Quick Facts: Northwestern Wildcats

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Northwestern Wildcats
Home: Evanston, Illinois
Stadium: Ryan Field Stadium (47,130) - Grass
Coach: Pat Fitzgerald (49-39) 7th Year
2011 Record: 6-7 (lost to Texas A&M in Texas Bowl in Houston)
Current Rankings: #21 AP ; #17 Coaches/USA Today

2012 Schedule / Results (9-3) (5-3 conf, 6-1 home, 3-2 away)

09/01/12	at Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	W, 42-41
09/08/12	vs. Vanderbilt	Evanston, Ill.	W, 23-13
09/15/12	vs. Boston College	Evanston, Ill.	W, 22-13
09/22/12	vs. South Dakota	Evanston, Ill.	W, 38-7
09/29/12	vs. Indiana *	Evanston, Ill.	W, 44-29
10/06/12	at Penn State *	University Park, Pa.	L, 39-28
10/13/12	at Minnesota *	Minneapolis, Minn.	W, 21-13
10/20/12	vs. Nebraska (Family Weekend) *	Evanston, Ill.	L, 29-28
10/27/12	vs. Iowa (Homecoming) *	Evanston, Ill.	W, 28-17
11/10/12	at Michigan *	Ann Arbor, Mich.	L, 38-31 (OT)
11/17/12	at Michigan State *	East Lansing, Mich.	W, 23-20
11/24/12	vs. Illinois *	Evanston, Ill.	W, 50-14

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Good Wins: (3) had two nice wins out of conference at Syracuse and Vanderbilt at home, and a quality win at Michigan State late in the year
Bad Losses: (1) at Penn State. Other two losses were a one point loss to Nebraska at home and an overtime loss at Michigan

Analysis: a good quality team with some offensive fire power. Didnt score less than 21 pointsin a game this year. They really have no big time stars on the team. The WR Fields was supposed to have a big year coming into the season but he is 2nd on the team in receptions. It looks like they play 2 different QBs and one is a more of a thrower (Siemien) and the other is more of a runner (Colter). Venrick Mark is their most explosive player who is a RB who gained over 1300 and 11 TDs. The running QB Colter leads the team with 12 TDs. Strength on Offense is their Offensive Line like most good B1G teams have. The kicker was justed voted B1G kicker of the year

 

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Penn State isn't a bad loss. They were much better then expected this year.

Northwestern appears to be much better than Michigan two years ago and Wake last year. We will have to play very well to win, if they are indeed our opponent.