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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	3-7	180	228			0-5	76	129	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

College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.