2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2010 Northwestern Wildcats File:Northwestern wildcats CMKY 80 100 0 0.svg 150px Big Ten Conference 7–6 3–5 Pat Fitzgerald 5th Mick McCall 3rd Mike Hankwitz 3rd Dan Persa Al Netter Quentin Davie Corbin Bryant Spread Multiple 4–3 Ryan Field TicketCity Bowl L 38–45 vs. Texas Tech The 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his fifth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. The annual rivalry game against the University of Illinois was played at Wrigley Field on November 20. The Wildcats finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in Big Ten play and was invited to the inaugural TicketCity Bowl where they were defeated by Texas Tech 38–45. Schedule 2010 AP Central September 4 6:30 pm w y y Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN CSNC 23–21 37,210https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302470238 Northwestern Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores Box Score ESPN September 4, 2010 September 5, 2010 September 11 11:00 am w y Illinois State Ryan Field Evanston, IL BTN 37–3 25,471https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302540077 Northwestern Wildcats vs Illinois State Redbirds Box Score ESPN September 11, 2010 September 12, 2010 September 18 6:00 pm w y y Rice Rice Stadium Houston, TX 30–13 15,562https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302610242 Northwestern Wildcats vs Rice Owls Box Score ESPN September 18, 2010 September 19, 2010 September 25 11:00 am w y Central Michigan Ryan Field Evanston, IL BTN 30–25 30,075https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302680077 Northwestern Wildcats vs Central Michigan Chippewas Box Score ESPN September 25, 2010 September 26, 2010 October 2 11:00 am w y Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN ESPN 29–28 49,228https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302750135 Northwestern Wildcats at Minnesota Golden Gophers Box Score ESPN October 2, 2010 October 3, 2010 October 9 6:30 pm l Purdue Ryan Field Evanston, IL BTN 17–20 33,847https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302820077 Northwestern Wildcats vs Purdue Boilermakers Box Score ESPN October 9, 2010 October 10, 2010 October 23 11:00 am l y Michigan State 8 Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN 27–35 41,115https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302960077 Michigan State Spartans vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score ESPN October 23, 2010 October 24, 2010 October 30 11:00 am w y Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN BTN 20–17 37,818https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303030084 Northwestern Wildcats at Indiana Hoosiers Box Score ESPN October 30, 2010 October 31, 2010 November 6 2:30 pm l y Penn State Beaver Stadium University Park, PA ABC/ESPN2 21–35 104,147https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303100213 Northwestern Wildcats at Penn State Nittany Lions Box Score ESPN November 6, 2010 November 7, 2010 November 13 11:00 am w Iowa 13 Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN 21–17 47,130https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303170077 Northwestern Wildcats vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score ESPN November 13, 2010 November 14, 2010 November 20 2:30 pm l y Illinois Land of Lincoln Trophy) (College GameDay Wrigley Field Chicago, IL ESPNU 27–48 41,058https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303240077 Northwestern Wildcats vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score ESPN November 20, 2010 November 21, 2010 November 27 2:30 pm l y Wisconsin 5 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI ABC/ESPN 23–70 80,011https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303310275 Northwestern Wildcats at Wisconsin Badgers Box Score ESPN November 27, 2010 November 28, 2010 January 1 11:00 am l y y Texas Tech TicketCity Bowl Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX ESPNU 38–45 40,121https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=310012641 Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score ESPN January 1, 2011 January 1, 2011 Rankings 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 6 7 NR RV NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR RV RV NR RV RV RV NR NR NR RV NR RV 25 RV NR NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Game summaries Vanderbilt 2010 Vanderbilt Commodores football team Wildcats 10 0 7 6 Commodores 0 9 6 6 Illinois State 2010 Illinois State Redbirds football team Redbirds 3 0 0 0 Wildcats 14 16 0 7 Rice 2010 Rice Owls football team Wildcats 3 10 14 3 Owls 0 3 3 7 Central Michigan 2010 Central Michigan Chippewas football team Chippewas 6 7 0 12 Wildcats 6 7 10 7 Minnesota 2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team Wildcats 14 0 6 9 Golden Gophers 7 14 0 7 Purdue 2010 Purdue Boilermakers football team Boilermakers 0 10 3 7 #25 Wildcats 7 3 7 0 Michigan State 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team #8 Spartans 0 7 7 21 Wildcats 7 10 7 3 Indiana 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team Wildcats 0 10 7 3 Hoosiers 3 7 0 7 Penn State 2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team Wildcats 7 14 0 0 Nittany Lions 0 7 21 7 Iowa Hawkeyes 0 3 14 0 Wildcats 7 0 0 14 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team Northwestern won a thriller by scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats led in the first two periods, but the Hawkeyes scored twice to take the lead in the third quarter. Illinois 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry Fighting Illini 21 6 7 14 #25 Wildcats 14 10 0 3 The Wildcats, one week after upsetting a ranked Iowa team, fell flat in Wrigley Field, losing 48-27 to the Fighting Illini. Illinois RB Mikel LeShoure ran wild on Northwestern's defense for 330 yards on 33 carries (for an average of 10.0 yards per carry), with a pair of touchdowns. The loss snapped a two game Northwestern winning streak over Illinois and sealed a bowl berth for Illinois, regardless of the outcome of their season finale against Fresno State next week. Northwestern falls to 3-4 in Big Ten play and 7-4 overall. The Wildcats face the 10-1 Wisconsin Badgers next week in Camp Randall Stadium, where they have not won since the 2000 season. Wisconsin 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team Wildcats 3 14 6 0 #5 Badgers 14 35 21 0 Texas Tech–TicketCity Bowl 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team 2011 TicketCity Bowl Wildcats 0 6 18 14 Red Raiders 10 14 14 7 Personnel Roster 2010 Northwestern Wildcats roster2010 Northwestern Football Roster http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/nw-m-footbl-mtt.html Northwestern University Department of Athletics December 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20110903212802/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/nw-m-footbl-mtt.html September 3, 2011 dead mdy-allNorthwestern Announces Team Captains for 2010 Season http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082710aac.html Northwestern University Department of Athletics August 27, 2010 August 28, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100831162541/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082710aac.html August 31, 2010 dead mdy-allQuarterbacks 7 Dan Persa (C) – Junior 13 Trevor Siemian – Freshman 14 Kain Colter – Freshman 18 Evan Watkins – 10px|Redshirt Freshman Running backs 4 Adonis Smith – Freshman 19 Arby Fields – Sophomore 20 Scott Concannon – Junior 25 Stephen Simmons – Senior 28 Tim Hanrahan – Freshman 29 Mike Trumpy – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 34 Tyris Jones – Sophomore 39 Jacob Schmidt – Junior Wide receivers 2 Lee Coleman – Senior 5 Sidney Stewart – Senior 6 Charles Brown – Junior 8 Demetrius Fields – Sophomore 11 Jeremy Ebert – Junior 12 Tony Jones – Freshman 17 Rashad Lawrence – Freshman 80 Mike Jensen – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 81 Jimmy Hall – Freshman 83 Jaleel Reed – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 84 Drew Moulton – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 85 Venric Mark – Freshman 86 Brendan Barber – Sophomore 88 Torin Dupper – Freshman Superbacks 9 Drake Dunsmore – Junior 40 Brett Nagel – Sophomore 45 Aaron Nagel - Junior 47 Christian Flores – Freshman 82 John Plasencia – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 89 Josh Rooks – Senior Offensive line 52 Evan Luxenburg – Sophomore 62 Taylor Paxton – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 63 Keegan Grant – Senior 64 Doug Bartels – Junior 65 Ben Burkett – Junior 66 Brandon Vitabile – Freshman 68 Hayden Baker – Freshman 70 Patrick Ward – Sophomore 72 Brian Mulroe – Sophomore 73 Colin Armstrong – Junior 74 Chuck Porcelli – Sophomore 75 Al Netter (C) – Junior 76 Brian Smith – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 78 Paul Jorgensen – Freshman 79 Neal Deiters – Sophomore Defensive line 42 Kevin Watt – Junior 55 Bo Cisek – Sophomore 60 Jake Gregus – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 61 Andrew Struckmeyer – Junior 67 Sean McEvilly – Freshman 88 Quentin Williams – Sophomore 90 Jack DiNardo – Junior 91 Brian Arnfelt – Sophomore 92 Will Hampton – Freshman 93 Niko Mafuli – Junior 94 Vince Browne – Junior 95 Davon Custis – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 96 Anthony Battle – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 97 Tyler Scott – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 98 Corbin Bryant (C) – Senior 99 Chance Carter – Freshman Linebackers 31 Stone Pinckney – Sophomore 33 David Nwabuisi – Sophomore 35 Ben Johnson – Junior 41 Quentin Davie (C) – Senior 43 Tim Riley – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 44 Nate Williams – Senior 46 Damien Proby – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 48 Roderick Goodlow – Sophomore 50 Timmy Vernon – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 51 Bryce McNaul – Junior 53 Chi Chi Ariguzo – Freshman 54 Collin Ellis – Freshman 56 Will Studlien – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 57 Luke Reppe – Freshman Defensive backs 15 Daniel Jones – Freshman 24 Ibraheim Campbell – Freshman 36 Mike Eshun – Freshman 39 Joe Cannon – Freshman Cornerbacks 3 Jeravin Matthews – Junior 13 C.J. Bryant – Freshman 20 Tim Weak – Sophomore 21 Mike Bolden – Junior 22 Demetrius Dugar – Sophomore 26 Jordan Mabin – Junior 28 Justan Vaughn – Senior 38 James Kurzawski – Sophomore 47 Ricky Weina – Junior Safeties 7 Hunter Bates – Sophomore 10 Brian Peters – Junior 16 Davion Fleming – 10px|Redshirt Freshman 27 Jared Carpenter – Sophomore 32 David Arnold – Junior 49 Scott Lilja – Senior Punters 1 Stefan Demos – Senior 49 Brandon Williams – 10px|Redshirt Freshman Kickers 1 Stefan Demos – Senior 34 Steve Flaherty – Sophomore 37 Jeff Budzien – 10px|Redshirt Freshman Long snappers 58 John Henry Pace – Senior 59 Pat Hickey – 10px|Redshirt Freshman Head coach Pat Fitzgerald Coordinators/assistant coaches Randy Bates – Linebackers coach Jerry brown – Assistant head coach/defensive backs coach Adam Cushing – Offensive line coach/recruiting coach Mike Hankwitz – Defensive coordinator/safeties coach Bob heffner – Superbacks coach Kevin johns – Wide receivers coach/passing game coach Marty long – Defensive line coach Matt macpherson – Running backs coach Mick mccall – Offensive coordinator/QB's coach Legend (C) Team captain 8px|Redshirt Redshirt Depth chart Spread 4-3 Yes No Dan Persa Evan Watkins Kain Colter Adonis Smith Stephen Simmons Mike Trumpy Sidney Stewart Rashad Lawrence Z-Receiver Demetrius Fields Tony Jones X-Receiver Jeremy Ebert Charles Brown Y-Receiver Drake Dunsmore Josh Rooks Superback Al Netter Chuck Porcelli Brian Mulroe Doug Bartels Ben Burkett Colin Armstrong Keegan Grant Brian Smith Patrick Ward Neal Deiters Bryce McNaul Damien Proby Nate Williams David Nwabuisi Quentin Davie Tim Riley Brian Peters Hunter Bates Jared Carpenter David Arnold Jordan Mabin Demetrius Dugar Justan Vaughn Mike Bolden Vince Browne Tyler Scott Jack DiNardo Brian Arnfelt Corbin Bryant Niko Mafuli Kevin Watt Quentin Williams Stefan Demos Jeff Budzien Brandon Williams Stefan Demos Venric Mark Venric Mark John Henry Pace Brandon Williams No 2011 TicketCity Bowl Guide http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011ticketcitybowlguide.pdf Northwestern University Department of Athletics December 28, 2010 November 12, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112150658/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011ticketcitybowlguide.pdf dead References Northwestern Category:Northwestern Wildcats football seasons Northwestern Wildcats football