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2010 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMick McCall (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Captains
  • Dan Persa
  • Al Netter
  • Quentin Davie
  • Corbin Bryant
Home stadiumRyan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
Seasons
← 2009
2011 →
2010 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 14 Michigan State +   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 7 Wisconsin $+   7 – 1     11 – 2  
Iowa   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Illinois   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Penn State   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Michigan   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Northwestern   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Purdue   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Minnesota   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Indiana   1 – 7     5 – 7  
No. 5 Ohio State† %   0 – 1     0 – 1  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • † – Ohio State (12–1, 7–1) self-vacated all of their wins[1]
Rankings from AP Poll[2][3]

The 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his fifth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. The annual rivalry game against the University of Illinois was played at Wrigley Field on November 20.

The Wildcats finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in Big Ten play and was invited to the inaugural TicketCity Bowl where they were defeated by Texas Tech 38–45.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 46:30 pmat Vanderbilt*
CSNCW 23–2137,210[4]
September 1111:00 amIllinois State*
BTNW 37–325,471[5]
September 186:00 pmat Rice*
W 30–1315,562[6]
September 2511:00 amCentral Michigan*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
BTNW 30–2530,075[7]
October 211:00 amat Minnesota
ESPNW 29–2849,228[8]
October 96:30 pmPurdue
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
BTNL 17–2033,847[9]
October 2311:00 amNo. 8 Michigan Statedagger
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNL 27–3541,115[10]
October 3011:00 amat Indiana
BTNW 20–1737,818[11]
November 62:30 pmat Penn State
ABC/ESPN2L 21–35104,147[12]
November 1311:00 amNo. 13 Iowa
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ESPNW 21–1747,130[13]
November 202:30 pmvs. Illinois
ESPNUL 27–4841,058[14]
November 272:30 pmat No. 5 Wisconsin
ABC/ESPNL 23–7080,011[15]
January 111:00 amvs. Texas Tech*
ESPNUL 38–4540,121[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Regular season

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Vanderbilt

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See also: 2010 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 0 7 6 23
Commodores 0 9 6 6 21

Illinois State

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See also: 2010 Illinois State Redbirds football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Redbirds 3 0 0 0 3
Wildcats 14 16 0 7 37

Rice

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See also: 2010 Rice Owls football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 10 14 3 30
Owls 0 3 3 7 13

Central Michigan

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See also: 2010 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 6 7 0 12 25
Wildcats 6 7 10 7 30

Minnesota

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See also: 2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 0 6 9 29
Golden Gophers 7 14 0 7 28

Purdue

[edit]
See also: 2010 Purdue Boilermakers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Boilermakers 0 10 3 7 20
#25 Wildcats 7 3 7 0 17

Michigan State

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See also: 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Spartans 0 7 7 21 35
Wildcats 7 10 7 3 27

Indiana

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See also: 2010 Indiana Hoosiers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 10 7 3 20
Hoosiers 3 7 0 7 17

Penn State

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See also: 2010 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 14 0 0 21
Nittany Lions 0 7 21 7 35

Iowa

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 0 3 14 0 17
Wildcats 7 0 0 14 21
See also: 2010 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Northwestern won a thriller by scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. The Wildcats led in the first two periods, but the Hawkeyes scored twice to take the lead in the third quarter.

Illinois

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See also: 2010 Illinois Fighting Illini football team and Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry
1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 21 6 7 14 48
#25 Wildcats 14 10 0 3 27

The Wildcats, one week after upsetting a ranked Iowa team, fell flat in Wrigley Field, losing 48-27 to the Fighting Illini. Illinois RB Mikel LeShoure ran wild on Northwestern's defense for 330 yards on 33 carries (for an average of 10.0 yards per carry), with a pair of touchdowns. The loss snapped a two game Northwestern winning streak over Illinois and sealed a bowl berth for Illinois, regardless of the outcome of their season finale against Fresno State next week. Northwestern falls to 3-4 in Big Ten play and 7-4 overall. The Wildcats face the 10-1 Wisconsin Badgers next week in Camp Randall Stadium, where they have not won since the 2000 season.

Wisconsin

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See also: 2010 Wisconsin Badgers football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 14 6 0 23
#5 Badgers 14 35 21 0 70

TicketCity Bowl

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Texas Tech

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See also: 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and 2011 TicketCity Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 6 18 14 38
Red Raiders 10 14 14 7 45

Rankings

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See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP——RVRVRVRVRVRV—RV—RV————
CoachesRVRVRVRVRV25RVRVRVRV—25RV———
HarrisNot releasedRVRVRVRVRVRVRV——Not released
BCSNot released————————Not released

Roster

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2010 Northwestern Wildcats roster[17][18]

Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 4 Adonis Smith – Freshman
  • 19 Arby Fields – Sophomore
  • 20 Scott Concannon – Junior
  • 25 Stephen Simmons – Senior
  • 28 Tim Hanrahan – Freshman
  • 29 Mike Trumpy – Redshirt Freshman
  • 34 Tyris Jones – Sophomore
  • 39 Jacob Schmidt – Junior

Wide receivers

  • 2 Lee Coleman – Senior
  • 5 Sidney Stewart – Senior
  • 6 Charles Brown – Junior
  • 8 Demetrius Fields – Sophomore
  • 11 Jeremy Ebert – Junior
  • 12 Tony Jones – Freshman
  • 17 Rashad Lawrence – Freshman
  • 80 Mike Jensen – Redshirt Freshman
  • 81 Jimmy Hall – Freshman
  • 83 Jaleel Reed – Redshirt Freshman
  • 84 Drew Moulton – Redshirt Freshman
  • 85 Venric Mark – Freshman
  • 86 Brendan Barber – Sophomore
  • 88 Torin Dupper – Freshman

Superbacks

  • 9 Drake Dunsmore – Junior
  • 40 Brett Nagel – Sophomore
  • 45 Aaron Nagel - Junior
  • 47 Christian Flores – Freshman
  • 82 John Plasencia – Redshirt Freshman
  • 89 Josh Rooks – Senior
  

Offensive line

  • 52 Evan Luxenburg – Sophomore
  • 62 Taylor Paxton – Redshirt Freshman
  • 63 Keegan Grant – Senior
  • 64 Doug Bartels – Junior
  • 65 Ben Burkett – Junior
  • 66 Brandon Vitabile – Freshman
  • 68 Hayden Baker – Freshman
  • 70 Patrick Ward – Sophomore
  • 72 Brian Mulroe – Sophomore
  • 73 Colin Armstrong – Junior
  • 74 Chuck Porcelli – Sophomore
  • 75 Al Netter (C) – Junior
  • 76 Brian Smith – Redshirt Freshman
  • 78 Paul Jorgensen – Freshman
  • 79 Neal Deiters – Sophomore

Defensive line

  • 42 Kevin Watt – Junior
  • 55 Bo Cisek – Sophomore
  • 60 Jake Gregus – Redshirt Freshman
  • 61 Andrew Struckmeyer – Junior
  • 67 Sean McEvilly – Freshman
  • 88 Quentin Williams – Sophomore
  • 90 Jack DiNardo – Junior
  • 91 Brian Arnfelt – Sophomore
  • 92 Will Hampton – Freshman
  • 93 Niko Mafuli – Junior
  • 94 Vince Browne – Junior
  • 95 Davon Custis – Redshirt Freshman
  • 96 Anthony Battle – Redshirt Freshman
  • 97 Tyler Scott – Redshirt Freshman
  • 98 Corbin Bryant (C) – Senior
  • 99 Chance Carter – Freshman
  

Linebackers

  • 31 Stone Pinckney – Sophomore
  • 33 David Nwabuisi – Sophomore
  • 35 Ben Johnson – Junior
  • 41 Quentin Davie (C) – Senior
  • 43 Tim Riley – Redshirt Freshman
  • 44 Nate Williams – Senior
  • 46 Damien Proby – Redshirt Freshman
  • 48 Roderick Goodlow – Sophomore
  • 50 Timmy Vernon – Redshirt Freshman
  • 51 Bryce McNaul – Junior
  • 53 Chi Chi Ariguzo – Freshman
  • 54 Collin Ellis – Freshman
  • 56 Will Studlien – Redshirt Freshman
  • 57 Luke Reppe – Freshman

Defensive backs

  • 15 Daniel Jones – Freshman
  • 24 Ibraheim Campbell – Freshman
  • 36 Mike Eshun – Freshman
  • 39 Joe Cannon – Freshman

Cornerbacks

  • 3 Jeravin Matthews – Junior
  • 13 C.J. Bryant – Freshman
  • 20 Tim Weak – Sophomore
  • 21 Mike Bolden – Junior
  • 22 Demetrius Dugar – Sophomore
  • 26 Jordan Mabin – Junior
  • 28 Justan Vaughn – Senior
  • 38 James Kurzawski – Sophomore
  • 47 Ricky Weina – Junior

Safeties

  • 7 Hunter Bates – Sophomore
  • 10 Brian Peters – Junior
  • 16 Davion Fleming – Redshirt Freshman
  • 27 Jared Carpenter – Sophomore
  • 32 David Arnold – Junior
  • 49 Scott Lilja – Senior
  

Punters

  • 1 Stefan Demos – Senior
  • 49 Brandon Williams – Redshirt Freshman

Kickers

  • 1 Stefan Demos – Senior
  • 34 Steve Flaherty – Sophomore
  • 37 Jeff Budzien – Redshirt Freshman

Long snappers

  • 58 John Henry Pace – Senior
  • 59 Pat Hickey – Redshirt Freshman
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Randy Bates – Linebackers coach
  • Jerry brown – Assistant head coach/defensive backs coach
  • Adam Cushing – Offensive line coach/recruiting coach
  • Mike Hankwitz – Defensive coordinator/safeties coach
  • Bob heffner – Superbacks coach
  • Kevin johns – Wide receivers coach/passing game coach
  • Marty long – Defensive line coach
  • Matt macpherson – Running backs coach
  • Mick mccall – Offensive coordinator/QB's coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Depth chart

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[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Buckeyes vacate wins from last football season". ESPN.com. July 8, 2011. The measures taken by the school included vacating all the Buckeyes' wins from last season, a year in which Ohio State captured a record-tying sixth straight Big Ten title and won an unprecedented seventh straight game over Michigan.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Conference Standings - 2010". ESPN. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 16". ESPN. December 7, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  4. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Vanderbilt Commodores Box Score". ESPN. September 4, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  5. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs Illinois State Redbirds Box Score". ESPN. September 11, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  6. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs Rice Owls Box Score". ESPN. September 18, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  7. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs Central Michigan Chippewas Box Score". ESPN. September 25, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  8. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Minnesota Golden Gophers Box Score". ESPN. October 2, 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2010.
  9. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs Purdue Boilermakers Box Score". ESPN. October 9, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2010.
  10. ^ "Michigan State Spartans vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. October 23, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  11. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Indiana Hoosiers Box Score". ESPN. October 30, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  12. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Penn State Nittany Lions Box Score". ESPN. November 6, 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  13. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Box Score". ESPN. November 13, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
  14. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats vs. Illinois Fighting Illini Box Score". ESPN. November 20, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  15. ^ "Northwestern Wildcats at Wisconsin Badgers Box Score". ESPN. November 27, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  16. ^ "Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Northwestern Wildcats Box Score". ESPN. January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  17. ^ "2010 Northwestern Football Roster". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  18. ^ "Northwestern Announces Team Captains for 2010 Season". Northwestern University Department of Athletics. August 27, 2010. Archived from the original on August 31, 2010. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  19. ^ "2011 TicketCity Bowl Guide" (PDF). Northwestern University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
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