1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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]

1976 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1976 record1–10 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1976 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Michigan + 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 6 Ohio State + 7 1 0  9 2 1
Minnesota 4 4 0  6 5 0
Illinois 4 4 0  5 6 0
Indiana 4 4 0  5 6 0
Purdue 4 4 0  5 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  5 6 0
Michigan State 3 5 0  4 6 1
Northwestern 1 7 0  1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 11at PurdueL 19–31
September 18at North Carolina*L 0–12
September 25Notre Dame*L 0–48
October 2Arizona*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 15–27
October 9at IndianaL 0–7
October 16No. 1 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–38
October 23Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 25–28
October 30at IowaL 10–13
November 6Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–38
November 13Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 42–21
November 20at IllinoisL 6–48
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1976 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
T 68 Tony Ardizzone Jr
RB 32 Greg Boykin (C) Sr
QB 3 Randy Dean (C) Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
SS 22 Pete Shaw (C) Sr
DT 74 Norm Wells Fr
DB Robert Dean Sr
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. "1976 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1976 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. "Michigan, Ohio State Pace All-Big Ten Team". Toledo Blade (AP story). December 3, 1976. p. 27.
  5. "Illini place two on All-Big 10". The Pantagraph. November 24, 1976. p. A11.


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