1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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.[2]

1991 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1991 record3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coachFrancis Peay (6th season)
Captains
  • Darryl Ashmore[1]
  • Dan Freveletti
  • Dwight James
  • Ed Sutter
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1991 Big Ten Conference 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 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.[3]

For the game against Ohio State, Northwestern played a home game against Ohio State in Cleveland.[4][5]

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

Roster
1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 75 Darryl Ashmore
WR 83 Lee Gissendaner
QB 12 Len Williams Fr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 60 Thomas Homco
LB 54 Ed Sutter
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. Jauss, Bill (August 21, 1991). "For NU, `Home` Football Games Are $weet". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  5. Deneen, Mike (September 24, 2013). "The Strange Story of "The Modell Bowl"". SB Nation. Retrieved October 14, 2019.


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