American college football season
The 2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . It was Pat Fitzgerald 's tenth season as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois . They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season 10–3, 6–2 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Outback Bowl where they were defeated by Tennessee 45–6.
Schedule [ edit ] Northwestern announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats hosted Big Ten foes Iowa , Minnesota , Penn State , and Purdue and travelled to Illinois , Michigan , Nebraska , and Wisconsin .[1]
The Wildcats hosted three of their four non conference games against Ball State , Eastern Illinois and Stanford . Northwestern traveled to Durham, North Carolina to face Duke of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 19.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 11:00 a.m. No. 21 Stanford * ESPN W 16–636,024 September 12 3:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois * ESPNews W 41–029,131 September 19 11:30 a.m. at Duke * No. 23 ACCN W 19–1024,127 September 26 7:00 p.m. Ball State * No. 17 BTN W 24–1930,107 October 3 11:00 a.m. Minnesota No. 16 BTN W 27–030,044 October 10 2:30 p.m. at No. 18 Michigan No. 13 BTN L 0–38110,452 October 17 11:00 a.m. No. 17 Iowa No. 20 ABC/ESPN2 L 10–4044,135 October 24 11:00 a.m. at Nebraska ESPN2 W 30–2889,493 November 7 11:00 a.m. Penn State No. 21 ESPNU W 23–2134,116 November 14 11:00 a.m. Purdue No. 18 BTN W 21–1430,003 November 21 2:30 pm at No. 25 Wisconsin No. 20 BTN W 13–775,276 November 28 2:30 pm at Illinois No. 16 ESPNU W 24–1433,514 January 1, 2016 11:00 a.m. vs. No. 23 Tennessee * No. 13 ESPN2 L 6–4553,202
Schedule Source: [2] Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP — RV 23 17 16 13 20 RV RV RV 24 20 17 13 12 23 Coaches — RV 24 19 17 14 21 RV RV RV 24 21 17 13 12 22 CFP Not released 21 18 20 16 14 13 Not released
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