The 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by Pat Fitzgerald who is in his 11th season as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference.
Schedule Northwestern announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Wildcats will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, and Wisconsin, and will travel to Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Purdue.
The team will host all three non–conference games which are against the Duke Blue Devils from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Illinois State Redbirds from the Missouri Valley Conference, and the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
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Game summaries
Western Michigan
Illinois State
Duke
Nebraska
At Iowa
At Michigan State
Indiana
At Ohio State
Wisconsin
At Purdue
At Minnesota
Illinois
Pittsburgh–Pinstripe Bowl
Roster
Awards and honors Weekly Awards Ifeadi Odenigbo Co-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week October 3, 2016 Justin Jackson Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week October 17, 2016 Solomon Vault Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week October 17, 2016 John Moten IV Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week November 12, 2016 John Moten IV Big Ten Freshman of the Week November 29, 2016 Austin CarrRichter-Howard Receiver of the YearNovember 30, 2016
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