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Weather-driven scoring, style, and upset shifts.

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Team games analyzed
140
Neutral avg points
45.0
Adverse avg points
45.8
Weather delta
0.7

Team vs FBS by Temperature

Compares this team's scoring at each temperature range against the broader FBS baseline.

Pass/Rush Shift in Weather Conditions

Shows how the offense leans toward the pass or run as conditions get wetter or windier.

Upset Profile by Scenario

Estimates how often this team gets tagged with an upset in each weather scenario sample.

Adverse Weather Outliers

Calls out the strongest and weakest game outputs relative to the team's neutral-weather baseline.

Best adverse-weather performance

2016 vs Michigan State: 49.0 points vs neutral baseline

Toughest adverse-weather performance

2015 vs Wisconsin: -25.0 points vs neutral baseline

Game-Level Adverse Weather Deltas

Lists each adverse-weather game with sortable scoring deltas and the underlying conditions.

OpponentTempWindPrecipUpset
20167Windy94.049.0Michigan State66.9F15.0 mph0.0 inYes
202313Cold88.043.0Illinois39.0F7.0 mph0.0 inYes
201412Cold83.038.0Notre Dame28.9F7.0 mph0.0 inYes
201414Windy80.035.0Illinois45.0F17.2 mph0.0 inYes
20132Wet75.030.0Syracuse80.1F9.2 mph0.0 inNo
20179Cold70.025.0Michigan State41.0F11.4 mph0.0 inYes
202414Cold66.021.0Illinois22.1F12.7 mph0.0 inNo
201613Cold63.018.0Illinois43.0F9.2 mph0.0 inNo
202113Wet61.016.0Illinois44.6F10.6 mph0.0 inNo
201913Cold60.015.0Minnesota34.2F9.8 mph0.0 inNo
20211Wet59.014.0Michigan State71.8F6.8 mph0.0 inYes
20158Windy58.013.0Nebraska54.1F16.1 mph0.0 inYes
202413Cold56.011.0Michigan44.1F10.3 mph0.0 inNo
201410Cold55.010.0Iowa35.1F7.0 mph0.0 inNo
20141Windy55.010.0California82.9F17.2 mph0.0 inYes
201912Cold51.06.0Massachusetts37.4F8.7 mph0.0 inNo
20157Cold50.05.0Iowa44.1F9.2 mph0.0 inNo
201713Windy49.04.0Illinois55.9F18.3 mph0.0 inNo
20186Wet48.03.0Michigan State67.1F7.5 mph0.0 inYes
20208Cold46.01.0Maryland41.5F7.5 mph0.0 inNo
201911Cold46.01.0Purdue39.9F13.2 mph0.0 in
201510Windy44.0-1.0Penn State51.1F15.0 mph0.0 inNo
202111Cold42.0-3.0Wisconsin37.6F14.9 mph0.0 inNo
20209Windy41.0-4.0Iowa63.1F23.2 mph0.0 inNo
20194Wet41.0-4.0Michigan State75.7F17.3 mph0.0 inNo
201612Cold41.0-4.0Minnesota28.9F13.9 mph0.0 inNo
201813Cold40.0-5.0Illinois44.2F13.1 mph0.0 inNo
201914Wet39.0-6.0Illinois39.0F20.8 mph0.1 inYes
201712Wet39.0-6.0Minnesota37.9F11.4 mph0.1 inNo
202412Windy38.0-7.0Ohio State54.1F15.0 mph0.0 inNo
202015Wet38.0-7.0Illinois38.3F15.6 mph0.0 inNo
201812Cold38.0-7.0Minnesota24.4F8.9 mph0.0 inYes
20176Windy38.0-7.0Penn State77.0F20.8 mph0.0 inNo
201513Windy38.0-7.0Illinois39.0F15.0 mph0.0 inNo
201711Cold36.0-9.0Purdue37.0F8.1 mph0.0 inNo
201313Windy36.0-9.0Michigan State23.0F16.1 mph0.0 inNo
202311Cold34.0-11.0Wisconsin43.9F7.1 mph0.0 inYes
202211Cold34.0-11.0Minnesota28.2F11.4 mph0.0 inNo
20146Wet34.0-11.0Wisconsin45.0F13.9 mph0.0 inYes
202514Windy33.0-12.0Illinois33.8F26.7 mph0.0 inNo
202210Windy28.0-17.0Ohio State65.1F31.1 mph0.0 inNo
20182Windy28.0-17.0Duke67.6F16.2 mph0.0 inYes
20155Windy27.0-18.0Minnesota52.0F19.7 mph0.0 inNo
20139Windy27.0-18.0Iowa46.9F20.8 mph0.0 inNo
202212Windy26.0-19.0Purdue30.0F16.2 mph0.0 inNo
20225Wet24.0-21.0Penn State52.2F5.8 mph0.0 inNo
202012Cold24.0-21.0Wisconsin44.2F5.8 mph0.0 inYes
201811Cold24.0-21.0Iowa25.9F9.5 mph0.0 inYes
20196Windy23.0-22.0Nebraska66.9F18.3 mph0.0 inNo
201512Cold20.0-25.0Wisconsin28.0F11.4 mph0.0 inYes

Quick Answers

Northwestern weather quick answers

Seasons

2,013-2,025

Weather delta

0.75

Games in scope
140
Neutral avg points
45.01
Adverse avg points
45.76
Top outlier
Windy (48.99)