1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1983 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1983 record2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Guendling[1]
  • Todd Jenkins
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Illinois $ 9 – 0 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Michigan 8 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 14 Iowa 7 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Ohio State 6 – 3 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Purdue 3 – 5 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Michigan State 2 – 6 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Indiana 2 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Minnesota 0 – 9 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (2–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Sandy Schwab with 1,838 passing yards, Ricky Edwards with 561 rushing yards, and Ricky Edwards with 570 receiving yards.[3] Punter John Kidd received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.[4][5]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 10No. 19 Washington*
L 0–34
September 17at Syracuse*
L 0–35
September 24at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 10–8
October 1Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–49
October 8at No. 15 Iowa
L 21–61
October 15at No. 13 Michigan
L 0–35
October 22Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 19–8
October 29at Purdue
L 17–48
November 5Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–9
November 12at No. 10 Ohio State
L 7–55
November 19No. 4 Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)
L 24–56
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel[]

  • QB Sandy Schwab, Soph.

References[]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Illini Puts 6 On All-Big Ten Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (AP story). December 1, 1983. p. 15B.
  5. ^ Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.
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