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1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1994 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7–1 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1994 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–7–1 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorRon Vanderlinden (3rd season)
Captains
  • Hugh Williams[1]
  • Bill Koziel
  • Michael Senters
  • Korey Singleton
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Penn State $ 8 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 14 Ohio State 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
No. 12 Michigan 5 – 3 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Purdue 3 – 3 – 2 5 – 4 – 2
Iowa 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 1 – 7 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Michigan State † 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue.
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Steve Schnur with 899 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 1,189 rushing yards, and Mike Senters with 385 receiving yards.[3] Paul Burton was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team punter on the 1994 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 3vs. No. 3 Notre Dame*
ABCL 15–4266,946
September 10No. 24 Stanford*
ESPNT 41–4127,436
September 17at Air Force*
W 14–10
October 1No. 20 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 15–1734,753
October 8No. 24 Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–4646,437
October 15at Minnesota
W 37–3144,377
October 22at Indiana
W 20–739,208
October 29Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 7–2840,365
November 5Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 17–3547,754
November 12at Iowa
L 13–4966,532
November 19at No. 2 Penn State
L 17–4596,383
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster edit

1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 9 Lloyd Abramson
RB 24 Darnell Autry So
QB 12 D'Wayne Bates Fr
QB 6 Tim Hughes So
OT 74 Paul Janus So
RB 34 Dennis Lundy
G 70 Matt O'Dwyer
QB 10 Steve Schnur So
WR 7 Mike Senters
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 36 Casey Dailey So
LB 51 Pat Fitzgerald So
CB 16 Chris Martin Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 13 Brian Gowins Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Team players in the NFL edit

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Matt O'Dwyer Guard 2 33 New York Jets
Michael Senters Wide Receiver 5 135 Carolina Panthers

References edit

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1994 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


 

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