2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team

2014 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record5–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMick McCall (7th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (7th season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Captains
  • Brandon Vitabile[1] (2nd year)
  • Ibraheim Campbell
  • Collin Ellis
  • Paul Jorgensen
    Trevor Siemian
Home stadiumRyan Field
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 1 Ohio State x$#^   8 0     14 1  
No. T–5 Michigan State   7 1     11 2  
Maryland   4 4     7 6  
Rutgers   3 5     8 5  
Michigan   3 5     5 7  
Penn State   2 6     7 6  
Indiana   1 7     4 8  
West Division
No. 13 Wisconsin x   7 1     11 3  
Minnesota   5 3     8 5  
Nebraska   5 3     9 4  
Iowa   4 4     7 6  
Illinois   3 5     6 7  
Northwestern   3 5     5 7  
Purdue   1 7     3 9  
Championship: Ohio State 59, Wisconsin 0
  • # – College Football Playoff champion
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, who was in his ninth season at Northwestern, as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the new West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2018. p. 94. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.