1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1991 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1991 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1991 record	3–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Francis Peay (6th season)
Captains	Darryl Ashmore[1] Dan Freveletti Dwight James Ed Sutter
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1991 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Iowa	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Len Williams with 1,630 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 568 rushing yards, and Mark Benson with 831 receiving yards.[3]

For the game against Ohio State, Northwestern played a home game against Ohio State in Cleveland.[4][5]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 14	Rice*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–36
September 21	at Rutgers*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 18–22
September 28	Wake Forest*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 41–14
October 5	Purdue	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–17
October 12	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–44
October 19	No. 18 Ohio State	Cleveland Stadium Cleveland, OH	L 3–34
October 26	No. 17 Illinois	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)	W 17–11
November 2	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 16–13
November 9	at No. 4 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 14–59
November 16	No. 9 Iowa	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 10–24
November 23	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–32
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1991 Northwestern Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 75 Darryl Ashmore WR 83 Lee Gissendaner QB 12 Len Williams Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 60 Thomas Homco LB 54 Ed Sutter	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Francis Peay Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
2. "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
3. "1991 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
4. Jauss, Bill (August 21, 1991). "For NU, `Home` Football Games Are $weet". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
5. Deneen, Mike (September 24, 2013). "The Strange Story of "The Modell Bowl"". SB Nation. Retrieved October 14, 2019.