American college football season
1971 Northwestern Wildcats football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Record | 7–4 (6–3 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | |
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Captains | - Maurie Daigneau[1]
- Eric Hutchinson
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Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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The 1971 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1971 Big Ten Conference football season. In their eighth year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 7–4 record (6–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Maurie Daigneau with 1,733 passing yards, Al Robinson with 881 rushing yards, and Barry Pearson with 674 receiving yards.[3] Ten Northwestern players received honors on the 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team. They are: (1) Maurie Daigneau (AP-1; UPI-1); (2) running back Al Robinson (AP-2); (3) wide receiver Barry Pearson (AP-1; UPI-1); (4) offensive tackle Tom McCreight (AP-1); (5) defensive end Wil Hemby (UPI-2); (6) defensive tackle Jim Anderson (UPI-2); (7) linebacker John Voorhees (AP-2); and defensive ends (8) Eric Hutchinson (AP-1; UPI-1); (9) Jerry Brown (AP-2); and (10) Jack Dustin (UPI-2).[4][5][6] Eric Hutchinson was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America.[7]
This was Northwestern's last winning season until the miraculous 1995 campaign when the Wildcats won the Big Ten championship outright by going undefeated in the conference (8-0), and played in the Rose Bowl.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | No. 4 Michigan | No. 20 | | L 6–21 | 42,472 | [8] |
September 18 | at No. 2 Notre Dame* | | | L 7–50 | 59,075 | |
September 25 | Syracuse* | | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| W 12–6 | 27,529 | |
October 2 | Wisconsin | | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| W 24–11 | 40,473 | |
October 9 | at Iowa | | | W 28–3 | 52,102 | |
October 16 | No. 20 Purdue | | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| L 20–21 | 40,059 | |
October 23 | at Indiana | | | W 24–10 | 32,409 | |
October 30 | at Illinois | | | L 7–24 | 40,144 | |
November 6 | Minnesota | | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| W 41–20 | 31,217 | |
November 13 | at No. 16 Ohio State | | | W 14–10 | 86,062 | |
November 20 | No. 19 Michigan State | | - Dyche Stadium
- Evanston, IL
| W 28–7 | 30,012 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1971 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | TE | 84 | Steve Craig | So | QB | 12 | Maurie Daigneau (C) | Sr | G | 67 | Tom Dickinson | Sr | C | 50 | Dave Dybas | Jr | FB | 30 | Mark Fassbender | Jr | OT | 71 | Paul Gary | Sr | OT | 75 | Dave Glantz | Jr | WR | 28 | Steve Harris | So | OT | 64 | Donnie Haynes | So | WR | 86 | Jim Lash | So | TE | 80 | Frank Lutostanski | So | G | 68 | Tom McCreight | Sr | WR | 44 | A. J. Owens | Jr | WR | 21 | Barry Pearson | Sr | C | 53 | Ed Quaerna | Jr | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DT | 74 | Jim Anderson | Jr | LB | 55 | John Buckley | So | DT | 79 | Wayne Bryan | Sr | DB | 42 | Jerry Brown | Sr | DB | 29 | Mike Coughlin | Sr | DB | 27 | Jack Dustin | Sr | DE | 89 | Wil Hemby | Sr | DB | 32 | Eric Hutchinson | Sr | DE | 58 | George Keporos | Sr | DT | 60 | Pat Kershaw | Sr | LB | 99 | Dave McCreery | So | LB | 82 | Pat McNamara | Jr | DT | 77 | Dale Mize | So | LB | 88 | Mike Morkin | Sr | DB | 15 | Greg Swanson | So | LB | 35 | Phil Trembczynski | So | LB | 66 | Mike Varty | So | LB | 40 | John Vorhees | Sr | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 48 | Ed Planisek | Sr | P | 9 | Dave Skarin | So | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
References
- ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ^ "1971 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "1971 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ "All Big Ten Selected". Daily Illini. November 24, 1971.
- ^ "Sports Whirl". The Daily News of the Virgin Islands. November 24, 1971.
- ^ "Unbeaten Michigan Dominate UPI Team Picked by Coaches: Ohio State Places 7 On All-Big Ten Teams". The Times Recorder. Zanesville, Ohio. November 25, 1971. p. 9D.
- ^ Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ Curt Sylvester (September 12, 1971). "U-M, Spartans Both Win: It's Wolverines, 21–6". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E, 4E – via Newspapers.com.
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