2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his sixth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They are members of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 3–4 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place in the Legends Division. They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they were defeated by Texas A&M 22–33.

2011 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionLegends Division
Record6–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Pat Fitzgerald (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorMick McCall (4th season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (4th season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–3
Captains
Home stadiumRyan Field
2011 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Legends Division
No. 11 Michigan State x  7 1   11 3  
No. 12 Michigan %  6 2   11 2  
No. 24 Nebraska  5 3   9 4  
Iowa  4 4   7 6  
Northwestern  3 5   6 7  
Minnesota  2 6   3 9  
Leaders Division
No. 10 Wisconsin xy$  6 2   11 3  
Penn State x  6 2   9 4  
Purdue  4 4   7 6  
Ohio State  3 5   6 7  
Illinois  2 6   7 6  
Indiana  0 8   1 11  
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll
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