Running back, Northwestern, 2006–10
Stephen Simmons
- Number
- No. 25
- Height
- 5′8″
- Hometown
- St. Louis, MO
Stephen Simmons played running back at Northwestern (2006–10).
Career highs
2rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Eastern Michigan, 2009Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Northwestern | 4 | −3 | −0.8 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008* | Northwestern | 62 | 178 | 2.9 | 2 | 21 |
| 2009 | Northwestern | 59 | 233 | 3.9 | 2 | 18 |
| 2010 | Northwestern | 41 | 154 | 3.8 | 0 | 12 |
| Career | 166 | 562 | 3.4 | 4 | 21 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Northwestern | 26 | 657 | 0 |
| 2010 | Northwestern | 23 | 508 | 0 |
| Career | 49 | 1,165 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| On file | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Northwestern | 25 | RB | |
| 2008 | Northwestern | 25 | RB | |
| 2009 | Northwestern | 25 | RB | |
| 2010 | Northwestern | 25 | RB | 5′8″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2010 Northwestern 10 games, 154 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | at Vanderbilt | W 23–21 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 53 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Illinois State | W 37–3 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Sep 18 | at Rice | W 30–13 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 43 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Central Michigan | W 30–25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 71 |
| Oct 2 | at Minnesota | W 29–28 | – | – | – | 2 | 47 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Purdue | L 17–20 | – | – | – | 4 | 94 |
| Nov 6 | at Penn State | L 21–35 | – | – | – | 2 | 34 |
| Nov 20 | vs. Illinois | L 27–48 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 86 |
| Nov 27 | at Wisconsin | L 23–70 | 12 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Texas Tech | L 38–45 | 9 | 31 | 0 | – | – |
2009 Northwestern 9 games, 233 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Towson | W 47–14 | 18 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 82 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 27–24 | 13 | 73 | 2 | 5 | 108 |
| Oct 10 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 16–6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 17 | at Michigan State | L 14–24 | 5 | 23 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 31 | vs.Penn State | L 13–34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 121 |
| Nov 7 | at Iowa | W 17–10 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 46 |
| Nov 14 | atIllinois | W 21–16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Nov 21 | vs.Wisconsin | W 33–31 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 155 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Auburn | L 35–38 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 116 |
2008 Northwestern 5 games, 178 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Syracuse | W 30–10 | 3 | 17 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 18 | vs.Purdue | W 48–26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. Ohio State | L 10–45 | 14 | 34 | 0 | – | – |
| Nov 15 | at Michigan | W 21–14 | 22 | 56 | 1 | – | – |
| Nov 22 | vs.Illinois | W 27–10 | 22 | 69 | 1 | – | – |
2007 Northwestern 2 games, −3 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | atOhio State | L 7–58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Oct 19 | atEastern Michigan | W 26–14 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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