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1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Michigan $ 8 0 0 10 2 0
No. 10 Iowa 7 1 0 10 1 1
Ohio State 5 3 0 8 4 0
Indiana 5 3 0 7 4 1
Illinois 4 4 0 6 6 0
Purdue 3 5 0 4 7 0
Michigan State 3 5 0 3 8 0
Wisconsin 2 6 0 5 6 0
Northwestern 2 6 0 3 8 0
Minnesota 1 7 0 2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Len Williams with 1,630 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 568 rushing yards, and Mark Benson with 831 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

September 14Rice*

L 7–36 September 21at Rutgers*

L 18–22 September 28Wake Forest*

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

W 41–14 October 5Purdue

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 14–17 October 12at Indiana

L 6–44 October 19at No. 18 Ohio State

L 3–34 October 26No. 17 Illinois

W 17–11 November 2at Michigan State

W 16–13 November 9at No. 4 Michigan

L 14–59 November 16No. 9 Iowa

  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL

L 10–24 November 23at Wisconsin

L 14–32

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.