2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team information
American college football season
2014Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Division
West Division
Record
5–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Pat Fitzgerald (9th season)
Offensive coordinator
Mick McCall (7th season)
Offensive scheme
Spread
Defensive coordinator
Mike Hankwitz (7th season)
Base defense
Multiple 4–3
Captains
Brandon Vitabile[1] (2nd year)
Ibraheim Campbell
Collin Ellis
Paul Jorgensen Trevor Siemian
Home stadium
Ryan Field
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
East Division
No. 1 Ohio State x$#^
8
–
0
14
–
1
No. T–5 Michigan State
7
–
1
11
–
2
Maryland
4
–
4
7
–
6
Rutgers
3
–
5
8
–
5
Michigan
3
–
5
5
–
7
Penn State
2
–
6
7
–
6
Indiana
1
–
7
4
–
8
West Division
No. 13 Wisconsin x
7
–
1
11
–
3
Minnesota
5
–
3
8
–
5
Nebraska
5
–
3
9
–
4
Iowa
4
–
4
7
–
6
Illinois
3
–
5
6
–
7
Northwestern
3
–
5
5
–
7
Purdue
1
–
7
3
–
9
Championship: Ohio State 59, Wisconsin 0
# – College Football Playoff champion
^ – College Football Playoff participant
$ – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2014 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, who was in his ninth season at Northwestern, as the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the new West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.
^"Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2018. p. 94. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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