2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2015 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
West Division
2015 record 0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Pat Fitzgerald
Offensive coordinator Mick McCall
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz
Base defense Multiple 4–3
Home stadium Ryan Field
(Capacity: 47,130)
2015 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
Indiana   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Maryland   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Ohio State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Penn State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Rutgers   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Western Division
Illinois   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Iowa   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Minnesota   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Nebraska   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Northwestern   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Purdue   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Wisconsin   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Championship: December 5, 2015
† – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team will represent Northwestern University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, who will be in his tenth season at Northwestern, as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games are played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They are members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team finished the regular season 5-7, with a highlight wins against #18 Notre Dame and #17 Wisconsin. After the team's seventh lost to Conference foe in–rival Illinois Fighting Illini, the Wildcats did not become bowl eligible.

Schedule

Northwestern announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats will host Big Ten foes Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue and will travel to Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.[1]

The Wildcats will host three of their four non conference games against Ball State, Eastern Illinois and Stanford. Northwestern will travel to Durham, North Carolina to face Duke of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 19.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 Stanford* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
September 12 Eastern Illinois* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
September 19 at Duke* Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC      
September 26 Ball State* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
October 3 Minnesota Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
October 10 at Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI      
October 17 Iowa Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
October 24 at Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE      
November 7 Penn State Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
November 14 Purdue Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
November 21 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI      
November 28 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Rivalry)      
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time Zone.
Schedule Source:[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP  
Coaches'  
CFP Not released Not released

References

  1. ↑ "B1G Releases 2015 Big Ten Football Schedule" (Press release). Northwestern Athletics. June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 17, 2015.