The Northwestern Wildcats will open their 2024 college football schedule on August 31, against Miami (OH). See below for more.

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2024 Northwestern Game and TV Schedule

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Northwestern 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Wildcats will face the sixth-hardest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (88).
• Based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (80), Northwestern has the 12th-toughest schedule in college football.
• The Wildcats are facing the third-hardest conference schedule this season (based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year).
• Northwestern has eight games scheduled against teams that put up winning records in 2023, including five teams that had nine or more wins and one with less than four wins last year.
• The Wildcats will have eight teams on their schedule this year that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Northwestern Stat Insights (2023)

• While the Wildcats ranked 36th in total defense with 340.8 yards allowed per game last season, they were slightly less successful on offense, ranking 10th-worst (303.9 yards per game).
• Northwestern put up 22.1 points per game on offense last season (106th in FBS), and it ranked 40th on the other side of the ball with 22.5 points allowed per game.
• Defensively, the Wildcats were a top-25 unit in terms of passing yards last season, ranking 15th-best by surrendering only 182.9 passing yards per game. They ranked 96th on offense (202 passing yards per game).
• Northwestern was a bottom-25 run offense last season, ranking 13th-worst with 101.9 rushing yards per game. Defensively, it ranked 80th in FBS (157.8 rushing yards allowed per game).
• Northwestern forced 22 total turnovers (25th in FBS) last season and turned it over nine times (sixth in FBS) for a turnover margin of +13, the third-best in college football.

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