1991_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team

1991 Northwestern Wildcats football
1991 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Peay (6th season);
Defensive coordinator	Mike Knoll (2nd season)
Captains	Darryl Ashmore; Dan Freveletti; Dwight James; Ed Sutter;
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team

American college football season

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.^[2]

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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.^[3]

For the game against Ohio State, Northwestern played a home game against Ohio State in Cleveland.^[4]^[5]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	Rice*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–36
September 21	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 18–22
September 28	Wake Forest*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 41–14	25,147
October 5	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–17	26,814
October 12	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–44	44,915
October 19	vs. No. 18 Ohio State	Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH	L 3–34	73,830
October 26	No. 17 Illinois	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 17–11	26,542
November 2	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 16–13	64,991
November 9	at No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 14–59	102,087
November 16	No. 9 Iowa	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 10–24	33,478
November 23	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–32	38,620
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1991_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team

1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team

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v t e	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