1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1983 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (2–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1983 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1983 record2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coachDennis Green (3rd season)
Captains
  • Mike Guendling[1]
  • Todd Jenkins
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Illinois $ 9 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 8 Michigan 8 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 14 Iowa 7 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 9 Ohio State 6 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
Wisconsin 5 –4 –0  7 –4 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –1  3 –7 –1
Michigan State 2 –6 –1  4 –6 –1
Indiana 2 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
Northwestern 2 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Minnesota 0 –9 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Sandy Schwab with 1,838 passing yards, Ricky Edwards with 561 rushing yards, and Ricky Edwards with 570 receiving yards.[3] Punter John Kidd received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.[4][5]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 10No. 19 Washington*
L 0–34
September 17at Syracuse*
L 0–35
September 24at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 10–8
October 1Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–49
October 8at No. 15 Iowa
L 21–61
October 15at No. 13 Michigan
L 0–35
October 22Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 19–8
October 29at Purdue
L 17–48
November 5Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–9
November 12at No. 10 Ohio State
L 7–55
November 19No. 4 Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)
L 24–56
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel
  • QB Sandy Schwab, Soph.
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References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. "Illini Puts 6 On All-Big Ten Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (AP story). December 1, 1983. p. 15B.
  5. Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.


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