1983 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Guendling[1]
  • Todd Jenkins
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Illinois $ 9 –0 –010 –2 –0
No. 8 Michigan 8 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 14 Iowa 7 –2 –09 –3 –0
No. 9 Ohio State 6 –3 –09 –3 –0
Wisconsin 5 –4 –07 –4 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –13 –7 –1
Michigan State 2 –6 –14 –6 –1
Indiana 2 –7 –03 –8 –0
Northwestern 2 –7 –02 –9 –0
Minnesota 0 –9 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10No. 19 Washington*
L 0–3426,165
September 17at Syracuse*
L 0–3525,979
September 24at Indiana
W 10–840,347
October 1Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–4932,180
October 8at No. 15 Iowa
L 21–6166,125
October 15at No. 13 Michigan
L 0–35103,914[6]
October 22Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 19–821,411
October 29at Purdue
L 17–4860,134
November 5Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–927,463
November 12at No. 10 Ohio State
L 7–5588,703
November 19No. 4 Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 24–5652,333
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

  • QB Sandy Schwab, Soph.

References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  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.
  6. ↑ Joe Lapointe (October 16, 1983). "U-M wins easily, but Bo fumes: Coach raps his offense". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 8H – via Newspapers.com.


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