1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1974 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1974 record 3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach John Pont (2nd season)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1974 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State + 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 3 Michigan + 7 –1 –0  10 –1 –0
No. 12 Michigan State 6 –1 –1  7 –3 –1
Wisconsin 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Illinois 4 –3 –1  6 –4 –1
Purdue 3 –5 –0  4 –6 –1
Minnesota 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Iowa 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Northwestern 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Indiana 1 –7 –0  1 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,282 passing yards, Jim Pooler with 949 rushing yards, and Scott Yelvington with 417 receiving yards.[2] Three Northwestern players received All-Big Ten honors: (1) offensive tackle Paul Hiemenz (AP-1; UPI-2); (2) wide receiver Steve Yelvington (AP-2); and (3) running back Jim Pooler (AP-2).[3][4][5]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 14 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 7–41  
September 21 No. 1 Notre Dame* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry) L 3–49  
September 28 at No. 10 Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE L 7–49  
October 5 Oregon* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 14–10  
October 12 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA L 10–35  
October 19 Purdue Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 26–31  
October 26 No. 1 Ohio State Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 7–55  
November 2 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 21–13  
November 9 Indiana Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 24–22  
November 16 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 7–52  
November 23 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) L 14–28  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Roster

1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12 Mitch Anderson Sr
RB 44 Rich Boothe Jr
RB 20 Greg Boykin Jr
QB 3 Randy Dean So
T 74 Rich Dembowski Jr
T 68 Paul Hiemenz Sr
C 57 Larry Lilja Sr
RB 24 Jim Pooler Jr
G 67 Mark Ruff Sr
G 62 DeWayne Shambley So
WR 46 Bill Stevens Sr
FB 39 Jim Trimble Sr
TE 95 Scott Yelvington So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 58 Mike Andler Sr
DB 8 Doug Baske Sr
DE 43 Doug Belko Sr
DT 93 John Holliday Jr
DT 86 Randy Kuceyeski Jr
DE 98 Rob Mason Sr
LB 33 Carl Patrnchak Sr
LB 32 Joe Patrnchak Sr
DE 13 D. R. Phillips Sr
SS 22 Pete Shaw Jr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ "1974 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1974 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ "All-Big Ten selections". The Daily Northwestern. November 26, 1974. p. 13.
  4. ↑ "Buckeyes Dominate All-Big Ten Team". Ludington Daily News (UPI story). November 27, 1974. p. 6.
  5. ↑ Ed Sainsbury (November 27, 1974). "Many Buckeyes on all Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 9.


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