1992 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1992 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (3–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1992 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1992 record3–8 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRon Vanderlinden (1st season)
Captains
  • Frank Boudreaux[1]
  • David Cross
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1992 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Michigan $ 6 0 2  9 0 3
No. 18 Ohio State 5 2 1  8 3 1
Michigan State 5 3 0  5 6 0
Illinois 4 3 1  6 5 1
Iowa 4 4 0  5 7 0
Indiana 3 5 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  5 6 0
Purdue 3 5 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 3 5 0  3 8 0
Minnesota 2 6 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Len Williams with 2,110 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 688 rushing yards, and Lee Gissendaner with 846 receiving yards.[3] Gissendaner was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team wide receiver on the 1992 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[4][5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 5No. 3 Notre Dame*L 7–42
September 12at Boston College*L 0–49
September 19at No. 18 Stanford*L 24–35
October 3at PurdueW 28–14
October 10IndianaL 3–28
October 17at Ohio StateL 7–31
October 24at IllinoisW 27–26
October 31Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 26–27
November 7No. 4 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–40
November 14at IowaL 14–56
November 21Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 27–25
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. "Michigan puts eight on All-Big Ten teams". The Argus-Press (AP story). November 25, 1992. p. A11.
  5. "1992 All-Big Ten Football Team". Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois). November 24, 1992. p. B4.


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