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1983 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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1983 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Guendling[1]
  • Todd Jenkins
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1982
1984 →
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.[2]

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.[3] Punter John Kidd received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.[4][5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 10No. 19 Washington*L 0–3426,165
September 17at Syracuse*L 0–3525,979
September 24at IndianaW 10–840,347
October 1Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–4932,180
October 8at No. 15 IowaL 21–6166,125
October 15at No. 13 MichiganL 0–35103,914[6]
October 22Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 19–821,411
October 29at PurdueL 17–4860,134
November 5Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 3–927,463
November 12at No. 10 Ohio StateL 7–5588,703
November 19No. 4 Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 24–5652,333
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1983 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "Illini Puts 6 On All-Big Ten Team". Sarasota Herald-Tribune (AP story). December 1, 1983. p. 15B.
  5. ^ Barry Minkoff (November 22, 1983). "All-Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 12.
  6. ^ Joe Lapointe (October 16, 1983). "U-M wins easily, but Bo fumes: Coach raps his offense". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1H, 8H – via Newspapers.com.