1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1983 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dennis Green (3rd season)
Captains	Mike Guendling[1] Todd Jenkins
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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 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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	No. 19 Washington*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–34	26,165
September 17	at Syracuse*	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	L 0–35	25,979
September 24	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 10–8	40,347
October 1	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–49	32,180
October 8	at No. 15 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 21–61	66,125
October 15	at No. 13 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–35	103,914	[6]
October 22	Minnesota	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 19–8	21,411
October 29	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 17–48	60,134
November 5	Michigan State	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 3–9	27,463
November 12	at No. 10 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–55	88,703
November 19	No. 4 Illinois	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 24–56	52,333
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

• QB Sandy Schwab, Soph.
• DL Tom Flaherty, 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.