1979 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Kevin Berg[1]
  • Mike Fiedler
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 –0 –011 –1 –0
No. 10 Purdue 7 –1 –010 –2 –0
No. 18 Michigan 6 –2 –08 –4 –0
No. 19 Indiana 5 –3 –08 –4 –0
Iowa 4 –4 –05 –6 –0
Minnesota 3 –5 –14 –6 –1
Michigan State 3 –5 –05 –6 –0
Wisconsin 3 –5 –04 –7 –0
Illinois 1 –6 –12 –8 –1
Northwestern 0 –9 –01 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Rick Venturi, the Wildcats compiled a 1–10 record (0–9 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Kerrigan with 961 passing yards, Jeff Cohn with 426 rushing yards, and Todd Sheets with 614 receiving yards.[3]

Northwestern's 54–21 loss to Syracuse on September 22 began a 34-game losing streak, the longest in NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) history. The Wildcats did not win another game until September 25, 1982.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 8at No. 7 Michigan
L 7–49100,790[4]
September 15Wyoming*
W 27–22[5]
September 22Syracuse*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 21–5420,121
September 29at Minnesota
L 8–3833,998
October 6at No. 8 Ohio State
L 7–1687,406
October 13Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 6–5827,224
October 20at Indiana
L 0–3030,086
October 27at No. 16 Purdue
L 16–2069,656
November 3Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–4220,193
November 10at Wisconsin
L 3–2868,229
November 17Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 13–2919,217
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1979 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 84 Dave Bahoric So
QB 11 Chris Capstran So
G 67 Jim Crowder So
RB 30 Jeff Cohn Fr
QB 12 Mike Kerrigan So
TE 85 Wally Kaspryscki Sr
OT 55 Phil Reitz Sr
OT 75 Rob Taylor So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 20 Mark Adams Jr
FS 15 Bobby Anderson Fr
DB 22 Dave Bayer Jr
DB 14 Ron Coleman Jr
LB 80 Chris Hinton Fr
LB 62 Jim Miller Sr
DT 74 Norm Wells Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Norm WellsGuard12330Dallas Cowboys

References

  1. ↑ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ "1979 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ "1979 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ Mick McCabe (September 9, 1979). "U-M 'pass happy' in first test, 49-7". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 4E – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Wildcats break long losing streak". The Dispatch. September 16, 1979. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.


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