1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team
| 1971 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1971 record | 7–4 (6–3 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Alex Agase (8th season) |
| Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Michigan $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1971 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 7–4 record (6–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Maurie Daigneau with 1,733 passing yards, Al Robinson with 881 rushing yards, and Barry Pearson with 674 receiving yards.[2] Ten Northwestern players received honors on the 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team. They are: (1) Maurie Daigneau (AP-1; UPI-1); (2) running back Al Robinson (AP-2); (3) wide receiver Barry Pearson (AP-1; UPI-1); (4) offensive tackle Tom McCreight (AP-1); (5) defensive end Wil Hemby (UPI-2); (6) defensive tackle Jim Anderson (UPI-2); (7) linebacker John Voorhees (AP-2); and defensive ends (8) Eric Hutchinson (AP-1; UPI-1); (9) Jerry Brown (AP-2); and (10) Jack Duston (UPI-2).[3][4][5] Eric Hutchinson was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America.[6]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 11 | No. 4 Michigan | No. 20 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 6–21 | |||||
| September 18 | at No. 2 Notre Dame* | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry) | L 7–50 | ||||||
| September 25 | Syracuse* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 12–6 | ||||||
| October 2 | Wisconsin | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 24–11 | ||||||
| October 9 | at Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | W 28–3 | ||||||
| October 16 | No. 20 Purdue | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 20–21 | ||||||
| October 23 | at Indiana | Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, IN | W 24–10 | ||||||
| October 30 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | L 7–24 | ||||||
| November 6 | Minnesota | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 41–20 | ||||||
| November 13 | at No. 16 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | W 14–10 | ||||||
| November 20 | No. 19 Michigan State | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 28–7 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. | |||||||||
Roster
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References
- ↑ "1971 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "1971 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "All Big Ten Selected". Daily Illini. November 24, 1971.
- ↑ "Sports Whirl". The Daily News of the Virgin Islands. November 24, 1971.
- ↑ "Unbeaten Michigan Dominate UPI Team Picked by Coaches: Ohio State Places 7 On All-Big Ten Teams". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. November 25, 1971. p. 9D.
- ↑ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2015.