1986 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1986 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1986 record 4–7 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Francis Peay (1st season)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1986 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 6 Duke* Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL L 617  
September 20 Army* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 2518  
September 27 at Princeton* Palmer StadiumPrinceton, NJ W 370  
October 4 Indiana Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 724  
October 11 at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN L 2344  
October 18 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 2735  
October 25 at No. 11 Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA L 2027  
November 1 Purdue Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 1617  
November 8 at No. 11 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH L 930  
November 15 Michigan State Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 2421  
November 22 at Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) W 2318  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "Harbaugh heads All-Big Ten team". The Michigan Daily. November 26, 1986. p. 8.
  4. "Woodson, Waiters Both All-Big Ten". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. November 25, 1986. p. 10.


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