1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1974 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Captains
  • Paul Hiemenz[1]
  • Larry Lilja
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1974 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 12 Michigan State 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Wisconsin 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Purdue 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Iowa 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Indiana 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach John Pont, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a three-way tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mitch Anderson with 1,282 passing yards, Jim Pooler with 949 rushing yards, and Scott Yelvington with 417 receiving yards.[3] Three Northwestern players received All-Big Ten honors: (1) offensive tackle Paul Hiemenz (AP-1; UPI-2); (2) wide receiver Steve Yelvington (AP-2); and (3) running back Jim Pooler (AP-2).[4][5][6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 14at Michigan State
L 7–4149,103
September 21No. 1 Notre Dame*
L 3–4955,000
September 28at No. 10 Nebraska*
L 7–4976,101
October 5Oregon*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 14–1027,481
October 12at Iowa
L 10–3551,200
October 19Purdue
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 26–3127,557
October 26No. 1 Ohio State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–5542,337
November 2at Minnesota
W 21–1332,922
November 9Indiana
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 24–2225,382
November 16Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–5228,533
November 23at Illinois
L 14–2833,753
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1974 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 12 Mitch Anderson Sr
RB 44 Rich Boothe Jr
RB 20 Greg Boykin Jr
QB 3 Randy Dean So
OT 74 Rich Dembowski Jr
OT 68 Paul Hiemenz (C) Sr
C 57 Larry Lilja (C) Sr
RB 24 Jim Pooler Jr
G 67 Mark Ruff Sr
G 62 DeWayne Shambley So
WR 46 Bill Stevens Sr
FB 39 Jim Trimble Sr
TE 95 Scott Yelvington So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 58 Mike Andler Sr
DB 8 Doug Baske Sr
DE 43 Doug Belko Sr
DT 93 John Holliday Jr
DT 86 Randy Kuceyeski Jr
DE 98 Rob Mason Sr
LB 33 Carl Patrnchak Sr
LB 32 Joe Patrnchak Sr
DE 13 D. R. Phillips Sr
SS 22 Pete Shaw Jr
DB Robert Dean So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1974 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "1974 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  4. ^ "All-Big Ten selections". The Daily Northwestern. November 26, 1974. p. 13.
  5. ^ "Buckeyes Dominate All-Big Ten Team". Ludington Daily News (UPI story). November 27, 1974. p. 6.
  6. ^ Ed Sainsbury (November 27, 1974). "Many Buckeyes on all Big Ten". The Bryan Times (UPI story). p. 9.
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