2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team information
American college football season
2008Northwestern Wildcats football
Alamo Bowl, L 23–30 OT vs. Missouri
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
9–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Pat Fitzgerald (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator
Mick McCall (1st season)
Offensive scheme
Spread
Defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz (1st season)
Base defense
Multiple 4–3
Captains
C.J. Bachér[1]
Prince Kwateng
Eric Peterman
Brendan Smith
Home stadium
Ryan Field
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 8 Penn State $+
7
–
1
11
–
2
No. 9 Ohio State %+
7
–
1
10
–
3
No. 24 Michigan State
6
–
2
9
–
4
Northwestern
5
–
3
9
–
4
No. 20 Iowa
5
–
3
9
–
4
Wisconsin
3
–
5
7
–
6
Minnesota
3
–
5
7
–
6
Illinois
3
–
5
5
–
7
Purdue
2
–
6
4
–
8
Michigan
2
–
6
3
–
9
Indiana
1
–
7
3
–
9
$ – BCS representative as conference champion
% – BCS at-large representative
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his third season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats played their homes games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois.
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