2022 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2022 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats played their home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois, and competed as members of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by 17th-year head coach Pat Fitzgerald.

2022 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–11 (1–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Bajakian (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorJim O'Neil (2nd season)
Base defense4–3/3–4 hybrid
Home stadiumRyan Field
(capacity: 47,130)
2022 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 3 Michigan xy$^  9 0   13 1  
No. 4 Ohio State ^  8 1   11 2  
No. 7 Penn State  7 2   11 2  
Maryland  4 5   8 5  
Michigan State  3 6   5 7  
Indiana  2 7   4 8  
Rutgers  1 8   4 8  
West Division
Purdue xy  6 3   8 6  
Illinois  5 4   8 5  
Iowa  5 4   8 5  
Minnesota  5 4   9 4  
Wisconsin  4 5   7 6  
Nebraska  3 6   4 8  
Northwestern  1 8   1 11  
Championship: Michigan 43, Purdue 22
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Northwestern announced its 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022.[1] The 2022 schedule consisted of six home games and five away games, as well as a neutral-site game in the regular season. The Wildcats hosted Big Ten foes Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Illinois and traveled to Penn State, Maryland, Iowa, Minnesota, and Purdue. They played Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.[2] The Wildcats hosted all three non-conference opponents, Duke from the ACC, Southern Illinois from Division I FCS, and Miami (OH) from the MAC.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 2711:30 a.m.vs. NebraskaFOXW 31–2842,699
September 1011:00 a.m.Duke*FS1L 23–3124,622
September 1711:00 a.m.Southern Illinois*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
BTNL 24–3123,146
September 246:30 p.m.Miami (OH)*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
BTNL 14–1723,773
October 12:30 p.m.at No. 11 Penn StateESPNL 7–17105,524
October 82:30 p.m.Wisconsindagger
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
BTNL 7–4232,121
October 222:30 p.m.at MarylandBTNL 24–3131,418
October 292:30 p.m.at IowaESPN2L 13–3369,250
November 511:00 a.m.No. 2 Ohio State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
ABCL 7–2142,774
November 122:30 p.m.at MinnesotaBTNL 3–3141,686
November 1911:00 a.m.at PurdueFS1L 9–1754,016
November 262:30 p.m.Illinois
BTNL 3–4125,744
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[2]

Roster

2022 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 0 Cole Freeman So
WR 1 Raymond Niro II Sr
QB 3 Ryan Hilinski Jr
RB 4 Cam Porter Jr
WR 5 Jacob Gill So
WR 6 Malik Washington Sr
RB 7 Anthony Tyus III So
WR 8 Wayne Dennis Jr. Jr
QB 9 Carl Richardson Jr
QB 10 Brendan Sullivan So
RB 11 Andrew Clair GS
QB 12 Jack Lausch Fr
WR 13 Preston Bacon Jr
WR 14 Donnie Gray So
WR 15 Calvin Johnson II So
WR 17 Bryce Kirtz Jr
WR 18 Genson Hooper Price Jr
WR 19 Reggie Fleurima Fr
RB 20 Joseph Himon II Fr
RB 22 Connor Newhouse Jr
RB 26 Evan Hull Jr
RB 29 Marcus Cisco Jr
RB 31 Jake Arthurs Jr
RB 39 Albert Kunickis III Fr
OL 55 Conrad Rowley Sr
OL 56 Josh Thompson So
OL 62 Max Skidmore Jr
OL 63 Dom D'Antonio Jr
OL 65 Jackson Carsello So
OL 66 Braeden Edwards So
OL 68 Josh Priebe Jr
OL 69 Charlie Schmidt Sr
OL 71 Ben Wrather Jr
OL 72 Caleb Tiernan So
OL 73 Deuce McGuire Fr
OL 74 Nick Herzog Fr
OL 75 Vincent Picozzi GS
OL 76 Ethan Wiederkehr GS
OL 77 Peter Skoronski Jr
OL 78 Luke Trifunovic Jr
OL 79 Zachary Franks Jr
WR 80 Donny Navarro III Sr
TE 81 Chris Petrucci Fr
WR 82 Jasper Stratton So
TE 83 Blake Van Buren Fr
TE 84 Hunter Welcing Jr
WR 85 Jack Kennedy Jr
TE 86 Lawson Albright So
TE 87 Thomas Gordon Jr
TE 88 Marshall Lang Jr
TE 89 Charlie Mangieri GS
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 0 Coco Azema Jr
DB 2 Cameron Mitchell Jr
DB 3 Jaheem Joseph Jr
LB 4 Wendell Davis Jr.  Jr
CB 7 Ore Adeyi So
DL 8 Ryan Johnson GS
DB 9 Jeremiah Lewis  Sr
CB 10 Theran Johnson So
CB 11 A. J. Hampton Sr
DB 12 Nigel Williams Jr
DB 13 Garnett Hollis Jr. Jr
S 18 Garner Wallace So
DB 20 Trent Carrington GS
DB 21 Tyler Haskins Jr
DB 22 Evan Smith Fr
DB 23 Devin Turner Fr
DB 24 Rod Heard II Jr
DB 27 Jack Oyola Fr
DB 28 Braden Turner Fr
DB 31 Robert Fitzgerald Fr
LB 32 Bryce Gallagher Jr
LB 33 Braden Brus Fr
LB 34 Xander Mueller Jr
LB 35 Kenny Soares Jr. Fr
LB 36 Declan Carr GS
LB 37 Mac Uihlein So
DB 38 Joe DeHaan Jr
LB 40 Jason Reynolds II Fr
DL 41 Jaylen Pate GS
DL 42 Anto Saka Fr
LB 44 Khalid Jones Sr
LB 45 Cullen Coleman Jr
DL 46 Devin O'Rourke Sr
LB 48 Owen Bergin Jr
DL 50 P. J. Spencer Jr
LB 51 Miles Crutchley Fr
DL 52 Jordan Butler Jr
DE 53 Jaiden Cameron Jr
DL 54 Henrik Barndt  Sr
LB 57 Greyson Metz Jr
DL 58 Peyton Warford Fr
DL 60 Carmine Bastone So
DL 90 Taishan Holmes Sr
DL 91 Aidan Hubbard So
DL 93 Brendan Flakes Fr
DT 94 Jason Gold Jr. Sr
DL 95 Najee Story So
DL 96 Austin Firestone Fr
DL 97 Sean McLaughlin Jr
DL 98 Duke Olges Jr
DL 99 Adetomiwa Adebawore Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 43 Will Halkyard Jr
P 47 Luke Akers Jr
K/P 49 Jacob Tabibian So
K 90 Adam Stage Sr
K 92 Jack Olsen Jr
P 99 Hunter Renner Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Mike BajakianOffensive coordinator/Quarterbacks
  • Jim O'NeilDefensive coordinator
  • Kurt AndersonOffensive Line
  • Lou Ayeni – Running backs/Recruiting coordinator
  • Jeff GenykSpecial teams coordinator/Tight ends
  • Marty Long – Defensive line
  • Matt MacPherson – Associate head coach/Defensive backs
  • Tim McGarigleLinebackers
  • Ryan Smith – Cornerbacks
  • Dennis Springer – Wide receivers

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP
CoachesRV
CFPNot releasedNot released

Game summaries

Nebraska

1 2 3 4 Total
Cornhuskers 7 7 14 0 28
Wildcats 3 14 7 7 31

Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 14 7 0 10 31
Wildcats 0 10 6 7 23

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 14 3 14 31
Wildcats 7 7 0 10 24

Miami (OH)

1 2 3 4 Total
RedHawks 0 7 0 10 17
Wildcats 7 0 0 7 14

At No. 11 Penn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 7 0 7
No. 11 Nittany Lions 7 7 0 3 17

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total
Badgers 7 21 0 14 42
Wildcats 0 0 0 7 7

At Maryland

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 10 0 7 24
Terrapins 0 10 14 7 31

At Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 7 6 13
Hawkeyes 10 10 3 10 33

No. 2 Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Buckeyes 0 7 7 7 21
Wildcats 7 0 0 0 7

At Minnesota

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 0 0 3
Golden Gophers 7 7 3 14 31

At Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 3 0 6 9
Boilermakers 7 7 0 3 17

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Illini 7 10 17 7 41
Wildcats 0 0 0 3 3

References

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