2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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2016 Northwestern Wildcats football
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Conference Big Ten Conference
West Division
2016 record 0–0 (0–0 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
Home stadium Ryan Field
(Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons
« 2015 2017 »
2016 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Indiana   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Maryland   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Ohio State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Penn State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Rutgers   0 – 0         0 – 0  
West Division
Illinois   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Iowa   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Minnesota   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Nebraska   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Northwestern   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Purdue   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Wisconsin   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Championship: December 3, 2016
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team will represent Northwestern University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will be led by Pat Fitzgerald which will be 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 Redbirds from the Missouri Valley Conference, and the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 Western Michigan* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
September 10 Illinois State* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
September 17 7:00 p.m. Duke* Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN      
September 24 6:30 p.m. Nebraska Ryan Field • Evanston, IL BTN      
October 1 11:00 a.m. at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA      
October 15 2:30 p.m. at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI      
October 22 11:00 a.m. Indiana Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
October 29 4:30 p.m. at Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN/ESPN2      
November 5 Wisconsin Ryan Field • Evanston, IL      
November 12 at Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN      
November 19 at Minnesota TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN      
November 26 Illinois Ryan Field • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)      
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.
Schedule Source:[2]

Rankings

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Further information: 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP  
Coaches'  
CFP Not released Not released


References

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