Preseason
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Schedule
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The schedule is as follows:[3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 11:00 am at Boston College * ESPNU W 24–1737,561[4] September 10 2:30 pm Eastern Illinois * BTN W 42–2128,042[5] September 17 2:30 pm at Army * CBSSN L 14–2135,784[6] October 1 11:00 am at No. 22 Illinois ESPN2 L 35–3853,243[7] October 8 6:00 pm No. 11 Michigan Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois (rivalry ) BTN L 24–4247,330[8] October 15 6:00 pm at Iowa BTN L 31–4170,585[9] October 22 6:00 pm No. 22 Penn State Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN L 24–3440,004[10] October 29 11:00 am at Indiana BTN W 59–3839,239[11] November 5 2:30 pm at No. 9 Nebraska BTN W 28–2585,115[12] November 12 11:00 am Rice * Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN W 28–626,886[13] November 19 11:00 am Minnesota Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN W 28–1326,215[14] November 26 11:00 am No. 10 Michigan State Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois BTN L 17–3132,172[15] December 31 11:00 am Texas A&M * ESPN L 22–3368,395[16] *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Regular season
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Boston College
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1
2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern
3
7 7 7
24
Boston College
3
7 0 7
17
Scoring summary 1 12:49 BC Nate Freese 19-yard field goalBC 3–0 1 7:01 NW Jeff Budzien 43-yard field goal Tied 3–3 2 8:03 BC Andre Williams 6-yard run (Nate Freese kick) BC 10–3 2 0:38 NW Kain Colter 3-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) Tied 10–10 3 11:53 NW Mike Trumpy 5-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) NW 17–10 4 9:24 NW Adonis Smith 1-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) NW 24–10 4 6:00 BC Andre Williams 1-yard run (Nate Freese kick) NW 24–17
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Eastern Illinois
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2 3 4 Total
Eastern Illinois
0
7 7 7
21
• Northwestern
14
14 7 7
42
1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
0
7 0 7
14
• Army
7
0 7 7
21
Illinois
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1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
0
14 14 7
35
• Illinois
7
3 7 21
38
Michigan
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1
2 3 4 Total
• Michigan
7
7 14 14
42
Northwestern
14
10 0 0
24
1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
0
7 10 14
31
• Iowa
10
7 0 24
41
Penn State
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1
2 3 4 Total
• Penn State
14
13 7 0
34
Northwestern
14
10 0 0
24
1
2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern
17
21 14 7
59
Indiana
7
14 10 7
38
Nebraska
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1
2 3 4 Total
• Northwestern
7
0 7 14
28
Nebraska
0
3 7 15
25
Scoring summary 1 2:08 NW Jacob Schmidt 2-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) NW 7–0 2 2:26 NEB Brett Maher 36-yard field goalNW 7–3 3 12:13 NW Kain Colter 3-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) NW 14–3 3 3:52 NEB Tim Marlowe 15-yard pass from Taylor Martinez (Brett Maher kick) NW 14–10 4 12:16 NW Jeremy Ebert 81-yard pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick) NW 21–10 4 8:55 NEB Rex Burkhead 1-yard run (Taylor Martinez run) NW 21–18 4 1:34 NW Kain Colter 1-yard run (Jeff Budzien kick) NW 28–18 4 0:18 NEB Kenny Bell 18-yard pass from Taylor Martinez (Brett Maher kick) NW 28–25
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1
2 3 4 Total
Rice
0
0 0 6
6
• Northwestern
7
14 0 7
28
Minnesota
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2 3 4 Total
Minnesota
7
3 0 3
13
• Northwestern
21
0 0 7
28
Michigan State
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1
2 3 4 Total
• Michigan State
3
14 7 7
31
Northwestern
0
3 7 7
17
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
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Texas A&M
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1
2 3 4 Total
• Texas A&M
3
17 10 3
33
Northwestern
0
7 0 15
22
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 RV RV — — — — — — — — — — — — — Coaches RV RV RV RV RV — — — — — — — — — — — Harris Not released — — — — — — — — — Not released BCS Not released — — — — — — — — Not released
2011 Northwestern Wildcats roster [19] [20]
Quarterbacks
Running backs
4 Adonis Smith – Sophomore
21 Jordan Perkins – Freshman
22 Treyvon Green – Freshman
28 Tim Hanrahan – Freshman
29 Mike Trumpy – Sophomore
34 Tyris Jones – Junior
39 Jacob Schmidt – Senior Wide receivers
5 Venric Mark – Sophomore
6 Charles Brown – Senior
8 Demetrius Fields – Junior
11 Jeremy Ebert – Senior
12 Tony Jones – Sophomore
14 Christian Jones – Freshman
17 Rashad Lawrence – Sophomore
23 E.J. Webb – Freshman
27 Cermak Bland – Freshman
80 Mike Jensen – Sophomore
81 Cameron Dickerson – Freshman
84 Drew Moulton – Sophomore
86 Brendan Barber – Junior
88 Torin Dupper – Freshman
89 Pierre Youngblood-Ary – Freshman Superbacks
9 Drake Dunsmore – Senior
40 Brett Nagel – Junior
82 John Plasencia – Sophomore
83 Jack Konopka – Freshman
85 Mark Szott – Freshman
Offensive line
53 Geoff Mogus – Freshman
57 Matt Frazier – Freshman
61 Alex Pietrzak – Freshman
62 Taylor Paxton – Sophomore
64 Doug Bartels – Senior
65 Ben Burkett – Senior
66 Brandon Vitabile – Freshman
68 Hayden Baker – Freshman
70 Patrick Ward – Junior
71 Shane Mertz – Freshman
72 Brian Mulroe – Junior
73 Colin Armstrong – Senior
74 Chuck Porcelli – Junior
75 Al Netter (C) – Senior
76 Brian Smith – Sophomore
78 Paul Jorgensen – Freshman
79 Neal Deiters – Junior Defensive line
42 Kevin Watt – Senior
55 Bo Cisek – Junior
58 Max Chapman – Freshman
60 Jake Gregus – Sophomore
67 Sean McEvilly – Freshman
79 C.J. Robbins – Freshman
88 Quentin Williams – Junior
90 Jack DiNardo – Senior
91 Brian Arnfelt – Junior
92 Will Hampton – Sophomore
93 Niko Mafuli – Senior
94 Vince Browne – Senior
95 Davon Custis – Sophomore
96 Anthony Battle – Sophomore
97 Tyler Scott – Sophomore
98 Deonte Gibson – Freshman
99 Chance Carter – Freshman
Linebackers
31 Stone Pinckney – Junior
33 David Nwabuisi – Junior
35 Ben Johnson – Senior
41 Doug Diedrick – Freshman
43 Tim Riley – Sophomore
44 Chi Chi Ariguzo – Freshman
45 Collin Ellis – Freshman
46 Damien Proby – Sophomore
48 Roderick Goodlow – Junior
50 Timmy Vernon – Sophomore
51 Bryce McNaul – Senior
54 Drew Smith – Freshman
56 Will Studlien – Sophomore Defensive backs
15 Daniel Jones – Freshman
16 Davion Fleming – Sophomore
18 Matt Carpenter – Freshman
19 Jimmy Hall – Freshman
20 Austin Kassner – Freshman
23 Nick VanHoose – Freshman
24 Ibraheim Campbell – Freshman
25 Jarrell Williams – Freshman
36 Mike Eshun – Freshman
39 Joe Cannon – Freshman Cornerbacks
3 Jeravin Matthews – Senior
13 C.J. Bryant – Freshman
20 Tim Weak – Junior
21 Mike Bolden – Senior
22 Demetrius Dugar – Junior
26 Jordan Mabin (C) – Senior
47 Ricky Weina – Senior Safeties
7 Hunter Bates – Junior
10 Brian Peters (C) – Senior
27 Jared Carpenter – Junior
32 David Arnold – Senior
Punters
31 Chris Gradone – Freshman
49 Brandon Williams – Sophomore Kickers
34 Steve Flaherty – Junior
37 Jeff Budzien – Sophomore
38 Arthur Omilian – Freshman Long snappers
59 Pat Hickey – Sophomore Head coach Coordinators/Assistant coaches Randy Bates – Linebackers coach
Jerry brown – Assistant head coach/defensive backs coach
Adam Cushing – Offensive line coach
Mike Hankwitz – Defensive coordinator
Bob heffner – Superbacks coach
Marty long – Defensive line coach
Matt macpherson – Running backs coach/recruiting coordinator
Mick mccall – Offensive coordinator/QBs coach
Dennis springer – Wide receivers coach Legend (C) Team captain
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References
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