American college football season
The2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team representedNorthwestern University during the2011 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 atRyan Field inEvanston, Illinois . They are members of the Legends Division of theBig 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 theMeineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they were defeated byTexas A&M 22–33.
Conference divisions [ edit ] Starting in 2011, theBig Ten Conference created two divisions, "Legends" and "Leaders", following theUniversity of Nebraska 's membership into the conference. Northwestern was placed in the "Legends" division, with theUniversity of Iowa , theUniversity of Michigan ,Michigan State University , theUniversity of Minnesota and the University of Nebraska joining them.[ 2]
The schedule is as follows:[ 3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 11:00 am atBoston College * ESPNU W 24–1737,561[ 4] September 10 2:30 pm Eastern Illinois * BTN W 42–2128,042[ 5] September 17 2:30 pm atArmy * CBSSN L 14–2135,784[ 6] October 1 11:00 am at No. 22Illinois ESPN2 L 35–3853,243[ 7] October 8 6:00 pm No. 11Michigan Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois (rivalry ) BTN L 24–4247,330[ 8] October 15 6:00 pm atIowa BTN L 31–4170,585[ 9] October 22 6:00 pm No. 22Penn State Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN L 24–3440,004[ 10] October 29 11:00 am atIndiana BTN W 59–3839,239[ 11] November 5 2:30 pm at No. 9Nebraska BTN W 28–2585,115[ 12] November 12 11:00 am Rice * Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN W 28–626,886[ 13] November 19 11:00 am Minnesota Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN W 28–1326,215[ 14] November 26 11:00 am No. 10Michigan State Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN L 17–3132,172[ 15] December 31 11:00 am Texas A&M * ESPN L 22–3368,395[ 16] *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inCentral time
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Northwestern 3 7 7 7 24 Boston College 3 7 0 7 17
Scoring summary 1 12:49 BC Nate Freese 19-yard field goalBC 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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Team 1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Illinois 0 7 7 7 21 •Northwestern 14 14 7 7 42
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 7 0 7 14 •Army 7 0 7 7 21
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 14 14 7 35 •Illinois 7 3 7 21 38
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Michigan 7 7 14 14 42 Northwestern 14 10 0 0 24
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 7 10 14 31 •Iowa 10 7 0 24 41
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Penn State 14 13 7 0 34 Northwestern 14 10 0 0 24
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Northwestern 17 21 14 7 59 Indiana 7 14 10 7 38
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Northwestern 7 0 7 14 28 Nebraska 0 3 7 15 25
Scoring summary 1 2:08 NW Jacob Schmidt 2-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) NW 7–0 2 2:26 NEB Brett Maher 36-yard field goalNW 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 fromTaylor 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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Team 1 2 3 4 Total Rice 0 0 0 6 6 •Northwestern 7 14 0 7 28
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Minnesota 7 3 0 3 13 •Northwestern 21 0 0 7 28
Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Michigan State 3 14 7 7 31 Northwestern 0 3 7 7 17
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas [ edit ] Team 1 2 3 4 Total •Texas A&M 3 17 10 3 33 Northwestern 0 7 0 15 22
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP RV RV RV — — — — — — — — — — — — — Coaches RV RV RV RV RV — — — — — — — — — — — Harris Not released — — — — — — — — — Not released BCS Not released — — — — — — — — Not released
2011 Northwestern Wildcats roster[ 19] [ 20] Quarterbacks
Running backs
4 Adonis Smith –Sophomore 21 Jordan Perkins –Freshman 22 Treyvon Green –Freshman 28 Tim Hanrahan – 29 Mike Trumpy –Sophomore 34 Tyris Jones –Junior 39 Jacob Schmidt –Senior Wide receivers
5Venric 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 – 89 Pierre Youngblood-Ary –Freshman Superbacks
9Drake 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 – 68 Hayden Baker – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 45 Collin Ellis – 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 – 16 Davion Fleming –Sophomore 18 Matt Carpenter –Freshman 19 Jimmy Hall – 20 Austin Kassner –Freshman 23 Nick VanHoose –Freshman 24Ibraheim Campbell – 25 Jarrell Williams –Freshman 36 Mike Eshun – 39 Joe Cannon – Cornerbacks
3 Jeravin Matthews –Senior 13 C.J. Bryant – 20 Tim Weak –Junior 21 Mike Bolden –Senior 22 Demetrius Dugar –Junior 26Jordan 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
Head coach Coordinators/Assistant coaches Randy Bates – Linebackers coachJerry brown – Assistant head coach/defensive backs coach Adam Cushing – Offensive line coachMike Hankwitz – Defensive coordinatorBob 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
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