kyric McGowanWR366 receiving yards
- John RaineTE233 receiving yards
- Paddy FisherLB86 tackles
- Blake GallagherLB84 tackles
- Chris BerginLB78 tackles
- Eku LeotaLB4 sacks
- Adetomiwa AdebaworeDL2 sacks
- Cameron RuizCB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Northwestern 10, Ohio State 22. A 12-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Northwestern beat Auburn 35-19 in the postseason.
"Go Cats"
2020 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.