1978 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1978 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1978 record0–10–1 (0–8–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Pat Geegan[1]
  • Mike Kranz
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Michigan State + 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
No. 13 Purdue 6 – 1 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
Ohio State 6 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 1
Minnesota 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Iowa 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Illinois 0 – 6 – 2 1 – 8 – 2
Northwestern 0 – 8 – 1 0 – 10 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Rick Venturi, the Wildcats compiled a 0–10–1 record (0–8–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Kevin Strasser with 1,526 passing yards, Mike Cammon with 322 rushing yards, and Steve Bogan with 353 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 9at Illinois
T 0–0
September 16at Iowa
L 3–20
September 23Wisconsin
L 7–28
September 30at No. 16 Colorado*
L 7–55
October 7Arizona State*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–56
October 14at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 10–38
October 21Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–38
October 28at Ohio State
L 20–63
November 4at No. 14 Purdue
L 0–31
November 11No. 7 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–59
November 18No. 16 Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–52
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ "1978 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1978 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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