2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season February 2026 January 2019 2015 Northwestern Wildcats football Northwestern Wildcats logo.svg 125px Big Ten Conference West Division Big Ten 22 23 10–3 6–2 Pat Fitzgerald 10th Mick McCall 8th Mike Hankwitz 8th Spread Multiple 4–3 Ryan Field Outback Bowl L 6–45 vs. Tennessee thumb|right|alt=Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was Pat Fitzgerald's tenth season as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Outback Bowl where they were defeated by Tennessee 45–6. Schedule Northwestern announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats hosted Big Ten foes Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue and travelled to Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060313aac.html B1G Releases 2015 Big Ten Football Schedule Northwestern University Department of Athletics June 3, 2013 January 17, 2015 https://archive.today/20150119013526/http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060313aac.html January 19, 2015 dead The Wildcats hosted three of their four non conference games against Ball State, Eastern Illinois and Stanford. Northwestern traveled to Durham, North Carolina to face Duke of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 19. 2015 AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 3 released prior to game Central September 5 11:00 a.m. w y Stanford 21 Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPN 16–6 36,024 September 12 3:00 p.m. w y Eastern Illinois Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPNews 41–0 29,131 September 19 11:30 a.m. w y y 23 Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC ACCN 19–10 24,127 September 26 7:00 p.m. w y 17 Ball State Ryan Field Evanston, IL BTN 24–19 30,107 October 3 11:00 a.m. w 16 Minnesota Ryan Field Evanston, IL BTN 27–0 30,044 October 10 2:30 p.m. l y 13 Michigan 18 rivalry Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI BTN 0–38 110,452 October 17 11:00 a.m. l y 20 Iowa 17 Ryan Field Evanston, IL ABC/ESPN2 10–40 44,135 October 24 11:00 a.m. w y Nebraska Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE ESPN2 30–28 89,493 November 7 11:00 a.m. w 21 Penn State Ryan Field Evanston, IL ESPNU 23–21 34,116 November 14 11:00 a.m. w 18 Purdue Ryan Field Evanston, IL BTN 21–14 30,003 November 21 2:30 pm w y 20 Wisconsin 25 Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI BTN 13–7 75,276 November 28 2:30 pm w y 16 Illinois rivalry Soldier Field Chicago, IL ESPNU 24–14 33,514 January 1, 2016 11:00 a.m. l y y 13 Tennessee 23 Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPN2 6–45 53,202 Schedule source:2015 Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/big-ten/2015-northwestern-wildcats-football-schedule.php FB Schedules January 17, 2015 Rankings 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings 15 9 NR NR RV RV 23 24 17 19 16 17 13 14 20 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 24 24 18 20 21 20 17 17 16 13 13 14 12 12 13 23 22 Roster 2015 Northwestern Wildcats y 2 Christian Salem WR JR y 4 Solomon Vault RB SO 5 Miles Shuler WR SR y 6 Mike McHugh WR JR y 7 Matt Alviti QB SO y 8 Stephen Buckley WR JR y 9 Garrett Dickerson SB SO y 10 Zack Oliver QB SR y 11 T. J. Green QB FR 11 Pierre Youngblood-Ary WR SR y 12 Auston Anderson RB FR y 13 Warren Long RB JR 14 Christian Jones WR SR y C 14 Lloyd Yates QB FR 15 Macan Wilson WR SO y 16 Quinn Baker WR SO y 17 Daniel Kubiuk QB FR y 18 Clayton Thorson QB FR y y 19 Cameron Dickerson WR SR y 20 John Moten IV RB FR 21 Justin Jackson RB SO y Justin Jackson (American football) 24 Mark Gorogianis WR SO y 25 Luke Dauch WR SR y 36 Corey Acker WR SO y 40 Dan Vitale SB SR C y 43 Cole Johnson WR SO y 46 Eric Lutzen SB FR y 53 Geoff Mogus OL SR y 57 Matt Frazier OL SR y 59 J. B. Butler OL FR y 63 Ian Park OL JR y 64 Andrew Otterman OL FR 65 Jared Thomas OL FR 68 Connor Mahoney OL JR y 69 Brad North OL SO y 70 Shane Mertz OL SR y 71 Tommy Doles OL FR y 72 Blake Hance OL FR y y 73 Adam DePietro OL JR y 74 Graham Bullmore OL SO y 76 Eric Oloson OL JR y 78 Adam Lemke-Bell OL FR 79 Sam Coverdale OL SO y 80 Austin Carr WR JR y y Austin Carr (American football) 81 Jelani Roberts WR FR 82 Andrew Scanlan WR JR y 83 Chad Hanaoka WR SO 84 Cameron Green WR FR 85 Chris Cliff WR FR 85 Mark Szott SB SR y 86 Flynn Nagel WR FR 87 Garrett Kidd WR SR y 88 Jayme Taylor SB SO y 89 Charlie Fessler WR FR 1 Max Chapman DL SR y 2 Traveon Henry S SR C 3 Keith Watkins II CB SO y 7 Ifeadi Odenigbo DL JR y y 10 Jake Murray DB FR 13 Deonte Gibson DL SR y C 16 Godwin Igwebuike S SO y y 17 Marcus McShepard CB SO y 18 Anthony Walker LB SO y y Anthony Walker (American football) 21 Kyle Queiro S SO y y 22 Parrker Westphal CB FR y 23 Nick VanHoose CB SR y 24 Montre Hartage CB FR y 26 Terrance Brown S JR y 27 Matthew Harris CB JR 28 Alonzo Mayo DB FR 29 Trae Williams DB FR 31 Tommy Vitale LB FR 32 Nate Hall LB FR y y 33 Steven Reese DB FR 34 Simba Short LB FR 35 Tom Hruby LB JR 38 Dami Arowolaju DB JR 41 Jared McGee S FR y 42 Joseph Jones LB JR y 44 James Prather DL FR y 45 Nathan Fox LB FR 46 Anthony Pierce-Adams LB FR y 47 Joe Bergin DB FR 48 Tommy Odell S SO y 49 Josh Roberts LB SO y 51 Jaylen Prater LB JR y 53 Cameron Queiro LB FR y 54 Trent Goens DL FR 55 Drew Smith LB SR y 56 Brett Walsh LB SO y 58 Heath Reineke DL FR y 67 Tyler Lancaster DL SO y y 90 C. J. Robbins DL SR y 92 Kenton Playko DL FR y 93 Greg Kuhar DL JR y 94 Dean Lowry DL SR y 95 Jordan Thompson DL FR 97 Joe Gaziano DL FR y 98 Xavier Washington DL SO 99 Ben Oxley DL FR y 7 Jack Mitchell K JR y 33 Matt Micucci K P JR y 38 Arthur Omilian K SR y 38 Mason Weissenhofer K FR 52 Chaz Fitzpatrick LS JR y 96 Hunter Niswander P K SO y http://www.nusports.com/roster.aspx?path=football December 30, 2015 Pat Fitzgerald Randy Bates (Linebackers) Jerry Brown (Defensive Backs) Adam Cushing (Offensive Line) Mike Hankwitz (Defensive Coordinator) Bob Heffner (Superbacks) Marty Long (Defensive Line) Matt MacPherson (Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator) Mick McCall (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks) Dennis Springer (Wide Receivers) Clay Bignell (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Chris Bowers (Director of Player Personnel) Cody Cejda (Director of Football Operations) Darby Dunnagan (Director of Video Operations) David Girardi (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Dan Hernandez (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Jay Hooten (Director of Sports Performance for Football) Tommy Rees (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Jacob Schmidt (Director of Player Development) Troy Sutton (Assistant Director of Sports Performance for Football) Mike Jasinski (Recruiting Intern) References Northwestern Category:Northwestern Wildcats football seasons Northwestern Wildcats football