1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1994 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1994 record3–7–1 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRon Vanderlinden (3rd season)
Captains
  • Hugh Williams[1]
  • Bill Koziel
  • Michael Senters
  • Korey Singleton
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State $ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Ohio State 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
No. 12 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Iowa 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Michigan State† 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins, 4 conference wins
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7–1 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Steve Schnur with 899 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 1,189 rushing yards, and Mike Senters with 385 receiving yards.[3] Paul Burton was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team punter on the 1994 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3No. 3 Notre Dame*
L 15–42
September 10No. 24 Stanford*
T 41–41
September 17at Air Force*
W 14–10
October 1No. 20 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 15–17
October 8No. 24 Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–46
October 15at Minnesota
W 37–31
October 22at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 20–7
October 29Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)
L 7–28
November 5Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 17–35
November 12at Iowa
L 13–49
November 19at No. 2 Penn State
L 17–45
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 9 Lloyd Abramson
RB 24 Darnell Autry So
QB 12 D'Wayne Bates Fr
QB 6 Tim Hughes So
T 74 Paul Janus So
RB 34 Dennis Lundy
G 70 Matt O'Dwyer
QB 10 Steve Schnur So
WR 7 Mike Senters
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 36 Casey Dailey So
LB 51 Pat Fitzgerald So
CB 16 Chris Martin Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 13 Brian Gowins Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players in the NFL[]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Matt O'Dwyer Guard 2 33 New York Jets
Michael Senters Wide Receiver 5 135 Carolina Panthers

References[]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. ^ "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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