American college football season
The 1986 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their first year under head coach Francis Peay , the Wildcats compiled a 4–7 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference .[ 2]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 1,653 passing yards, Stanley Davenport with 703 rushing yards, and Curtis Duncan with 437 receiving yards.[ 3] Kicker John Duvic was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player by the Associated Press,[ 4] while tight end Rich Borresen received first-team All-Big Ten honors from the UPI.[ 5]
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 6 Duke * L 6–1721,514 [ 6] September 20 Army * Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL W 25–18 September 27 at Princeton * W 37–08,750 [ 7] October 4 Indiana Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL L 7–2424,873 October 11 7:00 p.m. at Minnesota L 23–4455,177 October 18 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL L 27–3534,462 October 25 at No. 11 Iowa L 20–2767,250 November 1 Purdue Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL L 16–1725,417 November 8 12:30 p.m. at No. 11 Ohio State L 9–3089,808 November 15 1:00 p.m. Michigan State Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL W 24–2126,711 November 22 at Illinois W 23–1870,568 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
1986 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class OL Michael Baum TE Rich Borresen QB Greg Bradshaw RB Ron Burton Jr. RB Stanley Davenport Jr WR Walter Ding TE Bob Driscoll WR Curtis Duncan QB Mike Greenfield Jr OL Steve Hofmann WR George Jones WR Marcus Lang WR Randy McClellan OL Tom Nickles RB Brian Nuffer RB Claudell Robertson RB Greg Schultz OL Jeff Stainton OL John Yale
Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Alan Brown LB Bob Bucaro DL Bob Dirkes DL Dave Helding DL Ted Karras LB Tom Kaukialo DB Todd Krehbiel DB Rich Myers DB Kyle Palmer LB Charles Plant DB Jeff Robinson LB John Ruden DL Kelvin Scott DB Brett Whitley
Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Shawn Carpenter K John Duvic
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
No position listed: Curtis Spears ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF) . 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019 . ^ "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016 . ^ "1986 Northwestern Wildcats Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016 . ^ "Harbaugh heads All-Big Ten team" . The Michigan Daily . November 26, 1986. p. 8. ^ "Woodson, Waiters Both All-Big Ten" . Logansport Pharos-Tribune . November 25, 1986. p. 10. ^ "Duke's big plays stop NU" . Chicago Tribune . September 7, 1986. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ Kloehn, Steve (September 28, 1986). "Northwestern Overwhelms Princeton, 37-0" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com .
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