1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1983 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1983 record 2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach Dennis Green (3rd season)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1983 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 10 No. 19 Washington* Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL L 034  
September 17 at Syracuse* Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY L 035  
September 24 at Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN W 108  
October 1 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 049  
October 8 at No. 15 Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA L 2161  
October 15 at No. 13 Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI L 035  
October 22 Minnesota Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 198  
October 29 at Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN L 1748  
November 5 Michigan State Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 39  
November 12 at No. 10 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH L 755  
November 19 No. 4 Illinois Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) L 2456  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "Illini Puts 6 On All-Big Ten Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (AP story). December 1, 1983. p. 15B.
  4. Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.


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