1986 Northwestern Wildcats football team
1986 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1986 record | 4–7 (2–6 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Francis Peay (1st season) |
Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Michigan + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Ohio State + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Iowa | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 4–7 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 1,653 passing yards, Stanley Davenport with 703 rushing yards, and Curtis Duncan with 437 receiving yards.[2] Kicker John Duvic was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by the Associated Press,[3] while tight end Rich Borresen received first-team All-Big Ten honors from the UPI.[4]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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September 6 | Duke* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 6–17 | ||||||
September 20 | Army* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 25–18 | ||||||
September 27 | at Princeton* | Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ | W 37–0 | ||||||
October 4 | Indiana | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 7–24 | ||||||
October 11 | at Minnesota | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | L 23–44 | ||||||
October 18 | Wisconsin | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 27–35 | ||||||
October 25 | at No. 11 Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 20–27 | ||||||
November 1 | Purdue | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 16–17 | ||||||
November 8 | at No. 11 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | L 9–30 | ||||||
November 15 | Michigan State | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 24–21 | ||||||
November 22 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | W 23–18 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. |
References
- ↑ "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Harbaugh heads All-Big Ten team". The Michigan Daily. November 26, 1986. p. 8.
- ↑ "Woodson, Waiters Both All-Big Ten". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. November 25, 1986. p. 10.
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