1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Illinois $ 9 0 0 10 2 0
No. 8 Michigan 8 1 0 9 3 0
No. 14 Iowa 7 2 0 9 3 0
No. 9 Ohio State 6 3 0 9 3 0
Wisconsin 5 4 0 7 4 0
Purdue 3 5 1 3 7 1
Michigan State 2 6 1 4 6 1
Indiana 2 7 0 3 8 0
Northwestern 2 7 0 2 9 0
Minnesota 0 9 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (2–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Sandy Schwab with 1,838 passing yards, Ricky Edwards with 561 rushing yards, and Ricky Edwards with 570 receiving yards.[2] Punter John Kidd received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.[3][4]

Schedule

September 10No. 19 Washington*

L 0–34 September 17at Syracuse*

L 0–35 September 24at Indiana

W 10–8 October 1Wisconsin

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 0–49 October 8at No. 15 Iowa

L 21–61 October 15at No. 13 Michigan

L 0–35 October 22Minnesota

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 19–8 October 29at Purdue

L 17–48 November 5Michigan State

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 3–9 November 12at No. 10 Ohio State

L 7–55 November 19No. 4 Illinois

L 24–56

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Illini Puts 6 On All-Big Ten Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (AP story). December 1, 1983. p. 15B.
  4. ^ Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.