2015 Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2015 Northwestern Wildcats went 10-3 (6-2 in the Big Ten), finishing No. 23 in the AP poll. They scored 19.5 and allowed 18.6 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 8-5-0; games went 5-7-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 75 nationally.

Team details

  • Conference: Big Ten
  • Record: 10-3
  • Conference record: 6-2
  • AP rank: No. 12
  • Against the spread: 8-5-0
  • Over/under: 5-7-0
  • SP+ rank: No. 75

2015 schedule and results

WkOpponentDateResultScoreSpreadATSO/U
1Stanford2015-09-05W16-6+10WU 48
2Eastern Illinois2015-09-12W41-0-24W
3at Duke2015-09-19W19-10+3WU 50
4Ball State2015-09-27W24-19-17.5LU 48.5
5Minnesota2015-10-03W27-0-5WU 40.5
6at Michigan2015-10-10L0-38+10.5LO 37
7Iowa2015-10-17L10-40+2LO 41
8at Nebraska2015-10-24W30-28+7WO 50
10Penn State2015-11-07W23-21+0.5WO 41
11Purdue2015-11-14W21-14-13.5LU 48
12at Wisconsin2015-11-21W13-7+11.5WU 42
13vs Illinois2015-11-28W24-14-2.5WU 42
Bowlvs Tennessee2016-01-01L6-45+9.5LO 48.5

Passing leaders

PlayerGCmpAttYdsTDINT
Clayton Thorson13150295152279
Zack Oliver5235326714
Matt Alviti1131200

Rushing leaders

PlayerGAttYdsTD
Justin Jackson1331214185
Warren Long12603295
Solomon Vault13561590
Corey Acker28820
Auston Anderson313560

Receiving leaders

PlayerGRecYdsTD
Danny Vitale12333554
Austin Carr10163022
Christian Jones10232342
Mike McHugh11161600
Miles Shuler12151490

2015 Northwestern players who reached the NFL

PlayerPosNFL teamDraftedCollege seasons
Anthony WalkerMLBTB2017 R5 #1612014–2016
Dean LowryDTPIT2016 R4 #1372013–2015
Justin JacksonRBDET2018 R7 #2512014–2017
Clayton ThorsonQBNYG2019 R5 #1672015–2018
Hunter NiswanderPDAL2020 UDFA2014–2017
Austin CarrWRNO2017 UDFA2014–2016
Danny VitaleRBNE2016 R6 #1972012–2015
Garrett DickersonTENYG2018 UDFA2014–2017

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com