2008 Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2008 Northwestern Wildcats went 9-4 (5-3 in the Big Ten), finishing No. 24 in the AP poll. They scored 24.4 and allowed 20.2 points per game. SP+ rated them No. 41 nationally.

Team details

Conference: Big Ten
Record: 9-4
Conference record: 5-3
AP rank: No. 24
SP+ rank: No. 41

2008 schedule and results

Wk	Opponent	Date	Result	Score
1	Syracuse	2008-08-30	W	30-10
2	at Duke	2008-09-06	W	24-20
3	Southern Illinois	2008-09-13	W	33-7
4	Ohio	2008-09-20	W	16-8
5	at Iowa	2008-09-27	W	22-17
7	Michigan State	2008-10-11	L	20-37
8	Purdue	2008-10-18	W	48-26
9	at Indiana	2008-10-25	L	19-21
10	at Minnesota	2008-11-01	W	24-17
11	Ohio State	2008-11-08	L	10-45
12	at Michigan	2008-11-15	W	21-14
13	Illinois	2008-11-22	W	27-10
Bowl	Missouri	2008-12-30	L	23-30

Passing leaders

Player	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	INT
C.J. Bacher	11	245	408	2432	17	15
Kyle Daley	2	0	1	0	0	0

Rushing leaders

Player	G	Att	Yds	TD
Tyrell Sutton	9	184	890	6
Mike Kafka	7	68	321	1
Omar Conteh	9	73	235	3
Stephen Simmons	5	62	178	2
Jacob Schmidt	2	2	4	0

Receiving leaders

Player	G	Rec	Yds	TD
Eric Peterman	13	59	737	6
Ross Lane	13	60	640	3
Rasheed Ward	13	51	526	3
Jeremy Ebert	7	15	161	2
Andrew Brewer	8	18	145	0

2008 Northwestern players who reached the NFL

Player	Pos	NFL team	Drafted	College seasons
Sherrick McManis	DB	CHI	2010 R5 #144	2006–2009
Brian Peters	LB	HOU	2015 UDFA	2008–2011
Corey Wootton	DE	DET	2010 R4 #109	2006–2008
Mike Kafka	QB	CIN	2010 R4 #122	2006–2009
Jeremy Ebert	WR	JAX	2012 R7 #235	2008–2011
Drake Dunsmore	TE	TB	2012 R7 #233	2007–2011
Tyrell Sutton	RB	CAR	2009 UDFA	2005–2008

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com