2022 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 2022 Northwestern Wildcats football team will represent Northwestern University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wildcats will play their home games at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois, and compete as members of the Big Ten Conference. They will be led by head coach Pat Fitzgerald, in his seventeenth season.

2022 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2022 record0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Bajakian (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim O'Neil (2nd season)
Home stadiumRyan Field
(capacity: 47,130)
2022 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Indiana  0 –0   0 –0  
Maryland  0 –0   0 –0  
Michigan  0 –0   0 –0  
Michigan State  0 –0   0 –0  
Rutgers  0 –0   0 –0  
Ohio State  0 –0   0 –0  
Penn State  0 –0   0 –0  
West Division
Illinois  0 –0   0 –0  
Iowa  0 –0   0 –0  
Minnesota  0 –0   0 –0  
Nebraska  0 –0   0 –0  
Northwestern  0 –0   0 –0  
Purdue  0 –0   0 –0  
Wisconsin  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: December 3, 2022
As of May 2, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Northwestern announced its 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022.[1] The 2022 schedule will consist of six home games and five away games, as well as a neutral-site game in the regular season. The Wildcats will host Big Ten foes Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Illinois and will travel to Penn State, Maryland, Penn State, Iowa, Minnesota, and Purdue. They will play Nebraska at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.[2]

The Wildcats will host all of the three non-conference opponents, Duke from the ACC, Southern Illinois from Division I FCS and Miami (OH) from the MAC

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 27vs. Nebraska
September 10Duke*
September 17Southern Illinois*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
September 24Miami (OH)*
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
October 1at Penn State
October 8Wisconsin
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
October 22at Maryland
October 29at Iowa
November 5Ohio State
  • Ryan Field
  • Evanston, IL
November 12at Minnesota
November 19at Purdue
November 26Illinois
  • *Non-conference game

[2]

References
  1. "Football: Big Ten announces revisions to 2022 Northwestern football schedule". Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. "2022 Northwestern Football Schedule". Retrieved February 5, 2022.
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