The Wildcats struggled to get much going in Week 1. Three things that went well in their 17-7 loss to the Cardinal, and a lot more that didn’t:
The sixth-year senior punter was pretty much the only individual bright spot for Northwestern in this one. Kubiuk’s first punt of the game was a beautiful 54-yarder that fully switched the field, and he followed that up by dropping his second bomb of the day inside the 10-yard line in the corner of the red zone. His third attempt looked a bit less pretty, but still traveled 44 yards and trapped Stanford inside their own 20, and were it not for an illegal formation penalty on his final kick, he would have gone 4-4 in that regard.