 | Northwestern Wildcats | |
2008 Northwestern Wildcats Football ScheduleFinal Record: 9-4, 5-3 (Big Ten) | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tickets | |
| Saturday Aug. 30 |  | Syracuse Orange Ryan Field, Evanston, IL | Won 30-10 | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 6 |  | at Duke Blue Devils Wallace Wade Stadium, Durham, NC | Won 24-20 | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 13 |  | Southern Illinois Salukis Ryan Field, Evanston, IL | Won 33-7 | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 20 |  | Ohio Bobcats Ryan Field, Evanston, IL | Won 16-8 | --- |
| Saturday Sept. 27 |  | at Iowa Hawkeyes Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA | Won 22-17 | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 4 | --- | Open Date | --- | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 11 |  | Michigan State Spartans Ryan Field, Evanston, IL | Lost 37-20 | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 18 |  | Purdue Boilermakers Ryan Field, Evanston, IL | Won 48-26 | --- |
| Saturday Oct. 25 |  | at Indiana Hoosiers Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN | Lost 21-19 | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 1 |  | at Minnesota Golden Gophers H. H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN | Won 24-17 | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 8 |  | Ohio State Buckeyes Ryan Field, Evanston, IL | Lost 45-10 | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 15 |  | at Michigan Wolverines Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI | Won 21-14 | --- |
| Saturday Nov. 22 |  | Illinois Fighting Illini Ryan Field, Evanston, IL | Won 27-10 | --- |
| 2008 Valero Alamo Bowl | ||||
| Monday Dec. 29 |  | Missouri Tigers Alamodome, San Antonio, TX | Lost 30-23 (OT) | --- |
