As of December 14, 2023 Rankings from CFP Rankings
The Wildcats finished the regular season with a record of 7–5 and went 5–4 in conference play to finish second in the Big Ten West. Braun was named Big Ten Coach of the Year.[2] The Wildcats were selected to face Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl.
On July 7, 2023, the school announced that they had suspended head coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay after an investigation related to hazing within the football program.[3] Three days later as details emerged of the allegations from a former player that included hazing and sexual abuse, the school fired Fitzgerald after 17 years as head coach.[4] The school named defensive coordinator David Braun the interim head coach for the season.[5]
Preseasonedit
Big 10 media polledit
The Wildcats were predicted to finish seventh in the Big Ten's West Division.[6]
^Chicago Tribune staff (November 15, 2023). "David Braun named Northwestern's permanent head football coach midway through interim season". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
^"Northwestern's Braun named Big Ten coach of the year. Coaches vote 8 Michigan players to 1st team". Associated Press. November 29, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
^"Northwestern Football: Pat Fitzgerald Suspended Amid Hazing Probe - Sports Illustrated". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^"Northwestern fires Fitzgerald amid hazing claims". ESPN.com. July 10, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^"Northwestern names defensive coordinator David Braun as interim head coach". Yahoo Sports. July 14, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
^Cobb, David (July 25, 2023). "Big Ten football predicted order of finish for 2023: Michigan picked to win conference title over Ohio State". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
^"2023 Football Schedule". Northwestern University Sports. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
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The 2023 Northwestern Wildcats football team represents Northwestern University in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season They are led by first year head coach David Braun and play their home games at Ryan Field in Evanston Illinois Braun began the season as interim head coach and was elevated to permanent head coach on November 15 following the team s 24 10 road win over Wisconsin 1 2023 Northwestern Wildcats footballLas Vegas Bowl vs UtahConferenceBig Ten ConferenceDivisionWest DivisionRecord7 5 5 4 Big Ten Head coachDavid Braun 1st season Offensive coordinatorMike Bajakian 4th season Offensive schemeSpreadBase defenseMultiple 4 3Home stadiumRyan FieldSeasons 20222024 2023 Big Ten Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionNo 1 Michigan xy 9 0 13 0 No 7 Ohio State 8 1 11 1 No 10 Penn State 7 2 10 2 Maryland 4 5 7 5 Rutgers 3 6 6 6 Michigan State 2 7 4 8 Indiana 1 8 3 9 West DivisionNo 17 Iowa xy 7 2 10 3 Northwestern 5 4 7 5 Wisconsin 5 4 7 5 Illinois 3 6 5 7 Minnesota 3 6 5 7 Nebraska 3 6 5 7 Purdue 3 6 4 8 Championship Michigan 26 Iowa 0 College Football Playoff participant Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participantAs of December 14 2023Rankings from CFP RankingsThe Wildcats finished the regular season with a record of 7 5 and went 5 4 in conference play to finish second in the Big Ten West Braun was named Big Ten Coach of the Year 2 The Wildcats were selected to face Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl Contents 1 Hazing and sexual abuse allegations 2 Preseason 2 1 Big 10 media poll 3 Schedule 4 Game summaries 4 1 At Rutgers 4 2 UTEP 4 3 At No 21 Duke 4 4 Minnesota 4 5 No 6 Penn State 4 6 Howard 4 7 At Nebraska 4 8 Maryland 4 9 Iowa 4 10 At Wisconsin 4 11 Purdue 4 12 At Illinois 4 13 vs Utah Las Vegas Bowl 5 ReferencesHazing and sexual abuse allegations editOn July 7 2023 the school announced that they had suspended head coach Pat Fitzgerald for two weeks without pay after an investigation related to hazing within the football program 3 Three days later as details emerged of the allegations from a former player that included hazing and sexual abuse the school fired Fitzgerald after 17 years as head coach 4 The school named defensive coordinator David Braun the interim head coach for the season 5 Preseason editBig 10 media poll edit The Wildcats were predicted to finish seventh in the Big Ten s West Division 6 Big Ten media poll West DivisionPredicted finish Team Points 1st place votes 1 Wisconsin 233 20 2 Iowa 232 16 3 Minnesota 176 1 4 Illinois 1525 Nebraska 1166 Purdue 897 Northwestern 38Schedule editDateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSourceSeptember 311 00 a m at RutgersSHI StadiumPiscataway NJCBSL 7 2453 026 1 2 September 92 30 p m UTEP Ryan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 38 714 851 3 4 September 162 30 p m at No 21 Duke Wallace Wade StadiumDurham NCACCNL 14 3818 141 5 6 September 236 30 p m MinnesotaRyan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 37 34 OT20 148 7 8 September 3011 00 a m No 6 Penn StateRyan FieldEvanston ILBTNL 13 4125 064 9 10 October 72 00 p m Howard nbsp Ryan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 23 2022 160 11 12 October 212 30 p m at NebraskaMemorial StadiumLincoln NEBTNL 9 1786 769October 2811 00 a m MarylandRyan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 33 2719 286November 42 30 p m IowaWrigley FieldChicago ILPeacockL 7 1038 000November 112 30 p m at WisconsinCamp Randall StadiumMadison WIFS1W 24 1076 124November 1811 00 a m PurdueRyan FieldEvanston ILBTNW 23 1523 291November 252 30 p m at IllinoisMemorial StadiumChampaign IL rivalry BTNW 45 4342 310December 236 30 p m Utah Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas Bowl Paradise NVABC Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 31 Released prior to gameAll times are in Central timeSource 7 Game summaries editAt Rutgers edit See also 2023 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team 1 2 3 4 TotalWildcats 0 0 0 7 7Scarlet Knights 7 10 7 0 24Statistics NU RUTGFirst downs 13 20Total yards 201 285Rushing yards 12 122Passing yards 189 163Turnovers 2 1Time of possession 22 04 37 56Team Category Player StatisticsNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 20 36 169 yards 2 INTRushing Brendan Sullivan 4 rushes 11 yardsReceiving Camron Johnson 4 receptions 45 yardsRutgers Passing Gavin Wimsatt 17 29 163 yards TDRushing Kyle Monangai 14 rushes 49 yards TDReceiving Isaiah Washington 4 receptions 36 yards UTEP edit See also 2023 UTEP Miners football team 1 2 3 4 TotalMiners 7 0 0 0 7Wildcats 7 0 21 10 38Statistics UTEP NUFirst downs 18 17Total yards 319 391Rushing yards 104 184Passing yards 215 207Turnovers 3 0Time of possession 31 21 28 39Team Category Player StatisticsUTEP Passing Gavin Hardison 17 25 192 yards TD 2 INTRushing Torrance Burgess Jr 7 rushes 34 yardsReceiving Jeremiah Ballard 4 receptions 92 yardsNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 11 17 116 yards TDRushing Cam Porter 17 rushes 90 yardsReceiving Joseph Himon II 1 reception 85 yards TD At No 21 Duke edit See also 2023 Duke Blue Devils football team 1 2 3 4 TotalWildcats 0 7 0 7 14No 21 Blue Devils 7 10 14 7 38Statistics NU DUKEFirst downs 19 25Total yards 267 487Rushing yards 104 268Passing yards 163 219Turnovers 1 0Time of possession 28 54 31 06Team Category Player StatisticsNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 17 34 123 yards TD INTRushing Cam Porter 10 rushes 49 yardsReceiving Camron Johnson 5 receptions 45 yardsDuke Passing Riley Leonard 15 20 219 yardsRushing Riley Leonard 13 rushes 97 yards 2 TDReceiving Jalon Calhoun 5 receptions 112 yards Minnesota edit See also 2023 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team 1 2 3 4OT TotalGolden Gophers 7 17 7 03 34Wildcats 0 7 3 216 37Statistics MINN NUFirst downs 15 25Total yards 397 492Rushing yards 244 92Passing yards 153 400Turnovers 0 1Time of possession 30 10 29 50Team Category Player StatisticsMinnesota Passing Athan Kaliakmanis 14 19 153 yards 2 TDRushing Darius Taylor 31 rushes 198 yards 2 TDReceiving Daniel Jackson 4 receptions 53 yards TDNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 33 49 396 yards 4 TDRushing Cam Porter 16 rushes 56 yards TDReceiving Bryce Kirtz 10 receptions 215 yards 2 TD No 6 Penn State edit See also 2023 Penn State Nittany Lions football team 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 6 Nittany Lions 3 7 17 14 41Wildcats 3 7 0 3 13Statistics PSU NUFirst downs 19 12Total yards 353 175Rushing yards 134 45Passing yards 219 130Turnovers 1 1Time of possession 32 08 27 52Team Category Player StatisticsPenn State Passing Drew Allar 18 33 189 yards TDRushing Nicholas Singleton 21 rushes 80 yards TDReceiving KeAndre Lambert Smith 4 receptions 86 yardsNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 14 25 122 yardsRushing Brendan Sullivan 7 rushes 25 yardsReceiving Camron Johnson 6 receptions 81 yards Howard edit See also 2023 Howard Bison football team 1 2 3 4 TotalBison 0 0 7 13 20Wildcats 9 7 7 0 23Statistics HOW NUFirst downs 18 21Total yards 331 312Rushing yards 162 181Passing yards 169 131Turnovers 0 0Time of possession 29 34 30 26Team Category Player StatisticsHoward Passing Quinton Williams 18 30 169 yardsRushing Eden James 21 rushes 177 yards TDReceiving Richie Ilarraza 7 receptions 65 yardsNorthwestern Passing Brendan Sullivan 13 18 131 yards 2 TDRushing Cam Porter 18 rushes 78 yardsReceiving Camron Johnson 4 receptions 55 yards TD At Nebraska edit See also 2023 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team 1 2 3 4 TotalWildcats 3 3 0 3 9Cornhuskers 3 7 0 7 17Statistics NU NEBFirst downs 12 14Total yards 257 248Rushing yards 81 163Passing yards 176 85Turnovers 1 2Time of possession 30 52 29 08Team Category Player StatisticsNorthwestern Passing Brendan Sullivan 12 23 176 yards INTRushing Anthony Tyus III 6 rushes 63 yardsReceiving Bryce Kirtz 3 receptions 96 yardsNebraska Passing Heinrich Haarberg 8 17 85 yards TD 2 INTRushing Emmett Johnson 12 rushes 73 yardsReceiving Malachi Coleman 1 reception 44 yards TD Maryland edit See also 2023 Maryland Terrapins football team 1 2 3 4 TotalTerrapins 14 3 3 7 27Wildcats 14 10 3 6 33Statistics MD NUFirst downs 25 19Total yards 391 364Rushing yards 117 99Passing yards 274 265Turnovers 2 0Time of possession 29 13 30 47Team Category Player StatisticsMaryland Passing Taulia Tagovailoa 30 47 274 yards 3 TD INTRushing Colby McDonald 5 rushes 43 yardsReceiving Jeshaun Jones 9 receptions 78 yards TDNorthwestern Passing Brendan Sullivan 16 23 265 yards 2 TDRushing Brendan Sullivan 14 rushes 56 yardsReceiving Joseph Himon II 2 receptions 67 yards Iowa edit See also 2023 Iowa Hawkeyes football team 1 2 3 4 TotalHawkeyes 0 0 7 3 10Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7Statistics IOWA NUFirst downs 14 12Total yards 169 170Rushing yards 104 89Passing yards 65 81Turnovers 1 0Time of possession 30 18 29 42Team Category Player StatisticsIowa Passing Deacon Hill 10 15 65 yards TD INTRushing Leshon Williams 24 rushes 79 yardsReceiving Kaleb Brown 1 reception 23 yardsNorthwestern Passing Brendan Sullivan 12 19 81 yards TDRushing Anthony Tyus III 10 rushes 40 yardsReceiving A J Henning 4 receptions 13 yards At Wisconsin edit See also 2023 Wisconsin Badgers football team 1 2 3 4 TotalWildcats 7 17 0 0 24Badgers 3 0 0 7 10Statistics NU WISFirst downs 18 17Total yards 324 341Rushing yards 129 86Passing yards 195 255Turnovers 0 1Time of possession 32 10 27 50Team Category Player StatisticsNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 18 26 195 yards 2 TDRushing Cam Porter 18 rushes 72 yardsReceiving A J Henning 3 receptions 70 yards TDWisconsin Passing Tanner Mordecai 31 45 255 yardsRushing Cade Yacamelli 9 rushes 47 yardsReceiving Will Pauling 10 receptions 96 yards Purdue edit See also 2023 Purdue Boilermakers football team 1 2 3 4 TotalBoilermakers 0 0 7 8 15Wildcats 6 0 10 7 23Statistics PUR NUFirst downs 21 12Total yards 443 329Rushing yards 303 99Passing yards 140 230Turnovers 4 1Time of possession 34 43 25 17Team Category Player StatisticsPurdue Passing Ryan Browne 12 16 104 yards 2 INTRushing Tyrone Tracy Jr 16 rushes 160 yards TDReceiving Devin Mockobee 3 receptions 44 yardsNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 13 24 230 yards TD INTRushing Cam Porter 17 rushes 95 yards 2 TDReceiving Camron Johnson 3 receptions 88 yards TD At Illinois edit See also 2023 Illinois Fighting Illini football team 1 2 3 4 TotalWildcats 7 14 7 17 45Fighting Illini 3 17 3 20 43Statistics NU ILLFirst downs 20 20Total yards 379 455Rushing yards 145 107Passing yards 234 348Turnovers 2 4Time of possession 29 50 30 10Team Category Player StatisticsNorthwestern Passing Ben Bryant 24 32 234 yards 2 TD 2 INTRushing Cam Porter 16 rushes 69 yardsReceiving Camron Johnson 7 receptions 124 yards TDIllinois Passing John Paddock 24 34 334 yards 3 TD 2 INTRushing Reggie Love III 23 rushes 106 yardsReceiving Casey Washington 9 receptions 218 yards 3 TD vs Utah Las Vegas Bowl edit Main article 2023 Las Vegas Bowl See also 2023 Utah Utes football teamReferences edit Chicago Tribune staff November 15 2023 David Braun named Northwestern s permanent head football coach midway through interim season The Chicago Tribune Retrieved December 2 2023 Northwestern s Braun named Big Ten coach of the year Coaches vote 8 Michigan players to 1st team Associated Press November 29 2023 Retrieved December 1 2023 Northwestern Football Pat Fitzgerald Suspended Amid Hazing Probe Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated Retrieved August 23 2023 Northwestern fires Fitzgerald amid hazing claims ESPN com July 10 2023 Retrieved August 23 2023 Northwestern names defensive coordinator David Braun as interim head coach Yahoo Sports July 14 2023 Retrieved August 23 2023 Cobb David July 25 2023 Big Ten football predicted order of finish for 2023 Michigan picked to win conference title over Ohio State CBS Sports Retrieved October 20 2023 2023 Football Schedule Northwestern University Sports Retrieved December 20 2022 nbsp This college football 2020s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2023 Northwestern Wildcats football team amp oldid 1189534943, 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