American college football season
2011 Northwestern Wildcats football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Division | Legends Division |
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Record | 6–7 (3–5 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | - Pat Fitzgerald (6th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Mick McCall (4th season) |
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Offensive scheme | Spread |
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Defensive coordinator | Mike Hankwitz (4th season) |
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Base defense | Multiple 4–3 |
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Captains | - Jordan Mabin[1]
- Al Netter (2nd year)
- Dan Persa (2nd year)
- Brian Peters
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Home stadium | Ryan Field |
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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.
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.[2]
Schedule
The schedule is as follows:[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 11:00 am | at Boston College* | | ESPNU | W 24–17 | 37,561[4] |
September 10 | 2:30 pm | Eastern Illinois* | | BTN | W 42–21 | 28,042[5] |
September 17 | 2:30 pm | at Army* | | CBSSN | L 14–21 | 35,784[6] |
October 1 | 11:00 am | at No. 22 Illinois | | ESPN2 | L 35–38 | 53,243[7] |
October 8 | 6:00 pm | No. 11 Michigan | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois (rivalry)
| BTN | L 24–42 | 47,330[8] |
October 15 | 6:00 pm | at Iowa | | BTN | L 31–41 | 70,585[9] |
October 22 | 6:00 pm | No. 22 Penn State | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | L 24–34 | 40,004[10] |
October 29 | 11:00 am | at Indiana | | BTN | W 59–38 | 39,239[11] |
November 5 | 2:30 pm | at No. 9 Nebraska | | BTN | W 28–25 | 85,115[12] |
November 12 | 11:00 am | Rice* | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | W 28–6 | 26,886[13] |
November 19 | 11:00 am | Minnesota | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | W 28–13 | 26,215[14] |
November 26 | 11:00 am | No. 10 Michigan State | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | L 17–31 | 32,172[15] |
December 31 | 11:00 am | Texas A&M* | | ESPN | L 22–33 | 68,395[16] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Regular season
Boston College
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Northwestern | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | Boston College | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 12:49 | BC | Nate Freese 19-yard field goal | BC 3–0 | | 1 | 7:01 | NW | Jeff Budzien 43-yard field goal | Tied 3–3 | | 2 | 8:03 | BC | Andre Williams 6-yard run (Nate Freese kick) | BC 10–3 | | 2 | 0:38 | NW | Kain Colter 3-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) | Tied 10–10 | | 3 | 11:53 | NW | Mike Trumpy 5-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) | NW 17–10 | | 4 | 9:24 | NW | Adonis Smith 1-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) | NW 24–10 | | 4 | 6:00 | BC | Andre Williams 1-yard run (Nate Freese kick) | NW 24–17 | |
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Eastern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Eastern Illinois | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | • Northwestern | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 | |
Army
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Northwestern | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | • Army | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Northwestern | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 | • Illinois | 7 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 38 | |
Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Michigan | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 | Northwestern | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | - Date: October 8
- Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
- Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
- Elapsed time: 3:16
- Game attendance: 47,330
- Referee: Scott McElwee
- TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)
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Iowa
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Northwestern | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 31 | • Iowa | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 41 | - Date: October 15
- Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
- Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
- Elapsed time: 3:10
- Game attendance: 70,585
- Referee: Dennis Lipski
- TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Dionne Miller (Sideline)
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Penn State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Penn State | 14 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 34 | Northwestern | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | - Date: October 22
- Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
- Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
- Elapsed time: 3:15
- Game attendance: 40,004
- Referee: Bill LeMonnier
- TV announcers (BTN): Tom Hart (Play-by-play), Derek Rackley (Color) & Lisa Byington (Sideline)
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Indiana
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Northwestern | 17 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 59 | Indiana | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 | |
Nebraska
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Northwestern | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 | Nebraska | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 | - Date: November 5
- Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Game start: 2:30 PM CDT
- Elapsed time: 3:15
- Game attendance: 85,115
- Referee: Dave Witvoet
- TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Dionne Miller (Sideline)
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | 2:08 | NW | Jacob Schmidt 2-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) | NW 7–0 | | 2 | 2:26 | NEB | Brett Maher 36-yard field goal | NW 7–3 | | 3 | 12:13 | NW | Kain Colter 3-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) | NW 14–3 | | 3 | 3:52 | NEB | Tim Marlowe 15-yard pass from Taylor Martinez (Brett Maher kick) | NW 14–10 | | 4 | 12:16 | NW | Jeremy Ebert 81-yard pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick) | NW 21–10 | | 4 | 8:55 | NEB | Rex Burkhead 1-yard run (Taylor Martinez run) | NW 21–18 | | 4 | 1:34 | NW | Kain Colter 1-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) | NW 28–18 | | 4 | 0:18 | NEB | Kenny Bell 18-yard pass from Taylor Martinez (Brett Maher kick) | NW 28–25 | |
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Rice
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | • Northwestern | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 | - Date: November 12
- Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
- Game start: 11:00 AM CST
- Elapsed time: 2:56
- Game attendance: 26,886
- Referee: Steve LaMantia
- TV announcers (BTN): Matt Devlin (Play-by-play), Glen Mason (Color) & Jon Jansen (Sideline)
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Minnesota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Minnesota | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | • Northwestern | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | |
Michigan State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Michigan State | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 | Northwestern | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | - Date: November 26
- Location: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
- Game start: 11:00 AM CST
- Elapsed time: 3:02
- Game attendance: 32,172
- Referee: Dan Capron
- TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins (Play-by-play), Chris Martin (Color) & Dionne Miller (Sideline)
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Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
Texas A&M
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Texas A&M | 3 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 33 | Northwestern | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 22 | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Harris | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released |
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Roster
2011 Northwestern Wildcats roster[19][20] |
Quarterbacks Running backs - 4 Adonis Smith – Sophomore
- 21 Jordan Perkins – Freshman
- 22 Treyvon Green – Freshman
- 28 Tim Hanrahan – 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 – 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 – Freshman
- 68 Hayden Baker – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Freshman
- 45 Collin Ellis – 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 – Freshman
- 16 Davion Fleming – Sophomore
- 18 Matt Carpenter – Freshman
- 19 Jimmy Hall – Freshman
- 20 Austin Kassner – Freshman
- 23 Nick VanHoose – Freshman
- 24 Ibraheim Campbell – Freshman
- 25 Jarrell Williams – Freshman
- 36 Mike Eshun – Freshman
- 39 Joe Cannon – Freshman
Cornerbacks - 3 Jeravin Matthews – Senior
- 13 C.J. Bryant – 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
- 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/QBs coach
- Dennis springer – Wide receivers coach
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2018. p. 94. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "Big Ten divisions: Legends, Leaders". ESPN.com. December 13, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Football Schedule". Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Boston College Eagles Box Score". ESPN. September 3, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers Box Score". ESPN. September 10, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Army Black Knights Box Score". ESPN. September 17, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score". ESPN. October 1, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Michigan Wolverines Box Score". ESPN. October 8, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN. October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Penn State Nittany Lions Box Score". ESPN. October 22, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Indiana Hoosiers Box Score". ESPN. October 29, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern 28, No. 9 Nebraska 25". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. November 5, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Northwestern 28, Rice 6". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. November 12, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ "Minnesota vs Northwestern". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. November 19, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
- ^ "No. 11 Michigan State 31, Northwestern 17". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. November 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "Texas A&M 33, Northwestern 22". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. December 31, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Northwestern's Kain Colter Steps Up in Win Over Boston College". ESPN. September 3, 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Backup QB Kain Colter, Northwestern Surprise Nebraska". ESPN. November 5, 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "2010 Northwestern Football Roster". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Northwestern Announces Quartet of 2011 Team Captains". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. August 27, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
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