2020 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2020 Northwestern Wildcats football team was to represent Northwestern University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats were to play their home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois and compete in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were to be led by 15th-year head coach Pat Fitzgerald.

2020 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionWest Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coachPat Fitzgerald (15th season)
Offensive coordinatorMike Bajakian (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Hankwitz (13th season)
Home stadiumRyan Field
(Capacity: 47,130)
Uniform
2020 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Indiana   –      –  
Maryland   –      –  
Michigan   –      –  
Michigan State   –      –  
Ohio State   –      –  
Penn State   –      –  
Rutgers   –      –  
West Division
Illinois   –      –  
Iowa   –      –  
Minnesota   –      –  
Nebraska   –      –  
Northwestern   –      –  
Purdue   –      –  
Wisconsin   –      –  
Championship: TBA
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Big Ten suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

On August 11, 2020, the Big Ten Conference cancelled all fall sports competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference expressed the possibility that a season could be played in the spring of 2021.[1]

Previous season

The Wildcats finished the 2019 season 3–9, 1–8 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the West Division.

Schedule

Northwestern had games scheduled against Tulane, Central Michigan, and Morgan State, but cancelled these games on July 9 due to the Big Ten Conference's decision to play a conference-only schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5 at Michigan State
September 26 at Penn State
October 3 Nebraska
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
October 17 Maryland
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
October 24 at Iowa
October 31 at Purdue
November 7 Wisconsin
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
November 21 at Minnesota
November 28 Illinois
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)

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References
  1. "Big Ten Statement on 2020-21 Fall Season". bigten.org. August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. "2020 Northwestern Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
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