Schedule
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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
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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
2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
WR
2
Christian Salem
Jr
RB
4
Solomon Vault
So
WR
5
Miles Shuler
Sr
WR
6
Mike McHugh
Jr
QB
7
Matt Alviti
So
WR
8
Stephen Buckley
Jr
SB
9
Garrett Dickerson
So
QB
10
Zack Oliver
Sr
QB
11
T. J. Green
Fr
WR
11
Pierre Youngblood-Ary
Sr
RB
12
Auston Anderson
Fr
RB
13
Warren Long
Jr
WR
14
Christian Jones (C)
Sr
QB
14
Lloyd Yates
Fr
WR
15
Macan Wilson
So
WR
16
Quinn Baker
So
QB
17
Daniel Kubiuk
Fr
QB
18
Clayton Thorson
Fr
WR
19
Cameron Dickerson
Sr
RB
20
John Moten IV
Fr
RB
21
Justin Jackson
So
WR
24
Mark Gorogianis
So
WR
25
Luke Dauch
Sr
WR
36
Corey Acker
So
SB
40
Dan Vitale (C)
Sr
WR
43
Cole Johnson
So
SB
46
Eric Lutzen
Fr
OL
53
Geoff Mogus
Sr
OL
57
Matt Frazier
Sr
OL
59
J. B. Butler
Fr
OL
63
Ian Park
Jr
OL
64
Andrew Otterman
Fr
OL
65
Jared Thomas
Fr
OL
68
Connor Mahoney
Jr
OL
69
Brad North
So
OL
70
Shane Mertz
Sr
OL
71
Tommy Doles
Fr
OL
72
Blake Hance
Fr
OL
73
Adam DePietro
Jr
OL
74
Graham Bullmore
So
OL
76
Eric Oloson
Jr
OL
78
Adam Lemke-Bell
Fr
OL
79
Sam Coverdale
So
WR
80
Austin Carr
Jr
WR
81
Jelani Roberts
Fr
WR
82
Andrew Scanlan
Jr
WR
83
Chad Hanaoka
So
WR
84
Cameron Green
Fr
WR
85
Chris Cliff
Fr
SB
85
Mark Szott
Sr
WR
86
Flynn Nagel
Fr
WR
87
Garrett Kidd
Sr
SB
88
Jayme Taylor
So
WR
89
Charlie Fessler
Fr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DL
1
Max Chapman
Sr
S
2
Traveon Henry (C)
Sr
CB
3
Keith Watkins II
So
DL
7
Ifeadi Odenigbo
Jr
DB
10
Jake Murray
Fr
DL
13
Deonte Gibson (C)
Sr
S
16
Godwin Igwebuike
So
CB
17
Marcus McShepard
So
LB
18
Anthony Walker
So
S
21
Kyle Queiro
So
CB
22
Parrker Westphal
Fr
CB
23
Nick VanHoose
Sr
CB
24
Montre Hartage
Fr
S
26
Terrance Brown
Jr
CB
27
Matthew Harris
Jr
DB
28
Alonzo Mayo
Fr
DB
29
Trae Williams
Fr
LB
31
Tommy Vitale
Fr
LB
32
Nate Hall
Fr
DB
33
Steven Reese
Fr
LB
34
Simba Short
Fr
LB
35
Tom Hruby
Jr
DB
38
Dami Arowolaju
Jr
S
41
Jared McGee
Fr
LB
42
Joseph Jones
Jr
DL
44
James Prather
Fr
LB
45
Nathan Fox
Fr
LB
46
Anthony Pierce-Adams
Fr
DB
47
Joe Bergin
Fr
S
48
Tommy Odell
So
LB
49
Josh Roberts
So
LB
51
Jaylen Prater
Jr
LB
53
Cameron Queiro
Fr
DL
54
Trent Goens
Fr
LB
55
Drew Smith
Sr
LB
56
Brett Walsh
So
DL
58
Heath Reineke
Fr
DL
67
Tyler Lancaster
So
DL
90
C. J. Robbins
Sr
DL
92
Kenton Playko
Fr
DL
93
Greg Kuhar
Jr
DL
94
Dean Lowry
Sr
DL
95
Jordan Thompson
Fr
DL
97
Joe Gaziano
Fr
DL
98
Xavier Washington
So
DL
99
Ben Oxley
Fr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
7
Jack Mitchell
Jr
K , P
33
Matt Micucci
Jr
K
38
Arthur Omilian
Sr
K
38
Mason Weissenhofer
Fr
LS
52
Chaz Fitzpatrick
Jr
P , K
96
Hunter Niswander
So
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Randy Bates (Linebackers)
Jerry Brown (Defensive Backs)
Adam Cushing (Offensive Line)
Mike Hankwitz (Defensive Coordinator)
Bob Heffner (Superbacks)
Marty Long (Defensive Line)
Matt MacPherson (Running Backs / Recruiting Coordinator)
Mick McCall (Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks)
Dennis Springer (Wide Receivers)
Clay Bignell (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
Chris Bowers (Director of Player Personnel)
Cody Cejda (Director of Football Operations)
Darby Dunnagan (Director of Video Operations)
David Girardi (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
Dan Hernandez (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
Jay Hooten (Director of Sports Performance for Football)
Tommy Rees (Offensive Graduate Assistant)
Jacob Schmidt (Director of Player Development)
Troy Sutton (Assistant Director of Sports Performance for Football)
Mike Jasinski (Recruiting Intern) Legend (C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) IneligibleRoster Last update: December 30, 2015
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