1979 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1979 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1979 record 1–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach Rick Venturi (2nd season)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1979 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
No. 10 Purdue 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 18 Michigan 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 19 Indiana 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Iowa 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Minnesota 3 –5 –1  4 –6 –1
Michigan State 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Illinois 1 –6 –1  2 –8 –1
Northwestern 0 –9 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Rick Venturi, the Wildcats compiled a 1–10 record (0–9 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Kerrigan with 961 passing yards, Jeff Cohn with 426 rushing yards, and Todd Sheets with 614 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 8 at No. 7 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 7–49  
September 15 Wyoming* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 27–22  
September 22 Syracuse* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 21–54  
September 29 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 8–38  
October 6 at No. 8 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH L 7–16  
October 13 Iowa Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 6–58  
October 20 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 0–30  
October 27 at No. 16 Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN L 16–20  
November 3 Michigan State Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 7–42  
November 10 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 3–28  
November 17 Illinois Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) L 13–29  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Roster

1979 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 12 Mike Kerrigan So
T 55 Phil Reitz Sr
T 75 Rob Taylor So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 74 Norm Wells Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Norm WellsGuard12330Dallas Cowboys

References

  1. ↑ "1979 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1979 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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