1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team
1983 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1983 record | 2–9 (2–7 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Dennis Green (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Illinois $ | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Michigan | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 Iowa | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Ohio State | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (2–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Sandy Schwab with 1,838 passing yards, Ricky Edwards with 561 rushing yards, and Ricky Edwards with 570 receiving yards.[2] Punter John Kidd received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.[3][4]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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September 10 | No. 19 Washington* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 0–34 | ||||||
September 17 | at Syracuse* | Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY | L 0–35 | ||||||
September 24 | at Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN | W 10–8 | ||||||
October 1 | Wisconsin | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 0–49 | ||||||
October 8 | at No. 15 Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 21–61 | ||||||
October 15 | at No. 13 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | L 0–35 | ||||||
October 22 | Minnesota | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 19–8 | ||||||
October 29 | at Purdue | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | L 17–48 | ||||||
November 5 | Michigan State | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 3–9 | ||||||
November 12 | at No. 10 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | L 7–55 | ||||||
November 19 | No. 4 Illinois | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | L 24–56 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
References
- ↑ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Illini Puts 6 On All-Big Ten Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (AP story). December 1, 1983. p. 15B.
- ↑ Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.
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