Another week, another record for Clayton Thorson. On Saturday, NU’s signal-caller became the fifth QB in Big Ten history to surpass 10,000 career passing yards. He also tied the record for most career starts by a Big Ten quarterback. With three games remaining in his career, Thorson needs 468 yards to overtake Brett Basanez as NU’s all-time passing leader.
More proximately, Thorson had an excellent game on Saturday as Northwestern moved to 7-4. We’re here to break it down yet again.
Here’s the play-by-play breakdown, and here’s the data:
Clayton Thorson at Minnesota
| RANGE | COMPLETIONS | ATTEMPTS | YARDS | YDS/ATTEMPT | YDS/COMPLETION | TDS | INTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANGE | COMPLETIONS | ATTEMPTS | YARDS | YDS/ATTEMPT | YDS/COMPLETION | TDS | INTS |
| 40+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30-39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20-29 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 30 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 10-19 | 5 | 5 | 80 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 0-9 | 8 | 12 | 61 | 5. |