2008 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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.

2008 Northwestern Wildcats football
Alamo Bowl, L 23–30 OT vs. Missouri
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record9–4 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Pat Fitzgerald (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorMick McCall (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Captains
  • C.J. Bachér
  • Prince Kwateng
  • Eric Peterman
  • Brendan Smith
Home stadiumRyan Field
2008 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
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