1989 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1989 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 0–11 record (0–8 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1989 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1989 record0–11 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coachFrancis Peay (4th season)
Captains
  • Bob Griswold[1]
  • Randy McClellan
  • Tim O'Brien
  • Derrill Vest
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1989 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Michigan $ 8 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 10 Illinois 7 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 16 Michigan State 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
No. 24 Ohio State 6 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Minnesota 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Indiana 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Iowa 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Purdue 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Wisconsin 1 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Northwestern 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Tim O'Brien with 2,218 passing yards, junior running back Bob Christian with 1,291 rushing yards, and Richard Buchanan with 1,115 receiving yards.[3] Buchanan received first-team All-Big Ten honors from the Associated Press, and Christian received second-team honors.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 9at Duke*
L 31–41
September 16Air Force*
L 31–48
September 23Rutgers*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 27–38
October 7at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
L 11–43
October 14Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 18–20
October 21at Wisconsin
L 31–35
October 28Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 22–35
November 4Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 27–52
November 11at Purdue
L 15–46
November 18at Michigan State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
L 14–76
November 25No. 11 Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)
L 14–63
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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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. "1989 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1989 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. "Indiana's Thompson heads All-Big Ten team". The Daily Reporter (AP story). November 30, 1989. p. 5.


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