1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1994

| team = Northwestern Wildcats

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| short_conf = Big Ten

| record = 3–7–1

| conf_record = 2–6

| head_coach = Gary Barnett

| hc_year = 3rd

| off_coach =

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Ron Vanderlinden

| dc_year = 3rd

| def_scheme =

| captain = Hugh Williams{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=8|title=Year-by-Year Results|date=2007|page=149|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316165052/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=8|archive-date=March 16, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 14, 2019}}

| captain2 = Bill Koziel

| captain3 = Michael Senters

| captain4 = Korey Singleton

| stadium = Dyche Stadium

}}

{{1994 Big Ten Conference football standings}}

The 1994 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Gary Barnett, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7–1 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference.{{cite web|title=1994 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1994-schedule.html}}

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Steve Schnur with 899 passing yards, Dennis Lundy with 1,189 rushing yards, and Mike Senters with 385 receiving yards.{{cite web|title=1994 Northwestern Wildcats Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1994.html}} Paul Burton was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team punter on the 1994 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1994

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 3

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| opponent = Notre Dame

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Soldier Field

| site_cityst = Chicago, IL

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = ABC

| score = 15–42

| attend = 66,946

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 10

| w/l = t

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Stanford

| opprank = 24

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| tv = ESPN

| score = 41–41

| attend = 27,436

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 17

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Air Force

| site_stadium = Falcon Stadium

| site_cityst = Colorado Springs, CO

| score = 14–10

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 1

| w/l = l

| opponent = Ohio State

| opprank = 20

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 15–17

| attend = 34,753

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| w/l = l

| opponent = Wisconsin

| opprank = 24

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 14–46

| attend = 46,437

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 15

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Minnesota

| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN

| score = 37–31

| attend = 44,377

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 22

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Indiana

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN

| score = 20–7

| attend = 39,208

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| w/l = l

| opponent = Illinois

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 7–28

| attend = 40,365

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| w/l = l

| opponent = Michigan State

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 17–35

| attend = 47,754

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Iowa

| site_stadium = Kinnick Stadium

| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA

| score = 13–49

| attend = 66,532

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 19

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Penn State

| opprank = 2

| site_stadium = Beaver Stadium

| site_cityst = University Park, PA

| score = 17–45

| attend = 96,383

}}

}}

Roster

{{American football roster/Header

| year = 1994

| team = Northwestern Wildcats

| teamcolors = f

| offensive_players =

{{American football roster/Player|num=9|class=|first=Lloyd|last=Abramson|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=24|class=So|first=Darnell|last=Autry|pos=RB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=12|class=Fr|first=D'Wayne|last=Bates|pos=QB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=6|class=So|first=Tim|last=Hughes|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=74|class=So|first=Paul|last=Janus|pos=T|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=34|class=|first=Dennis|last=Lundy|pos=RB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=70|class=|first=Matt|last=O'Dwyer|pos=G|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=10|class=So|first=Steve|last=Schnur|pos=QB}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=7|class=|first=Mike|last=Senters|pos=WR}}

| defensive_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=36|class=So|first=Casey|last=Dailey|pos=DE|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=51|class=So|first=Pat|last=Fitzgerald|pos=LB|link=y}}

{{American football roster/Player|num=16|class=Jr|first=Chris|last=Martin|dab=Chris Martin (defensive back)|pos=CB|link=y}}

| special_teams_players=

{{American football roster/Player|num=13|class=Fr|first=Brian|last=Gowins|pos=K|link=y}}

}}

{{American football roster/Footer

| head_coach = *Gary Barnett

| asst_coach =

| accessdate=

}}

Team players in the NFL

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| Player

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| Matt O'Dwyer

Guard233New York Jets
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| Michael Senters

Wide Receiver5135Carolina Panthers

References

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