1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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.[2]

1994 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1994 record3–7–1 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coachGary Barnett (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorRon Vanderlinden (3rd season)
Captains
  • Hugh Williams[1]
  • Bill Koziel
  • Michael Senters
  • Korey Singleton
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1994 Big Ten Conference 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 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.[3] Paul Burton was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team punter on the 1994 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3No. 3 Notre Dame*
L 15–42
September 10No. 24 Stanford*
T 41–41
September 17at Air Force*
W 14–10
October 1No. 20 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 15–17
October 8No. 24 Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–46
October 15at Minnesota
W 37–31
October 22at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 20–7
October 29Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)
L 7–28
November 5Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 17–35
November 12at Iowa
L 13–49
November 19at No. 2 Penn State
L 17–45
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 24 Darnell Autry So
QB 12 D'Wayne Bates Fr
QB 6 Tim Hughes So
T 74 Paul Janus So
RB 34 Dennis Lundy
G 70 Matt O'Dwyer
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. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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