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The 2021 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season The Wildcats played their home games at Ryan Field in Evanston Illinois and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference They were led by 16th year head coach Pat Fitzgerald They finished the season 3 9 1 8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for last place in the West division 2021 Northwestern Wildcats footballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceDivisionWest DivisionRecord3 9 1 8 Big Ten Head coachPat Fitzgerald 16th season Offensive coordinatorMike Bajakian 2nd season Offensive schemeSpreadDefensive coordinatorJim O Neil 1st season Base defense4 3 3 4 hybridHome stadiumRyan FieldSeasons 20202022 2021 Big Ten Conference football standings vte Conf Overall Team W L W L East Division No 3 Michigan xy 8 1 12 2 No 6 Ohio State x 8 1 11 2 No 9 Michigan State 7 2 11 2 Penn State 4 5 7 6 Maryland 3 6 7 6 Rutgers 2 7 5 8 Indiana 0 9 2 10 West Division No 23 Iowa xy 7 2 10 4 Minnesota 6 3 9 4 Wisconsin 6 3 9 4 Purdue 6 3 9 4 Illinois 4 5 5 7 Nebraska 1 8 3 9 Northwestern 1 8 3 9 Championship Michigan 42 Iowa 3 College Football Playoff participant Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participantRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Rankings 4 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 38 00 p m Michigan StateRyan FieldEvanston ILESPNL 21 3834 248September 1111 00 a m Indiana State Ryan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 24 626 181September 183 00 p m at Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham NCACCNL 23 3012 323September 2511 00 a m Ohio Ryan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 35 627 129October 26 30 p m at NebraskaMemorial StadiumLincoln NEBTNL 7 5687 364October 1611 00 a m RutgersRyan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 21 730 218October 2311 00 a m at No 6 MichiganMichigan StadiumAnn Arbor MI George Jewett Trophy FOXL 7 33109 449October 302 30 p m MinnesotaRyan FieldEvanston ILBTNL 14 4128 158November 66 00 p m No 22 IowaRyan FieldEvanston ILBTNL 12 1738 141November 1311 00 a m at No 18 WisconsinCamp Randall StadiumMadison WIESPN2L 7 3573 194November 2011 00 a m PurdueWrigley FieldChicago ILBTNL 14 3231 500November 272 30 p m at IllinoisMemorial StadiumChampaign IL Land of Lincoln Trophy BTNL 14 4727 624 Non conference gameRankings from AP and CFP Rankings after November 2All times are in Central time Source 1 Roster edit2021 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos Name Class QB 0 Cole Freeman Fr WR 2 Jordan Mosley Fr WR 3 J J Jefferson Sr WR 4 Berkeley Holman Sr WR 5 Stephon Robinson Jr GS WR 6 Malik Washington Jr QB 7 Andrew Marty Sr WR 8 Wayne Dennis Jr So QB 9 Carl Richardson So QB 10 Brendan Sullivan Fr RB 11 Andrew Clair GS QB 12 Ryan Hilinski So WR 13 Preston Bacon So WR 14 Donnie Gray Fr QB 15 Hunter Johnson Sr QB 16 Zac Krause So WR 17 Bryce Kirtz So WR 18 Genson Hooper Price So WR 19 Jacob Gill Fr RB 20 Cam Porter So RB 22 Connor Newhouse So WR 23 Raymond Niro II Jr RB 26 Evan Hull So RB 27 Anthony Tyus III Fr RB 29 Marcus Cisco So RB 31 Jake Arthurs So QB 35 Jasper Stratton Fr OL 52 Sam Gerak Sr OL 55 Conrad Rowley Jr OL 56 Josh Thompson Fr OL 62 Max Skidmore So OL 63 Dom D Antonio So OL 65 Jackson Carsello Fr OL 66 Braeden Edwards Fr OL 68 Josh Priebe So OL 69 Charlie Schmidt Jr OL 71 Ben Wrather So OL 72 Caleb Tiernan Fr OL 74 Payne He Bert Jr OL 75 Connor Foster So OL 76 Ethan Wiederkehr Sr OL 77 Peter Skoronski So OL 78 Luke Trifunovic So OL 79 Zachary Franks So TE 80 Trey Pugh Sr WR 81 Calvin Johnson II Fr WR 82 Braeden Heald nbsp Jr WR 83 Will Lansbury Sr TE 84 Hunter Welcing So WR 85 Jack Kennedy So TE 86 Lawson Albright Fr TE 87 Thomas Gordon So WR 87 Jack Moses So TE 88 Marshall Lang So TE 89 Charlie Mangieri Sr Defense Pos Name Class DB 0 Coco Azema So DL 1 Joe Spivak GS DB 2 Cameron Mitchell So DL 5 Jeffery Pooler Jr GS CB 7 Ore Adeyi Fr DT 8 Te Rah Edwards So DB 9 Donovan Sermons Sr CB 10 Theran Johnson Fr CB 11 A J Hampton Jr DB 12 Nigel Williams So DB 13 Garnett Hollis Jr So S 16 Brandon Joseph So S 18 Garner Wallace Fr DB 20 Trent Carrington GS DB 21 Tyler Haskins So DB 22 Bryce Jackson Sr DB 24 Rod Heard II So DB 25 Jaheem Joseph So LB 28 Chris Bergin GS LB 31 Jaylen Rivers Jr LB 32 Bryce Gallagher So LB 33 Michael Jansey Jr So LB 34 Xander Mueller So LB 37 Mac Uihlein Fr DB 38 Joe DeHaan So DL 39 Aidan Hubbard Fr LB 40 Peter McIntyre Sr LB 41 Grayson Mann Jr LB 44 Khalid Jones Jr LB 45 Cullen Coleman So DL 46 Devin O Rourke Jr LB 47 Troy Hudetz GS LB 48 Owen Bergin So DL 50 P J Spencer So DL 52 Jordan Butler So DE 53 Jaiden Cameron So DL 54 Jeremy Meiser GS LB 57 Greyson Metz So DL 58 Najee Story Fr DL 60 Carmine Bastone Fr DL 90 Wyatt Blake Jr DL 91 Samdup Miller GS DT 94 Jason Gold Jr Jr DT 96 Trevor Kent Jr DL 97 Sean McLaughlin So DL 98 Duke Olges So DL 99 Adetomiwa Adebawore Jr Special teams Pos Name Class K 14 Charlie Kuhbander GS K P 15 Trey Finison Jr P 36 Derek Adams GS LS 43 Will Halkyard So P 46 Hunter Renner So LS 48 Peter Snodgrass Sr K P 49 Jacob Tabibian Fr P 90 Jake Genyk Jr K 92 Jack Olsen So Head coach Pat Fitzgerald Coordinators assistant coaches Mike Bajakian Offensive coordinator Quarterbacks Jim O Neil Defensive coordinator Kurt Anderson Offensive Line Lou Ayeni Running backs Recruiting coordinator Jeff Genyk Special teams coordinator Marty Long Defensive line Matt MacPherson Associate head coach Defensive backs Tim McGarigle Linebackers Dennis Springer Wide receivers Bob Heffner Tight ends Legend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp Redshirt RosterRankings editFurther information 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings Ranking movementsLegend RV Received votesWeekPollPre1234567891011121314FinalAPRVCoachesRVCFPNot releasedNot releasedReferences edit 2021 Northwestern Football Schedule FBSchedules com Retrieved February 2 2021 nbsp This college football 2020s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte 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