Penn State vs Northwestern squares: the winning numbers
Penn State Nittany Lions 13, Northwestern Wildcats 34. The winning square at the end of each quarter is below, Northwestern across the top and Penn State down the side.
Winning squares
Read as Northwestern digit first, then Penn State, the way the grid below is laid out.
How each team's scores end
The last digit of each team's own final score, from its recent seasons. A team that kicks a lot of field goals shows up here long before it shows up in the league-wide grid.
Northwestern Wildcats
Final score ended in 3 in 22% of 60 games (2021-2025), then 7 (22%).
Penn State Nittany Lions
Final score ended in 4 in 18% of 61 games (2021-2025), then 7 (15%).
How often each square has won
Final scores from every completed College Football game in the data, laid out the way this grid is: Northwestern across the top, Penn State down the side.
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| 4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| 5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| 6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| 8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| 9 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
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