1969 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1969 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1969 record3–7 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDon Ross
Captains
  • Ray Forsthoffer[1]
  • Pat Harrington
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1968
1970 →
1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Michigan + 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Purdue 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Minnesota 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Iowa 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Indiana 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Michigan State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Illinois 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season.

Junior running back Mike Adamle rushed for 316 yards against Wisconsin on October 18, breaking the previous school record by 98 yards (Charlie Hren vs. Navy in 1951).[2][3][4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 20at No. 11 Notre Dame*
L 10–35
September 27at No. 5 USC*
L 6–48
October 4No. 11 UCLA*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–36
October 11at Illinois
W 10–6
October 18Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 27–7
October 25at No. 25 Purdue
L 20–45
November 1No. 1 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 6–35
November 8at Minnesota
L 21–28
November 15Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 30–27
November 22Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–39
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ "Northwestern 'runs'". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 19, 1969. p. 2B.
  3. ^ "Adamle's 316 leads N'western". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 19, 1969. p. 8, sports.
  4. ^ Lynch, R.G. (October 21, 1951). "Northwestern downs an erring Navy, 16 to 7". Milwaukee Journal. p. 1, sports.
  5. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
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