1992 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1992 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1992 Northwestern Wildcats football
1992 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1992 record	3–8 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gary Barnett (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	Ron Vanderlinden (1st season)
Captains	Frank Boudreaux; David Cross;
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
	Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (3–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Len Williams with 2,110 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 688 rushing yards, and Lee Gissendaner with 846 receiving yards.^[3] Gissendaner was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team wide receiver on the 1992 All-Big Ten Conference football team.^[4]^[5]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 5	No. 3 Notre Dame*	Soldier Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	L 7–42
September 12	at Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 0–49
September 19	at No. 18 Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 24–35
October 3	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–14
October 10	Indiana	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 3–28
October 17	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–31
October 24	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 27–26
October 31	Michigan State	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 26–27
November 7	No. 4 Michigan	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–40
November 14	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 14–56
November 21	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 27–25
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
^ "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
^ "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
^ "Michigan puts eight on All-Big Ten teams". The Argus-Press (AP story). November 25, 1992. p. A11.
^ "1992 All-Big Ten Football Team". Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois). November 24, 1992. p. B4.

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1992 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Michigan $	6	–	0	–	2	9	–	0	–	3
No. 18 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	5	��	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll