American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 11 at Purdue L 19–3146,311 September 18 at North Carolina * L 0–1241,000 [6] September 25 Notre Dame * L 0–4844,396 October 2 Arizona * Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL L 15–27 October 9 at Indiana L 0–734,889 October 16 No. 1 Michigan Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry ) L 7–3831,045 [7] October 23 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL L 25–2824,580 October 30 at Iowa L 10–1351,800 November 6 Minnesota Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL L 10–3815,183 November 13 Michigan State Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL W 42–2115,204 November 20 at Illinois L 6–4834,500 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster Players Coaches Offense 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
References [ edit ] ^ "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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