NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS

 
STADIUM: Ryan Field
CAPACITY: 47,130• PLAYING SURFACE:Grass
OFFENSIVE FORMATION: Spread
DEFENSIVE FORMATION: 4-3
STARTERS RETURNING (O/D): 9*/7
LETTERMAN RETURNING: 56 (26,28,2)
LETTERMAN LOST: 14 (7,5,2)
QUICK FACTS:
  
LOCATION: Evanston, IL  
FOUNDED: 1851  
ENROLLMENT: 8,000  
COLORS: Purple, White  
MASCOT: Willie the Wildcat  
CONFERENCE: Big Ten  
Head Coach: Pat Fitzgerald  
Years with Team: 6th yr  
Overall Record: 34-29  
Record with Team:34-29  
 
2011 Individual Player Stats  •  2011 Start Chart/Starters Lost
2011 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
Kain Colter 136 651 4.8 9   Dan Persa 219 298 73.5% 2380 8.0 17 7 154.7   Jeremy Ebert 75 1053 14.0 11
Jacob Schmidt 107 471 4.4 6   Kain Colter 54 81 66.7% 671 8.3 6 1 158.2   Drake Dunsmore 45 522 11.6 6
Treyvon Green 97 360 3.7 4   Trevor Siemian 16 26 61.5% 257 9.9 3 1 175.0   Kain Colter 43 465 10.8 3
2011 GAME BY GAME STATS

2011 SCHEDULE
2010 RESULTS
NORTHWESTERN 2011
TIME
TV
HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3 at Boston College
12:00
ESPNU
10-10
222-238
24-17
9/10 E Illinois
3:30
28-7
193-161
42-21
9/17 at Army
3:30
7-7
192-145
14-21
9/24  
 
 
10/1 at Illinois
12:00
14-10
116-205
35-38
10/8 Michigan
7:00
24-14
297-256
24-42
10/15 at Iowa
7:00
7-17
213-180
31-41
10/22 Penn St
7:00
BTN
24-27
293-281
24-34
10/29 at Indiana
12:00
38-21
405-276
59-38
11/5 at Nebraska
7-3
160-181
28-25
11/12 Rice
21-0
312-155
28-6
11/19 Minnesota
21-10
193-163
28-13
11/26 Michigan St
3-17
149-198
17-31
12/31 † Car Care Bowl
12:00
ESPN
22-33
NORTHWESTERN 2010
SCORE
BOX
9/4 at Vanderbilt
23-21
9/11 Illinois St
37-3
9/18 at Rice
30-13
9/25

C Michigan
30-25
10/2 at Minnesota
29-28
10/9 Purdue
17-20
10/16

 
10/23 Michigan St (HC)
27-35
10/30 at Indiana
20-17
11/6 at Penn St
21-35
11/13

Iowa
21-17
11/20 † Illinois (Wrigley Field)
27-48
11/27 at Wisconsin
23-70
1/1   TICKET CITY BOWL
38-45
2010 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
Mike Trumpy 116 531 4.6 4   Dan Persa 221 301 73.4% 2565 8.5 15 4 158.8   Jeremy Ebert 62 954 15.4 8
Dan Persa 163 514 3.2 9   Evan Watkins 36 70 51.4% 378 5.4 2 5 91.9   Sidney Stewart 39 437 11.2 0
Adonis Smith 41 195 4.8 0   Jeremy Ebert 2 2 100.0% 60 30.0 0 0 352.0   Drake Dunsmore 40 380 9.5 5
2010 GAME BY GAME STATS

2009 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Rec Yds YPC TD
Arby Fields 79 294 3.72 5   Mike Kafka 272 414 65.7% 2898 7.0 12 7 130.7   Andrew Brewer 49 792 16.2 7
Mike Kafka 130 265 2.04 7   Dan Persa 20 34 58.8% 224 6.6 2 2 121.8   Z Markshausen 79 774 9.8 3
Scott Concannon 67 240 3.58 2   Z Markshausen 1 1 100.0% 38 38.0 1 0 749.2   Drake Dunsmore 39 412 10.6 2
2009 GAME BY GAME STATS

2009 RESULTS
2008 RESULTS
Northwestern 2009 SCORE

Box

9/5
 47-14
9/12
 27-24

9/19

at

Syracuse

 34-37

9/26

Minnesota

 24-35

10/3

at

Purdue

 27-21

10/10

Miami, Oh

 16-6

10/17

at

Michigan St

 14-24

10/24

Indiana

 29-28

10/31

Penn St

 13-34

11/7

at

Iowa

 17-10

11/14

at

Illinois

 21-16

11/21

Wisconsin

 33-31
1/1   Outback Bowl 35-38 Box
NORTHWESTERN 2008 Box
8/30   Syracuse 30-10 Box
9/6 at Duke 24-20 Box
9/13   S Illinois 33-7  
9/20   Ohio 16-8 Box
9/27 at Iowa 22-17 Box
10/4        
10/11   Michigan St 20-37 Box
10/18   Purdue 48-26 Box
10/25 at Indiana 19-21 Box
11/1 at Minnesota 14-70 Box
11/8   Ohio State 10-45 Box
11/15 at Michigan 21-14 Box
11/22   Illinois 27-10 Box
12/29   Missouri 23-30 Box
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