1978 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1978 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record0–10–1 (0–8–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Pat Geegan[1]
  • Mike Kranz
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Michigan + 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 12 Michigan State + 7 1 0 8 3 0
No. 13 Purdue 6 1 1 9 2 1
Ohio State 6 2 0 7 4 1
Minnesota 4 4 0 5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 4 2 5 4 2
Indiana 3 5 0 4 7 0
Iowa 2 6 0 2 9 0
Illinois 0 6 2 1 8 2
Northwestern 0 8 1 0 10 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1978 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Rick Venturi, the Wildcats compiled a 0–10–1 record (0–8–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Kevin Strasser with 1,526 passing yards, Mike Cammon with 322 rushing yards, and Steve Bogan with 353 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at IllinoisT 0–040,091
September 16at IowaL 3–2056,840
September 23WisconsinL 7–2823,960
September 30at No. 16 Colorado*L 7–5544,709
October 7Arizona State*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–56
October 14at IndianaL 10–3836,456
October 21Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 14–3816,452
October 28at Ohio StateL 20–6387,296
November 4at No. 14 PurdueL 0–3164,232
November 11No. 7 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 14–5927,013[4]
November 18No. 16 Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–5214,157
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1978 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1978 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Joe Lapointe (November 12, 1978). "Leach leads Wolverines' romp, 59-14". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 9E – via Newspapers.com.