1993 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1993 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (0–8 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1993 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1993 record2–9 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRon Vanderlinden (2nd season)
Captains
  • Steve Ostrowski[1]
  • Len Williams
  • Lee Gissendaner
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Wisconsin + 6 1 1  10 1 1
No. 11 Ohio State + 6 1 1  10 1 1
No. 8 Penn State 6 2 0  10 2 0
Indiana 5 3 0  8 4 0
No. 21 Michigan 5 3 0  8 4 0
Illinois 5 3 0  5 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0  6 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0  6 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 0  4 7 0
Northwestern 0 8 0  2 9 0
Purdue 0 8 0  1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Len Williams with 2,047 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 617 rushing yards, and Lee Gissendaner with 669 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 4at No. 7 Notre Dame*L 12–27
September 18No. 22 Boston College*W 22–21
September 25Wake Forest*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 26–14
October 2at No. 7 Ohio StateL 3–51
October 9at No. 21 WisconsinL 14–53
October 16Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 26–28
October 23Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–24
October 30at IllinoisL 13–20
November 6at Michigan StateL 29–31
November 13Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 19–23
November 20No. 14 Penn State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 21–43
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1993 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 51 Pat Fitzgerald Fr
CB 16 Chris Martin 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. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1993 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1993 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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