2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2016 Northwestern Wildcats football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
2016 record	6–6 (5–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Pat Fitzgerald (11th as HC) (16th overall year)
Offensive coordinator	Mick McCall
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Mike Hankwitz
Base defense	Multiple 4–3
Captain	Austin Carr Matthew Harris Connor Mahoney Anthony Walker
Home stadium	Ryan Field (Capacity: 47,130)

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 5 Penn State xy$		8	–	1		11	–	2
No. 2 Ohio State x		8	–	1		11	–	1
No. 6 Michigan		7	–	2		10	–	2
Indiana		4	–	5		6	–	6
Maryland		3	–	6		6	–	6
Michigan State		1	–	8		3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9		2	–	10
West Division
No. 8 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2		10	–	3
No. 24 Nebraska		6	–	3		9	–	3
No. 21 Iowa		6	–	3		8	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4		8	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4		6	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7		3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 5, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team represents Northwestern University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by Pat Fitzgerald who is in his eleventh season as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games are played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They are 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*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ESPNU	L 21–22	30,635
September 10	2:30 p.m.	No. 10 (FCS) Illinois State*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	L 7–9	30,748
September 17	7:00 p.m.	Duke*	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 24–13	34,464
September 24	6:30 p.m.	No. 20 Nebraska	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	L 13–24	40,284
October 1	11:00 a.m.	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	ESPNU	W 38–31	67,047
October 15	2:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	W 54–40	75,625
October 22	11:00 a.m.	Indiana	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	BTN	W 24–14	35,417
October 29	2:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ESPN	L 20–24	107,296
November 5	11:00 p.m.	No. 8 Wisconsin	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL	ABC	L 7–21	42,016
November 12	11:00 a.m.	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 45–17	30,548
November 19	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 12–29	38,162
November 26	11:00 a.m.	Illinois	Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)	BTN	W 42–21	30,022
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2013	NW, 38–17

Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 (FCS) Redbirds	0	6	0	3	9
Wildcats	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2010	NW, 37–3

Duke

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	0	6	13
Wildcats	7	0	10	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–8	2015	NW, 19–10

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Cornhuskers	0	10	14	0	24
Wildcats	0	7	6	0	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2015	NW, 30–28

at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	7	14	7	38
Hawkeyes	7	14	3	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
24–50–3	2015	IOWA, 40–10

at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	12	21	14	54
Spartans	14	3	14	9	40

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–37	2013	MSU, 30–6

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	3	0	9	2	14
Wildcats	14	10	0	0	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
46–34–1	2012	NW, 44–29

at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	10	7	3	20
#6 Buckeyes	10	7	0	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–60–1	2013	OSU, 40–30

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Badgers	0	10	3	8	21
Wildcats	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–57–5	2015	NW, 13–7

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	21	10	45
Boilermakers	10	0	7	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
29–50–1	2015	NW, 21–14

at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	6	6	12
Golden Gophers	6	6	3	14	29

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
34–52–5	2015	NW, 27–0

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Illini	0	14	7	0	21
Wildcats	14	7	14	7	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
49–55–5	2015	NW, 24–14

Roster

2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster

Players Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Nagel, FlynnFlynn Nagel	3.0 !So
RB	`4`	Vault, SolomonSolomon Vault	5.0 !Jr
WR	`5`	Fessler, CharlesCharles Fessler	1.5 !Fr
WR	`6`	Roberts, JelaniJelani Roberts	3.0 !So
QB	`7`	Alviti, MattMatt Alviti	3.5 !Jr
SB	`9`	Dickerson, GarrettGarrett Dickerson	5.0 !Jr
QB	`10`	Green, T. J.T. J. Green	1.5 !Fr
QB	`11`	Smith, AidanAidan Smith	1.0 !Fr
RB	`12`	Anderson, AustonAuston Anderson	2.5 !So
RB	`13`	Long, WarrenWarren Long	57.0 !Sr
QB	`14`	Yates, LloydLloyd Yates	1.5 !Fr
WR	`15`	Wilson, MacanMacan Wilson	3.5 !Jr
WR	`16`	Baker, QuinnQuinn Baker	3.5 !Jr
QB	`17`	Kubiuk, DanielDaniel Kubiuk	2.5 !So
QB	`18`	Thorson, ClaytonClayton Thorson	2.5 !So
SB	`19`	Taylor, JaymeJayme Taylor	2.5 !So
RB	`20`	Moten IV, JohnJohn Moten IV	1.5 !Fr
RB	`21`	Jackson, JustinJustin Jackson	5.0 !Jr
WR	`23`	Reese, StevenSteven Reese	1.5 !Fr
RB	`25`	Acker, CoreyCorey Acker	3.5 !Jr
JR	`26`	Hanaoka, ChadChad Hanaoka	3.0 !So
RB	`28`	Larkin, JeremyJeremy Larkin	1.0 !Fr
RB	`36`	Brown, JesseJesse Brown	1.0 !Fr
SB	`44`	Prather, JamesJames Prather	2.5 !So
SB	`46`	Lutzen, EricEric Lutzen	2.5 !So
SB	`48`	Link, CodyCody Link	1.0 !Fr
OL	`57`	Kolwich, CamCam Kolwich	1.0 !Fr
OL	`59`	Butler, J. B.J. B. Butler	2.5 !So
OL	`60`	Goosen, JasonJason Goosen	1.0 !Fr
OL	`63`	Park, IanIan Park	4.5 !Sr
OL	`64`	Otterman, AndrewAndrew Otterman	1.5 !Fr
OL	`65`	Thomas, JaredJared Thomas	1.5 !Fr
OL	`66`	Urban, NikNik Urban	1.0 !Fr
OL	`68`	Mahoney, ConnorConnor Mahoney (C)	4.5 !Sr
OL	`69`	North, BradBrad North	3.5 !Jr
OL	`70`	Mertz, ShaneShane Mertz	4.5 !Sr
OL	`71`	Doles, TommyTommy Doles	2.5 !So
OL	`72`	Hance, BlakeBlake Hance	2.5 !So
OL	`73`	Vogel, GunnarGunnar Vogel	1.0 !Fr
OL	`74`	Bullmore, GrahamGraham Bullmore	3.5 !Jr
OL	`75`	Oxley, BenBen Oxley	2.5 !So
OL	`76`	Olson, EricEric Olson	4.5 !Sr
OL	`77`	Meyler, JesseJesse Meyler	1.0 !Fr
OL	`78`	Lemke-Bell, AdamAdam Lemke-Bell	1.5 !Fr
OL	`79`	Coverdale, SamSam Coverdale	3.5 !Jr
WR	`80`	Carr, AustinAustin Carr (C)	4.5 !Sr
WR	`81`	Chiaokhiao-Bowman, RamaudRamaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman	1.0 !Fr
WR	`82`	Scanlan, AndrewAndrew Scanlan	4.5 !Sr
SB	`83`	Reineke, HeathHeath Reineke	2.5 !So
WR	`84`	Green, CameronCameron Green	1.5 !Fr
WR	`85`	Tirmonia, JackJack Tirmonia	1.0 !Fr
WR	`86`	Lees, RileyRiley Lees	1.0 !Fr
SB	`87`	Eshoo, EricEric Eshoo	1.0 !Fr
WR	`88`	Skowronek, BennettBennett Skowronek	1.0 !Fr
WR	`89`	Johnson, ColeCole Johnson	3.5 !Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`1`	Walker, AnthonyAnthony Walker (C)	3.5 !Jr
CB	`3`	Watkins II, KeithKeith Watkins II	3.5 !Jr
DL	`7`	Odenigbo, IfeadiIfeadi Odenigbo	4.5 !Sr
LB	`10`	Walsh, BrettBrett Walsh	2.5 !So
CB	`11`	Harris, MatthewMatthew Harris (C)	4.5 !Sr
DB	`14`	Murray, JakeJake Murray	1.5 !Fr
S	`16`	Igwebuike, GodwinGodwin Igwebuike	3.5 !Jr
CB	`17`	McShepard, MarcusMarcus McShepard	3.5 !Jr
S	`21`	Queiro, KyleKyle Queiro	3.5 !Jr
DB	`22`	Westphal, ParrkerParrker Westphal	2.5 !So
CB	`24`	Hartage, MontreMontre Hartage	3.0 !So
DB	`26`	Bullock, BrianBrian Bullock	1.0 !Fr
DB	`27`	Campbell, RoderickRoderick Campbell	1.0 !Fr
DB	`28`	Mayo, AlonzoAlonzo Mayo	1.5 !Fr
DB	`29`	Williams, TraeTrae Williams	1.5 !Fr
LB	`31`	Vitale, TommyTommy Vitale	3.0 !So
LB	`32`	Hill, NateNate Hill	2.5 !So
LB	`34`	Short, SimbaSimba Short	1.5 !Fr
LB	`35`	Hruby, TomTom Hruby	57.0 !Sr
LB	`40`	Fisher, PaddyPaddy Fisher	1.0 !Fr
S	`41`	McGee, JaredJared McGee	2.5 !So
LB	`42`	Jones, JosephJoseph Jones	4.5 !Sr
LB	`45`	Fox, NathanNathan Fox	1.5 !Fr
DB	`47`	Bergin, JoeJoe Bergin	1.5 !Fr
S	`48`	Odell, TommyTommy Odell	3.5 !Jr
LB	`49`	Roberts, JoshJosh Roberts	3.5 !Jr
LB	`50`	Glackin, JangoJango Glackin	1.0 !Fr
LB	`51`	Prater, JaylenJaylen Prater	4.5 !Sr
LB	`53`	Queiro, CameronCameron Queiro	2.5 !So
DL	`54`	Goens, TrentTrent Goens	1.5 !Fr
DE	`55`	Gooden, MarkMark Gooden	1.0 !Fr
DE	`56`	Washington, XavierXavier Washington	5.0 !Jr
DL	`67`	Lancaster, TylerTyler Lancaster	3.5 !Jr
DL	`90`	Robbins, C. J.C. J. Robbins	4.5 !Sr
DL	`92`	Wyatt, FredFred Wyatt	2.5 !So
DL	`93`	Kuhar, GregGreg Kuhar	4.5 !Sr
DE	`94`	Carnifax, TommyTommy Carnifax	1.0 !Fr
DL	`95`	Miller, AlexAlex Miller	1.0 !Fr
DL	`97`	Gaziano, JoeJoe Gaziano	1.0 !Fr
DT	`98`	Saunders, JakeJake Saunders	1.0 !Fr
DL	`99`	Thompson, JordanJordan Thompson	3.0 !So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`8`	Mitchell, JackJack Mitchell	4.5 !Sr
K, P	`33`	Micucci, MattMatt Micucci	4.5 !Sr
K, P	`38`	Luckenbaugh, DrewDrew Luckenbaugh	1.0 !Fr
K	`38`	Weissenhofer, MasonMason Weissenhofer	1.5 !Fr
LS	`43`	Gillikin, TylerTyler Gillikin	1.0 !Fr
LS	`52`	Fitzpatrick, ChazChaz Fitzpatrick	4.5 !Sr
LS	`58`	Stroebel, TrevorTrevor Stroebel	4.5 !Sr
P	`96`	Niswander, HunterHunter Niswander	5.0 !Jr

Head coach

Pat Fitzgerald

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Randy Bates (Linebackers)
Jerry Brown (Assistant Head Coach / 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)
Chris Bowers (Director of Player Personnel)
Cody Cejda (Director of Football Operations)
Darby Dunnagan (Director of Video Operations)
David Girardi (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
Jay Hooten (Director of Sports Performance for Football)
Jacob Schmidt (Director of Player Development)
Mike Jasinski (Recruiting Assistant)
Bryan Payton (Recruiting Assistant)
Christian Sarkisian (Recruiting Assistant)
Mike Kafka (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
Steve Pursley (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
Tim Brandon (Offensive Graduate Assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 7, 2016

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]

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. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
1 2 "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. October 17, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week". www.bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. November 29, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

Northwestern Wildcats football

Venues	Northwestern Field (1905–1925) Ryan Field (1926–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Notre Dame

Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Go U Northwestern" Marching band 2006 Michigan State game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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