1974_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team

1974 Northwestern Wildcats football
1974 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Pont (2nd season);
Captains	Paul Hiemenz; Larry Lilja;
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
	Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

The 1974 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

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The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,282 passing yards, Jim Pooler with 949 rushing yards, and Scott Yelvington with 417 receiving yards.^[3] Three Northwestern players received All-Big Ten honors: (1) offensive tackle Paul Hiemenz (AP-1; UPI-2); (2) wide receiver Steve Yelvington (AP-2); and (3) running back Jim Pooler (AP-2).^[4]^[5]^[6]

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"Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

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"1974 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.

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"1974 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.

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"All-Big Ten selections". The Daily Northwestern. November 26, 1974. p. 13.

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"Buckeyes Dominate All-Big Ten Team". Ludington Daily News (UPI story). November 27, 1974. p. 6.

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Ed Sainsbury (November 27, 1974). "Many Buckeyes on all Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 9.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 7–41	49,103
September 21	No. 1 Notre Dame*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 3–49	55,000
September 28	at No. 10 Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 7–49	76,101
October 5	Oregon*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 14–10	27,481
October 12	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 10–35	51,200
October 19	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 26–31	27,557
October 26	No. 1 Ohio State	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–55	42,337
November 2	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 21–13	32,922
November 9	Indiana	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 24–22	25,382
November 16	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–52	28,533
November 23	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 14–28	33,753
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Michigan State	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll