1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1971 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 7–4 record (6–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1971 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1971 record7–4 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1971 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Michigan $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Northwestern 6 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Ohio State 5 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Michigan State 5 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Illinois 5 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –5 –0  4 –6 –1
Minnesota 3 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Indiana 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Iowa 1 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Maurie Daigneau with 1,733 passing yards, Al Robinson with 881 rushing yards, and Barry Pearson with 674 receiving yards.[3] Ten Northwestern players received honors on the 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team. They are: (1) Maurie Daigneau (AP-1; UPI-1); (2) running back Al Robinson (AP-2); (3) wide receiver Barry Pearson (AP-1; UPI-1); (4) offensive tackle Tom McCreight (AP-1); (5) defensive end Wil Hemby (UPI-2); (6) defensive tackle Jim Anderson (UPI-2); (7) linebacker John Voorhees (AP-2); and defensive ends (8) Eric Hutchinson (AP-1; UPI-1); (9) Jerry Brown (AP-2); and (10) Jack Duston (UPI-2).[4][5][6] Eric Hutchinson was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America.[7]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 11No. 4 MichiganNo. 20
L 6–21
September 18at No. 2 Notre Dame*
L 7–50
September 25Syracuse*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 12–6
October 2Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 24–11
October 9at Iowa
W 28–3
October 16No. 20 Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 20–21
October 23at Indiana
W 24–10
October 30at Illinois
L 7–24
November 6Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 41–20
November 13at No. 16 Ohio State
W 14–10
November 20No. 19 Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 28–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster
1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 84 Steve Craig So
QB 12 Maurie Daigneau (C) Sr
WR 86 Jim Lash So
WR 21 Barry Pearson Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 66 Mike Varty So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References
  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1971 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1971 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. "All Big Ten Selected". Daily Illini. November 24, 1971.
  5. "Sports Whirl". The Daily News of the Virgin Islands. November 24, 1971.
  6. "Unbeaten Michigan Dominate UPI Team Picked by Coaches: Ohio State Places 7 On All-Big Ten Teams". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. November 25, 1971. p. 9D.
  7. Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2015.


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