American college football season
1976 Northwestern Wildcats football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Record | 1–10 (1–7 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | |
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Captains | - Greg Boykin[1] (2nd year)
- Randy Dean
- Paul Maly
- Pete Shaw
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Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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The 1976 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1976 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 1–10 record (1–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Randy Dean with 1,384 passing yards, Pat Geegan with 537 rushing yards, and Scott Yelvington with 649 receiving yards.[3] Yelvington received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.[4][5]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | at Purdue | | L 19–31 | 46,311 | |
September 18 | at North Carolina* | | L 0–12 | 41,000 | [6] |
September 25 | Notre Dame* | | L 0–48 | 44,396 | |
October 2 | Arizona* | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| L 15–27 | | |
October 9 | at Indiana | | L 0–7 | 34,889 | |
October 16 | No. 1 Michigan | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL (rivalry)
| L 7–38 | 31,045 | [7] |
October 23 | Wisconsin | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| L 25–28 | 24,580 | |
October 30 | at Iowa | | L 10–13 | 51,800 | |
November 6 | Minnesota | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| L 10–38 | 15,183 | |
November 13 | Michigan State | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| W 42–21 | 15,204 | |
November 20 | at Illinois | | L 6–48 | 34,500 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | OT | 68 | Tony Ardizzone | Jr | WR | 83 | Mark Bailey | Jr | QB | 15 | Steve Breitbell | So | RB | 32 | Greg Boykin (C) | Sr | QB | 3 | Randy Dean (C) | Sr | DB | 2 | Robert Dean | Sr | FB | 39 | Harold Gilmore | So | OL | 63 | Dan Henderson | So | OT | 72 | Don Herzog | Sr | C | 61 | Carl Peterson | Sr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DE | 35 | Kevin Berg | Fr | CB | 18 | Steve Bobowski | Jr | FS | 14 | Jim Hutchings | Sr | CB | 6 | Guy Knafelc | So | LB | 52 | Paul Maly | Sr | SS | 22 | Pete Shaw (C) | Sr | DT | 74 | Norm Wells | Fr | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "1976 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "1976 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "Michigan, Ohio State Pace All-Big Ten Team". Toledo Blade (AP story). December 3, 1976. p. 27.
- ^ "Illini place two on All-Big 10". The Pantagraph. November 24, 1976. p. A11.
- ^ "North Carolina stops Northwestern, 12–0". The Indianapolis Star. September 19, 1976. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Things are too easy so far for Michigan". Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon. October 17, 1976.
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