American college football season
2016 Northwestern Wildcats football Conference Big Ten Conference Division West Division 2016 record 7–6 (5–4 Big Ten) Head coach Offensive coordinator Mick McCall (9th season) Offensive scheme Spread Defensive coordinator Mike Hankwitz (9th season)Base defense Multiple 4–3 Captain Austin Carr Home stadium Ryan Field Seasons
The 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by Pat Fitzgerald who is in his 11th 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 .
Schedule [ ] Northwestern announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats will host Big Ten foes Illinois , Indiana , Nebraska , and Wisconsin , and will travel to Iowa , Michigan State , Minnesota , Ohio State , and Purdue .[1]
The team will host all three non–conference games which are against the Duke Blue Devils from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Illinois State Redbirds from the Missouri Valley Conference , and the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 11:00 a.m. Western Michigan * ESPNU L 21–2230,635 September 10 2:30 p.m. No. 10 (FCS ) Illinois State * BTN L 7–930,748 September 17 7:00 p.m. Duke * BTN W 24–1334,464 September 24 6:30 p.m. No. 20 Nebraska BTN L 13–2440,284 October 1 11:00 a.m. at Iowa ESPNU W 38–3167,047 October 15 2:30 p.m. at Michigan State BTN W 54–4075,625 October 22 11:00 a.m. Indiana BTN W 24–1435,417 October 29 2:30 p.m. at No. 6 Ohio State ESPN L 20–24107,296 November 5 11:00 a.m. No. 8 Wisconsin ABC L 7–2142,016 November 12 11:00 a.m. at Purdue BTN W 45–1730,548 November 19 2:30 p.m. at Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN BTN L 12–2938,162 November 26 11:00 a.m. Illinois BTN W 42–2130,022 December 28 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 23 Pittsburgh * ESPN W 31–2437,918 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [2] Game summaries [ ] Western Michigan [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Broncos
0
6
10
6
22
Wildcats
7
0
7
7
21
Illinois State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 (FCS ) Redbirds
0
6
0
3
9
Wildcats
0
0
0
7
7
Duke [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
7
0
6
13
Wildcats
7
0
10
7
24
Nebraska [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Cornhuskers
0
10
14
0
24
Wildcats
0
7
6
0
13
at Iowa [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
10
7
14
7
38
Hawkeyes
7
14
3
7
31
at Michigan State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
12
21
14
54
Spartans
14
3
14
9
40
Indiana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hoosiers
3
0
9
2
14
Wildcats
14
10
0
0
24
at Ohio State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
10
7
3
20
#6 Buckeyes
10
7
0
7
24
Wisconsin [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Badgers
0
10
3
8
21
Wildcats
0
7
0
0
7
at Purdue [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
7
21
10
45
Boilermakers
10
0
7
0
17
at Minnesota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
0
6
6
12
Golden Gophers
6
6
3
14
29
Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Illini
0
14
7
0
21
Wildcats
14
7
14
7
42
Pittsburgh–Pinstripe Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#22 Panthers
3
7
7
7
24
Wildcats
0
14
7
10
31
Roster [ ] Awards and honors [ ]
Weekly Awards
Player
Award
Date Awarded
Ref.
Ifeadi Odenigbo
Co-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
October 3, 2016
[3]
Justin Jackson
Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week
October 17, 2016
[4]
Solomon Vault
Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week
October 17, 2016
[4]
John Moten IV
Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week
November 12, 2016
[5]
John Moten IV
Big Ten Freshman of the Week
November 29, 2016
[6]
Austin Carr
Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year
November 30, 2016
[7]
References [ ]
^ "B1G RELEASES NINE-GAME CONFERENCE SCHEDULES FOR 2016, 2017" (Press release). Northwestern University Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2015 .^ "2016 Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved December 16, 2015 .^ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week" . www.bigten.org . Big Ten Conference. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .^ a b "Big Ten Football Players of the Week" . www.bigten.org . Big Ten Conference. October 17, 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .^ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week" . www.bigten.org . Big Ten Conference. November 14, 2016. Archived from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016 .^ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week" . www.bigten.org . Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Archived from the original on November 30, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .^ Pereles, Zach (2016-11-30). "Austin Carr wins Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year award" . Inside NU . Retrieved 2016-12-16 .
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