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1992 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record3–8 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Ron Vanderlinden (1st season)
Captains
  • Frank Boudreaux [1]
  • David Cross
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
Seasons
←  1991
1993 →
1992 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Michigan $ 6 – 0 – 2 9 – 0 – 3
No. 18 Ohio State 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
Michigan State 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Illinois 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 5 – 1
Iowa 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Minnesota 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (3–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference. [2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Len Williams with 2,110 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 688 rushing yards, and Lee Gissendaner with 846 receiving yards. [3] Gissendaner was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team wide receiver on the 1992 All-Big Ten Conference football team. [4] [5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 5vs. No. 3 Notre Dame*
 ABCL 7–4264,877
September 12at Boston College*
L 0–4928,888
September 19at No. 18 Stanford*
L 24–3542,198
October 3at Purdue
W 28–1439,812
October 10 Indiana
L 3–2834,689
October 17at Ohio State
L 7–3190,363
October 24at Illinois
W 27–2652,332
October 31 Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 26–2731,101
November 7No. 4 Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL ( rivalry)
 ESPNL 7–4037,903
November 14at Iowa
L 14–5668,249
November 21 Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 27–2528,265
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1992 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 76 Todd Baczek Jr
WR 2 Lee Gissendaner Jr
RB 34 Dennis Lundy So
OT 70 Matt O'Dwyer Jr
OT 72 Kevin Peterson Fr
G 51 Jeff Pietrowski Sr
QB 10 Steve Schnur Fr
WR 7 Mike Senters Jr
QB 12 Len Williams So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 54 Jason Behrendt Jr
LB 90 Jason Cunningham Sr
DT 89 Larry Curry Fr
LB 59 Jason Donnell Fr
DT 97 Scott Hauser Jr
LB 53 Steve Ostrowski Jr
DB 32 Anthony Purkett Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1992 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Michigan puts eight on All-Big Ten teams". The Argus-Press (AP story). November 25, 1992. p. A11.
  5. ^ "1992 All-Big Ten Football Team". Herald and Review (Decatur, Illinois). November 24, 1992. p. B4.


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