2009 Schedule/Results
| DATE | OPPONENT | W-L (CONF) | RESULT |
| 9/05 | Towson | 1-0 (0-0) | W 47-14 |
| 9/12 | Eastern Michigan | 2-0 (0-0) | W 27-24 |
| 9/19 | @ Syracuse | 2-1 (0-0) | L 37-34 |
| 9/26 | Minnesota | 2-2 (0-1) | L 35-24 |
| 10/03 | @ Purdue | 3-2 (1-1) | W 27-21 |
| 10/10 | Miami (OH) | 4-2 (1-1) | W 16-6 |
| 10/17 | @ Michigan State | 4-3 (1-2) | L 24-14 |
| 10/24 | Indiana | 5-3 (2-2) | W 29-28 |
| 10/31 | No. 12 Penn State | 5-4 (2-3) | L 34-13 |
| 11/07 | @ No. 4 Iowa | 6-4 (3-3) | W 17-10 |
| 11/14 | @ Illinois | 7-4 (4-3) | W 21-16 |
| 11/21 | No. 16 Wisconsin | 8-4 (5-3) | W 33-31 |
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McShay: CFB Week 12 stock report 
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Todd McShay offers his Week 12 stock report, including rising RB Shane Vereen and a a pair of coaches who are falling fast.
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Injuries plagued Adam Hahn for much of his Northwestern career, but his senior season made it all worth it.
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Scott Powers' Week 12 local college football preview
- Notre Dame tied for highest FBS graduation rate (3 days ago)
- All Cats eyes turn to freshman G Crawford (11 days ago)
- Wildcats CB McManis proving doubters wrong (12 days ago)
11/21/2009 - Final
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 | » Recap » Box Score » Drive Chart » Play-By-Play | |
| 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 33 | ||
| PASSING » Kafka (NW) 326 yds RUSHING » Clay (WIS) 100 yds RECEIVING » Brewer (NW) 102 yds | ||||||
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Northwestern 33, Wisconsin 31
| It was over when... Badgers QB Scott Tolzien was intercepted with 0:33 left in the game to seal the win for NU. Gameball goes to... Mike Kafka. The Wildcats QB was 26-of-41 for 325 yards and two touchdowns in the win. Stat of the game... 14-99. The teams combined for nearly 100 yards in penalties at Ryan Field. | ||
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Award Winners
| YEAR | PLAYER | AWARD |
| 1996 | Pat Fitzgerald | Chuck Bednarik Award |
| 1996 | Pat Fitzgerald | Bronko Nagurski Award |
| 1995 | Pat Fitzgerald | Chuck Bednarik Award |
| 1995 | Pat Fitzgerald | Bronko Nagurski Award |
| 1995 | Gary Barnett | Home Depot Award |
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2009 Big Ten Standings
| TEAM | CONF | OVR |
| Ohio State #10 | 7-1 | 10-2 |
| Iowa #11 | 6-2 | 10-2 |
| Penn State #13 | 6-2 | 10-2 |
| Wisconsin | 5-3 | 8-3 |
| Northwestern | 5-3 | 8-4 |
| Michigan State | 4-4 | 6-6 |
| Purdue | 4-4 | 5-7 |
| Minnesota | 3-5 | 6-6 |
| Illinois | 2-6 | 3-7 |
| Michigan | 1-7 | 5-7 |
| Indiana | 1-7 | 4-8 |
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2009 Team Leaders
| PASSING | ATT | COMP | YDS | TD |
| M. Kafka | 414 | 272 | 2898 | 12 |
| RUSHING | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD |
| A. Fields | 79 | 294 | 3.7 | 5 |
| M. Kafka | 130 | 265 | 2.0 | 7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | TD |
| Z. Marksh... | 79 | 774 | 9.8 | 3 |
| A. Brewer | 49 | 792 | 16.2 | 7 |
| TEAM | RUSH | PASS | TOTAL |
| Offense | 119.9 | 266.1 | 386 |
| TEAM | PF | PA | MARGIN |
| Scoring | 25.2 | 23.3 | 1.8 |
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2009 Commitments
| NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
| P. Ward | OT | Signed | 79 |
| E. Watkins | QB | Signed | 78 |
| J. Budzien | K | Signed | 77 |
| D. Fleming | S | Signed | 77 |
| W. Studlien | ILB | Signed | 77 |
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Northwestern's Sidney Stewart catches a touchdown pass past Wisconsin's Chris Maragos during the second quarter of... (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)