1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1994 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1994 record 3–7–1 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach Gary Barnett (3rd season)
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1994 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Penn State $ 8 0 0  12 0 0
No. 14 Ohio State 6 2 0  9 4 0
Wisconsin 5 2 1  8 3 1
No. 12 Michigan 5 3 0  8 4 0
Illinois 4 4 0  7 5 0
Purdue 3 3 2  5 4 2
Iowa 3 4 1  5 5 1
Indiana 3 5 0  6 5 0
Northwestern 3 5 0  4 6 1
Minnesota 1 7 0  3 8 0
Michigan State 0 8 0  0 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Michigan State forfeited 5 wins, 4 conference wins
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7–1 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 Steve Schnur with 899 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 1,189 rushing yards, and Mike Senters with 385 receiving yards.[2] Paul Burton was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team punter on the 1994 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 3 No. 3 Notre Dame* Soldier FieldChicago, IL (Rivalry) L 1542  
September 10 No. 24 Stanford* Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL T 4141  
September 17 at Air Force* Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO W 1410  
October 1 No. 20 Ohio State Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 1517  
October 8 No. 24 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 1446  
October 15 at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeMinneapolis, MN W 3731  
October 22 at Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN W 207  
October 29 Illinois Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) L 728  
November 5 Michigan State Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 1735  
November 12 at Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA L 1349  
November 19 at No. 2 Penn State Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA L 1745  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Roster

1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 24 Darnell Autry So
QB 8 Tim Hughes So
T 74 Paul Janus So
QB 10 Steve Schnur So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 36 Casey Dailey So
LB 51 Pat Fitzgerald So
CB 16 Chris Martin Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 13 Brian Gowins Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Matt O'DwyerGuard233New York Jets
Michael SentersWide Receiver5135Carolina Panthers

References

  1. "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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