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TABLE OF CONTENTS President Morton Schapiro .................................................................................2 Combe Family VP for Athletics and Recreation Jim Phillips ....................3 Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald ...5-7 Quick Facts and Schedule ...................................................................................8 Northwestern Athletics Northwestern All-Time vs. Opponents ........................................................................................9 2019 Northwestern Roster .........................................................................10-11 Returners ..........................................................................................................12-42 Newcomers ......................................................................................................44-47 Coaching Staff ................................................................................................49-59 2018 Season Review .....................................................................................60-84 Statistics ............................................................................................................60-70 2019 Wildcats Game Recaps ..................................................................................................71-84 Northwestern History ............................................................................... 85-122 Year-by-Year Records/Coaches Records ...................................................... 86 Year-by-Year Results .....................................................................................87-91 All-Time Letterwinners ................................................................................92-96 Wildcats in the NFL .................................................................................... 97-103 Wildcats in the Pros .................................................................................104-105 Postseason Honors and Awards ..........................................................106-110 2018 Season Review College Football Hall of Fame .......................................................................111 Bowl History ...............................................................................................112-122 Record Book ...............................................................................................123-149 Total Offense ..............................................................................................124-125 Passing .........................................................................................................126-130 Receiving .....................................................................................................131-133 Rushing ........................................................................................................134-136 All-Purpose ..........................................................................................................137 History Wildcats Kickoff and Punt Returns .......................................................................138-139 Defense ........................................................................................................141-143 Scoring .........................................................................................................144-146 Punting ..................................................................................................................147 Team Offense/Defense ...........................................................................148-149 Northwestern Media Information ...............................................................150 Record Book Record Opponent Information Opponent Media Information Media 2019 Media Guide designed and edited by Northwestern Athletic Communications staff. PHOTOGRAPHY: Stephen J. Carrera, Preston Michelson, Nami Hoffman, USA TODAY Images, Dallas Cowboys.Chicago's Big Ten Team | 1 Northwestern Athletics Northwestern 2019 Wildcats 2018 Season Review MORTON SCHAPIRO University President Wildcats History Wildcats Morton Schapiro began his term as the 16th president of Northwestern University on September 1, 2009. He is a professor of economics in Northwestern’s Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and also holds appointments in the J. L. Kellogg School of Management and the School of Education and Social Policy. President Schapiro is among the nation’s leading authorities on the economics of higher education, with particular exper tise in the area of college financing and affordability and on trends in educational costs and student aid. He has testified before US Senate and House committees on economic and educational issues and is widely quoted in the national media on those issues. Record Book Record Previously President Schapiro was president of Williams College from 2000 to 2009. Earlier he had served as a member of the Williams College faculty from 1980 to 1991 as professor of economics and assistant provost. In 1991 he went to the University of Southern California, where he served as chair of the Department of Economics until 1994 and then as dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences until 2000. During his last two years as dean, he also served as the university’s vice president for planning. President Schapiro has written more than 100 articles and written or edited nine books. The books include: Cents and Sensibility: What Economics Can Learn from Opponent Information Opponent the Humanities (with Gary Saul Morson, Princeton University Press 2017); The Student Aid Game: Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education (with Michael McPherson, Princeton University Press 1998); Keeping College Affordable: Government and Educational Opportunity (with Michael McPherson, Brookings Institution 1991); plus an edited volume: The Fabulous Future? America and the World in 2040 (with Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University Press 2015). He has received research grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, the World Bank, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the College Board, the Organization for Economic Coopera tion and Development, and other groups Media Information Media to study the economics of higher education and related topics. In 2010 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 he was elected to the National Academy of Education. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Hofstra University and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. President Schapiro and his wife Mimi have three children: Matt, Alissa and Rachel. 2 | Northwestern Football Northwestern Athletics Northwestern 2019 Wildcats JIM PHILLIPS 2018 Season Review Combe Family Vice President For Athletics & Recreation James J. Phillips became Northwestern's 21st director of intercollegiate athletics In competition, lacrosse, softball, golf, fencing, soccer, tennis, field hockey, and recreation on April 14, 2008, bringing a track record of success at the Division swimming, diving and wrestling all have won conference or national I level and a commitment to the values Northwestern always has maintained in championships during Phillips’ tenure. Nine of Northwestern’s 15 all-time bowl collegiate athletics. Four years into his tenure, Northwestern President Morton appearances have been earned since 2008, and the football program has posted Schapiro elevated Phillips to the position of Combe Family Vice President for three 10-win campaigns, four bowl championships, and a Big Ten West Division Athletics & Recreation. title over the last seven seasons, including back-to-back-to-back bowl wins the last three years. With Phillips at the helm, Northwestern student-athletes have History Wildcats A native of the Portage Park neighborhood on Chicago's northwest side, Phillips piled up 137 All-America honors, 41 Player of the Year awards and more than has proven to be the perfect fit to lead Northwestern's 19-sport program in the 2,500 Academic All-Big Ten honors. The Wildcats also have been recognized with shadow of the nation’s third-largest city. His deep Windy City roots and family 30 Coach of the Year awards, and have won 37 conference championships. orientation are an integral part of a core philosophy of providing student- athletes with a world-class experience that enables them to thrive academically, Mirroring the evolution across campus, Athletics & Recreation is in the midst socially and athletically. of a facilities transformation, led by unprecedented support from the Wildcats community. This year the department will officially introduce the new Trienens During Phillips’ decade-plus of leadership, Northwestern student-athletes have Performance Center and a dramatic renovation to the Gleacher Golf Center reached new heights in the classroom, in the community and in competition. and Patten Gymnasium. Last year Walter Athletics Center, Ryan Fieldhouse and Wilson Field on Lake Michigan opened as the new nucleus of the day-to-day Record Book Record Academically, Wildcats set school records with 265 Academic All-Big Ten honors student-athlete experience, and the new Welsh-Ryan Arena debuted as the and 86 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar awards in 2018-19. The group of more than home of basketball, volleyball and wrestling. Northwestern also has opened a 500 young men and women combined to post a record GPA of 3.38 during the 30,000