1984_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team

1984 Northwestern Wildcats football
1984 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–9 (2–7 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dennis Green (4th season);
Captains	Jim Bobbitt; Phil Leonard;
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

The 1984 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1984 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 2–9 record (2–7 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[2]

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The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Sandy Schwab with 845 passing yards, Casey Cummings with 386 rushing yards, and Tony Coates with 311 receiving yards.^[3] Defensive lineman Keith Cruise received first-team All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press International.^[4]^[5]

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"Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.

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"1984 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.

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"Byars Unanimous All-Big Ten Choice". The Blade (Toledo). November 28, 1984. p. 36.

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"1984 All-Big Ten Football team". UPI.com. November 19, 1984.

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Tommy George (October 14, 1984). "Michigan pounds Wildcats, 31–0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 9D – via Newspapers.com.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 16–24	75,753
September 8	at No. 19 Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–26	55,364
September 15	Syracuse*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 12–13	23,199
September 22	Indiana	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 40–37	30,341
September 29	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 16–31	78,509
October 6	Iowa	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 3–31	36,598
October 13	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–31	102,245	^[6]
October 20	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN	W 31–28	56,934
October 27	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–49	28,884
November 3	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 10–27	63,619
November 10	No. 13 Ohio State	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 3–52	31,087
*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. 13 Ohio State $	7	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Illinois	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Purdue	6	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
No. 16 Iowa	5	–	3	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Wisconsin	5	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Michigan State	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Michigan	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Indiana	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll