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Northwestern Yearly Summary

Northwestern Wildcats

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Founded: 1851
Stadium: Ryan Field
Capacity: 47,130
Colors: Purple & White
Coach: David Braun
Conference: Big 10-

	Overall			Bowls	Conference
	W/L/T	PF	PA		Title	W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
2024	0-0	0	0						David Braun
2023	8-5	287	293	Won Las Vegas Bowl 14-7		5-4	198	221	David Braun
2022	1-11	165	340			1-8	104	261	Pat Fitzgerald
2021	3-9	199	348			1-8	117	306	Pat Fitzgerald
2020	7-2	222	143	Won Camping World Bowl 35-19		6-1	177	102	Pat Fitzgerald
2019	3-9	196	282			1-8	114	245	Pat Fitzgerald
2018	9-5	339	325	Won Holiday Bowl 31-20		8-1	222	169	Pat Fitzgerald
2017	10-3	380	261	Won Music City Bowl 24-23		7-2	259	170	Pat Fitzgerald
2016	7-6	338	289	Won Pinstripe Bowl 31-24		5-4	255	221	Pat Fitzgerald
2015	10-3	254	242	Lost Outback Bowl 6-45		6-2	148	162	Pat Fitzgerald
2014	5-7	276	302			3-5	170	201	Pat Fitzgerald
2013	5-7	314	325			1-7	149	230	Pat Fitzgerald
2012	10-3	412	293	Won Gator Bowl 34-20		5-3	253	199	Pat Fitzgerald
2011	6-7	376	360	Lost Texas Bowl 22-33		3-5	246	262	Pat Fitzgerald
2010	6-6	306	350	Lost TicketCity Bowl 23-70		3-5	193	243	Pat Fitzgerald
2009	8-5	337	318	Lost Outback Bowl Bowl 35-38		5-3	178	199	Pat Fitzgerald
2008	9-4	317	262	Lost Alamo Bowl 23-30		5-3	191	187	Pat Fitzgerald
2007	6-6	310	372			3-5	207	307	Pat Fitzgerald
2006	4-8	198	314			2-6	125	240	Pat Fitzgerald
2005	7-5	388	407	Lost Sun Bowl 38-50		5-3	253	254	Randy Walker
2004	6-6	295	342			5-3	168	198	Randy Walker
2003	6-7	263	326	Lost Motor City Bowl 24-28		4-4	148	202	Randy Walker
2002	3-9	272	493			1-7	170	332	Randy Walker
2001	4-7	320	378			2-6	197	300	Randy Walker
2000	8-4	441	400	Lost Alamo Bowl 17-66	#	6-2	337	271	Randy Walker
1999	3-8	141	301			1-7	106	254	Randy Walker
1998	3-9	214	337			0-8	93	251	Gary Barnett
1997	5-7	243	288			3-5	141	201	Gary Barnett
1996	9-3	336	278	Lost Capital One Bowl 28-48	#	7-1	215	182	Gary Barnett
1995	10-2	311	181	Lost Rose Bowl 32-41	#	8-0	204	89	Gary Barnett
1994	4-6-1	210	351			3-5	140	258	Gary Barnett
1993	2-9	185	335			0-8	125	273	Gary Barnett
1992	3-8	170	373			3-5	139	247	Gary Barnett
1991	3-8	160	306			2-6	94	234	Francis Peay
1990	2-9	210	370			1-7	148	305	Francis Peay
1989	0-11	241	497			0-8	152	370	Francis Peay
1988	2-8-1	192	350			2-5-1	137	234	Francis Peay
1987	2-8-1	186	328			2-6	151	253	Francis Peay
1986	4-7	217	251			2-6	149	216	Francis Peay
1985	3-8	170	332			1-7	88	253	Dennis Green
1984	2-9	138	349			2-7	126	310	Dennis Green
1983	2-9	101	398			2-7	101	329	Dennis Green
1982	3-8	206	379			2-7	162	346	Dennis Green
1981	0-11	82	505			0-9	75	425	Dennis Green
1980	0-11	151	444			0-9	123	357	Rick Venturi
1979	1-10	115	386			0-9	67	310	Rick Venturi
1978	0-10-1	92	440			0-8-1	71	329	Rick Venturi
1977	1-10	102	337			1-8	92	261	John Pont
1976	1-10	134	311			1-7	119	224	John Pont
1975	3-8	149	318			2-6	126	243	John Pont
1974	3-8	140	385			2-6	116	277	John Pont
1973	4-7	188	299			4-4	162	220	John Pont
1972	2-9	146	290			1-8	119	231	Alex Agase
1971	7-4	211	183			6-3	192	127	Alex Agase
1970	6-4	233	161			6-1	192	93	Alex Agase
1969	3-7	137	306			3-4	121	187	Alex Agase
1968	1-9	109	325			1-6	88	246	Alex Agase
1967	3-7	149	213			2-5	125	143	Alex Agase
1966	3-6-1	137	213			2-4-1	109	129	Alex Agase
1965	4-6	141	208			3-4	105	139	Alex Agase
1964	3-6	95	164			2-5	61	133	Alex Agase
1963	5-4	162	124			3-4	102	106	Ara R. Parseghian
1962	7-2	237	158			4-2	136	125	Ara R. Parseghian
1961	4-5	131	105			2-4	68	85	Ara R. Parseghian
1960	5-4	107	103			3-4	81	94	Ara R. Parseghian
1959	6-3	174	134			4-3	99	97	Ara R. Parseghian
1958	5-4	199	148			3-4	142	120	Ara R. Parseghian
1957	0-9	57	271			0-7	38	223	Ara R. Parseghian
1956	4-4-1	107	112			3-3-1	80	79	Ara R. Parseghian
1955	0-8-1	66	241			0-6-1	52	195	Louis H. Lou Saban
1954	2-7	101	142			1-5	60	102	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1953	3-6	166	205			0-6	71	164	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1952	2-6-1	166	252			2-5	146	201	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1951	5-4	112	124			2-4	41	89	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1950	6-3	155	143			3-3	82	107	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1949	4-5	137	156			3-4	91	120	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1948	8-2	191	91	Won Rose Bowl 20-14		5-1	97	65	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1947	3-6	129	196			2-4	83	141	Robert W. Bob Voigts
1946	4-4-1	156	136			2-3-1	89	87	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1945	4-4-1	127	148			3-3-1	102	108	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1944	1-7-1	102	160			0-5-1	40	114	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1943	6-2	189	64			5-1	170	39	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1942	1-9	96	209			0-6	61	114	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1941	5-3	173	67			4-2	116	57	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1940	6-2	170	64			4-2	110	64	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1939	3-4-1	47	67			3-2-1	47	37	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1938	4-2-2	93	32			2-1-2	32	23	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1937	4-4	68	40			3-3	35	33	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1936	7-1	132	73		#	6-0	86	40	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1935	4-3-1	90	79			2-3-1	62	72	Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
1934	3-5	64	120			2-3	36	68	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1933	1-5-2	25	42			1-4-1	25	35	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1932	3-4-1	116	76			2-3-1	89	55	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1931	7-1-1	138	40		#	5-1	100	33	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1930	7-1	182	36		#	5-0	123	15	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1929	6-3	172	95			3-2	60	51	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1928	5-3	65	43			2-3	17	37	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1927	4-4	129	98			2-3	50	56	Richard E. Dick Hanley
1926	7-1	179	22		#	4-0	76	6	Glenn F. Thistlethwaite
1925	5-3	81	69			3-0	33	25	Glenn F. Thistlethwaite
1924	4-4	109	66			1-2	20	41	Glenn F. Thistlethwaite
1923	2-6	90	112			0-5	37	93	Glenn F. Thistlethwaite
1922	3-3-1	119	92			1-2-1	37	63	Glenn F. Thistlethwaite
1921	1-6	34	120			0-4	0	72	Elmer W. McDevitt
1920	3-4	66	90			2-3	45	57	Elmer W. McDevitt
1919	2-5	49	111						Charles W. Bachman
1918	2-2-1	75	61						Fred J. Murphy
1917	5-2	145	85						Fred J. Murphy
1916	6-1	144	55						Fred J. Murphy
1915	2-5	69	112						Fred J. Murphy
1914	1-6	13	176						Fred J. Murphy
1913	1-6	36	242						Dennis H. Grady
1912	2-3-1	32	87						Charles E. Hammett
1911	3-4	60	70						Charles E. Hammett
1910	1-3-1	10	45						Charles E. Hammett
1909	1-3-1	25	95						M. Frank Bill Horr
1908	2-2	72	90						Alton Johnson
1905	8-2-1	214	122						Walter E. McCornack
1904	8-2	312	55						Walter E. McCornack
1903	10-1-3	229	67		#				Walter E. McCornack
1902	6-6	83	117						Charles M. Doc Hollister
1901	8-2-1	161	77						Charles M. Doc Hollister
1900	7-2-3	112	49						Charles M. Doc Hollister
1899	7-6	144	177						Charles M. Doc Hollister
1898	9-4-1	229	123						W.H. Bannard
1897	5-3	71	55						Jesse Van Doozer
1896	6-1-2	156	46						Alvin H. Culver
1895	6-5	192	132						Alvin H. Culver
1894	4-5	72	228						A.A. Ewing
1893	2-5-3	92	176						Paul Noyes
1892	6-4-2	140	112						No Coach
1891	2-2-3	42	72						No Coach
1890	4-1-1	78	46						No Coach
1889	2-2	40	38						No Coach
1888	2-1	32	30						No Coach
1886	0-1	0	0						No Coach
1882	1-1	0	0						No Coach

Great Moments in College Football History

In the 1940s, college football teams competed for the Oil Bowl, the Salad Bowl and the Raisin Bowl, which were all played on New Year's Day.