2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2010 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University in the Big Ten during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his fifth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. The annual rivalry game against the University of Illinois was played at Wrigley Field on November 20.

2010 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Pat Fitzgerald (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorMick McCall (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Captains
  • Dan Persa
  • Al Netter
  • Quentin Davie
  • Corbin Bryant
Home stadiumRyan Field (Capacity: 47,130)
2010 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Michigan State +  7 1   11 2  
No. 7 Wisconsin $+  7 1   11 2  
Iowa  4 4   8 5  
Illinois  4 4   7 6  
Penn State  4 4   7 6  
Michigan  3 5   7 6  
Northwestern  3 5   7 6  
Purdue  2 6   4 8  
Minnesota  2 6   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   5 7  
No. 5 Ohio State %  0 1   0 1  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
  • † – Ohio State (12–1, 7–1) self-vacated all of their wins
Rankings from AP Poll

The Wildcats finished the season 7–6, 3–5 in Big Ten play and was invited to the inaugural TicketCity Bowl where they were defeated by Texas Tech 38–45.

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