1985 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1985 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1985 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (1–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1985 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1985 record3–8 (1–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Casey Cummings[1]
  • Jim Torkelson
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1985 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Iowa $ 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 2 Michigan 6 1 1  10 1 1
Illinois 5 2 1  6 5 1
No. 14 Ohio State 5 3 0  9 3 0
Michigan State 5 3 0  7 5 0
Minnesota 4 4 0  7 5 0
Purdue 3 5 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0  5 6 0
Indiana 1 7 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 1 7 0  3 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 2,152 passing yards, Stanley Davenport with 598 rushing yards, and Curtis Duncan with 498 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 7at Duke*L 17–40
September 14at Missouri*W 27–23
September 28Northern Illinois*W 38–16
October 5at IndianaL 7–26
October 12Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–21
October 19at WisconsinW 17–14
October 26No. 1 Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 10–49
November 2at PurdueL 7–31
November 9No. 4 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 17–35
November 16at Michigan StateL 0–32
November 23Illinois
L 20–45
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

  • QB Mike Greenfield, Soph.
  • QB Sandy Schwab, Sr.

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1985 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1985 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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