1981 Northwestern Wildcats football team information
American college football season
1981Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Record
0–11 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Dennis Green (1st season)
Captains
Bobby Anderson[1]
Mike Kerrigan
Home stadium
Dyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1980
1982 →
1981 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 15 Ohio State +
6
–
2
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 18 Iowa +
6
–
2
–
0
8
–
4
–
0
No. 12 Michigan
6
–
3
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
Illinois
6
–
3
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Wisconsin
6
–
3
–
0
7
–
5
–
0
Minnesota
4
–
5
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Michigan State
4
–
5
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Purdue
3
–
6
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Indiana
3
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Northwestern
0
–
9
–
0
0
–
11
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1981 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 0–11 record (0–9 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference.[2] The team played its home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.
Northwestern finished the season in the midst of a 34-game losing streak, the longest in NCAA Division I-A history. The streak began on September 22, 1979, and ended on September 25, 1982.[3]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Kerrigan with 1,317 passing yards, Jim Browne with 162 rushing yards, and Chris Hinton with 265 receiving yards.[4] Ricky Edwards led the Big Ten with 30 kickoff returns and 611 kickoff return yards.[5]
^"Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 149. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^"1981 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
^"Worst college football teams of all time". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
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