2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team
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The 2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University
in the Big Ten during the 2008–2009 college football
season. Pat Fitzgerald
, in his third season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats played their homes games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois
.
finished the season with a win-loss record of 6-6 and did not receive a bowl invitation.
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Team Opp
Punts-Yards
Avg per Punt
Time of Possession/Game
3rd Down Conversions
4th Down Conversions
Touchdowns Scored
Field Goals-Attempts-Long
PAT-Attempts
Attendance
Games/Avg per Game
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in the Big Ten during the 2008–2009 college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
season. Pat Fitzgerald
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, in his third season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats played their homes games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
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The 2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2007–2008 college football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his second season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach...
finished the season with a win-loss record of 6-6 and did not receive a bowl invitation.
Schedule
Syracuse
Duke
Southern Illinois
Ohio
Iowa
Michigan State
Purdue
Indiana
Minnesota
Ohio State
Michigan
Illinois
Alamo Bowl, v. Missouri
Rankings
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Final |
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AP | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | #24 | #24 | #22 | NR |
Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | #22 | NR | #24 | NR | #25 | NR | #24 | #20 | #22 | #20 | NR |
Harris | Not released | NR | #23 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | #24 | #22 | #21 | |||||
BCS | Not released | #22 | NR | #24 | NR | NR | #24 | #22 | #23 |
Team
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Scoring | |||
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First Downs | |||
Rushing | |||
Passing | |||
Penalty | |||
Total Offense | |||
Avg per Play | |||
Avg per Game | |||
Fumbles-Lost | |||
Penalties-Yards | |||
Avg per Game |
Scores by quarter
Rushing
Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
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Opponents |
Passing
Name | CMP | ATT | YDS | CMP% | YPA | LNG | TD | INT | SACK | RAT |
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C.J. Bacher | 218 | 365 | 2128 | 59.7 | 5.83 | 53 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 113.68 |
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32 | 46 | 330 | 69.6 | 7.17 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 131.13 |
Eric Peterman | 2 | 2 | 55 | 100.0 | 27.50 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 496.0 |
Total | 252 | 413 | 2513 | 61.0 | 6.08 | 53 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 116.9 |
Opponents |
Receiving
Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G | ||
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Opponents |
Defense
Name | GP | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Interceptions | Fumbles | Blkd Kick |
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Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BrUp | QBH | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Rcv-Yds | FF | |||
Total |
Special teams
Name | Punting | Kickoffs | |||||||||||
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No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd | No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB | |
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Name | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||
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No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
Total |