2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2011 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Legends Division
#11 Michigan State x   7 – 1         11 – 3  
#12 Michigan %   6 – 2         11 – 2  
#24 Nebraska   5 – 3         9 – 4  
Iowa   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Northwestern   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Minnesota   2 – 6         3 – 9  
Leaders Division
#10 Wisconsin xy$   6 – 2         11 – 3  
Penn State x   6 – 2         9 – 4  
Purdue   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Ohio State   3 – 5         6 – 7  
Illinois   2 – 6         7 – 6  
Indiana   0 – 8         1 – 11  
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 10, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his sixth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They are members of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 3–4 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the Legends Division. They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they were defeated by Texas A&M 22–33.

Previous season

In 2010 the Wildcats had a 7–6 record, ending the season with a 45–38 loss to Texas Tech in the 2011 TicketCity Bowl.

Preseason

Conference divisions

Starting in 2011, the Big Ten Conference created two divisions, "Legends" and "Leaders," following the University of Nebraska's membership into the conference. Northwestern was placed in the "Legends" division, with the University of Iowa, the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, the University of Minnesota and the University of Nebraska joining them.[1]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:[2]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 11:00 AM at Boston College* Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ESPNU W 24–17   37,561[3]
September 10 2:30 PM Eastern Illinois* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN W 42–21   28,042[4]
September 17 2:30 PM at Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, NY CBSSN L 14–21   35,784[5]
October 1 11:00 AM at #22 Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Land of Lincoln Trophy) ESPN2 L 35–38   53,243[6]
October 8 6:00 PM #11 Michigan Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN L 24–42   47,330[7]
October 15 6:00 PM at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA BTN L 31–41   70,585[8]
October 22 6:00 PM #22 Penn Statedagger Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN L 24–34   40,004[9]
October 29 11:00 AM at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN BTN W 59–38   39,239[10]
November 5 2:30 PM at #9 Nebraska Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE BTN W 28–25   85,115[11]
November 12 11:00 AM Rice* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN W 28–6   26,886[12]
November 19 11:00 AM Minnesota Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN W 28–13   26,215[13]
November 26 11:00 AM #10 Michigan State Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN L 17–31   32,172[14]
December 31 11:00 AM Texas A&M* Reliant Stadium • Houston, TX (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas) ESPN L 22–33   68,395[15]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Regular season

Boston College

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See also: 2011 Boston College Eagles football team
1 2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern 3 7 7 7 24
Boston College 3 7 0 7 17

[16]

Overall Record Last Meeting Result[17]
2–1 1993 NU, 22–21

Eastern Illinois

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See also: 2011 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Eastern Illinois 0 7 7 7 21
• Northwestern 14 14 7 7 42
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[18]
0–0 First Meeting

Army

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See also: 2011 Army Black Knights football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Northwestern 0 7 0 7 14
• Army 7 0 7 7 21
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[19]
3–1 1988 Army, 23–7

Illinois

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See also: 2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team and Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry
1 2 3 4 Total
Northwestern 0 14 14 7 35
• Illinois 7 3 7 21 38
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[20]
46–53–5 2010 Ill, 48–27

Michigan

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See also: 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team
1 2 3 4 Total
• Michigan 7 7 14 14 42
Northwestern 14 10 0 0 24
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[21]
15–52–2 2008 NU, 21–14

Iowa

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See also: 2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Northwestern 0 7 10 14 31
• Iowa 10 7 0 24 41
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[22]
23–46–3 2010 NU, 21–17

Penn State

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See also: 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
1 2 3 4 Total
• Penn State 14 13 7 0 34
Northwestern 14 10 0 0 24
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[23]
3–11 2010 PSU, 35–21

Indiana

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See also: 2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern 17 21 14 7 59
Indiana 7 14 10 7 38
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[24]
44–34–1 2010 NU, 20–17

Nebraska

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See also: 2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern 7 0 7 14 28
Nebraska 0 3 7 15 25

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Overall Record Last Meeting Result[26]
2–3 2000 UNL, 66–17

Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Rice 0 0 0 6 6
• Northwestern 7 14 0 7 28

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See also: 2011 Rice Owls football team
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[27]
3–4 2010 NU, 30–13

Minnesota

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See also: 2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Minnesota 7 3 0 3 13
• Northwestern 21 0 0 7 28
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[28]
31–50–5 2010 NU, 29–28

Michigan State

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See also: 2011 Michigan State Spartans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
• Michigan State 3 14 7 7 31
Northwestern 0 3 7 7 17
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[29]
16–35 2010 MSU, 35–27

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas

Texas A&M

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See also: 2011 Texas A&M Aggies football team and 2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
• Texas A&M 3 17 10 3 33
Northwestern 0 7 0 15 22
Overall Record Last Meeting Result[18]
0–0 First Meeting

Rankings

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See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football 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 Final 
AP RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches' RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Harris Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Not released


Roster

2011 Northwestern Wildcats roster[30][31]

Quarterbacks

  • 2 Kain Colter – Sophomore
  • 7 Dan Persa (C) – Senior
  • 10 Zack Oliver – Freshman
  • 13 Trevor Siemian – Redshirt Freshman
  • 15 P.J. Carollo – Freshman
  • 18 Evan Watkins – Sophomore

Running Backs

  • 4 Adonis Smith – Sophomore
  • 21 Jordan Perkins – Freshman
  • 22 Treyvon Green – Freshman
  • 28 Tim Hanrahan – Redshirt Freshman
  • 29 Mike Trumpy – Sophomore
  • 34 Tyris Jones – Junior
  • 39 Jacob Schmidt – Senior

Wide Receivers

  • 5 Venric Mark – Sophomore
  • 6 Charles Brown – Senior
  • 8 Demetrius Fields – Junior
  • 11 Jeremy Ebert – Senior
  • 12 Tony Jones – Sophomore
  • 14 Christian Jones – Freshman
  • 17 Rashad Lawrence – Sophomore
  • 23 E.J. Webb – Freshman
  • 27 Cermak Bland – Freshman
  • 80 Mike Jensen – Sophomore
  • 81 Cameron Dickerson – Freshman
  • 84 Drew Moulton – Sophomore
  • 86 Brendan Barber – Junior
  • 88 Torin Dupper – Redshirt Freshman
  • 89 Pierre Youngblood-Ary – Freshman

Superbacks

  • 9 Drake Dunsmore – Senior
  • 40 Brett Nagel – Junior
  • 82 John Plasencia – Sophomore
  • 83 Jack Konopka – Freshman
  • 85 Mark Szott – Freshman
  

Offensive Line

  • 53 Geoff Mogus – Freshman
  • 57 Matt Frazier – Freshman
  • 61 Alex Pietrzak – Freshman
  • 62 Taylor Paxton – Sophomore
  • 64 Doug Bartels – Senior
  • 65 Ben Burkett – Senior
  • 66 Brandon Vitabile – Redshirt Freshman
  • 68 Hayden Baker – Redshirt Freshman
  • 70 Patrick Ward – Junior
  • 71 Shane Mertz – Freshman
  • 72 Brian Mulroe – Junior
  • 73 Colin Armstrong – Senior
  • 74 Chuck Porcelli – Junior
  • 75 Al Netter (C) – Senior
  • 76 Brian Smith – Sophomore
  • 78 Paul Jorgensen – Redshirt Freshman
  • 79 Neal Deiters – Junior

Defensive Line

  • 42 Kevin Watt – Senior
  • 55 Bo Cisek – Junior
  • 58 Max Chapman – Freshman
  • 60 Jake Gregus – Sophomore
  • 67 Sean McEvilly – Redshirt Freshman
  • 79 C.J. Robbins – Freshman
  • 88 Quentin Williams – Junior
  • 90 Jack DiNardo – Senior
  • 91 Brian Arnfelt – Junior
  • 92 Will Hampton – Sophomore
  • 93 Niko Mafuli – Senior
  • 94 Vince Browne – Senior
  • 95 Davon Custis – Sophomore
  • 96 Anthony Battle – Sophomore
  • 97 Tyler Scott – Sophomore
  • 98 Deonte Gibson – Freshman
  • 99 Chance Carter – Redshirt Freshman
  

Linebackers

  • 31 Stone Pinckney – Junior
  • 33 David Nwabuisi – Junior
  • 35 Ben Johnson – Senior
  • 41 Doug Diedrick – Freshman
  • 43 Tim Riley – Sophomore
  • 44 Chi Chi Ariguzo – Redshirt Freshman
  • 45 Collin Ellis – Redshirt Freshman
  • 46 Damien Proby – Sophomore
  • 48 Roderick Goodlow – Junior
  • 50 Timmy Vernon – Sophomore
  • 51 Bryce McNaul – Senior
  • 54 Drew Smith – Freshman
  • 56 Will Studlien – Sophomore

Defensive Backs

  • 15 Daniel Jones – Redshirt Freshman
  • 16 Davion Fleming – Sophomore
  • 18 Matt Carpenter – Freshman
  • 19 Jimmy Hall – Redshirt Freshman
  • 20 Austin Kassner – Freshman
  • 23 Nick VanHoose – Freshman
  • 24 Ibraheim Campbell – Redshirt Freshman
  • 25 Jarrell Williams – Freshman
  • 36 Mike Eshun – Redshirt Freshman
  • 39 Joe Cannon – Redshirt Freshman

Cornerbacks

  • 3 Jeravin Matthews – Senior
  • 13 C.J. Bryant – Redshirt Freshman
  • 20 Tim Weak – Junior
  • 21 Mike Bolden – Senior
  • 22 Demetrius Dugar – Junior
  • 26 Jordan Mabin (C) – Senior
  • 47 Ricky Weina – Senior

Safeties

  • 7 Hunter Bates – Junior
  • 10 Brian Peters (C) – Senior
  • 27 Jared Carpenter – Junior
  • 32 David Arnold – Senior
  

Punters

  • 31 Chris Gradone – Freshman
  • 49 Brandon Williams – Sophomore

Kickers

  • 34 Steve Flaherty – Junior
  • 37 Jeff Budzien – Sophomore
  • 38 Arthur Omilian – Freshman

Long Snappers

  • 59 Pat Hickey – Sophomore
Head coach
  • Pat Fitzgerald
Coordinators/Assistant coaches
  • Randy Bates – Linebackers Coach
  • Jerry Brown – Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs Coach
  • Adam Cushing – Offensive Line Coach
  • Mike Hankwitz – Defensive Coordinator
  • Bob Heffner – Superbacks Coach
  • Marty Long – Defensive Line Coach
  • Matt MacPherson – Running Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
  • Mick McCall – Offensive Coordinator/QB's Coach
  • Dennis Springer – Wide Receivers Coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

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