2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2010 Northwestern Wildcats football
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
← 2009
2011 →
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[1]
Rankings from AP Poll[2][3]

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.

  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.