1986 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1986 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Michigan + 7 1 0 11 2 0
No. 7 Ohio State + 7 1 0 10 3 0
No. 16 Iowa 5 3 0 9 3 0
Minnesota 5 3 0 6 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0 6 5 0
Indiana 3 5 0 6 6 0
Illinois 3 5 0 4 7 0
Northwestern 2 6 0 4 7 0
Purdue 2 6 0 3 8 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0 3 9 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 4–7 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 1,653 passing yards, Stanley Davenport with 703 rushing yards, and Curtis Duncan with 437 receiving yards.[2] Kicker John Duvic was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by the Associated Press,[3] while tight end Rich Borresen received first-team All-Big Ten honors from the UPI.[4]

Schedule

September 6Duke*

L 6–17 September 20Army*

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 25–18 September 27at Princeton*

W 37–0 October 4Indiana

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 7–24 October 11at Minnesota

L 23–44 October 18Wisconsin

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 27–35 October 25at No. 11 Iowa

L 20–27 November 1Purdue

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 16–17 November 8at No. 11 Ohio State

L 9–30 November 15Michigan State

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 24–21 November 22at Illinois

W 23–18

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Harbaugh heads All-Big Ten team". The Michigan Daily. November 26, 1986. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Woodson, Waiters Both All-Big Ten". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. November 25, 1986. p. 10.