2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2009 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his fourth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. The Wildcats finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in Big Ten play and lost in the Outback Bowl 35–38 in overtime against Auburn.

2009 Northwestern Wildcats football
Outback Bowl, L 35–38 OT vs. Auburn
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record8–5 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Pat Fitzgerald (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorMick McCall (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Captains
  • Mike Kafka
  • Sherrick McManis
  • Brendan Smith (2nd year)
  • Corey Wootton
Home stadiumRyan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
2009 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Ohio State $  7 1   11 2  
No. 7 Iowa %  6 2   11 2  
No. 9 Penn State  6 2   11 2  
Northwestern  5 3   8 5  
No. 16 Wisconsin  5 3   10 3  
Michigan State  4 4   6 7  
Purdue  4 4   5 7  
Minnesota  3 5   6 7  
Illinois  2 6   3 9  
Michigan  1 7   5 7  
Indiana  1 7   4 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll
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