1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1991 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1991 record 3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Francis Peay (6th season)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1991 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Michigan $ 8 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 10 Iowa 7 –1 –0  10 –1 –1
Ohio State 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Indiana 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –1
Illinois 4 –4 –0  6 –6 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Michigan State 3 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Wisconsin 2 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Northwestern 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Minnesota 1 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Len Williams with 1,630 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 568 rushing yards, and Mark Benson with 831 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 14 Rice* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 7–36  
September 21 at Rutgers* Rutgers Stadium • Piscataway, NJ L 18–22  
September 28 Wake Forest* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 41–14  
October 5 Purdue Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 14–17  
October 12 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 6–44  
October 19 at No. 18 Ohio State Cleveland Stadium • Cleveland, OH L 3–34  
October 26 No. 17 Illinois Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) W 17–11  
November 2 at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 16–13  
November 9 at No. 4 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 14–59  
November 16 No. 9 Iowa Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 10–24  
November 23 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 14–32  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. ↑ "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
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