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American college football season

2010 Northwestern Wildcats football
TicketCity Bowl, L 38–45 vs. Texas Tech
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← 20092011 →
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
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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

Regular season

Vanderbilt

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Texas Tech

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

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

2010 Northwestern Wildcats roster

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

Defense


FS
Brian Peters
Hunter Bates
⋅


WLB MLB SLB
⋅ Nate Williams ⋅
Damien Proby David Nwabuisi ⋅
⋅ ⋅ ⋅
SS
Jared Carpenter
David Arnold
⋅
CB
Jordan Mabin
Demetrius Dugar
⋅


DE DT DT DE
Vince Browne Jack DiNardo Corbin Bryant Kevin Watt
Tyler Scott Brian Arnfelt Niko Mafuli Quentin Williams
⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
CB
Justan Vaughn
Mike Bolden
⋅
Offense
Z-Receiver
Sidney Stewart
Rashad Lawrence
⋅
Y-Receiver
Jeremy Ebert
Charles Brown
⋅
LT LG C RG RT
Al Netter Brian Mulroe Ben Burkett Keegan Grant Patrick Ward
Chuck Porcelli Doug Bartels Colin Armstrong Brian Smith Neal Deiters
⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅
Superback
Drake Dunsmore
Josh Rooks
⋅
X-Receiver
Demetrius Fields
Tony Jones
⋅
QB
Dan Persa
Evan Watkins
Kain Colter
RB
Adonis Smith
Stephen Simmons
Mike Trumpy
Special teams
PK Stefan Demos
PK Jeff Budzien
P Brandon Williams
P Stefan Demos
KR Venric Mark
PR Venric Mark
LS John Henry Pace
H Brandon Williams

References

  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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