2013 Northwestern Wildcats football team explained

Year:	2013
Team:	Northwestern Wildcats
Sport:	football
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Division:	Legends Division
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Record:	5–7
Conf Record:	1–7
Hc Year:	8th
Off Coach:	Mick McCall
Oc Year:	6th
Dc Year:	6th
Captain:	Kain Colter^[1]
Captain2:	Rashad Lawrence
Captain3:	Damien Proby
Captain4:	Tyler Scott Brandon Vitabile

The 2013 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Pat Fitzgerald, in his eighth season at Northwestern, was the team's head coach. The Wildcats home games were played at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois. They were members of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Northwestern	Alma mater
		8	Northwestern (1996)
Mick McCall		6	Southern Colorado (1978)
		6	Michigan (1970)
	Linebackers	7	Ohio State (1983)
Jerry Brown	Defensive Backs/Assistant head coach	20	Northwestern (1972)
		3	Chicago (2002)
Bob Heffner		4	Temple (1979)
Marty Long		4	The Citadel (1986)
Matt MacPherson		7	DePauw (1993)
Dennis Springer		2	Butler (1993)
Reference:^[2]

Schedule

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Game summaries

California

See also: 2013 California Golden Bears football team.

Syracuse

See also: 2013 Syracuse Orange football team.

Western Michigan

See also: 2013 Western Michigan Broncos football team.

Maine

See also: 2013 Maine Black Bears football team.

Ohio State

See also: 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes football team. For the first time since November 11, 1995, ESPN's College GameDay was broadcast from Evanston prior to the game.^[4]

Wisconsin

See also: 2013 Wisconsin Badgers football team.

Minnesota

See also: 2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.

Iowa

See also: 2013 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.

Nebraska

See also: 2013 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.

Michigan

See also: 2013 Michigan Wolverines football team.

Michigan State

See also: 2013 Michigan State Spartans football team.

Illinois

See also: 2013 Illinois Fighting Illini football team and Land of Lincoln Trophy.

Rankings

See also: 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Year-by-Year Results. 2018. 94. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20190316185334/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nusports.com/documents/2018/8/20/18_Northwestern_FB_Media_Guide.pdf#page=95. 2019-03-16. live. 2019-03-14.
2. Web site: Coaches. Northwestern University Department of Athletics. September 8, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729224459/http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/nw-m-footbl-mtt.html#coaches. 2014-07-29. dead.
3. Web site: 2013 Northwestern Football Schedule. Northwestern University Department of Athletics. August 21, 2013. https://archive.today/20120718004748/http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-footbl/sched/nw-m-footbl-sched.html. July 18, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
4. News: ESPN's 'College GameDay' Coming to Evanston for Lakefront Broadcast. Danny. Ecker. Crain's Chicago Business. September 29, 2013. September 30, 2013.