TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION • 2-7 HISTORY • 95-123 President Morton Schapiro ...................2 Yearly Summary ....................................96 Year-By-Year Results ................... 97-102 Vice President for Letterwinners ................................103-110 Athletics & Recreation Wildcat Legend Otto Graham ............111 Jim Phillips ............................................. 3-7 All-Americans/All-Big Ten ...........112-113 Academic All-Big Ten ................... 114-116 NU Most Valuable Players ..................115 Northwestern Team Awards.............. 117 College Football Hall of Fame ..........118 All-Star Game Participants ................119 Wildcats in the Pros .....................120-121 Wildcat Professional Draftees ....... 122-123 2015 TEAM BACKGROUND RECORD BOOK • 124-145 INFORMATION • 8-17 Total Oense .........................................126 Season Notes .....................................10-11 Rushing ........................................... 127-128 Personnel Breakdown .....................12-13 Passing .............................................129-131 Rosters .................................................14-15 Receiving ........................................ 132-133 2015 Quick Facts/Schedule ................16 All-Purpose Yards ........................133-134 All-Time Series Records ........................17 Punt Returns .........................................135 Kicko Returns .....................................136 Punting ................................................... 137 Scoring ...........................................138-140 Defense ............................................141-143 Team Oense/Team Defense . 144-145 2015 WILDCATS • 18-48 BOWL HISTORY • 146-154 Acker-Doles ......................................20-23 Bowl Records ........................................148 Fitzpatrick-Lutzen ..........................23-30 1949 Rose Bowl ....................................149 Mahoney-Youngblood-Ary ..........30-41 1996 Rose Bowl ....................................149 Newcomers ......................................42-48 1997 Citrus Bowl ...................................150 2000 Alamo Bowl ...............................150 2003 Motor City Bowl .........................151 2005 Sun Bowl ......................................151 2008 Alamo Bowl ...............................152 2010 Outback Bowl .............................152 2011 TicketCity Bowl ...........................153 2011 Meineke Car Care Bowl .................153 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl ......154 WILDCAT STAFF • 49-65 Pat Fitzgerald................................... 49-51 Assistant Coaches ...........................52-61 Support Sta .................................. 62-65 2014 IN REVIEW • 66-94 2014 Stats .........................................68-74 Last Time It Happened ........................75 2014 Long Plays .....................................76 2014 Honors and Awards ....................77 Single-Game Career Highs ...........78-79 2014 Game-by-game Oense ...........80 2014 Game-by-game Defense ...........81 Starters and Superlatives................... 82 2014 Recaps ....................................83-94 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MORTON SCHAPIRO orton Schapiro Mbegan his term as the 16th president of Northwestern University on September 1, 2009. He is a professor of eco- nomics 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. dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences until 2000. President Schapiro is During his last two years as dean, he also served as the uni- among the nation’s lead- versity’s vice president for planning. ing authorities on the President Schapiro has written more than 100 articles economics of higher edu- and five books and has edited two others. He has received cation, with particular research grants and contracts from the National Science expertise in the area of college financing and affordability Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the World and on trends in educational costs and student aid. He has Bank, the Spencer Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon testified before U.S. Senate and House committees on eco- Foundation, the College Board, the Organization for nomic and educational issues and is widely quoted in the Economic Coopera tion and Development and other groups to national media on those issues. In 2010, he was elected a fel- study the economics of higher education and related topics. low of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from President Schapiro previously was president of Williams Hofstra University and his doctorate from the University of College from 2000 to 2009. Earlier he had served as a mem- Pennsylvania. ber of the Williams College faculty from 1980 to 1991 as pro- President Schapiro and his wife Mimi have three chil- fessor of economics and assistant provost. In 1991 he went dren: Matt, Alissa and Rachel. to the University of Southern California, where he served as chair of the Department of Economics until 1994 and then as Schapiro is a fixture at Wildcats athletic events. He welcomed NU fans to the Gator Bowl pep rally in 2012 (left), celebrated with the team after its big bowl victory (upper left), and is always the first to oer encouragement on game day (above). 2 // 2015 NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL // @NU_SPORTS VICE PRESIDENT FOR ATHLETICS AND RECREATION JIM PHILLIPS James J. Phillips serve on the Board. Phillips was previ- Chicago as well as GENYOUth, and previ- became Northwest- ously selected to serve as the Big Ten ously served on Chicago’s bid committee ern’s 21st director Conference’s representative on the for the 2016 Olympic Games. Phillips is of intercollegiate Division I Council and is currently the an adjunct professor of management and athletics and recre- President of the National Association of organizations at Northwestern’s world- ation on April 14, Collegiate Director’s of Athletics (NAC- renowned Kellogg School of Manage- 2008, bringing with ment, where he instructs a course in him a track record the position. Comprehensive Perspectives for Lead- of success at the Di- DA),During the first the Northwestern course of his A.D. Northwest- to hold ing a Sports Entity. He has previously vision I level and a ern tenure, Phillips has completed a two- lectured in the Northwestern School of commitment to the year stint as the Athletic Director Chair Continuing Studies’ Master’s in Sports values Northwestern always has main- of the Big Ten Conference, represent- Administration program. tained in collegiate athletics. Four years ing the league’s A.D.’s on the Executive Academically, Wildcats student-ath- into his tenure, Northwestern President Committee of the B1G Joint Group, while letes have had banner years with Phillips Morton Schapiro elevated Phillips to the simultaneously working as a member of at the helm. Northwestern has surpassed position of Vice President for Athletics & the Rose Bowl Management Committee. 200 Academic All-Big Ten honorees Recreation. He is also a current member of the NCAA One of 10 children from a 2014-15 when a school-record 228 middle-class family and a native each ofNU the student-athletes last five years, including earned the in of the Portage Park neighbor- Awards, Benefits, Expenses and Financial distinction. The group of nearly hood on Chicago’s northwest 500 student-athletes represent- side, Phillips has proven to be the ing 19 varsity athletic programs combined to post an average 19-sport program in the nation’s grade-point average of 3.25 dur- No.perfect 3 market. fit to lead His Northwestern’sdeep Windy ing the 2014-15 academic year. City roots and family orientation During the spring of 2015, 18 are an integral part of his core programs achieved a team GPA philosophy of providing student- of 3.0 or higher, while 12 teams athletes with a “world-class earned at least a 3.30 or better. Phillips has become a leader among his peers experience” that enables them to in athletics administration and will serve as thrive academically, socially and the chair of the NCAA Division I Council campaign saw 76.6 percent of all athletically. NorthwesternThe final academic student-athletes quarter of the While successfully elevating the Aid Cabinet, and is serving as an athletic earn at least a 3.0 GPA mentor in the NCAA Pathway Program. In the NCAA’s Academic Progress Phillips has simultaneously garnered the In June of 2009, Phillips was asked Rate (APR) data, Northwestern Football respectprofile of of Northwestern his peers across Athletics the college locally, to serve on the NCAA Champions Forum ranked second among all FBS programs sports landscape. In February 2015 he panel, a group of football coaches and with a multi-year rate of 991, while a was elected to chair the new National athletic directors making an effort to Big Ten-record 15 Northwestern teams Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) increase the hiring and awareness of mi- earned Public Recognition Awards in Division I Council, and serve as the only nority football coaches. He is a member 2015 for ranking in the top 10 percent representative athletic director on the of the NACDA Executive Committee, the of their respective sports in the latest NCAA Division I Board of Directors, the NCAA Fellows Leadership Development multi-year APR reports. The Wildcats Program, the Boards of World Sport have paced