2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2015 Northwestern Wildcats football
Outback Bowl, L 6–45 vs. Tennessee
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 23
Record10–3 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMick McCall (8th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (8th season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Home stadiumRyan Field
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 6 Michigan State xy$^   7 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 4 Ohio State x   7 – 1     12 – 1  
No. 12 Michigan   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Penn State   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Indiana   2 – 6     6 – 7  
Rutgers   1 – 7     4 – 8  
Maryland   1 – 7     3 – 9  
West Division
No. 9 Iowa xy   8 – 0     12 – 2  
No. 23 Northwestern   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. 21 Wisconsin   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Nebraska   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Minnesota   2 – 6     6 – 7  
Illinois   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Purdue   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Championship: Michigan State 16, Iowa 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
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 consist 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.[1]

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.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:00 a.m.No. 21 Stanford*
ESPNW 16–636,024
September 123:00 p.m.Eastern Illinois*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNewsW 41–029,131
September 1911:30 a.m.at
ACCN
W 19–1024,127
September 267:00 p.m.Ball State*No. 17
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
BTNW 24–1930,107
October 311:00 a.m.MinnesotaNo. 16
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
BTNW 27–030,044
October 102:30 p.m.at No. 18
rivalry
)		BTNL 0–38110,452
October 1711:00 a.m.No. 17
ABC/ESPN2
L 10–4044,135
October 2411:00 a.m.at
Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
    		• ESPN2W 30–2889,493
    November 711:00 a.m.Penn StateNo. 21
    • Ryan Field
    • Evanston, IL
    		ESPNUW 23–2134,116
    November 1411:00 a.m.PurdueNo. 18
    • Ryan Field
    • Evanston, IL
    		BTNW 21–1430,003
    November 212:30 pmat No. 25 WisconsinNo. 20
    		BTNW 13–775,276
    November 282:30 pmat IllinoisNo. 16
    		ESPNUW 24–1433,514
    January 1, 201611:00 a.m.vs. No. 23 Tennessee*No. 13
    		ESPN2L 6–4553,202
    Schedule Source:[2]

    Rankings

    Further information: 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    — = Not ranked RV = Received votes
    Week
    PollPre1234567891011121314Final
    AP
    		—RV2317161320RVRVRV242017131223
    Coaches—RV2419171421RVRVRV242117131222
    CFPNot released211820161413Not released

    Roster

    2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    WR 2 Christian Salem  Jr
    RB 4 Solomon Vault So
    WR 5 Miles Shuler  Sr
    WR 6 Mike McHugh  Jr
    QB 7 Matt Alviti  So
    WR 8 Stephen Buckley  Jr
    SB 9 Garrett Dickerson So
    QB 10 Zack Oliver  Sr
    QB 11 T. J. Green Fr
    WR 11 Pierre Youngblood-Ary  Sr
    RB 12 Auston Anderson  Fr
    RB 13 Warren Long Jr
    WR 14 Christian Jones (C)  Sr
    QB 14 Lloyd Yates Fr
    WR 15 Macan Wilson  So
    WR 16 Quinn Baker  So
    QB 17 Daniel Kubiuk  Fr
    QB 18 Clayton Thorson  Fr
    WR 19 Cameron Dickerson  Sr
    RB 20 John Moten IV Fr
    RB 21 Justin Jackson So
    WR 24 Mark Gorogianis  So
    WR 25 Luke Dauch  Sr
    WR 36 Corey Acker  So
    SB 40
    Dan Vitale
     (C)     		Sr
    WR 43 Cole Johnson  So
    SB 46 Eric Lutzen  Fr
    OL 53 Geoff Mogus  Sr
    OL 57 Matt Frazier  Sr
    OL 59 J. B. Butler  Fr
    OL 63 Ian Park  Jr
    OL 64 Andrew Otterman Fr
    OL 65 Jared Thomas Fr
    OL 68 Connor Mahoney  Jr
    OL 69 Brad North  So
    OL 70 Shane Mertz  Sr
    OL 71 Tommy Doles  Fr
    OL 72 Blake Hance  Fr
    OL 73 Adam DePietro  Jr
    OL 74 Graham Bullmore  So
    OL 76 Eric Oloson  Jr
    OL 78 Adam Lemke-Bell Fr
    OL 79 Sam Coverdale  So
    WR 80 Austin Carr  Jr
    WR 81 Jelani Roberts Fr
    WR 82 Andrew Scanlan  Jr
    WR 83 Chad Hanaoka So
    WR 84 Cameron Green Fr
    WR 85 Chris Cliff Fr
    SB 85 Mark Szott  Sr
    WR 86 Flynn Nagel Fr
    WR 87 Garrett Kidd  Sr
    SB 88 Jayme Taylor  So
    WR 89 Charlie Fessler Fr
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    DL 1 Max Chapman  Sr
    S 2 Traveon Henry (C) Sr
    CB 3 Keith Watkins II  So
    DL 7 Ifeadi Odenigbo  Jr
    DB 10 Jake Murray Fr
    DL 13 Deonte Gibson (C)  Sr
    S 16 Godwin Igwebuike  So
    CB 17 Marcus McShepard  So
    LB 18
    Anthony Walker
         		 So
    S 21 Kyle Queiro  So
    CB 22 Parrker Westphal  Fr
    CB 23 Nick VanHoose  Sr
    CB 24 Montre Hartage Fr
    S 26 Terrance Brown  Jr
    CB 27 Matthew Harris Jr
    DB 28 Alonzo Mayo Fr
    DB 29 Trae Williams Fr
    LB 31 Tommy Vitale Fr
    LB 32 Nate Hall  Fr
    DB 33 Steven Reese Fr
    LB 34 Simba Short Fr
    LB 35 Tom Hruby Jr
    DB 38 Dami Arowolaju Jr
    S 41 Jared McGee  Fr
    LB 42 Joseph Jones  Jr
    DL 44 James Prather  Fr
    LB 45 Nathan Fox Fr
    LB 46 Anthony Pierce-Adams  Fr
    DB 47 Joe Bergin Fr
    S 48 Tommy Odell  So
    LB 49 Josh Roberts  So
    LB 51 Jaylen Prater  Jr
    LB 53 Cameron Queiro  Fr
    DL 54 Trent Goens Fr
    LB 55 Drew Smith  Sr
    LB 56 Brett Walsh  So
    DL 58 Heath Reineke  Fr
    DL 67 Tyler Lancaster  So
    DL 90 C. J. Robbins  Sr
    DL 92 Kenton Playko  Fr
    DL 93 Greg Kuhar  Jr
    DL 94 Dean Lowry Sr
    DL 95 Jordan Thompson Fr
    DL 97 Joe Gaziano Fr
    DL 98 Xavier Washington So
    DL 99 Ben Oxley  Fr
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    K 7 Jack Mitchell  Jr
    P
    		 33 Matt Micucci  Jr
    K 38 Arthur Omilian  Sr
    K 38 Mason Weissenhofer Fr
    LS 52 Chaz Fitzpatrick  Jr
    P, K
    		 96 Hunter Niswander  So
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    • 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)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Roster
    Last update: December 30, 2015

    References

    1. ^ "B1G Releases 2015 Big Ten Football Schedule" (Press release). Northwestern University Department of Athletics. June 3, 2013. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
    2. ^ "2015 Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
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