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1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State + 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 3 Michigan + 7 1 0 10 1 0
No. 12 Michigan State 6 1 1 7 3 1
Wisconsin 5 3 0 7 4 0
Illinois 4 3 1 6 4 1
Purdue 3 5 0 4 6 1
Minnesota 2 6 0 4 7 0
Iowa 2 6 0 3 8 0
Northwestern 2 6 0 3 8 0
Indiana 1 7 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,282 passing yards, Jim Pooler with 949 rushing yards, and Scott Yelvington with 417 receiving yards.[2] Three Northwestern players received All-Big Ten honors: (1) offensive tackle Paul Hiemenz (AP-1; UPI-2); (2) wide receiver Steve Yelvington (AP-2); and (3) running back Jim Pooler (AP-2).[3][4][5]

Schedule

September 14at Michigan State

L 7–41 September 21No. 1 Notre Dame*

L 3–49 September 28at No. 10 Nebraska*

L 7–49 October 5Oregon*

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 14–10 October 12at Iowa

L 10–35 October 19Purdue

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 26–31 October 26No. 1 Ohio State

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 7–55 November 2at Minnesota

W 21–13 November 9Indiana

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 24–22 November 16Wisconsin

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 7–52 November 23at Illinois

L 14–28

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 12 Mitch Anderson Sr
RB 44 Rich Boothe Jr
RB 20 Greg Boykin Jr
QB 3 Randy Dean So
OT 74 Rich Dembowski Jr
OT 68 Paul Hiemenz Sr
C 57 Larry Lilja Sr
RB 24 Jim Pooler Jr
G 67 Mark Ruff Sr
G 62 DeWayne Shambley So
WR 46 Bill Stevens Sr
FB 39 Jim Trimble Sr
TE 95 Scott Yelvington So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 58 Mike Andler Sr
DB 8 Doug Baske Sr
DE 43 Doug Belko Sr
DT 93 John Holliday Jr
DT 86 Randy Kuceyeski Jr
DE 98 Rob Mason Sr
LB 33 Carl Patrnchak Sr
LB 32 Joe Patrnchak Sr
DE 13 D. R. Phillips Sr
SS 22 Pete Shaw Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1974 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "1974 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "All-Big Ten selections". The Daily Northwestern. November 26, 1974. p. 13.
  4. ^ "Buckeyes Dominate All-Big Ten Team". Ludington Daily News (UPI story). November 27, 1974. p. 6.
  5. ^ Ed Sainsbury (November 27, 1974). "Many Buckeyes on all Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 9.