1969 Northwestern Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1969
| team = Northwestern Wildcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 3–7
| conf_record = 3–4
| head_coach = Alex Agase
| hc_year = 6th
| mvp = Don Ross
| captain2 = Pat Harrington
| stadium = Dyche Stadium
}}
{{1969 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1969 Northwestern Wildcats football team represented Northwestern University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 3–7 record with a mark of 3–4 against conference opponents, placing in the four-way tie for fifth in the Big Ten.
Junior running back Mike Adamle rushed for 316 yards against Wisconsin on October 18, breaking the previous school record by 98 yards (Charlie Hren vs. Navy in 1951).{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EatVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4445%2C4298704 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Northwestern 'runs' |date=October 19, 1969 |page=2B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z-sRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2940%2C1706539 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Adamle's 316 leads N'western |date=October 19, 1969 |page=8, sports}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4zgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FCQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2740%2C2266584 |work=Milwaukee Journal |last=Lynch |first=R.G. |title=Northwestern downs an erring Navy, 16 to 7 |date=October 21, 1951 |page=1, sports}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1969
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Notre Dame Stadium
| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 10–35
| attend = 59,075
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = USC
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 6–48
| attend = 56,589
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = UCLA
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 0–36
| attend = 41,015
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 10–6
| attend = 43,928
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Wisconsin
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 27–7
| attend = 34,374
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Purdue
| opprank = 25
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 20–45
| attend = 66,103
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time =
| w/l = l
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 6–35
| attend = 41,279
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 21–28
| attend = 41,576
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 30–27
| attend = 31,644
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time =
| w/l = l
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 7–39
| attend = 25,606
}}
}}
References
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