Year: | 2019 |
Team: | Northwestern Wildcats |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Ten |
Division: | West Division |
Record: | 3–9 |
Conf Record: | 1–8 |
Hc Year: | 14th |
Off Coach: | Mick McCall |
Oc Year: | 12th |
Dc Year: | 12th |
The 2019 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois and competed in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by 14th-year head coach Pat Fitzgerald. They finished the season 3–9, 1–8 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the West Division.
Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Northwestern was projected to finish in fourth in the West Division.[1]
Media poll (West Division) | |||
1 | Nebraska | 198 (14) | |
2 | Iowa | 194.5 (14) | |
3 | Wisconsin | 172.5 (4) | |
4 | Northwestern | 142.5 (1) | |
5 | Purdue | 110.5 | |
6 | Minnesota | 100 (1) | |
7 | Illinois | 34 |
Northwestern will open its 2019 schedule with two non-conference games, first on the road against Stanford of the Pac-12 Conference, and then the season home opener against UNLV of the Mountain West Conference. Northwestern's third non-conference game, against independent UMass, will be played in November.
In Big Ten Conference play, Northwestern will play all fellow members of the West Division, and draws Michigan State, Ohio State, and Indiana from the East Division. Northwestern's game against Ohio State, a rematch of the 2018 Big Ten Championship Game, will be played on a Friday night, a decision by the Big Ten Conference which drew ire from Northwestern officials and head coach Pat Fitzgerald.[2]
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See also: 2019 Stanford Cardinal football team.
See also: 2019 UNLV Rebels football team.
See also: 2019 Michigan State Spartans football team.
See also: 2019 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
See also: 2019 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 2019 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
See also: 2019 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
See also: 2019 Indiana Hoosiers football team.
See also: 2019 Purdue Boilermakers football team.
See also: 2019 UMass Minutemen football team.
See also: 2019 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.
See also: 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.