Conference Big Ten Conference 2016 record 7–6 (5–4 Big Ten) Offensive scheme Spread | Division West Division Offensive coordinator Mick McCall | |
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Head coach Pat Fitzgerald (11th as HC) (16th overall year) | ||
The 2016 Northwestern Wildcats football team represents Northwestern University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by Pat Fitzgerald who is in his eleventh season as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games are played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They are 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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