2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team - 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team
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American college football season
The 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football teamrepresented 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 AM 22–33.
Contents
- 1 Previous season
- 2 Preseason
- 3 Schedule
- 4 Regular season
- 4.1 Boston College
- 4.2 Eastern Illinois
- 4.3 Army
- 4.4 Illinois
- 4.5 Michigan
- 4.6 Iowa
- 4.7 Penn State
- 4.8 Indiana
- 4.9 Nebraska
- 4.10 Rice
- 4.11 Minnesota
- 4.12 Michigan State
- 5 Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
- 6 Rankings
- 7 Roster
- 8 References
Previous season
In 2010 the Wildcats had a 7–6 record, ending the season with a 45–38 loss to Texas Tech in the 2011 TicketCity Bowl.
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.
Schedule
The schedule is as follows:
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 |
September 10 | 2:30 pm | Eastern Illinois * | | BTN | W 42–21 | 28,042 |
September 17 | 2:30 pm | at Army * | | CBSSN | L 14–21 | 35,784 |
October 1 | 11:00 am | at No. 22 Illinois | | ESPN2 | L 35–38 | 53,243 |
October 8 | 6:00 pm | No. 11 Michigan | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | L 24–42 | 47,330 |
October 15 | 6:00 pm | at Iowa | | BTN | L 31–41 | 70,585 |
October 22 | 6:00 pm | No. 22 Penn State | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | L 24–34 | 40,004 |
October 29 | 11:00 am | at Indiana | | BTN | W 59–38 | 39,239 |
November 5 | 2:30 pm | at No. 9 Nebraska | | BTN | W 28–25 | 85,115 |
November 12 | 11:00 am | Rice * | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | W 28–6 | 26,886 |
November 19 | 11:00 am | Minnesota | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | W 28–13 | 26,215 |
November 26 | 11:00 am | No. 10 Michigan State | - Ryan Field
- Evanston, Illinois
| BTN | L 17–31 | 32,172 |
December 31 | 11:00 am | Texas AM * | | ESPN | L 22–33 | 68,395 |
- *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 |
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• Northwestern | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | Boston College | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
- Date:September 3
- Location:Alumni Stadium, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
- Game start:11:00 AM CDT
- Elapsed time:3:25
- Game attendance:37,561
- Referee:Dave Witvoet
- TV announcers (ESPNU ):Rob Stone (Play-by-play) Danny Kanell (Color)
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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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Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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2–1 | 1993 | NU, 22–21 |
Eastern Illinois
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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0–0 | First Meeting | |
Army
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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3–1 | 1988 | Army, 23–7 |
Illinois
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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46–53–5 | 2010 | Ill, 48–27 |
Michigan
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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15–52–2 | 2008 | NU, 21–14 |
Iowa
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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23–46–3 | 2010 | NU, 21–17 |
Penn State
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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3–11 | 2010 | PSU, 35–21 |
Indiana
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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44–34–1 | 2010 | NU, 20–17 |
Nebraska
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• 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) (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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Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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2–3 | 2000 | UNL, 66–17 |
Rice
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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3–4 | 2010 | NU, 30–13 |
Minnesota
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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31–50–5 | 2010 | NU, 29–28 |
Michigan State
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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16–35 | 2010 | MSU, 35–27 |
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
Texas AM
Overall Record | Last Meeting | Result |
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0–0 | First Meeting | |
Rankings
Ranking movements. Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. () = First place 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 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
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Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
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Harris | Not released | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Not released |
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BCS | Not released | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Not released |
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Roster
References