1992 Northwestern Wildcats football team
| 1992 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1992 record | 3–8 (3–5 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Gary Barnett (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Michigan $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Ohio State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1992 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (3–5 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 2,110 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 688 rushing yards, and Lee Gissendaner with 846 receiving yards.[2] Gissendaner was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team wide receiver on the 1992 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[3][4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 5 | No. 3 Notre Dame* | Soldier Field • Chicago, IL (Rivalry) | L 7–42 | ||||||
| September 12 | at Boston College* | Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA | L 0–49 | ||||||
| September 19 | at No. 18 Stanford* | Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA | L 24–35 | ||||||
| October 3 | at Purdue | Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN | W 28–14 | ||||||
| October 10 | Indiana | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 3–28 | ||||||
| October 17 | at Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | L 7–31 | ||||||
| October 24 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) | W 27–26 | ||||||
| October 31 | Michigan State | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 26–27 | ||||||
| November 7 | No. 4 Michigan | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 7–40 | ||||||
| November 14 | at Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 14–56 | ||||||
| November 21 | Wisconsin | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 27–25 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "Michigan puts eight on All-Big Ten teams". The Argus-Press (AP story). November 25, 1992. p. A11.
- ↑ "1992 All-Big Ten Football Team". Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois). November 24, 1992. p. B4.
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